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NOVEMBER 2015 GRADE 3

Specialist
Newsletter

FROM LOWER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

Dear Lower School Parents, I look forward to seeing you all here
for Parent/Teacher conferences on
Welcome to the latest edition of the Specialist Newsletters! December 1.

Our Specialists Teachers (also referred as single-subject teachers) play Brian Lettinga
an integral and important role in the Primary Years Program. The Lower School Principal
arts, physical education, and language study are essential elements to a
comprehensive and holistic primary school education. The content of
these subjects is transdisciplinary in nature, meaning that the skills and
concepts developed by Specialist Teachers have relevance throughout
the Lower School curriculum, including our students’ lives beyond
school. Our specialists teachers work alongside our classroom teach-
ers to develop lessons that are both interesting and connected to the
classroom Units of Inquiry. An example of this ‘connecting’ might be
a field trip or other learning experience here on campus or at home
when students identify ‘connections’ between subjects.

For this reason, we think it is important that we keep our parents in-
formed about the teaching and learning taking place in our specialists
classrooms. You will receive the specialist newsletter six times during
the school year. This is the second edition of the newsletters for this
school year. As always, if you have any questions about your child’s
education, feel free to contact us. Be sure to schedule individual con-
ferences with all teachers during parent conferences on December 1.
We will also have additional conference times for parents and teach-
ers of specials on Wednesday, December 2 from 8:20-12:00. I will be
sending an email to all parents with directions on how to sign-up for
conferences in the coming weeks.