Meet Your Head of Year

from Pastoral Handbook | Year 7 | 22/23

by BSAK Abu Dhabi

Assistant Head Welcome

MEET YOUR

HEAD OF YEAR

Dear Parents,

Here at BSAK, we aim to make the transition as smooth and enjoyable as possible.

During transition week the Year 6 students had the opportunity to attend different lessons in the secondary school meeting secondary teachers. They also engaged in a team building day with their new forms which was led by their Year 7 tutors and included a tour of the secondary school; I hope this has helped them feel a little more relaxed about joining Year 7.

At BSAK we believe that every student is an important individual and we strive to ensure that every student is able to achieve success. In order for this to happen I would encourage all Year 7 students to immerse themselves fully into the school community and ensure they participate in our wide variety of extra curricular activities.

Lessons in Secondary School are a very different experience to those at Primary level. Our teachers are subject specialists with very high standards who want to support our students to realise their potential; working hard, showing resilience and having a positive attitude is key. Year 7’s also have to learn to take more responsibility for themselves with their homework and behaviour than they might be used to. Getting into good habits, and being accountable for their actions, is something our students will be working hard to develop, and we very much appreciate support from parents with this at home.

It is vital that parents and the school work together to support student learning as we value frequent links with parents. I hope you will feel that you can contact your child’s form tutor or me if you have any queries regarding their education and welfare.

I am excited for the year ahead, I look forward to meeting you all and getting to know the Year 7 students.

I would like to start by welcoming you all to Year 7. The move to Secondary School is a very important step in the life of every young person, with lots of interesting new subjects to learn, a different building to explore and new teachers and friends to meet.

It is an exciting step but one that can be confusing and rather overwhelming at times.