I hope you have spotted our new Primary school mural taking shape outside the Year 3 and Year 4 building. This will feature a poem written by our enrichment students and has been commissioned to reflect and celebrate the uniqueness and creativity of our students. We hope it will be completed in the next few weeks!
Do also look out for an article in today’s Patana News reflecting on the successes of the year in terms of progress with our Development Plan goals. We feel it has been a rewarding and productive year and would value your input and feedback via a short end of year survey. Additionally, we extend a warm invitation to Primary parents to join us for an informal coffee morning on Tuesday, 30 May, where we can reconnect and look forward together.
Proud of you Patana!
Sarah McCormack
Upcoming events and dates for your diary
Date
Event
Notes
22nd May- 2nd June
Matt Dickinson, author visit
2nd June
Dress up day- Heroes!
5th June
Visakha Bukha Day
5th June
Public Holiday
School closed
8th June
Busking Day
15th June
Y4 Interclass Football
23rd June
End of Term 3
General Information & Wellbeing
A Curriculum Enhanced by Engagement, Motivation and Critical Thinking
Engagement, motivation and critical thinking – how do these contribute to effective learning?
On Tuesday morning, during our Parent Workshop, many parents gathered to learn more about how the significance of these skills impact our learning. When asked about what key skills parents believed their children needed to be successful, there was a clear pattern: empathy, resilience, problem solving. As we dived deeper into the Characteristics of Effective Learning, we found that they encompass and incorporate lots of these skills – and more!
Through different activities, discussions and feedback, we learnt that engagement goes beyond participation; it’s active involvement and a curation of curiosity in the process of learning. Motivation encompasses the ownership and child-led direction of the learning and critical thinking allows children to analyse, evaluate and problem solve independently. All of these skills were on display as our parents took on some activities themselves: creating fractions using Lego, then building a bridge using newspaper and other resources. High levels of engagement, motivation and critical thinking were on display as we saw a huge range of bridges that were strong enough to hold wooden bricks!
RSE
Our RSE lessons will continue next week a look at the emotional changes that occur during puberty.
Answering questions about
sex and gender
Although sex and gender is
not a does not form a major part of our Primary RSE curriculum, students may
have questions.
Our view is that genuine
questions deserve a response - but the response may need thinking through
first.
If a student asks a
question in school, we may provide a brief response depending on age and
context - or we may suggest that the question is better answered at home.
Definitions of sex and
gender can be confusing, so you may find these agreed definitions and responses
helpful.
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PE- Term 3
New Year 4 activity blocks
for PE starting w/b 15th May 2023
Football: Patana PE kit, football boots, sunhat and
water bottle required.Shin pads and long football socks are strongly
recommended. Please also bring sports shoes in case of adverse weather /
indoor play.
OAA (outdoor and Adventurous Activities): Patana PE
kit, sunhat and water bottle required.
Gymnastics: Patana PE kit required. Patana
leotards are also allowed but not compulsory.
Birthdays
These Year 4 student will be celebrating their birthdays this week: Keiichi, 4D May, 4R Vella, 4R We wish you a very happy birthday!
Contacts
Department
Contact Number
Email
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 Rep - Ashmeet Narula ptgy4@patana.ac.th
Primary Rep - Apollo Chansrichawla ptgprimary@patana.ac.th