Year One Newsletter 16.10.20

Living our Values 

We are balanced and fulfilled

Have a super half term break!

Well-being 

Playgrounds - if your child is waiting for an older sibling to finish their ECA, they may access the Year 1/2 playground but they must be closely supervised.  Apologies for the mixed message.  

Learning

Learning in Term 1B- Let's celebrate!

We will be looking at celebrations in our families and around the world.  Our main driving question  is 'How are the celebrations in my family similar to celebrations in other families?' To find out more, here is the link to our curriculum page. 

Primary School: Term 1 Conferences

Wednesday 11^th November between 2:50 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.

All conferences take place after 2:30. This is a normal school day.

Thursday 12^th November between 7:30 a.m. and 4:10 p.m.

Thursday 12th November will not be a normal school day for Nursery to Year 6.

Students will only come to school with you for their appointment slot (students must be dressed in school uniform).

Foundation Stage and Year 1 students do not need to attend the parent-teacher conferences.

The booking deadline is 4 pm on Friday 30th October.

After this time please email the class teacher direct to make or amend an appointment.

Making a booking with the class teacher

Please click on the following links to make an appointment.

Nursery, FS1, FS2 and Year 1

Parent-Teacher Conference Link and enter code: q38yu

Global Citizenship

PARENT HOME LANGUAGE HELPERS

The Parent Home Language Helpers(PHLH) is an initiative in which parents support the learning through the use of their Home Language. For example, our wonderful PHLH are great at coming in and sharing a story in their home language, or helping learners understand more about other languages and cultures. If you would like to be part of the PHLH, please leave your details here and we will get back to you. If you have any questions, or would like to find out more about this, please contact Ms. Ondine at onul@patana.ac.th

General Information

Loi Krathong- Friday 30th October 

Students are invited to come to school dressed in traditional dress on this day.  If you need some guidance on where to find a Thai outfit for this, you can shop online at Shopee children Thai costume. If you prefer to look for things in person, Pratunam area , Tesco, Big C or small shops at local markets are worth exploring.  

ECAs- Block 2

Important Block 2 ECA dates for your information:

Monday 12^th October ECA Sign-up goes live on Parent’s Gateway (Phase 1)

Wednesday 28^th October ECA Phase I Sign-up Closes (23:59)

Monday 2^nd November ECA Confirmations available on the Parents’ Gateway & Phase II Opens

Thursday 5^th November Phase II Sign-up closes

Friday 6th November: Block 1 ECAs finish 

Monday 23^rd November Block 2 ECAs Start

From the PTG

If you would like to get in touch with the PTG, we have a Primary representative and a Year 1 representative. Their contact details are as follows:

• Primary Rep Amélie: ptgprimary@patana.ac.th
• Year 1 Rep May: ptgy1@patana.ac.th

School Shoes 

As part of their Patana school uniform, our students wear plain black shoes with no coloured trim.

If your child is still coming to school in coloured trainers or shoes, please purchase plain black school shoes over the half term break.

Shoes should support healthy foot growth.

All shoes require at least a strap to keep the shoe firmly in place. No ballet pumps.

Children can wear lace-ups if they can tie up their laces independently.

Plain black school shoes can be sourced in many shops and department stores.

If your child has to wear other shoes for a specific reason, please let us know.

These photographs are all examples of suitable plain black shoes.

Birthdays

Happy birthday to these lucky people celebrating!