Year 3 Newsletter 11.10.19

Living our Values

We are : Motivated and Engaged

Upcoming Events

Well-Being

Morning Routines

7am-7.30am Routines: From 7am, Year 3 and 4 students are supervised in the area outside the Y3/4 building. It is calm activities only due to limited space; nannies and parents and often younger children. 

At 7.30am a whistle signals children (and adults) to stand still and quietly. On the second whistle, children collect their bags and walk to class. If you join us in the mornings, we appreciate your support with our expectations. 

Friendship Issues

It is quite common for children to have difficulties with their friends from time to time. At Patana, our aim is to support all the children to make good choices so they are happy and safe at school. 

If your child is experiencing any problems please contact your child's class teacher who will then guide and support the students.

Air Quality at Patana

Please use this link for more information.

https://www.patana.ac.th/air-quality-on-campus/

Learning

3 Way Conference Information

3-Way Conferences on Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th October

Meeting your child before the Conferences

If you have an appointment between 12:50pm and 2:30pm, your child will be waiting for you in the holding area  in the Y3 Art Room which is towards the back of the building.

Please collect them from there before your conference is due to start.

Your child’s learning will be available in the shared area for you to look at before the conference begins.

Appointments after 2:30pm

We ask that all parents make arrangements to meet their child at 2:30pm as there will be no student supervision at this time, because the Primary staff will be involved with the conferences.

ECAs on both Conference Days

There are no regular ECAs on the Conference afternoons.

Only the following 6 Selective ECAs will run on these two days:

• Tigersharks Swim Academy Years 3 to 6

• Gymnastics Academy Years 3 to 6

• Tennis Academy Years 4,5 and 6

• Dutch Years 5 and 6

• Singapore Mandarin Years 3 to 7

• Danish Years 1 to 6

If in doubt, please contact the ECA provider.

Transport on both Conference Days

Students using school transport will automatically be put on their default bus at 2.30pm, unless they have a selective ECA, see above.

If your child will not need to take their bus home on the afternoon of their Conference, please contact Transport to cancel the bus home.

If you are collecting your child at 2.30 please can you collect them from the following venues:

On Wednesday 16th @ 2.30

Collect from outside Music rooms - 3J, 3F, 3S and 3M

Collect from outside Library - 3D, 3H, 3K and 3A

Thursday 17th @ 2.30

Collect from outside the MFL Building - All Y3 classes

The Transport Service's direct dial phone number is 02 785 2470

The office is staffed from 6.00am - 6.00pm Monday to Friday. Transport@patana.ac.th

The Wonderful World of Roald Dahl

This is our final week on Roald Dahl. We will be continuing with our innovated stories and preparing for the 3 way conferences. If you would like to find out more about the Learning in Y3 please refer to the curriculum pages using the link below.

https://patana.fireflycloud.asia/year-3/year-3-curriculum

PE

A polite reminder that students require sports shoes / trainers for PE lessons, which are different to their school shoes. This applies even if their School shoes are black trainers.

Please note that PE activities for Year 3 change next week:

TNGFU =Teaching Net Games for Understanding. All activities require Patana PE kit plus a sunhat.

Library Information and Dates

Here are the main dates and events during Non-Fiction November:

• Book Week: 4^th to 8^th November (variety of activities in the Primary Library)
• Book Fair (outside the Primary Library) : 4^th to 8^th November
• Steve Swinburne (NF Author Visit for Year 2 – Year 6) : 11^th to 15^th November
• D.E.A.R. Drop, Everything and Read:  15^th November, between 10:15 and 10:30
• Whole School ‘Dress-Up’ Day: Friday 29^th November (Theme – Non-Fiction!)

Bake Sale

Parent Home Language Helpers:

We are looking for parents who would like to be Home Language Helpers (PHLH). The PHLH will help to create opportunities for learners to experience their Home Language within their learning. This means that you could volunteer to use your Home Language to read a book with learners who speak the same language, or to spend time in the learning environment exploring and discovering in your native tongue. If you are interested in joining, please add your name to our Parent Home Language Helper database here or contact Ondine at onul@patana.ac.th if you have any questions.

Birthdays

Happy Birthday this week goes to:  

3A Kaiden and Aki 

3D Jaro

3K Taisuke, Dono, Philline and Kate

3S Leo

General Information

Nut free Primary School

For some children, any exposure to nuts is potentially very dangerous and can be life threatening. 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.

SILC Fair

International Day Information

International Day - Country Spotlight

International Day will take place on Friday 1^st November.

In the weeks leading up to International Day, our PTG has organised a wide range of Country Spotlights to help students learn more about a specific country or culture.

Unless otherwise stated, all activities will take place next to the Primary Snack Bar during the lunch period.

Week of Oct 14^th – Oct 18^th

Germany Oct 15^th Celebrate the 30 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at the Germany Spotlight stand.

India Oct 15^th Visit the India Spotlight stand to make your own diya, an oil lamp, made of clay, used across India to mark festivals, religious rituals and special occasions. The light of the diya symbolizes knowledge, goodness and purity in Indian culture.

Message from Thai PTG

This year, our theme for the Thai parade contingent will be Muay Thai (Thai children are still able to wear any Thai traditional costume). To support this endeavor, the Thai Parents Group has prepared Muay Thai costumes (shirts and pants), which may be pre-ordered in the link below (acceptance of orders will close on Friday, Oct.11, 2019). Samples will be available for preview at the PTG room on Wed-Fri, Oct.9-11, from 3pm onwards.
https://forms.gle/CtwQVsgfqDYny43E8

Shall you have any questions, please email us at ptgthailand@patana.ac.th

สำหรับงานกิจกรรมวันนานาชาติโรงเรียนบางกอกพัฒนาในปีนี้ทางกลุ่มผู้ปกครองไทยโรงเรียนบางกอกพัฒนาใด้วางแนวทางการแต่งกายเป็นรูปแบบมวยไทย (เด็กๆที่เข้าร่วมกิจกรรมยังสามารถแต่งกายชุดไทยอะไรก็ใด้) เพื่อให้สะดวกกับทางผู้ปกครองทางกลุ่มผู้ปกครองไทยโรงเรียนบางกอกพัฒนาใด้มีการอำนวยความสะดวกในการสั่งชุดมวยไทย (เสื้อยืดและกางเกงมวยไทย) โดยสั่งใด้ที่ลิงค์ด้านล่าง (สั่งใด้ถึงวันศุกร์ที่ 11 ตุลาคม 2019) ตัวอย่างสามารถดูใด้ที่ห้อง PTG วันพุธ พฤหัส ศุกร์ หน้าตั้งแต่เวลา บ่ายสาม
https://forms.gle/CtwQVsgfqDYny43E8

หากท่านมีคำถามใดๆสามารถอีเมล์มาใด้ที่ ptgthailand@patana.ac.th

Japanese ECA

ECA日本語のご案内
日本人または日本語を母国語とする親を持つ生徒の為のECA日本語が、新学期も引き続き開講されます。外部からの国語教師が授業を担当します。これを機会に子供達の日本語力を高めませんか。詳細はECA登録画面で確認願います。
A Japanese language ECA will be offered for students who are fluent Japanese speakers or those whose parents are Japanese speakers. Japanese teachers (not Patana staff) will lead the ECA and help your child to improve their Japanese.Please refer to the ECA application site for details.

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