July 16, 2011
In Buddhism, Wan Khao Pansa means the day of entering the rains retreat for the monks. This day is also regarded as the founding day of the Buddhist Sangha (monkhood).
Today, as we are reaching our full rainy season, I couldn't miss to tell our readers why rain is so important to us here. Therefore I wanted to blog it with my students.
Why is rain so vital for us?
Because here, in our Northeastern village of Non Nam Thaeng, all our families are rice farmers. By the end of June to the end of July we all need plenty of rain - so we can plant rice in our paddy fields surrounding our village.For generations, rice has been our staple food. Once our rice has been planted at the pic of the rainy season, we can harvest it later in November. Here, in our Amnat Charoen Province, we are proud to grow one of the best quality rice in the world - called Hom Mali Rice. This rice has a very high nutritive value in vitamins and minerals.This rice has also sustained our rural society for hundred of years. Without this bountiful nature-given rain, there would be no rice. Without rice, there would be no food for our families and our village wouldn't exist.Our families are not "financially rich" people...but rice has made them self-sufficient for generations. This is why today Thailand is the No1 rice exporter in the world. Rice feeds our families all year around and the surplus is sold to the market at guaranteed price.Remarkable Rain, Rice and Riches!
Today we can all sing:
RAIN, RAIN, RAIN!
RICE, RICE, RICE!
NICE, NICE, NICE!
Posted by Non Nam Thaeng Primary School. Posted In : Local Culture
April 26, 2011
 CHRONICLE I
THE FOURFOLD NOBLE TRUTH
The world is full of suffering. Birth is suffering, old age is suffering, sickness and death are suffering.
The cause of human suffering is undoubtedly found in the thirsts of the physical body and in the illusions of worldly passion. If these thirsts and illusions are traced to their source, they are found to be rooted in the intense desires of physical instincts. Thus, desire, having a strong will-to-live as its basis, seeks that which it feels desirable,...
Posted by Non Nam Thaeng Primary School. Posted In : Teaching of the Buddha
April 12, 2011
2555 BE
Our Thai New Year and Water Festival known as "Songkran" gives us the opportunity to deeply reflect on how it originally came into being. Beyond today's popular and religious celebrations we must remember that the Buddha Era (BE) started with His passing away from this world. In doing so, Buddha left His Greater Legacy to Humanity in His Last Words known as "The Last Teaching Of The Buddha".
"Make yourself a light. Rely upon yourself: do not depend upon anyone else. Make my teachings ... Continue reading...
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March 6, 2011
One of the first "odd" things that I noticed when I arrived in our village of Non Nam Thaeng was a small number of elderly ladies (all in their eighties) with red-stained lips and blackened or missing teeth; not a very aesthetic sight at first glance. Actually, chewing Areca catchu nut wrapped in a betel leaf is a wide-spread ancestral custom in South-East Asia. In fact, archaeological evidence from north-western Thailand shows the remains of Areca catchu dating from 10,000 BC.THE QUID PREPAR... Continue reading...
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February 24, 2011
 
The Kingdom of Thailand is also known as the Land of Smiles. But where are those smiles coming from? Smiling is not exclusive to Thai people; everybody in the world can and do smile. The difference lies maybe in the fact that Thai people smile more often and seemingly for different reasons than other people. Cross-cultural studies have shown that throughout the world smiling is used for communicating emotions. Smiling in some instances can also be a prelude to laughing.
While in Thai... Continue reading...
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February 13, 2011
There is always something new in our small village, like funerals for example. It is for our people here yet another occasion to engage in collective festivities.   All starts when the person dies; the body is put to rest in his/her house where it will remain for 2 to 4 days/nights in a coffin under an ornamental and colorful shrine. Next to the coffin the family places a table with a picture of the deceased, flowers, candles, and a large pan of sand with incense sticks. Right away fe... Continue reading...
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February 6, 2011
 When I started to involve my students in blogging with me, it what primarily to help them with their English learning. It was also an attempt on my part to invite web surfers and other students alike to virtually discover us as well as giving visibility to our school.
My students understood that well. Surprisingly though, several of them being already knowledgeable in searching websites, asked me: "How people will find us on the internet?" Very good question indeed! How am I going to explain ...
Posted by Non Nam Thaeng Primary School. Posted In : School Activities
January 25, 2011
 
Tree Farming: A Win-Win Double A ConceptThanks to Double A (1991) Public Company Limited., our primary school has just received 2,000 fast-growing eucalyptus tree seedlings at no cost whatsoever.Double A invites farmers and land owners in Thailand to plant paper trees on empty or non-cultivated areas of their land for sourcing their raw material.After intensive research, Double A has dev... Continue reading...
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January 19, 2011
Welcome to Non Nam Thaeng Primary School Edublog.
The term "blog" comes from "Weblog". A blog with a special focus on Education is called an “Edublog”.
Our Non Nam Thaeng Primary School Edublog will be used as a mean to disperse information on a regular basis about our school, our students, our teachers and our special activities and folkloric events within our community.
Although we are already well acquainted with the use of a computer and the internet in our school, blogging is an entirel... Continue reading...
Posted by Non Nam Thaeng Primary School. Posted In : School Activities
H2O = Life We would like to express our deepest gratitude to The Rotary Foundation Humanitarian Service Action Group and The Rotary Club of Silom who have generously donated a water purification system to our school.
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| Non Nam Thaeng | Primary School |
| Located In Our Village Of Ban Non Nam Thaeng, Northeastern Thailand. (Province Of Amnat Charoen). |
We are a happy family of 113 students from age 6 to 12. This is the first time that we have the opportunity to learn how to blog and what blogging is. Our English Teacher explained to us that a blog will allow us "to speak" about our school experiences and village life and to share them with the rest of the world from our website.
We are really excited about this new activity!
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