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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
Dear Lower School Parents, parents informed about the teaching and learning taking place
in our specialists classrooms. You will receive the specialist
Welcome to the latest edition of the Specialist Newsletters! newsletter six times during the school year. This is the second
edition of the newsletters for this school year. As always, if you Our Specialists Teach-
Our Specialists Teachers (also referred as single-subject teach- have any questions about your child’s education, feel free to ers (also referred as
ers) play an integral and important role in the Primary Years contact us. Be sure to schedule individual conferences with all single-subject teachers)
play an integral and
Program. The arts, physical education, and language study are teachers during parent conferences on November 25. We will important role in the
essential elements to a comprehensive and holistic primary also have additional conference times for parents and teachers Primary Years Pro-
school education. The content of these subjects is transdiscipli- of specials on Wednesday, November 26 from 8:20-12:00. I gram. The arts, physi-
nary in nature, meaning that the skills and concepts developed will 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-
School curriculum, including our students’ lives beyond school. tial elements to a com-
Our specialists teachers work alongside our classroom teach- I look forward to seeing you all here for Parent/Teacher confer- prehensive and holistic
ers to develop lessons that are both interesting and connected ences on November 25. primary school educa-
to the classroom Units of Inquiry. An example of this tion.
‘connecting’ might be a field trip or other learning experience Sincerely,
here on campus or at home when students identify Mr. Lettinga
‘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
M&D 5
EAL 6
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
Dear Lower School Parents, parents informed about the teaching and learning taking place
in our specialists classrooms. You will receive the specialist
Welcome to the latest edition of the Specialist Newsletters! newsletter six times during the school year. This is the second
edition of the newsletters for this school year. As always, if you Our Specialists Teach-
Our Specialists Teachers (also referred as single-subject teach- have any questions about your child’s education, feel free to ers (also referred as
ers) play an integral and important role in the Primary Years contact us. Be sure to schedule individual conferences with all single-subject teachers)
play an integral and
Program. The arts, physical education, and language study are teachers during parent conferences on November 25. We will important role in the
essential elements to a comprehensive and holistic primary also have additional conference times for parents and teachers Primary Years Pro-
school education. The content of these subjects is transdiscipli- of specials on Wednesday, November 26 from 8:20-12:00. I gram. The arts, physi-
nary in nature, meaning that the skills and concepts developed will 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-
School curriculum, including our students’ lives beyond school. tial elements to a com-
Our specialists teachers work alongside our classroom teach- I look forward to seeing you all here for Parent/Teacher confer- prehensive and holistic
ers to develop lessons that are both interesting and connected ences on November 25. primary school educa-
to the classroom Units of Inquiry. An example of this tion.
‘connecting’ might be a field trip or other learning experience Sincerely,
here on campus or at home when students identify Mr. Lettinga
‘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
M&D 5
EAL 6
Mr. Brian Lettinga, Lower School Principal
