Welcome to our Year 2 Newsletter!2
It's been a wonderful start to the new school year. The children have come in with such positivity and independence in Year 2. We have had a very busy first full week as teachers and students have been getting to know each other. We would like to extend a warm welcome to the new families who joined us and we look forward to helping you all settle in very quickly.
Upcoming Events
| Event | Date | Location | Who |
| Meet the Teachers | 1st September 2:45pm | Your child's classroom | Parents & Teachers |
| ECAs start | 7th September | BPS | Students |
| School Closed | 18th September | BPS Community | |
| World Peace Day | 21st September | ||
| Patana Fun Run | 27th September | BPS Community | |
| Parent-Teacher Meetings | 28th September-1st October | Year 2 Classrooms | Parents % Teachers |
| Parent Workshop - Safeguarding Training for Parent Volunteers | 29th September | CON 420 | Parents & Staff |
| Tiger Spirit Day | 9th October | Students | |
| Half Term | 12th-6th October | ||
| Term 1B Commences | 19th October |
A note from Mrs McCormack (Primary Principal):
It has been lovely to see everyone settling back into familiar routines during our first full week of the new school year. Traffic around school has been particularly busy, as it often is at this time of year, but we expect this to settle over the coming weeks. A reminder that Y1 – Y6 children should be in class by 7.30am, and 7.40am at the latest, for morning registration and to ensure a calm and positive start to their day.
We look forward to seeing our Year 1 to Year 6 parents at the ‘Meet the Teacher’ sessions next Tuesday. Our first Primary Partnership Workshop will then take place on Tuesday 8 September, when I warmly invite parents to join me and the rest of the Primary Leadership Team for a Back to School session, looking ahead to the year and sharing some of our key priorities and developments.
Sarah McCormack
Wellbeing
Playground use before school
Students are not permitted to use any of the climbing or play equipment before 7:30 a.m.
There is no staff supervision in any play area after 2:30.
The accompanying adult is therefore responsible for the safe supervision of the child.
We encourage parents and family employees to take children straight home at the end of the school day.
Getting to class on time
Students in Years 1-6 enter their buildings at 7:30am
This gives everyone time to organise their belongings and settle themselves in, ready to learn and in a calm state of mind.
The register is taken at 7:30, and children who arrive after 7:40 are marked as late.
If there is a pattern of lateness during the term, the class teacher will share this information with you so that changes to timings can be made.
Sometimes, a family will need to adjust their arrival time so that a child can be walked in (Years 1 and 2) or dropped off without feeling rushed or stressed.
The start of the day is a very important part of our daily classroom routine.
Teachers use this time to re-set expectations as students switch from home to school mode. This is a time when school staff can check in with individual students and make sure that everyone feels welcomed into class.
Nut Free Primary School
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.
Some treats, such as macarons contain hidden nuts. Please check the ingredients before sending into school. If snacks or birthday treats are found to contain nuts, we will contact you and either dispose of the food safely or ask you to collect and take back home.
A few reminders
Medical
Please ensure your child/ren's medical information is fully up to date on our systems.
Should your child suffer from critical conditions related to their diet they are no longer able to eat any birthday treats brought into school from outside.
We encourage parents now to provide a small box of dry snacks/treats that their child can eat, which the class teacher can keep, and use during any celebrations in class.
General
- Hats - your child needs a hat to access all the play areas and for PE lessons. It is best to be left in school all week.
- Water bottles.
- Naming property - Please put your child's name and class code on all their uniform, shoes, hats and waterbottles to ensure a safe return if they get left behind! You can buy name stickers from the Tiger shop.
Shoes
- Primary students are expected to wear white socks and plain black shoes to school. Please see examples below:
Hair
- Hair should be neat and conservative in appearance.
- Hair longer than shoulder-length should be tied back.
School Jumpers
- Only the blue Patana school cardigan should be worn at school. These can be purchased at the school shop.
Watches
- We encourage the children to wear a digital or analogue watch to help them learn the time.
- Smart watches are not to be worn during the school day. They are kept in bags during the day.
PE Days
- On PE days the children come to school in PE kit and stay in this all day.
Swimming
- On swimming days your child should wear their uniform to school. They need to bring their swimming kit in a bag (swimsuit, goggles, towel, swimming hat). Thank you.
Learning
Class Blogs
Please visit our class blogs every Friday to find out about our learning in each of the classes!
Here is the link to the Year 2 page: patana.fireflycloud.asia/year-2
Reading
The children will be changing their reading books every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. This week the children have been given a reading book based on their stage from Year 1, and from reading with their new teacher.
Please can you support your child by encouraging reading at home, either reading to you or a sibling and helping to remind them to bring their books in (if finished) on book change days.
Curriculum
To find out about our Year 2 curriculum please visit our Curriculum page.
Click this picture to take you directly to our curriculum page.
General Information
PTG
Birthday celebrations
Divyam (2S), Noah (2G), Loria (2J)
A huge happy birthday from everyone in Year 2!
We cannot give out party bags or gifts - please keep these for any sort of celebration that you do out of school.
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.
Class birthday celebrations
We enjoy mini birthday celebrations in class but ask that you pre-arrange a time with the teacher.
Please note, this is a small celebration within the class. It is not a ‘birthday party’ and siblings and friends from other classes are not allowed to attend.
Birthday treats should be small, with minimal plastic wrapping. Please only send enough for your child’s class.
Individual portions such as small brownies, small cupcakes, and half-donuts are easy to give out.
All food sent into school must be nut free.
As school policy, we do not give out party bags, drinks or gifts sent in by families.
Please do not give out any of these items at school as this can cause unintended problems.
Please remember we are a nut-free Primary School and also check with the class teacher for any other dietary requirements of the class.
Temporary Guardianship Form - let us know if both parents are going away and leaving a student with a friend, nanny or a maid.
| Department | Contact Number | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Office | 02 785 2258 | primary@patana.ac.th |
| Transport | 02 785 2470 | transport@patana.ac.th |
| Primary Nurse | 02 785 2478 02 785 5460 | nurse@patana.ac.th |
| ECAs | 02 785 2231 | eca@patana.ac.th |
| PTG | Year 2 Rep: ptgy2@patana.ac.th | |
| Year Group Leaders | Sarah Dibley sadi@patana.ac.th Katie Hill kahi@patana.ac.th |