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Everyone is welcome to attend AISB's 2022 Anzac Day Commemoration Service, to be held at the Clarendon Forecourt, Main Building AISB Sukhumvit Soi 31 campus on Saturday 23rd April at 6:00am. Anzac Day commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations''. Anzac Day remains one of the most important national occasions of both Australia and New Zealand. If you would like to attend please RSVP your number of guests to louise.anderson@australianisb.ac.th by 18th April 2022. All guests will need to submit a negative ATK test result prior to the event.

The investiture of our AISB Student Council took place on 4 February 2022. This is an official assembly to acknowledge the elected council members, recite the school pledge and formally hand out our student council badges. It was a lovely occasion where the school witnessed the induction of our elected student representative who will serve as the voice of the student body and help share ideas to enhance and develop our school community. Gloy Tuchinda, associate manager from Accenture, was our guest speaker for the event. She shared stories from her experiences as a young leader and how our students at AISB can kickstart their own leadership journey. Gloy also shared the top 3 lessons in leadership that she wish she had known back at school: 1. Leadership is like a muscle - you need to actively grab opportunities that come your way to continually train and build up your leadership muscles 2. Leadership is hard. During the tough times you will need to be brave, power through and you’ll come out the other side even stronger than you were before. 3. There is no one size fits all leadership style - use this time in your lives to learn from other leaders and pick and choose the best parts of their leadership style to create the leader you want to become. Our audience were actively engaged throughout the presentation and asked our guest speaker many questions during the assembly. AISB Council members Co-Chairs: Benito Yr 12 and Naye Year 5 Vice chair: Egor Members: Keira Amber Kaihe Rio Reiko Lucca Thank you to Mr Neil, Ms Rosanne and Ms Lauren for organising and leading the Council. We wish our newly elected student representatives all the very best in creating an amazing school culture and community that we can all be proud of.

Written by Mr Peter, House Master It has been a magnificent start to the Secondary House system with students and teachers embracing the lunchtime challenges by competing in various Volleyball, badminton, Football, and Limbo challenges. Both students and teachers have been learning new techniques and competing in a variety of sporting events while earning valuable House points and having plenty of fun! Hidden talents coming to the fore and competitive juices flowing providing the students memorable opportunities to showcase their skills, make new friends and earn some classroom bragging rights! Once a week, all students (in their respective Coivid-19 year groups) have competed in a variety of challenges and it started with Limbo with Jo and Sana Wada winning the Year 7 and Year 8 competitions respectively. Rui in Year 9 was also magnificent! The highlight of the week was the senior girls volleyball team beating the senior boys volleyball in a thrilling 3 set encounter! Well done to all the students involved. Remember you earn valuable House points for having a go! Thank you to the teachers that have given their time to support their Houses and respective year levels,

As part of AISB's celebration of Australia Day on Wednesday 26th January, Year 5 researched both modern day sports played in Australia and Aboriginal sports. Each class made two videos about their chosen sports. Brolgas researched Aussie rules football and keentan, Osprey: rugby and brambahl and Wedge Tails: cricket and kai. The students worked together to come up with the words and actions for the videos and did all the video editing themselves. They use excellent communication and teamwork skills. - Year 5 Teachers

On 19 November, our Secondary students celebrated Loy Krathong at our newly built Highfield building. Our amazing Thai teachers organised a Krathong-making contest for our secondary students. Congratulations to our Year 10 students for winning the contest!

Written by Foundation teachers Our Bounce Back theme this month was courage. We discussed times when we have been scared and how we showed courage to overcome our fears. We then read a story about a courageous lion who realised it is okay to be scared sometimes. This little lion found the courage inside him to tackle his fear. The children then created their own little lion to help remind us to be courageous. We talked about bravery and courage in the face of a challenge. Students shared some of their worries and fears and we worked on strategies to face our fears. We created this month’s Bounce Back Assembly together and were proud of our accomplishments and how well we worked together. Ms Ashley’s remote learners had a blast creating their own iced krathongs and discussing the importance of Loy Krathong. The students shared the worries they planned to float down the water and the wishes they hoped for in their new, exciting beginning. In Foundation Dingoes Class the children have been practising our jolly phonics song from memory and without the music! We have really enjoyed practising the sounds and the actions!

Written by Ms Francesca, Kindergarten teacher For the past few weeks, our Kindergarteners have been delving into learning about how Living Things grow in our inquiry 'What do Living Things need to live?' We have partaken in a variety of meaningful experiences to differentiate between living and nonliving things and to experiment on how these Living Things grow. It has been especially fun watching our Kindergarteners link Living Things to themselves and be able to articulate how they grow and gain energy and nutrition through food, water, exercise, and a healthy and happy lifestyle. We also were able to link this to our outdoor environment by appreciating and watering the campus plants during outdoor playtime as well as growing impressive sprouts from seeds, watching them grow every day in our classrooms. These sprouts went home with our students and will be taken care of independently by them so that they can watch them grow just like we do with each one of our students.

Written by AISB Foundation teachers The children in Foundation have been working extremely hard at learning their letter sounds. They were Racing Readers this week. They pushed the different buttons as they segmented and blended the different words. Our word bank is continuously growing and we are now able to read many different words. Everyone in Foundation should be so proud of how hard they are working! In the Foundation Koalas classroom, we have been learning about numbers to 10. After sharing some number stories, the students created their own number books. They were mindful of the fact that numbers can be represented by pictures, written as numerals and also by number words This week, the Dingoes completed their Uluru (Ayers Rock) Dioramas. The students focused on creating Aboriginal Art using dot and line patterns. Their projects included a sun using these patterns and were finalised by adding sand to Uluru. Soon we will have an exciting exhibition of the student’s creative artwork! The Potoroo Foundation students discussed the importance of family, identified key features that make their loved ones special, and created drawings to demonstrate their understanding.

This week, our Year 1 Paradalotes, Year 3 Bandicoots and Year 5 Osprey did a fantastic job hosting our September assembly. The students shared their goals on this month's theme “goal setting” and prepared an excellent presentation. Welcome Address from Mr Brenton Hall, School Director Soi 20 Foundation and Year One Presentation ((current parents, please check your email for the full presentation) Soi 31 Primary Welcome message from Laura King, Head of Primary Year 3 Bandicoots Presentation (current parents, please check your email for the full presentation) Year 5 Osprey Presentation (current parents, please check your email for the full presentation) Congratulations to all the students who received certificates this month. They all earn points for their House which go towards the “Spirit of AISB” trophy at the end of each school year.

Written by Ms Cassandra & Ms Ashley, Foundation teachers In Foundation Koalas, we have been working to develop an understanding of the language and processes of counting by naming numbers in sequences. We have been creating sets of numbers using everyday objects, creating number lines and learning through songs and stories. We have been getting to know one another, setting goals to work on, and have been thinking about how we can take care of ourselves and others. The Foundation students have been working hard on their letter sounds and letter names, which they demonstrated by creating individual name rockets, shapes with play-doh, and purposeful play experiences. The children are also continually working on identifying problems and solutions in stories, such as discussing ways that people can help their worries.

AISB has joined the Eco-Schools environmental education programme to educate our students on the importance of environmental sustainability and climate change, drive sustainability efforts through local community projects and become a more eco-friendly school. AISB to Join Eco-Schools Programme The reason that I have brought the Eco-Schools Programme to AISB is because we all know the devastating impact of Climate Change brought about by greenhouse gases, but many of us are not fully aware of our contribution to global warming. The first step is to make all within our community aware of all of our individual and collective impact on the environment, and to create solutions to first lessen our impact, then to hopefully become carbon neutral (have no impact). The Eco-Schools programme will enable us to do this effectively and through collaboration with other schools and organisations. About the Eco-Schools Programme The Eco-Schools programme is an environmental education programme for sustainable management in schools, led by students. There are currently more than 50,000 schools in 67 countries worldwide involved in this very important international programme. It will give AISB a roadmap to first become more aware of sustainability in the school organisation, which will then allow the school to set out a road map to improve our use of resources, which in turn will lessen the impact on the environment and reduce our carbon footprint. Green Flag Award The Eco-Schools Green Flag is an internationally recognised award for excellence in environmental action and learning. We can work up to our first Eco-Schools Green Flag by achieving Bronze and Silver awards which are self-accredited stepping stones along the way. There is no time limit for how quickly we need to achieve our Eco-Schools Green Flag after registration, however, on average it takes around one academic year. Schools are then asked to renew their Eco-Schools Green Flag award every two years Why join Eco-Schools? Benefits Our students will learn how to apply what they learn in class to use on field Improve our school environment management with the power of a whole school approach Rise an environmental awareness in your students’ hearts and carry it to their home The School gains a more global reputation from the global recognition award Students have an opportunity to connect with global networks by joining the Global networking conference with Eco-Schools world-wide Skills linked to the Seven Steps Step 1: Eco Committee Discussion, Delegation, Democracy Motivation, Responsibility, Teamwork Step 2: Environmental Review Analysis, Curiosity, Initiative Perspective, Research, investigation Step 3: Action Plan Collaboration. Decision making, Innovation, Time planning Step 4: Curriculum Links Critical thinking, Focus Literacy, Numeracy Step 5: Informing & Involving Active citizenship. Civic engagement, Interaction, Public speaking Step 6: Monitoring & Evaluation Analysis, Critical thinking Dedication and determination Problem solving, Reflection Step7: Eco-Code Articulation, Creativity Empowerment, Flair School Roles The school principle commits to implement the programme The principle and teachers support students in learning and participating in programme activities Eco-School programme report. Next steps for us as a school? The programme will begin this September, we have registered with ECO-Schools Thailand which is coordinated by the World Wildlife Fund Thailand (WWF). We will work closely with our coordinator at WWF Khun Thitin Hansmutr. Our key priorities for now include: 1. Set up the AISB Eco Committee 2. The Eco Committee then carries out a school Environmental Review 3. The Eco Committee then sets out an Action Plan to improve the schools sustainability and lessen the impact AISB has on the environment. Written by Neil Andrew Robinson, Head of Secondary School, Eco- Schools Head Coordinator. This article also includes information presented by Eco-Schools.

Written by Brenton Hall, AISB School Director Many parents weigh up whether they should “send their children to school” during remote learning as it involves prolonged screen time, it often requires parents to be there to support their children, some children find it difficult to maintain their focus and some do not find it as supportive as being physically in the classroom. However, Remote Learning is certainly far more effective than no teaching and no classroom interactions with peers or teachers, especially for prolonged periods of time. Key Benefits of Attending School Remotely 1. Daily Routines & Structure: Children need routines, a feeling of normalcy, particularly during unsettled times such as this pandemic and a sense of belonging. School provides routines and structures through regular scheduled online lessons and interactions. 2. Sense of Belonging Through Social Interactions: Being a part of a school and a class and maintaining the contact with school and classmates gives a sense of belonging and identity beyond the family structure. This helps limit the negative emotional effect of the pandemic. 3. Curriculum Sequence and Transition Back to School: It is essential students are taught the structured curriculum in the correct sequence. Remote Learning ensures the curriculum sequence is followed and avoids gaps in their development, making it easier for children to transition back to the classroom when they return to school. 4. Digital Skills for the Future: The skills of online learning are skills children will need to master for university and the world we will live in. The workplace of the future (and indeed today) will also undoubtably include working remotely through online and videoconferencing. 5. Long Term Academic and Cognitive Development: Maintaining the regular pattern of learning and reinforcement through exercises, structured activities and support is critical to a child’s long term academic development. Research has shown that children who develop close relationships with their teachers develop higher language, literacy, cognitive and social abilities. Thus having a caring teacher and structured support sessions greatly assists a child’s academic development as well as giving them comfort, thus reducing their stress and anxiety levels. We understand that some children will require additional adult assistance with technology and the planned activities, however, we encourage parents to embrace this unique opportunity to become engaged in your child’s learning as we anticipate our return to school. For additional support throughout our remote learning program, please contact your classroom teacher directly.