YEAR 4 NEWS AUGUST 9, 2010

NIST
Welcome back to a fresh year at school. Year 4 is full of challenges, excitement
and learning experiences which we are sure your child will enjoy and thrive on.

‘Back to School’ night is on TUESDAY AUGUST 24th.

THE YEAR 4 TEACHING TEAM

We welcome many new teachers into the Year 4
team this year and we are excited about sharing
their excellent knowledge and teaching
experience.

Homeroom Teachers:
4BM - Mr Bob Medrala
(bmedrala@nist.ac.th)
4ML - Ms Moi Litchfield Other specialist lessons your child will
(mlitchfield@nist.ac.th) receive throughout the year - either
4HP - Ms Heida Porrata-Doria timetabled, or in blocks include:
(hporrata-doria@nist.ac.th) Art, Music, PE, Swimming, I.C.T, Drama,
4CM- Ms Caroline McBurney Library, Thai Studies and
(cmcburney@nist.ac.th) World Languages.
4NB- Ms Nicky Bourgeois
(Year 4 Coordinator) For PE please note page 35 of the
(nbourgeois@nist.ac.th) Elementary School Parent Handbook:
Year 4 - 6: Students should come to
Academic Assistants school in their school uniform and
4BM and 4ML Ms Ngaung change into their PE clothes in the
(Temporarily assisted by Khun Ya) school changing rooms for their PE les-
4CM Ms Jing son. After the lesson they are ex-
4HP and 4NB Mr Joe pected to change back into their uni-
form. They should not wear PE clothes
ESL Teacher: all day.
Mr Nigel Sheppard
Note: Students in Year 4 who have PE
(nsheppard@nist.ac.th) period 1 (before recess) are allowed to
Learning Support: come to school in their PE uniform and
Ms Sandy Dodd
to change out of their PE clothes after
(sdodd@nist.ac.th) the lesson.

COMMUNICATION please remember that between PARENT HANDBOOK

Most communication between
teachers and parents will be via
email. You will have received
instructions for logging on to our
new Veracross system. Please
ensure that you complete the
process of checking and
updating your contact details.
Feel free to communicate with
your teacher via email, but
7.30am and 2.30pm, our priority
is teaching your child. Of course
the teachers are also happy to
have you speak with them
directly regarding any particular
concerns.
Please refer to page 24 of the
Elementary Parent Handbook
for further guidelines and
information regarding whole
school communication.
The school has compiled a very
comprehensive ELEMENTARY
PARENT HANDBOOK which all
families will receive in the first
week. Please spend some time
reading it as it really contain
most things that you need to
know, as well as helpful
information regarding the
curriculum.
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YEAR 4 NEWS

HOMEWORK
OTHER HANDBOOK ITEMS
Year 4 homework guidelines can be
found on page 30 of the Elementary Library lessons will begin shortly.
Parent Handbook. Please ensure your child has a
library bag to help protect his/her
15 minutes - Homeroom assignments library books. Year 4 students are
15 minutes - World Languages work able to borrow 3 books at a time.
10 - 15 mins - uninterrupted reading. Parent Handbook page 32
Please see you teacher if you have Uniform - Please name all items.
any concerns regarding your child’s Parent Handbook page 42
homework.
Birthdays - Please communicate
with your child’s teacher directly to
arrange a time.
Parent Handbook page 23

CAMP
You will receive more information over the
next few months about our Year 4 camp.
Please note that the Parent Information
Evening will be on October 13th at 5pm.

Also, the students will need to bring an old pair

of shoes that can go in water, so if your child
needs a new pair in the next few months,
please hold on to the old pair for camp use.

UNIT OF INQUIRY
You will receive a newsletter at the
beginning of each unit. We love to have

‘Millions saw visiting experts into school to speak with the

children and often find our parent
community is the best resource for this.

the apple fall, Can you please let the team know if you
have a particular area of expertise that

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you think may be of interest for the whole
year level.

asked why.’ We look forward to a

- Bernard Baruch fantastic year,
The Year 4 team