NEWS Patana

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

Week 15 - Full of Opportunities! P. 2

Spreading the Christmas Spirit

P. 2

Letter from the Primary Principal

s we enter the last week of term we can take a moment to reflect on the learning in Term

1. For me the highlight has to be the 3-Way Confer-

ences, which have gone from strength to strength over the last five years. I am always amazed how well our children are able to articulate their learning by sharing their successes but also their next steps. This is certainly matching our school development plan where our focus is to develop assessment capa-ble learners.

The focus on the digital citizen and what is a digital learner has been a focus for our Primary parents led expertly by Brian Taylor. There is more to do within this area, so please look out for further workshops within Primary and Secondary.

As we enter into the last week, we have some won-derful Christmas events that we would like you to be part of:

16th December - Foundation Stage Singalong, 8.00am Foundation Stage area

16th December - Christmas Concert starting in the Theatre at 6.00pm

18th December - Whole School Christmas Assem-bly, 8.00am. Students are already asking how Santa will arrive this year. I wonder if any of them will get it right?

School closes on the 18th December and will reo-pen on Monday 11th January.

We wish you an enjoyable and safe holiday wher-ever you and the family may be.

Clare Sharp Primary Principal

By Polly Sinnett-Jones, Community Service Coordinator

ust 29 more amazing volun-teers are now needed to

achieve our challenge of rowing for 24 hours non-stop in order to raise money for the Syrian Refugee Crisis. The event will take place from 7.55am on Thursday 17th Decem-ber until 7.55am on Friday 18th De-cember. Each volunteer is asked to row for 20 minutes and raise 300 baht. Please do get involved and help make a real difference to peo-

ple's lives - staff, parents and stu-dents are welcome, sign up today! Slots are available from 8.00am un-til 3.10pm.

Anyone who has signed up will need to hand in their 300baht spon-sorship/donation next week (Parents can hand it over when they arrive for their slot). Parents can sign up by emailing Dr Polly Sinnett-Jones on posi@patana.ac.th.

group of eight Year 12 stu-dents are making an extra

push to help those in need over the Christmas season. The stu-dents, motivated by what they had learnt about the plight of ref-ugees, considered their fortunate lives and wanted to directly help communities in need, specifically inspired with the refugee crisis.

The Christmas Food Donation Project involves all tutor groups in Senior Studies. Each tutor group either donates a certain amount of money and/or they make up a food box to support one family for a few weeks. The food boxes con-tain essential items such as rice, cooking oil, salt, sugar and wash-ing detergent. These items are supplemented with canned goods and other non-perishable items. Some tutor groups add things like toothbrushes and toothpaste or toys and stationery for the chil-dren.

The collection has already been going for the past three weeks and the response from the tutor groups has been really good.

There are about 100 boxes ready, but more donations next week are really welcome. The donations will go to two communities in the Phra Athit area of Bangkok; one is a slum community and the other is a community of asylum seekers who are waiting for their papers to be processed.

The donations will be delivered to the two communities on Thurs-

day 17th December. Kudos goes to all the students involved, who never wavered in their enthusi-asm and energy to make this Christmas season a little easier for those less fortunate. A big thank you as well to all those who have donated.

If you have items you would like to donate, please contact me via email: cafg@patana.ac.th.

By Caroline Ferguson, CAS Coordinator

s part of a CAS (Community, Activity, Ser-

vice) Project that aims to raise awareness on AIDS and support financially limited families, ‘Hand2Heart’ decided to cele-brate World Aids Day at Bangkok Patana School on the November 30th (Originally scheduled for De-cember 1st but rescheduled due to clashing events). Over the course of planning this event, we were divided into four depart-ments – Art/Design, Event Man-agement, Public Relations and Make N’ Bake. This division of la-

bour became very useful as each team could focus on a certain as-pect of this upcoming event. In the end however, all four teams enthusiastically collaborated their ideas and put their hands together to make this event special.

On the day of the event, after gathering all the essential posters, baked goods and stalls, we all huddled by the Lounge at 12.15 with a large ‘Hand To Heart’ poster draped in front of the desk. Alongside, we had a tray of delicious brownies and specialised heart-shaped cookies for

those students who placed a col-ourful hand print inside the large reproduction of our heart-shaped logo. These students also partici-pated in an interactive question and answer session based on HIV and AIDS. Additionally, we stamped all the kind-hearted stu-dents participating in the interac-tive questionnaire with our cus-tomised logo. As the event went on, members of Hand2Heart switched rounds within 15

minutes and each took different roles such as stamping, stall moni-toring, photography and manag-ing the hand art to make sure it didn’t get too messy! Although this event didn’t get onto the Dai-ly Notices ahead of time, we still managed to give out all our cook-ies and brownies and received a lot of hands on our paper heart shaped logo.

It was absolutely wonderful to watch our members from

Hand2Heart actively contribute and dedi-cate themselves thoughtfully towards this event, as they have done for the past four months, when we started up with absolutely noth-ing. Together we are making a difference and working towards a happier, healthier and HIV-free future!

By Tarin (Jenny) Tungsubutra, 12M

THE ROAR Produced by the Athletics Council

Rugby

U15 Boys - 2nd

Touch

U15 Girls - Champi-

ons

Football

JV Girls - Champi-

ons

JV Boys - 6th place

www.facebook.com/bpssports

Athlete of the week:

Ellen Hagelauer ~For excellent performances at the

NIST FRIENDLY TOURNAMENT~

Year: 13 Team: Varsity Touch Position: Centre What do you enjoy the most about Touch? DIVING!! (and the cuts, bruises and injuries that come along with it) Who is your sporting idol? Michael Balo What is your sporting quote? “Somewhere behind the athlete you’ve become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back… play for her.” - Mia Hamm, Reitred US National Soccer Player What was your favourite memory on SEASAC? Mud-sliding after SEASAC Finals - 2012 How long have you played Touch and what made you start? Six years - I started because my friends were doing it and I wanted to try out a new sport Do you play any other sports besides Touch? Volleyball and Softball How many SEASAC tournaments have you participated in? 12 so far! It will be 14 by the end of Senior year What’s your favorite song right now? ANY NEW JUSTIN BIEBER SONG What’s your favourite movie of all time? Cool Runnings or Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron - Tough One

Others Sports Websites to Visit:

Tiger Sports:

http://

community.patana.ac.th/

tiger-sports-teams

Tiger Tweets:

https://twitter.com/

BPSSPORTS?ref_src=twsrc%

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EVENTS THIS WEEKEND

~Feeding Frenzy ~

~BPS Invitational Rugby and

Touch~

BPS Invitational Basketball~

Come out to cheer and sup-

port your friends!

By Genevieve Ahl, Services Manager

CA – Normal Activity 14th-18th December

Normal ECA activities will run next week. If you make any changes to activities please inform Transport accordingly. School Absences

If your child will not be in school on any day please remember to in-form Transport. Christmas Concert – Wednesday 16th December

If your child/ren will be staying in school to attend the Christmas Con-cert on Wednesday, please remem-ber to cancel their bus home in ad-vance. The Arts Centre Car Park will be closed for parking after 8.00am on Wednesday. Apologies for any

inconvenience caused. Christmas Assembly – Friday 18th December

If you would like to join the Christ-mas Assembly on Friday to see how Santa will arrive this year, you are welcome to join your child/ren on the school bus. Don’t forget to book a seat in advance to avoid disap-pointment. Moving House

If you will be moving house over the holiday period, please contact Transport as soon as possible so the bus routing can be amended accord-ingly. A minimum of five days notice is required and confirmation is sub-ject to route and seat availability. Merry Christmas and Happy New

Year! The Transport Department would

like to say thank you for your coop-eration and wish all our transport users and their families a very Merry Christmas and we look forward to welcoming you back in the New Year for Term 2 on Monday 11th January 2016.

E: transport@patana.ac.th Ph: 02 744 2470

The School Shop will be closed from Monday 21 Decem-

ber 2015 and will reopen on Monday 4th January 2016.

ll Secondary students who are on Set Lunch must TOP UP for Term 2. This requires each student to take their Patana Card to the 'Top Up' table in the Lounge on Wednes-

day 16th, Thursday 17th or Friday 18th December between 7.30 - 8.00am, during break time or lunch time. In order to have a smooth start to Term 2, please encourage all students to Top Up in the last three days of Term 1. It is a simple process of tapping the card which will add Term 2 Set Lunch to the card. Thank you for your cooperation.

n Wednesday 20th January 2016, Bangkok Patana School will be hosting its first INspirED event through which we aim to give

students, parents and external speakers the opportunity to give talks on community and global issues. This first event will include the launch of the Secondary Environmental Committee’s short film made last term, talks given by Senior Studies students and a fantastic key-note talk given by Emily Penn. Emily has given TED Talks and seminars around the world, and received excellent reviews after her Royal Geo-graphical Society Tour round the UK in 2014. Admission is free – do-nations at the door will be given to charity. Time of the event to be confirmed.

? By Polly Sinnett Jones, Community Service Coordinator

Bangkok Patana School is currently looking to recruit a Communications Coordinator

Working as part of the Development, Alumni and Marketing Department in the school’s Business area, the Communications Coordinator will oversee the design, content, publication and distribution of the school’s publications, manage the school’s social media presence and coordinate and promote the alum-ni network through communications and events. Key responsibilities include: Oversees the design, content, layout, editing and publishing of various school publications including collating all articles, selecting photographs, reporting on school events and ensuring that agreed dead-lines are met at all times.

Coordinates communications between school and the alumni network through the online community pages and official social media channels in line with the devised strategy. Assists in organising and promoting alumni events in support of the overall strategy. Manages the official social media and digital communications activities of the school.

Skills and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred. Previous experience in publications and editing with the ability to write education-related pieces for both internal and external audiences. Outstanding attention to detail.

Efficient and proactive with the ability to meet deadlines under pressure. Team-oriented with a positive, can-do attitude.

Competent in MS Office, multi-media package experience of use. Native English speaker essential. Applicants are invited to send their resumes / CV together with recent photo and expected salary to: The HR Manager Bangkok Patana School 643 La Salle Road, Sukhumvit 105, Bangna, Bangkok 10260 Tel: 02 785 2200 E-mail:personnel@patana.ac.th Web: www.patana.ac.th. Deadline for receiving applications: Friday 8th January 2016 Interviews will take place in English; only short listed applicants will be contacted.

By Patama Chutima, Head Nurse

The table below is a guideline for a child immunization schedule (update from summer 2015) . Please consult your Doctor to discuss your child’s specific immunization needs.

When to immunise

Vaccine given in UK Vaccine given in Thai

At birth Hepatitis B * BCG *

Hepatitis B No.1 BCG

One month old Hepatitis B * Hepatitis B No.2

Two months old

•DTaP/IPV : Pediacel® •PCV : Prevenar 13®. •Rotarix® (rotavirus gastroenteritis) •Bexsero® (meningitis B)

DTaP ,IPV/OPV, Hib No.1

Three months old •DTaP/IPV(polio)/Hib (2nd dose: Pediacel®) •MenC (meningitis C): NeisVac-C® or Menjugate Kit®. •Rotarix® (rotavirus gastroenteritis)

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Four months old •DTaP/IPV(polio)/Hib (3rd dose: Pediacel®) •PCV (2nd dose: Prevenar 13®) •Bexsero® (2nd dose: meningitis B)

DTaP ,IPV/OPV, Hib No.2

Six months old - DTaP ,IPV/OPV, Hib No.3 Hepatitis B No.3

Between 12 and 13 months old – within a month of the first birth-day

•Hib/MenC (combined as one injection) - 4th dose of Hib and 2nd dose of MenC: Menitorix® •MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) - combined as one injection: Priorix® or MMR II® •PCV (3rd dose: Prevenar 13®) •Bexsero® (3rd dose: meningitis B)

Japanese B Encephalitis x 2;(4 week apart) (9-18 months old) MMR No.1(9-12 months old)

1 ½ year old - DTaP ,IPV/OPV, Hib booster No.1

>2 years old - Japanese B Encephalitis No.3 (2-2 ½ year)

Two, three and four years old

•Nasal flu spray Fluenz®.

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Three years and four months old or soon after

•Pre-school booster of DTaP/IPV(polio): Repevax® or Infanrix-IPV® •MMR (second dose: Priorix® or MMR II®)

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4-6 years old - DTaP ,IPV/OPV booster No.2 MMR No.2 (2 ½ -6 year)

11-12 years old Td (and every 10 year)

Girls aged 12 to 13 years old

HPV(Gardasil) -

Around 13-18 years old •Td/IPV(polio) booster: Revaxis®. •Men ACWY - given to 17-18 year olds and first time students up to 25 years.

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* Immunisation for those at risk References: www.gov.uk, www.pidst.net

Louise Truslow A Retrospective

Opening Reception January 14, 2016. 7-9 pm. January 14-31, 2016 Marking 20 years since she started painting, the Neilson Hays presents a Retrospective of British artist Louise Truslow; featuring works from many of her exhibitions of the past two decades and encompassing all of the media she now works in. The exhibition opens with a Reception on Thursday, January 14th from 7-9 pm. and continues until the end of the month. Over the years Louise has become well known for her evoca-tive oils and watercolours - particularly those depicting monks, umbrellas and South East Asian scenes. More recently she has started working in glass and to a less-er extent, bronze. Her glass is kiln-formed and all her work is created using recycled crystalline glass, which she sources from a local manufacturer. Some of the works in this exhibition are from the artist's pri-vate collection and the latest paintings were exhibited at the Royal Overseas League in London during 2015. Louise came to Thailand in 1990 and has lived in Asia for over 30 years. Her background is in Performance Arts and although she has no formal training in painting or glassmak-ing, her work has been exhibited in several cities and is held in private and corporate collections around the world.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: Nalin Vanasin, Curator at the Rotunda and Garden Café Galleries EMAIL: nhl.curator@gmail.com FACEBOOK: Neilson Hays Library Rotunda & Garden Café Galleries Neilson Hays Library 195 Surawong Rd, Bangkok Tel: 02 233 1731

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