Dear Parents,
My name is Adam Black, I am a native English speaker from Dorset in the south of England, and I am delighted to be returning to The Canadian School of Warsaw – as a 1st grade lead teacher – after a year’s absence.
Before my departure, I amassed 4 years of teaching experience with kindergarten aged children – 3 years as lead teacher for Sweet Apples – and since then, have completed an additional year in a Montessori school environment. Since living in Warsaw, I have also worked as a full time conversation tutor at Poniatowskiego high school.
I am fully aware of the responsibilities of my position, and the significance that this academic year holds for your child, since it heralds the beginning of their new life in school, where each and every consecutive year will place greater emphasis upon the key skills: reading, writing, arithmetic, as well as developing an awareness of their environment – both social and ecological – science and culture.
It will therefore be my task to encourage your child’s inherent appetite for learning, and to guide it in a logical and methodical way, so that these skills may in turn establish themselves as naturally as possible, with the least amount of difficulty, frustration and confusion.
For many of you, the use of English in the classroom is a key incentive for sending your child to an international school, and I promise not to disappoint for two reasons: firstly, I do not speak Polish, and secondly, I love the English language in all its forms, and am adept at igniting a similar enthusiasm among my students.
I share a great affinity with children and am sure you will be pleased with my work. I look forward to getting to know both you and your child, and am confident that we have a successful and rewarding year ahead of us.
Yours truly,
Mr. Adam.