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February 2014

PreK

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 Program. The
arts, physical education, and lan-
guage study are essential elements

to a comprehensive and holistic primary school education. The content of these sub-
jects 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
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
classroom teachers to develop lessons and learning opportunities that are inter-
esting, engaging, and connected to the classroom Units of Inquiry. Our specialist
teachers are regularly seeking these natural connections between subjects.

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
specialist newsletter six times during the school year. As always, if you have any
Inside this issue:
questions about your child’s education, feel free to contact us. Enjoy the Spring sea-
son of learning!
From the Principal 1

PE 2 It was nice speaking with many of you this past Tuesday during our Student-Led Con-
ferences.
Art 3
Sincerely,
Music/M&D 4
Brian H. Lettinga
Lower School Principal