The Stratton ABC Foundation, Thai Schools English Iniative

Today was my 4th session at Huay Sai School, helping with teaching English conversation and pronunciation. As part of our aims and objectives , working to help give A Better Chance to disadvantaged children in Northern Thailand, the Thai Schools English iniative aims to offer that chance to as many children as possible , through [...]

Catherine Pearsall

Very sorry Catherine, we had further problems with our software which means i have no email address for you with which to reply to your enquiry. This problem has now been resolved and i would like to ask you to get in touch again through the contact page at which point I will be able [...]

Moodling

At last I am starting to get somewhere with the Thai Schools English project, aimed at helping to promote English language learning in local schools. With help from my friend Ally I have been learning to use the Moodle learning Centre software in order to set up courses for local children to follow via the [...]

Thai Schools English Tuesdays

Having made attempts to sort out a proper schedule for my weekly work, I have selected Tuesdays for work on the Thai Schools English project. Today I  visited, and shall do every Tuesday, Huay Sai School to assist with teaching English conversation to Mattayom 1. When that is finished I will then be working on [...]

The Children of Stratton House Childrens Home Meet Lovely Lady Paa

A break in the rains meant that Sundays trip out could go ahead and we went to our regular haunt Huay Tung Taow, where the usual fun and games was had by all. It was up to Wasana to look out for the children as myself and Boon wanted a little quiet time of or [...]

Looking For 12 Month Visa ..Volunteer With Us

Are you looking to stay in Thailand for an extended period? Want to do something useful during your stay? Commit to one day a week helping out with The Stratton ABC Foundation and we can assist you with acquiring the relevant work permit and 12 month Visa. There are lots of ways you can help [...]

English Learning Going Well

The children at Stratton House Childrens Home continue to respond well to our regular English lessons. At present I am the sole teacher and it is all very informal. Hopefully in the future we will get volunteers who may like to give me a break. I have been very impressed by the childrens enthusiasm and [...]

Contact Problems;Clara in Chiang Mai; the lady with daughter named Jemsai; Christina in Chiang mai; Michiko Bos from the Netherlands; Miki and Sivan our first volunteers

This is a notice to apologise to anyone who has contacted us recently using our contact link. Because of technical difficulties we have been unable to reply as your contact details were not stored by the system. Hopefully this problem has now been rectified and I would ask you to contact us again. In particular [...]

Kaow Pan Saa

Continuing our association with Khruu Khem at Huay Sai, I responded to a request to visit Huay Sai on Friday(23rd), to make a photo record of the Kaow Pan Saa Festival, attended by many Lamphun Schools and culminating at Huay Sai School. Kaow Pan Saa celebrates the beginning of the new rice growing season. It [...]

Independant Monitoring

On Wednesday 21st I went for a long overdue meeting with Khruu Khem of Huay Sai School. Huay Sai is one of the schools on www.thaischoolsenglish.org, a project run in association with our Foundation, with a view to promoting English language learning in the local community. Having been very busy ensuring registration for the Foundation [...]