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Engaging students with service learning in a pandemic

by Samantha Gayfer | 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

by administrator | 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...

VOLUNTEERING AT PHUKET ELEPHANT SANCTUARY

by administrator | Mar 26, 2020 | Celebrations, Community, Service, Sustainability

During the school break, from the 17th to the 21st of February three G11 UWCT students, Kechen (China), Tenzing (Tibet) and Rosalia (Namibia) had an astonishing opportunity to volunteer at the Phuket Elephant Sanctuary. Tenzing explains that for him waking up at...

A GARDEN FOR THE GIBBONS

by administrator | Mar 20, 2020 | Celebrations, Service, Sustainability

Last December, Grade 4 went on a field trip to visit a local charity- the Gibbon Rehabilitation Centre, where we learned about the gibbons’ diet and the daily costs the centre had to pay to feed the gibbons which tally’s up to 2000 Baht per day. In...

AGENTS OF PEACE

by administrator | Mar 13, 2020 | Celebrations, Culture, Service

Congratulations to Rutuja Grade 12 UWCT student from India who has just received the GoMakeADifference 2020 award. We are delighted to confirm that she has been awarded a $1,000 grant to help towards her project, Agents for Peace. ...

YAOWAWIT – HOLIDAY SERVICE TRIP

by administrator | Nov 26, 2019 | Boarding, Community, Service, Sustainability

In the first week of the October break, we (Rosalia, Asy, Frances and Thube) spent 5 days in Yaowawit School and lodge in Phang Nga, a 2-hour drive from UWCT. The experience was breath-taking because of the abundance of nature. The scenery there is just amazing with...