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From The Principal’s Desk                                                                                                  From The Principal’s Desk








                                                                The Talent And Teamwork In                                       The workshop will include practical advice and               Thank you for all your support and for be-

                                                                                                                                 time for questions, so it’s an excellent oppor-
                                                                                                                                                                                              ing  part  of  our  school  community.  We’re
                                                                 Our School Community Are                                        tunity  to  learn  and  share.  I’d  love  to  see  you      achieving great things together; there’s so
                                                                                                                                                                                              much more to come.
                                                                                                                                 there.
                                                                          Always Inspiring.                                      Some Personal News


                                                                                                                                 I’ve got some personal news I’d like to share.
                                                                                                                                 For the past two years, I’ve been studying for
                                                              as well, with their Bambini and Mini teams win-                    a Master’s in Education at Middlesex University
                                                              ning first place. The talent and teamwork in our                   Dubai. Last week, I received my final result—a                        Aim for the

                                                              school community are always inspiring.                             Distinction. It’s been a lot of hard work, but I’m
                  Philip Reynolds                                                                                                thrilled with the outcome.                                            highest grade
                     Principal
                                                              We were honoured to welcome Mr Femi Ajilore,
                                                              a  former  professional  footballer,  as  our  guest.              Even more exciting, my dissertation has been                          and put the
       Dear Parents,                                          While the setup had some hiccups, the day was                      selected  for  a  competition.  This  weekend,  I’ll

                                                              a  great  success.  Thank  you  to  everyone  who                  represent Middlesex Dubai in the final, and if I                      work in, it’s the
              he  past  few  weeks  at  Regent  have          made  it  happen—parents,  staff,  and  students                   win, I’ll move on to compete against other UK
              been  exciting  and  busy.  There’s  so         alike.                                                             universities. It’s also being prepared for publi-                     only way to do
      Tmuch  to  celebrate,  and  I’d  like  to                                                                                  cation, which is my first academic paper that

       share some highlights with you and an up-              Parenting Workshop                                                 looks at the barriers schools face in adopting                        the best you can
       coming event I hope you’ll attend.                     This Saturday, we’re hosting a Parenting Work-                     International Safeguarding Standards in Nige-                         - at any age.
                                                              shop at school from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. It’s                   ria. But I have two more after it, hopefully in the

       9th Inter-School Football                              all about helping parents tackle the challenges                    pipeline.
                                                              of raising children today. We’ll cover topics like
       Tournament
                                                              mental health, online safety, and how to com-                       My Message To Our Students
        Last  Saturday,  The  Regent  Secondary               municate better with teenagers.
                                                                                                                                  This shows how powerful education can be at
        School hosted the 9th Inter-School Foot-              We’ve invited some fantastic speakers to lead
                                                                                                                                  any age. If I can do this at nearly 58, imagine
        ball  Tournament.  It  was  a  fantastic  day,        the sessions:
                                                                                                                                  what’s possible for our students educational-
        with 13 schools and more than 40 teams
                                                                                                                                  ly in the upcoming and ongoing end of term
        competing. The categories included Bam-                   •  Dr  Zara  Maiyaki,  a  medical  profession-
                                                                                                                                  one  examinations  and  other  examinations
        binis,  Minis,  Junior  Boys,  Girls,  and  Senior            al and a valued member of our Regent
                                                                                                                                  later  in  the  year.  Aim  for  the  highest  grade
        Boys.                                                         family in the past.
                                                                                                                                  and put the work in, it’s the only way to do the
                                                                  •  Mrs Oluwatoyin Ogunkanmi is a psychol-
                                                                                                                                  best you can - at any age.
        Our  teams  performed  brilliantly.  The  Ju-                 ogist specialising in family issues.
        nior Boys and Senior Boys both came out                   •  Mrs  Tega  Omogor  is  an  advocate  for

        on  top,  and  The  Regent  Primary  did  just                drug abuse prevention.





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