Patana News Volume 21 Issue 21

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NEWS Patana

Friday 15th February 2019

Volume 21 Issue 21

THE IMPORTANCE OF A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP

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THE IMPORTANCE OF A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP

Brian Taylor, Assistant Principal, Cross Campus Curriculum Technology Integration

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’m going to step off the technology train for this week’s Patana News article and share a personal journey with you. About a year ago Matt Mills passed on a book recommendation that changed my life. It’s not often that I make a statement like that, they’re like ‘get-out-of-jail’ cards in the game of Monopoly – rare and you should use them wisely. Like most of us no doubt, my daily capacity for reading books is limited to just before bedtime and I struggle to get through a handful of pages before I lose concentration and drift off into slumber. The 30-minute car journey home gives me an opportunity to listen to audiobooks though, so I downloaded the audible version of Matt’s recommendation: Matthew Walker’s Why We Sleep and proceeded to listen to it in bite-size chunks on the way home over several weeks. Professor Walker, director of UC Berkeley’s Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab explains how only recently technology has developed to allow us to peer into the activity of the brain during the realms of sleep – something that occupies about a third of our lives. He details the reasons why we sleep and how we can improve its quality. It’s during those trips that I made a decision to make adjustments to my daily routine that have significantly improved the quality of my ‘awake’ time. This is my journey.

It seems an eternity ago that I was getting up for the 2:00am feed when my boys were bottle fed. However, that wake-up routine stayed with me as they grew older, I was going to bed early (8:00pm most week-nights) and getting up at 2:00am the following day. The working-alone slot between 2:00am and 6:00am was golden time – great for clearing all of the emails and mentally preparing for the rest of the day. For the past several years I was operating on a six-hour sleep schedule and thinking nothing of it. Not until I read Walker’s book that is. At my age the recommendation 2

is eight hours of quality sleep. Even if I was putting myself into sleep debt of just one hour a day, with seven hours, I was significantly impacting all aspects of my health: physical and emotional well-being. With six hours I was in the red zone.

Before reading this book I was of the strong opinion that sleep was one of the corners of the well-being triangle, with nutrition and exercise being the two additional fundamental ingredients necessary for a healthy lifestyle. However, I’ve since learned that this model is wrong, your sleep, and in particular the quality of your sleep, is the bedrock or foundation for all other aspects. It makes sense to me now, the decisions we make in our ‘awake’ time: when to exercise, what type of exercise, what to eat, when to eat etc. are governed by the quality of our sleep. We make poor decisions when we are tired or deprived of sleep.

I’ve shifted my daily schedule so that I get eight hours of sleep a day. Occasionally I slip, and that’s okay. I view it like our diet – now and then it’s okay to have that junk food you know you shouldn’t have, it’s okay to binge a little on a Netflix series – but as long as it’s not the norm then it is okay. Since then I’ve noticed several things have changed in my life. My productivity during the day has increased – even though I’ve lost time in the morning by sleeping longer.

My levels of creativity and problem solving have improved - during sleep your brain replays the day’s events on fast forward and maps them to prior memories and experiences – helping you to make better decisions next time the

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scenario appears in real life. Fundamentally, a good night’s sleep beforehand prepares your brain for new learning the following day, in addition to locking in the learning that has occurred during that day. It literally is the time you learn the most.

In January I was planning to talk to our Year 13s about who really owns their digital data (Facebook, Google etc.), but decided instead to share my ‘sleep-discovery’ journey with them; I thought it more helpful in preparation for their exams in May. The positive feedback they gave, allied with the results from the sleep survey they took, reinforced my suspicion that some in our community are sleep deprived.

Last week I presented to Year 7s and was pleased to see that many of them already have good sleep habits; there is always room for improvement though. There are plans in place in our tutorial program for me to meet with other Year groups.

FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PROFESSOR WALKER TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF YOUR SLEEP: 1. Make the bedroom cold

18.5 0C is optimum for sleeping. Your body temperature needs to drop to initiate the sleep process. This may sound very low but you can slowly adjust the temperature down over several months. A shower or quick bath before bedtime helps to lower your body temperature.

2. Totally dark room

We live in a dark-deprived environment. Use black-out curtains. Even cover up the green AC light. If you need a night-light then put it on a timer. Dim the lights one-hour before bedtime. Use blue light filters on screens and warm-white bulbs. No screen-time one-hour before bedtime.

3. Avoid caffeine (coffee, tea, caffeinated energy drinks) in the afternoon

You’ll still sleep, but your sleep quality will be poor – you’ll have a disturbed night’s sleep.

4. Don’t lie in bed awake at night

If you cannot sleep or wake up in the middle of the night and cannot get back to sleep, get out of bed and read a book in a comfy chair – you’ll soon feel sleepy and then go back to bed. Never do work on your bed, you brain associates your bed with thinking and the quality of your sleep will be negatively affected.

5. Constant sleep schedule

Above all this is the most important. Go to bed and get up at the same time each day. It’s really tough at the weekends, but try to maintain it.

Whilst in London two weeks ago for the British Educational Training and Technology conference, I read a recent paper in the British Medical Journal suggesting that sleep has a greater impact on an adolescent’s mental wellbeing than previously thought. Professor Russell Viner, the president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and a co-author of the BMJ paper, said: “There is more and more evidence emerging that lack of sleep has a major impact on children’s mental and physical health, as well as learning.

And at a time where there is so much competition with sleep thanks to technology and lifestyles, any education on the importance of sleep will be beneficial for today’s modern children and young people. I hope they take note of the advice being taught and they quickly reap the benefits.” library or download the audio version. Alternatively, have Following the success of his book, Walker has now a quick read of this Guardian article on the best thing you become a guest on many of the leading talk shows and can do for your health. with a quick search on Google you’ll be able to catch his Look out for the invitation on page 15 to the Parent articles and interviews. One I highly recommend is his talk Workshop organised by the PTG on the 27th March that will to Google employees a year ago. It’s quite long (37mins include a strand on sleep. before the Q&A), but watch the video and see if it resonates Sleep well. with you, if so then you can get a copy of the book from our 15/02/2019

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WHY RESIDENTIAL IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP 21ST CENTURY CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE LEARNING Sarah Gaughan, Primary Leader of Excellence in Teaching and Learning

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round the world, everyone from governments, business leaders and economists to parents, teachers and paediatricians are all asking the same questions. What skills will our children need to succeed. Lets’ consider this. It has been estimated that two thirds of children today will work in jobs that currently don’t exist. Now what skills do we want them to have?

beyond their school years.

Ben Walden, the keynote speaker at our whole school professional development day in October 2018 said:

“In education today we measure the academics and say that everything else is picked up along the way” So as professionals, teachers, leaders and parents we are It 2016 the World Economics Forum released a list that constantly reflecting on the question: every parent, teacher and anyone else involved in children’s Are we preparing our students’ success now and in development needs. It’s a list of the 21st Century skills most THEIR future? valued in today’s complex, globalised and rapidly changing Our Primary Residential program is an excellent example world. A third of these skills are the hard skills such as reading, of ways in which we provide opportunities for students to put writing and mathematics, sometimes referred to as IQ skills.

More notable however, are other two thirds, such as critical down their pencils and spend some quality time developing thinking, curiosity, creativity, communication, social intelligence these very important skills and characteristics. and resilience that are gaining prominence in classrooms and Giving children opportunities to explore the world through board rooms across the world. Academic success is simply ‘play’ is fundamental to their development as they use their not enough. imagination, communicate ideas, take risks, negotiate, make As part of our Continued Professional Learning here at plans, build relationships and follow their own interests. The Bangkok Patana, we have been researching and working children were so excited to have quality time together to ‘play’ hard to raise the profile of these characteristics for our students on the beaches and in Thailand’s beautiful national parks. in order to ensure that they can be successful now and 4

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The itineraries on our residential visits involve thinking critically, solving problems and being creative. This year children had opportunities to make kites, build boats and design survival shelters and many more ways work in teams to solve problems.

a very different side of their students. They say how proud they are to watch the children becoming more experienced and growing in ways they rarely see in the classroom!

When speaking to the children on our way to residential on student said “I love residential! It was the best days of my life!�

An important element of our visits is to develop children’s motivation through risk taking, trying new things and using their senses to explore the natural world. It is wonderful to watch the children overcoming initial fears about getting wet and messy! With a little reassurance from their friends and teachers, the children found that taking risks led to fantastic experiences. Many children were very proud of meeting challenges and achieving new things.

We saw so many examples of children demonstrating resilience, perseverance and being proud of what they accomplished. Wading through rivers, paddling alongside living fish, kayaking through the mangroves and learning to ride bikes are just some examples of how children challenged themselves throughout the trip.

If you are interested to learn more about developing characteristics of effective learning please get in touch at The staff on residential always return to school having seen saga@patana.ac.th

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STORIES AND TOYS

Sarah Dibley, Year1 Leader of Learning and Welfare

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ur Year 1 students were excited to share some of In groups they began planning stories on a story mountain, their amazing learning with their friends and families using their own toys from home as the main characters. The finished results are amazing, but the most important things to this week iat the Year 1 Toy Expo. note are the amount of learning and fantastic collaboration During Term 2A, the children have been busy developing that lead to their published creations! their skills and understanding of stories, in preparation for writing and publishing their own books. These were shared The children also shared their wonderful toy dictionaries; at the Expo this week. The process started through listening stunning toy art and toy models that they had made after lots to lots of stories about toys and collecting exciting word of planning, testing and reflecting. choices to develop their vocabulary. As they listened to and The students were so proud of themselves and their friends, reflected upon different texts, they began to identify key parts of a story (introduction, build up, problem, resolution). and they ended the Expo by visiting each others classrooms to celebrate the wonderful learning across Year 1.

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BANGKOK - BARCELONA PROJECT Mariela Bianciotti-Sennecke, Key Stage 2 Spanish Teacher

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erm 2 had a surprise in store for the Spanish classes in Year 5. We were contacted by a group of students from Santa Coloma, a Primary School in Barcelona, to participate in a language exchange. They had been learning about Thailand and after browsing different schools in Bangkok, they were so impressed by what they saw on Bangkok Patana’s website that they chose us for a joint project.

students said about the experience: “I felt really excited to introduce myself to somebody who doesn’t live in the same city, the same country or the same continent. My pen pal learns three different languages and she likes reading like me. I would really like to find out who is who in the picture.” Vaanya, 5B “The moment that I found out what we were going to do, my Needless to say, everybody received the news with lots of mind started thinking of what to write!” Zachary, 5A excitement! Getting in touch with students from another country “My pen pal taught me a few phrases in Spanish. I would was something most of our Year 5s had never done before. really like to learn some more.” Ryan, 5B This project was also a great opportunity to use what we had learnt, to communicate with students who were Spanish native speakers learning English as an additional language.

Students were paired up and each of them was assigned a pen pal from the other school. Using Google Slides, they wrote bilingual messages to each other. They had the chance to introduce themselves, talk about their likes, favourite food, songs, and even learn a few interesting facts about life in Barcelona. We also exchanged class photos and the highlight was receiving their videos greeting us in English and in Spanish!

“I was really excited when I first started this project because I had never done anything like this. I thought that their school started at the same time as ours but it starts at 9am and ends at 4.30pm!” Darsh, 5B “I was really excited because I don’t really get an opportunity to meet new people without actually meeting them. I learnt that in Barcelona they speak Spanish and Catalan.” Joaquín, 5A “I learnt two words in Catalan: pantamaca which is bread The entire experience was very enriching, so much so that we with fresh crushed tomato and calçots which are spring will contact them again soon. We still have lots of questions to onions.” Raphael, 5B ask them!

“Next time I would like to ask her why she wears normal clothes to school.” Husnaa, 5A Here, in their own words, is a sample of what our Year 5 15/02/2019

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STUDENTS SPEAK

The Difference Between AI and Human Intelligence

By Karnsiree (Ling Ling) Chen, Year 12

In an age of increasing technological development, computers are becoming smarter and smarter, so much so that it is becoming difficult to differentiate between artificial and human intelligence. To investigate this, a simple thought experiment has been conducted, where you and an intelligent robot are before a judge that cannot see you. You will pick your one word of choice from the English dictionary, which the judge will use to determine whether you are deemed human or robot. Cognitive scientists believe that its consideration can help to illuminate our basic assumptions about artificial intelligence whilst also revealing insights about our own minds.

indistinguishable from that of a human. The Turing Test follows the format of the experiment described above. If the chatbot manages to fool a pre-determined number of judges, it has passed the Turing Test. McCoy was curious as to what words people would choose to prove their humanity, eventually leading to the publication of a research paper published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology.

In the first experiment, McCoy and his colleague, Tomer Ullman, asked more than 1,000 participants to answer the question above and then analysed the words they produced.

The top 10 words, in order of popularity, were:

We often see artificial intelligence demonstrated in many aspects of daily life, a good example of which are the automated ‘chat bots’ which employ artificial intelligence to hold conversations. These machines generate lifelike responses and can adapt to changing answers: so how can we tell if the customer service we are emailing is human or just an algorithm? Communicative AI is real and humans must learn how to adapt to it.

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Love

Compassion Human

Please

Mercy

Empathy Emotion

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Humanity Alive

(134 responses) (33) (30) (25) (18) (17) (14) (13) (11) (9)

John McCoy, one of the researchers behind the research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, conducted an experiment inspired by the Turing Test, that aims to measure “It was striking how much convergence there was whether a machine’s intelligent behaviour is between people,” says McCoy, who is now at the 8

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University of Pennsylvania. “They can choose any word they like from a standard English dictionary and yet there’s huge convergence across individuals.”

The word “love” was the most popular choice – around 10% of participants chose this word though there were hundreds of thousands of other possibilities, suggesting a shared preconception of what we think it is to be human.

Other general themes included they words conveying bodily functions (such as “pee”), faith and forgiveness (such as “mercy” or “hope”), emotion (such as “empathy”) and food (such as “banana”) were the most popular categories.

This experiment was conducive to another experiment where McCoy and Ullman observed how other people would respond to the words generated in the first experiment. The researchers paired the most popular words together and asked another group of participants to determine which, of the two, was most likely to have been generated by a human and which by a computer.

As we saw in the first study, “love” turned out to one of the most successful. But of the choices available, the highest-ranking word was “poop”.

This may suggest that knowingly expressing crude humour and aggravating an emotion rather than describing one may be a way to show humanity.

The reason for this might reflect the current state of AI. While bots can write basic descriptive sentences and even intelligible short stories, they still cannot quite process humour and sarcasm since they rely on understanding of context and culture which is so essentially human.

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e are expanding our selection of Home Language reading material for our learning community and we would love your support as we set out on this process. Do you have books at home in your Home Languages that your children have outgrown or perhaps you no longer need?

We would be very grateful if you would consider donating them to the Community Book Drive. If you’re able to support our initiative, please drop off any books that you have at the Primary EAL Office, which is located above the Primary Office and opposite the main entrance to Year 2.

If you have any questions or need any further information, please contact Ms Ondine at onul@patana.ac.th

McCoy also suspects that this experiment could prove a useful tool to understand people’s perspectives and preconceptions about other groups of humans, particularly stereotypes and associations that we subconsciously generate.

What one word would you choose to prove you are a woman, for instance? Or to prove you are French, or a socialist? In each case, the choices should reveal the qualities that we assume all group members to recognise within themselves, that may be misunderstood or ignored by outsiders.

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SCHOOL ACCREDITATION CHANGES Helen Thew, Cross Campus Principal

SCHOOL ACCREDITATION CHANGES: WHY WE CAN REDUCE TO ONLY ONE ACCREDITATION AGENCY THAT CAN FULFIL ALL OF OUR NEEDS

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ince 2001 Bangkok Patana has been accredited by two outside organisations who worked together, namely CIS (Council for International Schools) and NEASC (New England Association of Schools and Colleges). When we were last awarded re-accreditation status by CIS/NEASC in May 2012 this was under the shared CIS 8th Edition protocol, where CIS and NEASC were using the same template and had a single team working jointly producing a single report on Bangkok Patana’s progress.

However, CIS and NEASC have changed their approach and they both now have new protocols: CIS - International Accreditation protocol NEASC - ACE (Architecture, Culture and Ecology) Learning Due to their separate new protocols they have also changed from offering a joint accreditation process to only offering a synchronised process. For Bangkok Patana this would mean that whilst the timing for visits can still overlap (is “synchronised”) there would be separate teams, separate portals into which we would need to submit our information and reports to each agency.

We therefore looked into the accreditation process to see if there was any benefit to Patana to keep working with two separate accreditation systems. Our main initial reason for wanting the NEASC accreditation stamp was to support our students wishing to attend American universities as it showed the American universities that we had a quality control mark against Bangkok Patana’s name. However, as we are an IB Diploma School, any of our Year 13 students completing the IB Diploma and wishing to apply to the USA can gain access to those universities as the IB Diploma can also act as a quality control mark.

Each year we do have a few Year 13 students who do not complete the full IB Diploma and out of those students one or two may wish to go to an American University. Whilst this is only a very small number of students, we did not wish to disadvantage them by removing the NEASC accreditation stamp from our profile. I am pleased to be able to report that CIS has been working with the American government and universities and as of August 2018 their accreditation system has been recognised as giving the necessary rubber stamp of quality control for any schools they accredit. This means that all students from a CIS school with a High School Diploma stamped with the CIS mark can gain access to American universities therefore matching what NEASC offered us.

With this information about the new status CIS has amongst American universities, we will not be disadvantaging any of our students by stopping our association with NEASC and just concentrating on one accrediting body (CIS) as we move forward. We have written to NEASC and thanked them for their services to Bangkok Patana School but have closed our working relationship with them.

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“HOW CAN WE SUPPORT OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS IN MAINTAINING THEIR MOTHER TONGUE?” HOME LANGUAGE WORKSHOP FOR SECONDARY PARENTS 8TH MARCH 2019 CONFERENCE CENTRE 8:00 - 9:00AM Dear Secondary Parents, You are cordially invited to the ‘Home Language Development in the Secondary School’ Parent Workshop being held in the Conference Centre at 8:00am on Friday 8th March.

Maintaining and developing a Home Language in an international context can have its challenges as children grow and develop. During this workshop, there will be opportunities to discuss the challenges you as parents are facing and also share tips and ideas on how to maintain and develop your child’s home language(s).

Please complete the google form below by Monday 25th February to indicate your attendance at this workshop: RSVP HERE I look forward to welcoming you on the 8th March for this workshop. In the meantime, if you require any further clarification, please contact me at vitu@patana.ac.th Kind regards, Virginie Turner Secondary Home Language Coordinator

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UNI COUNSELLORS’ CORNER IN THE SPOTLIGHT...

MODUL University Vienna, Austria

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ODUL University Vienna is widely considered as Austria’s leading international private university and is owned by the Vienna Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the largest provider of private education in Austria. Founded in 1908, MODUL College is the vocational training school with the longest tradition in tourism and hospitality education worldwide.

Today, students from more than 70 different countries study at the MODUL University Vienna, making up 70% of the student body. The research-driven curricula successfully generate and sustain innovation. The integrated educational concept, combining professional skills and personal development, prepares its graduates for executive positions worldwide. Located on Kahlenberg, a scenic hill overlooking Vienna, MODUL University’s campus boasts a spectacular view of the city and the Danube River. Just a few footsteps away from the Vienna Woods, the university’s tranquil location offers a peaceful study setting while staying on the pulse of one of the world’s great cities.

The university’s small size and personalised attention provides an academic experience unparalleled in larger institutions. With an intimate 20:1 student-faculty ratio every student has his or her own academic advisor on our internationally experienced faculty. English is the language of instruction, with an additional language as part of the core curriculum.

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Follow the Careers team...

One-to-one meetings with all Year 12 students will start after half term.

Spend half term thinking about your post-Patana plans and come to the one-to-one meeting ready with some questions.

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UNI OFFERS...

Yehonatan Cohen, Year 13

Congratulations on offers from University of Warwick, University of Bath, University of Nottingham, Loughborough University and Kings College London

“Inspired by my father, I developed a real passion and personal objective of becoming an entrepreneur one day so I was certain that a degree in Business Management would be a good start in my entrepreneurial journey. Furthermore, I desire to attend University of Warwick for my undergraduate degree due to their modern campus and prestigious reputation. It is situated in Coventry and is known for being a campus based university which will be beneficial for me socially. There are also many similarities between Warwick and Bangkok Patana in regards to campus facilities.

I remember participating in a Junior Enterprise elective where I was tasked to organise finances and sell baked goods. This was the first real-life experience of operating a Business for me. Although it is much simpler and short term, I felt confident and in my element while doing these tasks.

I was elected by my teachers and peers to represent my Year group/school as a Senior Delegate which helped improve my interpersonal and delegation skills. These are essential skills required for my desired profession so I am happy to be developing these skills.

I also started my own community project. I was in charge of marketing products and handling the finance and accounts of each sale made from a restaurant that employs workers with special needs. As I fluently speak English, Hebrew and Thai, it was easier for me to communicate with the local stakeholders. I constructed an income statement, which I constantly updated after every purchase. I was intrigued by the control I had over the spreadsheet. The jurisdiction I had over all the departments was my personal indication that cemented my decision of becoming an entrepreneur. This idea came from a Corporate Social Responsibility lecture I attended in Business class.�

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CATS CORNER

Tania Leyland, Youth Club and Community Services Coordinator

SDG 15: LIFE ON LAND

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n the 29th and 30th January, it was the Noah’s Ark Campaign Day which followed the theme of ‘Life On Land’, one of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Since one of our main targets for this academic year is to engage more with the Key Stage 3 students as well as to encourage them to participate and become knowledgeable about the world’s critical issues, in our case, to protect the rights and existence of endangered species on the verge of extinction, we decided to host a scavenger hunt.

For each day, the student who was able to complete the scavenger hunt the fastest, won a prize. We created a map of the Secondary School which consisted of marked dots to indicate where the location of each QR code was and a document for each student to fill in the names of 10 endangered species on the IUCN red list, some of which came as a surprise to many such as orangutans and tigers. The students had to follow the numbers on the map which led them to a QR code with its respective number and then, they had to utilise their phones to scan it in order to find out what the endangered species was within the link. Not only did this event enable students to be active and to move around the school campus, it was an incredibly fun way for students to work alongside friends, be competitive whilst also discovering new facts at the same time.

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Monday 18th February Half Term Monday 25th February School Re-opens Thursday 14th March Patana Jazz and Blues Concert Friday 15th March Red Nose Day Monday 18th March IB Art Exhibition Opening

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CATS IN FOCUS - STOP STOP TRAFFICKING OF PEOPLE (STOP) is a CAT club which raises awareness against human trafficking and donates funds to our partnered international NGO “A21” to improve the lives of human trafficking victims.

It has been a busy year for STOP CAT club, especially with the recent Campaign Day. To raise awareness against child labor and distinguish between companies which use unethical practices, STOP members displayed various clothing from different brands and quizzed the school student body to see if they knew about which brands were ethical or not.

Last term, some of our Key Stage 3 members also worked on a video for the “It’s a penalty!” campaign. This campaign, organised by A21, is an international effort where athletes come together to film messages which expose the harsh realities of human trafficking and its devastating impact in our world. Our Key Stage 3 members had a brilliant idea of replicating that concept by filming Bangkok Patana students from various sports team across a variety of Year groups. They requested each person present a fact to raise awareness of the extent to which human trafficking is affecting our society. More information on the campaign can be found here: https://www.a21.org/content/campaigns/ gncjeg

LOST Property 15/02/2019

Please remember that if your child has lost anything (including water bottles) you can check on Firefly to see if it has been found or handed in.

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Key Stage One Sports Day Wednesday 6th March 2019

Please feel free to follow your child and their class around the many exciting sports stations and cheer them on during the morning.

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