Mother’s Day was held at school on the 12^th of August and was a beautiful morning ceremony. The whole auditorium was full of mothers, as this was the first year the English Program invited all mothers from grades k1-G12. It was truly amazing. It was capped by grade 9 student Tangwa’s tear bringing speech about how much she loves her mother and how much her mother has given her. Even though they aren’t from a rich family, her mother works three jobs so she can come to the English Program. Mothers and students alike were proud to be invited to such a nice ceremony.

After the mothers’ Day ceremony was E.P Family Sport Day. We played basketball, underwear relay, eggplant/orange relay, water-balloon pass and many more fun games. It was fun for everyone and we had great teacher involvement. Just look at the pictures and the laughs we had. And then off for another 4 day weekend, again!

This month Srithammarat Suksa English Program participated and won several different contests. About 30 different students won separate contests. We are so proud of each student and their achievements. Without mentioning real names, 2 of the best students won serious competitions. One grade 12 student, Fuse, won a debate contest at a local university against university and high school students from all over the south of Thailand. Great job! And one Grade 3 student, Ploy or “Super Ploy” went to a national English and Science contest in Bangkok and is now in the top 10 of the country(out of 997 that came out of only the top 1000 invited) and will go for the final stages next month. TOP 10 IN THE COUNTRY! She is truly an AMAZING STUDENT and we wish her all the luck she probably doesn’t need. The school is truly blessed to have so many amazing students.

EV 3 grades are going home on the 31^st. Then it will be time to start reviewing for final tests! WOW term 1 is almost over.

Next Month-Get ready for Final Exams, Revival week, Provencal sports competition results, AND MID-TERM VACATION,,YEAHH!!!!

Sports Day-The students had their annual sports color day where they enjoyed a parade through town and watching their color teams in various track and field events. Congratulations to the White team on a narrow victory.  Congratulations to the M4-M5 classes who did a great job in setting up and rehearsing cheers and costumes that made sports day fun for all the students.

Field Trips-All classes got to go on fieldtrips to universities, and agricultural centers around the area. It was a fun time for all the students and teachers.  It provided good exposure to life at university and helped make a good opening for our EP garden.

EP Garden-The Primary program has started their EP garden and had a great day with parent and student volunteers getting the soil ready. We will be posting pictures of the “fruits” of their labors very soon.

Mid-Terms went well and just in time for the 4-day weekend. Congratulations to all the students who did so well on their tests.

The grade 12 students started taking GPAT exams and will be getting grades and pointers very soon. We hope all the students will do well and get accepted to their top choice universities.

Another Congratulations to Teacher David on the birth of his new son. May God bless him and their family! We know how proud the father is and can’t wait to meet the new born.

Coming up in August!!!

In-House Teacher Training on Aug 4^th with Mac Hagen giving presentations on openings and warmers.

Debate training seminar at Walailak University for students and teachers.

Mother’s Day celebrations

Another 4-day Holiday!!!!!!!!!!!!!! J

EP Fun Day

EV 3 and much, much more.

 The students do this by crawling up and giving the teachers a bundle of flowers they have made/gathered and do the traditional Thai “Wai”. This was a beautiful morning celebration and as always brought an awesome cultural understanding to all the new foreign teachers involved. Thai students and the Thai public have a deeply rooted respect for the education system and educators. It is always an amazing celebration to take part in. Teacher Brooke, gave a great speech about her years teaching in Thailand, and how different it is teaching here than in her native America. We will all be looking forward to this ceremony again next year. We have also had parent / teacher meetings for all the grade levels. It was nice to meet the parents behind our wonderful students. It was also great to the parents to meet all the new staff and give there concerns for the new school year. We hope that all parents will want to know and be apart of their child’s journey with us in the English Program. We had our annual “E.P. Teachers Relationship dinner” where all the E.P teachers, Thai and Forgien, got together to enjoy a wonderful meal and play some fun games. Even the director came out to join us in the musical chairs and balloon popping festivities. Although we get to play together a lot at work, it is always fun time and a great reason for good food! We have just finished our first round of evaluation testing and are busy realizing that mid-term is right around the corner.Thanks to all the teachers for their hard work! July is coming with may holidays, Sport Day, Mid-Term, and Field trips! So stay tuned for more updates, and have a look at our Gallery for all the pictures! God Bless Everyone!

” My child,keep my words and treasure up my commands in your own keeping”  Proverbs 7:1

you can come to sign up again  personally  at The English programme office in Building 9

on 22 February 2010. The office will be open week day (07.00 -16.00).

UPDATE: The results are back from the English Contest

please see www.sss.ac.th/acttivi2009/english/menu.htm

It looks like Srithammarat English Programme did well and Nakorn Si thammarat, as a whole, did very well in the Anuban and Primary divisions. While schools from Phangna , Songkla, Trang and Suratani did quite well in the Secondary divisions. Congratulations to all the students that tried their best. We sincerely hope this will help give the students confidence and experience moving forward.

Overview: Srithammarat Suksa English Programme had

Kindergarten =6 out of the top 10, 16 out of the top 20

Primary 1-3= 3 out of top 10, with Ploy from grade 2 in first place (testing against grade 3)

Primary 4-6= 4 out of the top 10 (Sirida from grade 5 tied for 3rd, testing against grade6)

Again, great job to all the students and a big thanks to all the students and teachers from all the schools in the area that participated in the contest!

Sithammrat Suksa School recently held their annual “English Contest” where over 2000 students, from 5 provinces, ages 4-18 came to test there English abilities. English Contest XVI was a great sucess with so many smiling faces and eager minds trying their best. This was the first year in which English Program students from all schools were seperated from regular program students for both the wrtitten and oral parts (matthayom) of the test. The contest is put on by the school with only minimal help from the E.P. It is great to see so many people involved with English and young learners using the language!
The results will be out on the 12 of Dec, so check back to see if you know any of the bright young English learners. The English Program is proud of all the students who participated in the English contest and hopes they will continue to study hard and keep reaching for the best!

Last week, the Matthayom and Prattom English programs joined together for a fun-filled afternoon of sports competitions.  Every student was on one of four sport teams, each represented by a different color.  Points were added to teams that finished or won a variety of games.  The events started out with a message from the director of our school, which was followed by two separate basketball games played by teachers and students.  Afterward a variety of sports games including hit the pot, underwear relay, sack races, and water balloon tosses were also played.  In between each game, student teams held cheering contests.  Overall twas a great way for students to cheer, play, and have fun together.