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NLCS News:
We are delighted to confirm that Jeju is a finalist for two National Association for Pastoral Care in Education (NAPCE) awards!
Category one
Pastoral Member of Staff of the Year - Mr Carter-Stead
Category two
International Contribution to Pastoral Care
Pastoral Care is one of the three NLCS Jeju pillars. At the School, they work hard to ensure that all students are cared for, supported and treated as individuals in all aspects of their life at NLCS Jeju.
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Mentor Programme
For those ONLs looking to get involved in our mentor programme, you can get in touch with us via E-mail at onlmentor@nlcs.org.uk
Please include:
-Your full name
-What industry you work in
-What you studied at university (if applicable.)
Samuel Farrer, our Alumnae Engagement and Events officer will let you know what type of mentorship is available and the different ways you can help our students.
Mentor Programme
For those ONLs looking to get involved in our mentor programme, you can get in touch with us via email at onlmentor@nlcs.org.uk
ONL Regional Coordinators:
ONLs favourite Christmas memories at Canons:
Hannah Minghella (ONL, 1997):
Nicole Volavka (ONL, 1997)
Please include:
“Canons Follies Twelve Days of Christmas. I was the partridge in the pear tree. Dressed in brown I’d come on stage for each verse and when we all sang “and a partridge in a pear tree” I’d reply, “that’s me!”
- Your full name
-Justine Solomons (ONL, 1993)
The ONL Community is a wide international community, and we have ONLs living in all parts of the world. We have regional coordinators for several parts of the UK as well as overseas. Please find their details below should you want to get in touch. We are always on the hunt for more regional coordinators, so please contact us if this is something you are interested in doing.
“Junior School Christmas party, when we took party frocks in, and they hung up all round the classroom all day… Many pink frillies as you’d imagine in the 1960s, but I was smugly proud of the black velvet shift dress my Mum had made me.”
Hannah Minghella is a film producer who worked on Lou, a Netflix movie. This movie is about a young girl who is kidnapped and whose mother teams up with the mysterious woman next door to pursue the kidnapper. A journey that tests their limits and exposes shocking secrets from their pasts.
- What industry you work in
“The Christmas hat competition in Junior School.”
-Jane Schofield (ONL, 1975)
Another one to add to your watchlist. (Available to stream on Netflix)
- What you studied at university (if applicable.)
_Claudia Saunders Goodman (ONL,1993)
Series 2 of The Pact offered a brand-new storyline and cast, and I wanted to take the show to darker, more gothic visual style. It is psychological thriller about a social worker who has four adult children, one of whom died recently. One day, the doppelgänger of her dead son turns up, and this tight-knit family is blown up as a secrets are revealed and a murderous pact is formed.
Cornwall/Devon - Jill Hall (née Hankins) - jill22hall@gmail.com
“I loved the classroom post boxes making and delivering Christmas cards.”
-Katie Schenk (
Sophie Duker (ONL, 2008):
Midlands - Kate Jones (née Levinson) - kate.levinson@talk21.com
The Cedar Space
Regional ONL meet-up
“Mr Lawrence on the piano playing
South-West – Jane Watkins - janewatkins645@btinternet.com
The Archives
Comedian Sophie Duker is currently on a U.K. tour with dates up to end of April 2023. Her ‘HAG’ tour is in full swing, starting back in August 2022. She has received some great feedback with one viewer quoting “A riotously funny journey of self-discovery”.
-Penny Osmond (ONL, 2003)
It was such an adventure to film on the Welsh coast, which offered incredible cliffs, beaches, and ruins. We took over the main Pier Café in Penarth and re-decorated it to suit our jewel colour palette, which was fun. We had a fabulous cast crew, which helped on the long cold night shoots! I particularly loved collaborating with the Spanish Cinematographer Sergio Delgado, who had previously worked (as a Focus Puller) on Pan’s Labyrinth, one of my all-time favourite films.
“The Scotland ONLs inaugural event was held at the Royal Botanic Gardens on Sunday 3rd July 2022. We had eight attendees in total. The weather was kind to us and we had a lovely walk around the gardens, followed by tea and scones at the café. There was lots of chatter reminiscing about our days at school, which spanned form 1952-1983!”
Hampshire - Amanda Collins - alcollins@doctors.org.uk
Dr Bagworth-Mann cut the ribbon to officially open 'The Cedar Space', a collection of spaces for students across the school to access wellbeing resources, support and activities to promote positive health and wellbeing.
Australia - Kay Moyes - moyes_kay@hotmail.com
Noureen Lakhani (ONL, 2014):
With Christmas around the corner, we thought we’d share some Christmas cards from as far back as the 1940s. These cards were addressed to various students and staff member from that era.
-Ali Harris (ONL, 1982)
USA - Sophia Breslauer sophia_breslauer@yahoo.co.uk
Congratulations to Noureen Lakhani for completing her Doctorate from UCL in July 2022.
Upcoming productions
'The Cedar Space' includes a welcome area with relaxed seating, activity space for yoga, mindfulness, relaxation, student discussions, a Resources Room for student voice, pupil council, wellbeing resources, Peer Mentor sessions, student training, group discussions and spaces for our Pastoral Leads and School Counsellors to support students.
Autumn Term at NLCS:
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• NLCS sessions
“During my time at NLCS, I was the C Chairperson of the Psychology Society, got involved with several volunteering opportunities with young people such as travelling to Flying Angels School n Zambia, reading with pupils in the First School or assisting teachers at Northway School disabilities. All combined prepared me extremely in Birmingham and later added to my combined experience of working with young people, giving me the foundation to complete in Educational and Child Psycholog in July 2022 as Dr Noureen Lakhani, with my thesis focusing o teachers’ views on working with children who have experienced trauma. I always hold a great deal of gratitude for my teachers and friends at NLCS that enabled and empowered me to this point in my education and career today.”
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We would like to congratulate Dame Anna Wintour DBE (ONL 1967) who has been appointed a Companion of Honour as part of King Charles’s Birthday Honours List.
The Order of the Companions of Honour is an order of the Commonwealth realms. It was founded on 4 June 1917 by King George V as a reward for outstanding achievements and is limited to 65 Companions of Honour at any one time.
Dame Anna Wintour DBE has held the position of editor-in-chief of Vogue since July 1988. In 2020, she was appointed Chief Content Officer of Condé Nast and Global Editorial Director of Vogue. Ms Wintour has long been actively involved in philanthropic fundraising, particularly for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, for which she has raised more than $300 million to date, and serves as an Elective Trustee of the institution. She is a Founding Committee Member for the New York-Presbyterian Youth Anxiety Center, which focuses on mental health in young people, and has supported young and emerging designers globally including the CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund, which she helped found in 2003. In 2012, she received the Human Rights Campaign’s Ally for Equality Award for her support of the LGBTQ+ community, and she fundraised for HIV and AIDS research through events like Seventh on Sale and organisations like God’s Love We Deliver. In 2008, Ms Wintour was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire, and in 2017, she was named Dame Commander (DBE) of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. In 2011, she was awarded the Légion d’Honneur.
We'd like to congratulate Dr. Joanna Durbin for being awarded a CBE in the King's birthday honours for services to Biodiversity Conservation in Madagascar.
Dr Joanna Durbin leads the Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA), a partnership of non-governmental organizations that develops standards, tools, safeguards, information systems, and policy and governance assessments to facilitate support and finance for land management activities that credibly generate benefits for the global climate, local communities and biodiversity. This work has included leading multi-NGO initiatives to develop a Sustainable Landscapes Rating Tool for assessment of jurisdictional policies and governance, and to develop social and environmental standards for REDD+ at jurisdictional and project levels. She has over twenty-five years’ experience facilitating community-led development, multi-stakeholder processes and good governance for effective biodiversity conservation and sustainable development including in Madagascar, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Liberia, Indonesia, Nepal, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and Mexico.
ONL News:
Transforming Lives with Bernice McCabe Bursary Fund
Sue Minter, an ONL from the Class of 1967, recently recounted her experience at North London Collegiate School.
Despite keeping her bursary confidential, Sue's mother was determined to provide her with the same opportunities as other girls.
“I cherished my time at NLCS, from the beauty of the school grounds to the activities in the Drawing School. The bursary opened doors for me, leading to achievements such as attending Girton College, Oxbridge achieving a 2:1 in history, and even receiving a Fulbright scholarship to study for a year at The University of California, Berkeley.”
Congratulations to Natasha Blackbrun-Friesinger on becoming a Veterinary Surgeon.
"There are 3 exams, small animal, equine and farm & public health. Each one has to be passed in order to qualify. That now makes me a member of the Royal college of veterinary surgeons with a bachelors degree in veterinary science (BVSc MRCVS). Along with passing exams, over the 5 year course we have to complete 12 weeks of pre-clinical placement and 13 weeks of clinical (although most of us do more, think I did about 28 weeks of clinical placement). This is where a lot of our practical knowledge is gained. The placement where I was filmed for landward have actually offered me a job so in mid-august, me and my husband will be relocating to the Highlands near Dingwall, where I will be a rural mixed vet (I.e. we treat anything & everything from rabbits to cattle and horses)."
Natasha also featured in an episode of Landward while part taking in work placement. Click the link below for the episode.
From the Archives
BBC iPlayer - Landward - 2023: Episode 5
Regional and International coordinators
Regional:
CORNWALL/DEVON: Jill Hall (nee Hankins) – jill22hall@gmail.com
MIDLANDS: Kate Jones (nee Levinson) – kate.levinson@talk21.com
SOUTH-WEST: Pamela Lee & Linda Parr (Temporary coordinators)
HAMPSHIRE: Amanda Collins – alcollins@doctors.org.uk – 07976 220662
SCOTLAND: Alison Harris - ali.hope@talk21.com
International:
AUSTRALIA: Kay Moyes – moyes_kay@hotmail.com
SPAIN: Sakhee Sukhwani-Joisher – sakheej@gmail.com (Madrid)
USA: Sophia Breslauer – sophia_breslauer@yahoo.co.uk (New York)
ISRAEL: Susanne Balaban -
There are no coordinators for the following places, but we would love to have some in the future as many ONLs live in these areas:
• NEW ZEALAND
• FRANCE
• USA
• EAST ANGLIA
• LINCOLNSHIRE
We are always looking for more Regional and International coordinators, so please contact us if this is something you are interested in doing.
Career networking groups
We have many careers networking groups for our ONLs, we have recently selected the committee member for out Medicine & Healthcare group and we need committee members for the following groups;
• ONLs in Law
• ONLs in Education
• ONLs in Charity & NGOs
• ONLs in Government
• ONLs in Tech
• ONLs in Business & Finance
• ONLs in STEM
• ONLs in Music
• ONLs in Property & Real Estate
• ONLs in Media & Marketing
• ONLs in Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital
If this is something that interests you please email ONLA@ncs.org.uk for more information.
The rain stayed away just long enough for us to enjoy our Sports Day this year!
Huge congratulations to all the students who took part, competed and cheered along their peers, it was a wonderful morning showing NLCS spirit at its very best!
Gibbons house were the overall winners this year following a fantastic performance!
We welcomed current and former Junior School staff to the unveiling of a portrait of Jo Newman (ONL 1976) in the Junior School Library.
Jo joined the Senior School as a student in 1970. In 1989, Jo returned to NLCS as a teacher and in 1996 was appointed the Deputy Head of the First School. After a short break from NLCS in 2000, she came back to Canons in 2003 when she became Head of the Junior School, a post she held until retiring in July 2022.
The portrait marks Jo’s long-standing connection and commitment to NLCS as a student, parent and teacher and now hangs in a place very dear to Jo’s heart, the Junior School Library.
Summer Term at NLCS:
We enjoyed a fantastic afternoon for our Valedictory Ceremony, a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the achievements of our Year 13 students, and welcome the now class of 2023 to the ONL community.
We wish you all the very best for your future endeavours and will miss you all!
We are delighted to announce another most impressive set of International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma results. The 2023 results, published on 6th July, show our students achieving an average Diploma score of 41.3 points (before re-marks).
The school has again achieved an average score in excess of 40 points, comfortably within the top range of marks available, and the range of institutions at which students have secured offers includes Yale in the US and Oxford and Cambridge in the UK.
The national and international picture will become clearer over the coming weeks, but we are confident that these results will underscore North London Collegiate’s status as one of the very highest-achieving IB schools worldwide.
These results are testament to the success of the talent, hard work and commitment of the students and staff. Congratulations to our students on their achievements.
If you want your news published in the next termly newsletter, please email onla@nlcs.org.uk or message us on social media. The next newsletter will be published in July.
