尊敬的家长：

您好！我非常高兴能够加入哈罗海口，并于2023年8月之后担任哈罗海口的新任校长。在此我想通过这封信来向您介绍我自己。

今年内，我已经到访哈罗海口三次，我了解到这所学校已经打下了牢固基础，并蕴含进一步发展的巨大机会。在新冠疫情肆虐期间，校长Kelly Wailes女士和她的团队经受住了创办和发展学校的挑战，给我留下了十分深刻的印象。他们的成就证明了他们的奉献精神和毅力。

哈罗海口是一所深受价值观驱动的学校，勇气、荣誉、谦和与互助是实现“育以至善，卓以领航”教育愿景的核心。让我特别印象深刻的，还有学生们的友善可爱，他们都愿意使用英语与我交谈。

我理解，作为家长，您对我在这个职位上所将发挥的作用有很高的期望。在未来几年里，我建议您可以从两个方面评估学校的发展:

在过去的五年里，我在福州的赛德文学校（Sedbergh School）担任创始校长一职。我为学校所取得的成就感到自豪，其中最突出的成果是学生优异的大学录取结果，以及学校正式获得「英国国际学校理事会(COBIS)认证」和荣获两项「英国学校奖」。我在中国总共担任了八年的校长。

「我拥有英国谢菲尔德大学商业学士学位，以及英国伦敦国王学院教育领导力专业的硕士学位，并在那完成了信息技术方向的教育研究生资格证书（PGCE）课程（教学资格认证）。随后我在英国伦敦大学学院完成了英国国家校长专业培训计划（校长资格认证）。在未来两年内，我也将向英国兰卡斯特大学提交我的博士论文。今年是我从事教学工作的第二十二年，我也曾在英国、中国和日本生活和工作过。」

我相信，我此前在中国担任校长的经验和之前学校所获得的各项成就，将为哈罗海口的进一步发展提供有益的启发。

哈罗海口是一所双语学校，也是一所国际学校。这是一个优势，我们可以利用这一优势来为我们的学生提供更多机会。

我并不是今年唯一会加入哈罗海口的新员工。在今年8月，在新老师们开始在哈罗安顿下来之后，我也期待着将他们亲自介绍给各位家长。

「我未来工作的优先事项是加强与家长的沟通，帮助家长更好地了解学生在学校的表现，在课程中共享有关学习内容的信息，以及我们会以何种方式帮助学生在学业上取得成功、如何为他们提供关怀辅导，进而帮助他们顺利申请大学，达成人生成就。」

对我来说，重要的是，在我们希望为学校的发展做出调整时，征求家长、学生和教职员工的看法。这意味着变化的发生有一个过程，这也让新员工有时间适应，并增强学校的稳定性。

「关怀辅导是一个学校最基本的方面。心情愉悦的学生们可以自由地学习和享受学校生活。在后疫情时代，学生们将准备并参加更多的赛事活动，例如世界学者杯、中国英文拼字大赛、各类数学竞赛和奥林匹克竞赛。」

我非常希望哈罗海口能够成为哈罗大家庭内其他学校的体育、艺术和科学中心。随着时间的推移，我也希望将其扩展到中国的其他类似学校。我们的学生可以通过这些访问活动，从而增强互动、获得友谊、迎接挑战，并从中受益。

为了取得成功，学术标准将进一步提升，并提供达到既定目标所需的支持和挑战。这可能涉及到一些不太容易的沟通问题，但只要我们希望建立必要的支持体系，以确保学生、员工和家长的福祉，我们就必须勇于坦诚相待。

我知道我的新同事们已经在计划下一学年的多种新活动和新倡议，其中最值得一提的是我们将引入「“爱丁堡公爵国际奖”」，这个计划可让学生们取得巨大进步，也受到大学的高度认可。

教育的成长是一个漫长的旅程，要经历不同或大或小的过程。这些成长在良好的习惯中得到夯实，也许初始建立一些习惯时有些困难，但一旦成为例行惯例，成长就会自然发生。

「为学生设定目标并解释实现这些目标的路径是很重要的。同时，作为一个学校社区，我们必须确保目标不会成为阻碍学生日常进步的压力。这必然会要求我们所有人，包括家长、教职员工和学生，接受新的观点和做事方式。正如有句英文谚语所说： It takes a whole village to raise a child（要养育一个小孩，需举全村之力）。」

我的妻子和孩子也将与我一同迁往海口。Emily（何芳宜）、Jack（何俊廷）和Tommy（何俊儒）都对即将来到哈罗海口感到非常兴奋，我们很开心能够成为哈罗社区的一份子。我们感谢各位对我们的热情欢迎。

谨致问候！

Mr Oliver Wells (何欧立)

Dear Parents,

It is my huge pleasure to be joining Harrow Haikou as the new Headteacher for August 2023. I wish to use this letter to introduce myself to you.

I have visited Harrow Haikou on three occasions this year and see a school with foundations firmly in place and a tremendous opportunity for further development. I am very impressed by how Mrs Kelly Wailes and her team have weathered the challenges presented by opening and growing a school during the COVID pandemic. Their achievements are a testament to their dedication and perseverance. 

Harrow Haikou is a deeply values driven school with courage, honour, humility and fellowship central to how educational excellence for life and leadership is delivered. I have been especially impressed by the friendliness of the pupils and their willingness to talk with me in English.

I acknowledge you have high expectations for the impact I will make in this role. Over the coming years I suggest evaluating the school from two dimensions. 

I have spent the previous five years at Sedbergh School in Fuzhou. Where I was founding Headteacher. I am proud of the achievements of the school most notably the university admissions results, COBIS accreditation and two British School Awards. In all I have been a Headteacher for eight years in China.

「I have an undergraduate degree in Business from The University of Sheffield, my PGCE in ICT (teaching qualification) is from King's College London, as is my MA in Education Leadership. My NPQH (Headteacher qualification) is from University College London. I will submit my PhD thesis to Lancaster University in the next two years. This is my twenty second year in teaching. I have lived and worked in England, China and Japan.」

It is my belief that my previous experience of Headship in China and the success of my previous schools will provide useful ideas to further develop Harrow Haikou.

Harrow Haikou is at once a bilingual and international school. This is a strength that we can use to enrich the opportunities for our pupils.

I am not the only new member of staff joining Harrow Haikou this year. In August, once new teachers have begun to settle into Haikou, I look forward to introducing them to you in person.

「My priorities are to strengthen communication with parents about how pupils are doing in school, developing and sharing information about the learning content within the curriculum and in what way we are preparing pupils for success academically, pastorally, along with their applications to university and success in life.」

It is important to me that parents, pupils and staff are consulted on the adjustments we wish to make to develop the school. This will by necessity mean that changes will not be immediate. This will also allow time for new staff to settle and for stability within the school to be enhanced.

「Pastoral care is the most essential aspect of any school. Pupils who are content are free to learn and enjoy school. In the post-COVID era we can look forward to pupils preparing for and entering more competitions such as the World Scholars Cup, Spelling Bee China, various mathematical competitions and Olympiads.」

I very much want Harrow Haikou to become a sporting, artistic and scientific hub for other schools within the Harrow community. In time I also hope to extend this to other similar schools around China. With our pupils benefiting from the enhanced interaction, fellowship and challenges these visits will involve.

To achieve success I will bring high academic standards coupled with the support and challenge needed to reach goals set. This may involve some difficult conversations, but we must not be afraid to speak truthfully to each other, as long as we have the necessary support structures in place to ensure wellbeing for pupils, staff and parents.

I know my new colleagues are already planning many new activities and initiatives for the coming academic year, most notably the introduction of the「 Duke of Edinburgh International Award」, a programme that allow pupils to make terrific progress and is also highly regarded by universities.

Educational growth is a long journey, taken in hundreds of small steps, cemented in good habits that can be hard to establish, but natural once they become routine. 

「Goal setting for pupils and explaining the route ahead to those goals is important. At the same time we must, as a community, ensure goals do not become pressure that inhibit pupils in their everyday progress. This will almost certainly require all of us, parents, staff and pupils to accept new perspectives and ways of doing things. As the saying goes, it takes a whole village to raise a child.」

My wife and children will be joining me in Haikou. Emily (何芳宜), Jack （何俊廷) and Tommy (何俊儒) are all very excited about the move to Harrow. We very much enjoy being part of a community. Thank you for welcoming us into the Harrow Haikou (village) community.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Oliver Wells

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