From the Principal’s Desk, 6 November 2020
Dear Parents
I am, and have always been, a firm believer in lifelong learning. As the world evolves around us and we are expected to move with the times, it is an especially important skill to be teachable in all areas.
Lifelong learning is when we learn new skills actively throughout our lives and it is so important that we nurture this passion for knowledge in our children. An important lesson to take from this difficult year is the necessity of adaptability and the importance of broadening our skill set. Stagnation and complacency are simply not an option.
In our staff meeting this week, I emphasized the importance of keeping abreast of changes and developments to the Cambridge curriculum. One of the areas we are exploring is the introduction of Global Perspectives as a subject in the primary school. Global Perspectives is a subject which develops the important transferable skills of critical thinking, research, and collaboration.
We are currently exploring many different opportunities for our students and we will keep you up to date about enhancements in the Cambridge curriculum and in our own subject-offering. I hope you are as excited about it as we are. Our teachers are enthusiastic about the recent developments in the curriculum and are equipping themselves for the challenges of the new academic year.
This week is the halfway mark of progression tests in the primary school. Year 5 will start their progression tests on Monday 9th November and Year 6 will start their progression tests on Monday 16th November. I am sure that both parents and students are grateful to have a weekend ahead of us.
In the famous words of Albert Einstein,
“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.”
I wish you all a wonderful weekend.
Regards
Edna
