The boys of summer and Bluebird Days
We call them ‘the boys of summer.” They wear shorts and tee shirts and swimming trunks. Hats and sunscreen, sunglasses and flip flops. They play in the sand, they run on hot pavement with no shoes and stay up late under warm breezes and wake to sunrises with skies of pink and shades of yellow […]
Harrow School Bangkok – a world class boarding school right on your doorstep
Harry Potter has a lot to answer for. For many people, boarding conjures up images of wizards, spells, antiquated uniforms, and sorting hats. But none of these things, I’m happy to report, reflects the reality of boarding in the 21st Century, least of all at Harrow Bangkok. What still strikes me as I walk around […]
Happiness lives here
“Regents has become my second home and family; a place I feel comfortable and safe in… I am really happy and don’t know who I’d be today if not for boarding” – Polina, Year 11 Boarder, Regents Boarding at Regents is a home away from home. Children immerse themselves in a different side of school […]
The education to inspire, engage and extend
King’s College International School Bangkok We believe that there are three things that every parent should ask a school when they visit it: What subjects do you study, i.e. what is your curriculum? How will your teachers teach, i.e. what is your educational philosophy? How have you recruited your teachers to do this, i.e. what […]
Weekly Boarding – an alternative schooling choice for expatriate children in Bangkok
‘We are moving to Bangkok in July’. Saying these words out loud over drinks, back in January 2014 to my good friend and colleague Steve, was the moment that the reality of our next family move hit home. ‘The Bangkok traffic will drive you utterly insane’ was the only comment offered up by Steve during […]
Dr. Teerakiat Jareonesettasin Honorary Principal of Newton Sixth Form in Bangkok
Expat Life sat down with the ex-Minister for Education to find out what he is up to after being the longest serving Minister of Education for the last 30 years now that he has moved back to Thailand from the UK. What is your background? I was a good student, let’s put it that way, […]
10 Reasons Why Parents Trust DBS Denla British School
“A good education is a precious gift that parents choose for their children, because knowledge and skills will always be a child’s most important acquisition.” DBS Denla British School implements an Enhanced British Curriculum from the best practices of UK independent schools. Here are 10 reasons why parents would want their children to study at […]
BRIGHTON COLLEGE BANGKOK – Memorable Experience
One of the exciting activities we have offered at Brighton College Bangkok this year has been our Sixth Form visit to our sister school in the UK, Brighton College, England’s Independent School of the Year 2019. January 2020 marked the first international visit of Brighton College Bangkok’s Year 12 pupils to their sister school, Brighton […]
Brighton College Bangkok Sixth Form pupils visit their sister school in the UK
This January, our first group of Year 12 pupils have enjoyed a wonderful opportunity to visit our sister school, Brighton College, in England. They left full of excitement, enthusiastic about all that lay ahead and what they would learn from the experience. Spending a week at Brighton College has opened many doors for them all, […]
When your child leaves home
Every year, thousands of expatriate parents “launch” their child off to university and like most moms I didn’t think much about it, until it happened to me. Watching my daughter fighting back the tears from the car park outside her university halls, the memories flooded back of her first day at kindergarten. Where had the […]