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FRIDAY 28TH MAY 2015 VOLUME 17 ISSUE 32 WWW.PATANA.AC.TH
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B a n g k o k P a t a n a i s a n I B W o r l d S c h o o l , a c c r e d i t e d b y C I S a n d N E A S C
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OUR DIVERSE ECA PROGRAMME
What do Casey the Caterpil-lar Handwriting, Minecraft
Megastructures, Digging in the Dirt, Curry Club, Wool Craft and Incy Wincy Yoga have in common?
A. They are all offered as Extra Cur-ricular Activities (ECAs) this term.
Bangkok Patana School has to have one of the largest and most diverse ECA programmes of any international school in the world! Anecdotally, when Matt Mills shared that we reg-ularly offer over 400 ECAs with the Heads of other large international schools in Thailand, they were astounded (and probably more than a little bit envious).
On Tuesday afternoon this week,
the Theatre was packed to the rafters as an excited audience was wowed by the excellent annual Dance Extrav-aganza. Everyone who attends would agree that the spectacle itself is ab-solutely wonderful and for this our collective thanks go to Ms Tracey Barton, who organised the event and led a small army of staff and student helpers, to the very talented dance instructors, and of course to the per-formers who ranged in age between FS2 and Year 12. Special mention must go to Miss Lynn who has led dance ECAs for many years at Bang-kok Patana and this is her last year with us. The huge applause which she received at the end of the show
echoed just how much our students have valued her excellent instruction over the years.
The Extravaganza is the dazzling tip of the iceberg however. This event is mostly made up of untold hours of preparation, practice, patience, per-severance and feedback in which our students learn a host of valuable skills across a truly eclectic range of dance genres.
The fact that the dance ECA pro-gramme is so varied is a good reflec-tion of how diverse the ECA pro-gramme itself is. Here is the break-down of the types of ECAs we offer:
Why do we offer such a rich ECA programme?
First and foremost, the students clearly appreciate them. The statis-tics speak for themselves when we look at the uptake for ECAs across the different age ranges and in total. Of the age groups, Secondary has slightly lower participation rates but
these are still very impressive – nine out of 10 students participate in the programme and one in four commit to at least four ECAs a week.
But why are they valued so much? According to Karoline in 6O it is
“because they give you a chance to be active and to learn new things”. Krishay (6O) agrees: “Some of the
ECAs help you to think and do stuff with your brain and some of them help keep you fit and some of them are just for fun”. Nina in 12I appreci-ates the fact that “they provide an opportunity to do other activities that a normal lesson couldn’t give you and they give us time between the end of school and our evening
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studies to relax”. Ton in 12V, who now spends the bulk of his ECA time developing his swimming, celebrates our ECA programme for “providing opportunities for students to discov-er their inner talents and their true passions”.
James Peacock, ECA and Sports Administrator, has probably the most detailed overview of our ECA programme. He distils the attraction of ECAs into three vital ingredients: “ECAs are a fantastic opportunity for students to try something new, make friends and have fun”. All of the above reasons give solid affirmation of our extensive ECA pro-gramme. (So this next bit deliberate-ly goes in brackets, because these
next reasons come second place to the ones which our students have mentioned above. But it is certainly interesting to note that an American study found that students aged Year 9 to Year 12 who participated in ECAs perform better academically and socially than those who don’t, even when their context (parents, peers and the individual) is account-ed for. And over the years, students applying for university have repeat-edly been given advice to clearly ref-erence their extra-curricular involve-ment as it is this which helps them to stand out from the crowd. Some say that 30% of your application should be based on ECAs).
We should remember that extra-
curricular activities extend be-yond the afternoon hours. If we include the many community service clubs and activities that take place at weekends and lunch times, the Duke of Edin-burgh’s International Award, and other purposeful activities outside of lesson time, we wit-ness a vast, rich fabric of learn-ing, participation and collabora-tion. Many of our extra curricu-lar activities also develop stu-dent leadership skills, be it cap-taining a competitive sports team, leading a club or leading an afternoon ECA for other stu-dents which has become an increasing trend in recent years. Given just how important ECAs are here at Bangkok Pat-ana, we are changing our ECA programme in August for the benefit of our students. So that they have even more choice and consistency of experience next academic year, we will op-erate a four phase ECA pro-gramme. We are certain this will be an improvement on the current three phase model. For more details on this please do read the email that was sent to all parents by Mr Mike Balo,
(Assistant Principal for Extra -curricular Activities and Sport) at the start of this week.
Finally, I want to say a collective thank you on behalf of the students and their families to all of the adults who contribute and lead these won-derful, rich and extensive extra-curricular opportunities for our stu-dents. If you know your daughter or son has appreciated their ECAs this year, please can you suggest that they take the time to thank their providers either in writing or in per-son? Such small but meaningful ges-tures always go a long way …
James Penstone Cross Campus Principal
Primary - FS2, Years 1 and 2
Whole School - FS2 to Year 13
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SCHOOL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
PATANA CARD UPDATE
Students Leaving at the End of
Term 3, 2014/15:
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For Continuing Students:
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Students in Year 2, moving to
Year 3
Guardian Cards
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NEW PTG COMMITTEE FOR 2015/16
Position Name
Chair Njah Khan
Secretary Vani Sharma
Treasurer Rocelyn Kielnhofer
Thai Liaison Thitinan (Goy) Kiatphaibool
Communications Coordinator Jan Briggs
Tiger Shop Manager Andrea Chaplin
Cross Campus Representative Bradley Coulter
Secondary Parents Representative Malene Bloch Lundgaard
Primary Parents Representative Rachael Cheung
Sub-Committees
Newcomers Representative Bronwyn Ure
Activities Coordinator Suzie Jhanji
International Day Coordinator Vani Sharma
Fun Day Coordinator Daphne Seiler
Year Group Representatives
Foundation Stage Vicharee Vanit Vadukan
Year 1 Helen Hou
Year 2 Amy Anuras
Year 3 Katherine Johns
Year 4 Vibeke Herslov
Year 5 Julie Vollert
Year 6 Christine Yip (Assistant Primary Rep)
Year 7 Tess Liptavat, Saipin (Nog) Tangtrongchitr
Year 8 Anne Morgenthaler Vandlik
Year 9 Rachael Cheung, Alex Masson
Year 10 Angela Frye, Annie Theodolou
Year 11 Laura McDonald, Hazel Birchall
Year 12 Maneesha Mahajhan, Suzie Jhanji
Year 13 Maike Schoeppner, Himisha Mehta
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SECONDARY SCHOOL
CROSS CAMPUS
TRANSPORT CORNER
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Parent Bus Inspections - Help
Needed
All lost property items from Primary and Secondary that have been collected this academic year will be on display in front of the PTG Room near the 25m Pool from
Tuesday 9th – Friday 12th June 2015
Please come along and see if anything belongs to you or your child. You never know what you might find!
All remaining unclaimed lost prop-erty will be donated to a deserving
charity.
*Kindly collect valuable items from Reception at the front of school.
Click here for the
Canteen Menu
LOST AND FOUND ITEMS TO BE DISPLAYED
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COMMUNITY NOTICES
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COMMUNITY NOTICES
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