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Note from the Principal
22 March 2024
A note from the Principal
This week, I have been touched by how much
warmth and love there is in our school community.
Standing watching our Year 3 students depart for their Residential, and the
fond exchanges between parent and child never fails to touch my heart and makes
me appreciate how lucky we are to be a part of these journeys.
On Thursday, I was dashing off to Secondary and I bumped into our Year 1
students, hand in hand with their new friends from our Charity school who had
come to join us for a morning of learning. All children full of smiles and joy at
the new friendships and connection.
It is moments like these that truly highlight the greatness of our school – it is the people who make it special. And there is nowhere else I would rather be!
Sarah McCormack
Key Dates
| Event | Date | Location | Who |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent Teacher Meetings | Mon 25th - 28th March | Classroms | Parents & Teachers |
| RSE Parent Presentation | Tues 2nd April | Primary Hall | Parents & LOLW |
| PTG Quiz Night | Tues 30th April 4pm-8pm | Primary Hall | Parents and Staff |
| Y6 Madagascar Performance | Weds 8th & Fri 10th May 3:30pm | Theatre | Parents, staff and students |
Wellbeing
Sponsored run
This week the students have been running laps of the school field (when it has been safe enough to do so) in order to raise money for our charity - A21. They will need to calaculate the number of laps they have run and collect their funds next week. Thank you for your support.
Please could students start bringing their sponsorship money into school from Monday 1st April.
School Photos
The cards for ordering school photos were distributed to students this week. If you have not seen your child (ren)’s postcards, please ask them.
Two important pieces of information:
- The deadline for 25% off has been extended to 2nd April.
- The photos shown online are not yet fully cleaned up. This will be done when the photos are ordered.
Note:
There is also a customer service email address on each card. If students lose their card and need to find their code, please direct them to email customerservice@pre-a-portrait.net.
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease – Preventative Measures
HFMD is a viral infection which spreads via direct contact, particularly of body fluids caused by coughing and sneezing.
Symptoms of HFMD may include fever for 2/3 days, sore throat, runny nose, rash (palms of hands, soles of feet, buttocks, mouth), poor appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy.
Because of the prevalence of HFMD in Thailand, we are required to report all cases to the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority.
The school response (children kept at home for seven days + rigorous cleaning of buildings and equipment) helps avert closures.
Rigorous and frequent handwashing is also an important preventative measure.
If you notice such symptoms, please contact Nurse Joe and a member of her team will check all children in the class.
If your child with symptoms, and there are other siblings in school, please share this information with Nurse Joe.
Khun Joe can be contacted at kiau@patana.ac.th
Save the date – RSE (relationship and sex) presentations for Primary Parents
During Term 2B, we introduce age appropriate RSE units as part of our Personal, Social and Health Education curriculum in Years 1 to 6. If you would like to hear more about our taught programme, please save the date for our parent presentations.
All presentations start at 8:00am
We will share the presentation slides via the year group newsletter for those of you who cannot attend:
Tuesday 2nd April (Primary Hall) : Year 6 parents and carers
Save the date
Learning
Junk modelling & art recyling
We have started our art projects and will be making shoe box theatres - please send in any junk modelling equipment and unwanted art materials e.g. old fabrics; buttons; plastic containers; lids etc. Please ensure all materials are clean with no sharp edges.
Global Citizenship
Art Auction
Mental Maths World Cup
FOBISIA Poetry Competition
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
Patana Tech Talks
PTG
Birthdays
Happy birthday to Brian (6F) and Ellie (6T)!
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 - please no bubble teas, fizzy drinks or caffeine drinks.
- 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
| Department | Contact Number | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Office | 02 785 2258 | primary@patana.ac.th |
| Transport | 02 785 2470 | transport@patana.ac.th |
| Primary Nurse | 02 785 2478 02 785 5460 | nurse@patana.ac.th |
| ECAs | 02 785 2231 | eca@patana.ac.th |
| PTG | Year 6 PTG Rep is ptgy6@patana.ac.th Primary Representative - Apollo Chansrichawlat ptgprimary@patana.ac.th | |
| Year Group Leaders | Leader of Learning and Welfare: Ms Sarah Dibley sadi@patana.ac.th Leader of Learning and Curriculum: Mr Todd Thornback toth@patana.ac.th Assistant Leader of Learning: Mr Alex Lowe allw@patana.ac.th |