Y2 Newsletter 20.5.22

Swimming Gala

Mosquito protection

With the rainy season comes an unwelcome increase in the mosquito population. Our Buildings and Grounds team continue to spray buildings and outside areas. Please feel free to spray your child before they eave for school or add mosquito repellant patches to their uniform.

Global Citizenship

If you would like your child to be aware of world news and events but find it too overwhelming, have a look at Newsround for a more age appropriate version of current events.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround

New school shoes for the new school year

Please add plain black school shoes to your August shopping list. Shoes should be durable and support the whole foot. Plain black shoes can be sourced in many shops and department stores in Bangkok. If your child has to wear other shoes for a specific reason, please let the teacher know.

Say no to plastic!

Here is a useful video to watch if you would like to reduce the amount of plastic you use. Thank you Mr Noi and students.

Junk modelling

We are in need of tubes, cereal boxes, yoghurt pots, bottle tops and any other clean packaging for our junk modelling projects - thank you!

Busking Day - 10th June

No toys in school

Please help your child to remember that they cannot bring toys in to school to play with. Our Covid protocols still do not allow this but it is also not something that we do in Key Stage 1. Students sometimes give away or trade a toy that was actually very special to them and it can be very upsetting for them. They are welcome to have a small toy in their bag that stays in there all day to comfort them on the bus or car journeys to and from school but no toys should be out during the school day. This includes toys like Pokemon cards and Beyblades.

Students in Year 3 and older have the option to bring in such items as they are better equipped to manage any problems that may arise.

Recycling of ATK tests

Following our visit from Precious Plastics to school this week, we would like to highlight another one of their projects and would like Year 2 parents to join in from the comfort of their own homes.

ATKs are now a necessary part of our everyday lives. Based on rough estimates for the number of students across Bangkok’s 100 or more international schools doing weekly tests this could equal 26,000 kgs of ATK plastic waste across 1 school year! This isn’t counting tests being done by teachers. This plastic is being used once and sent straight to landfills.

Up until now, concerns about COVID transmission have stopped recyclers from accepting these tests. However, the latest science shows that COVID surface transmission is incredibly unlikely. We want to fix this by collecting ATK tests alongside our regular plastic collections.

Please join our campaign to reduce the amount of single-use ATK plastic waste in our city.

We have a set of easy to follow steps to safely recycle ATK test kits;

Step 1. Make sure ATK tests come back negative, we cannot accept positive results!

Step 2. Lightly bend the test until it separates, get rid of the small test strip inside.

Step 3. Rinse the 2 plastic parts.

Step 4. When you have a collection, send the 2 plastic parts to our address at FREC, 77 Nakhon Sawan Rd, Wat Sommanat, Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bangkok 10100

We will take this plastic to make a special line of products. We will both disinfect the plastic and then melt the plastic to 180 degrees celsius so there is no chance of COVID surviving by the time it has been processed!

Thank you for your support!

#earthday2022 #preciousplastic #beatplasticpollution #plasticpollution #earthday

Birthday celebrations

Birthday treats and plastic packaging

Patana students love celebrating each other’s birthdays, but are often dismayed by the plastic packaging when treats are brought into school. Our students are currently thinking about reducing plastic waste – and this is a change that we could all make. When bringing treats into school, please choose items that are not individually wrapped in plastic. We provide a paper napkin from a roll – so individually wrapped napkins are not needed. The children eat with their hands – so no need for individually wrapped forks or spoons.

If you would like to send in some birthday treats for your child to share with their class, please arrange a day with your child's class teacher. We will only be able to manage individual items like brownies, doughnuts or cupcakes. Please remember we are a nut free Primary School. Your child's class teacher will try to get a photo to share with you.

Please can we remind you,  to not bring in gifts for the class, either for birthdays, or on other special celebration days.

Here are the birthdays in Y2 next week;

Rayaan 2J May 22nd

Eric 2T May 26th

Yomi 2L May 27th

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