Year 1 Newsletter | Term 1 - Week 12 | 14/11/25

WE ARE CREATIVE!

A note from the Principal

It has been a very full week across the Patana campus with a three-day visit from CIS, our accreditation body. Wendy and Damien spent time in many of our classrooms and met with a wide range of stakeholders as part of this pre-accreditation process. Their early feedback has been very encouraging, and we now look forward to receiving the formal report.

Back on the ground, I thoroughly enjoyed our Year 1 and Year 2 assembly on Friday. It was a joy to share the story of Wilma Rudolph, whose courage and resilience led her to become the ‘fastest woman on earth’ at the 1960 Olympic Games.

Have a great weekend
Sarah McCormack

External Competitions that fall on a school day

At Patana, we have many students who excel in their external hobbies and interests.

When they practice hard, and demonstrate resilience and perseverance, they may be selected for competition.

If you have a child who is invited to compete, whether locally and internationally, we will support your child’s endeavours.

However, we do ask that parents give the class teacher/tutor sufficient notice of their absence from school.

Many of our lessons require group collaboration, and this will help teachers to plan accordingly.

Safe, Curious, Kind

Positive Behaviours – Positive Attitudes

In Term 1a we focused on these behaviours: 

The children have done a fantastic job developing and displaying these behaviours. 

For Term 1b we will be focusing on: 

 Upcoming events

Parent Workshops

Please click on the link below to view School Workshops and Presentations for this academic year:

Parent Workshops & Presentations

Class Blogs

Year 1 Curriculum

Temporary Guardianship Form 

Temporary Guardianship Form - let us know if both parents are going away and leaving a student with a friend, nanny or a maid.

Notification of Temporary Guardianship August 2020.docx

Allergies

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.

Class birthday celebrations

We enjoy mini birthday celebrations in class but ask that you pre-arrange a time with the teacher.

Please note, this is a small celebration within the class. It is not a ‘birthday party’ and siblings and friends from other classes are not allowed to attend.

Birthday treats should be small, with minimal plastic wrapping. Please only send enough for your child’s class.

Individual portions such as small brownies, small cupcakes, and half-donuts are easy to give out.

All food sent into school must be nut free.

As school policy, we do not give out party bags, drinks or gifts sent in by families.

Please do not give out any of these items at school as this can cause unintended problems.

Taking photos and videos of students on Campus

At Bangkok Patana School we welcome parents on to our campus.

As part of this agreement, all parents must agree to our Parents’ Safeguarding Code of Conduct.

This includes:

Never taking images in toilets, changing rooms or areas where privacy is expected.

Using judgement before taking and before sharing images of students.

During a regular school day, parents may only take images of their own child – unless they have sought and received permission from another family to include their child in a group photo.

Family employees with access to the campus must also abide by this rule.

Useful contacts

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday to: 

Edith (1W)

Chloe (1S)

Adam (1R)

Mira (1J)

Veera (1A)

Have a great weekend!