Year 6 Newsletter 11-10-19

Welcome to the Year 6 Newsletter

Living our Values

We are : Motivated and Engaged

Upcoming Events

Well-Being

This week, students in Year 6 spent an hour with Dick Moore talking well-being and the importance of sharing their feelings, and recognising that emotions are temporary. We have had plenty of meaningful discussions about focusing on something positive. Students have been asked to think about their Mind Apples. Please discuss these with your child, so that these become meaningful to them.  Maybe take time to come up with your own Mind Apples too.

Have a wonderful holiday. Take the opportunity to rest and enjoy spending time doing things that you enjoy. Thank you for an amazing first half term. 

Learning

Year 6 Shared the Learning

Thank you to all of our Year 6 parents who came in to celebrate the learning on Wednesday. I'm sure that you will agree that our students did us proud.

The big message for us of course was interculturalism and what that looks like. Throughout the year, we will continue to focus on looking at ways we can build meaningful interactions between cultures within Year 6. We always appreciate input from our parent body, so if you have any suggestions, please do let me know. You can contact me at mica@patana.ac.th. 

3 Way Conferences

3-Way Conferences on Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th October

These are both normal school days ending at 2:30

Collecting your child before their conference 

If their conference starts between 12:50pm and 2:30pm, your child will be waiting for you in the Year 6 Multi Purpose room.

Please collect them from the holding area before your conference is due to start.

If you have an appointment starting after 2:30pm, please collect and supervise your child at the end of the day until their conference time.

There is no after-school supervision as all staff are involved with the conferences.

You will be able to look at your child’s learning whilst you wait for your conference to begin.

PE kits

Year 6 students need to bring their PE kits on Thursday 17th October.

ECAs on both Conference Days

There are no regular ECAs on the Conference afternoons.

Only the following 6 Selective ECAs will run on these two days:

• Tigersharks Swim Academy Years 3 to 6

• Gymnastics Academy Years 3 to 6

• Tennis Academy Years 4,5 and 6

• Dutch Years 5 and 6

• Singapore Mandarin Years 3 to 7

• Danish Years 1 to 6

If in doubt, please contact the ECA provider.

Transport on Conference Days

Students using school transport will automatically be put on their default bus at 2.30pm, unless they have a selective ECA, see above.

If your child will not need to take the bus home on their conference day, please contact Transport@patana.ac.th or telephone 02 785 2470 and ask to cancel the bus home.

The office is staffed from 6.00am - 6.00pm Monday to Friday.

Physical Education and Primary Sport

A reminder that Year 6 begin their Athletics block next week (14th October).  Please wear Patana PE kit and remember a sunhat! 

Please note that Year 6 Swim Gala takes place next Friday:

ECA for footballers

Calling all footballers for Block 2 ECA's. Please note that there will be a Monday Football ECA for both Boys and Girls from 2.30pm to 4.30pm for our BISAC Season. This will be run by our Primary PE staff and selections for our BISAC teams will be made from this ECA in consultation with the Academy Coaches.

Block 2 ECA sign up opens next Tuesday 15th October.

FOBISIA teams

For any students in Y5 and 6 who may be interested in trying out for our FOBISIA Team who will compete in Phuket in June, please remember to sign up for their relevant year group and gender try out group. Information on the process and expectations can be found by following this link. 

Global Citizenship

Supporting SILC

International Day - Country Spotlight

International Day will take place on Friday 1^st November.

In the weeks leading up to International Day, our PTG has organised a wide range of Country Spotlights to help students learn more about a specific country or culture.

Unless otherwise stated, all activities will take place next to the Primary Snack Bar during the lunch period.

Week of Oct 14^th – Oct 18^th

Germany Oct 15^th Celebrate the 30 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at the Germany Spotlight stand.

India Oct 15^th Visit the India Spotlight stand to make your own diya, an oil lamp, made of clay, used across India to mark festivals, religious rituals and special occasions. The light of the diya symbolizes knowledge, goodness and purity in Indian culture.

China Oct 16th Learn about ‘Kindness, Luck and Fun’ by making fan shape bookmarks, good luck knot charms and by playing a Chinese shuttle kicking game.

General Information:

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.

Birthdays:

Nut free Primary School

For some children, any exposure to nuts is potentially very dangerous and can be life threatening.

We do not allow any nuts to be brought into Primary. This includes snacks on school transport, birthday treats and food items brought in for any other special days.

Happy birthday to the Year 6 students celebrating their birthday this week.

Alisa 6H         14th October

Willem 6P       15th October

Janu 6D           17th October     

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