Year 6 Newsletter 18.11.22

Living our values 

We are kind and compassionate

Key Dates

Learning

Sports Day

Year 6 Staff and students are looking forward to Monday's Sports Day starting at 7:40am.  If your child comes to school by car, please ensure they arrive in plenty of time. 

Please remind your child to come to school in a full PE kit (class colours are not nesessary for this event). 

Other important points:

• Bring a sunhat, water bottle and their school uniform to change into at the end of the morning.
•  Ensure they have applied plenty of sunscreen before they come to school.
•  We would like to encourage students to bring their morning snack in from home on this day so that they can have their morning break inside the Y6 building. This will give them some time out of the heat.

Year 6 Swimming: Pajama swim 

LIFESAVING AND WATER SAFETY: Please can students bring Pajamas or a lightweight long sleeved top and shorts / long sleeved trousers to their swimming lesson week beginning Monday 28^th November.

All students will be learning vital lifesaving and water safety skills, wearing these clothes over the top of their swim kits. Therefore please do not forget to bring your actual swim kits to the lesson as well! Students and class teachers will receive a reminder nearer to the lesson also.

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

Blanket donations

Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Justice Workshop (DEIJ)

DEIJ  is an introductory workshop on DEIJ hosted by PTG & Cindy Adair, Cross Campus Principal CPL on November 24th at 8AM, Secondary Staff Room.

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