Year 6 Term 1 Week 1 Blog

Year 6 Introductory Letter

Dear Parents,

My name is Mark Abbadessa. I will be your child's Year 6 Teacher. Ms. Snook will be our classroom
Teaching Assistant for this school year. We are both delighted to have the opportunity to work with
your child during this school year. This will be an exciting school year for the students as they will
have the opportunity to work on their PYP Student Exhibition projects which will be a new process
that our school is trying to develop to help students prepare to enter into the MYP program in the
near future.

To give you a little background information about myself, I have held various teaching roles over

the past 10 years of my teaching career. I first started my teaching career as a Special Needs Teacher

before transitioning into a Technology Coordinator role. I have taught in the USA, China and now am

entering my 2nd year of teaching at UDIS.

I attended William Paterson University for my Bachelor's Degree receiving a degree in sociology and Elementary Education with a specialisation in teaching students with special needs. Shortly after, I completed my Master's Degree from the University of New England majoring in education with a specialisation in reading and writing literacy. Finally, after the completion of my Master's Degree, I attended Post-Graduate Degree Education courses at North Dakota State University.

My goal this year at UDIS is to develop the student's self-management and organisational skills to make this year's student exhibition successful. I would like to encourage all parents to be supportive throughout this process as it will be new to the students, Ms. Snook and I, as well as a first for UDIS. Please feel free to contact Ms. Snook or I via email or in person if you have any questions or concerns throughout the school year. My email address is mark@udoninternationalschool.com and Ms. Snook's email address is

duangtawan@udoninternationalschool.com .

Kind Regards,

Mark Abbadessa

Year 6 Class Schedule

Monday: P.E. Uniforms
Tuesday: P.E. Uniforms + Swimming Gear
Wednesday: Formal Uniform
Thursday: House Shirts + Swimming Gear
Friday: P.E. Uniforms

*Please note that Swimming Class has now been divided into two separate days instead of having a double period on one only. So students will be required to bring their swimming gear to school on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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