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Message from The Vice Principal Pastoral Care

What a term it has been. Despite feeling like we moved backwards with restrictions at the start of the term life has jumped firmly forward as we have been able to reinvigorate school life. I have been so impressed with how our students have responded to the return to normality as they have taken the new opportunities available to them in their stride. In particular the number of students who put themselves forward and tried themselves out to be part of the student leadership groups. We were inundated with applications to lead House groups, committees and, of course, the coveted Big 4 positions. We were so pleased to receive so much interest, although it did make for some very tough decisions. Older students had a session on leadership as service and how we can use it to give back to others rather than merely a role – I am sure this message has helped them to see the value leadership can provide to themselves and others, and those who gained these roles can put this into practice.

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As usual our House Competitions have been an absolute highlight. Sports Day (my favourite day of the year) was a hot and sweaty event but provided moments of excellence with records broken, moments of inclusion with every student involved and moments of drama with some very close to call races. A big thank you to the PHE team for running this event. Another major event – House Public Speaking – was fantastic with some outstanding articulation of key arguments all based around the UN Sustainability Goals. A big thank you to our House Competition Co-ordinator, Heads of Houses and House Captains for all their hard work and organisation of all of the house events this term.

There are so many wonderful moments I could go into but I wanted to highlight two moments of pride for the students in our school. As we have had more open events we have received such positive feedback on our student body. When we took all of Grade 6-9 to Expo the guides were thrilled with the students stating that they were polite, well-behaved, thoughtful and engaged, and had made their day much easier. Grade 9 have been involved in delivering tours to prospective parents and the feedback has ranged from how they are exemplary role models for all students, to how they have shown the ethos of the school in their words and actions. It is moments like this which make me proud to be part of NLCS Dubai and show how much we value our belief in care, courtesy and consideration at all times.

Warmest wishes,

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