Year 2 Newsletter Week 31 - 08.05.26

Welcome to our Year 2 Newsletter!

A note from Mrs McCormack (Primary Principal):

8th May 2026

This week, our Year 6 students performed Matilda Jnr for the school community and what a brilliant few days it has been!

Behind these two incredible performances sat huge amounts of hard work, practice and perseverance. Our Year 6 students showed creativity, communication, teamwork and real courage in putting themselves out there in front of such large audiences. It was also a lovely reminder that great outcomes seldom appear instantly. They are built through mistakes, refinement and simply trying again.

Another highlight for me was watching students from FS2 upwards come together to watch the rehearsals. There was something really special about seeing our youngest children watching in awe and seeing what is possible as they look up to the oldest students in the Primary School.

We are truly so proud of our Year 6 students, alongside our Creative Arts team and Year 6 teachers, for everything they have put into making the performances such a success. Bravo!

Learning

Safe, Curious and Kind

Mayors for Peace Art Exhibition

IMPORTANT – A Great Opportunity for Young Artists!
Are you ready to share your creativity with the world?

We are excited to invite all students aged 6–16 to take part in the Mayors for Peace International Art Exhibition in Thailand 2026, organized by UNHCR Thailand, the Ministry of Interior, and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.

Theme: “What Peace Means to Me”

This is your chance to express your ideas of peace through art and showcase your work alongside Thai, international, and refugee students, celebrating diversity and unity through creativity.

Selected artworks will be displayed in a special exhibition in Bangkok city centre this June, bringing together young artists from across Thailand.

Outstanding artworks will advance to the international exhibition in NEW YORK, where pieces from around the world will be showcased.

Submission Deadline: 31 May 2026

For more information, please follow the attached guideline.

Checking and Labelling Your Child’s Belongings

Parents often come into the Primary Office looking for their child’s belongings.

When personal items are clearly labelled, they can easily be returned to the owner.

Things are harder to return when they arrive in lost property without a label.

Please help by checking all items that are worn, or brought into, school by your child.

If you find any belongings that do not belong to your child, please send them back into school via the class teacher.

Children will sometimes take home the wrong hat, water bottle, PE kit and even school shoes.

Thank you for your support. 

From the PTG

Black School Shoes

As part of their Patana school uniform, students wear plain black school shoes or sturdy trainers.

Shoes should be durable and support the whole foot.

All shoes require at least a strap to keep the shoe firmly in place.

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

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 us know.

Shoes may need replacing mid-year.

No Smart Watches

Whilst we encourage our students to learn how to tell the time, smart watches offer additional online functions like that of a mobile phone.

Features such as gaming, taking photographs, internet browsing, and the ability to make and receive calls are potentially distracting in class and can pose a risk for safety and privacy.

Within the Primary School, students are required to keep their smart watch safely stored in their bag during the school day.

Smart watches can be taken out of bags once a child exits the school gates at 2:30pm or once their ECA has ended at 3:30pm or 4:30pm.

Students are not allowed to take or send images while using the school bus.

Smart watches are expensive items. Please be aware that the school takes no responsibility for loss or damage of smart watches.

Thank you for your cooperation and support in maintaining a safe and positive learning environment for all our students.

Parent Workshops

Parent Workshops & Presentations - Bangkok Patana School

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: Welcome to Year 2 - Bangkok Patana School

Curriculum

To find out about our Year 2 curriculum please visit our Curriculum page.

General Information

External Competitions that fall on a school day

At Patana, we have many students who excel in their external hobbies and interests.

When they practice hard, and demonstrate resilience and perseverance, they may be selected for competition.

If you have a child who is invited to compete, whether locally and internationally, we will support your child’s endeavours.

However, we do ask that parents give the class teacher/tutor sufficient notice of their absence from school.

Many of our lessons require group collaboration, and this will help teachers to plan accordingly.

Preventing the spread of colds, flu and general sickness

Please help us to prevent outbreaks of cold or flu as we head into the rainy season.

Children with cold or flu (influenza) symptoms should be kept at home until they are completely recovered. Even when the main symptoms have gone, your child may still need time to return to full strength.

Please do not send your child back to school too soon, even if they are no longer in the contagious phase. If your child is still coughing or sneezing, please keep them at home and limit their contact with other children.

A child who has a fever should be kept at home until ‘fever-free’ for a minimum of 24 hours.

Influenza is a serious and contagious infection that affects the nose, throat, and respiratory system. The virus is commonly spread through droplets in the air, allowing infection to spread quickly. When unsure, always seek medical advice, especially if a child has a chronic condition e.g., asthma.

If Influenza is confirmed, please send a copy of the medical certificate to Nurse@patana.ac.th

If a child vomits at school or at home, they must remain at home for at least 24 hours after the last episode. This helps keep all students and staff safe and healthy. Vomiting is often caused by contagious viruses, and children can still spread the infection even when they appear to feel better. The 24-hour period allows time for symptoms to fully pass, reduces the risk of further vomiting at school, and ensures your child has had enough rest and fluids to return safely to learning.

Thank you for your support in keeping our school community healthy.

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 7:40, 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.

Allergies and Dietery Requirements

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.

Playground use before and after 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 2:30pm.

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.

Birthday celebrations

The following students are celebrating this week...

Sahej (2K) 

Quinn (2M) 

Ethan (2K)  

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.