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Message from the Director

Mdm. Feni | Director

This edition of The Spring magazine sees an end to another school Spring eld aims to prepare students to become lifelong learners and
year, another successful school year even though education has develop the full breath of skills and competencies – from literacy to

continued to be interrupted by the presence of COVID-19. Our problem-solving to collaboration – that they will need to access the
students have worked hard under trying circumstances as they have ever-changing world of work while becoming constructive citizens in
had to continue working online for the majority of their lessons. the society of the future.

Both students and teachers have adapted well to their greater reliance
on technology to achieve an education of the highest standard.

We cannot deny that the unprecedented shift to home learning has
had a profound impact on students, parents, and teachers across

Indonesia. However Spring eld is con dent it met the challenge head
on and that we have come through well. Many lessons have been
learnt and our school is con dent these lessons will help shape the

‘new normal’ of the academic school year ahead of us.

As we moved to a hybrid model with students being taught both
face-to-face and online at the same time, we continued to see new
and exciting edtech tools being used by our teachers as they made

learning as interesting and as exciting as possible for all students. I want to take this opportunity to congratulate both students and
Whether it was with Seesaw, Google Classroom and Google Meet or teachers on the way they have handled the various challenges
presented to them. They have come through with ying colours and I
Zoom our teachers have continued to innovate and make
improvements to student learning in all areas of their development, commend them for this. Thank you too to our parents for their
including intellectual, emotional, spiritual, and social intelligence. ongoing support in these di cult and uncertain times. We however
Students general well-being has also been a special focus in the last move forward positively and are con dent the worst is now behind us
few months and will continue to be a major focus as we move back to as we look forward to all students and teachers being fully present
in-school instruction. onsite in the new school year. Exciting times ahead, not without its

own challenges but we are con dent teaching and learning will
COVID-19 has helped learners both young and old to grow and continue to grow and expand as both students and teachers fully
develop a broad range of competencies and skills both in and out of embrace the new skills learnt during the pandemic. Education will

school. Spring eld is well positioned to build on these competencies not be the same, it will be better as we take advantage of the growing
as it moves forward in o ering a quality education to all students. It technological skills and lessons learnt during our time of online
has also presented Spring eld with the opportunity to continue its teaching and learning here at Spring eld.
advances in digital technology, while also intensifying its focus on
student-centered learning.