Year 1's first whole school assembly
This week the children in Year 1 attended their very first whole school assembly! It was very exciting to walk over to the Sports Hall and join all the other Primary and Secondary students. During our assembly there was live music and we had a big celebratory welcome to our new academic year!
This week your child will bring home a KS1 Code of Conduct. Please read through this together, sign and return to your classroom teacher.
A note from Sarah McCormack (Primary Principle)
30 August 2024
A note from the Principal
A very warm welcome back to the new term and a new academic year! It has been
such a pleasure to reconnect with our students and families this past week, and
we are excited about the fantastic year ahead.
This year, we are placing even greater
emphasis on our guiding statements to foster positive learning behaviours and
attitudes centred around the principles of SAFE – CURIOUS – KIND. We
introduced this concept in our first Parent Partnership workshop on Tuesday (video
and slides available on Firefly) and we will be learning more as we go!
Looking forward to seeing you at our ‘Meet the Teacher’ sessions next week and
to a wonderful year together.
Sarah McCormack
Positive Behaviours - Positive Attributes
On Tuesday 27th August, we were pleased to welcome many parents to the first Parent Partnership Workshop of this academic year, and to share our new Positive Behaviours – Positive Attitudes poster.
Our students may be familiar with our whole school values of Well-Being, Learning and Global Citizenship. This poster makes these three strands more accessible and age appropriate.
We also introduced the matrix of positive behaviours and attitudes, organised under the three strands of Safe, Curious and Kind. Clearly shared expectations help us to promote and model the behaviours that we want our students to absorb as they progress through school. Please join with us in sharing and modelling these positive behaviours and attitudes.
Upcoming events
| Date | Event | Location | Who | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31st August | Tennis court opening ceremony | Please see the message from Daniel Ahl below | ||
| 3rd September | Meet the Teacher Meetings | Year 1 classrooms | Parents and teachers | Session 1 - 2:15-3:15 Session 2 - 3:30-4 |
| 6th September | ECA sign up (Block A) closes | |||
| 9th September | ECA block A begin | Students | ||
| 10th September | Parent workshops - Primary Arts | Primary | Parents | 8-9am |
| 17th September | Parent workshops - Primary Maths | Primary | Parents | 8-9am |
| 18th September | Whole School Peace Day | |||
| 20th September | School closed | |||
| 30th September - 3rd October | Parent Teacher Meetings | Year 1 Classrooms | Parents and teachers | 2:45 - 5:30pm |
| 31st September | Parent workshop - Safeguarding Training for Parent volunteers | Primary Hall | 8-9am |
Our Morning Routines
Thank you for encouraging our Year 1 students to be independent by lining up and coming into school with their teachers after drop-off.
We understand that it can be difficult sometimes to say goodbye in the morning, but we encourage all our families to say goodbye in the garden and allow children to enter the building independently.
Please do speak to your class teacher if this routine is challenging in the morning and they can support.
A huge thank you also to all our parents and carers who have helped establish expectations by modeling the behaviors associated with the first and second whistle signals.
- 1st whistle - stop and wait
- 2nd whistle - move to your mat
Should you arrive late to school, please bring your child to the classroom and hand them over to our teachers. If the class has already departed for a specialist lesson, parents and carers need to walk their child to the correct location, after dropping their child's bag in class. This is so the students remain supervised by an adult. Thank you for your support with this.
Curriculum
To find out about the Year 1 curriculum, please visit our Curriculum page:
Rubix Cube 50th Birthday
FOBISIA - Optional writing competition
Junk Modelling
We are currently looking for recycling to add to our Junk modeling boxes as part of our Playful Learning. If you have clean recycling we would love to take it off your hands. Please send it in with the children to pass on to the teachers.
Class Blogs
Please check your class blog every Friday for updates on learning for each of the classes.
Playground use - before and after school
Students are not permitted to use any of the climbing or play equipment before 7:30 a.m.
There is no staff supervision in any play area after 2:30.
The accompanying adult is therefore responsible for the safe supervision of the child.
We encourage parents and family employees to take children straight home at the end of the school day.
Preventing the spread of colds and flu
Please help us to prevent outbreaks of cold or flu as we head into the rainy season.
Children with cold or flu (influenza) symptoms should be kept at home until they are completely recovered. Even when the main symptoms have gone, your child may still need time to return to full strength.
Please do not send your child back to school too soon, even if they are no longer in the contagious phase. If your child is still coughing or sneezing, please keep them at home and limit their contact with other children.
A child who has a fever should be kept at home until ‘fever free’ for a minimum of 24 hours.
Influenza is a serious and contagious infection that affects the nose, throat, and respiratory system. The virus is commonly spread through droplets in the air, allowing infection to spread quickly.
When unsure, always seek medical advice, especially if a child has a chronic condition e.g., asthma. If Influenza is confirmed, please send a copy of the medical certificate to Nurse@patana.ac.th
Allergies and Dietry Requirements
Please ensure your child/ren's medical information is fully up to date on our systems.
Should your child suffer from critical conditions related to their diet they are no longer able to eat any birthday treats brought into school from outside.
We encourage parents now to provide a small box of dry snacks/treats that their child can eat, which the class teacher can keep, and use during any celebrations in class.
Please remember we are a nut-free Primary School and also check with the class teacher for any other dietary requirements of the class.
A message from our PTG
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Tennis Centre - Opening Ceremony
Dear Parents,
This coming Saturday we have the opening ceremony of the new tennis centre.
Following on from this we will have an open morning for the Patana community.
We will have activities set up with tennis coaches on court ranging from a ball
machine exercise to a fast serve game plus mini tennis set up.
These activities will start from around 10am and will finish at 1pm and no
registration is required.
All are welcome and hope to see some of you of then.
Regards
Dan Ahl
Head Tennis Coach
International Spotlights
International Day
Parent Partner Workshops
Parent Partner Workshop: Tuesday 27th August 2024
Welcome
Back and Looking Forward to the Year Ahead
Important Contacts
| Department | Contact Number | Email |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Office | 02 785 2258 | primary@patana.ac.th |
| Transport | 02 785 2470 | transport@patana.ac.th |
| Primary Nurse | 02 785 2478 02 785 5460 | nurse@patana.ac.th |
| ECAs | 02 785 2231 | eca@patana.ac.th |
| PTG | Year 1 Rep: ptgy1@patana.ac.th | |
| Year Group Leaders | Curriculum - Meagan Wilson - mewi@patana.ac.th Pastoral - Michael Dolan - mido@patana.ac.th Assistant Leader - Vicky Paxman - vipx@patana.ac.th |
Year 1 birthdays
Happy birthday to Naomi (1W) and Proud (1M) who celebrated their birthdays this week and last.
Have a great weekend! Looking forward to seeing you all on Monday morning!
Mr Michael
Year 1 Leader - Pastoral