Landau Forte College

Principal's Message - Spring 2011

This Principal's Message is an extract from the Spring 2010 edition of Newslink. You can download a copy from our Downloads section.

As ever, life remains extremely busy at the College with students and staff together engaged in a wide range of activities both within and beyond the everyday curriculum. I hope you will enjoy reading about some of those achievements in this edition of NewsLink.

In early January we celebrated the success of our former Year 13 students. Staff, former students and their parents enjoyed a memorable event which included an opportunity for us to find out firsthand about their lives at university or in employment since leaving the College last July. Our thanks go to Martin Landau who presented former students with their certificates, sharing with them his thoughts on university education and a reading of the Samuel Ullman poem Youth.

A reflection I shared with the students as part of the evening - they are the same chronological age as the College. They will celebrate their 20th birthday at some point in the coming year whilst 2011-12 marks the 20th anniversary of Landau Forte College. To date, almost four and half thousand children have been educated at the College and if you are reading this as one of them, I hope you feel as proud as we do of the achievements over the last two decades. As always, we look to the future and our ambition to improve remains as strong as ever. Currently we are planning for our annual Trade Fair and this year with the theme of China, the event looks to have a new twist.

We are past the midpoint of the academic year and attention is sharply focused on the final weeks leading to public examinations and course completion for our Year 11 and Year 13 students. If students give of their best and match the ambition of the staff, then the outcomes for each will be successful. In the spirit of New Year, celebrated this term in concert and in Chinese New Year Gatherings – we wish them good fortune.

We look forward to another successful year ahead at the College and my message to the staff and students at the beginning of the academic year was that if we continue to focus on improving what we do, rather than proving what we do, we will achieve great things. 

Liz Coffey
Principal