Year 5 Newsletter 7th October 2022 

Living our values

We are kind and compassionate

Important dates for your diary

Well-being

Digital Safety 

Many of our students have their own devices. Some even have their own phones. It is important that we continue to monitor their usage closely in order to keep them safe and to teach them about digital safety. 

All devices should be used in a common area in the house such as the living room or kitchen. We strongly advise against students having their device in their bedroom. Devices should also be taken away from your child during bed time so that they can switch off and get a good nights sleep. 

Parental Settings on devices

All devices have settings on them. Most have parental settings that you can use to limit or curb some of the access to features available. In school, many students have Smart Watches. If your child does have a Smart Watch that is connected to the WiFi, it must be deactivated during school hours. If a student is found  using this to call parents during school time, we will ask them to hand their device in and collect it at the end of the day. 

If your child does need to contact you, we have phones in the building and in the Primary Office. If you need to discuss this further, please contact your child's class teacher. 

Healthy Eating

We encourage students to bring healthy, reasonably sized snacks to school. A reminder that candy and chocolate are not allowed in school. 

It is also our school policy that students do not share snacks. 

There are plenty of healthy choices sold during break times and after school at our snack bar.

Thank you for your support. 

Dance Festival - 2022

Registration is now open for the much-awaited annual dance festival by Tiger’s Dance Academy. Scan the QR code to register.

Primary FOBISIA returns after 3 years for the friendly games in Term 3

If your child is a keen sports person who thinks that they would like to try out for our team of 10 x Boys and 10 x Girls from Y5 to compete in football, Tee Ball, swimming and athletics at the Primary FOBISIA Games please read on. Details of what trying out for our FOBISIA Team will look like can be found on the following link;

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k2tv9j9gGNJe4T5PaUW8D01bVY0xy0QmOSNhapiWtFo/edit?usp=sharing

If you are interested in your child joining our try out process, please sign them up using the appropriate link below;

Y5 Boys Google Form = https://forms.gle/pPoSK3aLnnbBEJ5B9

Y5 Girls Google Form = https://forms.gle/zgvJq6ACP2g5mTcJA

Any questions please ask Mr Tatam - antt@patana.ac.th

Learning

Water Aid visitors

Next week, to support our Water, Water, Everywhere? unit of learning, a representative from Water Aid will deliver a presentation to Year 5 students. We will learn about how charities work to ensure that communities have access to safe clean water. This will certainly help us to answer our driving question. 

https://www.wateraid.org/uk/ 

PSHE

In PSHE this week, we have started our Lego Collaboration project where Year 5 students work together as Engineers, ,Suppliers and Builders to construct a Lego model. Students need to use their speaking, listening, turn taking, clarifying, paraphrasing and compromising skills to be successful. We are also focusing on motivation and how, when things get difficult or we encounter obstacles, we keep on trying. 

Next week, we will learn about healthy friendships and how to recognise unhealthy friendships. 

Are you up for the challenge of writing a whole novel in a month?

Ask Miss Tanya if you are interested in taking part in this. 

Class Blogs and home learning

Here is the link to the Year 5 blogs. 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.

Swim Gala - Monday 10th October - Add the date to your diary

Year 5 will have a swim gala on the 10th October from 10:05 to 12:10pm in the 25m pool. Parents are welcome to come along to support the event. 

Please ensure that you child brings in their swim suit, swim hat, googles, a towel and sun cream. 

We look forward to celebrating this event with you. 

Global Citizenship

Tiger Spirit Day - thank you for your support

Students in Year 5 enjoyed joining together with Year 2 students to show kindness and compassion for others. 

Donations for the day will be allocated to support the Uthai-Sawan Child Development Center in Nong Bua Lamphu Province. 

One Green Goal

This year the Patana Student Environmental Committee and the Primary Community Action Team are inviting students, families, and our wider community to join us in the One Green Goal challenge. Choose a goal that is relevant to you and your setting. Here are some suggestions from our students:

Waste less food

Say no to plastic

Take fewer flights

Turn off appliances when leaving a room

Have a meat free day each week

Buy LED lights

Use natural light when available

Charge appliances in a car rather than at home

Make an ECO brick

Use the recycle bins available at school

Share lifts to school Do a beach clean during the holidays

Donate your old clothes

Encourage others to choose a One Green Goal!

We would love you to share your goal and become part of our One Green Goal movement. Upload a portrait style video, less than one minute long to this link: https://bangkokpatanaschool-my.sharep... We will feature videos on our media channels. Remember to take photos of you doing your One Green Goal. We will be inviting participants to stay in touch throughout the year.

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 

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.

• Individual treats can be brought into school with your child in the morning.
• Please agree a time with the teacher in advance.
• Children will be expected to eat any birthday treats outside of classrooms.
• Parents can join in the celebrations.

General Information

PTG - Get connected to keep in touch

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