Year 6 Newsletter 11.11.22

Living our values 

We are kind and compassionate

Key Dates

International Day

On Tuesday 15th we will be celebrating International Day. Please can your child come dressed in their traditional country dress, or clothes the colour of their flag.

Parents are welcome to come and join in the parade and watch the cultural show in the morning from 7.40.

The day will start as normal. Please drop your child off at their class. Parents are welcome to join the parade. If you are taking your child to the parade, please make sure that you let their class teacher know.

Well-being

ECAs

Please note that Block A ECAs have finished.

There will be a 2-week break, during this time the only ECAs running are listed below.

• Home Language - All Key Stage 2 Mandarin (Tue, Wed, Thu)
• Home Language - Dutch Group Key Stage 2 (Tuesdays and Wednesdays).
• Tigersharks Swim Academy Year 3 and above.
• Tigers Football Academy – Key Stage 2 (Tue U9 and U11, Thu U9 and Friday U11)
• Gymnastics Academy competitive team training. Year 1 and 2 Little Paws, Saturday only.
• Tigers Dance Academy - Key Stage 2 Mon to Friday, Key Stage 1 Tue.
• Junior Tigers and Junior Cubs Wednesday and Friday. Tuesday 8th, Years 3 to 5 Fun Tennis event.

Important Block B ECA dates for your information:

Tuesday 15^th November Phase II Sign-up closes

Monday 21^st November ECAs Start

Learning

ICT

Dear Families,

It was wonderful to see so many of you during the 3-way conference open day and we hope you got a glimpse as to what the children get up to in their IT lessons each week.

As there were so many visitors, we were not able to speak to everyone, so if you do have any questions, please feel free to email me:

 maho@patana.ac.th 

Mr Max Hopwood (Leader of Learning - Primary IT)

Lots of people were interested in the resources and tools on show so I thought it would be helpful to share some links for you to explore with your children at home.

Everything listed below is free to use or can be accessed using your child's school email address and password.

PE rotation

Children must change out of their PE kits after PE lessons. Please ensure that your child brings their uniform with them to school.

Children who have Cross Country during lunch time should come to school wearing their school uniform and change into their PE kit at the beginning of lunch time.

Home Learning

Home learning is set every Friday on the class blogs - students are expected to complete their home learning by  Wednesday of the following week.

 Here is the link directly to the Year 6 blogs.

Global Citizenship

DEIJ- Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Justice Workshop is an introductory workshop on DEIJ hosted by PTG & Cindy Adair, Cross Campus Principal CPL on November 24th at 8AM, Secondary Staff Room.

This workshop will aim to share the start of our journey as a school to ensure that every community member (regardless of race, gender, nationality, body type or sexuality) feels protected, safe and secure as well as a sense of belonging.

Please RSVP with the following link: https://forms.gle/LtQeKyjVbEA5RdXZ6

Events around 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

General Information

Birthdays 

Happy Birthday to all the students celebrating their birthday next week, during the half term break and the first week back after the break. We hope you all have fun :)

Birthday Treats

We are a NUT FREE school.  Children may bring in a special treat to share with the class.

Please contact the class teacher to arrange a suitable time.

• Brownies, cupcakes and individual cake slices are easier for your child to give out.
• Please reduce plastic packaging as much as possible.
• We do not allow party bags or other gifts to be given out at school, either for birthdays, or other celebrations.

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