I welcome our Secondary community back to school and wish you all a Happy New Year. I hope that everyone is well rested and is looking forward to the Spring term. The Secondary students received their school reports last at the end of the last term. I always enjoy reading each student's report and I was extremely pleased with the progress that they are making across their subjects. Students will now review their reports during Form Time and highlight areas of strengths and weaknesses, from this personal targets can be made for future improvements. It is essential for each student to reflect on their teachers comments and recommendations to ensure that further progress is maintained.
The Spring term is an extremely important time for our Year 11, 12 and 13 examination classes. This is an intense time as we all make one last effort to refine knowledge and exam technique before the all important Summer examination period. This term we welcome the lunar new year and look forward to a prosperous year of the Dragon. Miss Fu and the Mandarin department have already planned this year's celebration activities. Chinese New year has always been a highlight of my school year at Britannica and I am already anticipating the fantastic performances put on by our students.
In a dragon year, people are said to be able to harness the creature's intelligence, leadership and abilities to pursue their dreams with creativity, passion, courage and confidence. I sincerely hope that we all able to do so this year.
