College Magazine 2016-17 Term 1

The magazine of Dulwich College Seoul

The College Seoul Published in Jan 2017

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Features

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Letter from the Headmaster

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Hello & Welcome

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News & Events

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Our Staff

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Sports Round-Up

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Art Box

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Music Notes

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Performing Arts

100 Beyond the Classroom 106 Our Community

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Letter from the Headmaster

Dear Parents and Guardians, I hope you will enjoy browsing the reports of such a wide range of interesting events and activities that have taken place over the last term. It is always amazing to look back at how much can be packed-in to one term of a school, though perhaps it should not be surprising when it consists of over 750 students and teachers bursting with energy, specialist interests and a spirit of fun. You will see in these pages reports on all areas of a busy school’s life: scholarship, competitions, drama, music, sport, art, service, Korean culture, community and adventure.

The most significant development of this term has been the receipt of fantastic university offers for our first graduating class. Dulwich College International’s presence in Asia since 2003 educating outstanding young people has helped our students and we are recognised as being ‘cut from the same cloth’. Just in this first term of the year our students have received unconditional and conditional offers from some top universities including Smith College (USA), Oxford, Warwick, UCL, Bath, Bristol, Manchester, King’s, St Andrew’s, Imperial, Nottingham, and more (UK), ESSEC (France) and HKUST. We started the term pledging to be the kindest school with the kindest students in the Universe. I am not certain that we are there yet but we are moving in the right direction, and will not stop until we achieve the goal.

Graduating kind people is a prime ambition of Dulwich College Seoul, and we will continue to remind students of their individual and collective responsibilities in this regard. As students will become bored of hearing me say, “you will never regret being kind”.

Since the last issue of The College, we have continued to develop our campus. Over the summer the dining facilities were upgraded, early years play space was re-invigorated, the theatre lighting and sound improved to professional standard and the gymnasium refreshed. Towards the end of term, the AstroTurf was replaced to create a larger field, a softer surface and a two lane training track.

In the summer our most senior students visited the typhoon Yolanda-devastated city of Tacloban in the Philippines to build houses, share resources with a local school and make a donation that took some young children off their work at a dumpsite and into education. This was the culmination of months of preparation and fundraising, and I hope the beginning of a long-term commitment to poverty relief in this part of the world.

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A regular highlight of Term 1 is the lead up to Christmas and the many opportunities this provides for performance in school and out in the local community. Dulwich College Seoul students made us proud at the hotels, at concerts and outside the school during carol singing and they entertained us royally with enactments of Christmas stories, such as our Reception year group’s performance of Snowman at Sunset. Senior students expanded the range of our theatre with a production of Antigone and a Dulwich College Seoul student won the first ever Musician of the Year at the Dulwich Festival of Music in Shanghai. Our theatre was also well-used throughout term for assemblies, further music, drama and dance performances, lectures and for set-piece ceremonies such as the sombre observation of Remembrance we held in November.

You will also note in this magazine our continuing expansion in sport. Football and swimming featured most heavily during Term 1, with basketball and volleyball coming to the fore after Christmas. Our programme continues to develop to provide opportunities for all, as well as challenge for the more able and enthusiastic.

There was recent successful competition in Seoul, Korea and Asia, and there is promise of more of this to come.

All in all, it has been a fantastic term for us all at Dulwich College Seoul and we look to the future with eager expectation of even greater things to come.

Mr. Graeme Salt Headmaster

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Hello & Welcome

Dulwich Musician of the Year The Dulwich College International Musician of the Year competition brings together some of the Dulwich family’s most talented young musicians from across Asia. Music is an integral part of a Dulwich education and is integrated into the curriculum. All Dulwich College International students learn an instrument and have the opportunity to perform in front of their peers, parents and members of the wider community.

This year’s competition was hosted by Dulwich College Shanghai on Thursday 10 November in conjunction with the Dulwich Festival of Music and saw students from Dulwich College Beijing, Dulwich College Seoul, Dulwich College Shanghai, Dulwich International High school Zhuhai and Dulwich College in Singapore.

The competition was judged by Matthew Goss, Paul West and James Pickering; the Directors of Music in the Dulwich College International schools in Shanghai, Beijing and Seoul. Andy Stott, Head of Popular Music at the Royal Northern College of Music was invited as the guest judge. After much deliberation, the panel awarded Judith L the 2016 Dulwich College International Musician of the Year. The Year 8 flautist from Dulwich College Seoul claimed the title with a flawless and charismatic performance of Chaminade’s Concertino in D, Op. 107 that impressed the audience and the judges. The piece Judith chose to perform is known for its technical difficulty. Chaminade’s Concertino in D, Op.107 is wide-ranging with a highly decorative solo section, originally composed in 1902 as an examination piece for flute students in Paris.

Judith is an incredibly talented flautist who has already claimed prizes in a number of international music competitions. This year alone she was awarded third prize at the Hong Kong International Music Competition and second prize in the Junior Woodwind category. She claimed second prize at the New York Artists International Competition and third prize at the 65th Ewha-Kyung Hwang Music Competition. She came second at the 22nd Korea Flute Association Competition and won the 2nd edition of the New York International Music Concours. She now adds the 2016 Dulwich College International Musician of the Year to her growing list of accomplishments.

Congratulations to Judith and her fellow musicians. Thank you to the judges and all those who helped to put on the Dulwich College International Musician of the Year competition.

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Hello & Welcome

Dulwich Talks 2016/17 at Dulwich College Beijing The first Dulwich Talks event recently took place at Dulwich College Beijing. Students from Years 10 - Year 13 engaged in presentations on topics as varied as resilience in city planning, elite sport and the One Child Policy.

Ann Daniels, from the UK, spoke about her experiences being the only woman to have walked to both the North and South Poles. Her stories were quite enthralling.

Students also participated in seminars and workshops, spanning a wide range of disciplines but all relating to the common theme of Resilience. Groups engaged in gathering clues and solving puzzles to break out of a locked room; considering a literary perspective on the short-lived nation of Biafra; discussing the financial crisis with a top Wall Street economist and looking at similarities and differences in the resilience shown by birds and humans. With 25 seminars for students to choose from there was certainly something for everyone!

Feedback from students: "I thought the way Xinran Xue spoke of all of the events she has encountered in life was absolutely gripping, truly fascinating."

“I’ve learned that I need to find internal motivators, to look not at what aspects of the situation cannot be controlled but at what can, and that the only thing that you can always be control of is your mindset. Success is not always about getting to the final destination yourself - it can also be about how you've helped others get there.”

"I came to understand that everyone will always have their own perspective on different topics and that for many things there isn't one specific answer.”

"I took away the fact that even if we think we're so small we can't make a difference, we are wrong, and that if we really believe in something, we can work hard enough to really make a difference.”

"I loved the Lessons of planning, improvisation and paying attention to the small things” "I came away thinking that challenge is what makes life exciting”

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Hello & Welcome

Marc Pierre White at Dulwich College in Singapore It is not often that you are given the opportunity to have a coffee and catch-up with Marco Pierre White, but this is exactly what happened at Dulwich College (Singapore). The celebrity chef is in Singapore for a Masterchef event and decided to stop and visit our Students, Parents and Staff.

He held a Q&A at the Clock Tower CafĂŠ and was interviewed by Sahil (Year 8) for The Dulwich Times. He ended his afternoon visit by holding a cooking demonstration for over 80 of our lucky staff. He cooked a Risotto Milanese with the help of his chosen sous-chef Mr Gareth Randell, one of our Year 3 teachers, and answered questions from everyone as he cooked.

For the record, his favourite meal to cook is roast chicken, he grates his onions instead of chopping them, and he thinks it is more important to think about who your last meal would be with, not what you would eat.

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Hello & Welcome

Dulwich College Suzhou Students Perform with the World Famous Vienna Boys Choir Dulwich College Suzhou students from our Piccolo, Carreras and Domingo Choirs performed on stage with the world famous Vienna Boys Choir at the Suzhou Culture and Arts Centre.

The Vienna Boys' Choir is a choir of boy sopranos and altos based in Vienna, Austria. It is one of the best known boys' choirs in the world. The boys are selected mainly from Austria, but also from many other countries. There are approximately 100 choristers between the ages of ten and fourteen, divided into four touring choirs, named after Austrian composers Bruckner, Haydn, Mozart and Schubert. Together they perform about 300 concerts each year before almost 500,000 people. It is the Bruckner group who are currently touring China.

Dulwich College International has already developed a close relationship with the Vienna Boys Choir which led to the special invitation to join their rehearsal and perform 3 numbers with them on stage at their evening concert in Suzhou. There were 166 Dulwich College Suzhou students ranging from 5 to 11 years old taking part in this once in a lifetime experience. Here is what two of the students said about the event: "I felt proud representing the school and singing with the famous Vienna Boys Choir. The show was AWESOME!!!!!" Andy "I was smiling the whole time, I knew all the words and I was super excited. It was soooooooooooo fun, thank you so much." Renee A big thank you to Mr. Manolo Cagnin, the conductor of the Bruckner Vienna Boys Choir, for inviting our students to join his rehearsal and to perform with this world renowned choir.

This all came at the end of a very big month for the College following the inspection by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, where we were awarded ‘excellent’ in every category, a truly outstanding result.

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News & Events

House Spirit!

On the first Friday back in school in Term 1, Senior students participated in the House Tug-of-War competition. There was great effort from all participants and plenty of spirited support. Seacole, the winners of the House Cup last year, were able to start the year with a victory. But there is still a long way to go. This year we have staff House Leaders to work alongside the student House Leaders and a whole calendar of events and competitions to look forward to, with the Fun Run kicking off the House events.

Adventure!

Adventure is one of the three big words in our Code of Conduct in the Senior School where we strive to be people who behave with Integrity, live with a sense of Adventure and seek opportunities to give Service to others. Our Residential Trips week provided opportunities for adventure. Students from Year 7 to Year 11 were out and about in Korea, Japan and Cambodia. Adventurous trips are a key part of a Dulwich education, giving students the chance to try themselves out in new ways and in new environments. Last year, the school became the first official International Award centre in Korea and Ms Anderson will be leading the development of this programme this year. All Year 10 students have signed up to start their Bronze Award and will be going out on their first practice walk.

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News & Events

Parent Information Evening We had a very successful Parent Information Evening. It was great to see so many of you and I hope it was useful in terms of information and meeting teachers. It makes such a difference to the year when parents have met the tutor and some of the teachers at the beginning, and established a relationship which will help support the student. All of the presentations from the evening along with the Curriculum Overviews for this term and the Homework timetable are accessible via the Parent Portal.

The best schools and the best teachers are always looking to improve and develop - they are ‘restless’, a phrase used by author Ron Blatchford in his book ‘The Restless School.’ We are a restless organisation, each year listening, reflecting and making improvements to ensure your family’s Dulwich College Seoul experience is as enjoyable and rewarding as possible. At this week’s Parent Information evening, Mr Salt highlighted some of the areas we will be continuing to improve, while also taking a moment to celebrate the achievements of last year.

Mr Chris Vernon Head of Senior School

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News & Events

Student Leadership

Residential Trips

I believe it is important that we create opportunities for students to lead while in the Primary School.

The School Council (Key Stage 2) is one of the early opportunities to lead, in a wider sense, across the school community. The School Council is led by our new Deputy Head - Pastoral, Ms Esplin, and provides students with the chance to represent the views of their classmates and voice their opinions about school matters.

T h e g re a t e s t t w e n t i e t h c e n t u r y p i o n e e r i n experiential education, Kurt Hahn famously said, “I regard it as the foremost task of education to insure the survival of these qualities: an enterprising curiosity, an undefeatable spirit, tenacity in pursuit, readiness for sensible self-denial, and above all, compassion.”

The application to become a House Captain actually begins at the end of Year 5 and during Assembly, the selected candidates made their presentations explaining why they would like the role, what they would do if selected, and how they might strengthen their respective Houses.

All students taking on these responsibilities are expected to lead by example at all times - through their behaviour, the wearing of the school uniform, and the respect they show towards others.

The Dulwich Wacky Hat House Fun Run Dressed in their House kit and wearing a home-made wacky hat, all students from Year 3 to Year 13 ran and walked for their Houses. This was our first House event of the year and one of the rare chances to get the Senior and Junior Schools together. Parents were welcome to come and watch the spectacle.

Following the event, all were invited to join us back at school for the Welcome Back Picnic. There were some wonderful food and beverages on offer. The more seasoned picnickers preferred to bring their own picnic baskets and picnic blankets.

It was great to see Junior and Senior students participating and having fun alongside each other.

While Whole School House events are challenging to schedule, they bring a real sense of belonging and team identity.

Mr Marcus Sherwood Head of Primary School

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Our residential trips, our CAS programme, service opportunities, ECAs, sports, drama and music, all help to fulfil this task for our students.

I would like to share a couple of other quotations which I think sum up how we feel about the importance of trips and where they fit in the kind of holistic education offered at Dulwich College Seoul.

Firstly, from one of my favourite writers on education, George Walker, former Director General of the IBO: here he is reporting a conversation with a friend in which they were discussing how to encourage students to reach down to ‘ocean-floor problems’ and the ‘bases of thought and reason', ‘Poems, novels, pictures, good teachers, good newspapers, hanging off ropes in Snowdonia, going on work experience, inspirational assemblies...going abroad, sorting out situations that you can’t quite cope with, working with others in a team, going abroad again...these are the routes to the fundamental bases of thought and reason…’

Secondly, from Dulwich’s very own, Sir Ernest Shackleton, ‘I believe it is in our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown. The only true failure would be to not explore at all.’

I hope that all students will have a real adventure; that is, they will confront challenge, find solutions, experience uncertainty yet move forward regardless, keep going beyond where they thought they could, strengthen existing friendships, forge new ones and learn something valuable about themselves. I hope they return to us tired, happy with stories to tell and plenty of happy memories made.

Mr Chris Vernon Head of Senior School

News & Events

University Visits

Read, Write Inc Throughout the year, we offer a range of Curriculum Workshops for parents which provide an opportunity to learn more about our teaching and how you can support your child’s learning.

The first of these is Read Write Inc. Language lies at the heart of our capacity to imagine, think and communicate. A child’s developing use of language underpins their achievement across the curriculum and helps them become successful learners. Throughout their time in school, children learn to communicate, speak and listen in different situations and for different purposes. Phonics plays an important role in this early language acquisition and we would like to share with parents, information regarding the Read, Write, Inc. (RWI) synthetic phonics programme.

Mr Marcus Sherwood Head of Primary School

We have had a number of visitors from big American state universities over the past few days. In addition to talking about their institutions, they gave lots of good advice, particularly on researching thoroughly and finding the right fit for the individual. There are so many things to consider - courses available, climate, big city or small college town. The depth of quality education in the US is extraordinary; I am ashamed to say I was not very familiar with the University of Minnesota which turns out to be a huge public research university with a wealth of opportunities for undergraduates particularly in business, science and engineering.

I am always slightly jealous listening to these speakers and knowing that I cannot go myself. This week, I think, I would have signed up for Oregon, though the prospect of four years in Boulder, Colorado also seems quite enticing. When I chose a university so many years ago, I looked through some fairly boring prospectuses for places like Reading and Hull - somehow, they do not have quite the same draw as Oregon. I also remember the lack of choice in terms of course. I am always amazed at the plethora of courses now available. I considered English and History. Politics was also a possibility but there were lots of universities that did not offer it. There were a couple of places that I looked at for ‘American Studies’ which was an exciting and exotic transdisciplinary, hybrid course in those days – one of the very few.

So, although I had little in the way of advice, it was not that difficult to make decisions. But for many of our students, looking at US, Canada, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, and Japan as possible options, the process of narrowing down their choices is a challenging one. The worst thing any student can do is to ease the process by dismissing possibilities without looking into them. I cannot emphasise enough how important it is for students and parents to be open-minded and curious in this process; to consider places and courses that they had not thought of previously. We can support applications to anywhere in the world and our Counsellor, Ms Edelhart is a mine of information on courses and schools across the globe. Do start the process early, keep an open mind and ensure your child has plenty of options.

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News & Events

Kindness During the welcome evening, Mr Salt spoke of the pressures on young people growing up in South Korea.

However, it is important to note the stresses of the school environment are by no means unique to Korea. This situation is mirrored in many countries around the world.

Results from a recent survey conducted in England showed that parents were more concerned with their child’s performance than they were with issues such as bullying and happiness: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/sep/02/ parents-concerned-about-results-than-childs-happinesssays-survey In an environment where performance matters so much and comparison is ubiquitous, being kind can easily be forgotten. Our aim this year is to develop the ‘kindest school in the universe’ and we all have an important role to play in modelling what this looks like. Inevitably, our children do what we do, not just what we say.

In thinking about kindness, I liked these words from Roald Dahl: “I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I'll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.

Kindness - that simple word. To be kind - it covers everything, to my mind. If you're kind that's it.”

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House Captains in Primary School Being kind and supportive were two important elements of the presentations made by those aspiring to be House Captains.

I would like to congratulate all participants for the thought and effort that went into these presentations, they were excellent.

The Primary House Captains for 2016-17 are: Alleyn: Connie and Tahlia Seacole: Marvin and Sissy Sejong: Ella and Ian Shackleton: Hyunjo and Katelyn Mr Marcus Sherwood Head of Primary School

News & Events

International Day of Peace Global relationships and the United Nations International Day of Peace were front of mind on Peace Day, and we acknowledged the day with a combined Year 1 to Year 13 peace image on the field. We also explored the purpose of a ‘Peace Day’ in more depth during our Friday Assembly.

Anti Bullying Theme Day Continuing the relationships theme, we explored peer to peer relationships in greater depth through the Whole School Anti-Bullying theme day. We united in the colour pink as a symbol to stand up against bullying, to practice kindness, and to accept ourselves and others. The older students had a series of workshops and discussions to help students better understand the impact bullying can have on people. Our younger students explored, through stories and role-play, kindness and practical ways to help those who are feeling sad or upset. Our aim is to have a school of compassionate and caring individuals, who are empathetic and act kindly towards others. We want to be the the kindest school in the universe.

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Dulwich Talk: Why everything you know about learning maths could be wrong We hold a number of curriculum events for parents during the year and on Tuesday it was pleasing to see such an excellent turn-out for the first of this year’s Dulwich Talks. Mr Bonnet (Mathematics Subject Leader) and Mr Gorton (Year 2 Leader) examined common approaches to teaching Mathematics in schools and explained why we may be able to do even more to assist learning. As I have mentioned previously, great schools and great organisations are restless, always seeking the best ways forward. Mr Bonnet and Mr Gorton, backed by a large body of research evidence, explained how students can learn mathematics more effectively through spacing and interleaving approaches.

Mr Jamie McNamara Deputy Head of Primary (Curriculum)

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Behaviour Policy Ms Esplin and her team reviewed and amended elements of the Behaviour Policy. One of the additions was a simplified Code of Conduct - a set of Golden Rules.

They are as follows: • We are gentle • We are kind and helpful • We listen • We are honest • We work hard • We look after property Mr Marcus Sherwood Head of Primary School

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Korean Culture

Tracy Curtis-Taylor

October was filled with a number of exciting events and workshops to acknowledge distinct aspects of Korean culture. Chuseok, National Foundation Day and Hanguel Day all taking place in a very short space of time. The children had the opportunity to join in with visiting experts in Calligraphy workshops and traditional Korean Drumming sessions.

There is something very special about listening to people speak with passion about significant events or achievements in their lives. We welcomed an extraordinary woman, aviator Tracey Curtis-Taylor, to school. The inspirational adventurer talked out her incredible UK to Australia solo flight in a vintage airplane.

Mr Marcus Sherwood Head of Primary School

Tracey has flown around the world and in her travels has worked with girls and women involved in the UN Women’s programme Girls2Pioneers, which aims to encourage young women to pursue STEM careers.

While at school, she took time to speak specifically with our girls.

You can learn more about her at these links: • http://www.birdinabiplane.com/ • http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03f0ccc Mr Marcus Sherwood Head of Primary School

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Student Leadership

Happy Pink Baking

Whilst there was a focus on the race for the White House, in Senior School, we were equally interested in who would fill our Student Leadership positions.

This year there were opportunities for students in Key Stage 3 to fill positions as House Representatives or Student Council Representatives.

The Senior School CAS Cooking Group decided to celebrate and promote Pink Day by baking some lovely Pink Jam Slices in different shades of pink by perfecting our marbling techniques, and here is the result!

Speeches, presentations and elections took place in Tutor groups. Year 10 to Year 12 students submitted applications for student leadership positions which included House Leaders, Prefects, Student Council Leaders and Student Society Leaders. Those Year 12 students who put themselves forward for Head Boy and Head Girl addressed the Whole School in Assembly. An exciting development in student leadership this year was that all the Head Boys and Head Girls from the different Colleges will be attending a Student Leadership Training and Conference in Shanghai with all the other Head students from other Dulwich schools, including the London school.

Mr Chris Vernon Head of Senior School

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If you would like to try this at home, you can find the recipe at the link below: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/pink-jam-slice Happy Pink Baking!

Ms Camille Brignolle Head of European Languages

News & Events mind is so important if students are to find the right school for them. And the right school and programme for the individual should be our aim.

If I could make one recommendation to parents, particularly those who are focused on US colleges, it would be Frank Bruni’s book ‘Where You Go is Not Who You Will Be.’ If you want the gist of his argument in that book, then you can see a speech he made in 2015 here: https://youtu.be/SgN20O3VYgQ.

Higher Education Fair and Universities Visits We have had a great week in Higher Education this week with the Universities Fair and further visits. Our first big Universities Fair of the year took place on Wednesday, and we had representatives from nearly forty institutions in the UK and the US visit.

There was a general presentation on each country before time was spared for parents and students to speak to representatives directly. The fair was in addition to our regular programme of visits that runs throughout the year.

I think you will find it enlightening.

One other great thing about so many North American representatives visiting our school is that it also gives parents a chance to hear from the universities and colleges themselves how much they value the type of education offered at Dulwich College Seoul and how welcoming they are to students coming from IB Diploma schools.

The breadth and holistic nature of the IB Diploma combined with the most rigorous academic courses available for pre-university students opens many doors for our students.

Mr Chris Vernon Head of Senior School

So far this year, we have already welcomed representatives from institutions including: • Cooper Union, NYU Abu Dhabi, Colorado State, Virginia Tech, Smith College, University of Oregon, University of Minnesota, to name a few.

Also, we had a visit from Lucien Giodarno from Dulwich Suzhou who is also working across the Dulwich network focusing on talking to US colleges about the Dulwich schools. He spent time with our students and teachers, to help him establish a good sense of Dulwich College Seoul so he can best present us to admissions teams. It is good for students to be reminded of the fact that, in addition to their work in separate schools, the counsellors also work as a Dulwich-wide team to support students and raise their profile with colleges and universities.

I think it is so important for students and parents to speak to as many representatives from Higher Education as possible. The more insight and information you have, the better quality a decision you are likely to make later on. Keeping an open 17

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2016 한글날 (Hangeul Day) at DCSL To appreciate and recognise the value of Hangeul: the Korean characters, we celebrated our Hangeul day. Two artists, Mrs Jungan and Mrs Soondam, came to Dulwich College Seoul to share their expertise with the students, and both the Primary and Senior School students had the opportunity to learn Korean calligraphy.

During the day, EYFS and KS1 students met these artists and received beautiful calligraphy scrolls.

Happy Hangeul Day 즐거운 한글날 보내세요!

Ms Jude Lee Korean Studies Teacher

Chun Ji Drumming Group Performance and Workshops As part of our Korean Arts Programme, Dulwich College Seoul welcomed the Chun Ji Drumming Group to the school. All students in Year 5 to Year 8 were treated to a spectacular performance before given the opportunity to learn the basics of Korean Drumming and trying out the drums for themselves.

All the students seemed to thoroughly enjoy the visit and were very excited to try the College's set of traditional Korean Drums. We are starting up a Korean Drumming ECA following on from what the students learnt.

Mr James Pickering Head of Music

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Audits for Best Practice

Senior School Cookery ECA - Hangeul Proclamation Day Last Friday, in celebration of Hangeul Proclamation Day, the Senior School Cookery ECA made kimbap.

The Year 10 experts were a great help in assisting the rest of the group and the results looked and tasted wonderful. The uninitiated are now converts!

Mrs Rosie Edwards English Teacher

Against an ever-changing backdrop, schools are being constantly challenged to review, reflect and adapt their practices in order to best prepare children for the future they face. An element of this is achieved through accountability. We recently had a visit form Dr Cameron Pyke, Deputy Master at Dulwich College in London and we were delighted to welcome Ms Kate Beith, Dulwich Deputy Director of Education, into our EYFS and KS1 classrooms.

Kate works with the Dulwich schools and leads audits across the network. These audits play an important role in the continuing development of teaching, learning and the environment. Her reflections are always valuable and the dialogue that takes place following these observations is often a catalyst for school improvement.

India Theme Day The children are always excited to show you their learning and we had the first Theme Day of the year.

Year 4 parents were welcomed to the opening by a traditional Indian song and a Bollywood style dance in the Theatre before being taken back to classes to enjoy a range of India-themed activities. I particularly enjoyed the children’s colourful clothing, costume jewellery and the spectacular mandala artwork.

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Inter-House Poetry Recital Assembly Dulwich College seoul hosted the Inter-House Poetry Recital Assembly for Year 5 and Year 6 students. While for many this is a daunting experience, we have actively created a range of opportunities for students to develop their presentation skills and speaking publicly for different audiences. For a less confident student this may only be in front of a small group, while others are ready to take on the world. Congratulations to all the children who performed so confidently in front of the large audience this afternoon.

Mr Marcus Sherwood Head of Primary School

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Primary FOBISIA Maths Our Primary Maths Squad took part in the FOBISIA Online Mathematics Competition hosted by The Regents International School Bangkok. The competition looked to explore mathematical understanding beyond numbers, equations or algorithms.

The initial task, set to ignite a spark of creativity among the participants, allowed for a wide scope of interpretation: Create a three-minute film on Fibonacci. No other prompt was given and the team subsequently had to interpret the title in the best way they could. As one of the judges in this round of the competition, I observed that many schools explained the Fibonacci sequence effectively and with relative clarity. However, they focused on the numbers and patterns rather than demonstrating a deeper understanding and relevance. Our team went one step further - they linked their understanding of Fibonacci to the Golden Ratio and the power of Phi. In doing so, they explored Fibonacci as it relates to architecture, music and the human face. Their explanation was outstanding and ultimately got them first place in this round.

Collaboration is one of the most important skills in mathematics and the second round of the competition was another group challenge. In this, our team had to answer as many of the twenty complex mathematical problems they could in two hours.

Below is an example of one of the challenges. Please feel free to have a go (do not forget to set your timer): • A hunter met two shepherds, one of whom had three loaves and the other, five loaves. All the loaves were the same size. The three men agreed to share the eight loaves equally between them. After they had eaten, the hunter gave the shepherds eight bronze coins as payment for his meal. How should the two shepherds divide this money based on the bread they gave to the hunter?

For the answer http://madlogics.com/riddles-app/index.php/riddle/1393 Our team successfully completed seventeen of the challenges in the time given, and finished in first place for this round.

For the final round, the team had to take part in a live online test. This was the only challenge where the children were tested individually. Each team member had to independently solve a range of complex mathematical questions and submit their answers in a set time. While not topping the individual scores, after combining the scores of each team member, we again finished in first place.

To finish first in one round would be a fantastic achievement but to win all three and claim first place overall is testament to the hard work, dedication and unremitting devotion of our team here at Dulwich College Seoul.

At the next FOBISIA Maths competition, to be held in Malaysia, all eyes will be on us and who can compete with the team from Dulwich College Seoul.

If you have any questions about this competition or the up and coming one in Malaysia, please do not hesitate to contact me at: chris.bonnet@dulwich-seoul.kr Mr Chris Bonnet Primary Subject Leader (Mathematics)

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Superheroes

Year 4 India Theme Day

Standing outside on Monday mor ning, I felt particularly safe as I noticed a band of Superheroes arriving at the front entrance. To celebrate the end of their ‘People Who Help Us’ unit, the Year 1 children flew, leapt and charged into school dressed as their favourite Superhero and spent the day reflecting on what they had learned and how the simple act of helping someone can be ‘heroic’ in that person’s eyes.

The corridors were full of delicious aroma, children in colourful costumes, some exotic art work and an air of fun and enjoyment. Yes, it was India Theme Day which was the celebration of the end of their recent topic on India. The afternoon festivities started with a mesmerising performance by Srividya Prakesh, one of our parents, who sang a traditional song from India. This was followed by the Year 4 students showing off their Bollywood Dance skills before they returned to their classrooms to share their learning. During the Theme Day visitors experienced cooking and Indian food at the Taj Restaurant. They also acted out a Bollywood drama and completed rangoli art.

One of the activities was cooking for the Indian restaurant. The children made raita, butter chicken curry, rice, fruit salad and naan bread. The food was all made in the cooking room and set up in 4W’s classroom.

The parents were overheard saying: • “The curry was the best I ever tasted,” • “It really feels and smells like an Indian restaurant.”

• “Wow, the curry must be good if it ran out already.”

Another of the activities was Bollywood Drama. The children had to make films on Rama and Sita. It was done in 4S’s classroom. All the children and parents had lots of fun.

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• “The children are so confident when acting.” And, “What a great story to tell.”

Finally, the children were able to learn and share their Indian Art skills. They had the opportunity to share these with their parents. In the breakout area on the 3rd Floor the children made a large Rangoli art piece on the floor using powdered paints, and shared the Indian art work they had completed in their Art lessons.

It was a great afternoon enjoyed by everyone.

One parent said: “It was the best Theme Day ever and I can’t wait for what they’re going to do next year."

Lots of people had snacks of Indian food and Year 1 students came too. Everyone had lots of fun.

Visit by David Didau, Education Expert and Author

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Frenemies Workshop Many thanks to Vikki Esplin (Deputy Head - Pastoral) and Milim Oh (Counsellor) for providing the forum to explore the complexities of friendship and relationships. Ms Esplin and Ms Oh explored the issue of relational aggression. The workshop was really well attended and many interesting discussions were had regarding bullying, active listening, cyber activity and how to be an upstander.

In the permanently connected world we live in, our children face a very different scenario to that which we grew up with and this provides additional challenges for us as parents. We certainly do not have all the answers, but by sharing our experiences, worries and challenges we may not feel so alone when our children are facing difficult times with friendships.

It gives me great pleasure to announce a bit of a coup for the school. David Didau, an influential figure in UK education, will be coming to visit the school to run a series of workshops for teachers, students and staff. David’s education blog is one of the most successful and influential in the UK, and has impacted the way that OFSTED, the regulatory body for schools in the UK, conducts inspections and measures learning. His recent books What if everything you knew about education was wrong?' and What every teacher needs to know about…

Psychology have been widely acclaimed and are now must-reads for training teachers in the UK. He will be offering a parent workshop that will focus on the best ways to help students learn and study, drawing on a wide body of current research.

You can catch up with some of David’s ideas by clicking on the link below to access his blog: http://www.learningspy.co.uk/ Mr Jamie McNamara Deputy Head of Primary (Curriculum)

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Student Leaders Our new Student Leaders were announced. A new Head Boy and Head Girl; new Deputies; new Prefects; new House Captains; new Society leaders and a new Student Council.

What was inspiring in this process was the number of students who put themselves forward. That so many students want to serve their school community and to make a contribution is a very healthy sign. Also impressive were the candidates for Head Boy and Head Girl; from their speeches and their interviews; we really could have appointed any of them. However, Mr Bridges and I put a lot of thought into positioning students where we think they can make the best contribution and where we think they will be able to grow and develop this year.

Appropriately, I was recently in Shanghai for one of the regular meetings between the Heads of Senior Schools and we spent much of our time focused on leadership. Working with us was a workshop leader from the UK, Andy Hinds. Andy brought his laptop, as all people do these days, but my eye was caught by his rather bulky, well-worn, frayed at the edges notebook. Later, Andy told us that his was his reflection journal and that he writes in it after every training and workshop.

The process of reflection is one that is embedded in the IB Diploma programme but it occurred to me that we could do even more to make our school a reflective culture. Teachers and students need to learn to take the time to reflect. Looking back on what we have done, noticing the successes but asking tough questions of ourselves is vital if we are to improve. As teachers, learners and leaders, we can all gain from increased reflection. Ultimately, we all want to keep learning and improving - not because we are not good enough, but because we can be better.

Talking to Year 12 parents this week about the college application process, it was clear to me that, if students are going to know themselves and to be able to present their authentic selves to admissions teams, then a habit of honest and rigorous reflection can make a huge difference. As part of our support for our new student leaders, we will be helping them to reflect and to make this year one in which they both make a significant contribution to the community but also learn a huge amount about themselves.

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Primary School Halloween Disco The Primary School celebrated an early Halloween with a DISCO for each Key Stage. The School Council coordinated efforts for all students to contribute decorations and games to the event. Students decorated hoops with ghosts, witches, werewolves and pumpkins, and made a huge effort to dress up in scary and frightening costumes from Mummies to Witches. The evening DISCO for KS2 was a huge success for the Primary Student Council with 180 students attending, which is the largest turn out to date. Many thanks to the teachers who contributed their time to DJ, paint faces, serve food, judge limbo, supervise piĂąata games and deliver quizzes.

The children really enjoyed the large spread of food kindly donated by the Friends of Dulwich and parents.

A visiting teacher from Cairo, Mrs Lee Lacey, judged the winning Best Dress competition, and chose the following children for originality: Kira from Year 3 who made a large spider piĂąata for the evening and dressed as a decapitated Scientist; Aiden from Year 4 who dressed as a scary reptile; Sandra from Year 5 who dressed as a Pumpkin and the two Ghostbusters in Year 6, Talia and Isabella. Special thanks to the Primary School Council for their first successful event for this academic year. The development of student voice is something the Primary team are really looking to develop this year, so watch this space for future School Council developments.

Ms Victoria Esplin Pastoral Deputy Head of Primary School

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Half Term Review It seemed to have taken a very long time to get to half-term. Partly, because we already had several shorter breaks, but also because there was so much going on. Since the beginning of term, we had our Residential Trips week, we have had an International Award trip, a Universities Fair (in addition to dozens of separate visits by universities), Ghosts and Ghouls night, the Shakespeare Festival, a Diversity concert, sports fixtures and Pink Day, just to name a few.

Reading through the tutor comments on reports, it is encouraging to see how many students were taking advantage of all the opportunities available. We use the CAS programme from the IB Diploma as the model for all our students from Year 7 upwards. This is important because it demands of students that they keep balance in their lives across different types of activities; that they reflect regularly on what they are learning from their experiences; and that specific skills such as collaboration and planning are given an opportunity to develop. In all year groups there are students who are complementing their academic life with a wide variety of commitments both on Friday afternoons and after school.

A typical student in Year 9 this term (and I am basing this on actual reports) could have travelled to Japan, played House football, run for Student Council, acted in the Shakespeare Festival, listened to two superb classical music performances, conversed with Admissions representatives from their dream college, attended swim training, played Badminton, prepared for MUN and done service in the Primary School. And that is just in the first half-term.

Such endeavours are a fundamental part of a holistic Dulwich education and a balanced IB approach to learning. For all students, Half-Term is a chance to take stock and reflect on what they have gained from the past weeks and to think about what they want to achieve from the next six weeks of school both in the classroom and beyond.

Mr Chris Vernon Head of Senior School

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News & Events For more information on Schemas please click here: h t t p : / / w w w. f l y i n g s t a r t . u k . c o m / w p - c o n t e n t / uploads/2014/08/Schema.pdf Ms Vikki Esplin Pastoral Deputy Head of Primary School

House Poetry Recital Student Council Playground Survey The Primary Student Council have been working in mixed year groups to collect research data in the playground. The School Council are beginning to collect tally chart data on the type of activities children are engaging in during break time, for example: football, wall-ball, reading, climbing and skipping. They are also collecting observational data, looking carefully at how children play and what schemas they show. Using ‘student voice’ to conduct research will allow us to involve the students in the strategic process of school improvement. This shared journey will involve evaluating current practice, researching improvements, planning, budgeting, ordering and implementing.

Through carefully observing how children play, the School Council is hoping to see what areas we can develop further. They are learning lots about the importance of open-ended, continuous imaginative play and the use of Schemas. A schema is a pattern of repeated behaviour which allows children to explore and express developing ideas and thoughts through their play and exploration. The repetitive actions of schematic play allow children to construct meaning in what they are doing. Typically, schemas are seen in toddlers and young infants, but we are looking to see if we can spot patterns of behaviour in the play of Junior children too. Open ended, active play allows children opportunities to problem solve, question, predict, imagine, speculate and develop independent choices. We want to promote opportunities that allow different types of schemas to show such as: Trajectory, Transporting, Rotation, Connecting, Enclosing, Positioning, Enveloping, and Orientation.

Our Year 3 and Year 4 students performed in the House Poetry Recital. All students were able to perform their poems in front of the class before 2 representatives from each House were chosen for the House competition. Congratulations to all participants on their excellent efforts.

Press Conference The Year 5 team launched their space unit with a press conference interviewing Scientist Professor Marcus Welby (aka Mr Sherwood), Doctor Shelley Kelly (Ms Esplin) and Counsellor Dr Lovehug (Mr McNamara). The highly respected team of experts were quizzed about progress towards their Mars relocation plans and faced a number of challenging questions from the students.

If your children would like to know more about this ambitious project have a look at this link: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/09/elonmusk-spacex-exploring-mars-planets-space-science/ Mr Marcus Sherwood Head of Primary School

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GCSE Results Once again we are very proud of our students’ IGCSE performance. Their results place them above the UK private school average and way above the national UK averages. Students who completed a full set of IGCSEs (at least nine grades over a two year programme) achieved: • a very impressive 65% of grades at A*/A (UK equivalent = 21.7%) • 33% of the entries at the top A* grade (UK equivalent = 6.5%) • an overall pass rate of 99% (UK equivalent = 66.9%) On top of this, every Year 10 student who took early entry examinations achieved an A*. Many congratulations to our students in the Classes of 2018 and 2019.

Learning Walk On a Learning Walk this week I popped into eight classes in an hour with a senior colleague. A ‘Learning Walk’ is a journey around a school often focused on seeking evidence of a specific type of learning or teaching technique. On this occasion early in term we witnessed a wide variety of activities, academic endeavour and positive atmosphere. We noted students debating, presenting, being creative problem-solvers, doing quiet reading, doing public reading, listening and responding to a foreign language, experimenting, observing a demonstration, doing dictionary work. There was a focus and engagement in the classes that bodes very well as a predictor of this year’s achievement.

Mr Graeme Salt Headmaster

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Chuseok Assembly

National History Day

Our Chuseok Assembly, centred on the history of K-Pop, was a wonderful, and wonderfully attended, occasion. Our student performers (dancers, singers, musicians) were fantastic and the staff video clocked up over 25,000 views on our Facebook and YouTube channels. It is remarkable how something so simply produced can attract so much attention, quite unexpectedly, but I was proud for us to show off the cohesion and collaborative nature of our staff, and to model the spirit of fun that we believe to be an important aspect of life, and in particular, life at Dulwich.

Students in Key Stage 3 have been spending some of their class time on National History Day projects.

The NHD is an American programme but now has international rounds. Our students have been undertaking their research based on this year’s theme which is ‘Taking a Stand’. They could select any aspect of History as long as they relate it to this theme.

World Peace Day For World Peace Day, as tradition now demands, we created a College image to show our commitment to the ideals of peace. I believe this practice stimulates conversations about peace and international relations and maintains values of compassion and empathy on our agenda. This is, of course, even more important in a country managing a difficult relationship with a threatening northern neighbour.

Pink Day

Safeguarding We have all spent a significant period with Tim Gerrish OBE from International Child Protection Associates, and a renowned expert in international child safeguarding. He began by stating how he felt Dulwich were world leaders in child safeguarding p r a c t i c e b u t h o w c re d i t a b l e i t w a s t h a t w e continuously develop our expertise. Keeping our students safe is the first priority for us, and our three days together with this expert engaging in policy development, sharing of experience and running model scenarios has helped keep that priority to the fore.

Pink Day was founded less than 10 years ago in response to a student being bullied for wearing a pink shirt on his first day of school. We came together to Stand Up and Speak Out against the unkindness of bullying as part of our ambition to make Dulwich College Seoul the kindest school with the kindest students in the Universe. I am delighted that our students have engaged with this whole college awareness-raising event today.

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Being Adventurous You will have heard us state many times in the past that we wish for our students to be ‘adventurous’, but just what do we mean by that? Well, it means many things both in and out of the classroom. In the classroom, being adventurous can simply be trying to answer a question in the knowledge that you might be wrong. It might be challenging an opinion knowing that someone else may disagree with you, or worse, that you might be the only person with that view.

Being adventurous in the classroom can involve trying a new way to learn or communicate that extends beyond your standard approach. What is very clear to me, is that adventurous students make the best students - they develop the confidence to promote or defend a position and keep developing the range of their abilities, taking themselves to deeper and wider learning. Being adventurous is not easy - it is safer and quieter to keep your head down and do what comes most easily - but not being adventurous has far worse consequences in limiting the extent of potential. This is why we try to create ‘safe’ classrooms where students can take intellectual risks and where fellow students are kind and supportive of this endeavour.

Outside the classroom we like students to be ‘adventurous’ in a physical sense. We want students to face difficult situations and to have to solve problems. We want students to build resilience, character and body-confidence.

Mr Graeme Salt Headmaster@dulwich-seoul.kr

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Student Leadership Election I witnessed a fabulous Senior School student leadership hustings event which was followed by speeches from nine contenders for our Head Boy and Head Girl roles. I was so proud to watch the speeches: not just because they were of a high quality in terms of both content and presentation but more that these students modelled courageous qualities in putting themselves forward in front of over 200 peers with no guarantee of success.

They all grew as a consequence of their efforts, personally, and in our respect as well.

Mr Graeme Salt Headmaster@dulwich-seoul.kr

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More University Offers The university offers keep rolling in! To add to University College London (UCL) and Sheffield University from last week, we now have interest f ro m I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e L o n d o n , S t A n d re w s University, King’s College, Goldsmiths and Oxford University. Our students, with the support of faculty, have done well so far but we remind everyone at this stage that these are ‘conditional’ offers. This means, for students to confirm the offer they must achieve the results determined by the universities through their IB Diploma examinations next May. For students applying to the USA, ‘unconditional’ offers are the norm, meaning their place is assured barring dramatic deterioration in performance.

More information on any university matters can be obtained from our excellent College Counsellor, Ms Edelhart – do take the opportunity for a group or individual conversation with her to learn more about university/college admission. Naturally, we will be supporting students, wherever they intend to study, in achieving the very best they can in their examinations this academic year.

Quiz Night at the British Embassy I am honour-bound to report the results of a Quiz Night run at the British Embassy. Huge congratulations to the Dulwich College Seoul parents team who were victorious over the Dulwich College Seoul staff team by a mere ½ point.

Dulwich College Seoul parents, already renowned for their intelligence, wisdom and good judgment, go up in my estimation even further.

Remembrance Assembly We conducted a Remembrance Assembly with students in Year 5 and older. This is one of the Dulwich non-negotiable annual events where across our group of schools we recognize the devastation caused by War and seek Remembrance for sacrifices made, in the hope that they will be avoided by us in the future. We also highlighted organisations working for peace, including those from militaries around the world working as part of United Nations Peacekeeping Forces. In a year when successful electioneering has popularised political fragmentation, I truly hope that working together for peace as mandated through the United Nations will remain a core belief and practice in all nations around the world.

Christmas Lighting We ceremonially switched on our Christmas lights to the sound of a lovely ensemble in the foyer. It was not quite Trafalgar Square but still a sweet occasion. This followed the Primary Choir’s performance in the morning to an audience of the elderly in the local park area, which was wonderful.

AstroTurf Extension Recent visitors to the school will have noticed we have extended our AstroTurf field and finally removed our black tiles around the filed. I am delighted by this, and more so by the fact that we are also able to replace the whole surface with a softer multi-purpose Astro on which we could even play small rugby games. The size of the football pitch has been extended and a small double-lane track on the outer boundary will provide a safe running space for training.

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PSHE: An Emotional First Aid Kit Although we inevitably focus a great deal on the academic curriculum, examination results and university places, an equal part of the school programme is the PSHE (Personal Social and Health Education) that takes place. It underpins the academic programme in the sense that students who are emotionally fragile will find the pressure of examinations difficult to cope with. Physically and emotionally healthy students will cope with life better and be less likely to struggle when they are out on their own at university. Throughout their time at Dulwich College Seoul, students are involved in a PSHE programme which addresses a range of issues at a level appropriate for their age.

For one of our PHSE sessions, the focus was on Emotional Health and Wellbeing. Students learnt what it means to be emotionally healthy. They discussed the importance of resilience in the face of life events and of acknowledging our own emotions as well as those of others. The fact that emotional health can and does vary over time that emotions can be a seesaw and that this is normal, was also a part of the discussion. Students then worked on recognising the things they can do to get the seesaw back in balance and constructed their own emotional first aid kit. Which people and what strategies would they put in there? This could be as simple as knowing that, going for a walk makes you feel better or recognising who to talk to in different situations.

With older students in Year 11 and Year 12 we specifically talked about staying healthy and safe under the pressure of examinations and through the IB course. Year 13s focused on the challenges facing them next year as they leave the security of home and school and find themselves elsewhere in the world and are expected to stand on their own two feet as young adults and begin to think about how they will cope with these challenges.

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The Dulwich Science Art Photo Competition 2016-17 It is that time of year again when we invite you to join the Dulwich Science Art Photo Competition.

We are very much looking forward to your artistic representation of the Sciences. Every year we have seen exponential growth from our founding College in London, as well as Dulwich College International schools in Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, Seoul, Singapore, and international high schools in Suzhou and Zhuhai. This year we officially welcome Dulwich College Yangon and Dulwich College Shanghai Minhang to the competition.

This year’s competition has five categories: • Active Animals • Living Plants • Man and the Environment • Science in Action • Survival And three different age groups: • Year 9 and under • Year 10 - Year 13 • Alumni, Friends of Dulwich, and Faculty You are all welcome to go to www.dulwichphotos. com, login to the website or signup for a new account and upload a total of three photos per person into the competition. All submissions are due by 10 February 2017 at 11.59.59pm (GMT). Winners will be announced in March.

Regards, Mr Phillip Sexton Dulwich Science Art Photo Competition Organiser

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Drone Photos We invited a drone pilot to come and take some aerial photographs of our school. It was a lot of fun and we got some great shots. It was fascinating to see what the school looks like from 150 metres up!

Term End in Primary School The final week of a super first term was very much like many others - full of great learning, fun and opportunities to be involved in wider school life.

On Monday afternoon, the Year 5 and Year 6 students were involved in our first ever House Swimming Gala and on Tuesday, it was the turn of our Year 3 and Year 4 students. Throughout the events, there was cheering, great swimming and a spirit of fun. I would like to thank Mr Barnard, Ms Min and their team of helpers for organising this event.

Christmas Performances I was fortunate enough to attend the music performance at the Conrad Hotel and it made me very proud to be associated with our school. The students and staff in the Chamber Choir, the Musical Ensemble and the Junior Choir looked immaculate and delivered a polished performance. I understand the performance at the Plaza Hotel was equally accomplished. Congratulations to all involved and a big thank you to our music team for their efforts at this very busy time.

Also on Tuesday, after school, Friends of Dulwich hosted a pre-Christmas Community Mingle & Jingle as a prelude to the annual Dulwich Christmas Concert. This was an excellent initiative, a sentiment clearly shared and indicated by the large number of parents and students partaking in the food. The concert itself was again a tremendous success and there can be few better ways to share the Christmas spirit than through good music, food and mulled wine.

These final weeks of term have seen theme days and school trips continuing to take place and on Wednesday Year 3 students were out at the Kimchi Museum.

The children had a great day experiencing kimchimaking, learning about kimchi’s health properties (just in time for Christmas) and the history behind the making of it.

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More than 150 presents and 300 cards were presented to three different orphanages.

The School Council is really grateful for the generosity and festive spirit of the Dulwich College Seoul community.

Primary Student Council The elections for Student Council took place in Primary School. The winning candidates to represent their classes from 9 January 2017 were presented below. Congratulations to all the students and well done to all the students who put themselves forward and presented to their classes this week!

Year 1: • Sung Ju • Audrey • Anabia Year 2: • Olivia • Eliz • Celine Year 3: • Cristy • Max • Ander Year 4: • Elisabeth • Marcello • Joshua Year 5: • Yi-Chih • Aiden Seung Woo • Callista 34

Thank you!

Ms Vikki Esplin Pastoral Deputy Head of Primary School

Dulwich Talks Developing a vibrant community that talks and learns about the way we learn is one of our aims.

In school every day this is the subject of numerous conversations, meetings and professional learning for academic staff but it is also crucial to involve parents in this topic. To encourage the ambition, we run a series of workshops and presentations for parents through the year, including what we call Dulwich Talks.

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Senior School Term I Review It was an action-packed term in the Senior School with something for everyone. A series of successful residential trips in Korea, Japan and Cambodia started the term. We have had plenty of House competitions - tug of war, football and, just today, the chaos and fun that is House Christmas.

The development of House spirit has been tangible and a credit to our student and staff House leaders. Charity events such as the Purple Ringpull collection ran alongside service opportunities for students such as the Yangjae Community Centre initiative. I know the contribution our CAS students made to their recent concert was highly appreciated. Students have been in action in the pool and on the sports field both in Korea and abroad.

In the Dulwich Festival of Music, it was wonderful to see a Dulwich College Seoul student bring home the first Dulwich Young Musician of the Year award against some astonishingly high quality competition. The Drama department gave us Macbeth as part of the Shakespeare Festival and then the Senior production, Antigone.

Most significantly, as we move into our final phase of growth, our Year 13 students received offers and acceptances at prestigious universities and colleges in the UK and the USA. Some applications are still pending, including those for institutions in Hong Kong, so the list will improve even more in 2017. We know our students are outstanding but it is always great to see that confirmed as institutions race to snap them up. I have also been pleased to see the variety of courses applied for by our small number of students; they have clearly thought about what they want to do and the counselling they have received and the support from teachers has been outstanding.

As ever, our Year 13s are trailblazers. Astonishingly, they have only five months left until the end of the IB examinations and their graduation. I know you will be as excited as we are when that moment comes and six years of work and waiting conclude with gowns, caps, Diplomas and graduates.

But first, plenty of work to do - I know that is something all our students will relish!

Mr Chris Vernon Head of Senior School

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Problem of the Week I

Problem of the Week III

This week’s Problem of the Week really caught the imagination of students across the Primary School. The children were introduced to the idea of friendship through a short video clip (we paused it before reaching the example provided) and were challenged to come up with their own recipes for Friendship Soup. As you can imagine, the responses were wonderfully creative but definitely highlighted some core ingredients.

This week’s Problem of the Week encouraged the children to create a Friendship Soup. What are all the ingredients of a good friendship? This is obviously a topic that is important to the children as I was inundated with entries this week! Thank you to all the children who entered, I thoroughly enjoyed reading all your ideas.

The video can be seen through this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7w7yXkJTu0

Problem of the Week II This Primary Problem of the Week was a philosophical problem. The question the children were challenged with was: Should we release prisoners if they lose their memory? Why/why not?

The winning response from lower Key Stage 2 was

by Lochlan in Year 3: • "No, because the people did something bad and they need to learn from their mistakes, and bad people need consequences."

The winning response from upper Key Stage 2 was

by Marie in Year 5: • "I believe that they should not be released. We would need to observe them first. We would not want one of them to recover and start hurting people again. If they don’t recover [from losing their memory] we should help them when their family and friends see them because the prisoners will have forgotten them and it would be quite heart breaking.

We could leave them with some good advice and then let them go."

In the end, I chose the following three entries as the winners: Neo from 2G: Friendship Soup • First mix the friendship.

• Next, stir in the love.

• Next, crack in the kindness.

• Next, add the collaboration in.

• Then add perseverance in.

• Then add listening.

• Next add helpfulness.

• Then add politeness.

Christy from 3K: The Ingredients For Friendship 1. A handful of kindness.

2. A pinch of happiness.

3. 2 spoonful’s of gentleness.

4. 1 can of honesty.

5. A tube of trust.

6. A carton of patience.

7. 1kg of forgiveness.

8. A box of encouragement.

9. A pot of respect and manners.

10. A log of loyalty.

11. 50g of smiles.

12. 3 heaped tablespoons of laughter.

13. A bottle of fun.

14. 100g of love.

Clare and Connie (with help from Lea and Summer) from 5K Friendship Recipe • First, insert a whole cup of confidence! You will need it to encounter friends. Next, add as much

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• Add a dash of luck!

• Then, insert two pounds of courage mixed with sugar. Add fifty smiles!

• Next, fill three cups of sweetness and sugar. It needs to be sweet. Add two cups of water and a sprinkle of basil.

• Later, add five big cups of happiness and mix it in with an enchanted spoon. Then, insert a big load of happy memories!

• Add a pound of cooked tuna in for excellent taste!

• Boil it in a rainbow and stir with a unicorn horn.

• Oil it in awesomeness!

• P.S. Add a big fat potato for deliciousness and enjoy!!

Mr Jamie McNamara Deputy Head of Primary (Curriculum)

Problem of the Week IV This Problem of the Week challenged the children to think about sounds they would never hear in their lifetimes.

Here are the 3 winning entries: William from Year 2: • A dinosaur stomp.

• A sabre tooth tiger’s roar!

• An owl’s flapping.

• The sound of the moon.

• Buddha talking.

Emma from Year 4: • You cannot hear gentle snow falling softly on the hard rock road.

• You cannot hear ants trotting over soft sand for the ant is too little.

• You cannot hear the fluffy white clouds floating silently away.

• You cannot hear a spider weaving a transparent web because it does not want to scare away preys.

• You can not hear fish swimming in the water because their tails are too thin to make any splashes.

Jayeon from Year 5: • You will never hear a nutcracker whistling because nutcrackers only crack!

• A Dulwich student upset because someone is being unkind because Dulwich is the kindest school!

• You will never hear an air pump talking because it only huff and puffs air into balls, balloons and tubes.

• A t-ball laughing because it always gets hit by a bat!

• A rain cloud laughing because it always cries.

Mr Jamie McNamara Deputy Head of Primary (Curriculum)

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Problem of the Week V This Problem of the Week: Autumn, inspired numerous children to put on their hats and scarves and take trips to the park to collect leaves. The problem was introduced looking at the natural art of Artist Andy Goldworthy who makes installation based on nature. Children were encouraged to make a visual or creative representation of what Autumn means to them. We were particularly impressed to see so many children getting out and about collaboratively with friends to make something creative. There were so many entries that this week we have decided to make a nice display of the entries instead of choosing an overall winner. Thank you to all the contributions, from autumn catwalks, to autumn dream jars, to owls and hearts. Check out the Dulwich College Seoul Facebook page over the next few days to see some pictures of the children’s inspiration. It would be lovely for families to continue this theme over the weekend as you explore Autumn in Seoul.

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Problem of the Week VI This week’s problem of the week asked: What would life be like if you lived here?

The children in Year 3 and above were set the following challenge: I would like you to write a letter to President elect, Donald Trump explaining what you would like him to do as President.

The winner of this challenge was Peige from Year 5 for creating a well written letter: Dear President-elect Trump, My name is Peige from Dulwich College Seoul.

Congratulations for becoming the President of the USA. I am delighted that you have been elected as the new President of the USA, even though some of my classmates are worried about the election result due to some of the things that you mentioned during the campaign period.

One thing I think you should focus on as president is peace and order because you mentioned that if you were elected as president you will ask countries such as Germany, Japan, South Korea and Saudi Arabia to pay more for the tremendous security that America provides them.

Winners: Catalina (Year 2); Anishka (Year 2); Shiori, Jayeon and Inshil (Year 5)

Letter to the President-Elect Few months ago there was a presidential election in the United States. With that in mind, we asked the children to attempt the following challenges:

Another thing I think is important is the immigration issue and some of the undocumented immigrants who commit crimes. They should be deported to their native countries.

To summarise, I really hope you focus on these issues because people will expect that you will do the best not only for Americans but other people around the world.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely, Peige

Year 1 and Year 2: If you were the President, what 3 rules would you make for people to follow?

The winner of this challenge was Aron from Year 2 who created the following rules: 1. You have to be polite.

2. No fighting about religion 3. People should have fun!

Sounds good to us!

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Problem of the Week VII This week’s Problem of the Week was: What is the best route for Santa Claus to take with his reindeer around the world and why?

There were lots of magical answers involving great Atlas and map work!

The winning answers are: Catalina (Year 2): I think the best route for Santa Claus to take with his reindeer around the world would be starting in Greenland. That would be the fastest way because it is the closest to the North Pole. Then they should go to Canada because Canada is the next Northernmost. Then next they should go to the USA, Mexico and South America. After that, they can go to Iceland, Europe, Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Korea and lastly Russia. Then they are all done and would not waste any time.

Eliz (Year 2): The best route will depend on whether the reindeer can fly or not. So if the reindeer can fly Santa could go to big popular countries such as China, Australia, Canada, United States of America, Brazil, Russia and India. This way he can give out as many presents as possible. If the reindeer can not fly he will have to go through areas where it snows such as Greenland, Finland and Iceland. Otherwise the sleigh pulled by the reindeer will not be able to travel.

Halyn, Kira, Christy and Emma (Year 3): The best route for Santa is through Space. He can get a magic wand and make snow turn into presents and fall down to earth. The presents first drop down in the biggest places in the world. Then the little helpers will get the presents to distribute them to every corner of the world.

Ivy (Year 4): He should start in the West of the world, so he gets 48 hours to deliver presents instead of 24. 1) Australasia; 2) Asia; 3) Europe; 4) Africa; 5) South America and Greenland; 6) North America.

Ms Vikki Esplin Pastoral Deputy Head of Primary School

Problem of the Week VIII This week I asked the children to reflect on the past year with 3 particular questions in mind. Here are the questions along with some of the responses from the winners: What was your bravest moment of 2016?

• Getting treatment at the hospital.

- Rue En, Year 2 • On the first day at Dulwich College Seoul I was nervous and I did not want to go to school because there was nobody I knew. I cried on my first day of school and I wanted my mum here because I did not know a lot of friends. But on the first day, Irene and Claire helped me a lot. On the second day I was brave and I had fun with my new friends. Now I like my school so much.

- Ashley, Year 2 • I think being brave is an important part of your life because if you really have to go on the stage, that is being brave! I was very brave when I did my poem recital and nobody noticed that I was nervous and I was really proud of myself when it finished.

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However, I finished it successfully.

- Inshil, Year 5 What was the kindest thing you did in 2016?

• I listened to my mum.

- Rue En, Year 2 • Last week many of my friends were quite sick. They were Eliz, Pratishtha, Claire B, Claire C, Anishka and Chloe. I took them to the Nurse's room because I thought they needed help and I wanted to help my friends.

They said, “Thank you.” Also when Chloe was badly hurt, I helped her a lot so Chloe was very thankful. I think that was the kindest thing I did.

- Ashley, Year 2 • Do not be a bully because if you are a bully nobody will like you. The other reason is, if you want to take part in the problem of the week and it asks you what was the kindest thing you did then you will have nothing to write! My kindest moment was when I helped somebody when he was crying.

- Lou, Year 3 • This year I have been very kind by making Christmas cards for orphan children. I felt really good that I might make a big difference to someone else’s life.

- Inshil Year, 5 What did you fail at this year, and what did you learn from the experience?

• My times tables. After failing, I keep on trying!

- Rue En, Year 2 • For the first time I tried to take a shower by myself. I was having fun playing with the bubbles. I washed my hair but I left some shampoo on my hair. Next time I will get help from my mum.

- Ashley, Year 2 • If you fail a test you will be sad but you can be proud of yourself because you made a mistake and that is good. You can learn from mistakes! The thing I failed was a times table question because the 2 and 5 were the other way round like this: 5 X 2 = 11 - Lou, Year 3 • This year I failed at sleeping early and I learned not to put things off because when I do, I do not get it done until the last minute.

- Inshil, Year 5 Mr Jamie McNamara Deputy Head of Primary (Curriculum)

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University Counselling News Ms Edelhart recently attended a counsellor’s breakfast with representatives from Columbia, Duke, Northwestern, Georgetown and Princeton. While always great to learn about new programmes, the most interesting news to pass on is that four of these schools, Columbia, Duke, Northwestern, and Princeton have changed their requirements for SAT Subject Tests. For these schools, the SAT subject tests are now not required. You can, of course, still submit scores if you wish, but not submitting scores will not negatively impact your chances of admission.

This is in line with a trend we are seeing across the US and highly selective campuses, in particular. Their reasoning? Well they say that they do not feel these tests tell them anything that is not already apparent from the student’s academic record. They do not feel that the time spent preparing for these tests enhances the picture the student is presenting to them. This is great news. Georgetown has also made a change to the requirements saying that although they recommend three Subject Tests, if you submit scores for only 1 or 2, your application will still be considered complete.

We have enjoyed visits from a wide variety of US schools recently. Cooper Union, an extremely selective, specialised school for Engineering, Art and Architecture, highlighted the importance of looking beyond schools that you may have heard of. “The right place for you might be somewhere you’ve never even heard of before, and if you close your mind too early, you might miss it,” said James Luciano, Associate Director of Admission. He also 44

emphasised the importance of doing research before making applications.

Muhlenburg College, a liberal arts college in Pennsylvania, indicated that the college is actively seeking to expand its international student body, and thinks its location between Philadelphia and New York City makes it an ideal place to get a broad yet deep liberal arts education. They also highlighted their 3:2 Engineering Programme that they run with Columbia University. This school actually offers a number of cooperative degrees, so do take a look here: http://www.muhlenberg.edu/main/admissions/ applyingtoacooperativeprogram/ We also hosted a number of large research universities from across the USA. Missouri, Iowa and University of Colorado at Boulder all highlighted their excitement about IB applicants and the generous scholarships and advanced credit they offer for IB graduates (as is the case with all of these schools listed below). Similarly, the University of Arizona and Colorado State University made it very clear that strong achievement in the IB (between 29-31 points) would present very well on their applications. Further, they highlighted that for general admissions, the SAT/ACT is not required for international students (unless you want a scholarship!). Finally, we enjoyed a repeat visit from the outstanding University of Minnesota, University of Oregon, University of Vermont and Miami University (Ohio). Again, the focus was on looking into a school before deciding it

Our Staff is not for you! These large research universities have some of the finest undergraduate programs in the world, particularly when you look at their individual major rankings.

As always, parents are welcome to attend these events.

Ms Amanda Edelhart University Guidance Counsellor

Miliband makes the point that, despite the impression given by various politicians in Europe, the United States and Australia, the countries which are bearing the biggest burden in the refugee crisis are the poorer and less politically stable countries: •Lebanon shelters more refugees compared to its national population than any other state - one uprooted Syrian for every five Lebanese citizens. This would be the equivalent of the United States taking in the whole of the United Kingdom.

Of the people who have fled Somalia since 1991, more than half found shelter in Kenya.

Being Kind We are placing a lot of emphasis this year on being kind. It is a very simple injunction: Be Kind.

It can almost seem too simplistic - something you say to young children that is not really applicable to problems beyond the playground and the lunch table. But looking at the world this week, in which International Peace Day falls, it seems like something we should be saying very loudly to a lot of supposedly grown up people.

Writing in the New York Review of Books, David Miliband has some bracing reminders of the state of the world refugee crisis: • According to UNHCR in 2015, there were 65.3 million people throughout the world uprooted by conflict and persectution...Such large numbers of displaced people have not been seen since World War II: were they a nation, it would be the twenty-first-largest on earth, the size of California and Texas combined, the same as the United Kingdom. On average, 34,000 people were forced to flee their homes every day of 2015. (https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/10/13/bestways-to-deal-with-refugee-crisis/)

With the exceptions of Canada and Germany, it is hard to see many developed countries that are seriously trying to pull their weight when it comes to providing shelter to refugees; one other country perhaps deserves a mention: Albania. There was a lovely article in the BBC Travel section on the Albanian tradition of besa which is essentially a tradition of hospitality. In the 15th Century Albanian law code, the Kanun, there is a proverb, Before the house belongs to the owner, it first belongs to God and the guest. This tradition is a modern reality. In the 1990s, half a million Kosovars sought and found refuge in Albania, with many simply being taken in by Albanian families. In World War Two, Albania was one of the few European countries with a larger Jewish population at the end of the war than at the beginning; they had preserved their native Jews and given refuge to several thousand others, fleeing persecution. Now, Albania is once again having to cope with substantial numbers of refugees. That is not easy when you are already one of the poorest countries in Europe. Of course there are problems and, busa notwithstanding, Albania has sought to close its borders and avoid becoming part of the refugee route, but one hopes that, on the ground, people can continue something of their tradition of busa - a tradition of simply being kind.

Etymologically, the root of the word kind is the same as that of kin. And what are our kin? They are our family. Part of being kind is recognising our kinship with others; that we have some things in common with them. It is hard to feel this when we just talk about refugees. But when we see pictures of people, of children who have lost everything, then, it provokes a different reaction. Because we are all attached to our homes and our family and we can all appreciate what it must mean to lose all security, all place in the world and be utterly dependent on the kindness of strangers.

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So it seems appropriate to teach children to be kind. It has a universal application. When students in the lunchroom turn away from someone who is not part of their group - their kin - and tell them to sit somewhere else, they are being unkind. When politicians try to portray refugees as potential terrorists and focus on how to keep them out, rather than on how we can help millions of displaced people, they are being unkind.

How to Motivate Your Teenage Child to Write

Being kind is not easy. It is always easier to identify with a group, whether a friendship group or a nation and to reject those from outside. It is easier to not approach someone you do not usually talk to. It is easier to focus attention on reasons for turning people away, than to challenge our group to see strangers as kin.

But that moment when someone makes room for you at the lunch table or throws you the ball and invites you to play, and you step from being on the outside looking in, to being one of us, is worth aiming for, whatever the difficulties. Every child has been there; everyone in this school has been new; everyone has been the outsider.

There are plenty of noisy grown up people occupying newstime right now who seem determined to be unkind and to bring as many people with them as possible. I guess that is easier for them. But here, we are going to keep challenging our children to do the difficult thing; to cultivate busa, to recognise what we have in common and to be kind.

Motivation or lack thereof, plays a key role in learning and can either enhance progress and increase the likelihood of success, or become an obstacle that slows progress. Specifically, motivating your teenage child to write at home can be a challenging task, and may often feel like an uphill battle with no end in sight. However, have no fear. Below are some tips and tricks to help motivate your teen to write.

Mr Chris Vernon Head of Senior School

Research shows that teens are more often motivated to write when they are internally (or intrinsically) motivated to write for personal reasons, have the opportunity to select the topics for their writing assignments, and are able to write about topics which relate to them and their interests.

In order to have a better understanding of how to help your child progress and improve his/her writing, it is important to first shed a little light on what motivates teens to write.

Studies also show that teens are often motivated to write when they have the option to publish their writing, or present their writing to their peers (either in class, in print, or online). Furthermore, consistent feedback can also encourage teens to write. Providing constructive feedback can be very encouraging for your child.

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Our Staff attention that it deserves, and praising him/her when appropriate, are other contributing factors which motivate teens to write. To see a more detailed description of the research findings, please visit the following link: http://www.pewinternet.org/2008/04/24/what-teenstell-us-encourages-them-to-write/ In order to help empower your child to make a difference, while increasing their motivation to write, your child could volunteer as a writer at a non-profit organisation. Your child could create brochures, flyers, write a personal testimonial or even write to the media. Volunteering at a non-profit organisation is a great way for your teen to write for a cause and get involved.

Finally, it is always important to stay positive when providing feedback to your child. A list of specific ways on how to provide constructive feedback, as well as additional resources and information to help encourage your teen to write, are available at the following site: http://writeshop.com/motivate-teens-write/ If you have any questions, or would like more suggestions, please feel free to contact me directly.

Thank you, Mr Benjie Blum Extra English Support Teacher Benjie.blum@dulwich-seoul.kr

Writing stories for a student newspaper or magazine is also a great way for your child to increase their motivation and publish their writing. Sometimes just having your teen read an article they have written in a magazine or newspaper, can be highly motivating and rewarding for them. Dulwich College Seoul offers students the fantastic opportunity to create their own articles to be submitted to the Dulwich College Seoul school magazine.

For further information, please contact David Gormley, Head of Additional Educational Needs (AEN) at: david.gormley@dulwich-seoul.kr In addition, the English Department will be highlighting different opportunities throughout the year for students to get involved and compete in inter-school writing competitions and enrichment programs throughout Asia, through FOBISIA (Federation of British International Schools in Asia).

Please encourage your child to get involved and participate. FOBISIA will be holding its annual Short Story Competition in March of 2017. The English Department will provide more information as the time draws near. However, feel free to open the following link for further details: http://www.fobisia.org/page.cfm?p=523 For a more challenging task, you child could even attempt to write their very own novel through the NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) Young Writer’s Programme (www.ywp.nanowrimo.org) every November, which encourages teens to express their creativity, without focusing on word count.

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Thoughts on Election This has been an odd election year for many people working in schools. As a teacher of History and Politics, I have organised a few mock elections in my time. General elections always serve as an ideal opportunity to involve students in discussions about politics, to raise their awareness of issues, and to increase their understanding of the political process. Teachers generally encourage students to follow the campaigns, read the news, learn about the policy alternatives and watch the debates.

This year’s US election has been different. The first question asked at the second Presidential debate last week was about how effectively the candidates felt they were modelling good behaviour for America’s children. It was a fair question since there was much discussion online before the debate from parents as to whether they should allow their children to watch the debate. Partly this was to do with the possible content, but also the manner in which the campaigns are now being conducted. I am sure there are many schools in the US and elsewhere that have questioned exactly what children are supposed to learn from this election.

In school, we encourage our students to be kind. They can not always achieve it, of course, but that is no reason not to try. But if you can not be kind, then there is always a second line of defence: manners. We can not all agree, we can not all be friends and we can not all like each other; but at least we can be polite and respectful. That seems to be a message we spend a lot of time teaching our children but which is increasingly neglected in the adult world.

We spend time, for example, teaching children to be respectful online, only to read about the horrific abuse many (especially female) politicians, journalists and other public figures receive on a regular basis from internet trolls.

To judge by some of the political events and discussions this year, honesty seems to be equated with saying whatever you want about people no matter how offensive or hurtful it might be. Being polite and respectful seems to be equated with weakness and compromise. But when we think of world leaders that we truly respect and who have exhibited real strength and courage (such as the late Nelson Mandela), we see people who maintained their dignity and their manners in the face of provocation; people for whom courtesy and respect became powerful weapons in producing reconciliation and a way forward.

To use Michelle Obama’s words (and I am not being politically biased, I think, when I say that for me her speech at the Democratic Convention was the best thing to come out of this entire election): When they go low; you go high.

Right now it seems that a lot of so-called adults are going very low indeed, and while we can not shield children from this entirely, we can focus on helping them understand the need for restraint, respect and courtesy in everyday life and civic discourse if we are to have a hope of living in cohesive, successful communities whether that be a tutor group, a school, a nation or the world.

Mr Chris Vernon Head of Senior School

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The Benefit of Drama and Debate Activities While enrolling your child in extracurricular activities like debate and the performing arts may be at the bottom of the priority list, especially given students’ busy academic schedules, there are many reasons why such activities should play a key role in your child’s education. Throughout the world, researchers are linking improved academic success directly to participation in activities that allow for self-expression like debate and drama.

Many studies show noticeable improvement in a variety of academic areas as a result of participating in competitive debate and drama. Debate students in particular excel in written and oral communication and greatly improve their reading comprehension - sometimes 25% more than their peers. Another study conducted by the University of California - Los Angeles disproved the notion that participation in drama hinders academic progress. Not only did participants not show a decrease in academic scores, but concluded that students tended to perform better on standardized test scores - nearly 100 points better on the SAT, according to a separate study by The College Board.

Another recent comprehensive, longitudinal study by the University of Sydney and the Australian Council for the Arts examined the school, home and community factors of 643 high school and primary students from 15 Australian schools. The participants’ academic and personal wellbeing outcomes were tracked including: motivation, homework completion, class participation, enjoyment of school, educational aspiration, selfesteem, life satisfaction and overall sense of meaning or purpose concluded that students involved in the arts for two years.

Researchers found that students who spent more quality time in the performing arts at school were more motivated, more engaged in class, had higher self-esteem and better overall life satisfaction. Researchers also found a direct correlation between an increase in parental involvement rendering reciprocating positive effects, such as how often parents and their children talked about and participated in the performing arts.

The creativity involved in actively participating in drama or debate lends itself to emotional creativity and maturity and can open children’s eyes and minds to new ways of seeing the world. In group settings, students learn collaborative skills, how to trust others to do their part and focus less on winning or losing but as a team toward a shared performance goal. Furthermore, children learn self-reliance skills in order to achieve individual goals within the group and learn that there are a number of different ways to learn and develop skills.

Because students develop self-confidence, tact and strong listening skills through speaking and performance activities, debate and drama students easily become leaders within their schools and communities. They also tend to be politically active and have high levels of civic engagement - at present, half of all current United States Senators competed in high school or college debate. Other famous and respected debaters throughout history include: • Thomas Henry Huxley, the British scientist who went up against the Church of England and helped popularize Darwin’s controversial theories • Larry Summers, former MIT debater, Harvard economics professor who was also the economic advisor for the World Bank and was US President Clinton's chief economic advisor • Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom served as president of Oxford University’s Conservative Association and debated politics and economics • Plato - Along with Aristotle and Socrates, Plato probably did more to further Western discourse than anyone else, as evidenced by the fact that he’s still heavily studied and discussed in today’s classrooms.

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There are numerous opportunities for your children to be involved in debate and drama on campus and even opportunities for Senior School students to win open-ended scholarships by competing in contests like the International Public Policy Forum (IPPF) Debate Contest, which encourages students to participate in written and oral debate competitions on public policies. These competitions are conducted throughout the year. The eight final teams win an all-expense paid trip to New York, and the winning team gets university scholarships of $30,000 and provides the students with the opportunity to participate in an oral debate competition before a panel of some of the world's foremost experts in debate, business, law and politics.

Students who take part in drama or debate inevitably learn the invaluable skill of effective communication.

Forced to question and critique their own views and perspectives and those of others, students learn how evaluate information and appreciate that which is different. Through active participation in a performing art, students are given the opportunity to connect with other disciplines, cultures, traditions and audiences and to prepare themselves for a bright future ahead.

Ms Heather Pinada DCI College Counsellor

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Improving Writing Skills in the EAL Classroom "Ms Sunitha, do we need our pencils today?" my Year 4 Emirati students would urgently ask when I came to their classroom to escort them to my English as a Second Language classroom. It took me a while to figure out the correlation between the pencil and hallway behaviour. If I replied, "Yes, you should bring a pencil," the walk to my classroom took 15 minutes and involved a lot of disruptions, student squabbles, drifting students and other various misbehaviours. As a western teacher, I was quite focused on keeping order and creating a challenging learning environment. If I replied, "No, you don't need a pencil today," the walk to my classroom took about five minutes, even with a stop at the water fountain.

So, what was the correlation? Writing. The students knew that if they had to bring a pencil, they would have to do writing in class and they dreaded it. If they did not need a pencil, we would be working on projects or doing more verbal work, and they liked that. What they were not expecting was that a month into my new job, I bought 10 boxes of pencils and kept them in my classroom, so they never had to bring a pencil to class - I had plenty to go around. This improved the hallway behaviour, but still left me with the question of how to improve EAL student-writing when they were frustrated by the practice and went to great lengths to avoid it.

I have been teaching for many years and there is no perfect solution to this problem; however, from many years of teaching experience across the world, I have added quite a few writing activities to my bag of tricks and improved my ability to differentiate writing tasks based on student ability. As I improved my ability to ensure that each student would be successful in the writing activity, student confidence increased, and they were less likely to engage in disruptive behaviour. You know what I'm talking about - the long, dramatic search for a pencil and then paper or the meandering walk about the room to get yesterday's writing draft, or the ever popular, 15-minute pencil sharpening session.

I hope some of the writing activities I share with you will help to reduce anxiety in your EAL children/students and increase their language and writing skills.

There is a very important correlation between writing and language development. As students develop language skills, they often develop listening skills first (lots of input which they can understand), then speaking (they begin to formulate their ideas in the second language), then reading (they can understand the sound/ symbol correspondence of the new language and make sense of the words) and finally writing (they have enough language to express their own ideas in writing). This is not true for 100% of language learners, but it is 51

Our Staff true for the majority of them. Why is writing often the last skill to emerge? It almost seems that reading would be more difficult because the student needs to sound out words and understand the author's message. It would seem writing might be easier because students are sharing their own ideas already in their heads and simply putting them on paper. However, writing requires a lot more processing of language in order to produce a message.

First the student must have an idea, then think of the appropriate way to say it, then start to write it and spell it correctly, and then create another sentence to continue to communicate the idea. If we add the students' worry that they are making huge, embarrassing errors or that their ideas are not very good in the first place, then we begin to understand the complexity involved in writing in a second language.

The Language Experience Approach The Language Experience Approach draws on instructional techniques used with younger children who have not yet developed literacy skills. In this approach, the teacher presents information to the students, or they have an experience of some sort - for example, a field trip, or acting out a scene in a book. Then the students tell the teacher what to write on the board to explain the experience. This may be useful as an activity for a volunteer or teacher's assistant to use with a small group of EAL students during their English lesson. Parents can try this at home too. Here are the steps.

1. Experience something - for example, the students have listened to the story, The Little Red Hen and then acted it out.

2. The teacher stands by the board or a large sheet of paper and says to the students, Tell me the story of the Little Red Hen. 3. As each student tells a part of the story, the teacher writes it down on the board, just as it was stated. For example, a student might say, "The Little Red Hen work so hard and nobody wants to help her." This continues until each student has spoken or the story is finished.

4. Then the teacher tells the students, "Let's read the story together and listen to see if the story makes sense and if there is anything we want to change."

5. After reading the story, the teacher asks students if they want to change anything. For example, one student may raise her hand and say, "I think it should say, worked not work. The teacher may ask other students if they agree or disagree.

6. If the suggested change is correct, the teacher offers praise and moves on to the next suggestion. If the suggested change is not correct, the teacher should help the student analyse the suggested change. For example, if the student says, "I think it should say, “The Little Red Hen she worked so hard." The teacher would ask if others agree and see if there is discussion, then the teacher could point out that the Little Red Hen is the pronoun or name, so in English we do not need to put it in twice. We can say: "She worked so hard," or "The Little Red Hen worked so hard."

7. When students have analysed and corrected the whole text, the teacher may either circle a few more spots where students missed corrections and they can be challenged to figure out what the change should be, or the students can be instructed to copy the text with the corrections included.

8. As a final activity, students are instructed to take the story home and read it to three people.

After this activity, usually even beginning-level EAL students are able to read the story to others because it was their experience, it is in their own words, and they have worked with the text in a meaningful way.

After this activity, usually even beginning-level EAL students are able to read the story to others because it was their experience, it is in their own words, and they have worked with the text in a meaningful way.

Sentence Auction This activity helps students analyse common writing errors through a personalised activity since they are trying to buy their own sentences. Once a week or once a month, a teacher can hold a Sentence Auction. The teacher takes sentence examples from student writing - some of which have errors and some that do not, and writes them on a handout or interactive whiteboard. The identity of the student who wrote each sentence is not revealed. To begin the sentence auction, each student is given an account of perhaps $300. The students are 52

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Error Correction I have never corrected my students' writing mistakes, at least not in the traditional way. I have always told my students, "If I correct your English, I improve my English; if you correct your English, you improve yours." I handled corrections in one of two ways: either I identified which errors I would be looking for in the writing submission or I told them I would only circle five errors in the whole paper. If I pre-set the errors I would look for, for example correct use of past tense, I would only correct past tense errors, even if I saw other glaring errors in the paper. Sometimes this was hard to do, but I wanted to maintain the students' focus on the writing improvement we were working on. If I set a number of errors I would circle, for example, five, then I carefully chose those five and ignored the rest. When I returned the papers, the students were responsible for correcting their own mistakes. If they were not sure how to do it, they could check with a classmate, and if no one knew, then I would assist. Invariably the students would ask, "Are these the only errors in the paper?" and I would tell them no. They might be disappointed, but they came to understand the value of correcting their own errors when they submitted a piece of writing.

Quick Write One of the challenges for EAL students when they approach writing is their anxiety about writing their ideas correctly and writing a lot of information in English. This may feel overwhelming when a student is assigned an essay. In order to get students comfortable with the idea of just putting ideas on paper and not worrying about mistakes, we do regular quick writes. For quick writes I give the students a topic and then tell them to write as much as they can for five minutes. They need to keep their pencils on the paper and even if they can not think of anything to write or they are worried about how to spell things, they are supposed to keep writing. At the end of five minutes, the students count how many words they were able to write and they keep track in a log.

The objective is that they will see progress in the amount of writing they are able to do in five minutes' time and hopefully apply this fluency to their essay writing.

Some writing tasks you could try at home: Write On Writing helps a child become a better reader, and reading helps a child become a better writer.

What you will need: • Pencils, crayons, or markers • Paper or notebook • Chalkboard and chalk What to do: • Ask your child to dictate a story to you. It could include descriptions of your outings and activities, along with mementos such as fall leaves and flowers, birthday cards, and photographs. Older children can do these activities on their own.

• Use a chalkboard or a family message board as an exciting way to involve children in writing with a purpose.

• Keep supplies of paper, pencils, markers within easy reach.

• Encourage beginning and developing writers to keep journals and write stories. Ask questions that will help children organise the stories, and respond to their questions about letters and spelling. Suggest they share the activity with a smaller brother, sister, or friend.

• Respond to the content of your child's writing, and do not be overly concerned with misspellings. Over time you can help your child concentrate on learning to spell correctly.

• When children begin to write, they run the risk of criticism, and it takes courage to continue. Our job as parents is to help children find the courage. We can do it by expressing our appreciation of their efforts.

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What you will need: • Paper • Pencil, crayon, or marker What to do: • Send your child little notes (by putting them in a pocket or lunch box, for example). When your child shows you the note, read it aloud with expression. Some children will read the notes on their own.

• When your child expresses a feeling or a thought that relates to a person, have your child write a letter. Have your child dictate the words to you if your child doesn't write yet.

For example: Dear Grandma, I like it when you make ice cream. It is better than the kind we buy at the store.

Your grandson, Tommy P.S. I love you • Ask the people who receive these notes to respond. An oral response is fine; a written response is even better.

• Explain the writing process to your child: "We think of ideas and put them into words; we put the words on paper; people read the words, and people respond."

• Language is speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Each element supports and enriches the others. Sending letters will help children become better writers, and writing will make them better readers.

Journals Keeping a journal is a way for your child to write down daily events and record his or her thoughts.

What you will need: • Two notebooks - one for your child and one for you!

What to do: • Help your child start a journal. Say what it is and discuss topics that can be written about, such as making a new friend, an interesting school or home activity just completed, or how your child felt on the first day of school. Encourage your child to come up with other ideas. Keep a journal yourself and compare notes at the end of the week. You and your child can read aloud parts of your journals that you want to share.

I hope you have enjoyed this article about Writing and will try some of the tasks at home. If I can be of further assistance or if you have further enquiries, please feel free to contact me at: sunitha.issari@dulwich-seoul.kr Ms Sunitha Issari Primary EAL teacher

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Active Listening for Parents

Three Questions to Ask Your Child

Once again, thank you for attending the Frenemies (Friend + Enemy) Workshop. As I mentioned in the workshop, one of the important skills for parents to master is Active Listening. When parents listen actively, they foster children’s self-esteem by sending them a message that they are worthy of their parents’ full attention, time, and trust. Other benefits of Active Listening include creating a caring relationship; increasing problem-solving ability; and encouraging empathy.

As a teacher and parent I am aware that talking to our children when they finish school can sometimes be a difficult process and the following conversation is as familiar to myself as it is to many of you:

Active Listening is about actively listening without judging or evaluating. You show you are listening by body language, simply summarizing the facts they said, acknowledging the feelings, and asking clarifying questions.

It is extremely difficult, as it involves staying objective and keeping your feelings separate from children, when you may immediately want to step in and reassure, explain, or suggest solutions, as you have ‘been there and done that’. However, it is very important in Active Listening to be patient and to accept their feelings and perceptions as it is real for them. Reassuring, explaining, and suggesting solutions can come after fully demonstrating Active Listening. This is important because if you try to intervene too early in the conversation, the child may get a message that you are either minimising the problem, or they are not capable of handling the situation.

I would suggest 4 simple steps of Active Listening that you can use with your children. Remember this order: Want - Past - Present - Future 1. What is it that you want? (setting the goal) 2. What have you tried before? (examining a past experience) 3. What should you try now? (focus on the present) 4. Let’s plan it together. (plan for the future) Ms Milim Oh DCSL School Counsellor Bit.ly/DCSLcounsellor

“So what did you do at school today?”

“Nothing.”

Time spent at school is important. Children first begin to establish their own identity away from their family and so they can often be reluctant to share some of the experiences that occur in this other world. One tool to help create a link between home and school life in the Early Years is Tapestry.

The regular posts from the classroom can be used as a prompt to enable discussion to occur between the parent and the child regarding the learning and challenges that a child has experienced in school.

Another way to create a bridge to your child’s school life is by using framing questions that your children become familiar with. I would like to share an article I read and enjoyed this week that suggests 3 important questions parents could ask their children regularly: • How were you brave today?

• How were you kind today?

• How did you fail today? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/meg-conley/weask-our-kids-the-same-3-questions-every-night_ b_11665530.html By using these types of questions and by answering these questions ourselves we not only get to find out a little about the day our child has experienced, but we also communicate a little about our own values and model the approaches that we take to learning and life.

So what questions will you ask your child today?

Mr Jamie McNamara Deputy Head of Primary (Curriculum)

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Tweenagers As being parents of tweenagers (children between 9 and 14 years old) can be like walking through a minefield, at any moment, you could be asking what you thought was a simple, sincere question, only to find it triggering an explosive response. You know that communication keeps you connected to your child, but it often seems to backfire because of the type of questions asked. Strong parent relationships are key and believe it or not, our children want us in their lives! The trick is to know how to stay involved in the right way so we do not inadvertently push them away. Our tween daughters do want to come to us and we can be a sounding board to help them wade through tough issues. Just watch how you pose your questions.

1. Avoid: “So, how was your day?” This can come across as predictable and insincere.

Instead Try: open-ended questions that require more than a yes/no response 2. Avoid: “Why are you so upset?” They are experiencing so many changes in hormones and this is guaranteed to get the wrong reaction.

Instead try: “You seem upset. Had a tough day? Need a hug?”

3. Avoid: “Why did you do that?” Children do not always know the reason why they made a decision or why they carried out an action.

Instead try: "What did you hope would happen? What will you do next time?”

4. Avoid: “Why didn’t you just say no?” The need to 'fit in' is huge and peer pressure can be overwhelming. It is tough to stand up to your peers and your child may need your support to do this.

Try offering a solution: “It’s tough to say no to a friend. Have you tried...?”

5. Avoid: “Why don’t you just get over it and move on?” Never dismiss a child’s difficulties. Peer relationships are critical and play a big part in an adolescent’s self-esteem. Not only are tweens concerned about their own pain, but also what “all the other kids are saying." Boys often have a tougher time than girls too.

Better: “I’m so sorry. Want to get an ice cream?” Distraction and empathy can be good techniques. Be available, understanding, supportive.

Ms Vikki Esplin Pastoral Deputy Head of Primary School

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Encourage Your Child to Read Sometimes it can feel like a battle to get your child to read books. Here are seven ways to encourage your child to read more.

• Always be positive about what your child is reading. Any kind of reading is still reading. Yes, this includes comic books, and extends to instruction manuals and cook books. Whatever it is, it is something they are interested in. While their choice might not be something you are especially keen to read; they are enjoying it and building their vocabulary and interest.

• It is important not to criticise the book your child is reading. If, in your opinion, E-books are not as good as traditional paper books - do not say anything while they are using their kindle or iPad or laptop! Everyone enjoys reading differently!

• Audio books are a very good way to help children who are not strong or secure readers. Being able to follow the text as someone else reads is a fantastic skill in itself!

• Start modelling the behaviour you want to see. If you want your child to read more, then you might find that they want to see you do it more too. Regardless of what age they are, “do as I say, not as I do,” will not last long! Also, people as a whole, are more keen to try things when they see others enjoying it. So, show off how relaxing or fun it is to read!

• Discuss books with your child. Some children do not enjoy, or are not secure, reading out loud and would prefer to just talk about what has happened instead. It might even encourage them to read more because you are interested in what has happened.

• A lot of the time children are afraid to try new things. This is true for reading as well. Once they have developed an interest, you can try introducing a series to your child. Being familiar with characters and themes can be comforting to reluctant readers because it will not feel ‘new’ to them. Even though there is the physical act of starting a new book, mentally they are involved in the story already, and everything is familiar to them.

• Combine social media and reading. While most might want to discourage too much time on social media sites, it might help boost your child’s reading. They are interested already, so talk to them about what they are reading. It might lead you to an article you saw the other day which can spark a new interest for your child and give you a chance to discuss more topics with your child.

Ms Jasmina Nathan English/Learning Support/Spanish

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Being Thankful I went out for Thanksgiving dinner with my family. It was not brilliantly successful in that the boys, confronted with what for them was an exotic plate of turkey, stuffing and gravy, decided that they would rather stick to the mac and cheese. But that meant the adults got two dinners, which was fine with me.

Thanksgiving is a bit of a mystery to most British people, since we do not have an equivalent. It seems weird to be eating something a lot like Christmas dinner in November and the usual question British people have for Americans is, ‘Well, what do you eat at Christmas?’ I have only managed one Thanksgiving Day actually in America with family and I loved it. It was like Christmas without the pressure. No worry about presents; just food and family and a genuine day off. There is football as well, of course, but I do not pretend to understand that.

The other major difference for me was that Christmas is so much about giving and getting. It is so much about new things, whilst Thanksgiving is about being grateful for what you have. That tradition of going around the table and saying what you are thankful for is the heart of the holiday; it is so simple and it is nice to be reminded to do it once a year.

The Senior School students had time in PSHE to think about emotional wellbeing. They thought about what they could put in their emotional first aid kit. One of the best researched ways of improving emotional wellbeing is, of course, being thankful. The discipline of taking a few minutes every day to think of three things to be thankful for and writing them down has been shown to have a significant impact over time on happiness and wellbeing.

Thanksgiving, then, is beyond culture and nations. It is a very basic act that we find repeated in different forms and contexts throughout human history. It is something we need to do and something that makes us happy. So, Happy Thanksgiving, to you all!

Mr Chris Vernon Head of Senior School

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KISAC U11 Football Tournament Four Dulwich College Seoul U11 Football Teams participated in a tournament hosted by Chadwick International School. Over the course of the day, the boys and girls played between 4-5 matches against other International Schools, including Seoul Foreign School, Yongsan International School and Chadwick International School.

All teams experienced a mixture of wins and losses but throughout the day good teamwork and football skills were shown on the pitch. The U11 football players have all developed and improved since the beginning of the academic year which is very encouraging for future competitions.

Mrs Mercini Lindsey PE Department

KISAC U18 Boys High School Volleyball Dulwich College Seoul welcomed Volleyball teams from around the region to compete in the KISAC U18 High School Boys Volleyball Tournament. Our Boys showed some promise in the early round robin games, competing against Canadian Maple International School, Bundang International School Canada and Centennial Cristian School, but were unable to progress through the elimination stages of the tournament. A special thank you to Mr Wong for coaching the team.

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U9 and U11 Suzhou Football Tournament There was a buzz of excitement in the air as our U11 and U9 Boys and Girls Football Squads travelled to Suzhou, China for the weekend to participate in the Suzhou Football Tournament.

U11 Boys After 6 spirited displays of teamwork and determination, the Dulwich College Seoul U11 Boys team finished 4th out of 18 teams. Their record shows 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats, but that does not show how they improved immensely over the course of the day, and how they even managed to produce some passages of impressive passing football. Special mention must go to the following: Jin, who seemed to miraculously be in 2 places at once; Marvin, who was a late addition to the team, but made some incredible diving saves; and Young Soo, who, as captain, passed his high levels of enthusiasm on to his teammates.

Mr Matthew Spencer U11 Girls Despite playing the entire Saturday tournament and Friday practice day (which began at 4.30am for most of us!) with only one substitute, the U11 Girls Suzhou Squad made up for lost man-power with heart and determination.

The Girls won one game, drew one game, and lost two games in the Round Robin stage, to put them through to the Plate competition, which they ultimately won in the most dramatic fashion - Extra Time which involved the removal of two players for a hotly contested 5v5 battle, followed by a seemingly infinite round of Penalties to decide the winner. Thanks in part to the heroics of Amber in goal and the steadfast shots by Fei, the Girls captured the Plate and had me, the coaches, and all of our DCSL supporters on a cliff's edge. The girls should be extremely proud of their performance at Suzhou, but more importantly, of their immense progress from the first practice session. Good work girls, we have some stars in the making!

Ms Nicole Chui U9 Boys Despite finishing out of the medals, the Dulwich College Seoul U9 Boys team can be proud of their achievements both on and off the field. Whether they won, drew or lost their games, the whole team played with a fantastic spirit and determination, and most importantly they did it together! Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves and it was great to see the boys making new friends along the way.

Mr Andrew Kirkbride U9 Girls The U9 Girls played a fantastic day of football ending the tournament in a well-deserved Second Place overall.

Dulwich started their first game well with a 5-0 win and followed that with 2 more wins, a draw and one loss.

A mark of the girls’ success was seeing how they defended as a unit, gelled in midfield and confidently kept possession on the pitch. The girls consistently kept the pressure on the other teams and never gave up. Sophia was a force to be reckoned with, making some excellent kicks on goal and passing. Zoe made some impressive kicks in defence and was always there to get us out of trouble. It was evident that the girls produced their best performance throughout the tournament, showing vast improvement from the beginning of the season. Way to go DCSL U9 Girls!

Ms Melanie Doucette PE Department

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Gangdong-gu Yeonmyeon Swimming Cup 41 of our Dulwich Leopard Seals headed to the Korean National Sports University Aquatic Centre to compete in the Gangdong-gu Yeonmyeon Cup Swimming Meet.

All the races were over 50m and swimmers were able to enter 2 races each. Our team performed very well with many of our swimmers achieving new personal bests and setting new School Records in their chosen events. Overall, the Dulwich Leopard Seals achieved 10 gold medals, 7 silver medals, 3 bronze medals and finished in 2nd place overall - well done to all our participating swimmers!

Swimming Success Congratulations to the many children involved in activities and events outside the classroom. The Leopard Seals, which included 46 swimmers from Year 1 to Year 12, competed at the Gangdong-gu Swimming Competition last Sunday and finished 2nd overall out of 10 teams.

KISAC Swimming The Leopard Seals, including many of our younger competitors, headed to Branksome Hall in Jeju for the annual KISAC competition. The team enjoyed a highly successful meet winning the Primary School division.

Well done to all our swimmers, and especially if that was your first swimming competition away from school.

The following week, we had an open time trial for Year 3 and above. This was an opportunity for swimmers to record a time under race conditions. Events this time were the 50m Butterfly and 100m Backstroke.

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U9 Football Tournament at Cheongna Dalton School Our U9 Boys and Girls Football Squads travelled to Incheon to participate in a friendly football tournament against Chadwick International School, Canadian Maple International School and Cheongna Dalton School.

All players thoroughly enjoyed the day and it was especially good to see our squads starting to play well together as a team, as well as improving their tactical understanding of the game. Thank you to all the teachers who helped out on the day and many of our parents who came to support!

Mr Thomas Harron Director of Sport

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KISAC U13 Boys Football Tournament Dulwich College Seoul hosted a KISAC U13 Boys Football Tournament with eight teams competing from North London Collegiate School Jeju, Seoul Academy, Hanxiao and Deutsche Schule Seoul International.

Both DCSL Team 1 and Team 2 had tremendous success in the group stages by finishing first and second, respectively, in their pools. This meant that there was an all Dulwich semi-final where DCSL 1 came out on top, qualifying for the final against Hanxiao 1. DCSL 1 went on to win the final after a riveting, albeit nervewracking, penalty shootout (winning 3-2).

Well done to all boys who competed in a very well fought tournament.

Mr Lorne Barnard PE Teacher

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Songdo 7s Football Tournament U13 Boys: The U13 Boys Football Squad played very well and learned a lot about playing against some strong opposition as well as on a much larger field to what they are used to. On Saturday, the boys secured victories against CMIS and Chadwick ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘E’ teams and lost against a very tough and strong NLCS ‘A’ team. This excellent effort on Saturday meant that they qualified for the Cup Competition on Sunday where they eventually secured fourth place overall out of 12 teams. Well done to all the Boys who committed themselves to a very demanding weekend of football.

Mr Lorne Barnard PE Department U11 A Girls: The U11 A Girls Football team had a very successful weekend where they fought their way into the final and achieved second place. On Saturday, the girls won 3 matches and drew 1, which secured a place in the quarter-finals on Sunday. The girls won the quarter-final on penalties against the Chadwick Grade 4 A team.

During the semi-final the girls played great football which resulted in a 3-0 win against CMIS. In the final the girls worked very hard but unfortunately, on the day, Chadwick Grade 5 B team were stronger and the DCSL girls lost 2-0. Well done to the girls for achieving a silver medal and getting second place out of 10 teams.

Mrs Mercini Lindsay PE Department U11 A Boys: The Under 11 A Boys played well and with determination throughout the weekend and endured some unlucky results. During the group stages the boys were narrowly, and unluckily defeated by Chadwick A, Seoul Foreign School and NLCS from Jeju.

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U13 Girls: The U13 Girls demonstrated how much they have progressed since the start of the football season with a great performance over both days of the Songdo 7’s Tournament. Facing some tough opposition with older players the Dulwich girls displayed their footballing prowess with some smart passing and tireless running.

They were desperately unlucky not to win 3rd place after dominating the 3rd/4th playoff game with many attempts at goal but they just could not find the back of the net. The game finished 0-0 and the girls lost in the penalty shootout placing them in 4th place. However, they can be very proud of their performance as they were one of the youngest teams in the competition and the experience will set them in good stead for the upcoming Phuket tournament. Well done girls!

Mr Peter Poulton PE Department

House Fun Run All students from Year 3 to Year 13 enjoyed some good exercise during the inaugural House Fun Run, and then we returned to the school for our Welcome Back Picnic. There was a fantastic attendance, which took our catering vendors a little by surprise. We have made our ‘notes to self’ - more food and ice-cream next time! Building community, and pride in our community, is important to us. Events like the Fun Run build spirit in student Houses and in our school, and the picnic builds connections between us all that can lead to support and opportunities in the future. We know that positive spirit and attitude in and around school leads students towards greater engagement and effort, and hence towards greater success in all they do.

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U18 Volleyball Season The U18 Boys and U18 Girls Volleyball season commenced with Dulwich College Seoul taking to the court against Centennial Christian School. Although the Dulwich teams were unable to secure a victory, it was fantastic to see so many of our Senior students representing their school and how much their skills have progressed in a relatively short period of time. Thank you to Mr Wong and Mrs Radloff for coaching the teams.

Mr Thomas Harron Director of Sport

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Phuket 7s Football Tournament 2016 41 Dulwich College Seoul footballers from the U11 and U13 squads and five staff members went to Phuket to participate in the 15th annual British International School, Phuket, 7s tournament. This tournament hosted over 1600 footballers from around Asia and is highly regarded for its very high standard of competition. All four teams participated with passion, enthusiasm and skill over both days in the heat of South East Asia.

Information for all teams can be found below.

U11 Girls: The U11 Girls were in a tough pool consisting of very strong schools such as Tanglin Trust School and Harrow International School, among others. After finishing 3rd in their pool the girls faced Dulwich College Shanghai where they played very well but lost the match which put them in contention for the Plate competition.

During this phase of the competition the girls upped their game and played exceptionally well. They went on beating two opponents on their way to the final. With the score at 0-0 at full time the Plate winners were decided on penalties where the girls held their nerve to score both of their penalties while saving both of the opposition’s.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the parents for their incredible support and from a very proud coach, well done to the U11 Girls for a hard-fought and successful tournament.

Mrs Mercini Lindsay U11 Boys: The U11 Boys faced some very tough matches in the pool stage, including Dulwich College Shanghai, Alice Smith School and Harrow International School. During the group stage, the boys finished 4th after close matches against DCS and were the only team to score against Alice Smith.

In the quarter final, we faced Marlborough College from Malaysia. We opened the scoring with a beautifully crafted team goal. Marlborough hit back immediately with a top corner rocket. After this the DCSL team showed the defensive resilience which was a mark of their play throughout the tournament. Sadly, with less than 2 minutes to go, the ball squirmed through the defence and into the corner of the goal. Despite a last minute free kick, we were unable to get back on level terms and were out of the tournament.

In a series of difficult matches, the U11 boys played hard and as a team throughout. One spectator described the experiences of this team as series of heartbreaks. Despite this, the boys played with pride and determination. They were admirably and passionately supported by an army of travelling parents who acted as cheerleaders, supporters and medics. Thank you to all.

Mr Scott Niehorster U13 Girls: The U13 Girls put in an outstanding performance over the two days of this year’s Phuket 7s tournament. As always, this event is the toughest challenge on the football calendar as the opposing schools are larger and are used to playing on grass in the intense heat. Despite these tough opponents, the DCSL girls played some wonderful football and finished the tournament in 8th place out of 20 teams.

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Usually I would highlight individual players that were particularly impressive but throughout the whole tournament everyone gave 100%. Their excellent teamwork, focus, dedication and support for each other both on and off the pitch is commendable. You were all exceptional! Well done girls!

Mr Peter Poulton U13 Boys: The U13 Boys were in a very tough group made up of Dulwich College (Singapore); St Andrews, Bangkok; Marlborough College, Malaysia; Chadwick International and British International School, Phuket. After the pool stage finished, the U13 Boys qualified for the Plate competition after finishing fourth in their group. In this phase of the tournament, the Boys beat Dulwich College Beijing to qualify for the semi-final where they came up against Harrow International School, Bangkok. Unfortunately, after a fiercely fought game, they lost out on penalties meaning that they finished in a very respectable 11th position out of 24 teams.

The Boys and I would like to thank all the parents who came to support in Thailand and to those who were supporting us from afar. Well done to all the U13 Boys on their efforts at the tournament.

Mr Lorne Barnard

KISAC Middle School Football Tournament The Middle School Boys and Girls Football Squads travelled to Songdo for the annual KISAC Football Tournament. Dulwich entered two boys’ and two girls’ teams. The boys were missing key players from Year 9 and Year 10 but the remaining players, most of whom were from Year 7 and Year 8 showed great commitment, sportsmanship and determination against older and bigger opponents. The Boys teams finished the day in a respectable 4th and 5th place.

Both Girls teams were almost at full strength with DCSL 1 consisting of mostly upper middle school players and DCSL 2 consisting of the U13 Phuket Football squad. Both teams played excellent football and were impressively applying what they have learned in training into the matches. This resulted in DCSL 1 finishing in 3rd place, narrowly losing just one game all day and DCSL 2 incredibly finishing as unbeaten champions.

Well done to all players and coaches!

Mr Peter Poulton PE Department

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KISAC Long Course Swimming Meet - Jeju The Dulwich College Seoul Leopard Seals flew to Jeju to participate in the KISAC Long Course Swimming Meet hosted by Branksome Hall School.

The event saw over 200 swimmers from 6 different international schools in South Korea come together to compete in a state-of-the-art, 10-lane 50m swimming pool. It was fantastic to see so many of our swimmers from Year 3 to Year 12 competing so well and improving their personal best times - all the hard work and training is clearly paying off!

The final results were: • Primary School (8-11 years old) - 1st Place • Senior School Boys (11-14 years old) - 1st Place • Senior School Boys (15 and above) - 3rd Place A big thank you to Mrs Huang, Mr Kim, Ms Van Otten and Mrs Min for accompanying the team, and a huge well done to all our participating swimmers!

Mr Thomas Harron Director of Sport

KAIAC Chess Tournament A small but determined team from Dulwich visited GSIS in Suwon for the first KAIAC Chess Tournament of the year. They played very well and enjoyed the opportunity to meet and compete with players from other schools. This time unfortunately no prizes were won but the players played with the right spirit and represented Dulwich College Seoul well in terms of competitiveness, fair play and respect for opponents.

Mr David Gormley Head of Additional Educational Needs

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KAIAC Chess Tournament Schedule 2016-2017 As you may have read in previous Newsletters, many of our chess-playing students have taken part in a number of tournaments organised by the KAIAC school federation over the last few years. Our students travelled to other international schools to participate and all involved enjoyed the challenge of competing against other players. Many of our students did very well and some won prizes. At the end of last year, we hosted our first KAIAC tournament at Dulwich College Seoul and as well as many of our own chess players, we welcomed visiting players, coaches and parents from a wide range of international schools in Seoul.

Participants: This year the tournaments are open to chess players of any level from Year 5 upwards. Although the format allows for participants who have a wide range of skills, it would not be enjoyable for young players to take part without a basic knowledge of the rules and procedures of the game. Medals or plaques will be awarded to the top three players in each division.

Divisions: • Elementary: Year 5 and Year 6 (9 rounds, up to 15 minutes per player) • Junior Varsity: Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 (7 rounds, 20 minutes per player) • Varsity: Year 10 and up (5 rounds, up to 25 minutes per player) Mr David Gormley Head of Additional Educational Needs

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Floor-based Mandala Year 4 students have been exploring the theme of India this term in Primary art.

The students designed a large scale wall mandala collaboratively, and they also painted their own individual mandalas on canvas.

To celebrate India Theme Day, the Year 4 students created a floor-based mandala, using powder paints and glitters, in the morning. Congratulations to all the Year 4 students for their amazing contributions and team work!

Ms Laura Ni Fhlaibhin Art Teacher

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Korean Air Art Competition Award Recipient Congratulations Connie!

Congratulations to Connie, Year 5, for her outstanding art achievement! Connie was a prize winner in the Korea-wide, Korean Air art competition, selected from entrants across the country. She created a vibrant and highly imaginative painting in response to the theme of ‘home.’

Connie was invited to attend the prize-giving ceremony in the Korean Air headquarters during the half-term break. We all received a limited edition t-shirt print of her prize-winning painting. Connie was congratulated by the director of Korean Air. Well done Connie!

Ms Laura Ni Fhlaibhin Art Teacher

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Senior School Saturday Art Workshop We recently saw the first Senior School Art Workshop of the academic year, attended by students from Year 7 to Year 13. The focus of the workshop was ‘Painting’ and aimed to improve the students' abilities when using acrylic paint on canvas. The students learnt how to firstly create an effective and well balanced design on paper, gathered from research found on the Internet. When complete, this design was taken onto canvas.

Whilst painting their pieces, the students learnt how to use paint quickly, varying the brush size as necessary.

The works produced were as ever, to a very high standard with a lot of fantastic paintings produced. Well done to all who attended.

Mr Brown and Mr Mellows

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Year 1 Art Trip to 'Anthony Browne's Happy Museum' The Year 1 children visited Anthony Browne’s Happy Museum exhibition and enjoyed seeing the thoughtprovoking and surreal illustrations. There is a sense of fun in Browne’s work that captivates young children but he also explores issues at a deeper level that will appeal to older students and adults alike. Sophisticated picture books are under-rated, in my opinion, and as Browne shows, they can be the ideal medium to explore ideas such as relationships.

The students had the opportunity to experience and interact with the work of this very talented and wellrespected children’s book illustrator. The students also received a colourful workbook as a reminder of their visit.

Huge congratulations to all the children in Year 1 for their wonderful behaviour and interest in the exhibition!

A very special thanks to all the parents who very generously volunteered to accompany us on the outing.

Ms Laura Ni Fhlaibhin Art Teacher

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Year 7 Art Trip to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Year 7 students visited the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA). The students experienced the current exhibition, Korea Art Prize 2016 which shows the work of the four finalist artists nominated for this prestigious prize.

The exhibition introduced the students to exciting contemporary art practices, including drawing, photography, painting, video and participative projects. Following on from the exhibition, the students will have the opportunity to discuss the work of one of the nominated artists, Mr Kim Eull, in an artist talk presentation at Dulwich College Seoul prior to the Winter break.

Congratulations to all the students for their excellent behaviour and engagement with the artworks.

Sincere thanks to Ms Anderson, Ms Alley, Ms Mona, Mr Jones, Ms Joanne and Ms Spencer for their support with this exhibition visit.

Ms Laura Ni Fhlaibhin Art Teacher

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Year 2 Art Trip to Kukje Gallery As part of our Year 2 Primary Art Programme this year, the children went on a trip to Kukje Gallery. The children visited the two exhibitions in the gallery, featuring internationally respected artists: sculptor Anish Kapoor and painter Wook-Kyung Choi, as well as sculptural work from Kukje’s permanent collection.

Primary Toy-Making ECA Primary Toy-Making ECA created a series of finger puppets in Term 1. They created a series of designs for their toys and then used a range of materials and fabrics to produce their puppets.

Congratulations to all the toy makers!

Ms Laura Ni Fhlaibhin and Ms Sunitha Issari

The trip introduced the students to exciting contemporary art practices, and also offered the students an opportunity to explore a variety of materials used by the artists. The trip directly linked with the Year 2 current topic of materials.

Huge congratulations to all the Year 2 students for their amazing behaviour and interest in the exhibition! Many thanks to all the support staff on the trip and to the team at Kukje Gallery.

Ms Laura Ni Fhlaibhin Art Teacher

Senior School Saturday Art Workshop

Primary Art Workshop Winter Wonderland!

Saturday 10 December saw the second Senior School Art Workshop of the academic year, attended by students from Years 7 to Year 13. The focus of the workshop was Printmaking. From 10am to 4pm students learnt the process of monoprinting, and about the many possibilities for development which it gives. The works produced were as ever, to a very high standard with a lot of fantastic prints created.

Well done to all who attended!

Primary Art Workshop students created a winter wonderland in our first workshop of this year. They explored the processes of paper folding and cutting to create a winter snowflake tree.

Mr Andy Brown and Mr Joseph Mellows

The young artists created a paper snowflake installation, ’Winter Wonderland,' with many unique snowflake designs!

Congratulations to all participants on a very productive and enjoyable workshop, and sincere thanks to Ms Graham for her support and assistance.

Ms Laura Ni Fhlaibhin Art Teacher

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Vienna Boys Choir Trip Over the summer we were extremely fortunate to be able to accompany several Dulwich College Seoul students on a trip to Austria to sing with the Vienna Boys Choir. There were so many highlights from the trip - there is no way to list them all but I will try to give you an idea of the fantastic experience had by all involved.

Working with Dr Wirth, Director of the Vienna Boys Choir and his family - Dr Wirth is one of the most experienced musicians I have ever worked with and his passion for music and music education is quite phenomenal. This passion extends throughout his whole family who were present for the second week of the tour in Pielachtal.

Singing with the Vienna Boys Choir - On the third day of the tour the massed choirs from Dulwich College Seoul and Dulwich College Shanghai performed a concert with the Vienna Boys Choir.

It really was a privilege for us to be invited to sing with one of, if not, the leading children’s choir in the world. All of our students were impressed by the ability and dedication of the Vienna Boys and I am sure we left behind a good impression of the students from Dulwich College Seoul.

Excursions around Vienna and Eisenstadt - As part of the tour, we had worked in 2 days for us to take in some of the sights and sounds of Vienna and Eisenstadt (where the famous composer Haydn worked). We had great fun visiting various palaces, museums and the zoo. We even got a chance to ride the oldest Ferris wheel in Europe, giving us a splendid view of the whole city.

Singing lessons and compositions - During our time in Pielachtal we had the opportunity to explore some more diverse aspects of music as well as to continue our focus on choral music. The students and teachers were able to work with the tutors from the Vienna Boys Choirs on their singing technique.

We also all came up with our own compositions that we performed in the Augarten Palais Salon upon our return to Vienna.

Performing the Mozart Requiem in St Stephen’s Cathedral - This has to be one of the best experiences of my time as a music teacher and I know the students were absolutely thrilled to have sung as part of a massed choir of over 200 in one 82

of the most iconic Cathedrals in Europe. Mozart’s Requiem is universally recognised as a masterpiece and having the opportunity to sing this amazing work with a full professional orchestra is a truly fantastic experience.

I hope you enjoy seeing the images of the tour and listening to our performance of a well-known Korean Song, recorded in the Augarten Palais. With luck it will give you an idea of how much we all enjoyed the tour.

Mr James Pickering Head of Music

Instrumental Music Recital I was fortunate to be able to attend the first Instrumental Lesson Recital, featuring all our learners no matter the ability. Many of the performers, from Year 1 to Year 9, are at the start of their musical journey and if their performances were anything to go by they will have long and happy musical futures.

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Congratulations to Jiwon - Finalist of the Seoul Orchestra Solo Competition

Congratulations to Jessie - DipABRSM in Clarinet Performance

It was with great pleasure that I attended a recent concert held at Kwanglim Arts Centre. It was the culmination of the Seoul Orchestra Solo Competition.

The finalists of the competition were given the opportunity to perform a piece of their choice with the Seoul Orchestra. We heard several very talent musicians perform including a Violinist, Clarinettist, 2 singers as well as Dulwich College Seoul's Jiwon, our Colours award recipient in Year 11. She played the 1st movement of the Elgar Cello Concerto in a very professional manner. Congratulations to Jiwon and the other finalists.

Dulwich College Seoul would like to give a huge congratulations to Jessie (Year 10) for successfully passing the ABRSM Diploma in Solo Clarinet Performance. The DipABRSM is a world renowned musical qualification and is approaching the highest level of performance qualifications. In the UK it is recognised as being the equivalent standard of a 1st year university degree module, and as a professional qualification. It entitles Jessie to append the qualification's letters after her name. Passing the Diploma is massive achievement for such a young performer and we were very proud to be able to present the award to Jessie in Assembly.

Mr James Pickering Head of Music

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Sinbanpo Community Orchestra Performance Congratulations to all the members of the Sinbanpo Community Orchestra. The performance was a fantastic experience and the Orchestra played amazingly well. This is especially true considering the very limited rehearsal time and the level of complexity of the Music. It really was a pleasure welcoming the many enthusiastic musicians to our school. We are already looking forward to our next performance.

Mr James Pickering Head of Music

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Trio Bresciani Visit We had the great pleasure of welcoming Trio Bresciani to Dulwich College Seoul. The trio is made up of three fantastic musicians, including Mr Young Kwon Lee whose son is in reception here at Dulwich. They performed interesting and diverse music for our students, including music by the romantic German composer Brahms and Piazzola, an Argentinian composer most famous for his Tangos. Our Chamber Ensembles also benefited from their knowledge and skill in hour long workshops, helping us prepare for upcoming performances.

I would like to express my sincere thanks for their exceptional performance here in school and the work they did with the our Chamber Ensembles. It was a great afternoon of music, I am sure the students came away with a deeper appreciation of the musical possibilities presented by a Piano trio.

Mr James Pickering Head of Music

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Diversity - Music as an Integrated Art It was with great pleasure that we welcomed the Piano Duo of Nhamin Lee and Wonju Ji to Dulwich College Seoul. The theme of their workshops and performances was 'Music as an Integrated Art.' The students learnt how music has been combined with various art forms, such as theatre, dance, film and even advertising to create some spectacular results. We heard performances of excerpts from several well-known masterpieces by composers such as Grieg and Tchaikovsky. The students learnt how the composers' use of musical features and techniques made the music well suited to integrate into other art forms. During the day they also worked with several of our students on their Piano-playing, helping them develop their technique. Thanks to the visiting Piano Duo - it was a great day of music.

The visit was brought about by combining our Korean Arts programme and Diversity programme.

Visit from Philippa Mo - Senior Violin Lecturer, Leeds College of Music Philippa Mo and her Violin Duo partner Harriet Mackenzie were here in Seoul as part of a concert tour around Asia. They visited Dulwich College Seoul to work with our Chamber Ensembles and help share knowledge, experience and passion for music on to our students. Our ensemble members were also fortunate to have the chance to listen to them perform.

It was a fantastic experience and I would like to thank Philippa and Harriet for giving up their time to work with our students. I would also like to thank Ben Whitehouse, International Officer - Leeds College of Music, for arranging this visit. Â Â

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Dulwich Festival of Music: Dulwich Young Musician of the Year - Congratulations Judith!

I had the pleasure of travelling with a group of our talented student musicians to Dulwich College Shanghai for the Dulwich Festival of Music. This is a festival where Senior School musicians from across the Dulwich network of schools join together to perform large scale music.

The students had chosen to participate either in the Orchestra, Choir, Big Band or Rock Band but were all given the opportunity to play together in a huge ensemble for the Finale. The theme of the Festival this year was “Living in the City”, a tribute to the music of Stevie Wonder.

As well as all the talented Music Teachers from all the Dulwich Colleges we were fortunate to be joined by the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) Session Orchestra and their Head of Popular Music, Mr Andy Stott. Having 20 conservatoire level students there to work with our own Dulwich Students made a very positive impact. They were a great help in assisting the groups of Musicians in learning to play and sing their parts. They also joined us for the Gala Concert, helping to add to the very high standard of performance that we achieved.

Whilst at the festival we also held the final of the inaugural Dulwich International Musician of the Year. Each school selected two finalists from their Preliminary Rounds to compete.

The winner of the inaugural 'Dulwich Young Musician of the Year' is our very own Judith from Year 8. The competition final was a great event of an incredibly high standard - amazingly high considering the young ages of the performers.

The panel of judges, made up of Mr Stott (Royal Northern College of Music), Mr Goss (Dulwich College Shanghai), Mr West (Dulwich College Beijing) and Mr Pickering (Dulwich College Seoul), were unanimous in our decision. All of the finalists including our very own Catherine (Year 8) played extremely well and Dulwich College Seoul can be extremely proud of Judith’s achievement.

Prior to the competition, performers had a packed day of rehearsals, working hard to prepare the music for Saturday’s Gala Concert. All involved were very impressed by the diversity of this year’s festival and how well the music was arranged to fit all the groups playing.

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An Evening of Instrumental Music The first Instrumental Recital of this Academic Year was held recently and what a brilliant event it was! It was wonderful to see a showcase of different ages and levels all in one evening. In addition to the wide range of instruments we are used to hearing, we even had two young men playing the drum kit for the first time in the history of our Instrumental Recitals, a very entertaining performance indeed!

In a young child’s life learning an instrument is often a demanding task that requires much dedication, passion, self-discipline and resilience. Without opportunities to share pieces with an audience, be it family, friends or teachers, children often lose interest in practising which leads to then giving up playing. Events like the Instrumental Recital are great goals for the students to work towards, and share talent, progress and to overcome stage fright.

We would like to thank all our dedicated peripatetic teachers for preparing the students for the concert, for the great support from the parents, and very a special thanks to Friends of Dulwich for providing the Music Department with a wonderful grand piano.

Congratulations to all the performers and we are looking forward to hearing more from you at the next recital!

Mrs Vera Mitford Music Teacher

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Music at the Conrad and Plaza Hotels The Music Department has had two very exciting Christmas Performances recently. We travelled with our Junior Choir, Chamber Choir and the Dulwich Consort to the Conrad Hotel to give a performance of seasonal music to parents and guests. Before the performance the students and teachers were treated to a Christmas dinner in the hotel’s Grand Ballroom. There was an old English expression “sing for your supper” meaning it is normal to be fed only after performing, so it was a nice change to have an amazing meal first. The performance itself went very well and there was a fantastic atmosphere to the event. I would like to thank all the parents and staff who came to support and enjoy the music.

We travelled again with the Junior Choir, Chamber Choir and Dulwich Consort to the Plaza Hotel. This time we were performing at the prestigious Britain Korea Society’s Christmas Dinner. Again it was a great performance right in the heart of Seoul, and we can all be very proud of the students' performances both at the Plaza and at the Conrad Hotels. They performed fantastically and were a credit to the school.

To round off the Music Department's Christmas events we had our Christmas Concert in the College Auditorium.

The audience was given the opportunity to hear the School’s Orchestras, Choirs and Chamber Ensembles, in addition to Soloists and Christmas Readings. It was a great way to get into the festive spirit.

Mr James Pickering Head of Music

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Dulwich College Seoul Christmas Concert We have had a fantastic season of Christmas performances at Dulwich College Seoul, starting with our Christmas tree lighting held in the College lobby. We then performed in two very prestigious hotels in Seoul; the Conrad Hotel and Seoul Plaza Hotel for the Korea Britain Society’s Christmas Dinner. All went extremely well and helped us prepare for our packed Christmas Concert.

We began our concert with the choirs singing Christmas Calypso before hearing from all of our school’s leading musical ensembles. We performed a wide variety of traditional Christmas music all the way from four-hundredyear-old carols to modern Christmas songs from films and musicals.

In addition to all of this Christmas music we were fortunate to hear both of Dulwich College Seoul’s finalists from the recent Dulwich International Young Musician of the Year competition. Catherine gave a very musical performance of the demanding 1st Movement of Winter by Vivaldi, accompanied by the Dulwich Camarata.

Judith, the overall winner of the competition and first ever Dulwich International Muscian of the Year, gave an amazing rendition of the technically challenging Il Pastore Svizzero.

We finished with a brand new piece written specially for this occasion, Christmas at Dulwich College. However, no Christmas Concert would be complete without the singing of We Wish You a Merry Christmas, and luckily our audience was in fine voice and the singing was a great way to round off an amazing concert.

A huge well done to all participants and a great big thank you to the audience.

Merry Christmas, Mr James Pickering Head of Music

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Dulwich College International and Royal Shakespeare Company Enter New Partnership Dulwich College International (DCI) has announced a new partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) Education for seven of its nine schools in Asia.

The collaboration offers students aged 10 to 18 years a wide array of opportunities to deepen their understanding of Shakespeare’s works through tried and tested strategies from the RSC’s rehearsal rooms.

The first year programme will include residencies at the schools by RSC artists, tailored student workshops, and access to the RSC’s online resources as well as RSC performances in the UK and Asia. The programme culminates in student performances across the DCI network.

“Visual and Performing Arts are central to a Dulwich education,” said Fraser White, Executive Chairman and Founder of DCI. “I am excited that we have been able to develop this partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company, one of the world’s leading and most renowned theatre companies. It adds an extra, valuable dimension to our students’ learning, taking it beyond the confines of the classroom.”

Commenting on the partnership, Director of RSC Education Jacqui O’Hanlon noted, “We are committed to a long term partnership and meaningful cultural exchange and are therefore delighted to be working in partnership with the DCI schools in Asia. Shakespeare’s work belongs to the world; it offers us the opportunity to explore human experience in all its guises, and like all great works of art, helps us understand ourselves, each other and the world we live in. At the RSC we place a special emphasis on sharing the inheritance of Shakespeare’s work with children and young people and our educational approaches are inspired by the work of RSC actors and directors in the rehearsal room. There is a wonderful tradition of drama practice and literary study in DCI schools and we are really looking forward to contributing to that in the coming months.”

In addition to student activities, the RSC will offer a structured, residential programme of Professional Learning, supported by online resources, for drama and English teachers across the Dulwich network. In future years, activities for students and teachers will include residencies in the UK, writing and producing plays, workshops on performance and stagecraft, and more professional learning elements.

DCI Director of Schools Brian McDouall added, “This partnership will help students understand many of the complex themes Shakespeare addressed in intimate and creative ways. These themes are still relevant today and keep Shakespeare relevant around the world.”

The first activity took place recently in Shanghai, where four RSC artists took part in DCI’s annual Shakespeare Festival, featuring student performances of Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest and Hamlet, and conducted a tailored, residential three-day Professional Learning programme for 30 of the group’s drama and English teachers.

Both DCI and RSC Education hope to extend workshops to students at nearby local schools, working with them to create performance pieces, which in China may be in both English and Chinese.

DCI schools participating in the first year are Dulwich College Shanghai, Dulwich College Beijing, Dulwich College Suzhou, Dulwich College Seoul, Dulwich College in Singapore, Dulwich International High School Suzhou and Dulwich International High School Zhuhai.

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Mr Nobody Often people are questioned about whether they are good team players and asked to explain what that means. While certain aspects may be hard to articulate for children, the feeling of a shared experience, gained from being part of a team, whether joyous or disappointing, can be one of the most rewarding experiences of all. We value the concept of teamwork and encourage the idea of team in many aspects of school life, from the classroom to the sports field.

We saw the first of our year group productions - the fabulous Year 2 performance of Mr Nobody. It was amazing to see students aged six and seven hold a story and performance together on stage for an hour, while entertaining us so well with song and dance. The production itself was a message about teamwork and the build up to the shows required the children to be patient, to collaborate with each other and to concentrate. My congratulations to all the children who moved, danced, sang and spoke with such confidence throughout the two shows.

As always, the music, set, props and costumes were excellent so a special thank you to Ms Yoon, our teaching assistants and the parents who helped. Preparing for productions is hard work and my final thanks go to the Year 2 teachers and our wonderful Director, Ms Doble.

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Antigone Is it justified to oppose authority in the name of justice? Is the need for order in the state paramount? Should a child be obedient to the father in all things - does the older generation deserve respect and obedience, whatever the faults in their reasoning and behaviour? What protest is possible for women in a world ruled by men? What happens when rulers, convinced of their own rightness and invulnerability, fail to listen to what the people are muttering under cover of darkness? What are the dangers of mixing family with politics? How far should loyalty to family, living or dead, be allowed to determine present actions?

In a single hour of drama, the Senior School production of Antigone addressed all of these themes. The thematic richness of Sophocles’ play is as astonishing as its relevance.

Observers of current political events in the world, could not fail to see parallels and relevant questions in the play.

There seem to be few questions worth asking that, in art, philosophy, politics, and drama, the ancient Greeks did not pose. It would have made thoughtful viewing for Presidents and President-elects alike.

One aim of education is to challenge students by bringing them into contact with the big questions of life and the best that has been thought and written. Mr Readman’s first production for Dulwich College Seoul achieved this aim brilliantly as well as being an enjoyably tense evening of theatre.

The talents of the performers were matched by the work and expertise of the supporting students in lighting, sound, direction and production. A great success!

Mr Chris Vernon Head of Senior School

Handa's Surprise Story Well done to 1B for their super retelling of the Handa’s Surprise story at assembly. With lots of colour, movement and singing the audience were thoroughly entertained. Following on from the excellent Year 3 and Year 4 House Poetry, one can see the performing arts are definitely alive and well at Dulwich College Seoul.

Mr Marcus Sherwood Head of Primary School

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Performing Arts Film Criteria: Films must be no more than 3 minutes long. The film can be live action or animation.

Deadline: Wednesday 29 March.

Contact ian.stewart@dulwich-seoul.kr to find out how to submit your video Tips: • Keep the story line simple. More help here.

• Hold the camera landscape, not portrait.

• Hold the camera still - either use a cheap tripod and clamp or lean against a wall or chair. More help here • Use a few different camera angles in each scene: A wide shot, a medium and a close up.

• Only use a transition (fade) when you are changing time or location.

• Tell the story through your actions and only use dialogue when you really need to.

• Have fun!

D’Oscars Family and Friends Film Competition

Mr Ian Stewart ICT Facilitator

The D’Oscars is Dulwich College International’s film making competition. It is designed to capture students’ imagination through literacy, storytelling and film - all set in an environment of collaboration and competition.

The challenge is to produce a short movie based on a theme. It can be live action, fiction, non-fiction or animation. There is an opportunity to enter the competition as a family or as a group of friends. A perfect project for the Christmas Holidays!

The overall theme for this year’s celebration is Another World and the theme for the family category is Through the Looking Glass. You can interpret these themes how you wish - be creative!

Theme: Through the Looking Glass Open to: Families, staff members and students from the Dulwich College Group. Students may work with friends but there can only be a maximum of 5 students in a team.

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Snowman at Sunset The Early Years Christmas productions are always special and one cannot help but feel festive with such an overload of cuteness. The snowman may not have melted but the audience’s hearts certainly did after the Nursery and Reception performance of The Snowman at Sunset.

With on-stage waving, blown kisses to Mums and Dads and some lovely singing, it was a wonderful way to embrace the Christmas spirit.

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Year 7 Shakespeare In English class recently, Year 7 read ‘Twelfth Night’ and in true Shakespearean fashion enjoyed some crossdressing - girls playing the roles of men and boys playing the roles of women (just as the Elizabethan actors would have done). It was a lot of fun.

Diana as Maria, Rachel as Olivia and Grace as Cesario (Viola in disguise)

Kristin as Feste, Matheus as Maria, Andrew as Sir Toby and Ryan as Malvolio

Clive as Olivia and Ryan as Malvolio

Janie as Cesario (Viola), Roshan as Duke Orsino, Shihoon as Antonio and Patrick as Chief Officer

Andrew as Sir Toby and Matheus as Maria

Gabriel as Sebastian, Clive as Olivia and Rachel as the Priest

Ms Rosie Edwards English Teacher

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Residential Trips

Year 8: Pyeongchang

Our Senior School students in Year 7 to Year 11 were in destinations both near and far for their respective Residential Trips.

Year 7: Yang Yang

Out in Pyeongchang, Year 8 students spent the week hiking, rafting, playing teamwork games, camping and roasting marshmallows by the bonfire, tackling fears on adventure courses, and just generally getting wet regardless of the situation!

Year 9: Minakami, Japan

From visiting temples, hiking up Seoraksan, zip-lining, rafting, and soaking in the stunning nature that Korea has to offer, Year 7 enjoyed a fun-filled week of culture and adventure at Yang Yang.

Housed in an Alpine Lodge, Year 9 were at one with Japan's nature. Rafting down the crystal clear waters; sliding, diving and jumping downstream in the canyoning course; mountain biking on the forest trails; hiking through some wet conditions; and canoeing on silent waters, Year 9 were treated to a truly once-in-a-lifetime experience.

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Beyond the Classroom Year 10: Suhari Campsite and Euorumchi Village

Zip-lining and high wire adventure courses; paintballing and exploring the cave system of Euorumchi; a challenging hike and rafting; luckily Year 10 were gifted with a final day at Everland to counter the physical exertion that the majority of the trip brought!

Year 11: Phnom Penn and Kampong Cham, Cambodia

Year 6 Residential Trip

The Year 6 students and staff embarked on their annual residential trip to Myungyong and Namhae Island. The students enjoyed a truly memorable experience and returned tired but happy. A few Year 6 students wrote about their experiences on the trip: This residential trip was a very memorable experience and in my opinion, it was the best school trip I have experienced so far. I particularly liked the Challenge Course that we did in Boramwon. Not only was it fun watching other people attempt the course, but I had a lot of fun trying it myself. Also, I really enjoyed the farming (harvesting sweet potatoes) in the Darangyi Village because we got to eat the roasted potatoes that we harvested during the session. (The potatoes were actually really good!) Overall, it was an awesome trip that I will never forget!

- Katelyn

Year 11 enjoyed a bit of culture to kickstart their Cambodia trip, but the focal part of their Residential entailed working with BSDA, an NGO focused on educating and training some of the poorest in Cambodian society. Year 11 were hard at work painting, plastering, building school walls, and ultimately putting happy smiles on the faces of the Cambodian children who will be able to use their new classrooms.

We gathered into one big group to prepare for our first Residential Trip of this year! Kindly, the teachers had checked the safety and prepared this whole trip, so we were burning with excitement on the way. Our Residential took place in Namhae but we stopped at Boramwon for 2 days before we went on a bus ride to Namhae. In Boramwon, there were a lot of activities waiting for us that were prepared by our 101

Beyond the Classroom teachers and some managers that translated Korean to English and helped the Dulwich teachers. After having fun in Boramwon, Year 6 went on their bus journey to Namhae. In Namhae, we had to stay in home stays which was an experience that we were enthusiastic about. We also had fun hiking and going to the beach, although we got all wet and, later, fell into a deep sleep. The Residential to Namhae and Boramwon was a great experience for the Year 6 students and we will not forget this fun memory. We all thank the teachers for making this happen!

- Ella

I think the Y6 residential trip to NamHae was very enjoyable and entertaining. The most memorable events and the highlights of the trip were the ziplining and the challenge courses. Even though every activity we had was fun and lively, I think these stood out the most. Personally, I have never tried ziplining before so I was very excited and a bit scared.

At first, since I was unfamiliar with it, I struggled but as I went along the 9 courses, I got more used to it and each course seemed more thrilling and full of excitement than the one before. While I was ziplining from above, I could see the trees and feel the cool breeze swishing past so it was all very refreshing and also very relaxing. The next day, we did the challenge courses. All the courses we had were very tough and challenging but also very interesting and fun. There were many different kinds of challenges and although we were all very exhausted in the end, I think we all learnt something from this activity. I learnt that if I don’t give up I will be able to make it to the other side. I believe that the Year 6 Residential was very memorable in many ways and I will never forget it.

- Claire

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Day 1: Recently Year 6 had their Residential, with a buzz of excitement. They started on the bus at 9am sharp and set off to their first destination, Boramwon, a place where children get to enjoy entertaining activities and sleep with well provided rooms full of glistening joy and relaxation. After a 2-hour 30-minute bus ride we arrived at Boramwon, and straight away we went to our first activity, zip lining.

We enjoyed breath-taking views and some students overcame their fear of heights. After 9 long zip lines, it was rest time after one busy day. Before eating dinner, Year 6 enjoyed some outdoor activities, football, basketball and running around. Hungrily, we ate our dinner. To end this busy day, we went to the maze that was clearly puzzling. We ventured through dead ends and some lead to our objective, some just spiralled and made us dizzy, but, with flashlights, every group finally finished the maze. A maze in the dark is always harder than a maze in the sunlight!

One fun day would lead to another and we couldn’t wait for the next day.

Day 2: We had another busy day. It started off with difficult obstacle courses that could drop you into freezing water. Despite some dangerous moments, Year 6 found it amazing. After eating lunch, we went rafting in a small body of water. We had water fights and all got terribly wet. (It was great fun!) We also tried archery. After the safety instructions, we all had a go. At night we had a bonfire, as everyone surrounded the warmth. Year 6 had a talent show, singing, comedy and group singing. With a big laugh we headed to our rooms and had a good night's sleep.

Day 3: Early in the morning, Y6 left to the Darangyi village. A small picturesque village in Namhae, an ancient village starting from 1300 years ago.

After settling in our home stays greeting our friendly owners, we had an Amazing Race, finding

Beyond the Classroom monuments and special wall paintings. After a quick rest we went to help the villagers with sweet potato harvesting. We had dinner in our home stays and had our last activity…lantern flying! We wrote our wishes on lanterns and flew them high and up and watched them until they vanished into the night…

Day 4: In the morning we started off to a hiking course, Hallyeohaesang National Park Geumsan. It had spectacular views and everyone needed strong, bulky muscles to hike up and down. We ended up in an active temple for a break and kept on trekking down the mountain. After strenuous work we travelled to a nearby beach to relax. We went in the water and played tag and sprayed each other with intense cold water. We later played team games and enjoyed our afternoon. At night we had another bonfire at the General Lee statue. We roasted our sweet potatoes in the fire and played team games. It could not get any better.

Day 5: It was the end of our journey. We had 6 hours for our bus ride, while watching movies and having some extra sleep. We were all miserable after having so much incredible fun! Now, it is time to study!

- Hyunjo

The students clearly had a wonderful time on this Residential Trip. The students should be credited for their excellent behaviour and resilient attitude throughout. The teachers on the trip were proud of how these students represented their school.

I am sure we are all now looking forward to next year’s trip.

Year 6 Team

MFL Trip: A Visit to the French International School Students of Year 7 and Year 8 taking French had the great opportunity to visit the French International School in Seorae Village. During the two-hour visit, students took part in a range of activities where they will be able to practise their language skills with French native speakers of their age. This was the second cultural and linguistic exchange with the French International School (LFS) - last year the French school came to visit Dulwich College Seoul.

Ms Camille Brignolle Head of European Languages

Seoriful Festival Walk The Seoriful Festival walk was good fun and we enjoyed glorious weather. It looks like it will become an annual event and we will think about how we might present a more fully-rounded Dulwich theme next year. Our friends in the local council offices want us all to dress up as Harry Potter! We may resist this plan but perhaps a theme would be good for next year.

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Year 3 Delicious Kimchi Museum Trip!

Over the past few weeks, during Korean Studies, Year 3 students have learnt about an iconic healthy Korean food: Kimchi (김치), a fermented vegetable dish, linked to Year 3’s Healthy Body and Food topic. After they learnt nutritional facts about kimchi and its influence on Korean culture, the Year 3 students, staff and Mr Salt went to a Kimchi museum (Museum Kimchikan) to experience the traditional activity called Kimjang (kimchi making).

First, Year 3 students went on a tour, exploring in the museum, learning more about kimchi and its health benefits, such as enhancing our immune and digestive systems.

They then made their own cabbage kimchi and talked about the ingredients and the nutritional value. We all know the saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”, but perhaps Year 3 students will now say, “Some kimchi a day keeps the doctor away.” On the way back to school, Year 3 students were incredibly excited to try their own kimchi at home.

Happy Kimchi Holidays!

Ms Jude Lee Korean Studies Teacher

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Supermarket Visit Year 1 was out and about in their local environment visiting the local supermarket. They created their own shopping list, handled the money and then brought their ingredients back to school to create a healthy and delicious fruit kebab. Thank you to parents who joined these trips. I know the teachers always appreciate your help during these visits.

Year 3 Trip to Anseong Farm The Year 3s went on a field trip to Anseong Farm.

For our current topic, which is Healthy Eating it was vital that the children see the source of many of the products they consume on a daily basis and how they come into our homes.

Initially, there were concerns as it was a dark and rainy morning in Seoul, but fortunately the rain clouds passed and it was a relatively dry day at the farm. Upon reaching the farm, the children were taken on a tractor tour of Anseong farm, which has been the filming location for some several famous Korean dramas. After a relaxing ride in the countryside, the children took great delight in visiting and feeding the farm animals which included sheep, goats, chickens and cows.

Autumn Autumn (Fall) in Korea is beautiful. While there have been a couple of much colder days, the colour and vibrancy of the natural environment at this time of the year is not to be missed. Whether you head to the river or visit one of Seoul’s numerous parks, do try and take the opportunity to get outside with your children this weekend and enjoy this special time of the year.

Our Reception students did just that when they visited Namsan Park. While they were there, they talked about and observed seasonal changes, and collected interesting Autumnal objects for the classroom. Importantly, these school trips provide the chance for the children to experience learning first hand and in context.

We ended the day with pizza making. Many different stances and opinions on the pizza making process were voiced and it was interesting to hear the children’s preferences. They were responsible for adding the tomato sauce and toppings and more importantly, eating the pizza. Molto delizioso!

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Yangjae Community Centre CAS Activity Senior School students who have been volunteering to teach English to children at the Yangjae Community Center as their CAS Activity performed with their students in the 2016 Autumn Seoriful Festival at on Wednesday 30 November 2016. It was a lovely night, and both our Senior School students and their Yangjae students enjoyed performing.

Mr Salt was kind enough to attend the event and deliver a speech before the performance. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Yangjae Community Centre for inviting us to be a part of the performance. We enjoyed the working with a very enthusiastic and talented group of students and look forward to continuing to work with them on Friday afternoons!

Ms Stella Ku and Mrs Liz Kirton Yangjae Community Center Activity Leaders Every Friday, several Dulwich College Seoul students from different year groups met and went to the Yangje Community Centre to teach children English.

Although our duty was to teach English, we changed our goals to prepare them for a production, as the children had to perform in front of a large audience at the end of November. After many thoughts, we decided to teach the children the Do Re Mi song from The Sound of Music, as well as the play, The Enormous Turnip. It was very difficult at first since the children did not understand English and did not listen to our instructions. They were way too energetic and difficult to control. But as time passed and we got closer to the children, they started to listen to us and seemed to respect us more as their teachers. With our continuous efforts and the 106

children’s cooperation, all of us were ready and confident for the production. On 30 November, the children performed in front of their parents and many other participants of the show. We seemed to be more nervous than the children; the children just jumped around the hall, shouting out loudly. Maybe this was their way of concentrating! The children did very well on their performance; they tried their hardest and we are very proud of them. Although it took a lot of effort and time to teach the children, this was an unforgettable experience. I experienced many feelings and emotions at the end of the performance: enjoyment, satisfaction, and even sadness for the forth-coming farewells.

- Jenny (IB)

Christmas Charity Heading into the Friends of Dulwich room this week was like heading into Santa’s grotto - floor to ceiling, well almost, of beautifully wrapped gifts for children at four of the orphanages in and around Gwangju.

I understand over 140 families were involved and helped ensure there will be a little joy for these children on Christmas day.

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2016 Cheorwon DMZ International Peace Marathon A group of Dulwich College Seoul staff, parents and students ran in the 13th Cheorwon DMZ International Peace Marathon. They ran to help raise awareness for the charity Love North Korean Children (LNKC) by wearing matching turquoise hats featuring the charity logo. British Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, H.E. Mr Charles Hay spoke at the opening of the run, just before the group warm up got underway.

Our school community participants covered the full range of distances available (5km, 10km, Half and Full Marathon) with Mr Vernon impressively running the full marathon. It was a hot and humid day with everyone putting in 100% effort to get over the finish line. Congratulations to Mrs Stevens for knocking 20 minutes off her personal best time in the half marathon. The Goodrich/Barlow family ran in the 5km race - well done to Year 3 Student Alex Goodrich and his older sister Maya Goodrich from Year 5 who persevered to record fantastic times!

Year 1 teacher, Mr Bonnet and other members of staff have committed to raising awareness for LNKC charity by running a series of races this coming academic year.

Last year, Dulwich College Seoul students proudly raised and donated KRW 5 million to this charity.

2016 Cheorwon DMZ International Peace Marathon DCSL Participants: Full Marathon: Mr Vernon Half Marathon: Teachers: Mr Bonnet, Mr Barnard, Mrs Stevens, Ms Perry Parents: Sabine, Marcel, Lewis 10km: Teacher: Ms Esplin Parents: Hillary, Erika and Boris and Jana 5km: Students: Alex and Maya Parents: Melanie and Mark Supporters/Official photographers: Ms Simpson, Ms Binns and Pippa the dog

Well done to all who participated!

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Volunteer Opportunities at Dulwich College Seoul I know many parents want to contribute towards our community in ways that benefit our students. Here are some options in which your expertise, experience and energy can make Dulwich a stronger community: • Be a member of the Friends of Dulwich Executive Committee or help at a Friends of Dulwich event: see the Friends section on the Parent Portal for contact details.

• Volunteer as a Class Representative, Korean and English speakers are welcomed. Please contact your child’s form teacher in Primary or Ms Anderson in the Senior School.

• Be a member of the Library Volunteer team (contact Ms Spencer in the Library, Kathryn.Spencer@dulwichseoul.kr) or Nutrition Committee (contact Ms Best, Sharon.Best@dulwich-seoul.kr).

• Support school events as requests come up, e.g. make costumes, help with make-up at Drama performances; serve refreshments at school events; be an extra adult on school day trips or at service projects; be a participant at Theme Days; contribute towards a bake sale; attend a Careers Fair as an expert; speak to a student as an alumnus of a university; help package lost property.

Dulwich Action Ashley from Year 6 has had an eventful summer.

Every August for the last 4 years running, Ashley has joined her parents at the Bright Future Global Academy in Mongolia. The school was founded in 1997 with the aim of providing free education to under-privileged children residing in Ulaanbaatar.

This summer Ashley helped her parents teach the students art and design, and developed their skills to draw in three-dimensions with reference to Alexander Calder. A total of 28 students participated in the summer program and Ashley was good at getting close to the students, communicating and supporting them to follow instructions.

Keep up the good work, Ashley, and well done for taking action!

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