Year One Newsletter 11.10.19

Don't forget this is a 3 day weekend and we will see the students back in school on Tuesday 15th October. 

Living our Values

We are : Motivated and engaged

Parents meetings

Please note Y1 parent meetings will take place next week on Wednesday 16th October and Thursday 17th October from 2:50pm. May we ask that all parents arrange for their children to be collected at 2:30pm as all the teachers will be involved in Parent-Teacher meetings.

A reminder that there are no regular ECAs on these afternoons but that Danish [Selective ECA] will continue to run on both days.

Transport on both days

Students using school transport will automatically be put on their default bus at 2.30pm, unless they have a selective ECA, see above. If your child will not need to take the bus home on either of these days, please contact Transport to cancel the bus home, otherwise they will be placed on the 2:30 school bus.

The Transport Service's direct dial phone number is 02 785 2470

The office is staffed from 6.00am - 6.00pm Monday to Friday. Transport@patana.ac.th

Important Block 2 ECA date reminders

Tuesday 15^th October ECA Sign-up goes live on Parent’s Gateway (Phase 1)

Wednesday 30^th October ECA Phase I Sign-up Closes (23:59)

Tuesday 5^th November ECA Confirmations available on the Parents’ Gateway & Phase II Opens (17:00)

Friday 8^th November Phase II Sign-up closes (12:00)

Monday 25^th November ECAs Start

Upcoming Events

Non Fiction November

The library will be having a month of celebrating non-fiction in November and have several special events for us to join in with;

- Book Week 4^th to 8^th November (variety of activities in the Primary Library)

- Book Fair (outside the Primary Library)  4^th to 8^th November

- D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything And Read) 15^th November, between 10:15 and 10:30

- Whole School ‘Dress-Up’ Day - Friday 29^th November (Theme – Non-Fiction!)

Tiger Spirit Day raised a fabulous 77,357B  

Well-Being

Sharing of snacks after school

Please can we remind parents that the sharing of snacks is not allowed in the primary school, including after school. This is to ensure all our student's are kept safe, as we have a number of students with potentially critical allergies. Many thanks for your support.

Junk modelling

We love to receive empty boxes, cardboard tubes, plastic bottles etc for the students to be creative with but please can we ask that they are washed out first and that, for safety, you don't send in any glass items - thank you.

Learning

Global Citizenship

The Prostheses Foundation of Thailand                                                                                                   We would like to ask for families to collect 'ring pulls' and bring these into school. You can either deliver them to the drop-off point in the primary office or send them in to your child's teacher. The organisation uses ring pull donations to purchase a higher grade, more flexible material made from aluminium and steel to make artificial limbs. This process meets the international standard ISO 10328 for artificial limbs and ensures that the durability of the prosthetic is increased and patient safety is improved.

Birthdays    

Happy Birthday to...                   

Panuphon (1E), Kourosh (1D), Paola (1F), Rosie (1S), Kake (1S), Aiden (1T) and Christopher (1T). 

We enjoy mini-celebrations in class but ask that you pre-arrange a time with the teacher. Individual portions such as brownies and cupcakes are easier to share out. All food sent in to school must be nut free. It is school policy, that teachers are not able to give out party bags or other gifts as part of a birthday celebration.

General Information 

International Day - Country Spotlight

International Day will take place on Friday 1st November.

In the weeks leading up to International Day, our PTG has organised a wide range of Country Spotlights to help students learn more about a specific country or culture.

Unless otherwise stated, all activities will take place next to the Primary Snack Bar during the lunch period.

Week of Oct 14th – Oct 18th

Germany Oct 15th Celebrate the 30 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at the Germany Spotlight stand.

India Oct 15th Visit the India Spotlight stand to make your own diya, an oil lamp, made of clay, used across India to mark festivals, religious rituals and special occasions. The light of the diya symbolizes knowledge, goodness and purity in Indian culture.

China Oct 16th Learn about ‘Kindness, Luck and Fun’ by making fan shape bookmarks, good luck knot charms and by playing a Chinese shuttle kicking game.

Message from Thai PTG