 The
start of the second semester sees the school as busy as ever.
Visitors to the campus will encounter lots of activity connected
with the construction of our new Kindergarten Block and Administration
Building. Once completed, the latter will allow us scope to
upgrade our library provision to better suit the needs of
the Elementary School whilst at the same time responding to
the demands of the new IGCSE and IB curriculums. With respect
to these courses, progress is good and early feedback from
IGCSE students encouraging. Staff within the Secondary Section
are involved currently in attending training courses to assist
them in their preparation for next September's launch of the
IB. Many exciting events have taken
place since the last issue such as Art exhibitions, Book Week,
Sports Day and Model United Nations. Most of these and others
are featured in these pages. We applaud the efforts and enthusiasm
of the staff who make all these extra events possible.
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My thanks to all the
parents - 79% of all families in the school - who completed
and returned our biennial Parents' Survey. The results of
this have now been tabulated and copies issued at the Founders'
Day Parents' Open Meeting. Anyone not present who wishes a
copy should request one at the School Office via their son
or daughter. Over 600 individual comments were made in addition
to responses to the individual items in the survey. These
comments have all been collated and passed to relevant sections
of the school for consideration and follow-up. The exercise
has been very worthwhile and we look forward to charting our
progress against this benchmark in two years time.
Finally thanks to those
parents who e-mailed feedback on the new format School Bulletin.
All the comments received were very positive and any further
comment on this second edition is equally welcome.
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In
February I attended a 3 day Creativity, Action and Service
(CAS) workshop held at Munich International School. The programme
concentrated on the latest developments in CAS followed by
excellent workshops presented by outstanding CAS co-ordinators
from a number of international schools. The conference was
most rewarding and I look forward to guiding our first group
of students through the programme next year. 