Each 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…
DetailsLanna school’s vision to provide “a quality education so that all students are able to reach their full potential…” is splashed all over our school and its documents. So, how are we doing with this? Are we getting close to achieving our vision? The first question that may spring to mind is what exactly is…
DetailsLanna girls Volleyball team defeated NIS in straight sets yesterday to improve to 2-0 on the season. Total team effort. The girls are gearing up for a big match at PREM (also winning 2-0 so far) next Monday.
Ask yourself the question ‘What makes a beautiful view?’ It’s a difficult task. You’ll find either that you’ll come up with an endless list of possible features, or that you identify a few glittering generalities that are so vague they fit every vista. It is the same with writing. Even for an English teacher, the…
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