MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF SECONDARY – 18th JANUARY 2019

Dear Parents and Students,

I hope you have all had a Happy New Year and I am very pleased to announce that Term 2 has already been a huge success. The FOBISIA Swimming Invitational event last weekend was fantastic and we have received overwhelmingly positive praise from all of the other schools that took part as well as congratulations from members of our own community. January continues to be a very busy month and we look forward to the Puppy Cup & Spring Extravaganza, Primary residentials and at the end of this month we are hosting the first ever FOBISIA Environmental Conference in Thailand. I look forward to meeting many of you at some of these events.

As you are probably aware, the Air Quality has deteriorated recently and I wanted to assure you that our school takes Health and Safety very seriously.  We are proactivity limiting the impact of air quality on our staff and students and we have instigated a number of initiatives to address the air quality issue:

• We have ordered 50 high standard air purifiers to be installed at both campuses. The filter is of High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) standard. The purifiers will be delivered to both campuses in the very near future and they will be set up in the learning spaces to improve the environmental conditions.
• We are also in consultation with the TACE Engineering team to see how modifications to the air conditioning systems can improve further, the quality of air filtration.
• In addition, we are also adapting the large box fan units so they act as outdoor air cleaning systems in an attempt to improve the quality of air in some of the outdoor spaces.

I have been informed that the air quality issue is seasonal and I am sure that the conditions will improve soon.

Term 2 will continue to be an extraordinarily productive period of the academic calendar. Teachers and students will continue to focus on high quality academic progress with many of our older students concentrating on their exams.  We also have a very impressive range of creative arts and sporting opportunities for our students to take part in during these coming months.

Thank you all for your continuing support.

Warm regards,

Duncan Stonehouse

Head of School