Getting Arty with Antarctic animals!
A note from the Principal
This week, let us celebrate the power of curiosity and
kindness, two of the guiding principles in the Primary school. Every question
asked and every small act of care creates a ripple, shaping the community we
love. On Thursday, I saw great curiosity and kindness at our newcomers coffee
morning, organised so wonderfully by our dedicated PTG! Thank you to all those
who attended.
Next Friday, we look forward to honouring the Lunar New Year with our families
with our annual assembly and dress-up day!
Sarah McCormack
Upcoming events and dates for your diary
| Event | Date | Location | Who |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music Performance Week | 27th - 31st January | ||
| Science Week | 27th - 31st January | ||
| Lunar New Year Assembly | Friday 31st January | Sports Hall | |
| Waste Less Week | 3rd - 7th February | ||
| Catch Up Photos | Wednesday 5th February | ||
| Primary Choral Festival (Choir) | Wednesday 5th - 7th February | Various | |
| ECA Block B Finishes | Friday 7th February | ||
| Last Day of T2A | Friday 7th February | ||
| Half Term | 10th - 16th February | ||
| Term 2B starts | Monday 17th February | ||
| ECA Block C begins | Monday 17th February |
Wellbeing
Start of day timings
For families who arrive by car, getting departure and arrival times right can be difficult.
You don’t want to arrive to early, but you also don’t want to be stuck in the LaSalle traffic.
The occasional late arrival is well understood - and sometimes unavoidable.
However, the class teacher will be in contact if there is a persistent pattern of lateness.
Primary school timings – start of day
- Staff on duty from 7 a.m.
- Students enter classrooms at 7:30.
- Timetabled learning begins at 7:40.
If a child arrives rushed, and perhaps stressed about missing a lesson, this is not the best start to their day.
Those first ten minutes, from 7:30 – 7:40, are an important part of the school day.
Established start-of-day routines give children time to settle and switch into learner mode.
We want all of our children to know about the importance of punctuality, and not only in their school setting.
Air Pollution
At this time of year we notice a change in the Air Quality in Bangkok.
In the morning before school starts when we have the Status:
Unhealthy
From 7am onwards, Year 3 students should come inside and go to their classroom where there will be teachers supervising them safely inside.
Parents are encouraged to drop their children at the doors .
We please kindly ask parents not to come into this space as it may become crowded and full.
Should your child arrive before 7am on any day they should go directly to the Primary Office until duty staff begin to supervise.
Please find the school policy for Air Quality Here
Residential Information
If you were unable to attend the Y3 Residential meeting please watch this video, packed with information for you.
A Reminder all forms should already have been sent into school. If your child's form is outstanding please send in asap.
Lunar New Year Assembly
The Lunar New Year Celebration assembly will be on Friday 31st January in the sports hall at 10.10am.
The children are invited to wear Lunar New Year clothes or the colours red and gold on this day.
However, if they prefer not to wear traditional costume,then they can wear school uniform as usual.
School Photographs - Catch up Day
Wednesday 5th February
If your child missed their individual school photograph, we have a catch up day on the 5th February.
Y3 Writing Competition
Following on from meeting the author Stephen Davies last week, we were set a challenge to write a story, not the whole story, it could be the beginning, middle, end or a character description. These will then be judged and the winning entry will win a treat for their class!
Y3 Curriculum Term 2A
This term, we will be learning about Discovering our world and thinking about how far we can go. 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.
Workshop Presentations
If you could not attend the presentation this week, please use this link for information.
Music - Performance Week
Performance Week this year is next week 27th - 31st January.
This is an opportunity for any child who is learning a musical instrument to perform in front of a small audience during their regular timetabled music lesson. Children can sign up to perform during their music lessons in the coming weeks. Unfortunately, parents cannot attend the event.
We encourage all students who learn a musical instrument to participate as performing is a great opportunity to build confidence, share their learning and motivate further practice.
Please support your child to perform if they take lessons on an instrument and please help them to bring their music/instrument.
Any questions can be directed to the music teachers:
Mr Charlie chmc@patana.ac.th
Ms Rachel rast@patana.ac.th
Miss Lisa lima@patana.ac.th
Thomas House - clothing drive
If you happen to have some items of unwanted clothing, Y12 are also doing a clothing drive for Thomas House. Please see below:
Writing Competition
Science Show
Quantum Magic Science Show with Ruben Meerman
Join us on Saturday 1st February, 9-10am in the Primary Hall for a brilliant Science show (with plenty of magic thrown in) with Ruben Meerman, also known as 'The Surfing Scientist'. Either scan the QR code, or click on this link to register: https://forms.office.com/r/Z0z4bs66mF
Dance ECA Opportunities
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:
Elsie 3M, Jonathan 3H and Lauren 3C
Patana News Survey
Some of our community prefers to receive Patana News on a different day from Friday. We would like to hear your opinion. Survey link
Supporting Secondary CAS Project
PTG
General Information
| 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 3 Rep - ptgy3@patana.ac.th
| |
| Year Group Leaders | Mrs Diana Jones dijo@patana.ac.th Mr Dan Hatfield daha@patana.ac.th |