A note from the Principal
A Note from the Principal
28 February 2025
It is hard to believe we have already reached the end of February—the term is certainly flying by! This week in Primary has been a little quieter, providing a welcome opportunity to focus and recharge amidst the usual busyness of school life.
Next week, we are looking forward to Smile Day on Wednesday, where we will be raising funds for Operation Smile. Students are invited to wear yellow (or bright colours) and bring in a 100-baht donation. Fun Day is also just around the corner, and it is always a much-anticipated highlight of the year.
Thank you for your support!
Sarah McCormack
Upcoming events and dates for your diary
| Event | Date | Location | Who |
|---|---|---|---|
Primary Parents Workshop : Building Fine Motor Skills for Life | 4th March | Primary Hall at 8am | Primary parents |
| Smile Day | 5th March | Primary | Primary students and staff |
| Fun Day | 8th March | See poster below | BPS |
| Parental Presentation - Raising Strong, Confident and Emotionally Healthy Children | 14th March 8-9am | CON 420 | Staff and parents |
Well Being
Save the date RSE (relationship and sex education)
Information mornings for Primary Parents March 2025
Dear Parents,
During Term 2B, we introduce age-appropriate RSE units as part of our Personal, Social and Health Education curriculum in Years 1 to 6. These units help children to develop an understanding of their own physical, social and emotional development, and encompass key values such as respect, kindness and consent.
If you would like to hear more about how and what we teach your child, please join us at a parent presentation. Please sign up via the links below.
You may also find these suggestions for talking with your child helpful.
All presentations start at 8 a.m. in the Primary Hall.
All presentations will be recorded and made available to Patana parents.
Tuesday 18th March – led by Miranda Cawley Y4 and Sarah Weaver Y5
Audience: Year 4 and Year 5 parents and carers LINK
Fun Day
Raising Strong, Confident and Emotionally Healthy Children
Parent Workshop: Raising Strong, Confident and Emotionally Healthy Children
Date & Time: Friday 14th March, 8-9am, Con 420
Presenter: Lisa Low from Beyond Bridges Education
Sign-up link: https://forms.office.com/r/0L2YhZLm3x
Smile Day
Hair
At Bangkok Patana, our policy requires all students, regardless of gender, to keep their hair tied back to ensure it doesn’t fall on their face. If your child has long hair or hair that covers their face, please ensure it is secured with a hair tie, clip, or headband. Thank you for your support in maintaining a safe and focused learning environment.
Access previous Parent Workshops
Parent Workshops & Presentations - Bangkok Patana School
Learning
Reading Challenge
Recorders for Music Lesson
Children will be using a recorder. Please remind your child to bring their recorder with them.
Class blogs
Each week, we publish class blogs. The purpose of these is to give you an insight into your child's learning and what is happening in Year 4. Please visit the class blog and discuss your child's learning with them.
Click on the icon below.
Learning In Year 4
For more information about the Learning in Year 4, please visit our Year 4 Curriculum Page.
PE
Children should come to school in their PE kits on the days that they have PE lessons.
It is recommended for students to wear football boots and shinpads for their kicking lesson.
Please contact PE staff directly if your child can not take part in a PE lesson.
Mr Chris: chme@patana.ac.th
Mrs Jayne: jaju@patana.ac.th
Mr Tatam: antt@patana.ac.th
Mr Tristan: trmc@patana.acth
Miss Zoe: zoed@patana.ac.th
Miss Bundell: rebl@patana.ac.th
General information
Patana News Survey
Some of our community prefers to receive Patana News on a different day from Friday. We would like to hear your opinion. Survey link
Birthdays
Parents should not bring in class gifts, balloons, bubbles, whistles, games, drinks etc. Your child's class teacher will politely ask you to take these home with you. We enjoy celebrating birthdays by sharing a birthday treat such as donuts or cakes.
We are a NUT FREE school. Please when ordering birthday treats double check before bringing treats on the campus.
Many toppings offered by some donut shops have flaked almonds in their toppings and peanut butter fillings. If you bring these in, unfortunately, we will have to send them home
Birthday Treats
- Children may bring in a special treat to share with the class.
- Please contact the class teacher to arrange a suitable time. In Year 4, you can do this on Monday or Wednesday as we have Spelling lessons on other days.
- 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.
The following students celebrated their birthdays this week:
Ava
Jule
Temporary Guardianship Form
Please complete this form if your child is going to be staying with anyone other than their immediate family. This helps us to contact the appropriate adult should there be an emergency.
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 Rep - Jadekanya (Knitting) Triyanond- ptgy4@patana.ac.th Primary Rep - Apollo Chansrichawla - ptgprimary@patana.ac.th | |
| Year Group Leaders | Ms Miranda Cawley Year Group Leader - Pastoral mica@patana.ac.th
doch@patana.ac.th
lare@patana.ac.th |