Year 4 Newsletter 16.10.20

Living our Values

We are critical and reflective thinkers

“Children see magic because they look for it!” Christopher Moore

A huge thank-you to our PE team and swim coaches who helped to organise an amazing swimming gala on Thursday. Perseverance and determination was shown by all of our wonderful Year 4 students in the water.

The new blocks of learning for our students will begin on Tuesday the 27th of October.

Swimming lessons remain the same but basketball will change to athletics.

Loi Krathong - Friday 30th October

Students are invited to come to school dressed in traditional dress on this day. If you need some guidance on where to find a Thai outfit for this, you can shop online at Shopee children Thai costume. If you prefer to look for things in person, Pratunam area , Tesco, Big C or small shops at local markets are worth exploring.

Parent Home Language Helpers

The Parent Home Language Helpers (PHLH) is an initiative in which parents support the learning through the use of their Home Language. For example, our wonderful PHLH are great at coming in and sharing a story in their home language, or helping learners understand more about other languages and cultures. 

 If you would like to be part of the PHLH, please leave your details here and we will get back to you.

 If you have any questions, or would like to find out more about this, please contact Ms. Ondine at onul@patana.ac.th

Primary School: Term 1 Conferences

Wednesday 11^th November between 2:50 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.

All conferences take place after 2:30. This is a normal school day.

Thursday 12^th November between 7:30 a.m. and 4:10 p.m.

Thursday 12th November will not be a normal school day for Nursery to Year 6.

Students will only come to school with you for their appointment slot (students must be dressed in school uniform).

Foundation Stage and Year 1 students do not need to attend the parent-teacher conferences.

The booking deadline is 4pm on Friday 30th October.

After this time please email the class teacher direct to make or amend an appointment.

Making a booking with the class teacher

Please click on the following links to make an appointment.

Year 2 - 6

3-Way Conference Link and enter code: nf498

Well-being

ECA'S

General Information

Birthdays

The following students are celebrating birthdays this week. Happy Birthday from everyone in Year 4:

Zhe-An Kaiden (4C)

Akkaramate [Jaro] (4D)

Aki (4D)

Pacharapol [Dono] (4F)

Leo (4K)

Tsz Kiu [Kate] (4L)

Taisuke (4K)

We are now able to celebrate the children’s birthdays with them, as long as we follow these requirements:

- Individualised treats (cupcakes, donuts, etc) can be brought in either at the start of the day or the end of the day

- No Nuts! Please ensure that any food items sent in do not contain nuts, or any traces of nuts. Please check the ingredients.

- No candles

- The birthday treats must be individual portions – teachers will not be able to cut pieces of cake to be given out

Please liaise directly with your child’s class teacher to inform them if you will be bringing in treats for your child’s birthday.

Uniform

As part of their Patana school uniform, our students wear plain black shoes with no coloured trim.

If your child is still coming to school in coloured trainers, please purchase plain black school shoes over the half term break.

Shoes should support healthy foot growth.

All shoes require at least a strap to keep the shoe firmly in place. No ballet pumps.

Children can wear lace-ups if they can tie up their laces independently.

Plain black school shoes can be sourced in many shops and department stores.

If your child has to wear other shoes for a specific reason, please let us know.

These photographs are all examples of suitable plain black shoes.

Personal Information

Please can we ask all parents to check their child's personal information on the school system to ensure that it is up to date. This is includes contact numbers and emails.

PTG