'Tis the season of giving and last week Senior students from Year 8 gave up their time to read Christmas and Winter stories to the students in Reception class. The younger children were entertained by the magical storytelling and afterwards they treated Year 8 to a Christmas song which they will perform at the Primary Carol Concert. Building friendships and bonds between the Primary and Senior school creates a positive school environment for our last week of term.

Year 3 and 4 competed last Thursday in a hugely supported House Handball competition. The teams showed fantastic effort and sportsmanship throughout. Congratulations to Griffin, who emerged as the winners and secured a valuable haul of house points towards their end-of-year total!

Our Primary students have been busy spreading Christmas cheer through their artwork! As part of our annual Christmas Card Art Competition, they created beautiful festive designs that were then voted on by the school community. Congratulations to our winners, who received certificates and prizes. The cards will be on sale at the ISS Christmas Fair this Tuesday, with proceeds going to a local charity.

Congratulations to Sonia, Aaron, Sofia, Evania, Stepan, Alina and Tohar! Keep reading!

Congratulations to our Stars of the Week: Max, Sandro, Kira, Niko, Eva, Ezra and Ela!

19 swimmers from the ISS Sharks travelled to Phuket to compete at the HeadStart Invitational Swim Meet, delivering a day of determined performances and strong team spirit. Across the squad, swimmers achieved an impressive 99 personal best times, reflecting their consistent effort and commitment throughout the term. The team also set eight new school records: Kaleeya – 100m Butterfly Oliver – 100m Butterfly Justin – 200m Breaststroke Yaajai – 50m Breaststroke Rasa – 50m, 100m

An amazing crowd and tremendous support from all parents and students who came to watch the senior performances. So many tremendous performances throughout the show for the first live performance of the year, and amazing to hear parents singing along to covers of Radiohead's ‘Creep’ towards the show's finale! A great start to the Christmas celebrations at ISS, with even more festive events to come!

A huge congratulations to our Year 11 students who completed their Duke of Edinburgh Silver expedition! Their journey took them through the incredible Phang Nga National Park, starting from Koh Yao Noi and camping on both Koh Batang and Koh Chong Lat. Along the way they kayaked the coastline, explored mangroves, solved team challenges, and embraced nights spent under star-filled skies. We’re so proud of the resilience, teamwork, and adventurous spirit they showed throughout t

Our primary students explored The Charm of Ancient Thai Flowers and Traditional Fragrant Plants, focusing on the beautiful lotus flower — “Dok Bua (ดอกบัว)”. The students were captivated to learn that every visit to a Thai temple reveals locals offering Dok Bua while praying before Buddha statues. In Thai culture, the lotus symbolises purity, faithfulness, and spiritual awakening, making it one of the most meaningful flowers in Thai tradition.

Our team of six Year 12 students has successfully completed their Duke of Edinburgh Gold Level expedition with four days of trekking in the mountains of Mae Wang and Doi Inthanon National Park near Chiang Mai. Each day, our team cooked meals together with local guides in homestay kitchens, slept in simple bamboo village houses, and trekked through the mountains — eventually reaching Thailand’s highest peak, Doi Inthanon, at over 2,500m. With temperatures around 10°C at the su