A note from the principal
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 diary dates
| Date | Event | Who | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5th March | Smile Day | Staff and Students | See the poster below for more details |
| 8th March | PTG Fun Day | See the poster below for more details | |
| 14th March | Parent Workshop: Raising Strong, Confident and Emotionally Healthy Children | Lisa Low from Beyond Bridges Education | 8-9 am Con420 Find more information and a QR to register your attendance on the poster below. |
| 18th March | Year 4 & 5 Parents RSE talk | Year Group Leaders (Pastoral) Parents | 8am-9am, Primary Hall |
| 24th-28th March | Parent Teacher Meetings | ||
| 4th April | End of Term 2 |
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
HP Tablet Special Offer
HP Tablet Special Offer for Patana Parents - Bangkok Patana School
Parent workshops
Follow this link to find streams and presentations from all of our past Parent Workshops.
Art Competition
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 11th March – led by Diana Jones Y3, Patrick O’Connor Y2 and Michael Dolan-Hodgson Y1
Audience: Year 1, Year 2, and Year 3 parents and carers
Tuesday 18th March – led by Miranda Cawley Y4 and Sarah Weaver Y5
Audience: Year 4 and Year 5 parents and carers
Tuesday 25th March – led by Sarah Dibley Y6
Audience: Year 6 parents and carers
Regards
Carol Battram
Vice Principal, Pastoral
Start of day timings
For families who arrive by car, getting departure and arrival times right can be difficult.
You don’t want to arrive to early, but you also don’t want to be stuck in the LaSalle traffic.
The occasional late arrival is well understood - and sometimes unavoidable.
However, the class teacher will be in contact if there is a persistent pattern of lateness.
Primary school timings – start of day
- Staff on duty from 7 a.m.
- Students enter classrooms at 7:30.
- Timetabled learning begins at 7:40.
If a child arrives rushed, and perhaps stressed about missing a lesson, this is not the best start to their day.
Those first ten minutes, from 7:30 – 7:40, are an important part of the school day.
Established start-of-day routines give children time to settle and switch into learner mode.
We want all of our children to know about the importance of punctuality, and not only in their school setting.
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?
Physical development and PE kit
A number of our students will enter puberty whilst in Primary school.
Every child will pass through puberty at a different time, and at a different rate.
Some children may feel more comfortable wearing a lightweight sports bra or crop top under their PE kit.
Birthday Treats
Children may bring in a special treat to share with the class.
Please contact the class teacher to arrange a suitable time.
- 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.
- Please agree a time with the teacher in advance.
- Parents can join in the celebrations.
We are a NUT FREE school. When ordering birthday treats, please ensure that there are no nuts or nut products (such as Nutella or peanut butter) used.
The Year 5 Curriculum
Please click the image below to find out more about this term's learning in Year 5
Space Explorers
The BITEC arena is currently hosting an exciting space exhibition that fits well with our current unit of learning about space. It seems like a great opportunity for our students to develop their knowledge about space buggies, shuttles, space clothing and more. As we will be going to the planetarium (Science Centre) on our Term 2 educational visit as a year group, we won’t be attending this event together, so we’d like to encourage families to go along and enjoy the exhibits at the weekend. It’s a wonderful chance to spark curiosity, share in your child's learning journey, and perhaps even pick up some space knowledge from your budding astronaut!
PE
It is recommended that students wear football boots and shinpads for their kicking lessons.
Students should come to school in their PE kit on PE days.
Please ensure that your child brings their uniform with them to get changed into after their PE lessons.
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
PTG
Blogs
Click on the image to visit the Year 5 blogs.
This is where you will find an overview of your child's learning along with their home learning tasks and any important messages from your child's class teacher.
Please check your child's class blog weekly to stay informed about their learning.
Please encourage your child to complete their home learning.
Events In The World
You can keep up to date with current events around the world by watching Newsround, an age appropriate news show. Being aware of current events will help your child to make connections with a range of themes when reading in class, and it is an ideal opportunity for you to model discussing your opinions and using experiences to draw connections between events and people.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround
Birthdays!
The following Year 5 student will be celebrating their birthday this week:
Nick, 5S
Theo, 5L
We wish you a fabulous birthday!
General Information
Temporary Guardianship Form - let us know if both parents are going away and leaving a student with a friend, nanny or a maid.
Important 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 5 PTG Rep- Inna Matijasevich ptgy5@patana.ac.th Primary Representative - Apollo Chansrichawla ptgprimary@patana.ac.th | |
| Year Group Leaders | Year Group Leader (Pastoral): Miss Sarah Weaver sawv@patana.ac.th Year Group Leader (Curriculum): Ms Claire Myers clmy@patana.ac.th Assistant Year Group Leader: Ms Alice Leslie alle@patana.ac.th |