Rachel Groves
Principal of Tunas Muda School, Kedoya Campus
Tunas Muda School is truly a place of growth and I am proud to have grown as an educator and as a leader during my 31 years in this, my second home. Our nurturing culture enables children to grow into responsible, ambitious and principled young people and I am always delighted when former students come back to visit us, sharing their many memories of their primary school days. Often it’s things that we didn’t realise were important that have become their lasting memories; chatting with teachers over lunch in the canteen, free clothes days when they donated a small amount of money for the excitement of not wearing their uniform for a day, or break times playing basketball in the playground that now seems smaller than the one they remember! These memories remind me that every little thing we do as teachers and as a school, makes a difference and inspires me to continue to work hard to make each day special for our learners and educators.
TM is also a place of growth for our teachers, who attend local, national and international workshops, seminars and conferences, helping them to fulfill the IB philosophy of everyone being a lifelong learner and to inspire them to make their classrooms centers of joy, encouragement and inspiration. Our parents don’t miss out on growing too and I enjoy seeing parents developing their knowledge and understanding when they come to school for workshops and seminars, meetings and events.
Growth also happens in relationships and I am always proud when I think of teachers who joined us early in their careers and have developed into talented educators and nurturing leaders, now passing their knowledge and skills on to a new generation of younger teachers. And I regularly have a little smile on my face when I see the children of our alumni now becoming happy TMers themselves and their parents now fulfilling their new roles as TM mums and dads!
Our school is a very special place and I thank God every day for the blessing of being a TM Principal. If you are visiting our website and would like to find out more about our nurturing community and why our teachers are such proud and happy educators, please come and visit us. You will find out for yourself why Tunas Muda truly is my second home!