Year 2 enjoyed their recent adventure (on 3rd October 2018) to Big Buddha and Wat Plai Laem temples to study the interesting design of the temple and its surrounding buildings. This trip ties in with their topic this term: Buildings & Structures. Big Buddha is one of the biggest structures on Koh Samui visible from the plane and any other elevated parts of the island. Click here to view photos of our school trip on Flickr Despite the huge downpour that day, we arrived at Bi

As part of their topic on the Egyptians the year 4 class had the amazing opportunity of a first-hand experience of"mummification". They have learnt that this is the ancient Egyptian practice of preserving the body after death. Click here to view our Year 4 school trip photos on Flickr During a visit to the Mummified Monk in Wat Khunaram on 28th September the amazed year 4 students saw a real "Mummy". In Thailand, the process of mummification is common for revered monks who

This term, Year 6 enjoyed an overnight camping trip to the Angthong Marine Park. This coincided with our Evolution and Inheritance topic in which the children have been learning, amongst other things, about endangered animals and the importance of habitat preservation. The Park is protected and anyone who visits is expected to follow rules that help to maintain environmental preservation – a great model for the children and an opportunity to observe undisturbed flora and faun

Do you still remember the journey started by Year 1 class when they went to the beach and found a message in a bottle, apparently written by a stranded pirate? You can read more about it here. Miss Spencer summed up their entire experience: "Following our trip to Choeng Mon, we studied maps of Koh Samui and looked carefully at the Pirate's clues. We then decided that he must be stranded at the waterfall. I went to the waterfall after school and found a pirate hat full of gold

School trip: Samui Sheep Farm in Maenam 30th May 2018. It was a first rate experience for the Year 2 students and a truly pleasant day with the usually hot tropical weather. The group wasted no time in the morning and after discussing the important reminders and proper behaviour whilst around the animals, we headed off to the northeast of the island where a herd of sheep and a colony of rabbits warmly welcomed us (that goes for the staff as well who were very kind to assist u

25th May 2018. The Reception class couldn't have picked a better day to go to the beach! The sun was out and smiling brightly over Koh Samui and the children are all very much excited to go on their first Primary School trip. This class is comprised of 20 children between 4 and 5 years old, which meant that ample preparation was required. Four teaching assistants (TAs) joined the excursion to support Mr Goode in keeping an eye on all of the youngsters. The morning began with

Relating to their topic: Pirates Ahoy! For Term 3, Year 1 students are learning literacy, numeracy, science, history and many more subjects by centralising these core subjects in one topic: Pirates. (To see the Term 3 curriculum statement, click here.) 30th April 2018 was an exciting day for the children! As pirates are naturally adventurous, the class started off the term with an adventure trip to Choengmon beach -- a relatively quiet part of the island where children can sa

Maenam Our young adults learnt firsthand knowledge of their local coastline, coastal landforms, coastal processes, the impact of coastal erosion on people & properties and various coastal defences. This reinforced the work that the students have studied in class. Whilst there, they also conducted a small ecosystem investigation covering a topic they are currently studying in Science. After the coastal investigations, the students had the opportunity to enjoy the area with th

As part of their Term 2 topic: Modern Art 3D Art Gallery During this trip the students developed skills in forming opinions about artwork, developing language and conversation skills when discussing artwork and sketching techniques. Once their discussions and observations were over, they headed to Choeng Mon beach for a picnic, followed by a short beach clean to coincide with their Geography focus this term: Looking After Our Island. The school provided a picnic lunch for all