A note from the principal
12/09/25
Dear Parents
It has been another wonderful week of learning in the Primary School. Informal highlights have included spotting several bee hives in our trees, experiencing some spectacular rainstorms, and even catching sight of a few monitor lizards – a beautiful reminder of our wonderful location here in Thailand.
Next week we look forward to Primary Maths Week and warmly invite you to join our Parent Workshop on the Maths curriculum on Tuesday morning. On Thursday we will mark World Peace Day, with students invited to wear blue. School will be closed next Friday.
Sarah McCormack
Upcoming events and diary dates
| Date | Event | Location | Who | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15th- 18th September | Primary Maths Week | |||
| 18th September | Whole School World Peace Day | |||
| 19th September | School closed | |||
| 25th September | Y4-6 Wai Kru Ceremony | Primary Hall | Staff and students | 13.50-14.20 |
| 28th September | Fun Run! | Suan Luang Rama IX park | Staff, parents and students | 5:30am - 9am |
| 29th September- 2nd October | Parent Teacher Meetings | Year 5 Classrooms | Staff and parents | 2.45-6pm |
| 30th September | Parent workshop- Safeguarding Training for Parent volunteers | Con420 | 8-9am | |
| 7th October | ECA Block B Sign Up (phase 1) Opens | |||
| 7th October | Parent Workshop- Primary PE | Primary Hall | 8-9am | |
| 8th October | Tiger Spirit Day | |||
| 13th- 17th October | Half Term Break | |||
| 22nd October | Primary Parents Workshop : Championing Wellbeing by Matthew Savage | Primary Hall | 8-9am | |
| 23rd October | Staff CPL day | School Closed | ||
| 28th October | Primary Parents Workshop : How Young Children Learn to Love Reading and Writing | 8-9am | ||
| 30th October | Whole School International Day (Dress Up) | |||
| 31st October | Block A ECAs Finish |
Well-being
Positive Behaviours – Positive Attitudes
As you walk around the school, you are almost certain to spot our Safe – Curious – Kind posters.
Many, if not all, of the behaviours and attitudes we want for our students can be explicitly taught.
Positive Behaviours – Positive Attitudes
Classes and year groups choose a small number of relevant targets roughly every half term.
You will begin to spot these in and around year groups.
Some targets work even better at home.
- We tidy away the things we have used.
- We have a regular bedtime.
- We give ourselves time to play and rest.
- We talk with a trusted adult when we are worried.
Illness procedures
Please find below our current guidance for flu/fever symptoms and school expectations for children returning to school.
What action to take:
- The Child: Symptomatic treatment is given to relief from fever. Children should be kept at home until the children are feeling better. Influenza is most infectious from about a day before symptoms start until about 3 days later. The DfEE/DH guidelines on infection control in schools and nurseries give no recommended time of exclusion for an infected child: a child should return once they are well enough. Concept changes anyone with fever and flu-like symptoms need to stay at home.
- The Parent: If the child has fever or flu like symptoms they should stay at home and seek medical advice if necessary. Annual Seasonal Influenza vaccine is recommended. Clearance and medical cert. is required to submit.
- The Class / School: Frequent hand washing may reduce the spread of infection. It is recommended that immunisation be offered to certain health care workers involved in the direct care of and/or support to patients. Social service employers have also been asked to consider offering immunisation to certain staff involved in the direct care of and/or support to clients. Encourage the student to cover mouth and nose with disposable tissue when cough and sneeze. Provide hand washing facility, routine disinfecting and cleaning. Refer to Good Hygiene Guidelines Section 2.1.
- The Local Health Authority: Requirement to report in the school then this should be reported to the BMA.
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.
Getting to class on time
Students in Years 1-6 enter their buildings at 7:30.
This gives everyone time to organise their belongings and settle themselves in, ready to learn and in a calm state of mind.
The register is taken at 7:40, and children who arrive after 7:40 are marked as late.
If there is a pattern of lateness during the term, the class teacher will share this information with you so that changes to timings can be made.
Sometimes, a family will need to adjust their arrival time so that a child can be walked in (Years 1 and 2) or dropped off without feeling rushed or stressed.
The start of the day is a very important part of our daily classroom routine.
Teachers use this time to re-set expectations as students switch from home to school mode. This is a time when school staff can check in with individual students and make sure that everyone feels welcomed into class.
Taking photos and videos of students on Campus
At Bangkok Patana School we welcome parents on to our campus.
As part of this agreement, all parents must agree to our Parents’ Safeguarding Code of Conduct.
This includes:
- Never taking images in toilets, changing rooms or areas where privacy is expected.
- Using judgement before taking and before sharing images of students.
During a regular school day, parents may only take images of their own child – unless they have sought and received permission from another family to include their child in a group photo.
Family employees with access to the campus must also abide by this rule.
Where and when can parents take photos and videos when on campus?
Smart Watches and Phones
Whilst we encourage our students to learn how to tell the time, smart watches offer additional online functions like that of a mobile phone.
Features such as gaming, internet browsing, and the ability to make and receive calls are potentially distracting in class and can pose a risk for safety and privacy. Within the Primary School, students are required to keep their smart watch safely stored in their bag during the school day. Smart watches can be taken out of bags once a child exits the school gates at 2:30pm or once their ECA has ended at 3:30pm or 4:30pm. Students are not allowed to take or send images while using the school bus.
Smart watches are expensive items. Please be aware that the school takes no responsibility for loss or damage of smart watches.
Thank you for your cooperation and support in maintaining a safe and positive learning environment for all our students.
Birthday Treats
Children may bring in a special treat to share with the class.
Please contact the class teacher to arrange a suitable time.
- Brownies, cupcakes, small donuts, and cake slices are easier for your child to give out.
· We do not give out drinks (e.g., bubble tea, sodas)
· Please reduce plastic packaging.
· We do not allow party bags or other gifts to be given out at school, either for birthdays, or other celebrations.
- Please agree a time with the teacher in advance.
- Parents can join in the celebrations.
We are a NUT FREE school. When ordering birthday treats, please ensure that there are no nuts or nut products (such as Nutella or peanut butter) used.
Parent Workshops
Follow this link to find streams and presentations from all of our past Parent Workshops.
The Year 4 Curriculum
Please click the image below to find out more about this term's learning in Year 4
Chocolate
Uniform
There have been some queries about footwear on PE days. Please see the uniform policy below:
Swim days – children to come to school in their school uniform and to wear their swimming costume under their school uniform ( Swimming kit: towel, swimming goggles and swimming hat (long hair) and underwear to change into after)
PE days – PE kits to be worn to school and children will then change into their school uniform after PE.
Technology
Blogs
Click on the image to visit the Year 4 blogs.
This is where you will find an overview of your child's learning along with their home learning tasks and any important messages from your child's class teacher.
Please check your child's class blog weekly to stay informed about their learning.
Please encourage your child to complete their home learning.
Events In The World
You can keep up to date with current events around the world by watching Newsround, an age appropriate news show. Being aware of current events will help your child to make connections with a range of themes when reading in class, and it is an ideal opportunity for you to model discussing your opinions and using experiences to draw connections between events and people.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround
Birthdays!
The following Year 4 students will be celebrating their birthdays this week:
Vani 4S
Abdul 4C
Ryosuke 4L
Ing 4R
Aoey 4S
Alina 4B
We wish you a fabulous birthday!
General Information
Temporary Guardianship Form - let us know if both parents are going away and leaving a student with a friend, nanny or a maid.
Important Contacts
| 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 4 PTG Rep - Joyce Pau Ka Yan ptg4@patana.ac.th Primary Representative - Bharati Lachmandas ptgprimary@patana.ac.th | |
| Year Group Leaders | Year Group Leader (Pastoral): Ms Sarah Harper saha@patana.ac.th Year Group Leader (Curriculum): Ms Dominique Chandler doch@patana.ac.th |