“ Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing”

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We here at Teach Middle East Magazine, have been extremely busy with our fair share of events. Our schedule becomes quite packed at this time of the year, so much so that we have nicknamed this period, the education events season. The season started with the second annual Middle East Maths Teachers Conference, which was held on February 24, 2018 at the Le Meridien Dubai Hotel and Conference Centre. The event was a resounding success, it attracted just under 200 delegates from the Middle East and further afield. The sessions were impactful and the day provided mathematics educators with the unique opportunity to network and learn together. We look forward to next year’ s event.

East( BSME) conference in Abu Dhabi, from March 13- 15. The Global Education and Skills Forum will also be taking place at The Atlantis the Palm Dubai, on March 17-18. Just in case you thought we were through, BETT Middle East is slated to take place on April 23-24 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre( ADNEC).

If you are unable to attend these events, just head over to www. teachmiddleeastmag. com to stay abreast with all the happenings. You can also stay up to date by downloading our free app, simply search Teach Middle East in your app store. In this issue of the magazine, we give you several reasons to slow down and take a moment. As usual, we bring you articles to delight, stimulate and educate you. Our featured school, St Christopher’ s in Bahrain is an exemplary British curriculum school. We also speak with ED Goodwin OBE and Wendy Bataineh from St Christopher’ s school in Bahrain, about their upcoming retirement and what it takes to have a successful and long career as expat educators.

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Following the Maths conference, we headed to GESS Dubai which was held from February 27th to March 1st at the Dubai World Trade Centre. GESS Dubai is the largest education show of its kind in the region and we thoroughly enjoyed taking part in this year’ s event. Things are just heating up, as following GESS Dubai there is the Education Experts Conference on March 5-6 in Dubai, which will then be followed by the British Schools Middle

Have a wonderful Spring Break!