Year 2 Newsletter 22-11-2019 

Living our Values

We are : Empowered by our Interculturalism

“Culture is the name for what people are interested in, their thoughts, their models, the books they read and the speeches they hear." Walter Lippmann

Well-Being

Air Quality at Patana - Please use this link for more information : https://www.patana.ac.th/air-quality-on-campus/

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.

Nut free Primary School - For some children, any exposure to nuts is potentially very dangerous and can be life threatening. We do not allow any nuts to be brought into Primary. This includes snacks on school transport, birthday treats and food items brought in for any other special days. Thank you for your understanding.

PE and Jewellery -  A polite reminder that during PE and swimming lessons, all jewellery including watches are removed. The PE staff will keep the items safe and return them to the students at the end of the lesson. Earrings should be removed or covered with tape.

Learning

Non Fiction November - Friday the 29th of November is Non Fiction Dress Up Day as part of Non-Fiction November!

Students are encourage to dress up as something from their favourite Non Fiction Book.

For more information about the learning in Year 2, please visit our curriculum page: 'We are what we eat' as well as visiting our class blogs.

The Young Americans - International School Bangkok will be hosting workshops in music, dance and performance to students from 6 to 18 years old. The workshops are offering by the Young Americans on 25 – 26 January 2020. For more detail, please click here.

Global Citizenship

Dear Y2 Parents,

Every year we encourage Year 2 children to think about how to help others who may not otherwise receive special gifts during our holiday period. This year, we are asking each family to help us by providing a gift for a child currently living at Children of the Forest in Sangkhlaburi. More information about this organisation can be found via the link below:

http://childrenoftheforest.org/

If you would like to contribute, please provide a shoebox with the gifts listed below inside:

Each gift box should include:

• face cloth
• small towel
• bar of soap
• toothbrush &toothpaste
• small pack of pencils
• small pack of colouring pencils
• eraser, sharpener, small notebook
• small pack of sweets.

Please wrap the boxes and put your child’s name and class on the front.

In the interest of fairness we will provide every child with the SAME package of gifts.

Please do not include any extra gifts in the box.

We have found that our Y2 students learn most from this experience if they can also be involved in helping to choose the items. All these items can be purchased in Big C for approximately 350 Baht. Please send your contribution into school by Monday 9^th December.

If you do have any questions, please contact Miss Clare (clto@patana.ac.th) or Miss Sally (saco@patana.ac.th).

Thank you in advance for bringing a big smile to the face of a child!

Many thanks from

The Year 2 Team

Birthdays

There are no birthdays in Year 2 this week.

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. As school policy, teachers are not able to give out party bags or other gifts as part of a birthday celebration.

Happy Birthday to the students celebrating their birthdays this coming week:

We wish you all a super day!

General Information

Lost Property

Parents and children are encouraged to search lost property before purchasing replacement items.

Please visit https://patana.fireflycloud.asia/community-events/lost-property or scan the code and log in.

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