News from Year 4
Week beginning: 6th March 2017
Dear Parents,
Y4 Home Learning Matrix: Drop Pins
The current matrix of activities can be found on the Year 4 Home Learning Blog. Please ask your child’s class
teacher should you need any extra information or resources.
Portfolios
Please check at home and return any portfolios for this current year to school.
If you had taken a peek into 4T last week you would have met the Egyptian Minister for Food and
Farming, the Egyptian Minister for Tourism, Leaders of the Egyptian Government, Temple experts, and
some villagers from the local village of Aswan.
We have moved on from identifying our personal heritage to considering world heritage. The Aswan Dam project
would help to control the flooding of the River Nile and generate electricity which would help Egypt become an
industrial country. However, this would come at the expense of some of Ancient Egypt’s most beautiful and
important treasures, including the temples at Abu Simbal. We assumed the roles of the people who would be
impacted and debated the pros and cons before taking a vote. We learned to listen to other people’s opinions
and show empathy towards their feelings. And we were amazed when we learnt how UNESCO supported Egypt
to construct the dam AND save the temples!
PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education)
Our whole school PSHE theme for this half term is ‘Healthy Me’. You can support this learning at home
by talking about healthy choices and looking again at your child’s Code of Conduct with them so that they
can link this to their learning at school. We would love to receive any photos of your children making
healthy choices so we can add them to our celebration display.
Save the Date
Parent Workshop Update
Due to internal meeting clashes, the Learning Collaboratively Workshop scheduled for Tuesday, March
14th has been cancelled. We apologise for this and appreciate your understanding. We will continue our
community learning with the ‘Student Presentation on Digital Citizenship/Safety’ on the 4 th of April.
Parents’ Gateway Workshop – Tuesday 7th March, 9.45am to 10.30am, Primary Hall
In this workshop for Parents, Brian Taylor and the ICT team will demonstrate how to use the iParent app
and further features of the Parents’ Gateway. There will be an opportunity for questions at the end of
the session. This workshop will follow after the 3-Waqy Conferences Workshop for new parents.
ECAs Term 2
For any ECA queries, please contact Mr Chris Meller [email protected]
Key Dates for Block 3 ECAs:
Monday 27th February 2017
Thursday 6th April 2017
Friday 7th April 2017
ECAs commence
NO ECA School Holiday / Chakriday
ECA Program finishes and Season 3 finishes
Transport Corner:
Please remember to check your child’s ECA schedule is correct. Transport is arranged according to this
schedule. Any changes please notify Transport on [email protected] .
Many personal items are being left on the buses. Please remind your child to check the bus before they
leave to ensure they have everything with them.
Does your child know the name of their Bus Monitor and Driver? If not, please encourage them to ask so
they can greet them each morning and afternoon.
The Primary School is a Nut-Free zone
A number of children and staff are allergic to nuts – please do not bring in cakes, or any other food
items, that contain nuts/nut oil. The same rule applies for any snacks on our school buses.
Birthdays (Primary is a nut free zone)
Congratulations to the following children who are celebrating their birthdays this week:
Panna Ngamtrakulpanit, 4L
Monday 6th March
Asia Charatkulangkun, 4T
Wednesday 8th March
Rory Darling, 4E
Wednesday 8th March
Micky Lin, 4L
Saturday 11th March
Patana Community
PTG Representatives
The Year 4 PTG rep is Ms Katherine Johns. She can be contacted at [email protected]
Parents who are new to the school are welcome to contact Ms Julie Lacour at [email protected]
Katherine Johns and Vibeke Herslov oversee the Primary Reps and are another useful contact.
[email protected]
Lost Property
There is now a new firefly page where the community can search all the items currently in Lost property.
It is constantly being updated and can be accessed by following these steps:
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SCAN QR CODE
Log in with your Parent Gateway Password – staff- or student password
Check out the current Lost Property
Alternatively visit the website:
https://community.patana.ac.th/community-events/lost-property
Student safeguarding: Visiting friends and family
Visiting friends and family members often enjoy a tour of our school, and we regularly welcome extended family
members to special events. Visitors will be given a Visitor Tag in exchange for Photo ID. This should be kept
visible whilst in school. Please remind your guests that, with the exception of very young children, adults must
use the adult toilets and children must use the student toilets. All toilets and changing rooms in Primary are c
Dates for your diary
Tuesday 7th March
Tuesday 7th March
Wednesday 22nd March
Friday 24th March
Thursday 6th April
Friday 7th April
3-Way Conferences Workshop (for new parents)
Parents’ Gateway Workshop (iParent app)
Jazz and Blues 60th Anniversary Party
Red Nose Day (Dress up day)
Chakri Day (School closed)
Last day of Term 2
Best regards,
Miss Delina Belcher, Mr Matthew Smith, Ms Jennifer Laird and the Year 4 Team
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