The college spring 2014 by Dulwich College Beijing

Spring 2014

A Year of Change Like a Rolling Stone A Dulwich Choir Performs with Superstars

Dulwich on Ice The Community Celebrates

Generation Safe How Can You Minimise the Risks and Maximise the Rewards of the Digital Age?

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C O N T E N T S News & Events.........................................2 From the Headmasterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Desk..................6 eSafety at Dulwich...................................8 Mastering Maths....................................10 The Role of Languages..........................11

Sports......................................................13 Charity....................................................16 Global Harmony.....................................17 Student Artwork....................................19 A Winter on the Ice................................22 University Counselling...........................23 Behind the Scenes..................................24 Friends....................................................25 Connections............................................26 Snapshot.................................................29

7 Front Cover: An ice sculpture in the courtyard. Photo by Matt Kelly. Contributors: Catherine McCaw, Mark Taylor, Laura Bell, Zoe Smith, David Mansfield, Jack Harman, Emily Edge, Simon Herbert, James Townsend, David Archer, Hayley Townsend, Li Lin, Camilla Ojansivu, Kevin Huntley, Paola Morris, Maureen Huang, Tina Schmidt, Shelly Kozak Editors: Cynthia Maclean, Kasia Baran, Mark Scott

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The Year of

Change This school year has seen some amazing changes on campus, with our new wing, theatre and ice rink. And the changes donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop there â&#x20AC;&#x201C; next year, across the road from our Legend Campus, we will be building a new Early Years Centre, to provide our youngest Dulwich students with a state-of-the-art learning environment.

Dulwich Hosts the First Beijing International History Bee and Bowl In February Dulwich College Beijing was

StarCraft strategy video game.

DCB students came first in the Varsity and Junior Varsity team events, and

proud to host the first International History Bee and Bowl. Twenty-five Senior

Our students were a credit to the school

Silvia Shen and Alex Jin won the Junior

School students joined peers from other

throughout the day, setting the highest

Varsity and Varsity individual events.

international schools to spend the day in

standards of courtesy, good humour and

Nineteen of our students qualified for the

round after round of group and individual

sportsmanship. We can also take pride in

regional championship to take place this

competitions. The questions covered eve-

their results.

June in Hong Kong.

rything from Alexander the Great to the

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Dulwich Science Art Photo Competition Earlier this year Dulwich College organised the first Dulwich College Science Art Photo competition open to students and staff across the Dulwich network. Over 140 photographs from all campuses entered the contest in five different categories (Animals in Action, Man in the Environment, Living Plants, Science at Work and Microscopes and Telescopes) and three age groups: 12 –14, 14+ and staff. Over 30 photographs were entered from Dulwich College Beijing and there were 7 outright winners. Angelina Yang came first in two categories, Sophie Li and Aisha Taylor came first in other under 14 groups. Wilson Photos by: Angelina Yang (top left), William Wong (top right), Aisha Taylor (bottom left).

Wong and Sky Wang each won a category in the over 14 competition. Teachers Cindy Colson and David Archer won two of the staff categories. Congratulations to all the winners. We are looking forward to the second annual competition next year. Mark Taylor, Head of Science

Like a Rolling Stone Twenty-four students, parents and teachers had a once in a lifetime experience in March as they performed live on stage in Shanghai with one of the world’s most iconic rock bands, The Rolling Stones. The choir, dubbed the Dulwich International Singers, performed ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’, one of the Stones’ most well-known songs, with Mick Jagger in front of a 15,000 strong crowd at Shanghai’s Mercedes-Benz Arena – the only stop in China on the group’s ’14 on Fire’ world tour.

“We had to convince them that our

choir was superb.”

singers were up to the job and make “It was an opportunity we could not

sure some of our students could be

Congratulations to all who performed

pass up,” said director of music and

involved but it was a fantastic, never-

on a memorable night in Shanghai!

performing arts for DCI, Shane O’Shea,

to-be-forgotten experience and the

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DIMUN Returns The fourth annual Dulwich International Model United Nations (DIMUN IV) conference was held at Dulwich College Beijing from 14th - 16th February 2014. Model United Nations is a unique opportunity for students to expand their knowledge of world affairs and improve their public speaking skills through research, discussion, and debate with other international students who share the same passions. At DIMUN IV, Key Stage 3 delegates debated a total of 32 topics in 8 different committees, ranging from the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty, environmental recovery in postconflict zones, to the issue of the Korean peninsula. This year, 11 schools with a total of over 200 participants took part in this student-led conference. For the DIMUN IV opening ceremony, we were honoured to have Yene Assegid, as the keynote speaker. Yene is the Executive & Transformational Leadership Coach and a founder of everyONE (www.everyonesworld. org), a humanitarian organisation based in Ethiopia; supporting the livelihoods of over 10,000 boys and girls affected or orphaned by AIDS; as well as several disadvantaged communities affected by poverty and physical disability. Her inspirational speech set a fantastic tone for the conference. The whole event was organised and supported by experienced Key Stage

Koalas in Orbit

Children are often fascinated by the idea of space and rockets and the Reception classes were no different this year. Following our students’ interest, both Reception groups in Legend Garden undertook a space topic – blasting off to various different planets and worlds (both real and imaginary).

4 and 5 Chairs and the DIMUNITE press team

It was fantastic to see how well the children guided their own learn-

led by the Secretary-

ing, wanting to discover how rockets worked, why there were space

General, a Year 13 student JinJu

stations, why people ‘float’ in space, amongst many other lines of exploration.

Choi. Teachers used various texts to support our learning and the Koalas Class loved Whatever Next by Jill Murphy. Our room was full of children clambering around in ‘space boots’ and ‘space helmets’ before blasting off to different planets and going on space picnics. Not only were the children’s imaginations on full throttle but their knowledge about planets and our solar system was interesting to see. This was especially evident when they travelled around the whole school asking people they met about their favourite planets, explaining which ones would be hottest or coldest, for instance, depending on their relative distance from the sun! Yene Assegid addressing DIMUN delegates

Laura Bell, The Koalas Class Teacher

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Sharing Wildlife Photography

Music in Malaysia On Thursday 27th March 2014,

sian Philharmonic Youth Orches-

a group of children from Years 5

tra rehearse. This was followed

and 6 travelled to Kuala Lumpur,

by a visit to the Petronas Towers

Malaysia, for the FOBISIA music

and the Kuala Lumpur Aquarium.

festival. The children were chosen based on their musical ability

After the excursions, the children

and enthusiasm.

had a busy time rehearsing in preparation for a final concert on

The children were part of a choir

the Sunday.

or orchestra, with some also participating in drama activities.

The Alice Smith School hosted

The theme was ‘Music from the

and spoiled the children and

Movies,’ so the orchestra per-

accompanying adults with deli-

formed music from Pirates of the

cious food each day. Children

Carribean, Harry Potter and many

tried many local dishes, enhanc-

more. The choir sang songs from

ing their Malaysian experience! It

a range of films also, including an

was a fantastic opportunity for our

excellent medley of songs from

students, and they all thoroughly

Mary Poppins.

enjoyed it! Many of them didn’t want to leave!

On the first day, the children had the chance to watch the Malay-

Zoe Smith, JS Teacher

Earlier in the term, Jan Latta, the wildlife photographer and author of the True to Life series, gave Key Stage 1 children a wonderful presentation about endangered animals. She talked about her experi-

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ences tracking endangered animals to photograph them for her books and the children were fascinated by her stories. They loved seeing the video

This term saw Marcus’ Marvellous Mathemagicians from the University of

clips that she had made of the various animals and

Oxford return to DCB.

were inspired by her passion to ensure that these creatures do not become extinct.

Who are they? Marcus’ Marvellous Mathemagicians (M3) are a group of current maths students, junior research fellows and PDRA’s at the Univer-

We will be ensuring that Jan Latta’s series of books

sity of Oxford, championed by Professor Marcus du Sautoy, the Simonyi

is in our libraries in both Legend Garden and RMC

Professor for the Public Understanding of Science. Maths is brought to life

but if you would like to order her books for your chil-

through intriguing lectures and workshops, including ‘How the Fish got its

dren, Jan’s series of of books is available in both

Spots.’ The visit was stimulating and engaging for all student participants.

Legend and RMC libraries.

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Homework needs to be a personal challenge but parental support can ensure the student stays focused.

HOMEWORK? How can parents help their children with

can remember being put in

me after that!

which is an essential part of learning. I had a long chat with the father, who

detention because my teacher saw that my mum had helped me

At the other extreme, a number of years

agreed he was so worried about her

with my maths homework. I was

ago, as a history teacher, a parent of a

making mistakes that he was perhaps

12. I felt hugely aggrieved, not least

girl I taught would regularly correct in

not helping his daughter to grow in taking

because I had tried for 45 minutes to do

red ink his daughterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homework before

responsibility for her own learning. He

the ridiculous problem to no avail before

she submitted it, marking all the spelling

pulled back and her confidence began to

she helped me. Homework used to be an

mistakes and suggesting how to improve

blossom. She ended up reading History

individual affair that built in discipline and

the work. Now on one level I thought this

at Cambridge!

reinforced the lessons taught during the

was helpful (it saved me the job!!) but

day. All that is still valid but homework

the child seemed quite fearful of making

There were plenty of progressive educa-

should be so much more. My mother

mistakes and so was not very creative

tionalists who used to argue that home-

never felt quite so secure about helping

in trying new ideas and experimenting,

work was not a helpful way of supporting

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From the Headmaster’s Desk

learning. In fact the academic research has shown quite consistently over the years that parents helping their children does not have a very significant positive or negative effect on learning outcomes. In addition, many studies report that parents often feel unprepared to help their children with homework and that their efforts to help frequently cause stress to both the student and the parent. The consensus view, with which we would agree at DCB, is that there are some conditions under which parental involvement can really enhance homework. That is what we might call interactive homework in which: than more formally structured teaching/

source to aid improved understanding

learning tasks, both parents and children

– from the internet, from friends (social

act as experts regarding content or to

are likely to experience them as enjoyable

media can aid learning!), from a teacher

attempt to teach the content.

rather than threatening.’

or older students, or from their parents.

• Teachers do not expect parents to

If the student ‘uses’ their parent as a

• Parents serve as mentors and motivators to their children’s learning at

Resilience – don’t give up!

learning resource, that is a great skill and

home.

At Dulwich we recognise that a number

one we would encourage. In response

of things are important for learning to

parents need to support children by

dents clarify and summarize what they

take place. One is hard work and never

being a learning resource, not doing the

have learned.

giving up. We call that resilience. Stu-

homework for them.

• Parents ask questions that help stu-

dents who stick at a problem and commit Two celebrated academics, Good and

to answering it, will learn. Parents need

The same thing goes for tutors brought

Brophy, in a book called ‘Looking in

to tread the line of encouraging students

in to support students outside of the

Classrooms’ (2003), provided the follow-

to ‘keep at it’ whilst at the same time not

classroom. When a tutor aids the learn-

ing recommendations regarding parent

stepping in too quickly to ‘bail’ a student

ing by acting as an extra resource they

involvement in homework:

out. Neither should parents be concerned

can make a difference, but when they

if students make mistakes. Often the best

simply serve to keep the student on task

‘Especially useful for parent-child rela-

learning happens when a student fails to

and to repeat work done in class, they

tions purposes are assignments calling

grasp something and has to work hard at

can actually stop students from learn-

for students to show or explain their

understanding the work.

ing off their own bat and hence cause problems down the line. Many students

written work or other products completed at school to their parents and get their

Homework, therefore, needs to be a

who are too tutor-dependent can end up

reactions … or to interview their parents

personal challenge but parental support

underachieving or even failing to com-

to develop information about parental

can ensure the student stays focused.

plete courses in higher education as they have not developed the resilience and

experiences or opinions relating to topics studied. Such assignments cause

Independent learning

independence needed to be a successful

students and their parents or other

Another really important aspect of learn-

learner.

family members to become engaged in

ing is taking responsibility oneself or

conversations that relate to the academic

independent learning. A student may

So please help your children with their

curriculum and thus extend the students’

well be set a piece of work that requires

homework – but do it in the right way!

learning. Furthermore, because these are

research, or that is difficult. The student

likely to be genuine conversations rather

will do well to ask for help from any

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David Mansfield Headmaster

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eSafety

– Putting online welfare at the heart of Dulwich College Beijing

efore you read this article,

best to empower them to use technology

assessing how we educate our stu-

take your phone or your iPad

in an ethical and responsible manner.

dents, staff and community about online

out of your pocket and look at

This eSafety question has been placed

safety. Staff members were trained by

it for five seconds. Marvelous,

firmly at the centre of an important

the eSafety expert, Robyn Treyvaud

isn’t it? Now, for the first time in human

whole-school initiative here at Dulwich

of Cybersafe Kids (Australia), and our

history, we have all the information in

College Beijing. We are now a college

PSHE curricula were adapted to incor-

the world ready and available at our

that understands the risks and rewards of

porate the key messages and practices

fingertips. This is an overwhelming

the digital age and how best to empower

learned from this training. The school

concept, so let us contemplate it

our students.

also committed to a series of parent workshops aimed at sharing our exper-

again. Our phones can access all the information on the planet at the click of a

Our commitment to eSafety

tise and resources with the wider school

button. Has your head stopped spinning

Eighteen months ago, DCB made signifi-

community. The workshops covered

yet? If it has, let us now consider how

cant investment in ‘Generation Safe,’ an

areas such as social media, online iden-

we frame this momentous technological

outstanding and highly regarded school

tity, cyberbullying, safe searching and

achievement for our children and how

self-evaluation programme aimed at

privacy. We also shared our policy docu-

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Key eSafety Messages for our Students – the ‘Basic Rules of the Road’ • Embrace their world – the Internet is a wonderful place where one can find, discover and explore. It is also a place of risk. • Encourage balanced use – one of The Impact of Online Identity

the most frequently asked questions

The impact of online identity cannot

from parents is ‘how much time should

The Challenge of Social Media and

be overstated. Dulwich students have

our children be spending online?’ This

Online Identity

tremendous aspiration, which can be

is an incredibly difficult question to

Our students are now communicating to

damaged by a singular ill-considered

answer and our consistent response

each other and the wider world through

comment online or embarrassing photo-

has been that each family is differ-

channels we could have only dreamed

graph. Our objective is to educate them

ent and has a different idea of ‘bal-

of: Weibo, Facebook, WeChat, Twit-

so that an online mistake does not come

anced use.’ Use your instincts, talk to

ter, Instagram and Skype are but a few

back to haunt them as they approach

your children about what they think is

of the many social media networks in

higher education and professional life.

reasonable. Once you have an agree-

ments and responsible user agreements.

ment, stick to it and be consistent!

which young people like to reach out and

• Monitor use as well as you can – this

express themselves. This online identity

The graphs above clearly show how year

is a huge part of their lives now and we

on year, universities and employers are

is most successful when you and your

encourage our children, through lessons,

increasing the number of online searches

child have entered into a clear agree-

tutorials and assemblies, to protect this

of prospective applicants.

ment about permitted/forbidden sites. Jack Harman Early Years ICT Coordinator

identity at all times. We encourage students, both on and off campus, to consider the images they use online. For younger students, we encourage the use of Avatars (small animated characters which are preferred to pictures of themselves) whilst chat-

Useful websites www.commonsensemedia.com - a great site for parents featuring eSafety guidelines and resources

ting on social media networks. The older

www.kidrex.com - a safe search engine for younger children

students we encourage to use group themselves. In addition to imagery, how

www.symbaloo.com - a site that allows parents and children to choose appropriate websites for their children to visit and then create a page of buttons for them to click that takes them straight there

we are dressed and appropriate body

http://stopbullying.tumblr.com - Cyberbully information

photographs or partial photographs of

language also form part of the discussion about online identity.

The College Magazine (Beijing)

http://thehealthteacher.com/good-reads-for-parents/- a great site full of articles about positive prevention of cyberbullying

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Mastering Maths:

Finding your Bearings with the Junior School Maths Curriculum

an you make a regular octagon with just 5 folds in a piece of A4 paper? Is the sum of 3 even numbers

always even? These are examples of problems children are working on in their Maths lessons in Junior school at Dulwich College Beijing!

New Skills DCB has developed a unique approach to learning and teaching Maths, designed to develop confident and competent mathematicians, ready to problem solve in an ever-changing world.

skills creatively and in new situations.

bles.

One of the key features of the Junior

Teachers look for opportunities in les-

School curriculum is to develop the

sons to present children with problems

Numerical Language

ability to apply knowledge and skills in

to solve. These activities may require

Word problems can also be useful for

different contexts. While solving cal-

finding different possibilities, trying out

supporting another key feature of our

culations, understanding numbers and

different strategies or looking at things

Maths curriculum: developing the lan-

learning facts all have a central role in

from different perspectives. They require

guage of Maths and refining methods of

the Maths curriculum, they contribute to

perseverance, the ability to confidently

communicating information. Teachers

the defined objective of ‘using and apply-

rise to challenges, as well as clear, logi-

often see children who are very quick in

ing.’ This concept includes skills such as

cal and systematic thought and the ability

number work and calculations but have not

making decisions, analysing, enquiring

to collaborate with others.

yet acquired the language necessary to fully engage with them. This is important so

and reasoning; skills that not only enable high level mathematical thought but are

Another example is the use of Maths in

that children can answer questions in class

also essential across the curriculum in all

every day life, equipping children to use

or tests and is crucial to a child’s develop-

areas of learning.

these techniques outside the classroom.

ment of critical thinking.

Teachers look for opportunities to make Using and Applying

links to real world situations. There are

If children have the vocabulary to com-

Central to the concept of ‘using and

also formal and informal links to other

municate, for example about division, or

applying’ is problem solving: a skill that is

curriculum areas, so that it does not exist

numerical difference, then progress in

often talked about in regard to the whole

in isolation. Parents can support this at

understanding these areas can be acceler-

Junior School curriculum. Nowhere is

home by looking for opportunities in ‘real

ated. This can present a particular challenge

this more evident than in Maths. The aim

life situations,’ such as asking children

for children where English is an additional

of a creative curriculum, such as the one

to work out the change when shopping

language. Parents can support this at home

in the DCB Junior School, is to use new

together or reading train and bus timeta-

by practicing vocabulary related to different

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topics covered in class and also by encouraging children to talk about relevant topics in their home language. Calculations Number work and calculating remain central strands of the Junior School Maths curriculum. Parents often ask about the methods used for written calculations, as they may be different to traditional teaching methods. In the first years of the Junior School, teachers will often start with ‘expanded methods.’ These encourage children to partition a number to show the value that

The Role of Languages

the digit in the number represents. In

学一门语言，就是多一个观察世界的窗户。

these methods, the numbers are pulled

To learn a language is to have one more window from which to look at the world.

apart and expressed as a sum with the values of each digit. Such methods can help children to fully comprehend how

Chinese proverb – anonymous.

the calculation works before moving on to the shorter algorithms. Explanations One of the best ways to support children in their written calculations is to ask them

love languages. I love everything

dual or multi-lingual backgrounds. In

about them; from the cultural

Early Years, with its enhanced Mandarin

insights to the engagement with

programme, the little ones are proving to

people, the humour, the tones, the

be amazing language learners. I do think

to explain the methods they are using in

nuances and even the challenges they

how wonderful it is that my youngest son,

class. Teachers will always select meth-

bring.

currently in Reception, can sing Happy Birthday in Korean, Chinese and English,

ods that are appropriate to their level of understanding. This is another way of

I once marked a boy’s French exercise

thanks to the friends in his class. It does

getting children to explain their thinking

book and he had written: ‘Ma mère est

mean a huge delay with blowing out the

and is vital in the learning process. The

très gentille et mon père est sympa. Mon

candles but goes down a treat with his

ultimate goal of teaching written methods

frère m’énerve parce qu’il est très fruits

English grannies when he phones them

is to equip children with a range of strate-

de mer.’ This means, for those who have

on their birthdays.

gies so that they can confidently select

not studied French, ‘My mother is very

and apply the most efficient technique.

nice and my father is friendly. My brother

Our Chinese teachers at Dulwich face

annoys me because he is very seafood.’

challenges on a daily basis and the job

Learning opportunities are designed

What? What on earth was he trying to

they have in not only teaching the tones

to be engaging, meaningful and, most

say? It took me a while to realize that he

in Chinese but also the characters is not

importantly, to challenge children to think.

thought his brother was selfish but had

to be underestimated. My children have

Whatever stage children are at in their

looked up shellfish by mistake. Even

now overtaken me, even my five year

mathematic journey, a positive attitude

dictionaries have their risks.

old, and love it when a waiter or shop assistant fails to grasp the word that I

is the vital basis on which children can build and learn. Emily Edge Junior School Maths Coordinator

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So, language has its dangers and its

have tried to say so clearly. And when

challenges, as any foreigner getting a taxi

I finally make myself understood, the

in Beijing will tell you. But, in the end, the

Chinese person repeats the word back to

gain is worth the pain. Our students know

me as if I have a serious learning issue.

this because so many of them come from

Just a slight change of tone leading to all

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as well as 14 guards who attend the lessons almost on a daily basis. This project has had a huge impact on the guards’ confidence when speaking English to students, parents and teachers. In one of the initial trial lessons one of the head guards came in to see what the project was about and he said to the guards, “This is an opportunity you will not get anywhere else, make the most of it.” This stuck in the minds of the people in that room; it showed the guards the importance of attending the lessons, and the students were filled with a passion and motivation to commit to this project. There are many. questions about language that continue to fascinate me. Does the language we are speaking that confusion! Fortunately, there is more

its popularity. We were lucky enough to

develop from our thoughts or is it the

to learning a language than the merely

find an experienced Dutch teacher (also

other way round? On one point there is

functional. Our Head of Chinese, Ms.

a DCB parent) to take this class.

agreement: our language, our culture and our identity interconnect and language

Liu, says, ‘Teaching languages is more than obtaining excellent results. It is a

So, does the international context help

learning is a stimulus that engages the

combination of culture, history, society,

with language acquisition? Undoubtedly.

brain and aids overall cognitive ability.

life style and living experiences. Our

Our students never cease to amaze us

Powerful reasons to keep promoting

educational philosophy is to offer such

and our ‘Third Culture Kids’ are grow-

languages and language learning at

a beautiful combination and constantly

ing up aware that linguistic opportunities

Dulwich.

remind students to appreciate the rich-

abound. Ms. Lucron, our Head of Mod-

ness of Chinese culture and diversity.’

ern European Languages, comments

I shall finish with words from Ms. Tosi,

that two students in Year 13, who have

our Head of EAL (English as an Addi-

We take our language learning seriously

studied French for only 18 months, are

tional Language), who also supplied

at Dulwich, as we should with children

now conducting 95% of the lessons in

the quotation at the start of this article.

from 45 different nationalities. German

the target language. Merveilleux! Some

‘Language shapes the way we think.

was introduced for native and non-native

of our Korean IB CAS students trans-

Being bi-lingual or multi-lingual in today’s

speakers last year and is proving a

late the weekly College newsletters and

society truly does build bridges to other

great success. Mrs. Lemm-Markus, our

Chinese-speaking students are busying

worlds. It is inspirational to walk our

Head of German, talks about the native

themselves with translations of Early

hallways and see students of incredibly

German programme, ‘Research is very

Years documentation.

diverse backgrounds communicating with each other through shared languages.’

clear about the importance of bilingual children’s mother tongue for their overall

Perhaps the most impressive project of

personal and educational development.

all is that introduced by Leanne Robinson

If you are currently a language learner,

When they develop a solid foundation of

(Year 13). She decided to start an Eng-

I hope this short article has served as

their mother tongue, they build stronger

lish programme for the security guards at

an incentive to continue. If you haven’t

literacy in the school language.’ Fol-

school. Her words speak for themselves:

started, take the plunge and remember

lowing feedback from parents, we also

‘The project started off with myself as the

‘little and often.’ I must finish now - I need

introduced a Dutch language and culture

coordinator, 12 student teachers, and 8

to work on my tones.

club for native speakers and Ms. Grant,

guards. We now have a leadership team

Head of Junior School, is delighted with

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Season Summary I

t has been another fantastic term

of Mr. Anderson. At JV level both Girls’

Nathan Turner always looked dangerous in

of sport for the Dulwich Beijing

and Boys’ teams were beaten finalists

attack. The boys are also proud winners of

students. The season culminated

but should be proud of the development

the ISAC Volleyball Final in all three years of

with the Varsity Basketball teams

they have made under the tutelage of Mr.

competing and will look forward to transfer-

Burns and Mr. Parekh.

ring these skills into the Varsity programme

in action at ISAC and ACAMIS and the

next year. Congratulations to Mr. Archer.

Key Stage 3 Volleyball teams battling it out at the ISAC finals.

DCB’s Key Stage 3 Volleyball teams showed outstanding form, making 5 of

There was excitement in the pool this

The Basketball teams have all shown

the 6 ISAC finals. This is a real sign of

term as Dulwich went head to head with

great dedication throughout the season.

the commitment and progress the pupils

WAB in a school gala. This was followed

The Boys Varsity played the Varsity

have made in volleyball this year.

by DCB swimmers going up against the best talent in Asia in the Asian All Star

teams of WAB and ISB as well as some tough matches with local Chinese

Despite the all round success, it was

event at ISB. Bryan Chiew, Cecilia Taller-

Schools and did well to finish 3rd at

the Under 14 Boys Volleyball team who

ini and Peter Mayer all showed fantastic

the ACAMIS finals in Tianjin. A special

stole the headlines, winning in impres-

ability in their races alongside Swim Cap-

mention goes to Falco Wang and Joe

sive style. Captained by Will Herbert,

tain Mathew Mayer.

Howland for their leadership as co-cap-

the team displayed great togetherness

tains this season. The Girls Varsity team

throughout the season and with the

won ISAC in style under the guidance

explosive spiking talents of Ben Wong and

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Golfing Success

n March, seven students from

in particular for Ben Wong (Year 9),

The College is

DCB (Jeremy Yau, Wilson Wong,

who led the team superbly and won the

hugely proud of this

Ben Wong, Martin Li, Nicholas

individual trophy by 15 shots. Results

fantastic success

Li, Michelle Yeo and River Kim)

were as follows:

and everyone is looking forward to

ventured to the warmer climes of Kuala Lumpur to take part in the FOBISIA Golf

Ben Wong – Longest Drive

developing Golf

tournament featuring many schools

Ben Wong – Individual Boys Winner

further next year.

from South East Asia. It was a great

Boys team – 2nd Place

experience for everyone involved and

Boys and girls team – 3rd place overall.

David Archer & Hayley Townsend

ISAC Success

n April both Varsity football teams

by a Harrow thunderbolt.

competed against teams in the

The 1-1 draw at full time

Beijing community in the ISAC

led the teams to the

finals.

dreaded penalties. With a combination of calm

The boys took to the field in the group

nerves and good for-

stages and claimed victories in all three

tune, Dulwich emerged

games. A 1-0 win against the Canadian

as victors, winning 4-1, and reached the

TIS. This meant the girls were overall

School of Beijing, 2-0 versus THIS and

final. The final itself was a close encoun-

winners of the round robin on the day

then a 4-0 win against TIS sent them

ter against the German school but late

without conceding a goal. It was a fan-

through to the next round as group win-

second half goals from Jan Vlcek sealed

tastic achievement for the girls who took

ners. The goals came from Jan Vlcek

a 2-0 win for Dulwich.

a slightly younger squad to the event and showed real quality in possession and

(2), Binny Ashelew (2), Brandon Wang, William Wong and Paddy Koy.

The Girls team travelled to Harrow and

predatory finishing in front of goal.

looked confident in the round robin The semi final proved a real test of

format, winning 1-0 against Harrow, 3-0

Well done to both teams for their hard

character, and after leading 1-0 from a

against the German School, 7-0 against

work and determination.

Harry Roh goal, we were pegged back

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Bryan Chiew Please introduce yourself

of training or get tired and feel like slack-

My name is Bryan Chiew and I am a

ing off, think about what your idol or your

Year 11 student. I am a national swimmer

opponents will be doing in that same

for Singapore.

situation.

Who is your greatest sporting role

What is your biggest sporting achieve-

model?

ment so far?

My Sporting role models are Michael

8th Place in the Finals at the Fina World

Phelps and Kosuke Kitajima. I admire

Cup Series last year.

these athletes due to their high work ethic and great all round swimming abilities as

What is your greatest sporting dream

well as their well-liked personalities.

for the future? To be able to represent my country at the

What is your best advice for budding

2016 Rio Olympic Games.

athletes? When you feel like quitting in the middle

Superstars

This term has been seen some exceptional sporting performances at Dulwich College Beijing. Whilst no victory is possible without fantastic team spirit, in Superstars we celebrate some of the College’s top individual performers.

James Zhao Please introduce yourself

where you can’t get better. Put in the

My name is James Zhao; I am a Year 10

work and the results will follow.

student and my passion for basketball started when I first laid hands on a bas-

What is your biggest sporting achieve-

ketball.

ment so far? I feel that my biggest sporting achieve-

Who is your greatest sporting role

ment so far is being able to maintain my

model?

love for the game of basketball and stay-

Kobe Bryant is my greatest sporting role

ing dedicated whilst humble.

model. He’s a phenomenal basketball player with a killer instinct and a mental-

What is your greatest sporting dream

ity to out work his opponents. I’ve picked

for the future?

up so many things through watching him.

I have many; the greatest sporting dream of mine is becoming the best basketball

What is your best advice for budding

player I could possibly be. I’ll face many

athletes?

obstacles on my way there but I believe

Work hard and stay dedicated. You can

if I keep striving and stay dedicated, my

always improve, you’re never at the point

dream will become reality.

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n Friday 21st March, the

with media, resulting in ambitious and

them advice and performance tips. The

Dulwich community came

thought-provoking artwork. The exhibi-

visiting Yale students were thoroughly

together to enjoy 'Dulwich

tion included some conceptually sophisti-

engaging and our singers really enjoyed

Distilled - 4 Pillars in

cated outcomes, alongside studio pieces

themselves.

1 Night', an evening to celebrate the

of technical competence. They reflected

four pillars of a Dulwich education –

a variety of Art disciplines including pho-

Following the workshops, DCB hosted a

academics, service, sports and the arts.

tography, textiles, sculpture, painting and

concert featuring performances by our

We invited our IB students to exhibit

installation.

Chamber Choir and ‘Take Note’, before a fantastic set from the Yale Alley Cats.

their visual art pieces, a trio of American Olympic swimmers to share their myriad

Olympic Swimmers

The audience enjoyed the Alley Cats’

experiences and a capella singers from

Olympic swimmers Jason Lezak, Aaron

performance so much that they insisted

Yale University to entertain with their own

Perisol and Kim Vandenberg arrived at

on not one, not two, but THREE encores!

take on popular classics. The evening

Dulwich as part of a series of workshops

was hosted by our CAS (Community

they were delivering across Beijing.

Charities

Action Service) team. Below is a

They discussed their personal journey

On the evening of the 4 Pillars event the

rundown of all the highlights.

to success including career highlights

CAS students represented two charity

and Olympic memories. It was a great

groups, Ping An Medical Foster Home

IB Art

opportunity for the students to engage

and Guang Ai Orphanage, and were

The IB Art exhibition, which displayed the

with inspirational figures.

working to raise money by selling drinks and refreshments to a thirsty audience.

most accomplished work that students have produced throughout the two-

Yale Alley Cats

Five hours and over 300 bottles later, we

year course, was a fantastic opportunity

DCB’s Chamber Choir and a capella

were pleased to announce that we had

for students to exhibit the fruits of their

singing group ‘Take Note’ started the day

made over 1000 RMB to fund the medi-

labour. These particular students have

by attending workshops with the visit-

cal treatment of sick children.

dedicated themselves to focus their

ing Yale Alley Cats. The Yale Alley Cats

ideas and develop their confidence

performed for the students and offered

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athed in golden light on stage, a

director Shane O’Shea is proud of the progress

choir of 230 singers accompanied

the society has made over the past seven years.

by a 100-strong symphony orchestra brought the Forbidden City Concert

Inspiring students

Hall to life with a live gala concert on February

Tin, renowned as a celebrity composer, said he

18 as part of the International Schools Choral

was inspired by students’ passion for music after

Music Society (ISCMS) Music Festival. Most choir

rehearsing with them over three days.

members were students from international schools in China who shared the stage with internationally

“I love the students. I could chat with them all

renowned soloists, conductors and composers.

day. They are fun, full of life, and full of energy. They have very promising futures, and I hope I

Humble beginnings

can inspire a few of them to stay involved in music

Hosted by Dulwich College Beijing, the ISCMS

on a professional level,” Tin told Metropolitan.

Music Festival has come a long way since it was first held in a school concert hall seven years ago.

“I’m honestly blown away by the passion that the

From humble origins and relative obscurity, today

students themselves have for learning. I would

it has grown into the largest international music

have loved to have done something like this when

society in the Asia-Pacific region.

I was a student myself.”

Such is the event’s prestige that the ISCMS

Tin’s latest piece, Temen Oblak, was written in

was able to attract many celebrities in the fields

Bulgarian specially for this festival.

of singing, conducting and composition for this year’s festival. Heading the star-studded bill on

Literally “dark clouds” in Bulgarian, Temen Oblak

Saturday was dual Grammy Award winner Chris-

is about the struggle for independence in Bulgaria.

topher Tin, whose hit composition Baba Yetu is

Spiritually, it’s a mournful piece about death, deso-

both the theme to American computer game Civi-

lation and oppression. The composition is based

lization IV and soundtrack for the Dubai Fountain,

on a poem by Hristo Botev, a revolutionary soldier

the world’s largest choreographed fountain at the

and poet who fought for Bulgarian independence

base of Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest skyscraper.

from Ottoman rule.

Having hosted festivals at prestigious perfor-

“I wanted to expose the festival participants to a

mance venues in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong

style of music that they might have never heard

and Busan, South Korea, ISCMS founder and

before, let alone sing. Bulgarian music is very

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unique: unorthodox rhythms, harmonies,

Kong, was crowned this year’s Jenkins

He recalls that getting 500 people

vocal techniques and more,” said Tin. “I

Award winner for his composition Rise of

onstage for the fifth ISCMS in 2012 was

wanted to give the students a fun chal-

the Trolls.

a logistical nightmare.

up to a Western form of music that’s very

For student composers like Yam and

And at the second ISCMS in 2009, he

different from classical music.”

John Hui, the 2013 winner of the Jenkins

had to deal with his breaking voice.

lenge, and at the same time open them

Award from Dulwich College Beijing, the Star soloists

ISCMS festival plays an important role in

“I’ve moved from soprano to alto, down

Additionally, performances by the three

fostering their musical talent.

to tenor, then stopped. Although it’s a pity I’ll never be able to say that I have sung

conductors and four soloists attracted much attention. Among the soloists were

The piece that Hui won the Jenkins

in all four sections, I take great pride in

Dutch soprano Josefien Stoppelenburg

Award with is called The Hollow Men -

my current tenor section,” said Hui.

and Timothy Parker, voice and cello

Part I, after the T.S. Eliot poem that it

teacher at Dulwich College Shanghai and

takes its text from.

choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Works performed at the gala concert

“Perhaps we get poked at every once in a while by the stereotypically manlier

a former member of the world-famous “The poem is really grim, but it just

basses; perhaps we get gut-wrenchingly

seemed to resonate with me when I first

high parts all the time; perhaps we are

encountered it,” said Hui.

usually the smallest section in the choir; nevertheless, I am still willing to stand

included not only masterpieces by classical composers such as Night on Bald

“Amongst the gloom, I found the inspi-

up for my section, because I know that

Mountain by Petrovich Mussorgsky and

ration to add in an element of musical

when we cleanly hit that top G or A, it’s

Nelson Mass by Joseph Haydn, but also

performance that would also express the

the greatest feeling in the world.”

students’ own compositions.

emotional emptiness I felt from reading it.”

Every year each participating ISCMS

For Hui and other students in ISCMS,

rehearsals for this year’s festival, Hui was

school submits one student composer’s

this organization has done a lot to

visibly shy when O’Shea told the choir and

work to Karl Jenkins, a British composer

shape their identity. Hui was 11 when

administration group it was his birthday.

and an ISCMS patron.

he attended the inaugural ISCMS Music

Having turned 18 on the first day of

Festival.

He acknowledged their applause, however, waving to his peers from the back

Jenkins decides the winner of the annual Jenkins Award, a foundation he estab-

“So much of my personal and musical

lished to encourage young composers

development has occurred within and

to pursue their musical ambitions. The

alongside ISCMS,” he said.

of the concert hall. But what better way for a choir to acknowledge the birthday of one of its members

winner’s piece is also performed at the Every festival has been challenging in

than to sing “Happy Birthday.” As the song

a different way, he recalled. For exam-

resonated throughout the school’s concert

Composers of tomorrow

ple, the first ISCMS in 2008 was his first

hall, it brought smile to everyone’s face and

Gordan Yam of Sha Tin College, Hong

experience with singing Latin.

gave Hui a memorable birthday indeed.

gala as part of the award.

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A Winter on the Ice

DCB Skating Programme

classes as well as a school team.

he first season of the skating

with their choreographed routines at

programme saw more than

Skate Beijing 2014 in the China World

100 children and adults

Ice Rink April 18-20. This was the first

In the off-ice season (April-June) we are

participate in figure skating,

competition for DCB Skating and we

offering ball hockey and off-ice hockey

were thrilled to present the school there.

training as well as off-ice figure skating

ice hockey, synchronised skating,

training.

beginners skating and public skating. We are also very proud of Thalia Dulwich Family Day On Ice

Dudek (Year 11) and Erica Jin (Year

In the new season starting in November

The season was topped off with an event

11) who both chose to do one of their

2014, we will again offer different levels

co-arranged with Time Out Magazine,

IGCSE Â (International General Certificate

of skating programmes ranging from

Dulwich and Time Out Family Day

of Secondary Education) exams in figure

beginners (TOT 1-4), intermediate (Pre-

on Ice, where children and students

skating!

alpha, Alpha, Beta, Delta) to advanced and competitive (Figure Skating 1-10)

showcased their acquired skating skills to different pieces of music in front of an

Ice Hockey Programmes

as well as DCB Synchro (Synchronized

audience of about 200 parents, friends, staff

In addition to a skating programme, DCB

Skating).

and fellow students. The newly formed DC

Skating also boasts an ice hockey pro-

Synchronized Skating Team (DC Synchro)

gram (run in conjunction with the expe-

For more info about the skating pro-

also performed a Broadway style number

rienced team of coaches at Center Ice

grammes and to sign up, please feel

accompanied by yummy food and drinks

Hockey, Curtis Dracz and Tsuki Arinami).

free to contact me at Camilla.Ojansivu@

served by the Friends of Dulwich and the

This season saw the beginnings of a Dul-

dulwich-beijing.cn

Hilton Capital Airport. Families, children and

wich College Ice Hockey Team as well as

participants thoroughly enjoyed the day.

a strong Learn-to-Play program spanning all age groups of the school. The ice

DCB Competitive Skating Team

hockey programmes will start up again in

DCB Skating also has a budding com-

the winter season in November later this

petitive figure skating team currently con-

year. We look forward to welcoming even

sisting of five skaters, who have worked

more ice hockey players and will again

extra hard this season. They competed

be offering ice hockey weekend and

Camilla Ojansivu DCP Manager and Head of Skating

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his has been a very busy year

score was 2037. Also, as an alternative

World (excluding Japanese and Australian

in the College Counselling

to the SAT, both the PLAN and ACT were

universities whose application decisions are

office at Dulwich Beijing, with

taken by Dulwich students this year.

not out yet). We are still waiting on nearly 150 university decisions and these numbers

a lot of new initiatives and

programmes.

We have had visits from a lot of differ-

are expected to rise.

ent universities this year and over 200

The newsletter, which includes informa-

Admissions Officers have been on our

About half our students have now

tion relevant to the application process,

campus. This will help more universi-

decided where they are going to study

goes out every Tuesday. In addition, the

ties to get to know the Dulwich name. In

next year and the most popular desti-

Counsellors give presentations to parents

addition it shows that universities want to

nations are UC Berkeley, The London

and students every Thursday after school

come here and attract our students.

School of Economics (LSE), Imperial College London and University College

with number of them translated to Chinese. As always our parents were very sup-

London (UCL).

We had two big CIS University Fairs at

portive of Dulwich initiatives and it was

Dulwich in September and April, a first for

pleasing to see that 25 of them were able

As more offers come out we expect our

the College, giving students and parents

to present to students about their careers

students to obtain around US$2 million in

the opportunity to meet many University

during our annual Careers Day. In addi-

scholarship offers with the most gener-

Admissions Officers in one short session.

tion to more traditional careers such as

ous universities being HKU and HKUST,

doctors and engineers, our students

both in Hong Kong.

To help students with the SAT we have

also met jewellery designers, creators of

formed a partnership with The Princeton

mobile apps and even a snow boarder.

As I hope the above makes clear, we have worked hard this year to provide

Review who offer SAT courses at school with a substantial discount in price. The

We have had another succesful year in

students with every opportunity of

first 10 students to take the course saw an

terms of university offers with 3 students

acceptance into their desired university.

average score increase of 356 SAT points.

being offered places at Ivy League Uni-

Yet whilst the counseling team will con-

This year, 54 Year 13 students completed

versities. In addition students have been

tinue to support the student body, it is the

the SAT examination and their average

offered places at both Seoul National

hard of the work students that drive such

University and KAIST in Korea. Students

fantastic results. If you have any ques-

have also been accepted in NUS-Yale in

tions or feedback in regards to any of the

Singapore and Cambridge in the UK.

initiatives mentioned, please pop in. Our door is always open.

From the top 30 university in the QS World ranking, we received 70 offers and 157 offers from the top 60 Universities in the The College Magazine (Beijing)

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Behind the Scenes A lot of activity goes on behind the scenes to ensure that daily school operations run smoothly, and many individuals work very hard backstage, often unnoticed, to make sure that teachers can concentrate on teaching and students on learning. Today the College sits down with two of our support staff colleagues to find out about their jobs at Dulwich. Can you introduce yourself?

academic support services.

My name is Paola Morris, Director of Business Administration and Bursar at Dulwich

What do you normally do on the weekend?

Beijing. I have worked at the College for just

As I am still fairly new to Beijing, at the week-

over six months now. This is my first interna-

end I generally spend time visiting sites such

tional post, and I previously worked in similar

as the Great Wall, Forbidden City and the

positions for the University of Cambridge in

Summer Palace, as well as all of the mar-

UK and for the UK Parliament.

kets like Yashow, Silk Market and XinYuanLi. Now that the weather is warm I also go

What is your typical day at work like?

for long bike rides around the College, as I

There is really no typical day in my work!

live nearby.

My responsibilities include the oversight of Finance, HR, Operations, Purchasing and

Do you have an interesting story or

IT. I manage about 75 College staff and

memory that you would like to share?

about 150 contractors (Catering, security,

My claim to fame is that I met the Queen

bussing and bus monitors, cleaning) with my

once, when I was working in Parliament. It

Heads of Department. A lot of the work I do

was only for a few seconds but I was very

revolves around managing the school budgets

nervous and afraid I would get my words

and billing, payroll and HR procedures, plan-

mixed up, so I rehearsed my lines several

ning building and refurbishment works in the

times in advance, but on the day she only

school, and in general looking after the non-

asked for my name and my job title!

Can you introduce yourself?

my daily activities. Their questions may be

My name is Maureen Huang and I’m the Head

very challenging.

of Human Resources Dulwich College Beijing. I have worked at the College for nearly 9

Doing overtime is not unusual for me because

years. Prior to joining Dulwich, I worked for 9

I have many deadlines to finish paperwork

years in finance and HR in two other Beijing

and reports. Yet, despite the stress, I enjoy

International Schools.

my working life because I have a great HR team I can rely on.

What is your typical day at work like?

A typical working day of mine starts with read-

What do you normally do on the weekend?

ing emails and replying to the most urgent

My most relaxing time is chatting with my son

ones immediately. Then, I need to attend

after he comes home on Friday night from

different meetings scheduled to review pend-

boarding school. On Saturday, I usually help

ing issues and action plans. Unplanned and

my mum with the gardening and housework. I

casual meetings with teachers, admin staff

love reading books and I try to make my Sun-

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Charity Dinner Dance

We would like to thank all Dulwich parents,

non-political, non-religious and non-profit

We hope that Friendsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; support of Morn-

teachers and friends from our community

organisation. It is currently active not only

ing Tears, and thereby the children, is

for participating in the Friends of Dulwich

in China, but also in Europe and in other

more than just a donation, but shows

Annual Dinner Dance Charity event held

parts of Asia. Morning Tears has been the

that they are not forgotten or alone in the

on Saturday, November 30th, 2013 in the

recipient of several awards including the

challenges they face on a daily basis.

Hilton Beijing Capital Airport Hotel.

prestigious five-year China National Charity Award in 2010.

We would like to sincerely thank you once again for joining the Dinner Dance

It was a great evening for all those who attended the event and for the charity as

Children are the hidden victims when

Charity event and look forward to more

well. Through raffle ticket sales, lucky dip

a parent goes to prison, and too often

great community events in the years to

envelopes, two private cash donations

they lose everything. Morning Tears

come so that we can also offer continued

and the silent auction baskets we raised

helps these children reclaim their

support in meeting the needs of those

the brilliant sum of RMB 183,751 for

lives. Through capacity-building and

less fortunate than ourselves.

Morning Tears foundation.

awareness-raising, they aim to break the downward spiral of intergenerational

Morning Tears was founded in 1998 as a

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Tina Schmidt, Shelly Kozak, Friends of Dulwich

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Work has started in earnest on the con-

lege productions, including taking the

struction of the new science building,

role of Jack/Ernest in The Importance of

known as The Laboratory, at Dulwich

Being Earnest.

College in London. This major project will provide much-needed improved science

Other Old Alleynians have also enjoyed

facilities, an auditorium and an exhibi-

successes in the creative sphere

tion space. The space will house Ernest

recently. Jeremy Deller, at Dulwich from

Shackleton’s boat, the James Caird, in

1977-1984, is now recognised as one of

which he completed his famous 800-mile

Britain’s leading visual artists and was

journey across the Antarctic Ocean to

invited to create a special exhibition for

delighted to host a debating workshop

seek help for his team stranded on Ele-

the British pavilion at the 55th Interna-

led by UK-based organisation, Debate

phant Island in Antarctica. The founda-

tional Art Exhibition in Venice – la Bien-

Mate.

tions for the new building are being dug,

nale di Venezia – which ran from June

as are two bore holes, descending to a

to November 2013. Asif Khan (a pupil

One hundred and seven students from

depth of 124 metres, which will provide

from 1988-1998) is a noted designer and

across the Dulwich group took part in a

ground water for a Ground Source Cool-

architect and created MegaFaces at the

range of activities; learning to prepare

ing System.

Sochi Winter Olympics, a giant piece of

and deliver arguments, work as a team

“inclusive architecture” which beamed 3D

and follow the rules of formal debate.

The whole College in London has been

images of visitors’ faces on to the wall of

As many students were debating for

celebrating the success of former pupil

the MegaFon pavilion to create a digital

the first time, there was an emphasis

Chiwetel Ejiofor, who recently won a

“Mount Rushmore”. Finally, the world

on having fun while learning these

BAFTA award for leading actor for his

of literature is represented by Tom Rob

important skills.

role in Twelve Years a Slave. At the time

Smith (1987-1997), whose best-selling

of writing, our fingers are crossed that

novel Child 44 is currently being filmed

The workshop closed on Sunday

this success may be repeated at the

for release next year. His new book, The

with a competition in which teams

Oscars ceremony. Chiwetel Ejiofor was a

Farm, has also just been published to

debated one prepared motion and

pupil at Dulwich London from 1990-1995,

considerable critical acclaim.

two impromptu motions after only 15

during which time he acted in many Col-

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Saturday Horse Riding

A group of excited students set off from Dulwich College Seoul for their first horse riding ECA session this year. When the children arrived at the riding club, they were pleasantly surprised to be greeted by a lazy Jack Russell terrier and a warm crackling fireplace. With helmets and safety jackets all fitted, the young riders awaited introduction to their ponies, horses and instructors. For a good hour they rode with Nana, Coco, Kaka, Sylvie and Nike, learning to control the horses’ walk, jog trot and canter around the arena. While their cheeks turned rosy and warm, students soon realised that horse riding is more tiring than expected! On the way back to the College, the students were overheard complaining about how much they missed their ponies and horses already! Everyone was certainly looking forward to the next riding session.

Shanghai

from Seoul and Shanghai debated the

from both sides. Mr. Brian McDouall

S t a ff a n d w o r k s h o p l e a d e r s w e r e

final motion, “This house believes China

presented the trophy to the winning

impressed with the enthusiasm and tal-

should prioritise improving the environ-

team, as well as prizes for Best Speaker,

ent shown by the students during the

ment over economic development,” with

Best Question from the Floor and Most

workshop, and we hope to see regular

the Dulwich Seoul team winning the

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The Great Rucksack Giveaway Students at Dulwich College Suzhou

tle, a Chinese shuttlecock and a skipping

have delivered more than four hundred

rope in each rucksack.

sack. We take things for granted.’ Michelle Cheng, ICT Teacher at the Col-

rucksacks to a nearby migrant school. It was part of Operation Rucksack – a

In the end Dulwich College Suzhou

lege, was the main contact with the Ming

charitable programme run by students to

gave away 439 rucksacks, each valued

Xing School throughout the project and

help children who are less fortunate.

at 150RMB, making a total value of

arranged the handover of the rucksacks.

65,850RMB.

She said, ‘Dulwich College Suzhou has been working to support Ming Xing

The project started in September 2013 as a House and Year Group competition

On Tuesday, 25th February, the ruck-

School for a number of years, mainly

in the Junior School, initiated and organ-

sacks were handed over to the school

in service projects like building mainte-

ised by Junior School teachers Sarah

by 23 Junior School students. John

nance and school fees. The school was

Smith and Emma Ventham.

Todd, Headmaster of Dulwich College

chosen because it’s easily accessible to

Suzhou, said, ‘This is a project that

our Junior School students, so they could

The chosen school was the Ming Xing

makes a real difference. Seeing the chil-

help first hand.’

School for children of migrant workers

dren’s faces when they received their

in the Ping Juang area of downtown

rucksacks was magical, and a very valu-

This programme was helped and

Suzhou. A group of Dulwich students vis-

able learning experience for our own