2010 August - The Stratton ABC Foundation Childrens Home Chiang Mai

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The Stratton ABC Foundation, Thai Schools English Iniative

Aug 312010

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 improved learning of English language.

Each school that signs up gets their own subsite and help with online exercises, tailored to meet the needs of their students at the time. There is also access to the Moodle learning center section of Thai Schools English which has more courses, lessons, videos and quizzes for the children to use in order to get more practise.

If you live in Northern Thailand and know of a school that may be interested in signing up to Thai Schools English, please contact us here at The Stratton ABC Foundation.

If you or anyone you know is interested in acting as a volunteer teacher at a rural school in Northern Thailand as part of this iniative, please contact us here at The Stratton ABC Foundation.

Rain Rain Go Away

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Aug 302010

Ok, now I’m getting a little fed up with all this rain we’re having at the moment.

Unfortunately it meant no Bai Tio this weekend.

We had a bit of a break on Saturday morning with no rain so everyone pitched in to try and get on top of the rapidly growing jungle in the garden.

But Sunday was very nearly an all dayer so it was indoors all day.

Still we had a good English seesion learning, this, that, those and these, which was lots of fun.

I’m bracing myself for getting behind on website and some admin this week as I have allotted this week for major out and about work looking for sponsors and more sites for our collection boxes. another reason for hoping the rains stops.

Sorry for the further delay with the ‘Where to go and Find ‘ Directory , but should be live very soon.

Directors Gallery 9

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Aug 272010

Thought I’d feature some of the childrens best photos; today it is little Mays turn.

Rainy Season Continues

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Aug 252010

This year is certainly seeing a full on rainy season here in Chiang Mai.

Our little river in Mae Salab is now a raging torrent and the waters at Huay Tung Tao have risen much since last week.
With the rain comes increasing levels of mosquitos so daily spraying with deterrent is a high priority.

Spending much time in doors has brought more art work to our walls, which is always nice.

In order to try and combat the numbers of mosquitos we have been doing our best to control the fast growing garden vegetation and this weekend all the older children took turns with the strimmer.

They all did a great job and this will be a regular task whenever we have a dry period and some spare time.

Sundays trip to Huay Tung Tao was fun as usual, though cut short by more rain.

Tai was missing as he spent the day at school attending a Energy Conservation Seminar.

On the way to Huay Tung Tao we stopped off at two new locations for our collection boxes, Photobug in Chang Puek Rd and El Diablos Burreto restaurant in Moon Maung Rd. Full details will soon appear in our “Where To Go and Fing..” Directory which I hope to make live by the end of the week.

Luckily the rain held off on Tuesday morning enabling me to go for my 3rd teaching session at Huay Sai School. We spent the lesson showing the children how to use the Thai Schools English website and its Moodle section.

Directors Gallery 8

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Aug 232010

Todays Gallery features shots from the ancient city relics at Wiang Khum Kam close to Sarapee, Chiang Mai.

Directors Gallery 7

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Aug 222010

Todays Gallery features more snaps of life at Stratton House.

Directors Gallery 6

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Aug 212010

Todays gallery is a few shots from our English lessons at Stratton House.

Moodling

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Aug 162010

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 internet.

These courses will include multi-choice questions, speaking practice, using videos of both myself and the children themselves, speaking English and much much more.

Just this weekend we managed to get some very good videos of the Stratton House children practising basic introductory conversation.

Some of the videos will soon appear on Thai Schools English as a practise aid for other children in the community.

Directors Daily Gallery 2

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Aug 142010

A new daily event here at Stratton ABC .com , by way of some pictorial background on Foundation Director, thats me, John Cope. Where I’ve been, what catches my eye, family and friends and much much more. Just a small gallery today, images from Maesai, on the border with Myanmar, Northernmost of Thailand.

Thai Schools English Tuesdays

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Aug 102010

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 building up the courses and lessons available to users of the thaischoolsenglish website, for the rest of the day.

I also hope to find time to visit and encourage more local schools to join our program.

Todays lesson was centred on basic introduction.