The Interact Club is one of the oldest CAT clubs in Secondary School, and it is also funded by Rotary international. The Club aims to “interact” with our local community in various ways; this year mainly focusing on education in our community.
Since the start of this academic year, Interact has participated in many activities, from working with other schools in the servICE conference, fundraising bake-sales and our self-organised trips to the Home of Praise daycare center.
In early September 2025, our school hosted a Community Engagement fair, where we set up a booth to raise awareness of the importance of our global issue, children’ s education inequality, as well as our goals and initiatives to the Secondary School students. Later that month, our club leaders, Clara and Amber, represented us at servICE Conference, an event where student leaders of community engagement clubs from international schools across Bangkok come together to exchange ideas, discuss their initiatives and plan future projects.
During the Home of Praise daycare centre trip, some members of Interact assisted the Home of Praise by running a session focused on early years English education, for children between the ages of 3-5. They carried out activities that focused on developing the children’s vocabulary and literacy skills, while also keeping these lessons engaging. We integrated active games between the more focused parts of the session, such as Red Light Green Light, so the children could stay energised and engaged throughout the entire experience. Overall, the trip was enjoyable for the members and a meaningful experience for the Interact Club. It was a genuine pleasure to work with the bright and eager children at Home of Praise. It also demonstrated noticeable improvements in organisation and coordination compared to the previous visit last year, with a more streamlined process thanks to our experience with running the trip.
Last academic year, Interact initiated many activities. These included participation in community engagement or impact fairs, student led workshops, self-organised volunteering trips to Home of Praise, team bonding activities, fundraising events at Bangkok Patana such as Patana Plugged or the Christmas Concert. Through the year, we raised roughly THB 20,000 excluding Rotary funds.
Looking into the future, some members suggested working with older children to broaden the range of our activities above simple vocabulary, and being able to engage in conversation to actively practice the children’ s verbal skills. Members also recommended sticking more closely to the planned schedule and exploring opportunities to collaborate with other daycares or community engagement clubs. By doing so, Interact could expand its support and involvement with different clubs in Bangkok Patana School or even other clubs in other schools around Bangkok.
If you’re interested in following up with more information about our clubs activities, please follow our instagram page ‘bps_interact’ where there are frequent updates, posts and vlogs of our initiatives!
