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Please see below a few gentle reminders to help your child begin their learning at St. Andrews Sathorn
School as smoothly as possible on Tuesday, 7th of January.
Please do take some time to read about communications from school and the Parent Handbook (hyperlinked towards the end of this email) carefully.
Importantly, on Wednesday, 8th of January we are delighted to invite you for a New Parent Orientation from 8.30 to 9.15am in the school premises (Paso Hall).
Please do mark your calendars, we are waiting to see you all.
Uniforms (Parents are welcome to come by and purchase uniforms)
On the first day of school children should arrive in the school uniform (blue/white stripes). Uniforms can be purchased from the school office - Monday to Friday between 8.00am to 4.00pm (school will remain closed on public holidays). Please refer to calendar for public holidays this year.
During the winter, summer break or term break parents may visit school office to purchase uniforms from 9am to 2pm. Please do write to Miss Ae (email id: pilailuck.c@standrews-schools.com) at the school office to schedule an appointment.
The School Day
Our school day begins:
8.15am for Nursery, KG and Reception
8.00am for Year 1 to Year 6
We understand that the time taken to reach school each day may vary depending on traffic. However, we highly recommend that children arrive to school on time.
School ID Cards
All students are given a school ID/access card. Each family is issued two separate ID/access cards. This entitles you to enter/leave the school through the turnstile. If you require extra passes, they can be provided at 200 Baht each. Importantly, we request all adults entering the school premises to wear their ID/access cards. In case you forget to bring your ID/access card you will need to exchange your personal ID card at entrance and take a visitor’s card to enter the school premises.
New parents kindly be reminded to send your passport size photos on mail to Miss Ae (email id: pilailuck.c@standrews-schools.com) at the earliest, so that we can have your ID/access cards ready for you.
Parking
Families with cars can collect a parking sticker from the school office. For this, you will need to provide the office with a copy of your car registration. We have limited parking space in front of school hence you may park your car on Sathorn, Soi 4 during drop off times between 7.30am to 9.00am and during pick up from 2.15pm to 4.00pm only. The school is not responsible if cars get clamped by police for parking outside the specified timings. Alternatively, you may pay 50B/hour and park at Harindhorn Building (Tokyo Bank), Sathorn, Soi 4. During pick up times, parent(s) with our school parking sticker, may park at MK Gold parking lot on Saladaeng between 2.00pm to 4.00pm only (closed on public holidays). Parking around or in BNH hospital is not free of charge, parking fee is collected by them.
Class Timetables
Shall be given out by your child’s class teacher on the first day of school.
Communication (Applications shall be accessible by the first week of school)
At St. Andrews Sathorn we share information with all parents through the follow means:
SchoolZine App: Schoolzine! With this app, we hope to make school communications easier, quicker and more efficient. Schoolzine has been personalized for our school, and will keep you updated on school news and information, calendar events, teacher and staff contacts, galleries, the newsletter and more!
You can download Schoolzine from the Apple Store or Google Play for free. Once you have downloaded the app, please follow the instructions in this link to register.
During setup, please use the following details:
School Name: St. Andrews International School, Sathorn
Email for signup: email id registered with school
Subscription Pin: 8530
To ensure that your profile is correctly linked to your child’s details, it is important that you register using this email address.
Please note:
Activation is required only for the first time and you will be able to set your own password with the below given password policy.
Password policy:
- Password should have a minimum of 8 characters.
- Password should have at least 1 special character ( ! £ $ % ^ & * ( ) # ~ )
- Password should have at least 1 Uppercase character ( A - Z )
- Password should have at least 1 digit( 0 - 9 )
Example password: Pinbangkok9*
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SchoolsBuddy: any communication regarding Residential/ School Trips and extra-curricular activities i.e.: clubs will be sent to you via this platform. You will be able to register for the trip/clubs that your child would like to join and you will also be able to view a diary of confirmed clubs, your child will be attending. Payments for the clubs (if any) need to be made via SchoolsBuddy by Debit or Credit card (MasterCard or VISA). Kindly do not respond to the email as it is a one way communication, instead you can write to Miss Apple via email id: nongyao.kiatwichaingam@cognita.com. An email for activation will be sent to you via SchoolsBuddy post which you will be able to access SchoolsBuddy.
You will be able to access SchoolsBuddy, Seesaw, and Interactive Learning Diary (for Early Years children) via the SchoolZine App (also called SZApp).
Seesaw App: We are currently using Seesaw for weekly updates and homework. The QR Codes and invite will be shared by the class teacher via email during the first week of school.
Emails: Your child’s class teacher and the school office sends out emails directly to you for academic progress, homework and events at school. We encourage you to email us with any suggestions/queries that you may have.
SMS: Only important and/or urgent messages. Kindly do not respond, as it is a one-way communication.
Phone Call:
The school shall call you in case of an emergency. Kindly notify the school in case you change any of your contact details.
All parents are a part of our school community and can take part in the Parent Coffee Mornings. A coffee morning will be arranged for you to interact with other parents to discuss events that may occur during the school year. We also have a ‘St. Andrews Sathorn Parent PTG Social Page’ on Facebook, should you wish to join this group you may send in a request through Facebook.
The school has an Instagram, Facebook page and a Twitter Page that you may follow.
School Transportation/Buses
Families who have requested for school buses shall be contacted shortly by Khun Apple via the email nongyao.k@standrews-schools.com regarding pickup times. Should you require any changes or cancellations with the schedule shared, you may contact K. Apple on the same email address.
Contact Details
During the year if you change your contact details (email, phone number or address) kindly be sure to inform the school via email on hetal@standrews-schools.com
More information can be accessed by reading our Parent Handbook (Daily Routine has been revised please refer to schedule in mail) by clicking here.
The School Day
Our school day begins:
8.15am for Nursery
8.30am for KG & Reception
8.00am for Year 1 and Year 6
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