Year 6 Newsletter 20.5.22

Living our values

We are motivated and engaged

Key Dates

Well-being

Mosquito Protection

With the rainy season comes an unwelcome increase in the mosquito population.

Our Buildings and Grounds team continue to spray buildings and outside areas.

New school shoes for the new school year

Please add plain black school shoes to your August shopping list.

Shoes should be durable and support the whole foot.

Plain black shoes can be sourced in many shops and department stores in Bangkok.

If your child has to wear other shoes for a specific reason, please let the teacher know.

Students should wear different footwear during PE lessons.

Transition to Secondary

Next week, our Year 6 Students will be spending more time in some of our Secondary School Faculties. This is as part of our transition plan, but it is also a wonderful opportunity for all students (including those leaving us) to experience learning in different environments. Students will also spend some breaktimes and lunchtimes over in the Secondary School. They will meet key staff members and make connections with our Secondary Students,

Over the past two weeks, the Y6 students have visited the Secondary Music Department to listen to Secondary School students playing a range of different instruments from various ensembles. This will help them inform their choices for Secondary Music. You should have all recieved an email from Laura McRitchie (Head of Music in Secondary) asking you to fill out this KS3 music ensemble choice form 

Please spend time with your child talking about their choices and fill in the form as soon as possible. 

Year 6 Sponsorship Event

In order to raise valuable funds for our Year 6 charity, A21, Year 6 will be participating in a fundraising event that links to our Term 2 topic of Migration and our Term 3 topic of Healthy Choices. This event will be a sponsorship activity and we would like to ask for your support from home. During the week of 30^th May, students will try to walk as far as they can collaboratively with the aim of ‘migrating’ to one of 3 destinations: Ayutthaya, Hua Hin or Chiang Mai. 

Each day, we will complete our step count and total the distance travelled by each class to see how far we can get by the end of the week. This will also help us to practice some of what we are learning in regards to being healthy as part of our Term 3 learning. 

What we ask of you is for sponsorship of our Year 6 students with either a given amount or a value per lap that we will collect in by 10^th June. 

Thank you in advance for your continued support of our students and the charitable contributions made towards this worthy cause.

RSE recommended books for KS2 students

Two age-appropriate books to support your child as they start to navigate the changes that come with puberty.

The books are written for children aged 8 and above, but parents/carers will also find the content helpful, body-positive and reassuring.

Celebrate Your Body (and Its Changes, Too!): The Ultimate Puberty Book for Girls

By Sonya Renee Taylor

The Boys Body Book: Everything You Need to Know for Growing Up!

By Kelli Dunham

Learning

PSHE - Relationships and Sex Education Programme (RSE)

This week we have been in our own classrooms (all genders together) recapping on our learning around puberty for both girls and boys. The students enjoyed talking about their learning together and added some valuable questions to our question box. 

Next week we will be learning about human reproduction from conception to birth.

Please reach out to your child's class teacher if you have any questions regarding our RSE curriculum.

PE Learning

Please note that PE blocks are changing from Monday 16th May. Please see the activities for each class below: 

Home Learning and Class Blogs

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

Home languages

We will be launching the Home Language Labs next academic year in Korean, French, Japanese and Mandarin. This presentation will give us the opportunity to provide you with information regarding the importance of developing Home Language(s) and to show you what the Language Labs will look like for your child(ren).

We will have a 5-minute Q&A at the end of the presentation, should you have any questions.

Here is the link to register for attendance: https://forms.gle/9nakqcwuMt7pAGLR7

Please reply by Wednesday 8^th June.

Fundraising - Busking Day

Musician of the Month - Let's celebrate music

The featured musicians, Bangkok Paradise Molam International Band, are quite an eclectic mix of Thai traditional and Western style instruments based on Molam music of Isaan.

Birthdays

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: Klara (6C), Noah (6J), Maggie (6P) and Irin (6T).

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.

• We are unable to have parents in Year Group buildings at this time, so ask that Individual treats can be brought into school with your child in the morning

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