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March/April 2014

Gr. 1

ISB Lower School

Specialists’ Newsletter

From the Principal

Welcome to the sixth edition
of our Specialist Newsletters!

Our specialist teachers (also
referred as single-subject
teachers) play an integral
and important role in the
Primary Years Program. The
arts, physical education, and
language study are all essen-
tial elements to a compre-
hensive and holistic primary
school education. The con-
tent 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. Our spe-
cialists teachers work alongside our classroom teachers to develop lessons and learning
engagements that are both interesting and connected to the classroom Units of In-
Inside this issue: quiry. Our specialist teachers work with our classroom teachers regularly to find con-

nections between subjects and even participate in field trips when the connection is
PE/EAL 2
natural.

Music/SFL/M&D 3 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 our
Spanish 4 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 and
Art 5 our upcoming extended weekend. School resumes for all students on May 5.

I look forward to seeing you all here on the Lower School campus,
SMT 6

Mr. Lettinga
French 7 Lower School Principal