REGENTS’ NEWSLETTER

EDITION 4 TERm 1 2014/2015

SECONDARY

This is one of the key findings that educational guru, Carol Dweck made through many years of research into why some children take on challenges and persevere in the face of failures, while others shy away from challenges and give up easily, even though they have less ability.

The work of Carol Dweck has influenced many educators and policymakers since her book, ‘Mindset’ was published in 2006. The main idea of her book is that people (both students and teachers included) have a fixed or growth mindset. Someone with a fixed mindset will view their intelligence and talents as innate, as unalterable. This means that they will be reluctant to take on challenges and persevere through adversity. A person who possesses a growth mindset, on the other hand, will understand that intelligence and ability is fluid and can be developed. Such people will consider taking on challenges as a part of the natural process of learning, even if they make mistakes or find the challenge to be a struggle.

Regents School staff were treated to a ‘D-Day’ at the beginning of this week, the first day of the new half-term. The purpose of the ‘D-Day’ or Discussion Day was just that, discussion. This discussion was focused on the work of Carol Dweck and how her research findings fit into the teaching and learning ethos and practice of educators and policymakers at Regents. The overwhelming conclusion from the varied discussions by all involved was that Regents is

a school which fully believes in and promotes growth mindset and that teachers are not held back by testing.

The discussions were the first step in creating a road map for the continued improvement of teaching and learning at Regents, from Early Years all the way up to the IB Diploma Programme. The D-Day also highlighted Regents School’s commitment to teachers working collaboratively to seek improvement as well as focusing upon a commitment by the school to take full responsibility for every aspect of the school’s performance.

When Dweck was interviewed about her work recently, she commented that the key things for teachers to remember in applying growth mindset principles was, ‘To embody growth mindset themselves. As a teacher you might have a fixed mindset moment, whether it is about a student’s abilities or your own, so it’s important to keep a watch on that. Teachers should tell pupils that school is

about growing your brain’.

I personally look forward to further time to develop knowledge, understanding and practice associated with growth mindset in the coming months… What is clear right now is that the students and teachers at Regents are prepared to persevere, take on new challenges and make mistakes but learn from these in order to continue to grow their brain.

CALENDAR DATESMonday 3rd nov Head StudentS campaign week beginS

Thursday 4Th nov Loy kratHong day

Thursday 6Th nov pHuket FootbaLL tournament Senior teamS

Thursday 6Th nov Senior uk matHS cHaLLenge

saTurday 8Th nov ib eSS & bioLogy barge trip

Monday 10Th nov remembrance aSSembLy

Tuesday 11Th nov kS4 & 5 HouSe baSketbaLL competition

Friday 14Th nov u15 FobiSia gameS – HoSted by St andrewS ScHooL in bangkok saTurday 15Th nov Senior rugby tournament in bangkok

Monday 17Th nov year 10 outdoor education week

Wednesday 19Th nov kS3 HouSe baSketbaLL competition

‘TEAChERS hAvE bEEN hELD bACk bY TESTINg’.

ThIS WEEk IN ThE SECONDARY NEWSLETTER

sarah Travis-MulFord, assisTanT head oF secondary

hisTory Trip To GerMany and poland

insecTs sTudies in year 10 iGcse arT

dodGeball Madness!

aWard WinninG acTor visiTs reGenTs

year 7 hisTorical research in acTion

The Year 7 Historians have been learning historical skills. As part of a lesson they were asked to bring in a historical artefact from home. Students brought in a fine array of artefacts from lots of different time periods. From a Viking arrow head to a 1980’s Walkman. Students enjoyed looking at the sources, working out what they tell us about the past and if they were primary or secondary sources. Some of the most popular items included: part of a meteor, an antique watch and World War One memorabilia. Thank you to Year 7 for sharing these items with us.

by katie moFFatt, HiStory and geograpHy teacHer

FROm vIkINg ARROW hEADS TO WORLD WAR ONE mEmORAbILIA…

healThy acTive liFesTyles and The Muscular sysTeM

In our Year 11 GCSE PE lessons we have been looking at a Healthy Active Lifestyle and the Muscular System. This involved learning about all the muscles in the body, the types of muscle, the types of muscle contraction, what movements each muscle allows and the short and long-term effects of exercise on our muscular systems.

In this week’s lesson we dissected a chicken wing which allowed us to see how the muscles work and where they are by comparing it to the human body. We were able to see how the muscle shortens and lengthens allowing movement. It was a really fun and interesting lesson as it was very hands-on, catering to students who appreciate an active approach to learning. It gave us a better understanding of the muscular system but at the same time was very enjoyable and a lesson that will be easily be remembered when revising for our up and coming mock exams in December.

by cati Steed, year 11 gcSe pe Student

LET’S TAkE A LOOk INSIDE!

by SamantHa JoneS , Head oF HiStory

On the 10th October myself, Mr Kilgallon and 13 students travelled from Bangkok to Berlin to begin a 10 day jam-packed educational tour of two historically rich countries. We arrived in Berlin late Friday evening, excited but very tired after nearly 15 hours travelling. The next day we started our first tour of Berlin, visiting many places of historical interest such as the Jewish Memorial, Checkpoint Charlie, Hitler’s underground bunker, the Berlin Dome and the Reichstag. We booked a tour of the Reichstag, which involved making our way around the huge glass dome at the top of the building. Inside, the architecture was amazing, and the views outside were perfect – even the rain couldn’t dampen the day! On the second day we visited the Jewish Museum, an amazing and huge building with hundreds of different exhibitions, in many different rooms and with many different interactive exhibitions. We also visited the Brandenburg Gate, a beautiful structure that has withheld through both World Wars.

Over the next two days we visited other important sites such as the Checkpoint Charlie Museum, the Topography of Terror, the Berlin Wall, the East Side Gallery, (the largest and longest standing open air gallery in the world) the Soviet cenotaph and the largest church in Berlin. On our final day we had a guided tour around the Olympic Stadium, we learnt many important and interesting facts; the stadium is

home to Usain Bolt’s 2009 100 metre world record, it was where Zinedine Zidane was sent off in the final of the 2006 World Cup for head-butting Marco Materazzi, it will host the 2015 Champion’s League final and it was home to the 1936 Olympic Games. We actually stood in the exact place Hitler opened the games and were able to tour all the backstage VIP areas and dressing rooms of the football players. In the afternoon we had spare time to visit the Berlin Dungeons; I’m not sure who was most afraid, teachers or students, but we definitely heard quite a few screams from some of the girls (and the boys) as we were walking around.

The second half of our trip was spent in Poland, in three beautiful and historic cities full. We first travelled to Osowka to visit Hitler’s secret underground headquarters; we spent time discovering secret rooms and passage ways that the Nazis had tried, but failed to destroy. Our guide told us his theories of what the Nazis were using the underground headquarters for (including the idea of building super weapons) but obviously nothing can be proven. We then travelled to Wroclaw and the next morning had a guided tour around the city. We visited Wroclaw Town Hall, the Market Square and Wroclaw Cathedral as well as many Churches and Synagogues that remained even after the bombing and destruction of the Second World War.

A poignant day was then spent at Auschwitz-Birkenau; we travelled to the extermination camp and were taken on a tour to learn about, and try to understand, the terrible experience that awaited the victims of the Holocaust. We saw rooms filled with personal belongings taken from the victims; their clothes, utensils, luggage and even their hair; we also saw belongings taken from the children before they were murdered. It was very emotional as we were led around the bunkers where the Jews slept, the punishment blocks, the public bathrooms and finally the gas chambers and crematoriums. Visiting the gas chambers was very touching but also very distressing, hearing details from the guide of how many people were pushed into small concrete rooms was

heart-breaking, hearing how they forced other Jews to see this, to remove them and then take them to the crematorium was even worse.

Our final day in Krakow was spent on a tour of one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. We visited many different places of interest including the Main Square, St Mary’s Basilica, Wawel Cathedral, the Cloth Hall, Collegium Maius, Izaak Synagogue and finally Schindler’s Museum where we learnt of one man who tried to save Polish Jews from the clutches of the Nazis. In the evening we visited the Jewish Museum and met with a very special

lady; a Holocaust Survivor. She told us her story; how her parents had been taken by the Nazis and murdered, how she had grown up with adoptive parents who hid her from the Nazis, knowing if they were caught they would be punished and she would be sentenced to death. The group were able to ask questions and it was incredible to hear how strong she had become despite her terrible past.

The ten days we spent in Europe were magical; we did so much, saw so many amazing sights, had long (and tiring) days and spent much time discovering two incredible countries. The students we took were brilliant, showing maturity and empathy in the most terrible of situations, and interest and eagerness to learn on tours and in the museums. It was an absolutely fantastic way to spend ten days.

hisTory Trip To GerMany and poland

challenGe based learninG beGins aGain WiTh Trench Food!

In an enjoyably messy week in the Science Department, students have been battling to try and feed soldiers from the World War 1 trenches!

The students are starting another year of Challenge Based Learning lessons which is an approach to education initially designed to help in the training of doctors. It is suggested that students learn better through the experience

of problem solving. The problem in this case was linked to the recent 100 year anniversary of the start of World War 1. Students were shown the problem of malnutrition amongst the battling soldiers of the trenches and set with the challenge of feeding them for less than 100 THB per day. Students then had to find out what the soldiers would need to eat, and also where they could get these

nutrients from. The students have worked very hard on this project and have come up with some amazing ideas – from milk mixed with canned sardines, beefsteak mixed with breakfast cereals to healthy fruit smoothies! I was delighted to see that despite only a very small amount of traditional teacher input, the students had managed to cover and exceed all the Biology content that needed to be taught and they had clearly identified the key points that they needed to learn.

Well done to the student for their fantastic efforts! However, I am certainly glad that testing of the mixtures was not compulsory for the teacher!

by patrick mckenna, cbL coordinator / Science teacHer

kS3 ThINk AbOuT FuELLINg WORLD WAR 1 TROOpS IN ThE TRENChES

by andrew perrinS, Head oF matHematicS department

MaThs WorkouT – can you MeeT The challenGe?

The diaGraM shoWs a larGe equilaTeral TrianGle divided by Three sTraiGhT lines inTo seven reGions. The Three Grey reGions are equilaTeral TrianGles WiTh sides oF lenGTh 5cM and The cenTral black reGion is an equilaTeral TrianGle WiTh sides oF lenGTh 2cM.

WhaT is The side lenGTh oF The oriGinal larGe TrianGle?

LAST WEEk’S puZZLEIt seems that everyone was enjoying a thoroughly well-deserved rest over the last week, but I am sad to say I had no correct solutions to the last puzzle on equilateral triangles.

This next puzzle involves geometrical reasoning once again, and I hope to be able to give an honourable mention for the first three correct submissions to andrew.perrins@regents-pattaya.co.th. Enjoy!

The base oF a pYRAmID has n edGes.

WhaT is The diFFerence beTWeen The nuMber oF edGes The pyraMid has and The nuMber oF Faces The pyraMid has?

Thanks To WWW.nrich.MaThs.orG

For Their Weekly puzzles.

The Watch of Memory by Anton Andel 9Y

“ What I wanted to explain was that each object is important and your object is special. I wanted to say that a watch is very important to people. It helps people by saying that time is important. We keep some memories and the watch is important for me.”

Fighting for Love by Corina Hockin 9G

“ I was trying to show as much emotion as I could because these soldiers went through so much for their country.”

I thought of you today… by Mild Magnago 9Y

“ My inspiration for this poem is my friend, who left the school at the end of Year 8. This makes me feel sad, so I wrote out my emotions into the poem.”

Molly’s Journey by Laura Martinelli 9G

“ My poem is in honour of my dear dog, Molly, on one of her last walks, because after her heart malformation gave her problems, she couldn’t do that type of journey anymore. She died in November 2011. She was a great dog, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. I still miss her very much but I will always have her in my heart because she was, and still is, special to me.”

Remember by Camille Cure 9G

“ In my poem, I explain the second time I went to a Japanese celebration called Chi-Chi-Go-San as I was living in Japan as a small child. The celebration is during November and I celebrated with my family. This was a very important time for me and is why I chose to write about that day.”

by tamara mckenna, Head oF engLiSH and eaL

poeTry day: reMeMber

The WaTch oF MeMory

tic-tac,tic-tac, tHat Sound iS tHe Sound oF time

wHicH goeS into a memory tHiS memory, iS mine

tHe Second oF tHe minute oF tHe Hour oF tHe day oF tHe montH oF tHe year

wHicH i Had tHiS watcH iS inSide my Head, in my memory

tHe memory iS Like time eacH one turnS in one way

but tHey can cHange in anotHer way. i conSider tHiS watcH Like reLigion

due to tHe reLigiouS day i did i conSider tHiS watcH Like tHe Sun

due to tHe Sunny day aFter a raining day but moStLy,

i conSider it Like my rigHt arm and my Friend aS it HeLpS me eacH time i See it

it’S got a mix oF coLorS impreSSive and tHe perFect Size Since 5 yearS.

tHiS watcH: iS my watcH oF memory.

Anton Andel

Remember was the theme of Poetry Day on the 3rd October 2014. This was chosen to commemorate the centenary of the First World War in November. Students brought objects and photographs from home to use as a stimulus for their own poetry about memories, family and the past. Here are some great examples with brief accounts outlining what they were trying to achieve.

insecTs sTudies in year 10 iGcse arT

The Year 10 IGCSE Art students have been studying insects as part of their ‘Structures’ project…

In this insect project, we have been looking at dried insects in detail, including butterflies, giant spiders, centipedes and beetles. I have learned that every single insect has a different texture, pattern and shapes. This is called observational drawing which means we draw the object exactly how we see it. We also got to know how to draw using a contour style which makes our drawings look three dimensional. In addition, we have learned to use many techniques to create backgrounds before we started to draw the insects such as dripping and splashing colours onto plain paper. We used ink because it is watery and fluid. When we got to paint the insect we needed to make sure that they worked on top

of our backgrounds. When the drawing was finished we then got to do a new kind of sculpture which is creating a wire sculpture based on our drawings.

by yadFaH, year 10 Student

FROm FINE DETAIL TO WIRE SCuLpTuRES

by Sara caLverLey, Head oF pSycHoLogy

a cross-curricular approach To learninG abouT hoW The eye Works

Year 10 Psychology students have been learning about how the eye works. In order to take a more ‘hands on’ approach to our learning we joined forces with Miss Jenny Ball and Mrs Christine Press from the Science Department to dissect a cow’s eye. Students worked in small groups to separate the key structures and were given the challenge of finding the iris, retina, optic nerve and lens. Despite some initial queasiness all students successfully completed the challenge. We would like to say a very big thank you to Miss Jenny and Mrs Christine Press all for helping us with our dissection.

SuRpRISE DISCOvERIES:

* we Learned tHat tHe inSide oF a cow’S eye iS reaLLy coLourFuL

* we diScovered tHat you can cHange tHe SHape oF a LenS

* we reaLiSed tHat you can actuaLLy uSe a LenS to magniFy text on a paper

* appreciating tHat we can overcome our FearS; wHen Some oF uS FeLt we couLdn’t toucH an eyebaLL, actuaLLy we couLd!

gETTINg AN EYEFuL IN pSYChOLOgY

ib diploMa TraininG in JakarTa

by yoLanda HomS martínez, Head oF modern Foreign LanguageS

Between 16th & 20th October Andres Bradshaw, Frederica Green, Katherine Perrins, Hannah Kim, Jayne Baker and I attended a series of IB workshops that took place in Jakarta, Indonesia. The “20-minute” journey from the airport to our hotel actually took 1 hour 20 minutes - the traffic in Jakarta is infernal! I will never complain about the traffic in Pattaya again.

The workshops took place at the British School of Jakarta - a huge school in the outskirts of the city - and the course consisted of three days of intense training: each day started at 8.30 a.m. and it finished at 4.30 p.m.

CONTINuINg pROFESSIONAL DEvELOpmENT AT REgENTS

Overall, it was an invaluable experience. .Most importantly, we had the opportunity to deepen our knowledge in our subject areas. In addition, we had the chance to get to know teachers from many other countries and many other different subjects. Now it’s time to put all this knowledge into practice with our students!

STAFF pROFILE

If you are ever arrested in the next 20 years, pay close attention to this article. You will want to remember this name. Jasmine Lestelin’s blonde hair and blue eyes may indicate that she is just a typical Nordic girl, however, she is everything but!

Her fierce moral convictions and strong desire to do what she believes is morally right, make her the ideal candidate for anyone seeking legal counsel. With an innate aspiration to purge the world of all malicious injustice, there is no one in this world that I would rather have represent me than this girl.

This Scandanavian bombshell was born in Jyvaskyla, Finland where she spent most of her infancy before moving to Pattaya, Thailand. She attended our very own Regent’s School for 4 years where she made poignant enough memories to bring her back for a Round Square Intern year, almost 7 years later. Her impressive educational history did not end with Regents.

Jasmin graduated from the prestigious University of Exeter with a Bachelor in Law with First Class Honours.

Due to her exceptional work in her final year, she even attained a rare commendation from the University Dean. Post Intern year, Jasmin is looking to return to her roots in Helsinki in order to obtain her Masters Degree in International Law.

In her personal life, Jasmin is the living, breathing embodiment of all of the fundamental pillars of Regents School education. She is the archetypical cosmopolite having lived in 4 countries and having travelled to over 25.

She is extremely adventurous, having completed certified dives in local waters such as Ko Samui and much farther ones such as Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

She also is very dedicated to Service Based practice, having accomplished various global humanitarian projects

such as a Red Cross one in England.

After reaping the benefits of the Round Square programme as a student (such as a 3 month exchange to Canada), Jasmin has dedicated her Intern year to helping the Regents Round Square programme continue to provide this institution with the incredible opportunities that helped define her experience as a scholar here.

You can find her sitting in the Secondary RS office, always eager to help.

One fact that most people do not know about Jasmin is that she is an identical twin! All in all, Jasmin is an easy-going yet compassionate soul. A credit to Regents School, both past and present!

All American girl Jenny came to Regents from Cate’s School in beautiful Santa Barbara, California where she enjoyed surfing at Butterfly beach, sunbathing on Rincon beach and playing lacrosse. Brushing shoulders with the rich and famous was a daily occurrence for Jenny, like running into Cameron Diaz at her High school graduation. But Jenny was not always a Californian girl, she was born in chilly Boise in Idaho. Then she moved to the ski resort town of Sun Valley, known as the first city in the world to have a chair lift and the hokey pokey dance. Having moved around Jenny was happy to accept the challenge of moving to Thailand and has quickly become a well-known member of our school community as a member of this year’s Gap Staff.

Being only 17, Jenny is the youngest Gappie. However, she has already attained some amazing achievements. Firstly she was National Chess Champion in 2007. But her humanitarian contributions are even more impressive. Jenny was very involved in Round Square at her school; she attended the RSIS project in Romania and helped build a Youth Centre in the mountains of Romania. Also Jenny competed with 30 people to receive a grant to go to Ecuador to build houses for two families. She is a chairperson for a South Sudanese medical NGO focusing on training future doctors. Jenny even went as far as volunteering to be a bee keeper in Mexico. Jenny has clearly already made her own mark on the world in many ways, but I’m sure she will continue to change the world for the better in the future. Next summer she will be working in the international women rights project in Uganda, fighting for better women’s rights, which she has a great passion for since being a member of the Women’s Forum at school.

Jenny aspires to work in the Foreign Service one day. She will be starting college at Colgate University in New York State next year having received a place on the prestigious Benton

International Scholars Programme. However, Jenny wanted to come to Regents to experience teaching as she always wanted to see what it would be like. She has enjoyed helping out in a variety classes from Mathematics to History. Also, having experienced life in a boarding school in Massachusetts for 1 year has helped Jenny bond with the students in the Girls Boarding House at Regents.

Jenny also enjoys traveling and experiencing new cultures. She toured around Europe this summer and since coming to Regents has begun exploring Asia. She has particularly loved the delicious Thai food, always craving some mango with sticky rice. Jenny’s next adventure will be as a Gappie at Eliraki, a French Speaking School in Marrakesh, Morocco in February. She loves languages and hopes to become fluent in French and learn Arabic as well.

STAFF pROFILE

by Jenny Lundt, gap StaFF by JaSmin LeSteLin, round Square aSSiStant

Jenny lundT – Gap sTaFF exTraordinaire

JASmINE LESTELIN, ROuND SquARE INTERN JENNY LuNDT – gAp STAFF

dodGinG balls For a coMMuniTy cause

On Friday the 10th of October, Regents Secondary School held its annual dodgeball tournament. The event was fully organised by the IB students in Year 12, along with the supervision of Mr.Hart, PE Teacher. There were 26 registered teams from the Secondary School and 6 teams from the Primary School. In total over 270 people participated in the event including students, teachers and parents.

The main focus of the event, apart from having great fun as a community, was to raise money for “Project Nepal”, and “Take Care Kids Thailand Foundation”. We successfully raised over 52,720 THB for these Community Partners.

We would like to congratulate this year’s Secondary School champion, team E-Chiek-Like, and this year’s KS3 champions, team Da-Rude Sandstorm, and this year’s Primary champion, team Swaggy Unicorn. The prizes for best dressed teams went to; The Blinfolded Rockstars (Primary School), and The Magical Woodland Creatures (Secondary School). We would like to mention a special thank you to First Step Construction, Pan Pan, and Swiss Food for being our generous sponsors of this event.

Overall, we hope everyone had a great time and thank

you for your continued support with our school charity events. Relive the night at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwotp2RULWs - thanks to Mr Ivan for his camera and editing skills.

by danieLLe wiLcox, tuSnim and Sirinan year 12 StudentS

DODgEbALL mADNESS!

cross The counTry To sT andreWs

by tom Hart, Secondary pe coordinator

On Monday 13th October, Regents School Physical Education Department took 73 Secondary and 48 Primary School students to compete in the annual St Andrews cross country event. The students performed well, with some outstanding individual performances. Congratulations to all who took part!

SpORT/YEAR RESuLTS

u13 boys cross counTry

LuiS BERENGuER 2Nd MaxiM WyRWa 4Th

Jack ELMS 6Th huGo STEiNMETz 7Th

RyaN BaRBER 8Th

u13 Girls cross counTry

BiLLy NGuyEN 3Rd iuLLia iufERova 7Th ESTELLE vERNy 8Th

caMELLE chaNuT 9Th JaMiE BakER 10Th

u15 boys cross counTryaNdREy MERkuLov 1ST GiaN JovELLaNoS 3Rd

yuki ShioTSuka 4Th

u15 Girls cross counTry

chLoE MccoNNELL 1ST MiRaBELL NickLaS 3Rd STEphaNiE vELLa 9Th

aNaiS vERNy 10Th

senior boys cross counTryhaRooN Wahidi 2Nd

BEN BRaTSch 4Th icE paNaWaN 6Th

senior Girls cross counTry

hERMoNE GaRNETT-SpEaR 1ST aBBy ScRock 5Th

caTi STEEd 6Th ELLiS MccoNNELL 7Th

cross The counTry To sT andreWs

round square inTernaTional conFerence in Jordan

by aina rakotonirina, round Square & gLobaL citizenSHip coordinator

Jordan was a once in a lifetime experience because what an amazing conference! Early October, delegates from 52 Schools gathered at King’s Academy for the first Conference for Round Square in this part of the world. Whilst a number of Schools were unable to send delegations, those of us who were there had a genuinely mind-expanding experience and have been able to bring back new perspectives on the issues faced in the Middle East and special memories of the warmth and hospitality of the Jordanian people.

King’s Academy was extremely friendly, well organised and made sure that we were really well fed but they had also planned a superb programme of keynote speakers, community service projects, cultural trips, discussion sessions and entertainment both traditionally Arab and modern.

The highlight for Poppy and Nat Mulford was the reason that we had been invited. The Regents International School, Pattaya shared its proudest moment on the first evening with 500 delegates as Poppy was invited to the stage to receive the prestigious Kurt Hahn award. The award, which is not even given every year, is only for students who have demonstrated outstanding selflessness for a community or performed a particular brave and courageous act. The

award is funded by the alumni of the Salem school which is where Kurt Hahn first established the Round Square organisation.

Poppy was nominated at the end of the last academic year, one of seven students nominated across the world, and was overwhelmed when she found out at the end of the year that she had won and would be attending one of the Round Square International Conferences (all expenses paid, and for her dad) to receive the award from the former King Constantine of Greece.

Poppy proudly presented the story of Yok and the cycle ride to Cambodia, in front of the delegates including King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie with confidence, pausing only for applause. She was then presented with the award certificate and to her surprise, received kisses from both the former King and Queen and also a very enthused standing ovation. It was an extremely moving moment and several people came throughout the week to congratulate Poppy, explaining how inspired they were.

But we were also were very inspired by the other presenters: One Afghan woman who, as a child, dressed as a boy to escort her sister to a secret school, had eventually built a boarding school for girls in Afghanistan. A young Syrian man who had been kidnapped and escaped death 3 times as a teenager finally moved to Jordan and raised enough money to pay for a scholarship at King’s Academy. Even the Jordanian Prime Minister took the time to share his views on issues in the Middle East and the refugees in Jordan, giving us hope for a better future.

The conference as a whole was a heart-warming experience which made us extremely proud to be member of a Round

Square School, sharing a common holistic educational philosophy which teaches young people and staff alike that, “There is more in you than you think.”

‘There is More in you Than you Think’

olivier aWard WinninG acTor visiTs reGenTs

by nick LewiS, Head oF drama

“It’s not every day an Olivier Award winning actor pops in to Regents International School”

On Friday 17th October the Olivier Award winning actor Clive Rowe came to Regents International School Pattaya to deliver some acting workshops for their eager Drama students. Clive Rowe is probably best known for his role as Norman “Duke” Ellington in BBC Children’s drama ‘The Story of Tracy Beaker’. He has also appeared on television in ‘Dalziel and Pascoe’, ‘The Bill’ and the 2007 Christmas special of ‘Doctor Who - “Voyage of the Damned”’ as ‘Morvin Van Hoff ”.

In 1997, Clive Rowe won an Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical for his role as “Nicely Nicely Johnson” in the National Theatre revival

of ‘Guys and Dolls’.

When the opportunity came up for Mr Rowe to work with the Regents Drama students, Mr Lewis, Head of Drama at Regents snapped it up. “This was too good an opportunity to miss, Mr Rowe has worked non-stop since leaving Drama school 30 years ago. He is very well respected in the acting community and has a very impressive CV. His diverse experience in professional acting was something I felt should be shared with our year 12&13 IB Theatre students”.

“Mr Rowe delivered an extremely valuable masterclass in Audition Technique as some of our students have expressed an interest in going to Drama Schools upon leaving us here at Regents”.

Students, Travis Birgan, Tom Duncan and Anastasia Kondratieva were put through their paces as they delivered their monologues in a mock audition. Mr Rowe gave each student some valuable advice on the process of auditioning and also some very detailed acting feedback. The 16 students involved in the session left the studio buzzing and most of them stayed behind to ask Mr Rowe even more advice regarding the acting profession.

Many thanks to Mr Dale Farrington for making this possible.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to see Brandon, Jed, Sung Eun and Kevin embarrass the teachers with their history knowledge.

THURSDAY 13TH NOVEMBER, THE ROUNDHOUSE @ 1.20PM

We NEED you to join us in the Roundhouse at 1.20-

1.50 to cheer on your favourite team.

On Thursday 13th four Year 8 students will be battling against four teachers to see who can be crowned

History Champions 2014.

YEAR 8S VS THETEACHERS…

THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE WINNER!

QUESTIONS?If you have any questions about any of the days or events, or if you want to get

involved in any of the events please see Miss Jones in Room 212 ASAP..

LIVING HISTORY WEEK 2014 .

MONDAY 10TH-FRIDAY 14TH NOV .

A WEEK OF HISTORY FILLED FUN FOR EVERYONE TO GET INVOLVED!Monday 10th November – Art Exhibition under the Clocktower. Mrs Perrins and her students have produced some excellent pieces of art connected to war. Please take time to view these during the week.

Tuesday 11th November – Part One of The Boy in Stripped Pyjamas will be playing in Room 212. 1.10pm onwards.

Wednesday 12th November – Debate @ 1.20 in the Round house – “Is there such thing as a just war?” Come and watch!!

Thursday 13th November – Teachers Vs Year 8 students History Quiz. In the Roundhouse @ 1.20pm. Come and watch!!

Friday 14th November – Part Two of the Boy in Stripped Pyjamas will be playing in Room 212. 1.10pm onwards.

COME ALONG!!

The History Department needs YOU to come along and get involved in all of the activities.