Get your entries in by e-mail to maba@patana.ac.th today!

Water Polo Update

UPDATE: Lanta disqualified from yesterday’s game for not being able to field a proper team.  We’re through to the final!

Y9+ Water Polo Prelims

Tuesday was a 2-1 win against Chang.

Today Lanta edged past us to sneak a 3-2 win against us.  But they had to borrow a goalie from Chang just to field a team and they didn’t have any girls playing for them…

Wating to get confirmation from Coach Nic about whether we’ve made it through to the final.  If we have we will face Phuket who were looking very strong out there today…

Chang can’t catch us!

Look at the determination!

Roo swims the ball up the pool

Hugo in action earning MVD (Most Valuable Dragon)

Looking for the pass

It was intense out there!

It’s a full contact sport at times!  But Kyle’s calm under pressure.

Reach for it, Hugo!

Top lines up a pass

Would you get in his way?!

Katie blocks another shot

Ready to shoot…

Yr 13 Basketball

The overall results from today were:

1^st = Phuket

2^nd = Lanta

3^rd = Chang

4^th = Samui

Back luck guys.  I couldn’t fault you on effort – you really did give it 100%  Well done for working so hard this morning J

Samui House news

Inter-house basketball

 

A hard fought inter-house basketball for Y13 this morning.  Results aren’t out yet but I couldn’t fault our teams on effort – our Y13s can certainly be proud that they gave it 100% effort!  I’ll post the results on samuireddragons.posterous.com when they come out.

Fun Run

Great news from the Fun Run.  We had the second most runners out there!

·         1^st = Lanta 69 runners

·         2^nd = Samui 65 runners

·         3^rd = Phuket 54 runners

·         4^th = Chang 52 runners

Well done to everyone who took part on Sunday.  It was great to see so many of you out there in your Samui T-shirts!  And only 4 runners behind Lanta – if you didn’t run this year maybe you can join us next year so we can win!

Red Day

A big thank you to everyone for following the non-uniform guidelines for Red Day last Friday.  I was delighted to see not a single strappy top or a single pair of short shorts.  Nice to see that the Dragons are responsible enough to come in appropriate attire!  (Unlike some houses…    )

Recycling

Recycling is going extremely well for us this year, especially for our KS3 students who’ve made a superb effort to bring stuff in from home.  No scores yet but I’m confident that we’re in first place in the recycling competition and well on track for 100 House Points at the end of Term 1 – a distinct improvement on last year’s fourth place!  Well done to everyone who’s brought things in – it’s good for the planet and good for Samui.

Top KS3 recyclers so far this term are:

·         Serri, Beryl and Yae Rim in 7T

·         Gabby and Saranya in 7P

·         Lauren in 8G

·         Victoria and Vanessa in 8M

·         Sarah in 9S

·         Ryan and Janice in 9P

And the top KS3 recycling tutor group is 7T who all win Samui wrist bands for a truly amazing amount of recycling! 

Let’s not get complacent though – keep the recycling flowing in; it would be great to see a bit more from our KS4 and 5 students too.

House Writing Competition

One area where we could be doing a bit better is for the House Writing Competition.  I’ve only had a few entries from KS3 so far and none from KS4 and 5.  Remember there’s House Points for the best stories but also House Points available for participation, so you don’t have to be J. K. Rowling to send in an entry.  Please e-mail me with your stories before the deadline on Tuesday 25^th October.

The Lost House

 

Most people are too young to remember that there used to be 5 Houses at Bangkok Patana School and there is a very good reason why people no longer talk about it. When you hear the story of what happened to Samet House you’ll understand why no one talks about it anymore. So…

Ø  Create an interesting and descriptive account of what happened to Samet House.

Ø  You have a maximum of 500 words so you’ll have to be brief and highly creative at the same time.

Ø  Do not use actual teacher or student names.

Ø  The House with the most entries win bonus points and there are also House points available for 1st-4th place for KS3 and a KS4/5 competition.

 

Credits and Commendations

And don’t forget that all of you can support Samui House every day by (politely!) reminding your teachers to give out credits and commendations.

GOOO Samui!

Reminder - Y13 bring in your basketball kit for inter-house sports during tutorial on Thursday

Dear Y13 Dragon,

Just a quick reminder to bring in your basketball kit for inter-house sports during tutorial on Thursday. 

If you can’t play because you’re injured then please, please bring a note in.  Conduct Detentions for non-participation I’m afraid so make sure you’re properly dressed and take part.  On the plus side there are bonus points for any house that turns up in full kit, so let’s win those!

Y12 Dragons laid down the gauntlet by winning their competition a couple of weeks ago.  Can you match their style on the court?

Go SAMUI!

Mr B

Short Shorts

Phuket House have come under a lot of criticism today because some of their students failed to follow the non-uniform guidelines correctly and were wearing shorts that were just too short.

I’m sure that The Mighty Dragons are far too responsible to abuse the privilege of Red Day on Friday in this way but I just thought I’d send you a gentle reminder of the guidelines:

Ø No strapless or spaghetti strap tops

Ø No shorts which are too tight or short

Ø The usual acceptable length of skirts applies

Ø Shoes need to be safe for all areas of school especially working in the Science laboratories and Design Technology areas. Therefore, no flip-flops are to be worn.

Ø Midriffs must not be showing.

You can still have fun with your dress on Red Day though – following the guidelines doesn’t have to dampen your pride in your house!  There are prizes available for superb costumes (Dragon wings anyone?)  Come and see me on the day to claim yours!