1. Welcome to the Primary School
Our Mission …
“ to ensure that students of all nationalities grow to their full potential as independent learners in a caring British international community”
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2. Welcome to 1D
August 2015
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3. Mrs Diana Jones dijo@patana.ac.th 15th Year at Bangkok Patana School
Previously taught in the UK mainly Y1 and Y2
Y1 Leader of Learning and Welfare
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4. Home School Communication
Telephone contact – 2258 – Primary Office
Class Blogs
Weekly newsletter
Red books
Class parents
Personal appointments
Parents’ gateway
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5. Supporting the learning
In Year 1 we:
Get to know your children as individual learners.
Use many different teaching and learning strategies
Aim to meet the needs of every student.
Encourage students to take responsibility for themselves and to learn independently whenever possible.
Develop partnerships with parents so that together, we can best support your child’s learning.
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6. Learning in Year 1 Morning routines Learning at home: home reading
Changing books
Red books
- Back outside
Learning at home: home reading
Flexible groupings that reflect the current learning needs of each student
IBLP attributes and attitudes
Independence
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7. Positive behaviour expectations
We expect our students to:
Take responsibility for their own behaviour
Act in a respectful and courteous manner towards others
Reflect on their actions
Respect cultural differences
Kindness and empathy
Resilience
Effort
Reaching potential
Using specific praise and feedback to celebrate positive attitudes and behavior
Rainbow spots – praise postcards
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8. Developing independence
Encourage your child to:
Talk about their learning
Pack and unpack their own bag (but check!)
Talk about their books – home learning
Get dressed and undressed independently
Tie shoelaces!
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9. 1D Timetable
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10. Learning Themes Who am I? Let’s Celebrate! The Toy box
Amazing Thailand
The Circus is Coming to Town!
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11. Literacy Skills – Connected learning
Linked to our Learning Themes
Writing: skills and genres
Story Telling
Reading for learning, meaning and enjoyment
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12. Mathematics Daily challenge and support
Linked to real life contexts to give meaning
Ongoing assessment leads to clear next steps
Skill based learning = deep transferable learning
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13. Homelearning - support
Daily reading (10 minutes or more)
Real life mathematics
Cooking
Weighing
Money
Games
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14. Thai temple visit Samrong market Year 1 educational Visits
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15. Final Thoughts Lunch time (eat a healthy lunch)
Parent helpers/Class Parent
Label everything!
Hat in school every day.
Help us build strong home-school partnerships.
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