Year 5 Newsletter 13-12-19

Living our Values

We are: Empowered by our Interculturalism

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to everyone! 

Sadly we say farewell to a number of our students who are leaving this term. We wish them and their families good luck for their next adventures.

 Layla Jain,  Grace McBride, Olivia Ravesloot, Morgan Stepto, 

Olivia Verma & Kasakorn (Kati) Kasikam

Upcoming Events

Global Citizenship

Bring, Buy and Bake Sale 2019

We can confirm that this year we raised a grand total of...

70,522 Baht!

An amazing effort and thank you to our community for all the donations of baking and 2nd hand goods. The money will be used to fund water wells through the Cambodia Clean Water Project.

A message from the Primary SEC

We would like you to think about the environment and our world over the holidays. Please try to recycle all the paper, cardboard and other recyclable waste that you receive over Christmas. If you need to replace batteries, please bring in the old ones after the holidays and recycle them in school. Think also about the gifts you give. Maybe you could give reusable straws (bamboo or metal), a reusable coffee cup or a tote bag to re-use when shopping. You could even give a recycling bin as a gift.

Thank you for thinking about the environment. We wish you a Merry, and green, Christmas!

Well Being

Countdown to Dance Extravaganza Begins!

Block 3 ECAs mark the start of the journey towards our annual Dance Extravaganza’s in June. Sign-up for Dance and Drama Academy ECAs in Block 3 to be part of the show!

Just like last year we will have a Junior Dance Extravaganza and a Senior Dance Extravaganza spread over two fantastic nights. Primary students will be involved in the Junior Extravaganza on Monday 8^th of June.

Jazz, Ballet, Street Jazz, Hip Hop, Cheerleading or Musical Theatre – there is something for everyone.

This is your chance to perform on stage in front of a an audience in full costume and make-up like a professional dancer. Being involved in a Dance ECA is a great way to stay fit, meet new friends and learn new skills.

Visit this link to see pics from last year’s event!

Learning

PSHE

This term's focus has been to identify and celebrate students who persevere with a challenge. Well done to the students below who received certificates in our assembly on Wednesday after being nominated by their class teachers and peers.

Awesome Thinkers

On Thursday, a group of our students traveled down to Year 2 to share some activities with their younger peers. These activities had been planned by the students and they hoped to share how and what they have learned about collaboration this term.

PE Term 2

Well done to all students who took part in our “Personal Challenge “ unit over the last few lessons. It was fantastic to see such high levels of motivation throughout all the activities, and everyone should feel extremely proud of what they managed to achieve!

Week beginning Monday 6^th January - Try A New Sport Week 1

Week beginning Monday 13^th January - Try A New Sport Week 2

A range of new activities and sports will be on offer for Key Stage 2 students to try during their PE lessons.

Normal PE kit, plus a sun hat is required. There will also be water-based sports, so if your child thinks they might choose a water activity, then please bring in swim kit as well.

The Primary PE Team wish Everyone a Happy Christmas and A Healthy New Year! 

FOBISIA Short Story Competition

Budding authors needed! Year 5 students are invited to this year's FOBISIA short story competition. This year's theme / title is 'Protect'.

Students should pass their story entries on to Ms Tanya by Monday 17th February, 2020.

Birthdays

We are a Nut free Primary School!

Happy Birthday to these students who are celebrating birthdays over the holidays...

Brodyn [Brody] (5S)
Penaree (5J)
Bryn (5C)
Mae (5B)
Joshua (5M)
Theo (5K)
Sam (5J)
Jeng (5S)
Mila (5W)
Shuwan [New New] (5J)
Livia (5K)
Sannithi [Pan Pan] (5K)
Hugo (5M)
Vanissa [Gina] (5J)

General Information

School Class Photographs

Class photographs will be taken between the 9th of January and the 17th of January. Please find below the scheduled dates for each Year 5 class.

Japanese Language ECA

ECA日本語のご案内

日本人または日本語を母国語とする親を持つ生徒の為のECA日本語が、新学期も引き続き開講されます。外部からの国語教師が授業を担当します。これを機会に子供達の日本語力を高めませんか。詳細はECA登録画面で確認願います。

A Japanese language ECA will be offered for students who are fluent Japanese speakers or those whose parents are Japanese speakers. Japanese teachers (not Patana staff) will lead the ECA and help your child to improve their Japanese.

Please refer to the ECA application site for details.

Laptops for Learning

Useful information of which laptop to buy for Year 6 on the links below and our Laptops for Learning page.

Lost Property

Parents and children are encouraged to search lost property before purchasing replacement items.

Please visit https://patana.fireflycloud.asia/community-events/lost-property or scan the code and log in.

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