May I firstly welcome back all students and their families to BIS Abu Dhabi for another year. It has been wonderful to see so many excited faces returning after a long holiday, all looking forward to the next stage of their education.
No doubt many parents will recall the wonderful accolade the school received in June when BIS Abu Dhabi was voted as the most recommended school in the UAE in a survey by WhichSchoolAdvisor.com. Our aim this year is of course to make our school even better and the excited faces from the first few days give the teaching and support staff all the inspiration they need to achieve this.
Children spend at least 13 years in full-time education, ultimately leading towards final examinations and then on to “the real world” of University or employment. I am delighted to share with you the success of some of our IB and IGCSE students who all received their examination results during the holiday.
This was the first cohort of IB students and there were some tremendous outcomes in terms of points achieved which led to students securing places at excellent Universities. Three examples are:
The performance at IGCSE was equally impressive with almost 40% of all results at grade A or better. This bodes extremely well for continued success in the future as this cohort of students now commence their IB courses. Three more examples, this time of some of the outstanding achievements at IGCSE:
My sincere congratulations to all our Year 11 and Year 13 students for their fantastic results.
All the excited faces starting school this week have very high standards to live up to but I am sure they can do so and raise the bar even higher.
It’s something I’ve believed for a long time — that learning isn’t predetermined by our genes. It’s about growing, persevering, and learning through the process. I was really mindful of this idea at this week’s wonderful Primary Summer Concert, after which I found myself reflecting on whether these amazing children have an innate talent, or whether they have achieved so much because of hard work and practice.
I believe it’s the latter. These children, their parents, and their teachers all seem to share the belief that by trying and working hard, they will get better at what they do. This is what we call a growth mindset.
This week at BIS Abu Dhabi, we have had the joy of celebrating both ends of the school journey and it has been a beautiful reminder of how we support our students to dream big and grow into their future selves.
As exam season unfolds, there's a special kind of stillness that settles over the school. In the quiet hum of the examination hall, behind the rustle of papers and the soft clicking of keyboards, is a profound truth: we are witnessing a moment that our students will carry with them forever. It is the culmination of years of learning, growth, and perseverance, a chapter closing and a new one ready to be written.
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