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School Field Trips
Program Reports Academic Year 2024-2025
Each year we welcome over 2,500 students and staff from schools worldwide.
Our 2024-2025 Programs
Wat Phrae Saeng Thian temple Club, Prae
12t-15 September, 2024
Away from the city, into the north, into the world full of green, into the world worth knowing, into the world worth keeping, into the world worth sharing.
On the 12th-15th September 2024, Traidhos Barge Program in association with Wat Phrae Saeng Thian temple, held an afforestation program for the students of the temple’s community service club in Phrae. The aims of the program were to help Thai students in this club gain confidence in sharing the information about their forest with future visitors bilingually, and for the students to learn about the forest connections to water, biodiversity, well-being and natural resources.
Every day, we started our day with a short, fun game to connect students and Barge Program staff before jumping to the main experiential activities which brought laughs and joy to the students and senior members of the temple. However, as each game was being continually played, the students started questioning and understanding the message of each activity.
The messages from the games were mostly on the importance in keeping and protecting the forest, and the connections of the forest to our daily life, the role of trees, and the effects of deforestation. The students said they had a lot better understanding about such topics through the games than in previous classroom lectures.
We learned through experiencing - by walking into the forest, by watching birds. We showed the students how they can prepare as the future teachers and leaders for their own forest, we looked out for signs of life, we traded knowledge among ourselves. The time spent in the forest helped us see the connection between the forest and our well-being, and we had fun making water colors from natural materials.
With everything we had done together, the students came to realize that the time for them as leaders and teachers for their own forest is coming. We showed that they can make QR Codes containing information about the amazing things which can be found in the area as their teaching materials, and we had fun with English role play as the preparation for the visitors who would come in the future.
We are thankful for the welcome we received throughout our stay, and the care we received from both temple members and students of Wat Phrae Saeng Thian temple. We were happy to be working with this community and are excited to witness the students' future self-development.
On the 12th-15th September 2024, Traidhos Barge Program in association with Wat Phrae Saeng Thian temple, held an afforestation program for the students of the temple’s community service club in Phrae. The aims of the program were to help Thai students in this club gain confidence in sharing the information about their forest with future visitors bilingually, and for the students to learn about the forest connections to water, biodiversity, well-being and natural resources.
Every day, we started our day with a short, fun game to connect students and Barge Program staff before jumping to the main experiential activities which brought laughs and joy to the students and senior members of the temple. However, as each game was being continually played, the students started questioning and understanding the message of each activity.
The messages from the games were mostly on the importance in keeping and protecting the forest, and the connections of the forest to our daily life, the role of trees, and the effects of deforestation. The students said they had a lot better understanding about such topics through the games than in previous classroom lectures.
We learned through experiencing - by walking into the forest, by watching birds. We showed the students how they can prepare as the future teachers and leaders for their own forest, we looked out for signs of life, we traded knowledge among ourselves. The time spent in the forest helped us see the connection between the forest and our well-being, and we had fun making water colors from natural materials.
With everything we had done together, the students came to realize that the time for them as leaders and teachers for their own forest is coming. We showed that they can make QR Codes containing information about the amazing things which can be found in the area as their teaching materials, and we had fun with English role play as the preparation for the visitors who would come in the future.
We are thankful for the welcome we received throughout our stay, and the care we received from both temple members and students of Wat Phrae Saeng Thian temple. We were happy to be working with this community and are excited to witness the students' future self-development.
ELC Y5 and Y6
24-26 September 2024
Samut Songkhram
Investigating the biodiversity of Samut Songkhram found students observing salt tolerant plants and animals at a local salt farm, exploring life in the mangrove forest and finding out about traditional uses of the nipa palm.
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