Year 4 Newsletter 24th October 2025 

A note from the principal

Upcoming events and diary dates

Recorders in Music

This half term in Music lessons, children will be learning more about playing the recorder. Many students will have an instrument at home from Y3, please can these be sent into school for music lessons. If you do not have one, they can now be purchased from the school shop. In case a child doesn’t bring one to their lesson, we do also have spares in the department which they can borrow. Should you have any questions, please contact Mr Charlie chmc@patana.ac.th

Year 4 Residential

Thank you to those of you who attended The Year 4 Residential presentation.

If you were unable to make it, or if would like to look at some of the information again,  a copy of the slides can be found below. If you have any questions please contact your child's class teacher or Ms Laura (lare@patana.ac.th) 

Arrival day back at school

Once the buses arrive, please be patient and give the teachers some time and space to get their class organised. Children will first need to collect their big bag and check their belongings.

If you wish to take your child home, the class teacher will give you an early leaving slip.

If your child is staying until 2:30, or waiting for an ECA, they will be taken to their year group.

You may collect your child at any point before the end of the school day.

You will need an early leaving slip to give to Security when exiting the campus.

All buses are automatically cancelled for classes on Residentials so if your child is coming home by school bus, please re-confirm with Transport.

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?