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A message from Diego, Student Principal

Dear all,

First of all, as a student leader I hope that everyone is pulling together in their households and supporting loved ones as best they can during this unprecedented time of uncertainty.

We ARE living a GCSE history question, therefore think how would you want your actions to be written and recorded? What can you be doing to ensure you make the most of this time and have a positive impact?

As a school, our teachers are working tirelessly to support us. We may not be in the building but school is so much greater than bricks and mortar, it is a community that works together and ultimately helps us achieve our greatest potential.

Therefore, please do not see our closure as an early summer holiday. Over the coming months think how you can prepare and give yourself the best start in September. Take this time to reflect on your goals and use it to become independent learners led by your own motivations. Think of how you can also set aside sometime to have fun and to be innovative at home during these times.

With this in mind, on our website we have The HBAED 'At Home' Activity Passport that you can start to complete. The activity checklist is aimed at making sure we have options to be productive and perhaps to get the whole family involved and to stay optimistic in these hard times.

Now, as we are all moving forward, our school year may have been cut short, with trips, lessons and tournaments cancelled. Yet, I want all of us students not to focus on the negative. Let us use this time to study at home, send our work to our teachers, learn a new skill or find a new passion.

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Get ahead of the game

If smart, we can get ahead of the game and learn materials in preparation for next year. As a Year 10 student moving into his final GCSE year in September, I am going to be using this gift of time to use Microsoft Teams effectively and use the resources from my teachers to help me start on a strong footing as I begin my final year at Harris Boys'. As for all other years, it is important to understand what you can do to ensure that you learn your materials - to develop not only academically but as compassionate and caring individuals. What can you do to help your community? Online or in your household?

Finally, one last concluding plea to parents, teachers, students: stay at home, stay positive, stay compassionate. There is much uncertainty in such times, our world may seem to be collapsing around us, but each generation have had their struggles, this is ours.

We need to remain optimistic and aim for our future. We may be in times of great suffering, but with intrinsic hope, we must think to ourselves what will we (what will YOU) be remembered for? How will you tell this story to your children, your grandchildren? Will you be proud, would you have made the best out of this situation? What acts of kindness can you perform? And above all else, don’t lose your hope.

Eventually, we will be guided toward the end of this catastrophe. We will be prepared, and we will become stronger than before.

Stay safe and optimistic for the future.

Kind Regards,

Diego, Year 10, Student Principal

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