We are deeply proud of everything our students have accomplished so far, and we are excited for all the learning, inquiry, and new opportunities that await us next term.

As I begin my second year as Head of PYP at H-FARM International School, I would like to thank you for the warm welcome and strong support you shared throughout my first year. It was inspiring to watch our students flourish across so many areas — not only in academics, but also in their friendships, their creativity, and their sense of responsibility as members of our community.

This year, our shared focus continues to be on the Six Dimensions of Success, which guide us in supporting the whole child. We want our learners to grow emotionally, developing confidence, resilience, and happiness in who they are. We want them to experience learning success by engaging with inquiry that is meaningful, challenging, and joyful. Through community success, they learn to collaborate, care for others, and contribute positively to the world around them. Language success remains central in our school, helping children to express themselves confidently in English, but also continue to understand the importance of their home languages in how we connect across cultures. Academic readiness is built through strong foundations in literacy, numeracy, and critical thinking skills, preparing them for future learning with confidence. And finally, social success is fostered in every classroom and playground interaction, where students learn inclusion, empathy, and the joy of being part of an international community.

One of the most rewarding parts of my first year was seeing how powerful the partnership between home and school can be. It is together that we create the conditions for our students to thrive. I encourage you once again to stay close to your child’s learning, ask questions, share stories, and celebrate progress.

I am excited to continue this journey with you, and I look forward to another year filled with growth, creativity, and success in all its dimensions

Warm regards,
Anthony Hamblin
Head of PYP

During this short week, we discussed ‘Returning to Learning’. An opportunity for us to get back into routines, and to catch up with friends. We have welcomed a new student into school this year, there have been lots of discussions about the holidays, and students are happy to be back in school.

Just a few reminders about how to stay safe and keep our students learning:

• Ensure students are kept safe on campus, we ask you to only collect PYP Students from the designated area, the Welcome Center.
• Continue to let homeroom teachers know if you are not going to be in school by submitting attendance excusals on Toddle, this helps us plan for the day and specific group activities.
• Continue to ensure that your child is demonstrating their self-management skills (one of our Approaches to Learning) by getting their school things ready for themselves. This should include them wearing a coat to school. We will get children outside in the playground as often as possible, so children must have suitable clothing to support this. (Coats, hats, scarves, gloves, boots etc)
• Ensure any new items of clothing have clear name labels attached so that lost items can be reunited with their owner.
• Continue to check Toddle together, and talk about learning
• Read for 20 minutes every day. (This could be reading together or reading to each other and in English or your Home Language)

Have a great weekend ahead!

Anthony

You will notice that we have begun to incorporate our daily educational visits into the School Office Notice. This is to aid us in streamlining how parents are communicated with, and ensure you know where to find the information you need. All trips and events mentioned in the SON are also added to the H-FARM Calendar – please add this to your own calendar.

Thank you to our Parent Class reps for filling out our meeting time survey. The clear choice was to meet every 2 months, on a Monday morning. So our next meeting will be Monday, December 16th, at 8:30am, the date will be added to the calendar.

As we work through some of these opportunities, it is worth mentioning the amazing work already carried out by our teachers, and I want to thank them as well. Our first half term has been busy with me learning how the school works, and the school has continued to grow and improve. Our teachers have begun new phonics instructions, additional language and mathematics diagnostic assessments, and still found time to build a healthy community of learners in the classrooms. Thank you teachers.

I hope you all have a fantastic week off, and please remember that you do not return to school until Tuesday 5th November, as teachers have a professional learning day dedicated to language comprehension with Dan Feigelson on Monday. See you on Tuesday 5th November.