Year 2 Newsletter 25-09-20

Upcoming Events and important information

Well-Being

A few reminders

• Please ensure your child has a spare mask in their bags just in case theirs breaks or gets lost.
• Hats - your child needs a hat to access all the play areas and for PE lessons.
• Water bottles
• Naming property - Please put your child's name and class code on all their uniform, shoes, hats and water bottles to ensure a safe return if they get left behind!

Optional afternoon snack before the bus

As students currently cannot eat on the bus, you are welcome to send in a snack that they can eat in class in the afternoon before they get on the bus. We will provide a window of time each day where they can eat this snack before their bus journey. Please remember that we are a nut free school and remind your child that they cannot share their snack with anyone.

Birthday celebrations are back!

We are now able to celebrate the children’s birthdays with them, as long as we follow these requirements:

• Individualised treats (cupcakes, donuts, etc) can be brought in either at the start of the day or the end of the day
• No Nuts! Please ensure that any food items sent in do not contain nuts, or any traces of nuts. Please check the ingredients.

· No candles

· The birthday treats must be individual portions – teachers will not be able to cut pieces of cake to be given out.

Please liaise directly with your child’s class teacher to inform them if you will be bringing in treats for your child’s birthday.

Learning

Parent-Teacher Meetings - back on campus

• All Primary parents will now be able to meet with their child’s teacher face-to-face
• The meeting time/s you have already booked will stay the same
• You still have the option to meet via Microsoft Teams, and if you would like to do this please contact your child’s teacher directly

Primary Performance Week

The Primary Music Department is very excited to announce the first “Primary Performance Week” will be happening from 6th-16th October.

This is an opportunity for students who are having lessons on a musical instrument to share a short performance with their class. For Years 1-2 to this will happen in their normal class music lesson.

Children do not need to sign up, they should simply bring their music and instrument to the class on the timetabled day.

Please see below for the timetable of performances:

Tuesday 6th 1M, 1J, 1P, 1W, 2A, 2B,

Monday 12th 1B, 1K, 1T, 2J

(Tuesday 13th October is a holiday)

Wednesday 14th 1R, 2L

Thursday 15th 2K, 2S, 2N

Friday 16th 2M

This is a wonderful opportunity for children to share their talents, build confidence and perform in front of a small, supportive audience. Unfortunately on this occasion we will not be able to accommodate parents.

Should you have any questions regarding this event, please contact Mr Charlie chmc@patana.ac.th

ORT Home reading books - a reminder

The children will be changing their reading books every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Please make sure they return their books once they have read them. If you are unsure of your child's library day, then please contact your child's class teacher.

Global Citizenship

Junk Modelling

We are delighted that we can once again help with your recycling and accept items from home for our junk modelling boxes. We appreciate boxes, cardboard rolls, containers of all shapes and sizes and anything else that you know will spark creativity. Please ensure that things are rinsed and clean.

Thanks so much for your support!

Musician of the Month!

Every month Primary Music features a Musician of the Month during lessons. We include a diverse range of performers, arrangers and composers.

This month we are celebrating the music of Celia Cruz.

Celia was born in Cuba in 1925 and moved to the US during the Cuban revolution. She became associated with ‘Salsa’ a Cuban dance music that became popular in the 1960s with her rhythmic singing and rich voice.

This month we are celebrating the music of Celia Cruz and our video of the week is one of Celia’s most famous salsa songs:

La Vida Es Un Carnaval - Life is a party!

General Information

BPS Virtual Dance Competition

All Patana students are invited to take part in the BPS Virtual Dance Competition. To register and find out more information about categories and deadlines please scan the QR code on this poster. virtual dance challenge

PTG Reps and Get Togethers

If you would like to get in touch with the PTG, we have a Primary representative and a Year 2 representative. Their contact details are as follows:

• Primary Rep - Amélie: ptgprimary@patana.ac.th
• Year 2 Rep - Apollo: ptgy2@patana.ac.th

Iron-on name stickers (32 pieces per set) - 350 baht

Waterproof name stickers (72 pieces per set) – 400 baht

All items can be collected 7 days after placing the order at the Tiger Shop.

For further information, please contact Safy Rizk, our PTG Tiger Shop Manager.

ptgtigershop@patana.ac.th

Tel: +66 (0) 2785 2200 ext. 5492

Line ID: 008864sr

Birthdays

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

We wish you a super day!

Contacts