FunStart Winter Camp: 19 December – 23 December 2011

Holiday Fun Camp is open Monday to Friday, the 19th to the 23rd of December. For kids from 4 to 10 years old divided into 2 groups: ages 4-7 and ages 8-10 years.

4,000 Baht per child

What are FunStart Camps?

FunStart Summer Camps feature a mixture of learning and activities as well as sports.

All Summer Camp supervisors and teachers are dedicated to giving your child a well-rounded experience of learning in a well-structured and fun environment.

Class projects are conducted in our fully air-conditioned club classrooms on the second floor. Students have access to our mini-Olympic, six-lane swimming pool and small children’s paddle pool, Golf school and ‘Little Rascals’ Play Centre.

FunStart Summer Camps are open to students aged 5 – 13 and run four times a year:

April-May

July-August

September-October

With qualified teachers

Monday to Friday, from July 11th – July 22nd

On day one, campers will receive their own passport which will be stamped every morning upon arrival to the camp. In small age appropriate groups, campers will be introduced to food, games, stories, activities and art that relate directly to the country we are visiting. On July 22nd, our last day of camp, we invite parents and friends to come help us celebrate with our favourite foods, performances and art show from our travels around the world.

Throughout the camp, teachers will emphasize the skills necessary for the proper and fluent use of English.

Summer camp sessions are from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. All campers should bring a hat, sunscreen and a water bottle. Healthy snacks and lunches will be provided. Swimming lessons will be held once a week and a surprise fieldtrip will be organised on the second week of the camp.

The Foundation camp is designed to promote the camper’s overall development. The camp will stimulate their creative minds with arts and crafts, develop their gross motor skills through various sports and build positive attitudes towards others by participating in cooperative games and play.

Price

6,000 baht per week
11,000 baht for 2 weeks
Including : lunches and snacks, educational activities, art projects, swimming lessons, one fieldtrip
Registration is on a first-come first-served basis!

Age Groups

Foundation Camp
Year 1 – Year 3, Primary Camp 1
Year 4 – Year 6, Primary Camp 2
Year 7 and up, Secondary Camp

*These groups may vary according to registration

• Our Foundation and Primary student enrollment has grown from 136 to 222
• Secondary student enrollment has grown from 53 to 76
• We now have a total of 298 students studying at HeadStart compared to last year’s 189
• We have opened 14 new classes
• We built a science lab and six new classrooms
• We became a recognised Cambridge International Examinations Centre
• We met all of the necessary requirements of the Thai Ministry of Education and received our Secondary School License
• We met all of the necessary requirements of the Thai Ministry of Education and received our Nursery license
• Implemented a new school menu developed and recommended by Thomas Jakobi, the only chef in Phuket to earn 10 out of 10 in Thailand Tatler’s Best Restaurant Guide2011
• We introduced our first year of courses for the Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) to be examined at HeadStart in November 2011

None of this would have been possible without our wonderful teachers and staff who work tirelessly to make HeadStart the vibrant, active and progressive school and learning environment it is today.

News for the 2011 – 2012 Academic Year

New Team Members

HeadStart now has 52 full-time teaching staff. Next year, we are increasing our Team to 56. We are proud of the team that will be in place for next year and we are very confident that the increased experience and qualifications that these new teachers bring will make this the best team we’ve ever had! Working with a new, stronger team will enable us to improve our academic programmes and create an even stronger teaching and learning environment for your children.
To facilitate the rapid expansion we are experiencing and to fill the places of the teachers who will be leaving, we have appointed 15 new teachers who will join the team on August 1.
Please see the Teaching Team overview attached with teachers’ names, positions and nationalities. For those who would like to find out more about the qualified and dedicated professionals, who will soon be joining our team, please visit our website.
http://headstartphuket.com/teachers/
Teacher profiles will be updated in July.

Head of Primary

With our student enrollment and the number of classes and teachers growing, we have decided it is now time for us to have a dedicated Head of Primary.
We are happy to announce that Els Bellon, will be taking on this challenge. Els has worked at HeadStart as the Year 1A teacher and Lead Key Stage 1 Teacher for the last 2 years. We believe Els’ patience, experience, expertise and energetic approach to teaching will be a great asset to students, and teachers alike.

Handbooks

We are working on writing up Parent Handbooks for Foundation, Primary and Secondary. This will enable parents and students to have a better understanding of the school and our policies. These Handbooks will become available for Parent Orientation Day (August 26). Parents will also be able to download these from our website.

Sport Programmes

We are making a concerted effort to improve our sport programmes and facilities this will be achieved by having a stronger team, better facilities and making adjustments to our P.E. timetabling.

P.E. Team

Our new P.E. Team will be led by Jennifer Campbell, an Irish qualified PE coach and exercise enthusiast. Jennifer will be assisted by Ashwani Ranna who holds a Masters’ Degree in Sports Science and has 12 years teaching experience. Also joining the PE team is Alexandros Dimas. An Australian Swim Coach with six years’ experience coaching school and competitive swimming.

New Sport Facilities

The new ‘HeadStart Sport and Activity Centre’ is five minutes away from the school. We have rented the Chalekilee Sports Centre and we will be working on renovating the facilities from July 1st – August 26th.

The three-rai (4,200sqm) property will have the following facilities:

• Mini Olympic pool with six lanes
• Kids’ pool
• Gym
• Fitness centre
• Six classrooms
• Kids’ play centre
• Driving range
• Three-hole golf course
• Massage and spa
• Coffee shop
• Ample parking
• Purpose-built changing rooms with lockers
• Trampolines and a bouncy castle
• Gaming arcade

School Facilities

We will also be making some improvements to the school building during the holidays. These improvements will be ready in time for the new academic year and include:

• A covered walkway from the nursery and coffee shop to the main building
• Moving year six classes into the Primary building
• Finishing the football pitch
• A new, bigger and better library with 2,000 titles, a librarian and a library check-out system so you and your children can have access to these wonderful books
• An electronic library with hundreds of animated books for Foundation and Primary students. This library will enable teachers to assign books to be read by you and your children at home. See this link for more details
  http://www.raz-kids.com/
• We will be installing a new automated gate system to increase school security.
• Building a bridge to connect the primary and secondary buildings
• Constructing three new offices and two new storage rooms

I want to thank you all for your support and for being a part of the HeadStart community. I look forward to continuing to work together with you all throughout the coming academic year.
We have come a long way this year and I believe that next year will also prove to be as eventful and successful!

Best Regards,
Jazon Edouard
School Director

End Of Year 2011

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Thursday-Friday 7-8 July (2 days trip)

Bor Saen Village, Phang Nga

borsaenvilla.com

The tentative itinerary is as follows:
(A detailed itinerary will be forwarded to all once trip is confirmed)

Pick-up from Headstart in the morning – time to be confirmed

Arrival at BorSaen
9.00 am

Team Building Activities (organised and supervised by BorSaen’s staff).
(Children will break for a snack after an hr of activities, price included in package).
10.00 am to 12.00 pm

Lunch
12.00 pm – 1.00 pm

Free and easy afternoon after lunch.
Activities available are: Canoeing, biking, mini golf & fishing

BBQ dinner and evening activities organised by teachers and volunteers.
6.00 pm

Departure from BorSaen for those opting for the 1 day package.
7.00 pm

All other children will return to villa with their teacher/s or parent/s volunteers after dinner.
As this is not a compulsory trip for all, children who decide not to attend this trip will attend school on July 7th and 8th.

For your information, there are sufficient safety equipment around the facility and there’s a hospital just 5 minutes away.
All of BorSaen’s staff are trained in first aid and CPR. They have assured us that their facility is safe for younger children as well

Saturday, 2 July 2011 (14-18pm)

Club Yamu

HeadStart International School invites you to join our End of School year event for Foundation from 14:00-18:00 hrs. for games, music, great buffet, pool fun and kids club!
Please book and pay before the 21st of June, 2011 at the HeadStart school office.

THB 240 per child,
THB 490 per adult

Friday, 1 July 2011 (6-10pm)

Club Yamu

Join us from 6-10pm for swimming, games, dance & a great buffet!
Please collect and pay tickets on Monday, 20 June during lunch hour at the HeadStart Secondary Lunch Room.

THB 450 per person

Siam Indigo, Phuket Town

7:30pm – 10:30pm

Dress code: anything blue (HeadStart colour!)

Come and join our first “Mom’s Night out!” All Mom’s are welcome to come enjoy a Tapas buffet, drinks, dancing and fun! Bring your dancing shoes!
Event starts at 7:30 pm onwards; collect your name tag, get your photo taken and enjoy the live DJ, fantastic food and wonderful company!

500 Baht per person.

Buffet & welcome drink included.

The photos will remain online for up to 2 months. In addition, we have placed selected photos on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/questadventurephuket