BASIS International School Bangkok eNewsletter

Message from the Head of School

Dearest All!

An unusually short message for the close of the week!

It has been a very busy week – you will see from the pictures of the various events… But – a joyful week! I write this whilst simultaneously getting feedback from teachers on the Kinder field trip – the children are on the bus and frothy with excitement! Lovely to hear.

Please do read carefully about the impending events, as there are soooooo many that have been incorporated in these last very few weeks.

Moms and dads of our grades 6 and 7 babes – please don’t add any further stress regarding comp. exams! Show upbeat interest in what the children are doing; encourage they stick to a plan for revision; feed them well; and incentivize their efforts in advance of the examinations.

It’s a long weekend, courtesy of H.M. Queen’s birthday – I sincerely hope you have a beautiful weekend.

With love, Alan.

Optional Chinese Langauage Program, 2022-2023

We would like to thank the parents who have been in touch regarding their observations of the changes to our Optional Mandarin Language Program moving forward. We believe the offer we have now allows children to participate in quality Chinese lessons whilst not compromising their academic ability in other curriculum areas nor of attending a range of ECAs and student hours.

The details of the Optional Chinese Language Program for 2022-2023 are as follows:

Grades 1 - 3 will enjoy 5 x 20 minute classes each week during the normal school day, with one additional 60 minute lesson each week after school.

Grades 4 & 5 will undertake 3 x 30 minute classes each week, these occuring within the normal school day, with one additional 60 minute lesson after school.

The fee for the Optional Mandarin Program for grades 1 - 5 will be 25,000 THB per semester, and 40,000 THB per year.

Grades 6 - 8 will undertake Chinese language and Culture in their elective lessons, these being 3 x 50 minute lessons per week. We encourage these students to maintain their studies over the period of grades 6 to 8 in order to successfully undertake both HSK and AP examinations – the latter being a college-level course that will help in any applications to a university in the future. There will be no additional cost for these lessons.

Announcing the BASIS Swim Team

Dear Tuskers,

We would like to announce the first opportunity for your children to join the BASIS Swim Team to be registered with the Thailand Swimming Association.

Requirements:

1) Primary and Middle School Students
2) Able to Swim Well
3) Able to practice with the school team at least twice per week
4) Desire to regularly compete in swim meets
5) Undertake assessment by the coach and willing to comply with the coach's team selections

Team members will receive school swim attire and will join regular practices and competition. Interested families, please complete the form in the attached file below and bring it to school, or forward to this email: c.prasopdee@basis.ac.th, or to the school’s official line: @bisb by Sunday 5th June 2022.

Please note, the registration document is in Thai language, but translation assisstance can be provided upon request.

Swim_Team_Registration.pdf

Comp Exam Q&A with BASIS Hangzhou

A big thank you to students for participating in the BISB Comp Q&A with BASIS International School Hangzhou on Wednesday. It was superb to see such interest and aspiration from our students to ask such important questions from their peers experiencing BASIS student life in China. The responses to the questions posed by students have been uploaded in to Schoology so students can access them any time.

The students have been working very hard reviewing and teachers have been supporting them with their study guides and reviewing in classes. Please encourage your child to use these combined with the study skills strategies that they have learned to help prepare them for their exams.

Last month, Mr. Alan mentioned in his Coffee Morning for Comps, that is important to take a break from studying and enjoy family time too. This is really important and will help relieve some of the stress that comes with exams.

Finally, thank you once again for your support, if you have any questions or need any information, please contact the subject teacher, myself or any other member of the admin team so we can assist you. I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a pleasant and relaxing three-day weekend.

Many thanks,

Mr. Andy

PK2 & Kinder Field Trip Photo Albums

Check out the pictures from PK2's field trip yesterday at this link here!

Pictures from Kindergarten's trip to Mori Mori Farm can be found here!

Grade 1 & 2 Musical Performance

What are the things that make you squirm? Our grade 1 and 2 students have been hard at work learning how things that are creepy and crawly can actually be good for us!

We would like to invite you to our production of Squirm! A Wiggly, Giggly, Squiggly Musical on 10 June, 2022 at 14.00 – 14.45 hrs . Please join us in the Black Box theater to see our students transform into worms, snakes, bats, and spiders. Doors will open at 13:30 hrs and the show will begin promptly at 14:00 hrs.

Please RSVP through the Online Registration Link here: https://forms.gle/KDQA7FWiZRSoVoUF8

On the day of the performance, we kindly ask that your child comes to school prepared with black pants and a solid color shirt. The shirt colors are determined by class. Please see each class's color below:

1Mg: Green (snakes)

1Ca: Pink/Brown (worms)

2Li: Gray (bats)

2K: Black (spiders)

And now for a special message from Ms. Dash:

The 1^st and 2^nd Grade Mini Art Show will be on display outside the Black Box Theater on the day of the live production, Squirm. We invite you to go take a look at the art after the show is completed! The young artists look forward to sharing their artistic accomplishments with you!

Regards,

The BISB Fine Arts Team

Save the Dates (Early Years)

Early Year Performance “Little Grouchy Lady Bugs” on Wednesday 15 OR Thursday 16 June at 09.30 – 10.30 hrs. There will be 2 rounds of the same performance on 15 and 16 June, please choose to register 1 of these day only.

Link for online registration here!

Kinder Graduation on Thursday 23 June at 09.00 – 10.30 hrs.

Link for online registration here!

2022-2023 Semester 1 Tuition

The 2022-2023 Term 1 Tuition invoices were sent home via email on Friday, May 27th. Payment is due on Thursday, June 30th.

In addition to the barcode and QR Code (on the invoice), funds transfers and any major credit cards for payment of lump sums, the school will waive the credit card fee for lump-sum payments for credit card payments until Wednesday, June 15th. This is applicable to all credit cards as stated in the table.

If you have any questions about school payments or would like to make a payment, please contact the school finance department. For information regarding points & redemption, and other credit card conditions, please contact our billing department at bkk.billing@basis.ac.th or 02-415-0099 or Line Official: @bisb.

We wish our families the very best! Stay healthy and Go Tuskers!