Educators from BVIS joined over 200 international teachers and leaders from Nord Anglia Education schools at the SEAMEI Teaching & Learning Conference 2025, held in Abu Dhabi. The event brought together outstanding minds in education to explore leadership, resilience, innovation, and inclusion—key elements shaping the future of teaching and learning.
The three-day conference, held from February 22 to February 24, provided an invaluable platform for teachers from across the region to collaborate, share best practices, and gain fresh insights to bring back to their schools and classrooms.
The conference offered educators from BVIS an opportunity to engage with peers, explore forward-thinking teaching strategies, and strengthen their approaches to student learning.
When asked, “What was your biggest takeaway from the conference, and how do you think it will impact your teaching or your students’ learning experience?” Mr Simon Higham, Principal replied:
“Identifying just one takeaway from this unique and inspiring conference is very challenging. However, what I do know is that events such as these show the huge benefits of being part of the Nord Anglia Education family and the positive effect this has on our children’s learning. Spending time listening, presenting, and giving feedback to such passionate and committed educational leaders is a real privilege. All have one focus – to ensure all our BVIS and NAE students have the very best learning opportunities and pastoral care in all that they do.
I’m already looking forward to next year!"
Nord Anglia Education places continuous professional development at the heart of its strategy, ensuring educators have the tools and knowledge to enhance student learning. The conference based around leadership explored AI in education, neurodiversity, inclusive leading, learning and teaching, and other key topics shaping the future of teaching.
The event also focused on Nord Anglia’s groundbreaking research into metacognition—helping students develop an awareness of their learning processes to improve problem-solving and critical thinking. Essentially, allowing children to think about their thinking.
“Through leadership discussions at the conference, our academic teams explored how to apply Nord Anglia’s latest research on metacognition," said Rob Walls, Head of Middle East Schools at Nord Anglia.
"By embedding metacognitive strategies in the classroom, we help students develop the skills to become independent, self-directed learners. In offering a forward-thinking education, we are supporting skills development with our Nord Anglia educational framework centred around the continuous growth of the 6 Cs—ensuring our students evolve into critical, creative, committed, and curious learners, while collaborating compassionately both in and outside the classroom."
Taking place from 03rd to 16th March 2025, #LoveBVIS is a great opportunity for our community to celebrate the love they have towards our school through meaningful actions.
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