愿我们都能具备无所畏惧、持之以恒的勇气和耐力。当我们犯错或遇挫时，不应气馁，须知这是生活和学习的一部分，更要把这些看作是进步和成长的机会。从中吸取教训，不要重蹈覆辙。

正如著名物理学家斯蒂芬·霍金曾经说过的那样：“宇宙的基本规则之一就是没有什么是完美的。若没有不完美，你和我都不会存在。”不要害怕把事情搞砸，这是我们成就更好自我的必经之路。

青苗学校为学生们提供走向成功的强大平台。通过爱、关心与支持，我们的老师会为学生持续提供有益的建议和指导。请记住：成功的旅程从不是孤单的。

在新学期开始之际，我要求同学们时刻做好准备，专心致志、努力学习，坚忍不拔、持之以恒。和你们的老师一起搭建走向成功的平台，在需要的时候主动寻求帮助。

及时反思也是非常重要的，请经常审视你的工作和你对学习的应用，问问自己，“哪些方面做得不错，哪些领域可以做得更好”?

最后，新的旅程即将开启，请牢记青苗“爱、关心与支持”的核心价值观，与老师积极合作，认真对待每一堂课。让我们一起携手实现目标和抱负，充满信心地并肩前行。

祝大家龙年顺利，学业进步！

SPRING 2024

Those born in the Year of the Dragon are thought to be natural leaders, knowledgeable, ambitious, and eloquent, and these attributes are central to our teaching and learning strategies at BIBS. It is so important to see opportunities and potential in all areas of endeavour, and we should not be discouraged when we make mistakes, or meet obstacles, this is part of life and learning. See these as excellent learning opportunities. Always respond to minor setbacks by learning from them, and not repeating them. Change leads us into unfamiliar territory, but we should not be afraid. As Stephen Hawking, the renowned physicist, once said; ‘One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect, without imperfection neither you nor I would exist’. Don’t be afraid to mess up, it is part of the building and fine tuning that we all go through to help us become the best version of ourselves.

BIBS students have a strong platform for ongoing success, they are caring and supportive, and our teachers will always provide good advice and guidance along the way - the successful journey is rarely achieved alone.

In semester 2 and beyond, I ask our students to always be prepared, dedicated to their studies, and hardworking, and recognise that the most successful students are resilient. So, work with your teachers to build a platform for ongoing success and always ask for help where you need it. It will be important to be more self-reflective, so think about your work, and your application to study, and ask yourself, ‘what am I doing well, and what can you do better’?

As we all embark on the next stage of our learning journey it will be valuable to reflect on BIBS core values of ‘Love, Care, and Support’, because by working together, collaborating with our teachers, being proactive and well prepared from lesson to lesson, we can achieve our goals and ambitions, and so move forward with confidence.

I wish you all well for the year ahead.

SPRING 2024