bobslyder Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Hi all, we would like to inroll our son in the school but we want to have advices from people tat have their kids their Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post churchill Posted April 19, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2013 (edited) My daughter goes to Oonrak http://www.oonraksamui.com/ and she is very happy but http://iss.ac.th/ has a very good reputation and I'm sure a very good English Department Edited April 19, 2013 by churchill 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobslyder Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 The school only goes until 12 years of age thats why we have decided for ISS. Can you give us few advises on life on Samui for kids. Great thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
churchill Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 The school only goes until 12 years of age thats why we have decided for ISS. Can you give us few advises on life on Samui for kids. Great thanks lots of sun , sea & sand ...great for kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 The school only goes until 12 years of age thats why we have decided for ISS. Can you give us few advises on life on Samui for kids. Great thanks my friend likes paydee in chaweng noi. Blue water i dont like expensive has allot of facitlies but the important thing is for kids to learn and learn how to deal with others. i want my child to be street smart as well as acidemically smart sometime people have a high IQ in school but does not mean they are street smart. IQ can be measured in so many way pother than tests that are designed by physics teachers that are designed for people who think like them. Having your street skill from a young age is just as important if not more than school. If i was in the UK noi matter how mucyh money i had my kids would always go to government schools. Thailand different as all school u hgave to pay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yorkie100 Posted April 20, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2013 The school only goes until 12 years of age thats why we have decided for ISS. Can you give us few advises on life on Samui for kids. Great thanks my friend likes paydee in chaweng noi. Blue water i dont like expensive has allot of facitlies but the important thing is for kids to learn and learn how to deal with others. i want my child to be street smart as well as acidemically smart sometime people have a high IQ in school but does not mean they are street smart. IQ can be measured in so many way pother than tests that are designed by physics teachers that are designed for people who think like them. Having your street skill from a young age is just as important if not more than school. If i was in the UK noi matter how mucyh money i had my kids would always go to government schools. Thailand different as all school u hgave to pay Don't want to appear rude BigC, but some adults may perhaps have benefited more by regular attendance at school rather than preferring to become 'street smart' during childhood. On topic, I have not heard bad reports about any of the schools previously mentioned. Maybe an unannounced visit to each would be the best initial approach to get a gut feeling before digging deeper. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfGarnett Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Panyadee as I understand is becoming very popular with the resident Russians, although this is with younger aged children at the moment. Point taken as to Onnrak only teaching until 12 years of age, when we get to that stage then we may look at transferring them to ISS to sit iGCSEs etc, but for now the children are very happy and doing well, and having lots of homework too ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 The school only goes until 12 years of age thats why we have decided for ISS. Can you give us few advises on life on Samui for kids. Great thanks my friend likes paydee in chaweng noi. Blue water i dont like expensive has allot of facitlies but the important thing is for kids to learn and learn how to deal with others. i want my child to be street smart as well as acidemically smart sometime people have a high IQ in school but does not mean they are street smart. IQ can be measured in so many way pother than tests that are designed by physics teachers that are designed for people who think like them. Having your street skill from a young age is just as important if not more than school. If i was in the UK noi matter how mucyh money i had my kids would always go to government schools. Thailand different as all school u hgave to pay Don't want to appear rude BigC, but some adults may perhaps have benefited more by regular attendance at school rather than preferring to become 'street smart' during childhood. On topic, I have not heard bad reports about any of the schools previously mentioned. Maybe an unannounced visit to each would be the best initial approach to get a gut feeling before digging deeper. i am saying that it pays to be both street wise and educated. it is all part of the bigger picture. somethings in school u cannt earn in the real word but the more ready u r for this headaches and shit infront of you. the most it should help a youngster have a real prostect of what they wannt to be. Kids need the learn the value of money to help them work towards there proffession. plus all the trickers and liers that stand in their path and how to deal with them with out disrecpeting them. i now i have spet stuff wrong here but i like to type fast and get my poinnt accross quickerly. to tell the truth i work with computers all day long with emails and stuff so it is nice for me when posting on here that i dont have to calculate every word i say. then re check everything with a spell checker. as long as people understand that is fine with me. as i save my spelling and grammer for mails that i am paid to write. savey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josephinebloggs Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Why would anyone even attempt to look for their kids being street smart whilst being raised on Samui, weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtom Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 The school only goes until 12 years of age thats why we have decided for ISS. Can you give us few advises on life on Samui for kids. Great thanks my friend likes paydee in chaweng noi. Blue water i dont like expensive has allot of facitlies but the important thing is for kids to learn and learn how to deal with others. i want my child to be street smart as well as acidemically smart sometime people have a high IQ in school but does not mean they are street smart. IQ can be measured in so many way pother than tests that are designed by physics teachers that are designed for people who think like them. Having your street skill from a young age is just as important if not more than school. If i was in the UK noi matter how mucyh money i had my kids would always go to government schools. Thailand different as all school u hgave to pay Don't want to appear rude BigC, but some adults may perhaps have benefited more by regular attendance at school rather than preferring to become 'street smart' during childhood. On topic, I have not heard bad reports about any of the schools previously mentioned. Maybe an unannounced visit to each would be the best initial approach to get a gut feeling before digging deeper. i am saying that it pays to be both street wise and educated. it is all part of the bigger picture. somethings in school u cannt earn in the real word but the more ready u r for this headaches and shit infront of you. the most it should help a youngster have a real prostect of what they wannt to be. Kids need the learn the value of money to help them work towards there proffession. plus all the trickers and liers that stand in their path and how to deal with them with out disrecpeting them. i now i have spet stuff wrong here but i like to type fast and get my poinnt accross quickerly. to tell the truth i work with computers all day long with emails and stuff so it is nice for me when posting on here that i dont have to calculate every word i say. then re check everything with a spell checker. as long as people understand that is fine with me. as i save my spelling and grammer for mails that i am paid to write. savey? What, trading guns and similar services via TOR? Writing the crossword puzzles for New York Times? I'm sure not to be the only only one here to be extreeeeemly curious about what that could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springsteen Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 The school only goes until 12 years of age thats why we have decided for ISS. Can you give us few advises on life on Samui for kids. Great thanks my friend likes paydee in chaweng noi. Blue water i dont like expensive has allot of facitlies but the important thing is for kids to learn and learn how to deal with others. i want my child to be street smart as well as acidemically smart sometime people have a high IQ in school but does not mean they are street smart. IQ can be measured in so many way pother than tests that are designed by physics teachers that are designed for people who think like them. Having your street skill from a young age is just as important if not more than school. If i was in the UK noi matter how mucyh money i had my kids would always go to government schools. Thailand different as all school u hgave to pay Don't want to appear rude BigC, but some adults may perhaps have benefited more by regular attendance at school rather than preferring to become 'street smart' during childhood. On topic, I have not heard bad reports about any of the schools previously mentioned. Maybe an unannounced visit to each would be the best initial approach to get a gut feeling before digging deeper. i am saying that it pays to be both street wise and educated. it is all part of the bigger picture. somethings in school u cannt earn in the real word but the more ready u r for this headaches and shit infront of you. the most it should help a youngster have a real prostect of what they wannt to be. Kids need the learn the value of money to help them work towards there proffession. plus all the trickers and liers that stand in their path and how to deal with them with out disrecpeting them. i now i have spet stuff wrong here but i like to type fast and get my poinnt accross quickerly. to tell the truth i work with computers all day long with emails and stuff so it is nice for me when posting on here that i dont have to calculate every word i say. then re check everything with a spell checker. as long as people understand that is fine with me. as i save my spelling and grammer for mails that i am paid to write. savey? If you could spell in the first place you wouldn't need spell check, but your probably to street smart for that. Derrrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 If you could spell in the first place you wouldn't need spell check, but your probably to street smart for that. Derrrrr Hey, please do not pick on Big C. He cannot help it if he is dsylexic dyslxeci dys oh, what the heck. He cannot spell! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post evadgib Posted April 23, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2013 @ Springsteen #11 If you could spell in the first place you wouldn't need spell check, but your probably to street smart for that. Derrrrr Oh the irony:) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 The school only goes until 12 years of age thats why we have decided for ISS. Can you give us few advises on life on Samui for kids. Great thanks my friend likes paydee in chaweng noi. Blue water i dont like expensive has allot of facitlies but the important thing is for kids to learn and learn how to deal with others. i want my child to be street smart as well as acidemically smart sometime people have a high IQ in school but does not mean they are street smart. IQ can be measured in so many way pother than tests that are designed by physics teachers that are designed for people who think like them. Having your street skill from a young age is just as important if not more than school. If i was in the UK noi matter how mucyh money i had my kids would always go to government schools. Thailand different as all school u hgave to pay Don't want to appear rude BigC, but some adults may perhaps have benefited more by regular attendance at school rather than preferring to become 'street smart' during childhood. On topic, I have not heard bad reports about any of the schools previously mentioned. Maybe an unannounced visit to each would be the best initial approach to get a gut feeling before digging deeper. i am saying that it pays to be both street wise and educated. it is all part of the bigger picture. somethings in school u cannt earn in the real word but the more ready u r for this headaches and shit infront of you. the most it should help a youngster have a real prostect of what they wannt to be. Kids need the learn the value of money to help them work towards there proffession. plus all the trickers and liers that stand in their path and how to deal with them with out disrecpeting them. i now i have spet stuff wrong here but i like to type fast and get my poinnt accross quickerly. to tell the truth i work with computers all day long with emails and stuff so it is nice for me when posting on here that i dont have to calculate every word i say. then re check everything with a spell checker. as long as people understand that is fine with me. as i save my spelling and grammer for mails that i am paid to write. savey? If you could spell in the first place you wouldn't need spell check, but your probably to street smart for that. Derrrrr shut up i know dislesick people that have master degrees. spelling does not mean u are stupid. If people cant understand what i am saying then you are not worse arguing with as you dont understand which means that u r stupid. take a nerd doctors with a very high IQ and dump him in a huble or a hazardous enviroment at the same time drop a steet smart kid. see who last the longest and Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooo Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 This topic is about International School on Samui, it's not about people's spelling ability or grasp of the English language, I have deleted one troll post Please get back on topic & if you have a problem PM me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobslyder Posted April 24, 2013 Author Share Posted April 24, 2013 Thanks Rooo that may help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maccaroni man Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 The op asked about schools on Samui I had both my sons ages 7 and 13 in SCL in Lamai it has been providing international education longer than any other school and both my children inter grated smoothly into the USA public schools IB program. We always believed value for money was excellent at SCL and continue to support and endorse their program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 The op asked about schools on Samui I had both my sons ages 7 and 13 in SCL in Lamai it has been providing international education longer than any other school and both my children inter grated smoothly into the USA public schools IB program. We always believed value for money was excellent at SCL and continue to support and endorse their program. The OP actually asked for info on the ISS - but I too have been guilty at times of wandering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maccaroni man Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 I stand corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjj Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 The school only goes until 12 years of age thats why we have decided for ISS. Can you give us few advises on life on Samui for kids. Great thanks my friend likes paydee in chaweng noi. Blue water i dont like expensive has allot of facitlies but the important thing is for kids to learn and learn how to deal with others. i want my child to be street smart as well as acidemically smart sometime people have a high IQ in school but does not mean they are street smart. IQ can be measured in so many way pother than tests that are designed by physics teachers that are designed for people who think like them. Having your street skill from a young age is just as important if not more than school. If i was in the UK noi matter how mucyh money i had my kids would always go to government schools. Thailand different as all school u hgave to pay Don't want to appear rude BigC, but some adults may perhaps have benefited more by regular attendance at school rather than preferring to become 'street smart' during childhood. On topic, I have not heard bad reports about any of the schools previously mentioned. Maybe an unannounced visit to each would be the best initial approach to get a gut feeling before digging deeper. i am saying that it pays to be both street wise and educated. it is all part of the bigger picture. somethings in school u cannt earn in the real word but the more ready u r for this headaches and shit infront of you. the most it should help a youngster have a real prostect of what they wannt to be. Kids need the learn the value of money to help them work towards there proffession. plus all the trickers and liers that stand in their path and how to deal with them with out disrecpeting them. i now i have spet stuff wrong here but i like to type fast and get my poinnt accross quickerly. to tell the truth i work with computers all day long with emails and stuff so it is nice for me when posting on here that i dont have to calculate every word i say. then re check everything with a spell checker. as long as people understand that is fine with me. as i save my spelling and grammer for mails that i am paid to write. savey? If you could spell in the first place you wouldn't need spell check, but your probably to street smart for that. Derrrrr shut up i know dislesick people that have master degrees. spelling does not mean u are stupid. If people cant understand what i am saying then you are not worse arguing with as you dont understand which means that u r stupid.take a nerd doctors with a very high IQ and dump him in a huble or a hazardous enviroment at the same time drop a steet smart kid. see who last the longest and Because this happens all the time. It was only yesterday that I was speaking to a doctor and he told me this very thing. It's OK now because of his ordeal he is street smart. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higgins Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 The ISS has it's fair share of spoliled, foul-mouthed brats there.. so be warned Panyadee is certainly not weighted with Russians and those that are there are well mannered, healthy, open-minded and happy... much like their parents. They don't have 2 heads... not the ones i've seen. It follows the British curriculum and tries to encompass global views from the homework i've looked at. My mates kids go there and its a nice mix of all nationalities with happy, well balanced kids... and parents. The teachers there i'm told are focused and motivated, plus the classes are smaller so the teachers get to focus on all the kids in equal measure to get each one ticking along as fast as possible.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 The ISS has it's fair share of spoliled, foul-mouthed brats there.. so be warned Panyadee is certainly not weighted with Russians and those that are there are well mannered, healthy, open-minded and happy... much like their parents. They don't have 2 heads... not the ones i've seen. It follows the British curriculum and tries to encompass global views from the homework i've looked at. My mates kids go there and its a nice mix of all nationalities with happy, well balanced kids... and parents. The teachers there i'm told are focused and motivated, plus the classes are smaller so the teachers get to focus on all the kids in equal measure to get each one ticking along as fast as possible.... A well balanced critique (not) The three main schools on Samui (Panyadee, SCl and ISS all have good/bad points. In the younger age groups - they are all similar - except in price probably. However, the ISS is committed to take children up to18 years old. The others not. To my knowledge the teachers at all three schools are very committed and work hard to deliver what is required of them. It's horses for courses but to infer that one school alone has two-headed parents and that all of the children at another school are from Stepford Wives is pretty dumb and shows that you have an agenda. Or was a kid related to you one of the ones expelled from the ISS? Come on Higgins - do not sit on the fence, tell us what you really think. (That's a joke by the way ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfGarnett Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 to the original poster. If your children require a curriculm taught only in English, then yes, SCL ISS and Panyadee are the only available options. So this if it was me, I would lean towards ISS ( although the popular headmaster is leaving, so not sure of the replacement, so due diligance would be required ). I personally know parents with children at all of these schools, good points bad points weighed up, i would choose ISS. All are of similar expense now, which was not the case a couple of years ago. One thing I would check is the school's policy of retaining teachers long term. So many of these Schools have quite a few staff changes every academic year, I feel this is not a good thing for the children, and a lot of these teachers are only just qualified, here for Two years then back to wherever. For me this is very important, so a visit would be required for each school. If you could let us know whether you plan to stay in thailand long term, move around Asia,move to UK/Australia/USA then other members can advise from experience which is the best suited to your needs. Regards Alf. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobslyder Posted April 30, 2013 Author Share Posted April 30, 2013 Thanks Alf We really appreciate you help. We want to stay in Koh Samui for few years, we will be visiting all these schools soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogboy Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 That really is the most sensible thing - see the schools yourself, and get your own picture of the atmosphere, the staff, and how compatible the school is with your idea of a good school. Every poster has a bias, and nobody knows your child as well as you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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