Whether we like it or not, some teenagers do engage in sexual activity. Ignoring for a moment the moral and health issues that this can represent, it makes sense that both they and us understand what the very real legal implications can be in Thailand – if and when enforced. What do you know of…
DetailsWe are back! This year Lanna will offer a three week long summer school, open to students aged from 5 to 15 Summer school will run from Monday 6th July to Friday 24th July. Classes will start at 8.30am each day and will finish at 2pm. This year for the first time, our Summer Programme…
DetailsCongratulations to all involved in the first annual Lanna Weekend Basketball Camp that was recently held at the Secondary campus. Over thirty students and eight coaches honed their skills, practiced winning strategies, mentored younger students, and competed in tournaments. Lanna, APIS, and Varee Schools were represented and fun was had by all! We would like to…
DetailsAt Lanna there is a considerable emphasis on Guided Reading, which is a technique teachers use to support children with reading. Children put into practise their developing reading skills and understanding in a structured situation. Small groups of children, working at a similar stage of reading acquisition, work with an adult to read an unfamiliar…
DetailsFor those of us lucky enough to have regular sleep patterns this may not be something we think about too much, but for many teenagers insomnia is a huge problem. How well does your child sleep each night? For how long? What do you do to make sure they get a good night’s sleep? I’ve…
DetailsAs our young people develop and grow they do so within an increasingly competitive world; a world where for many of our students excellent leadership skills will be a real asset. In an effort to better prepare Lanna students to meet future life challenges we are offering them many ways to develop and demonstrate these…
DetailsIt’s been an exciting year for Lanna’s libraries! Both libraries have been redesigned – a brand new purpose built Primary Library on the new campus and an extended Secondary Library with new shelves and furniture for a flexible, multi-purpose space. And then there’s all the usual library stuff – new books, audiobooks, ebooks, databases, bookfairs,…
DetailsHello everyone, this is Stephen and Jun from Year 10. We are a part of the Enterprise Class. Being the first class to try the Enterprise IGCSE, we didn’t know much of what we were going into except some of the basics of the class. After almost a year of being in the Enterprise class,…
DetailsWe are all aware of the current air pollution in and around Chiang Mai and Northern Thailand. Our immediate response has been to introduce air purifiers in all the Secondary classrooms and as of today March 14th, 2019, these have already been installed and are currently running in all teaching and learning areas. These are…
DetailsAs you are already aware, Lanna offers secondary students a one to one Lenovo laptop that is currently in the second year of rollout that has pre-installed applications that are both manageable and offer considerable added value in the learning process. Next academic year will see the current year 9 and year 6 students utilising…
DetailsOn November 9th and 10th, Lanna honourably hosted Chiang Mai Model United Nations (CMMUN). This event took place in Amora Hotel and was brimmed with approximately 220 determined delegates from over 10 different schools in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai. The whole event was brilliantly orchestrated by Ms.Mandy and Ms.Mumu along with the endless efforts…
DetailsNew Early Years Campus opening August 2019 The construction of the new Early Years building at Lanna’s fantastic new campus has seen substantial development over the past few months to the time of writing this article in mid January 2019. It will surely be a wonderful learning environment for the early years children when they…
DetailsLanna International School is happy to announcethat we will once again be running our hugely popular Summer School this July from 1st to the 26th of July. Right now we are welcoming enrolment for students aged 5 to 18, for our fantastic four weekprogramme. Join us to experience Thailand, improve your English language skills and have…
DetailsDo you think you could go a whole day without looking at your phone? What would it be like for everyone in an entire secondary school to go without phones and computers for a whole day? To go back to what it used to be like when people had to talk to each other. In…
DetailsOver the last few days Lanna attended the BISP Soccer 7s tournament for the second year running. With 1,500 players, 145 teams, and 41 International schools from 10 countries participating this year, the tournament is one of the largest and most prestigious of its kind in South-East Asia. Once again we represented the school in the Over-15 Boys…
DetailsEach year Chiang Mai’s Citylife magazine runs a writing competition as part of the Dublin Literary awards. It is an annual competition that asks students to write a piece of about a thousand words inspired by a given title. This year the title was “Moving Forward” and students were given free rein to interpret that…
DetailsWe are super excited to share the news-so-far of the many great offers our 24 senior students have received this year, and especially an offer from the University of Oxford – the number 1 ranked university in the world. It’s an incredible achievement for a student from the North of Thailand to have received an offer…
DetailsIt is with considerable delight that I am able to share with you some information about Lanna International School’s latest crop of Outstanding Cambridge Learner Award winners. These awards are issued by Cambridge International Examinations to recognise exceptional learner achievement in Cambridge examinations around the world. In Cambridge’s words “The primary purpose of these awards…
DetailsWelcome to our latest newsletter ‘Hatching the new school site!’ (Hatching = to open and produce something new, and that’s exactly what we’re doing). It has been a few weeks since we last shared information with you on our school website, and since that time there has been plenty of excited chatter about what the…
DetailsAfter months of wondering is it going ahead? Is there anyone working on site? Are we going to move? It’s finally time to have some questions answered, and it’s yes, yes and yes! Standing on the site this week put into perspective how large this development actually is, how much space there will be,…
DetailsWe are very pleased to be able to announce another very successful set of Cambridge IGCSE and AS/A level exam results. Our dedicated and hard working teachers must be commended in the many ways that they have supported students to do their very best, and, of course, the students themselves congratulated on the hard work…
DetailsIt is so important when encouraging children of any age to read that they find it a pleasurable experience. This is the key; if children find a book that they enjoy then they will want to read another book, and half the battle is won! As adults, therefore, we should be encouraging teenagers…
Details“I want to aim for the best place I can go in Europe to study Hospitality Management,” “Okay…but we should also have a back up plan,” I said, sounding like a typical college counsellor. This is how my year started back in August 2016. I needn’t have worried, as today that same student is…
DetailsOver the years many parents have asked me what they can do to help improve their child’s English. It is understandable that many are worried about the move to Secondary school, and the demands of the Key Stage 3 curriculum. This can be a particular worry for children who have previously been taught through the…
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