Stunner of a morning for running with the primary and secondary manta running groups! UWC Thailand Kerstin Bender (she/her)

Lil’ paddlers out on the water learning the skills right from the early years :) #pypchat #kinderchat IB PYP

Love coming into the Upper Primary courtyard to the sound of saws, drills, the smells of sawdust, and the real buzz of learning UWC Thailand Matt Pugliese #staycurious #ibpyp IB PYP #pypchat #HTWW #STP

The calm before the buzz! Grade 2&3 are ready for their How We Express Ourselves MiniX! Mood boards representing the pillars of UWC Thailand greet you as you enter the lower primary building. Using arts to communicate what is important to communities #pypchat #ibpyp IB PYP

The buzz is already a bit more palpable in the upper primary courtyard as the grade 4&5’s prepare to open their marketplace to the public! Goods and services enterprises created by the students in support of their year-long service partners. UWC Thailand #ibpyp #pypchat IB PYP

2 of the local organizations our 4&5 students are collaborating with to support. GRP : The Gibbon Rehabilitation Project UWC Thailand #pypchat #ibpyp #agency #action

Our grade 2&3 artists have shared their artist statements for guests to read in order to learn more about the thought and process that went into their pieces UWC Thailand #pypchat #ibpyp IB PYP

Grade 2&3 How We Express Ourselves mini exhibition showcase for parents has gotten underway! Music, PE and Thai showcase in the MPH before we move to the art galleries set up in the classrooms! UWC Thailand #ibpyp #pypchat

So much thought and intention put into symbolic representation of what is important to our communities. Listening to the 2&3 Ss discuss their art was 🤯 UWC Thailand #ibpyp #pypchat

#pypx officially underway UWC Thailand! Tuning In this wk, we introduced PYPX Adviser Rolodex™️ for Ss to access Ts as needed thru process. Also took a trip down memory lane: prior learning that was significant to Ss that may be worth further pursuit as topics are chosen #UWCTX23

Today’s focus: Q&A with #pypx alumni. G6 Ss in to share their highs and lows, advice and wisdom on the journey of the Exhibition while also taking the myriad of questions this years’ G5’s have about the experience. #UWCTX23 UWC Thailand IB PYP #pypchat

G4’s doing a deep dive into UWC mission as their CI for joint WWA/HWEO UoI. How is the mission reflected in you? How do your values come to life through it? What’s your own mission statement? Stay tuned for how they’ll creatively express these missions in weeks to come #pypchat

Gr 2&3 UWC Thailand Ss showcased their Mini Exhibition today on Influential Individuals; they ea. selected a person they feel influenced & inspired by to learn about & take on their persona in their Living Museum to share w/ community. Cristina “Mitty” Mittermeier you’re an inspiration to many!

Another tough day at the office 😁 G1s on their first paddle thru the mangroves while G4s learn to sail. In awe of the value our Ts put on getting out of the classroom to learn outdoors. Living the G1 Central Idea, ‘In order to care for a space, we first need to connect with it.’

Grade 4 are nearly ready for their movie screening event! Their task for the last few weeks has been to create a 3-5 minute film that conveys the personal mission statement they created at the beginning of their combined #HWEO and #WWA UoI #ibpyp #pypchat UWC Thailand

All yr, G1s spent Thurs am in outdoor school. beach, jungle, water. All learning that happens in class just transfers to the outdoors. Today, re-connecting with our local Thai school friends & will guide a scavenger hunt thru the space they have come to know & love ❤️ #pypchat

Sneak peek of just one of the showcases you can expect from #pypx next week at UWC Thailand… using music as a force to unite people, nations and cultures. #pypchat #ibpyp

I love #pypx so much! One of our Ss chose to further her passion for helping Thai soi dogs and advocating for “adopt don’t shop” in support of The Bodhi Shelter by hosting a weekly adoptathon at UWC Thailand. Her efforts have paid off! 2 adoptions today! #action #pypchat #ibpyp

As the summer holidays approach, I can't help but reflect on the incredible year Jeff Morey, Rob Carmichael and I have had in Grade 1 at UWC Thailand. Today, we bid farewell to another successful day of outdoor learning with a river walk through the jungl…lnkd.in/gCY7QZJH

Stoney Trail bridge northbound down to 1 lane due to what looks like and ice floe, but is cemented hail after the heavy rain/hail combo #abstorm