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February 2014
Kindergarten
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 es-
sential elements to a compre-
hensive and holistic primary school education. The
content of these subjects is transdisciplinary in nature, meaning that the skills and con-
cepts 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
something that happens when they are at home or out and about with the family, and
especially on designed field trips. Our specialists teachers work alongside our class-
room teachers to develop lessons and learning opportunities that are interesting, en-
gaging, and connected to the classroom Units of Inquiry. Our specialist teachers are
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regularly 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
teaching and learning taking place in our specialists’ classrooms. You will receive the
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specialist newsletter six times during the school year. As always, if you have any ques-
Music/M&D 4 tions about your child’s education, feel free to contact us. Enjoy the Spring season of
learning!
It was nice speaking with many of you this past Tuesday during our Student-Led Con-
ferences.
Sincerely,
Brian H. Lettinga
Lower School Principal
