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February 2014

Grade 4

ISB Lower School

Specialists’ Newsletter

From the Principal

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

Our specialists teachers (also re-
ferred as single-subject teachers)
play an integral and important
role in the Primary Years Pro-
gram. The arts, physical educa-

tion, and language study are essential elements to a comprehensive and holistic prima-
ry school education. The content of these subjects is transdisciplinary in nature, mean-
ing 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-
ing, and connected to the classroom Units of Inquiry. Our specialist teachers are regu-
larly seeking these natural connections between subjects.
Inside this issue:
For this reason, we think it is important that we keep our parents informed about the
French/EAL 2 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-
tions about your child’s education, feel free to contact us. Enjoy the Spring season of
Art 3
learning!

Spanish/ EAL 4 It was nice speaking with many of you this past Tuesday during our Student-Led Confer-
ences.
Serbian MT/EAL 5
Sincerely,
SMT/Music 6
Brian H. Lettinga
Lower School Principal
PE 7