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February 2014

Gr. 1

ISB Lower School

Specialists’ Newsletter

From the Principal

Welcome to the fabulous fifth
edition of our Specialist News-
letters! Our Sixth and final
newsletter will be sent during
the month of June.

Our specialists teachers (also
referred as single-subject teach-
ers) play an integral and im-
portant role in the Primary
Years Program. The arts, physi-
cal education, and language
study are essential elements to
a comprehensive and holistic

primary school education. The content of these subjects is transdisciplinary in nature,
meaning that the skills and concepts developed by specialist teachers have relevance
throughout the Lower School curriculum and our students’ lives beyond school.

A great example of this is when your children ‘connect’ their school learning with some-
thing that happens when they are at home or out and about with the family, and espe-
cially on designed field trips. Our specialists teachers work alongside our classroom
teachers to develop lessons and learning opportunities that are interesting, engag-
Inside this issue: ing, and connected to the classroom Units of Inquiry. Our specialist teachers are regu-

larly seeking these natural connections between subjects.
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For this reason, we think it is important that we keep our parents informed about the
SMT/French 3 teaching and learning taking place in our specialists’ classrooms. You will receive the
specialist newsletter six times during the school year. As always, if you have any ques-
PE/EAL 4 tions about your child’s education, feel free to contact us. Enjoy the Spring season of
learning!
Music/SFL/M&D 5
It was nice speaking with many of you this past Tuesday during our Student-Led Confer-
ences.
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Sincerely,

Brian H. Lettinga
Lower School Principal