Y3 Newsletter 04.10.24

Tiger Spirit Day

It was lovely to see the school awash with orange and black as the school celecrated our community spirit! Thank you to all who sent in a 100 baht donation.

A note from the Principal

It’s been a fantastic week in Primary, highlighted by one of our favourite days—Tiger Spirit! We celebrated with exciting assemblies and activities, and it was wonderful to see students, staff, and parents dressed up in their best tiger costumes.

Next week, we are all eagerly anticipating International Day, another whole-school celebration that truly captures the spirit of our community. Huge thanks to the PTG for all their hard work in supporting this! Don’t forget to join us for the Parade, Cultural Show, and Assembly on Friday.

We are also thrilled to be welcoming back the Kliptown Youth Program, a community-based educational organisation providing opportunities to people from disadvantaged areas of Soweto, South Africa. As a special treat, they will be offering a parent workshop on Monday at 8am in the Primary Hall, featuring gumboot dancing, singing, and drumming. You can sign up and find more information here. We hope to see you there!

Sarah McCormack

Upcoming events and dates for your diary

Wellbeing

Parents may have seen these new posters around the Primary school.

These attitudes and behaviours are grouped under our three key values: Safe, Curious and Kind.

We want these positive words, thoughts and actions to support and strengthen your child’s holistic development as they move through Primary and into young adulthood. Please help us champion these three key values by referencing our matrix of positive behaviours and attitudes in conversations with your child. The matrix is also available in Thai.

Safeguarding presentation

Please use this link 

Safeguarding presentation for Parent Volunteers

Egyptian Day

We are very excited in Y3 to be introducing a new learning theme of the Egyptians, which will be starting next week. On Wednesday 16th October we will have an Egyptian Day at school. You do not need to prepare anything for this day as we will be creating our costumes in our Art lessons leading up to Egyptian day.

Music  - Kliptown Youth Program

Bangkok Patana is proud to host the Kliptown Youth Program next week. This wonderful educational project provides opportunities to chilren from disadvantaged backgrounds in Soweto, South Africa. They will be in school presenting some of their Arts program and talking about their wider work. Please join us for a parent workshop on Monday morning. Sign up here https://forms.gle/3J1dyW852oZyjmux8

Learning

Y3 Curriculum Term 1a

This term we are learning all about Egyptians. If you would like more information about our curriculum please visit our Curriculum page here.

PE

ICT

Find out more about our Primary Technology Curriculum by following this link.

A message from the Library Team

Dear parents,

For over 40 years, Bayard and Milan have been committed to providing their young readers with innovative and constructive magazines that cater to all ages and passions.

These magazines offer your children the opportunity to learn to read in both French and English, to read with pleasure, and to explore the world through a range of magazines tailored to their age and interests.

We are pleased to inform you that you have the opportunity to subscribe to Bayard and Milan Jeunesse magazines at the best rates, thanks to your school.

These magazines, delivered monthly to the school, support learning the French language with sections full of curiosity, discovery, knowledge, and humor.

By subscribing, you also support the school, which will receive one free subscription for every 10 subscriptions purchased by parents.

• CATALOGUE BAYARD-MILAN JEUNESSE 2024-2025
• SPECIAL SCHOOL OFFER – €15 discount per subscription!: FILL UP THE ORDER FORM HERE
• For 100% English reading, the Game Box is back – Discover the offer on Page 21 of the catalog.

Public Rate card 2024-2025 attached

New for the 2024 school year:

• For 100% Spanish reading, we now offer Popi Spanish, Caracola (Les Belles Histoires), Leo Leo (J’aime Lire), and Reportero Doc (Image Doc) – Discover the offer on Page 22 of the catalog.

For more information, please contact :

Mrs. Laetitia Gerhardt :Laetitia.Gerhardt@bayard-mag.com

Dance Festival

International Day Competition

Class Blogs

Please visit our class blogs to find out about our learning in each of the classes!

Click on the image below and it will take you to the blog pages.

Birthdays

Happy Birthday this week to: 

General Information

Tech Tips

#285: New Parental Controls in Fortnite: Time Limits & Time Reports

You can now manage the amount of time your child spends in Fortnite and Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) using our new Time Limit Controls. You will now see an option to set up time limits for your child’s account in the Parental Controls section in the Fortnite main menu, or on the Epic Account Portal on the web. If you choose to enable this parental control, you can:

• Limit the total amount of time your child can play per day.
• Choose specific time windows when your child can play each day, and set time limits within that window.
• Choose whether to allow your child to request more time as they approach the end of their time limit.

From Epic’s Account Portal, parents/guardians can sign into their child’s account to set up time windows and a total time limit. If you set up a time limit, your child will begin seeing in-game notifications when they have 30 minutes left in Fortnite and UEFN. Once your child reaches their limit, they will not be able to use Fortnite or UEFN until the next day or until a new window begins.

If you have allowed your child to request more time, and they have 30 minutes or less left in their window, your child can request more time from within Fortnite. Their request will send you an email with a link where you can add more time for that day if you choose. You can also add more time, even if you haven’t enabled requests for more time, from inside Fortnite by going to the Time Limits and Reports Sidebar and selecting “Add More Time”. Once you input your Parental Controls PIN code, you can select the desired increment of time to add. Time granted will be effective immediately.

Your child can request more time by going to the main menu in Fortnite, selecting “View Time Limits,” then choosing “Ask for More Time” if you have this setting turned On. Time Limit Controls work across consoles and devices. As long as your child is using the same account across devices, the limit you set will be in effect for Fortnite and UEFN no matter where they play or create.

You can turn on Time Reports within the Parental Controls section in the Fortnite main menu, or on the Epic Account Portal on the web. If you’ve opted into Time Reports, you can view the total time your child has spent in Fortnite and UEFN that week. You will also have access to a dashboard located in the Account Portal, which provides a daily breakdown of time spent in Fortnite and UEFN and indicates when you have granted extra time for your child. Whenever you go back to the Account Portal, you will be able to see up to four weeks of activity (or less if you haven’t had Time Reports enabled for that long).

Parents will continue to have the option to receive weekly Time Reports emails. These emails include a summary of the amount of time your child spends in Fortnite and UEFN and are sent to the parent or guardian linked to the child’s account. To view and manage your child’s Parental Controls, sign in to your child's Epic Games account on the web or within Fortnite and go to Parental Controls.

For information about Epic’s Parental Controls, visit the Safety and Security Center.

Brian Taylor

PTG Messages - INTERNATIONAL DAY