It's been an incredible start to the new school year. The children have come in so enthusiastically into their new year group and classes. 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.
A note from the Principal
A note from the Principal
A very warm welcome back to the new term and a new academic year! It has been
such a pleasure to reconnect with our students and families this past week, and
we are excited about the fantastic year ahead.
This year, we are placing even greater emphasis on our
guiding statements to foster positive learning behaviours and attitudes centred
around the principles of SAFE – CURIOUS – KIND. We introduced this
concept in our first Parent Partnership workshop on Tuesday (video and slides
available on Firefly) and we will be learning more as we go!
Looking forward to seeing you at our ‘Meet the Teacher’ sessions next week and
to a wonderful year together.
Sarah McCormack
Upcoming events and dates for your diary
| Event | Date | Location | Who |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Thai Parent Meeting | 3rd September 8:00 am | Primary Hall | Thai Parents |
| Meet the Teachers | 3rd September 2.45pm | Your child's classroom | Parents |
| Year 3/4 Assembly | 4th September 8.10am | Primary Hall | Parents and Students |
| ECAS Start | 9th September | BPS | Students |
| Y3 Start using Snack cards | 9th September | Snack bar | Students |
| Patana Fun Run | 29th September | BPS Community | |
| Parent Teacher Meetings | 30th September - 3rd October | Year 3 | Parents |
| Tiger Spirit Day | 2nd October | BPS | Students |
| International Day | 11th October | BPS | Parents and Students |
Wellbeing
Positive Behaviours – Positive Attitudes
On Tuesday 27th August, we were pleased to welcome many parents to the first Parent Partnership Workshop of this academic year, and to share our new Positive Behaviours – Positive Attitudes poster.
Our students may be familiar with our whole school values of Well-Being, Learning and Global Citizenship. This poster makes these three strands more accessible and age appropriate.
We also introduced the matrix of positive behaviours and attitudes, organised under the three strands of Safe, Curious and Kind. Clearly shared expectations help us to promote and model the behaviours that we want our students to absorb as they progress through school. Please join with us in sharing and modelling these positive behaviours and attitudes.
Smile Squad
This week in our assembly, we introduced the Smile Squad. First, we watched two videos and discussed how the way we act might make other people feel. We decided that we wanted to be more like the teachers and students in the second video. The teachers and students in the second video belong in the Smile Squad!
In the Smile Squad, we:
- say hello
- use each other’s names
- say goodbye
- say please & thank you
- ask ‘How are you?’
Each week, we will choose Smile Stars of the Week who will receive a special Smile Squad praise postcard. We will also add their picture to the Smile Squad Hall of Fame.
Before and After school
Before school starts at 7.30 the Y3 children are allowed to play on the playground . During this time they are not allowed to go on the equipment. They are aware of this but might need a few reminders! It would be great if you could help us with this! When the adult on duty blows the whistle, on the first whistle they stand still and on the second whistle the children can then make their way to their classroom.
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 2:30.
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.
Morning Snack in Key Stage 2
From the week beginning the 9th September Year 3 may bring in a healthy snack from home or buy one from the Snack Bar.
Prior to this date snacks will be provided in the year group as they were in Key Stage 1. Please do not send sweets, chocolate or gum into school. We provide plain or soymilk for every student each break time. Students may bring their own water bottle to school.
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.
Snack cards
The class teachers are keeping the snack cards safely in the classrooms until September the 9th. Over the next week the children will be learning all about using the snack bar and managing a budget! I would suggest no than 200 baht to get started. The children are very excited about getting their snack cards.
To help you see what is on offer at the Primary snack bar please see below:
A few reminders
- 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.
Bags for PE day
- On PE days the children come to school in PE, with their uniform and school shoes in their bags to change into. Please ensure your child has their uniform and shoes in a separate bag which to be big enough to fit in the uniform and their school shoes. This helps to avoid things getting lost.
Learning
Y3 Curriculum Term 1a
Our main focus for the first few weeks will be settling the children in as they transition to a new Key Stage by helping them move around the school from the classroom to specialist lessons as well as slowly introduce them to the Primary Snack Bar. We will learn all about how to use it in our Maths lessons next week. If you would like more information about our curriculum please visit our Curriculum page here
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 2, 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.
Music
This week the children have been given a recorder during their Music lesson. Please remind your child to bring in their recorder into school for their Music lessons, if they brought them home to practice.
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.
Fobisia Writing Competition
Birthdays
Happy Birthday this week to:
Praline 3H
Kabir 3G
General Information
Primary Parent Workshop - Looking forward to the year ahead
Anyone for tennis?
Dear
Parents
This coming Saturday we have the opening ceremony of the new tennis centre.
Following on from this we will have an open morning for the Patana community.
We will have activities set up with tennis coaches on court ranging from a ball
machine exercise to a fast serve game plus mini tennis set up.
These activities will start from around 10am and will finish at 1pm and no
registration is required.
All are welcome and hope to see some of you of then.
Regards
Dan Ahl
Head Tennis Coach
PTG Messages - INTERNATIONAL DAY
Tech Tips
| 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 |