Primary Workshop: Social Emotional Learning and Support
28th March
Primary Hall
Primary Songkran Assembly
31st March
Sports Hall Court 1
End of Term 2
31st March
Start of Term 3
17th April
RSE (relationship and sex) presentations for Primary
Parents
18th April
8am Primary Hall
Parents Meetings
18th - 20th April
A note from the Principal
Dear Parents,
A highlight for me this week was joining our Maths advocates
Ms. Anna Caswell and Ms. Vicky Paxman for their Maths workshop for parents on
Number Talks. We were thrilled that more than 140 parents were in attendance,
the highest number yet! Next Tuesday at 8am, we are hosting a workshop on
social and emotional regulation, and we look forward to the learning and
discussions on this important topic.
Thank you to the 150 parents who have completed our school report survey.
Reviewing our assessments and reports is one of our school development plan
goals this year and we are looking for as much feedback as possible on how
useful parents find the current format. The deadline for this survey is Monday,
27th March.
Finally, if any families will be leaving at the end of this academic year,
please ensure you have submitted a withdrawal form to the Admissions Office by
17th April. If you have any questions relating to withdrawals,
please contact Rachel Jones, Head of Admissions at rajo@patana.ac.th
Sarah McCormack
Wellbeing
Residential
Our Y3 Residential trips are all home safely! It has been great to see the returning students and hear about their adventures. Please access the Resi blog to photos of your child's trip.
Smart watches
Smart watches for Term 3
April 23
A simple watch
can help children to develop an understanding of time and support their
independence.
A growing
number of children are now wearing a smart watch to school.
Many of these
watches allow for online access, including games and other features that they
do not need in school.
Some children
spend time interacting with their watch instead of talking and playing with
their friends.
There have also
been concerns about unsupervised access to online content, including taking and
sending images.
Starting from Term 3, Primary students will be required
to keep their smart watch in their bag during the school day.
Please note,
that the school takes no responsibility for loss or damage and only Year 6 have
access to a secure locker.
Smart watches
can be taken out of bags once a child exits the school gates at 2:30 or once
their ECA has ended at 3:30 or 4:30.
Smart watches
can be worn on school transport but should never be used to take or send images
whilst on the bus.
Swimming Lessons start next week
Next week Year 3 will be starting our new P.E. rotation, which means children will start their swimming sessions.
3M, 3C, 3A and 3T will be swimming on a TUESDAY.
3K, 3P, 3D and 3J will be swimming on a THURSDAY.
For swimming, they need a black school swim suit , rash vest (optional), towel, goggles and a swim hat (for all hair longer than shoulder length).
Changes to PE changing!
From now on, if your child has PE they can come into school wearing their PE kit. They will also need their uniform and school shoes packed in a named bag to change into after PE.
On swimming days they will need to come into school in uniform, with their swimming kits in their bags.
Inventors Day
Put Monday 27th March into your diary!
On this day, we are going to have 'Inventor's Day'. Year 3 students are invited to dress up as:
an inventor or
an invention
If they choose to dress up as an inventor, they could also make and bring in an example of their invention (e.g. a homemade calculator or homemade phone).
They will need to find out all about their invention:
who invented it?
why did they invent it?
where was it invented?
Timestableathon
Global Citizenship
Songkran Assembly
To celebrate Songkran ( Friday 31st March) students are encouraged to wear traditional Thai dress or a flowery Songkran shirt. Otherwise, normal school uniform should be worn.
There will be a Songkran Assembly in the Sports Hall. Parents are welcome to attend and are asked to sit on the viewing platform, as space is limited in the hall.
Thank you to all the parents who came along to the maths
workshop this week. We enjoyed discussing what mathematical fluency is, and how
developing fluency can support our students with reasoning and problem-solving
activities. Below, you can find a copy of the presentation with some notes
describing what was discussed for each slide. If you have any questions, please
contact Anna or Vicky at anca@patana.ac.th
or vipx@patana.ac.th
Tiger Cats U9 team (Y3
and Y4) recently performed a showcase at the Tiger Cats Dance Challenge 2023.
The outfits and hairstyles matched perfectly with the background visual and the
mood of the music. The song they performed to is called 'Tik Tok' by That girl
Lay Lay. We congratulate them for working hard and staying focused! Here are
some lovely pictures from the showcase!
Please ensure any snack or Birthday cakes/doughnuts that come into school are nut free. This is to ensure we are keeping all our students safe as we have some students in the Y3/4 Building who have severe nut allergies. Thank you for your help with this.
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