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Staff and students alike are involved in pursuits across the five elements of the learning programme. Our community supports and challenges students, whether their interests lie in intellectual, artistic, athletic, service or leadership endeavours.

Engaging students with service learning in a pandemic

Nov 3, 2020 | Community, Outdoor, Service

More important than ever Service and volunteer projects allow students to have unique and invaluable experiential learning opportunities. Many schools already recognise this, and there are some great projects taking place around the world. These service opportunities...

UWC Day 2020 at UWC Thailand

Sep 25, 2020 | Celebrations, Community, Service, Sustainability

UWC Day is an annual reminder that "You are needed!" “There are three ways of trying to win the young. There is persuasion, there is compulsion, and there is attraction. You can preach at them: that is a hook without a worm. You can say, You must volunteer, and that...

NEW YEAR, NEW NORMAL, NEW HEALTHY MENU

Sep 18, 2020 | Celebrations, Community, Sustainability

A new school year is upon us and on behalf of Thanyapura and the culinary team, welcome back. We have been keeping busy and productive over the last few months developing lots of new recipes for students and teachers. Like any craft it is important to continue to...

UWCT “Hopes and Dreams” Conferences – Meet the Teacher

Aug 28, 2020 | Academics, Community

By Kurtis Peterson, UWCT Primary Principal Connection. This one word has been the focus of our first couples weeks back at UWCT, whether it be getting to know new teachers or returning students. Our units and learning experiences have been dedicated to it. This, too,...

The Start of the 2020 Academic Year – A Teacher’s Perspective

Aug 21, 2020 | Academics, Community

By Kru Nicki Robertson The “Whole Staff Orientation” runs a week before the school year begins. This is usually a time when the returning team joins together with our new staff, who have been on campus getting the lay of the land. This year only one new staff member...

Does the level of diversity matter when choosing an international school?

Aug 10, 2020 | Celebrations

Diversity of the student population is key to making the experience truly international for both staff and students.