Term 2: dates for your diary…Date Event Location Time

Saturday 24th March Garden Easter Eggstravaganza

(School Fayre)

9.00am to

12.00pm

Thursday 5th April Songkran celebration First School

Upper School

Friday 6th April Chakri Day School Closed

Monday 9th to Friday 20th

April

End of Term 2 break School Closed

Monday 23rd April First day of Term 3 Upper School

First School

7.50am

8.20am

Friday 4th May Chinese Speech Contest – Years 1 to 11

School open (subs. May day)

Main hall

Whole School

1.30pm

Monday 7th May School open

(subs. Coronation day)

Whole School

Friday 1st June Art day Whole School

Monday 4th June School open (Visakha Bucha) Whole School

Monday 4th to Friday 8th

June

Exam Week Upper School

Monday 11th to Friday

15th June

Secondary residential visit (proposed)

Monday 18th June End of Year Reports out

Parent – Teacher meetings

Whole School

First School

Tuesday 19th June First School Awards day

Parent – Teacher meetings

First School

First School

9.00am

Wednesday 20th June Parent – Teacher meetings First School

Upper School 3.30 – 7pm

Thursday 21st June Upper School Awards day

Upper School performances

Goethe Institute

Goethe Institute

9am – 12pm

6pm – 9pm

Friday 22nd June End of year First School

Upper School

2pm

2.45pm

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Dear Parents and friends of GIS,

At the end of Term 2 there is only time left

to wish you all a Happy Songkran. Term 3

promises to be an extremely busy term

with preparations for exams, Art day and

the Upper School performances at the

Goethe Institute. There are dates to note on

the calendar as we will be open for 3 extra

days to make up for the days we were

forced to close during the floods. Please

also note that the date for the Upper

School Awards day and performances has

changed as our usual venue has relocated.

If you are keen to plan for the next

academic year the school calendar for

2012-2013 is included at the end of this

newsletter. Please note that the school will

be open on a few of the Thai public

holidays but this is so that we provide your

child with a complete academic year with

sensible start and finish dates for each

term.

Please read and enjoy the rest of this

month’s newsletter. As always, if there is

anything that you wish to discuss further

please do not hesitate to contact me.

Warmest regards,

Jeremy Stokes MA Ed.

Principal

jeremys@gardenbangkok.com

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School Bangkok.

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Our Book Week was a great success. A big thank you to all the parents

for helping develop the children's enjoyment of books. As so many

visited our Scholastic Book Fair we now have over 30 new books for the library.

It was also lovely to see children of different ages enjoying books

together. A special thanks to Year 7 and Year 9 students for

performing stories to the first school children and all the Secondary

students who volunteered to come over at lunchtime to read to the

younger children. Lots of adults also enjoyed visiting different classrooms to share

special stories.

Years 2 to 6 were busy writing and sharing books for younger learners.

The first school children now have these books in their class

libraries to enjoy.

Miss Kirstie

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Well done to those of

you who went to great

efforts in making

fantastic Easter bonnets

for the Fayre. You all

looked great! The

winner was Fai (Year 3)

although there were so

many fabulous entries it

was an extremely

difficult decision to

make. A special thanks

goes to Mr. Adams for

kindly judging the

event.

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School Fayre

Well done to those of you who went to

great efforts in making fantastic Easter

bonnets for the Fayre. You all looked

great! The winner was Fai (Year 3)

although there were so many fabulous

entries it was an extremely difficult

decision to make. A special thanks goes

to Mr. Adams for kindly judging the

event.

First School Library

The library is currently having a make-

over! The children are very excited to

see how their library will change over

the next few weeks. With the help of

our creative teachers and maintenance

staff we hope to re-open a calm and

relaxing library for the children to enjoy

- pictures to follow!

Outdoor Environment

You may have noticed some beautiful

butterflies painted around the outside walls

of the Reception and Nursery classes. We

are very grateful to the talented group of

Secondary students and their teacher, Miss

Stephanie Dixon, for their lovely art work.

Year 2 and Miss Emma have also been

busy painting wonderful sea creatures to

enhance our 'Under the Ocean' area. As

part of the UK curriculum we understand

the importance of creating a warm and

welcoming environment to help enhance

and support children's development and

sense of well-being.

As part of our topic, Year Two went to visit Ocean World at Siam Paragon. We

had a fantastic time; learning about all the different aquatic animals and marine

life. First of all, we saw an amazing 4D film, with special glasses and chairs that

squirted water! The film was called ‘The

Little Prince’ and it was a bit scary so a

few of us wanted to sit with the grown ups.

After the film, we went off to explore the

rest of the aquarium tanks. We saw

clownfish, tangs, jellyfish, rays and even a

few Piranhas! Afterwards, we saw some

bigger animals. They were very funny to

look at - the penguins made us laugh and

we liked watching the otters clean

themselves.

Next, we were allowed to ride in a glass-

bottomed boat. We were amazed by the

sharks and were shocked

to see some people diving

in the water underneath

us! We also enjoyed

waving at the people who

were walking through the

see-through underwater

tunnel.

Our fun day drew to an

end with a special burger treat and even some ice cream! Yum!

Year Two and Miss Emma

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"Fantastic!" was the reaction from the children when they returned from Hua Hin

on Friday. They really had a wonderful time and learned a lot about history, crafts,

food, nature and coastal ecology. They learnt even more about themselves, about

taking responsibility, being independent and about sharing and getting along with

each other people.

We left early Thursday morning and stopped on the way in Petchaburi to walk

around King Rama V palace. After a delicious lunch we went down into Khao

Luang Cave, a limestone cave where water has eroded the rock to show stalagtites

and stalagmites.

After checking in and waiting for the right number of beds in each room we went

to the beach to dig in the sand and jump over waves. Dinner was pizza and salad

before going to the Petchaburi Fair at Phra Nakhon Khiri. The whole hillside and

the palace was beautifully lit with fairy lights. Just before we got back on the

buses the fireworks erupted, a marvellous sight lighting up the night sky.

Friday was equally busy and interesting and a full account will be in the Year

Book.

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On 4th April the Year 5 pupils went on a day trip to the Chao Phraya river and

the Grand Palace. We arrive at the palace and we were instantly amazed at the

beautiful designs and architecture on display there. The weapons museum also

held a lot of interest for the pupils with swords and tridents going back hundreds

of years.

After a lovely lunch at a riverside restaurant we charted a tour boat and

investigated the river. We stopped a couple of times and fed the largest fish we

had ever seen and toured around some fascinating canals leading off the river.

The boat was a great way to cool down after a long morning walking around the

palace.

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On the 4th March brave members of year 5 and 6 left the comfort and luxury of

Bangkok behind and headed off on their exciting residential trip to Krabi. The

children enjoyed a weeks break from the classroom and instead enjoyed a

wonderful variety of activities and experiences. Whether it was trekking

through rainforest, exploring deep dark caves, snorkeling above multi-coloured

coral reefs or just relaxing on the beach a wonderful time was had by all.

The children's behaviour was exceptional, setting a wonderful example to all

those we met of the polite, mature and very talented children we have here at

Garden International. Since returning the children have amazed us with tales of

their adventures, I'm sure they simply cannot wait till the next one.

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