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FEBRUARY 2016 GRADE 4

Specialist
Newsletter

FROM LOWER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

Dear Lower School Parents, Enjoy the February Holiday and
travel safely. School resumes for
Welcome to our fourth edition of our Specialist Newsletters! all ISB students on Monday, Feb-
ruary 22.
Our specialist teachers (also referred as single-subject teachers)
play an integral and important role in the Primary Years Program. Hope to see you all around cam-
The arts, physical education, and language study are essential ele- pus soon,
ments to a comprehensive and holistic primary school education.
Mr. Lettinga
The content and concepts within these subjects is transdiscipli-
nary 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 exam-
ple of this is through the multiple field trips our students enjoy
throughout the school year and our upcoming grade
five exhibition.

This year we have seen all our classes on field trips inquiring into
the Units of Inquiry throughout the city of Belgrade. Our spe-
cialists teachers do work alongside our classroom teachers to de-
velop lessons and learning opportunities that are both interesting
and connected to the classroom Units of Inquiry.

For this reason, we think it is important that we keep our par-
ents informed about the teaching and learning taking place in our
specialists’ classrooms. You will receive the specialist newsletter
seven times during the school year. As always, if you have any
questions about your child’s education, feel free to contact us.