Moment by Moment - Trinity Term 2018

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MOMENT BY MOMENT T E R M LY N E W S L E T T E R

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Individual Achievements Motown West End Musical Rio (Year 7) has just completed a run as the lead role, playing Michael Jackson in the West End production of Motown.

IAPS National Swimming Championships and London Schools

ITU World Championships London Youth Games Chaela, Alex, Dakara and Noah (Year 6) won the Lewisham Basketball Tournament and are representing Lewisham in the London Youth Games. Georgina (Year 6) will also be representing Lewisham in the London Youth Games for swimming.

In June, Mr Gower competed in the Standard Distance Triathlon at Leeds Castle. His placing was good enough for age-group qualification and he will race for GB at the ITU World Championships in Switzerland 2019.

James and Georgina (Year 6) qualified and finished 18th and 15th respectively, in the IAPS National Swimming Championships. James also won a silver medal in the London Schools’ Swimming Championships.

Kent Rugby Kent Festival Rugby County Hockey Holly (Year 11) has been selected to represent Kent Hockey. She also won the ‘player of the year’ award at her club.

UK Maths Challenge Year 5 and 6 pupils participated in the UK Junior Mathematical Challenge, achieving awards in the followed categories: Bronze Calista, Maya, Katya, Chaela, Jamie, Sam, Riya, Maria, Jared and Kyria. Silver - Raphael and Marco. Gold: Advait and Cyrus.

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Congratulations to Zak, Sam and Sean (Year 9) who were all part of the Blackheath team that won the Kent Festival 2018.

London Schools Athletics Championships Well done to Ottilie (Year 11), Josh (Year 10), Lara (Year 9) and Micaal (Year 9), who all qualified from the Lewisham Schools Athletics competition and have been representing their borough at the London Championships in Battersea.

Dan and Illy (Year 8) have both been selected to be part of the Kent Rugby Squad for next season. This is a just reward for their hard work this season.

Delancey UK Schools’ Chess Challenge Mega After enduring six gruelling rounds of chess, Jesse (Year 3), Toby (Year 4) and Cyrus (Year 5) have all qualified for the third stage of the Delancey UK Schools’ Chess Challenge.

We wish them every success in the Gigafinals, taking place this summer.

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Drama

Hairspray The Hairspray residency saw 70 students from Years 6 - 8 rehearse solidly for four and a half days, producing an uplifting piece of musical theatre. Hairspray Jr follows the story of one girl’s aspiring dream to become a star and change the world along the way. Ruby Robbins as Tracy Turnblad took the lead in this fabulously feel-good, musical comedy.

Art

Year 9 Tate Modern Picasso

Year 8 National Gallery – Still Life Talk

Art Society Meal

Art Exhibition 2018

Year 9 were uplifted by the vibrant colours and prolific work of Pablo Picasso. The exhibition displayed work completed in 1932 and was entitled, Love Fame Tragedy.

Year 8 were enthralled by the engaging and interactive talks on still-life painting as a genre, focusing on such works from Holbein The Ambassadors, 1533, right up to Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, Van Gogh’s Chair, from 1888.

Year 12s and Year 13s enjoyed the Art Society meal at La Pizzeria Italiana, celebrating their hard work throughout the year.

The GCSE and A Level Art Exhibition 2018 was extremely well attended by the SDC community.

Students enjoyed showcasing their work and receiving enthusiastic praise and positive comments from parents, staff and ex-students.

CCF

DofE

Year 9 Army Weekend

Silver DofE

Year 9 encountered their first CCF overnight experience at Mereworth Woods.

An impressive 42 students successfully completed their silver expedition element in the New Forest. We look forward to completing the rest of the award in the new school term.

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Sport

Nursery Sports Day

Pre-Prep Sports Day

Prep Sports Day

Reach Fitness Project

The Nursery children thoroughly enjoyed taking part in running races, welly throwing (or ‘wanging’ as it is traditionally known!), space hopper bouncing, the egg & spoon race, quoit balance, teddy bear relay and of course the baby pram race.

Pre-prep enjoyed Sports Day in Houses for the second time at the Jubilee Ground. The traditional picnic followed some fantastic running, jumping, throwing, dribbling (luckily with a hockey stick!) and many other exciting events, in which each child represented their House.

Another memorable House Sports Day took place on a warm, yet enjoyably overcast day. After a plethora of exciting sprints, jumps, throws, bounces and endurance events, Stuart claimed the title for the 7th year running.

The planning and delivery of staff CPD has taken place, in preparation for the Year 10 Strength & Conditioning project that will run for Year 10 next year. The project is one-of-a-kind and led by Strength & Conditioning Coach, Richard Tidmarsh, owner of Reach Fitness Gym.

Headmaster’s XI

So You Want to Be a Pro

London Schools’ Gala

Forty Club and MCC Cricket

Another hard-fought victory was claimed by the staff, in their annual game against the 1st XI at the SDC Summer Fair. Special mention should go to top scorer, Mr Linfield, who will also be leaving us this year.

Professional triathlete, Sam Proctor, visited SDC to give a group of young athletes advice and guidance on the journey towards being an elite sportsperson.

Congratulations to the Year 6 students who competed at the London Schools’ Gala. A special mention should go to James and Lucius who reached the finals, finishing 2nd and 7th respectively.

It was a privilege to host the Forty Club and the MCC for cricket matches against the 1st XI. The young St Dunstan’s team thoroughly enjoyed the day and learnt a tremendous amount.

Community Service and Charity Barratt London Card Design Competition Congratulations to Aley (Year 7) for winning the Barratt London Card Design Competition. Her design now features on the welcome pack for the new residents of the Catford Green Development Homes. Well done to all students who took part, with Inaya and Maia winning 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

Lewisham Young Carers The charity committee were keen to support the Lewisham Young Carers, who help young people aged between 8-18 years old who look after parent(s), sibling(s) or other relatives.

Our main fundraising events were Commemoration Day and donations during assemblies. In total, we have raised £786.51 and 10 euros. Thank you to all who have supported this cause.

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Summer Tea Party Year 7 volunteer students helped organise the Summer Tea Party this term. They played various board games and shared tea and biscuits with the residents of The Vineries and Fieldside Care Home.

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Music

Musicathon

Choral and Orchestral Concert

In April, St Dunstan’s College hosted 24 hours of continuous music-making in the Great Hall, in aid of Brass for Africa. Students from the pre-prep to Sixth Form, parents and staff took part in this amazing event, with ten students playing music all through the night.

A moving performance of Handel’s Messiah contributed to an ambitious concert at St Pancras Church, performed by the massed choirs, with solos from Izzy Mackie, Molly Swift, Rachel Evans, Beth Fitzpatrick, Eleanor Hickey, Mr Oldfield and Mr Hewlett.

This event brought our running total for Brass for Africa to £6,235.76.

Congratulations to everyone involved for their courageous efforts

The Symphony Orchestra ignited the audience with the first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, followed by Party Piece, featuring the inspiring piano soloist Rachel Evans DipABRSM.

Strings Masterclass

Ascension Day

String players at the College were treated to a masterclass by violinist, Jessica O’Leary. The string ensembles and soloists learnt a lot from this special guest, who focused on technique and performance practice.

The Chapel Choir sang beautifully at All Hallows by the Tower. With older students on study leave, younger members of the choir led a full choral evensong and it became clear that the future of singing at St Dunstan’s is in safe hands. A great achievement.

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Music Chamber Concert The outstanding talents of the College orchestral strings, guitar and percussion students, were showcased at St Catherine’s church in Hatcham. More chamber ensembles than ever before were performed at this event, as well as a number of illustrious soloists.

The evening concluded with a massed strings group, including students from the prep and senior school, in a special arrangement of Sway.

Refectory Concert This charming and eclectic concert featured all the ensembles in the school, giving the audience an opportunity to celebrate and bid farewell to our Year 13 musicians: Wui Jin Lee, Zak Ileiwat, Peter Robson, Isla Cummings, Richard Bartlett, Hannah Cleverley-Lynch and Izzy Mackie.

Notable highlights were the Leavers’ Jazz group performing Haydn’s Farewell Symphony, in which each member of the orchestra exited the stage in turn, during the piece. The wind ensemble’s 70s disco medley included a dance demonstration by three, mystery male members of staff!

Festival Concert The Arts Festival finished in style with the Festival Concert at the Broadway Theatre, featuring the very best musicianship from across the College.

The Brass ensemble and Big Band opened the evening with a bang, and the Latin American theme continued with the Festival Orchestra playing pieces from West Side Story. A senior vocal quartet formed Breathe with great sensitivity and feeling. The evening concluded with the wonderful Festival Choir singing highlights from Evita.

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Trips Year 5 Manor Adventure

Copper Box Netball Trip

Year 5 journeyed to Manor Adventure in Shropshire for their annual residential visit. Comfort zones were left well behind, as they climbed, swung, crawled, leapt and jumped their way through a variety of adventurous activities.

A group of students enjoyed the opportunity to watch Surrey Storm vs Loughborough Lightning, in the Superleague clash at the Olympic Park.

Year 4 Osmington Bay

Year 8 Adventure Week

Year 4 enjoyed an energetic and sunny week in Osmington Bay. Kayaking, fencing and fossil hunting, among the exciting activities they took part in. They also learned new skills such as map skills and raft-building.

Adventure Week saw a huge array of activities planned and staff ready to demonstrate their skills in rock climbing, combat archery and laser clay-shooting. Year 8 thoroughly enjoyed their CCF boot camp experience.

Year 3 Lambourne End

Year 12 Higher Education Week

Lambourne End Centre for Outdoor Learning was the destination for the Year 3 residential trip. The sun shone and the children blossomed!

Memories were made, adventures had, and challenges completed!

Year 5 London Bus Sightseeing Tour

During Higher Education Week, Year 12 completed a series of vital steps in the process towards selecting their university or postschool places. The week consisted of UCAS application assistance, UCAS Fairs, CV building, prefect training and some physical challenges at Go Ape in Surrey.

Year 10 Adventure Week

Year 5 were full of optimism for their sightseeing tour of London, as part of their latest IPC topic, The Holiday Show. They met their private tour bus and guide, Joe, at Victoria Station and headed off for their journey around the capital.

Year 10 enjoyed three days at The Bushcraft Company in Boughton Woods, learning key survival skills.

They then moved to Karma Farm in Ely, where they worked with the Exploration Society. This gave the students an opportunity to earn a 1-star award in canoeing.

Year 7 Adventure Week

Year 9 Adventure Week

The Year 7 trip to the Isle of Wight was a roaring success. After an exciting foot ferry trip over to the island, they arrived at the PGL Little Canada Centre, greeted by their fantastic reps Ben and Royce.

The following four days were action-packed with challenges that pushed the students out of their comfort zones, both mentally and physically.

Year 9 travelled to Matlock in the Peak District, for a busy week of adventurous activities. The week was split between the JCA Mount Cook Centre and a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Experience that was run by Adventure Expeditions - our providers for Gold Award Expeditions at the College. This was a new programme and the positive feedback from students and staff, indicate it was a great success all round.

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Events Sixth Form Ball

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he Sixth Form Ball took place on the last Saturday of term. This year’s theme was The Great Gatsby and the evening began with welcome drinks and serene piano music in the College’s Foyer, before a delicious three-course meal in the Great Hall.

During the meal there were a number of thank you speeches and some rather inventive awards presented to members of the Sixth Form (and one to Mr Fieldhouse!) The first part of the evening was followed by a Gatsby themed after-party in the Jubilee Ground marquee, where students danced (and gambled!) the night away in style.

Leavers’ Day Year 13 enjoyed a special programme of events for their last day at the College, which included a Bucks Fizz breakfast; a final assembly with Mr Fieldhouse; a church service led by Canon Boswell and then a fun-filled afternoon in the sun at the Jubilee Ground, with a BBQ, drinks and a huge bouncy assault course.

Drinks were kindly sponsored by the Old Dunstonian Association (ODA), who also announced the winner and runners-up of the coveted Albam Exorna award.

All in all, the day provided a fantastic send off for the Class of 2018.

Years 1 & 2 Circus Workshop Day

CCF Contingent Dinner

KS1 had a fantastic time watching and taking part in their very own circus, as part of their IPC entry point.

The annual CCF Contingent Dinner was an outstanding success, with Major Paul Herlihy from ISI regiment Royal Logistic Corp as the principal guest. He addressed the audience with a speech about the exciting prospects of our new partnership with the regiment next year.

Year 2 Camping in School

Sports Awards Dinner

Year 2 enjoyed their first experience of a residential trip by camping on the school fields. They met the wonderful team from Oakley Adventures and completed a series of fun activities with them over the course of the evening.

The sporting community gathered for their annual celebration of achievement at the Sports Awards Dinner. Inspiring words from guest-speaker and Rio Olympic silver medallist, Olivia Carnegie-Brown, gave our students food for thought.

Careers Fair

Beating the Bounds

The College welcomed representatives of the Finance, Further Education, Charity, Journalism and Design sectors

A party of six Year 7s accompanied Mrs

- among many others - for the Years 11-13 Careers Fair.

ceremony of Beating the Bounds. The

McLellan and Miss Watkins to the City of London, to take part in the annual beating party was issued with beating sticks and later joined by the Headmaster

For most of the students, this was their first experience of a Careers Fair and they approached visiting delegates with enthusiasm and confidence, asking a range of inquisitive questions.

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and some of London’s great and good, for the procession around the parish boundary of All Hallows by the Tower.

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Festival Concert

Fashion Show

Black Box Devising

Community Drama

Hairspray Jr

Human Rights Celebration

Junior School Summer Concert

Lion King Jr

Living Portraits

Prize Giving

Refectory Concert

Science against the Clock

SDC Assault Course

Sixth Form Ball

Tag Rugby

Vibe Dance Show

Yellow Wallpaper

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Michaelmas 2018 Key Dates Friday 31 August Induction day for Year 7, Year 12 and all other new Senior School students Monday 3 September Term begins for Years 1 – 13

Wednesday 10 October Sixth Form Open Evening (Open to our current Year 11 students) 1830

Wednesday 5 September Term begins for Reception

Tuesday 16 October Pavilion Grand Opening followed by Parent Seminar: Pupil physical and mental health provision in the College.

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Friday 7 September Term begins for Nursery

Sunday 21 October - Sunday 4 November EXEAT

Friday 7 September Friends of St Dunstan’s Welcome Coffee Morning 0745

Monday 12 November Careers Evening Years 10 – 12 1830

Tuesday 11 September Individual Photographs Friday 14 September Parents’ Seminar: Development Plan Launch followed by the Friends of St Dunstan’s Cheese and Wine Evening 1830 Wednesday 19 September – Friday 21 September Year 7 Bushcraft Trip Friday 28 September Senior School closes at 1300 for all students (Open Day preparation) Saturday 29 September Senior School Open Morning (Year 8 – 13 students must attend) 0830-1130

Tuesday 13 November JS Parents’ Evening EYFS – Year 6 1600 Saturday 17 November Senior School Open Morning (ALL students must attend) 0830-1130 Thursday 29 November Year 12 Parents’ Evening 1800 Tuesday 4 December Year 11 Parents’ Evening 1800 Friday 14 December Term ends at noon

Please note that details of dates, events and activities, for Michaelmas Term can be found on the College online calendar - www.stdunstans.org.uk Trinity 2018