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ISB Lower School Specialists’ Newsletter October 2014
From the Principal ...
For this reason, we think it is important that we keep our par-
Dear Lower School Parents, ents informed about the teaching and learning taking place in
our specialists classrooms. You will receive the specialist news-
Welcome to the latest edition of the Specialist Newsletters! letter six times during the school year. This is the second edi-
tion of the newsletters for this school year. As always, if you Our Specialists Teachers
Our Specialists Teachers (also referred as single-subject teach- have any questions about your child’s education, feel free to (also referred as single-
ers) play an integral and important role in the Primary Years contact us. Be sure to schedule individual conferences with all subject teachers) play an
Program. The arts, physical education, and language study are teachers during parent conferences on November 25. We will integral and important
essential elements to a comprehensive and holistic primary also have additional conference times for parents and teachers role in the Primary Years
school education. The content of these subjects is transdiscipli- of specials on Wednesday, November 26 from 8:20-12:00. I will Program. The arts, physi-
nary in nature, meaning that the skills and concepts developed be sending an email to all parents with directions on how to cal education, and lan-
by Specialist Teachers have relevance throughout the Lower sign-up for conferences in the coming weeks. guage study are essen-
tial elements to a com-
School curriculum, including our students’ lives beyond school. prehensive and holistic
Our specialists teachers work alongside our classroom teach- I look forward to seeing you all here for Parent/Teacher con- primary school educa-
ers to develop lessons that are both interesting and connected ferences on November 25. tion.
to the classroom Units of Inquiry. An example of this
‘connecting’ might be a field trip or other learning experience Sincerely, Mr. Lettinga
here on campus or at home when students identify
‘connections’ between subjects. Recent examples here on Brian H. Lettinga
campus were our visiting puppeteers from India along with our
visiting dancers from Malaysia and Venezuela. Lower School Principal
In This Issue
From the Principal 1
PE 2
Art 3
Music 4
Serbian 5
Spanish 6
SMT 7
French 8
EAL 9 & 10
Mr. Brian Lettinga, Lower School Principal
ISB Lower School Specialists’ Newsletter October 2014
From the Principal ...
For this reason, we think it is important that we keep our par-
Dear Lower School Parents, ents informed about the teaching and learning taking place in
our specialists classrooms. You will receive the specialist news-
Welcome to the latest edition of the Specialist Newsletters! letter six times during the school year. This is the second edi-
tion of the newsletters for this school year. As always, if you Our Specialists Teachers
Our Specialists Teachers (also referred as single-subject teach- have any questions about your child’s education, feel free to (also referred as single-
ers) play an integral and important role in the Primary Years contact us. Be sure to schedule individual conferences with all subject teachers) play an
Program. The arts, physical education, and language study are teachers during parent conferences on November 25. We will integral and important
essential elements to a comprehensive and holistic primary also have additional conference times for parents and teachers role in the Primary Years
school education. The content of these subjects is transdiscipli- of specials on Wednesday, November 26 from 8:20-12:00. I will Program. The arts, physi-
nary in nature, meaning that the skills and concepts developed be sending an email to all parents with directions on how to cal education, and lan-
by Specialist Teachers have relevance throughout the Lower sign-up for conferences in the coming weeks. guage study are essen-
tial elements to a com-
School curriculum, including our students’ lives beyond school. prehensive and holistic
Our specialists teachers work alongside our classroom teach- I look forward to seeing you all here for Parent/Teacher con- primary school educa-
ers to develop lessons that are both interesting and connected ferences on November 25. tion.
to the classroom Units of Inquiry. An example of this
‘connecting’ might be a field trip or other learning experience Sincerely, Mr. Lettinga
here on campus or at home when students identify
‘connections’ between subjects. Recent examples here on Brian H. Lettinga
campus were our visiting puppeteers from India along with our
visiting dancers from Malaysia and Venezuela. Lower School Principal
In This Issue
From the Principal 1
PE 2
Art 3
Music 4
Serbian 5
Spanish 6
SMT 7
French 8
EAL 9 & 10
Mr. Brian Lettinga, Lower School Principal
