This year’s Wai-Kru Ceremony included a heartfelt presentation with the Pajera Poem and the Phra-Khunn-Tii-Saam song, both powerful expressions of respect for our teachers.

Who is a Teacher?
A teacher is someone who deeply influences us, teaching kindness, helpfulness, and goodness. Their wisdom and kindness stay with us for a lifetime.

A Classroom of Love and Learning
Our teachers create a joyful learning environment, using diverse methods to ensure every student feels understood. Our classroom truly feels like a second home.

Passing on Knowledge with the Heart
Teachers recognize each student’s unique talents, providing constant encouragement and support through challenges.

Life Lessons
Beyond textbooks, teachers instill the values of effort and honesty. Their words, “Even if you are a teacher for just one day, you will earn respect for a lifetime,” inspire us to grow into people with noble hearts.

To all teachers, thank you for being the incredible educators you are. Wishing you happiness and recognition today and always!

Happy Teacher’s Day!

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Wells International Bang Na celebrated its first Gratitude Month. The month was divided into three parts: gratitude for myself, my environment, and others (discovering our grateful self, seeing the good around us, and seeing the good in others). It was an exciting week with both teachers and students enjoying the activities. As everyone embraced the power of gratitude throughout the week, our students inquired into “What is gratitude?”. The students tried to find out if gratitude is a feeling or an attitude. In the end, they understood that gratitude is an attitude of finding the good things in our lives. When we focus on the good things, we make ourselves happier. 

BEING GRATEFUL FOR OURSELVES

The first week, Wells School Bangna focused on being grateful by discovering ourselves and looking at things that make us thankful. The students wrote gratitude journals to write about their strengths and what they are grateful for. One student in first grade wrote, “I am grateful that I am happy”. Grace (G1) noted that she is grateful that she can brush her teeth by herself. In the early years, the students made paper chains with pictures to show their strengths. Thashvinaa K2B said, “I am a good friend because I always help my friends”.

BEING GRATEFUL FOR THE THINGS AROUND US

In the second week of our Gratitude Month, we learned about seeing the good around us. The students enjoyed looking for the good in the world around them by noticing what was around them. The students went on a scavenger hunt around the school. They explored areas around the school and in the garden for things they are thankful for. For one activity, the students wrote notes of things they were grateful for and tied them to a tree in our garden. They found so many things to be grateful for. The K2 students said they were grateful for the shady garden trees, playing with toys on the playground, and looking at books in the quiet library. Mavind (K3B) said he was thankful for his family and Grace (K3B) said she was grateful that she could celebrate Christmas with her family. Tida (K3B) said she enjoys watching TV with her family and Jacob (G3) said he is thankful for the time spent with his family during meal times. Lise (G1) said, “I am thankful for the library because I like to read”. Aarna, in fourth grade, explained that she was grateful for “the tree in the school courtyard because trees help with oxygen and are houses for the birds”. 

BEING GRATEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES 

In the third week of Gratitude Month, our students focused on seeing the good in others by finding and naming their friends’ strengths and being thankful for the people in their lives. Prem, Eric, and Timothy (G3) wrote that they were grateful for their homeroom teacher, Mr. Michael. Phop (G1) said he was thankful for his dad because he helped him get better. Jai Jai in fourth grade explained how she was grateful for Ms. Jasie “because she teaches me to dance and I get to improve my talent”. One activity asked the students to think about something that reminds them of a loved one. Annu wrote that it reminds her of her grandmother when she eats bread and milk for breakfast. In the Primary Years, the students decorated boxes and wrote notes to “mail” into their friends’ gratitude boxes. The students were all very excited to open their boxes and read the messages from their friends. In addition to working on gratitude mailboxes, the early year students worked on the ‘have you filled your bucket today’ activity, where they learned about expressing daily kindness and appreciation for others.  

At the end of Gratitude Month, the students reflected on what they learned about being grateful. As the K2 students looked through their notes from their buckets, Mustang told his teacher, “My heart feels so happy, it is like I have won the lottery”. Some students explained that they are more aware of how grateful they are for their parents and say thank you more. One student said he had not realized how many of his peers liked him. Ms. Shauna explained that she had noticed how much more empathetic her K1 students have become after this month. The gratitude month brought opportunities for students to reflect on what they are grateful for and greater appreciation for the things and people they have in their lives. We can’t wait to do it again next year!

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How to Win Your Day

On Monday, June 10th, Ms. Natalie Glebova visited our middle and high school students to host a seminar on how to have a winning day. From creating morning rituals, to having a productive school day, to a winding-down and relaxing evening, it is what we we do on a daily basis that determines the quality and outcome of our lives, so having winning habits and performing tasks purposefully and mindfully are the keys to success. Ms. Natalie spoke about various habits that students can implement into their daily routine to be successful in school, and in life.

The main lessons for having a winning day include:

1. Be Mindful
2. Show love to your body
3. Feed your mind
4. Give kindness
5. Practice gratitude

The seminar was interactive and the various activities prompted students to start thinking about and implementing their winning habits. Ms. Natalie initiated a mindfulness practice, showed the students how to do some self-love rituals, and invited all students to write kindness and gratitude notes for a gratitude jar.

About Natalie Glebova

For the last 3 years Natalie Glebova has been intensely focused on empowerment coaching and gender equality activism. Former Miss Universe and current UN Women advocate, she is very passionate about empowering young people to believe in themselves and reach their goals. 

Using the success principles she’s learned from top coaches and mentors, Natalie became successful in many areas of her life including career, relationships, and personal wellness. She has launched her own brand of perfume BEAUTY ICON, ran a wellness blog HHB Life, and became a best-selling author with her book Healthy Happy Beautiful.  As an avid entrepreneur, she co-founded an online startup – Travelbook with her husband Dean, a travel-sharing platform that connects travelers through their experiences (). Her most current business venture is – a program for high school and university students that teaches personal and professional development skills for living a happy and successful life.

Being a Russian immigrant to Canada when she was just 13 years old, Natalie learned to overcome obstacles and low self-esteem as she was growing up in a new country and adapting to a new culture. It is with this strong mind-set that she learned from her young life, that Natalie chose to go for and achieve some pretty big goals – being the first immigrant ever to win Miss Canada contest and ultimately winning Miss Universe title in 2005.

Graduate of IT Management from Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada with a Bachelor of Commerce, she also has a certificate in Nutrition and Sport from Washington State University. Natalie has been very involved in charity work ever since she moved to Thailand in 2006, and was a spokesperson for world-wide and local organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, Operation Smile, SOI Dog Foundation, UNDP, WWF, and Freeland Org.

Now, being a mother to her daughter Maya, Natalie’s mission is to help young people become happy and confident with themselves. She is committed to shape the new generation to grow up beautifully shining their brightest. 

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