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Satree Phuket School : the 9 – time – His Majesty Awarded School18th year Volume 20 Academic Year 2012

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Satree Phuket Journal 18th year Volume 20 Academic Year 2012

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Christmas Celebration (24 December 2012)

Christmas Celebration 2012 featured ukulele performance at the assembly and Christmas party at Mahogany Hall. Important activities at the party were choir singing, lucky draws, a gift exchange, shows, and concerts. Both students and teachers enjoyed the event together.

Congratulations Day (1 March 2013)

An official graduation ceremony was held to congratulate M.6 and M.3 students on their significant accomplishments and reiterate the importance of education and life skills. Both M.6 and M.3 graduates spent their special moment sharing good memories at ECP, expressing their gratefulness to teachers and giving some lovely speeches to their juniors. The ceremony was very touching.

English Curriculum Program (ECP)

The Journal is to inform readers about school news and events

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M.4 Field Trip for Studying the King’s Philosophy (1-5 February 2013) This trip was to enhance M.4 students’ understanding of the King’s Philosophy on Sufficiency Economy and evaluate their progress in Young Guide and Social Studies subjects. The kids were assigned to integrate their classroom knowledge of these two courses with what they actually learned during the trip before coming up with creative presentations. What’s interesting about this trip was that the students got to see many local intellects and gained first-hand knowledge from seeing, listening and practicing. Their conscience was also developed by seeing examples of honest and content people who live with sufficiency.

Study and Life Skills Trip for M.1 (7-13 March 2013) M.1 students gained new knowledge and enhanced their life skills through a field trip to various provinces in the central and northeast of Thailand. The students explored many sites before crossing the border to Laos, where all of them learned how to help each other in unfamiliar environments. The trip raised their awareness of the ASEAN Community and indirectly guided them on how to apply sufficiency economy into their daily lives. On their way back to Phuket, the M.1 also visited Harrow International School in Bangkok, where they saw how their fellow students studied.

Taste Phuket Food Project for M.1 (16 February 2013) In order to understand local identity, M.1 students spent a day surveying old Phuket town and two local landmarks; the Mine Museum in Kathu and the Local Museum at Phuket

Rajabhat University. The kids also got to taste various signature menus of Phuket at a local food center. This trip, together with what they have learned in Our Local subject, allowed the M.1 students to have better understanding of their own province.

English Curriculum Program (ECP)ECP Update The second semester of Academic Year 2012 has passed successfully with a lot of success. The students worked hard on their courses and expressed themselves confidently and creatively in all activities. Here are examples of our memorable events.



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Becoming Global Citizens Abroad for M.3 (29 September - 19 October 2012) This trip to Oregon, USA introduced M.3 students to the American ways of life and traditions. The students’ English skills were greatly improved and their perspectives were widened by living in an international environment. The trip made it more possible for the English Curriculum Program to develop smart and considerate global citizens.

Becoming Global Citizens Abroad for M.5 (30 September - 22 October 2012) This trip took the M.5 students to Boston, USA to have a first-hand experience learning the traditions, culture and ways of life of the people in America. The trip encouraged the students to use English at an international level in a native-speaking country.

Daniel Ho’s Visit (4 December 2012) Daniel Ho, a U.S. Arts Envoy, world-renowned ukulele performer, and Grammy Award winner, visited Satree Phuket School to perform with his ukulele, a uniquely American art form. The students were taught how to play the famous song ‘Pineapple-Mango’ and were introduced to the hula dance and other Hawaiian culture. The students had a lot of fun doing the activity.



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Achievers’ Corner

SPK Skit Wins the National Championship Two Years in a Row Congratulations!

SPK students won the skit competition in the National Excellence Competition on 13 February 2013 at Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi. The team performed a skit called “A Load of Rubbish” to promote recycling. It was their second success since last year they also won the championship with a skit called “What on Earth is the Matter?”. Satree Phuket School congratulates them and says “you are incredible”.

Coaches: Aj Nikki Lavinia Cooney and Aj Robert James Cooney Students from left to right : Mr.Apisitsin Paewaroon,

Miss Nicole Christin Hardmann, Miss Sajjaporn Khum-anun, Miss Jiwaree Santohsop and Mr.Ronnakrit Suksunseree

2012 Skit - “What on Earth is the Matter?” - A piece about the environmental destruction of our planet

2013 Skit - “A Load of Rubbish” - A story of rubbish discussing how to recycle themselves

to make the planet a better place to live

More Achievers at the National Excellence Competition 2013 Supremacy with Grace and Wisdom

Miss Nessara Kaoaien, Miss Jidapa Preukpratin and Miss Noppakate Vichit, SPK carving team, received gold medals from the National Excellence Competition. Congratulations!

Miss Sutawan Muangmeesri, an M.3 student, received a gold medal from the Japanese Speech Competition. Well done, Sutawan.



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Youth For Understanding (YFU) is a non-profit educational organization that offers students the opportunity of a lifetime to live in a new country. Many young people from all over the world compete to be selected as members of the program every year. The English Curriculum Program was glad to hear that our students were also selected as finalists and alternates of YFU. We are proud of all of you and would like to congratulate on your success.

No. Name - Surname Class Country Remark

1 Miss Woranistha Withayawanitchai 3/11 Japan Alternate

2 Miss Jessica Baganz 3/12 Germany Finalist

3 Miss Chonnipa Nakpontong 3/12 Australia Alternate

4 Miss Tuangploy Lumjiak 3/12 Germany Alternate

5 Miss Nalinporn Phucharoen 3/12 Germany Alternate

6 Miss Natsiree Chuayuan 3/12 Japan Alternate

7 Miss Nuntaka Chiamcharoen 3/12 Switzerland Alternate

8 Miss Boontita Boonsusakul 3/12 Belgium Alternate

9 Miss Preeyaporn Kijpitaksin 3/12 Chile Finalist

10 Miss Russamalin Intaruk 3/12 America Alternate

11 Miss Sarocha Nakplad 3/12 America Alternate

12 Miss Anchalee Jasmin Schudt 3/12 Germany Finalist

iPad Training In order to ready ECP members to learning with iPads the next semester, several training courses were provided for administrators, teaching staff, homeroom teachers and officers to enhance themselves. Everybody was guided on how to use an iPad by specialized trainers from NetOp Company. The courses featured how to use iPad applications for teaching and how to create educational materials by using iMac and MacBook. All trainees practiced how to use the devices together and created their own work. With the trainers’ guidance and tips, the outcome materials were usable and interesting. There was also iPad training in the Preparatory Courses for M.1 and M.4 during the school holidays.

Curriculum Criticism The English Curriculum Program was grateful to have honorable educators, administrators, parents, alumni and representatives from local organizations participating in the IP Curriculum Criticism 2013. The ECP curriculum was critiqued in various aspects, leading to a lot of solutions to make it more international, up-to-date and able to meet the needs of its local community.

English Training for SPK Teachers The English Curriculum Program provided English courses for all Thai teachers in Satree Phuket School. The courses focused on English in the workplace and English for communication since our teachers need to use the language effectively when Thailand officially becomes part of the ASEAN Community. The teachers studied in groups during their free periods throughout the semester.

ECP in Action The English Curriculum Program also takes enhancing the quality of teaching seriously. Throughout the second semester, we completed three significant developments.

Students Chosen to Study Abroad



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Hello all readers. The time flies so fast now we’re going to finish the second semester of 2012 academic year soon. There were lot of things and activities we have done. Let’s review, shall we? There were a two - day English training course hosted by ERIC Phuket and The Secondary Educational Service Office 14 for M.3 and M.6 students during 24th January - 25th January 2013. The first day was for M.3 students and the other day was for M.6 students who were form all seven governmental schools in Phuket. We invited Professor Doctor Phiangphen Na Phattalung to be the guest lecturer. Students learned lot of ideas and techniques to do the O - net Exam. It is expectable that the O - net result of this year be better.

The M.6 students learn English through songs. They practice songs about ASEAN. These activities improve their English on pronunciation, team working and better understanding how to be good ASEAN members.

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The English Language Learning Area of Satree Phuket is very proud of the students who participated in the Excellency Fair at Muaeng Thong Arena. These students did their best and got good prizes.

Our English Learning Area also hosted the Cultural Exchange Program examination. There were lots of students in primary school and secondary school in Phuket participated in the activity. To suit the school expectations and prepare ourselves in becoming ASEAN members, English communicative skill activity is performed during Monday morning assembly. The Native speaking teachers always give a speech in different topics each week depending on current issues and interests.



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The coming semester of 2013 will become more challenging for students who need to practice their English Pronunciation better as we are going to establish “The English Clinic” Our expectations for the club run by Aj. Elme Makuwing and his colleagues from the Foreign Language Department are to gather some students who are interested in enhancing their English skills especially in PRONUNCIATION. We guarantee that students who join our club will decrease their troublesome in speaking English. Moreover, they will be more confident to communicate with other. As we work in team, they will be drilled and practiced their skill properly. The club will be held at 516, English Language office. Let grasp your chance!!

The Satree Phuket challenge themselves in taking I – study Exam paper to become exchange students.

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