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FEBRUARY 2016 GRADE 5

Specialist
Newsletter

FROM LOWER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

Dear Lower School Parents, Enjoy the February Holiday and
travel safely. School resumes for all
Welcome to our fourth edition of our Specialist Newsletters! ISB students on Monday, February
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 transdisciplinary
in nature, meaning that the skills and concepts developed by spe-
cialist teachers have relevance throughout the Lower School cur-
riculum and our students’ lives beyond school. A great example of
this is through the multiple field trips our students enjoy through-
out 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 special-
ists teachers do work alongside our classroom teachers to develop
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 parents
informed about the teaching and learning taking place in our spe-
cialists’ 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.