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Also in this issue... Year 10 Coaches

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Feel the Magic with the PTG Community Support Plan for Page 8 School Re-opening CAT Club: How COVID Affects Page 11 our Oceans 01/10/2021

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Emma Raducanu is Just Like You! Cindy Adair, Cross Campus Assistant Principal, ECAs and Sports

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he US Open is one of four major events in professional tennis which, together with the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon, form the Grand Slam. Last month an 18 year old named Emma Raducanu completed a dream run to lift the Cup at the US Open and scoop the USD2.5million prize money. The player stormed onto the world scene as a qualifier at Wimbledon, before retiring with breathing issues. She returned to Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, New York more determined than ever and impressed us all with her aggressive ground strokes and dazzling smile. Emma represented the UK, but did you know she is a dual citizen of both the UK and Canada? Her dad is from Romania and her mum is from China and both work in finance. Emma credits much of her success to their work ethic as immigrants and the value they placed on education. Emma speaks Mandarin and Romanian, loves Taiwanese music, she also enjoys Romanian food cooked by her grandmother. In short, Emma is a third culture kid (TCK), like many of our Bangkok Patana students. TCK’s grow up in a country (and culture) that is neither their mother’s nor their father’s home country. A rich and interesting mix of influences, which have all shaped her into the person she is today. She is truly a global citizen and someone who has taken the opportunities she’s had offered to her along the way. It would be remiss of me to only celebrate Emma Raducanu in relation to the recent US Open – her opponent in the final, Leyla Fernandez was also truly phenomenal.

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The fellow teen was born in Canada. Her father hails from Ecuador and her mother the Philippines. Yep, another TCK! Author Michele Phoenix said it best about TCK’s, “…belonging in multiple places increases their skill-set, it makes them bridge builders.” In a time when nationalism is on the rise across the globe, Emma, Leyla and Naomi, along with others, are demonstrating that diversity is the future. There was a time when tennis was viewed as a “Country Club” sport for the elite. With little diversity seen on court at all, let alone at the majors. The phenomenal success of the William’s sisters started to break down barriers in this area making way for the new crop of Black, Latina, Asian, Indigenous and other athletes of colour to forge a place for themselves in the sport. Another interesting fact about Emma is that she was encouraged from an early age to try a range of sports. She began playing tennis at age five but did not turn professional until she was 15 in 2018. Throughout her Primary and Key Stage 3 education she tried a range of activities, including: basketball; ballet, skiing, horse-riding, golf and motocross. Having avoided early specialisation and “hot-housing” will hopefully give Emma a more balanced perspective and potentially greater career longevity. If you missed the match check out the highlights below. If you’ve been inspired to pick up the tennis racket after watching these amazing players on the world stage – visit our Tennis Academy website for more info about our very own Tigers Tennis Academy.

THE SCHOOL CALENDAR HAS CHANGED! CLASSES WILL BE HELD MONDAY 25TH AND TUESDAY 26TH OCTOBER 2021/22 CALENDAR

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Year 10 Students Complete Student Coaching Qualification Cindy Adair, Cross Campus Assistant Principal ECAs and Sports

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n Friday 24th September, 19 Year 10 students were awarded their Student Coach certification after participating in a four week programme. This programme is aimed at equipping them with the skills to be an effective and supportive Student Coach in our Seasonal Sports programme from Season 2 onwards. The curriculum included the following units: • Health and safety • Communication • Planning and organisation • Stretching and injury prevention • Warm-ups and cool-downs • Positive team culture

get back on campus so that we can help younger students physically and enjoy our time with them. Also giving us the opportunity to gain more experience in supporting younger athletes and helping our coaches in a different perspective. I am very much looking forward to the opening of school.” -Pin “I have learnt and developed many skills in the course, such as organisation and leadership. I am really looking forward to be able to teach young kids about the sport that I am really passionate about and to help them develop and improve in that particular sport through fun and helpful games and drills. I think Student Coaching isn't only a really good experience but it also gives you a chance to look at your sport through a whole other perspective.” -Palak

As well as their attractive certificate for their CV, the coThe Student Coaching programme has been running for hort have earned the right to wear a Student Coach T shirt five years at Bangkok Patana School and provides bene- – so look out for them on our pitches, courts and poolside fits to both the young Student-Leaders but also the teams soon. they work with. An effective Student Coach is a role model to younger players and a huge support to a busy coach. Student Coaches help to organise the training space, motivate players, provide technical feedback or positive encouragement and are available to demonstrate skills. It’s a great way for student-athletes to give back to the sports they’ve enjoyed since Primary school. The Student Coaching programme also provides valuable service hours to those students pursuing their International Award or the CAS component of the IB. Let’s hear from some of the students… “I have really enjoyed the student coaching course so far as I love seeing students happy and excited about sports; I hope to inspire them to continue playing sports and improving their skills as sports provide a large amount of benefits. Personally, I believe that being involved with coaching not only will help the students but also the coaches and they learn a variety of new life skills.” -Mya “I have really enjoyed the past four weeks of the student coaching course, learning how to support and encourage younger students. I'm hoping that we would be able to

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PRIMARY MUSICIAN OF THE MONTH Alan Walker

Lisa Mallett, Primary Music Teacher

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ith a focus on electronic music, our Musician of the Month this October is Alan Walker, a highly successful British - Norwegian DJ and producer. With over 115 million followers across his social platforms, 8.7 billion YouTube views, and a staggering 50 billion audio and video streams he is a leading musician within the EDM genre. He was born on 24th August 1997 in England and moved to Bergen, Norway with his family at the age of two. His debut hit single Faded has had over 1.3 billion Spotify streams and a massive 2.9 billion YouTube video views and earned him a BRIT awards nomination for Song of the Year, as well as a Norwegian Grammy win in the same category. Mainly self-taught, he counts film composers such as Hans Zimmer as inspirations as well as EDM producers such as K-391 and Ahrix. He has collaborated with artists like Ava Max, Noah Cyrus, Sia, Bruno Mars and Coldplay. Enjoy some of his most well-known hits here on our specially made playlist.

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oin us for an afternoon of fun and games on Thursday 7th October with Charles the French a professional magician and comedian who has performed over 2,000 shows worldwide! Charles will be performing an exciting magic show after which he might even share a few magic tricks so be sure to have a deck of cards and some coins ready to join in the fun!

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A Well-Being Focus in KS 3 PE Lessons Oliver Blundell, Secondary Head of PE

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he unique challenges of CSL PE have presented opportunities to take some risks as students and teachers (albeit from the comfort of your own home). Together, we have been able to develop some new skills and form healthy habits, that in a hectic first term at Bangkok Patana, may not have been introduced or repeated.

ditional noise. Students involved all reported feeling much more relaxed by the end of their sessions. I hope they will continue to practice Yoga and mindfulness once back in school to help support their well-being by reducing stress.

Mr Osborne has been gathering feedback from students on their current mood before and after their PE lesIn terms of muscular strength, endurance and aerobic sons during CSL, the data was collected using a Likert conditioning, students have been able to opt for Be- scale. He was glad to report significant improvements in ginners CrossFit with Mr Osborne, our in-house expert. happiness post-PE, which further supports Mr Osborne’s Mr Osborne has been running live classes, focusing on personal mantra of “healthy body, healthy mind”. full-body workouts and using correct techniques. He has maintained good engagement levels with students regularly selecting this option and keeping their cameras on - a really important factor in Mr Osborne’s well-being. Students have also been offered HIIT training, TABATA workouts, AMRAPs and recently Mr Owen has started a Legs, Bums and Tums class which has been really well received. These workouts promote raising the heart rates, muscular strength, muscular endurance and toning. To support well-being, we have been delighted to offer diverse options including Just Dance, Mobility, Stretch and Relaxation, Yoga, Pilates and more recently Zumba, led by Mrs Dale. The classes have been really well received by students and PE teachers alike who have enjoyed learning new techniques and skills. Mrs Dale has been happy with the engagement in her Zumba classes and delighted with the amount of students keeping their cameras on and giving it a go! Keep it up! In Year 9, we discussed the need to create calm environments to undertake an activity such as Yoga. We talked about the importance of identifying anything that could interrupt the session, removing distractions and ad-

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Tutorials from the Tennis Academy Dan Ahl, Head Tennis Coach

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ith online learning being extended, the Tennis Academy has taken to producing tennis tutorials with the first five in the series looking at the forehand, backhand, serve, volley and smash. The aim of the tutorials has been to look at understanding good technique and how it is so important to have correct grips, compact swings, racket acceleration and precise footwork. One of the key factors has also been to simplify the basics and

understanding your own technique as much as possible. There are also ways to practise each shot within the videos especially the serve, volley and smash. Initial feedback has been positive and in the next few weeks we will be looking at specific shots like the return of serve and also how tactical situations can be improved

You can find all of Coach Dan’s Tennis tips and more on his YouTube channel here.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT GUIDELINES FOR RE-OPENING

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Urban Neighbours of Hope Robine Johnson, Lead teacher for the Primary Community Action Team

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rban Neighbours of Hope (UNOH) are a small, responsive neighbourhood-based team who live and serve the community in Khlong Toey, one of the poorest areas of Bangkok. They partner with a local Montessori Preschool, Grapongdeang, at the Khlong Toey Community Centre.

Along with these challenges, the school is trying to fundraise for urgent renovations to take place starting next month which will include toilets attached to the classrooms for the kids, a new kitchen for the school, a playground upgrade, reroofing of the buildings to stop flooding in heavy rains and reduce the heat in the hot season, an upgrade of the electrical wiring which is a fire hazard and Year 1 have supported Urban Neighbours of Hope the water pipes which aren't adequate for the needs. and the students of Grapongdeang for over five years through fundraising and giving books at Christmastime. Despite the current challenges faced by UNOH, there are exciting projects ahead. The school are keen to set The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the poorest of our up a community garden to help local residents grow their community hardest and Khlong Toey is no exception. The own produce. They are currently trying to source equipschool is currently closed with teachers sending home re- ment and funding. source packs to support home learning. Through the community centre over the last few months UNOH has been Another wonderful venture is Roy Rak. This fair-trade helping support neighbours and local leaders with COV- initiative helps local women make beautiful, ornate jewID testing kits, medical supplies, and food supplies. COV- ellery. Their new collection is released Friday 1st October ID self-testing kits will be an ongoing need for the com- and will make great Christmas presents. Once the COVID munity as they continue to monitor and deal with COVID. restrictions are lifted, Roy Rak have plans to offer workshops, tours and even birthday party activities. Please see the advert in this edition to find out more details. If you or anyone you know can support UNOH with their building works, COVID tests or to help set up the garden either through donations, resources or skills, please contact Lish Faulkner at alisha@unoh.org.

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CAT/CAS CORNER

Five Ways To Implement Reading into your Daily Life Preeyanan (Pam) Jirarungroj, 12D, Right To Read HOW TO TRAVEL THROUGH TIME: READ here is a never ending list of reasons why you should read, whether it’s for reducing stress, improving your memory and empathy or being able to learn new things. We all know it’s important and beneficial to do so, but how can we put habits in motion to actually gain those rewards?

The third way to implement reading into your daily life is to set goals for yourself. For example, read two books in one month or even 20 books in one year! Whatever seems attainable but also pushes you to work hard at the same time. The statistics for goal setting by a Harvard business study found that there is a direct correlation between goal setting and success. It said that 14 percent of the people who have goals are 10 times more successful than The first way to implement reading into your daily life those who do not have goals. This will set you on the right is to set a time in which you would like to read at. Of- track to continuously reading and feel accomplished with tentimes, it is easier to stick to a schedule because you a sense of personal satisfaction when you have achieved have given to yourself the opportunity to do things with your goal. everything else cleared away. Take 15-20 minutes in the Another way is to keep a personal log. This could be morning right when you wake up to sit in bed and read or have a set time after school/work to unwind. It’s time to done electronically or on paper by creating a simple tastop making excuses and help yourself by finding that free ble of the book and number of pages you’ve read that day. Similar to setting goals, this will help motivate you to time slot as a relaxing release from your busy day. keep on reading in the long run by giving a sense of acThis next alternative to the first way is much easier if complishment. The fact that you read 50 more pages than you believe you just don’t have the ability to make time the day before can inspire you to keep going and read as for reading. Strive to read anytime you are suddenly free, much as 200 pages in one day. waiting for food to cook, not having anything else to do The final and arguably the most important way to imbetween classes, etc. Substitute scrolling away on your phone to flipping through pages of a gripping book. This is plement reading into your daily life is to choose books a way to decrease that screen time and gain some knowl- that you actually know you'll like and can hook you in. It may seem like an obvious point but sometimes you may edge or escape into a new reality. innocently want to try to put yourself out of your comfort zone which most of the time results in feeling unmotivated to continue reading and stop altogether. Reading should be a hobby you enjoy, so choosing a genre you love will give you that momentum to keep going and pick up that next book. It is great to read a wide range of genres because you may learn to love a new one or gain valuable information and life lessons just from broadening your scope entirely by yourself. Althoughyou shouldn’t catch yourself feeling forced into reading an unenjoyable book as it associates a negative emotion when trying to start reading again.

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How has COVID Affected our Oceans? Maxim Turner, 12E, Patana Marine Conservation Group

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ver the past couple of years our oceans have undergone drastic changes in terms of their environmental situation. These changes present a broad scope of benefits and issues that both positively and negatively impact the ocean environment. The reason for these changes is none other than COVID-19, the global pandemic that has been running rampant since the end of 2019.

is unmanageable by our current resources and if the rate doesn't go down it could become a much bigger problem.

However, there's still hope as there are a number of solutions that all of you can do at home to help reduce the pollution of our waters: reduce your consumption of single use plastics, responsibly recycle any packaging from home deliveries and stay inside, as this not only removes Although the COVID-19 pandemic may be a global dis- the reason for wearing a mask but also protects you from aster that has severely impacted the lives of billions, when catching COVID. A final solution is to get vaccinated as you look at the statistics, it may have been a blessing in this will help end the pandemic that much faster. disguise. Over the past two years there have been studies *1Coral bleaching is when the coral slowly turns white that show a net decrease in average surface water temperatures in local areas. This varies from not much differ- and is caused when the zooxanthellae, single celled orence in open waters to drastic changes of 2.7°C near the ganisms that live in symbiosis with the coral and provide it coast. The water temperature is essential for coral life as if with nutrients as well as its coloring, produces a substance the water temperature increases by even a slight margin that is toxic to the coral as the temperatures increase. of a couple of degrees a phenomenon known as coral Sensing this substance, the coral ejects the zooxanthellae, bleaching occurs.*1 Another positive of COVID-19 is a losing its coloration and it eventually dies, leaving behind severe reduction in sea vessel traffic, both professional and a white, skeletal-like structure of calcium carbonate. recreational. The reduction in boats also means a reduc*2 When plastics find themselves in the ocean a protion in marine noise pollution and water pollution from the cess occurs where the water and sun rays break the plastic boat fuel and trash thrown off boats. Along with this comes into microscopic pieces that are not visible to the naked a very large reduction in total fish caught worldwide, with eye. After that all kinds of sea life ends up ingesting it and reduced markets for fish and less voyages. Whilst this may it works its way up the food chain, and in rare cases it can be good for the environment, for the fishing industry how- appear in the stomach of the fish we eat. ever it is a disaster and many fishermen who were caught in the net of COVID fell into poverty. The amount of pollution caused by COVID-19 however is on a devastating scale. There has been large increase in single-use plastic waste in the form of personal protective gear: face masks, gloves, aprons, bottles of hand sanitizer, all of which are eventually broken down into microplastics*2. The amount of plastic waste generated worldwide since the outbreak is estimated at 1.6 million tonnes/day and approximately 3.4 billion single-use facemasks/face shields are discarded daily as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2016, before the outbreak, the amount of plastic thrown away was estimated to be around 0.6 million tonnes/day, showing us a drastic increase of 1 million tonnes per day, which demonstrates the severity of the issue. The current amount of biomedical waste generated

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Join the Virtual Gymnastics Invitational Rebecca Maw-Dzatkowski, Head Gymnastics Coach

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angkok Patana School is thrilled to host FOBISIA Gymnastics Invitational 2021 virtually - Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th November. The competition specifications have been recreated to ensure that all students can participate, regardless of whether we’re still in continued student learning or back on campus. Unfortunately, like so many other gymnasts throughout Asia, our student-athletes have been out of the gym for six plus months and, therefore, will not be 4-piece/6-piece competition ready for November 2021. Therefore, a simplified floor-only competition that focuses on execution rather than difficulty will help motivate students to engage in gymnastics safely without being too overwhelming. The Patana way is sport for all, and the Gymnastics Academy is delighted to host such an inclusive event! All event details can be found on the Gymnastics News page here. Registration to participate closes Friday 15th October.

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Advances in Gymnastics Rebecca Maw-Dzatkowski, Head Gymnastics Coach THE INTRODUCTION OF AI Gymnastics is a spectacular sport - a sport whereby athletes strive for absolutely aesthetic perfection. Yet, the ironic aspect of gymnastics is that judging has always been imperfect. Judging is subjective and can depend on a variety of factors such as an individual’s stylistic preferences, the angle that each apparatus is viewed from, the accuracy of what each judge sees, individual bias - the list goes on. Additionally, with the technological advances in countless other sports, the demand to integrate technology to support and improve judging has gained increased momentum over the years.

ready by 2024. Watch this space!

Recently, I attended the FIG online Webinar to discuss the developments of JSS and what’s really exciting is that Bangkok Patana School Gymnastics Academy has just signed up for a year-long trial with FB Curves, a video analysis software. FB Curves will be used as a training tool for our student-athletes and coaches to enhance athlete development, safety, understanding, and feedback implementation. FB curves consist of over 1000 elements from the Code of Points, brought to life in 3D videos with 360 viewing, zoom function, speed and direction analyThankfully, the Fédération Internationale de Gymnas- sis, and routines requirements & deduction functions. The tique (FIG) recognised the need to act and partnered up long-term vision is to roll out the software to all student-athwith Fujitsu to develop a Judging Support System (JSS). letes in the following years and have FB curves integrated The Judging Support System will digitally assist judges by within the culture of our academy. capturing and analysing the gymnasts’ performances usThis is an exciting new development for the Gymnastics ing 3D sensors to determine numerical data for both the difficulty score (D-score) and the execution (E-score). Academy, and we are looking forward to trialling this new This is an exciting time for gymnastics and will help drive software with our Tiger gymnasts soon! the sport forwards by not only improving the judging but To learn more about FB Curves, please check out their also developing coaching, athlete development, and the website here. You may wish to check out their free limited possibility of remote competitions. JSS has already been version of the app. trialled at major gymnastics events and will be 10-piece

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ARTS COUNCIL

Exploring a Range of Skills in (I)GCSE Fine Art Sarah Gannicott, 11M

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Currently, I am working on my final (I)GCSE pieces as part of the 'contrasts' project. Starting this project, the first idea I had was to look at the contrast between old and new. I also knew I wanted to challenge myself and work on something I found difficult, so I chose to look at architecture. This photo collage is made up of photos I took of Chinatown, Bangkok. I overlapped and faded the pictures to create a panorama look. I found the clash of old and new in the buildings interesting such as the old, dull buildings and the colourful, new, festive objects in and around these buildings. I also found the decorations of Chinese New Last year, we Year (when I went to take photos in February) and the Chibegan with still- nese influence of this area of Bangkok interesting. This is life drawings to part of what drew me into this project because it reminded explore a range me of living in Kota Kinabalu, Borneo, which had a large of techniques Chinese community and meant I got to experience part of and key skills. I that culture, so it felt like an exciting project to create. drew a still-life I am about to finish a painting of this collage, using of a toy bell pepper using acrylic paint on canvas. For another aspect of this project, charcoal and I am in the process of creating a model made out of wood paper. In real and various other materials such as plastics, cardboard life the drawing and acrylic paint. I was inspired by Joshua Smith's work is massive- it's where he creates hyper-realistic models of buildings that about 1 x 2m! are similar to those that I am studying. Altogether, I have Strangely, this bell pepper drawing has become one of really enjoyed my (I)GCSE Fine Art course and am lookmy favourite pieces of work, I think because it was a lot of ing forward to completing all my final pieces, and hopefun to create something so big and to use charcoal, which fully taking IB Art next year. is a media I don’t often use.

have been able to explore areas of personal interest as well as develop and be exposed to a huge range of skills and artwork in (I)GCSE Fine Art. I think the best part about taking (I)GCSE Art is the classroom environmentyou are surrounded by people who share the same interest, who are creating amazing work, which pushes you to use materials or techniques you normally wouldn't.

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ARTS COUNCIL The Power of Music Kate Schestak, 9C

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I love performing. I feel this adrenaline and this bubbly feeling in my stomach. At first, I feel nervous, and I feel like I am about to cry and then suddenly after the first verse I suddenly let go and feel free. As a participant of Ms MacRitchie's music class, we learn many different techniques and aspects of Musical Theory and Vocal Practice. It really helps to focus and engage with the lessons and learn techniques, tips, and methods to help my voice become clearer or powerful. Watching ‘GLEE’ during the summer has really opened my eyes. The song selection are the songs I sing to today, and the stretch of vocal abilities and confidence of the actors and actresses is truly emSinging and harmonising with quite a large number of powering and is definitely something I aspire to achieve people helps me to concentrate and keeps me focused. one day. It’s the friendship and the camaraderie that helps the Despite the challenges during this pandemic, the inspirclass’s voices blend and brings the music to life. Singing requires ongoing practice and eagerness to consistently ing Performing Arts Department overcomes the obstacles improve. In all honesty, it was my mom who inspired me and continuously encourages the students to practice and and pushed me to practice and sing with effort, love, pas- learn. Music is a great part of my life, singing is my passion, and emotion. I believe, as a follower of the perform- sion and I hope one day, I will be able to perform in front ing arts, that one should explore, showcase and express of an audience. one’s talent. s someone starting the intensity of Year 9, music is a great way to cope with stress and pressure. That’s what I would describe my need for music. In my words it’s an escape, you don’t have to perform in front of anyone but sometimes I love to just sing in front of a crowd. Studies show that when one listens to music, the brain releases dopamine, which makes us happy. Music is so powerful and it portrays a variety of emotions. It brings good vibes to those who are listening. It raises your mood, brings excitement, or calms you down. It allows one to feel all the emotions that we experience in our lives.

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#196: Technology for Learning Weekly Review F

ind below some of the highlights of my digital travels this week. Click on the box to learn more about each one.

Have a great weekend. Brian Taylor Assistant Principal, Campus Curriculum Technology Integration

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Desert Island Discs With Danny Nason, Secondary English Teacher

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his column follows in the style of the famed BBC podcast which features a celebrity every week – here we feature our own Bangkok Patana celebrities! What eight songs, one luxury item and one book would you take with you if you were stuck on a desert island? Today our Danny Nason, Secondary English teacher, is stuck on a desert island. MR NASON, IF YOU WERE STUCK ON A DESERT ISLAND WHAT EIGHT PIECES OF MUSIC WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE WITH YOU? Sitting on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding

Pyramids - Frank Ocean

Reckoner - Radiohead

Breezeblocks - Alt-J

The Suburbs - Arcade Fire

Ms Jackson - Outkast

ThereiIs a Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths

Find No Enemy - Akala

Click to listen to Mr Nason’s playlist

PICK ONE LUXURY ITEM YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE WITH YOU. THIS ITEM MUST BE INANIMATE AND OF NO USE IN ESCAPING THE ISLAND OR ALLOWING COMMUNICATION FROM OUTSIDE. My Kindle Oasis with a solar charger WHICH ONE BOOK WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE WITH YOU? His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman Catch the real Desert Island Discs on BBC. Now that you are stuck at home, what are you listening to? Have a list of your own? Let us know! Contact SHKN with your favourites.

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