A Message From The Head Of Secondary, Miss Woulfe

MISS TERESA WOULFE

THE HEAD OF SECONDARY

“If you're brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” Paulo Coelho

It feels surreal that this will be my final message to you as I leave BSAK and Abu Dhabi for good at the end of this academic year.

This year has seen the gradual introduction to pre pandemic measures and I for one have welcomed these. With the reintroduction of face to face assemblies, concerts, sports fixtures, competitions and exhibitions, the life blood of BSAK is back!

We are very excited to see the progress on the Phase 5 building which will become our Science and Innovation Centre.

This will allow us to renovate and reconfigure some spaces in the main building and give more space to our Sixth Form students.

At this time of year, we say farewell to many of our students and their families. Wishing you all the very best in your new schools or universities and I hope that you will always stay part of the BSAK community through our BSAK Old Al Khubairat Society (BSAKOAKS)

Please do keep in touch with us and other alumni by clicking here: www.BSAKOAKs.org to join.

FAREWELL

TO SECONDARY STAFF

We also say farewell to staff who are moving to a different school or back to their home country. Many thanks to the following staff for their contribution to BSAK during their time here, I wish them every success in the future.

Mr Thompson - Assistant Headteacher; Mr Hall - Director of Music; Mr Sultan - Arabic teacher; Mrs McKie - MFL teacher; Mr Carr - Maths teacher and Head of Year 8; Mrs McDonald - Maths teacher; Mrs Whitfield - Geography teacher; Mr Bannister - English teacher; Mrs Krauss - Learning Support teacher; Mr Moseley - DT Technician; Mrs Fahey - Drama Technician; Mrs Al Kaisi - Arabic Learning Assistant; Mrs Davies - Lead Science Technician

I am delighted to inform you that we have filled all of these positions and details of new staff will be shared with you at the start of the new academic term.

I would like to express my sincere gratitude and thanks to you all for the way you have supported the BSAK community throughout the year.

Wishing you all a wonderful summer break. Eid Mubarak.

Ma’a as-Salama MISS WOULFE

When a member of staff as special as Miss Woulfe leaves a school, it is always a day tinged with sadness. However, we must remember how instrumental she has been in so many recent BSAK successes.

Pretty much every decision made at school has to pass by her office for discussion and clearance - and this means that all of the incredible activities our students do have been agreed to by Miss Woulfe. She has been such an advocate for our students, with every decision she makes based on what will both push and support our students to be the best they can be.

Many of you will know that Miss Woulfe has a wonderful (and terrible) sense of humour (she has to as she is an Aston Villa fan!), and is a life-long fan of Bruce Springsteen, who she is looking forward to seeing next year on his European tour!

Mr Nigel Davis, Deputy Head