NEWSWEEK
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29 January 2021
CULTURES DONATIONS PODCASTS STUDENTS
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A Letter From The Principal Dear Parents, Students, Staff and Friends of NLCS Jeju It is always gratifying to get rewards and to be recognised for our achievements and so our world ranking as a top Global IB School is very pleasing and recognises the efforts and hard work as well as the abilities of our students and teachers supported by their families. This alone will not enable them to follow their dreams and go to the universities of their choices and so is testament to the holistic and exceptional education they receive at NLCS Jeju. For our current class of 2021 these are challenging times as they work towards their IB Diploma examinations in the summer and await offers from universities. As many of you will be aware, many students last year including many of our class of 2020 deferred their entry to university due to COVID-19 and so the numbers of places available particularly in the UK and the US are far less this year which makes it more challenging and is delaying the decision making process this year for our students. We wish them every success. In COVID-19 times, it can be all too easy for some to withdraw into themselves and to only think of their own self interests after spending so much of the last year in long periods of isolation. It is therefore really pleasing when I look at how our NLCS Jeju community have continued to maintain their commitment to their wider community and service. In today’s newsletter you will read about a variety of projects which students are involved in which are most commendable. Stay safe and well Yours sincerely, Lynne Oldfield Principal
WINTER CONCERT IB RANKING IB Schools - Top 50
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We are delighted to let you know that we have received notification that our IBDP scores for our Class of 2020 were more than exceptional. As you may remember our average score was 39 points (out of a total of 45). We had 3 students achieve a perfect 45 score. There are 5,400 IB schools in the world - and our score ranks us 22 in the world. This is incredible and makes us • • • • •
FIRST in Korea 22 in the world An IB Top 50 Global School The ONLY Top 50 school in Korea Ahead of all other schools including Seoul, Busan and GEC schools in South Korea
Our students are almost all English second language speakers and this accolade means that they are outperforming many Native English speakers. Well done to our students for this tremendous achievement. Well done to our teachers for supporting them and thank you to our parents for helping their children be the best that they can be. Ms Justine Oliver, IBDP Coordinator says - “The Class of 2020 was an exceptional group of resilient, talented young adults. It’s wonderful to see them rewarded with the knowledge that they have outperformed the world.With our robust, experienced teaching, our ever evolving programme and the hard work of our students we look forward to further achievements in coming years.” Please contact IBDP Coordinator, Ms Justine Oliver or Head of Sixth Form, Mr Simon Cox scox@nlcsjeju.kr to ind out more about the IBDP.
WINTER CONCERT CULTURES Stories From Other Cultures
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As part of their studies in English, the children in Year Five have been learning about ‘Stories from other Cultures.’ Very kindly, teachers from across the Senior and Junior Schools volunteered to share traditional stories from their home countries with the students. This was a great learning experience and really helped bring this unit of work to life for the children.They heard tales from an exciting array of places, including Australia, England, Kenya, Ireland, Korea, Scotland, Poland, China and New Zealand! The Junior English department would like to thank our faculty colleagues for making this such a successful, enjoyable event for the children.
Donations
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Over the Christmas break we received acknowledgement from many charities who have benefited from the efforts and generosity of our students and staff. St Isidore’s Hospice, The Dongkwang Senior Welfare Centre, The Gotjawal Foundation and Hot Pink Dolphins all acknowledge our donations here with certificates.
Dear students of NLCS Jeju Junior School
It was a great pleasure and surprise to receive a donation from you, which is a manifestation of your interests in preserving the natural heritage of Jeju, particularly the “Gotjawal” terrain. Gotjawal is the name of a particular kind of forests that have been formed of volcanic lava. They are so special and rare worldwide and is quite properly likened to “lungs of Jeju Island”. The money raised through your “Mufti Day” event got the excellent destination. The whole staff at Gotjawal Trust of Jeju joins me in sending you the best wishes for your happiness and achievements as well as your health through this difficult time of Covid19 Pandemic. Thank you and good bye.
Kim, Kook-Joo Chairman The Gotjawal Trust of Jeju
Donations
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Donation Certificate
❍ DONOR : NLCS Jeju Junior School ❍ EVENT : Mufti Day
❍ AMOUNT : 616,980￦
We certificate the donation as above. This donation is in accordance with the wishes of the donor. It is used for the st.isidore hospice. Thank you.
December 11, 2020
st. isidore hospice hospital director
Certificate of Donation NLCS Jeju Junior School Amount: ￦ 616,980
We hereby express our sincere appreciation for your contribution in support of our marine conservation efforts
Dec 11, 2020
Hotpinkdolphins
SERVICE
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Alternative Service Bryant Angela Seo - Chair of Toweraid and her team have been working hard to make the Bryants meaningful and authentic in a world still affected by COVID-19. Here they explain their efforts Many of the students in our school lead or are in a service Bryant that interacts with the community. However, with the current COVID-19 situation, it has proven very difficult to continue with these Bryants for the past several terms. Therefore, we came up with several alternate Bryants for term 2 and possible longer as well.
School Environment and Development Our new Bryant ‘school environment and development’ works to resolve problems that have not been solved for a long time in our school. Firstly, we will be looking at the boards around school to back them up and to remove some of the old posters. Secondly, we will be working on the empty spaces inside school, such as the tower area, and try to decorate/make it so that students will be able to use it more effectively. Thirdly, we will be going around school doing litter clean up and even sometimes extending to the road in front of school. Lastly, we are aiming to fix all the broken lockers around school. It is our hope that this will still continue on after this crisis has ended.
Car Wash Peace Village Bryant team consists of students who are passionate about helping people with special needs and enhancing their welfare. We regularly visit ‘Peace Village’ located in Seogwipo and teach Peace Villagers English and Western culture. We always do our best to be enthusiastic and make every session memorable. Unfortunately, due to social distancing, we cannot visit them this term. Amongst many different ideas suggested by our team members of what we could do for Peace Villagers without meeting them in person, we decided to initiate a fundraising activity. We will do car washing every Bryant session after getting reservations in advance from the staff members of NLCS Jeju. We are planning to make donations to Peace Village and other charity organisations.
Green School
(in conjunction with ECO-committee)
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Under the current COVID-19 restrictions, Village is School Gueok-ri cannot continue for now because we cannot visit the village to meet the local children. Therefore, our team decided to do another activity that can be done at school in this term, which is the Recycling Project.Through recycling our team aims to increase awareness and understanding of waste sorting and improve the current system of rubbish bins to more effectively recycle and reduce waste. Our team hopes to bring positive changes to both Senior School and Junior School and we look forward to making steps towards an eco-friendly NLCS Jeju!
Donations of iMacs to Jenam Orphanage
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One of our service teams who work with Jenam Orphanage have made a very special donation to start the year. Most of the students in Jenam Orphanage were unable to have a full education because there were insufficient number of devices. They are especially going to be very useful for extended online lessons and research and homework. The Jenam Orphanage Bryant team came up with an idea of providing online tutor sessions with the Elementary and Middle School students in Jenam. This will allow us to continue volunteering during social distancing and restrictions. The first step was to provide Jenam with enough devices for them to join the online meetings. 20 iMacs in our school that are no longer being used were identified and earmarked for the orphanage. On January 23, the iMacs were delivered to the Jenam Orphanage, and the online tutoring session began on the next day, January 24. 12 members of the Jenam Service team will provide individual and detailed lessons to 16 Jenam children. There are no more than two per group, and we currently are helping students to prepare for the first semester. The subjects include Maths and English. Service Coordinator, Mr. GwangHo Im says - “We are living in such an uncertain time, and online lessons are now an essential part of education. Students might be asked to continue distance learning at any time. I hope that this small donation will reduce the marginalization of children in education. It’s especially important to us to help children living in our Jeju community.”
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We are very proud of all our students who continually look for ways to help others. Well done on this wonderful initiative.
PODCASTS
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Introducing a new media star in our community. We love what Shona has done - and we invite you all to listen to her podcast! “Hello, my name is Shona Hyun Park and I am a Year 10 student who has made an NLCS HUB Podcast. The podcast is named “Spatium” which conveys the meaning of a thinking space where everyone can share everything no matter where they are. It is an international podcast where there are a lot of interactions outside South Korea. For my very first podcast which launched on 27 January, I have interviewed three people from Germany, Japan, and America under the topic of How did the pandemic shape the lives of High School students. For my next episode, I am planning on interviewing some NLCS Jeju alumni currently attending schools in Ameria, England, and so on, to seek some advice on High School life and more! Spatium is the idea of not being limited to place and time while still being able to interact with others. I wanted to create this space where everyone was able to share their ideas and thoughts without hesitation and this is also where I came up with the name Spatium. I hope this podcast will brighten people’s day and play its role in making NLCS HUB broader.” Listen HERE
PODCASTS
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STUDENT LEADERS
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Big Eight Thank you to our Big 8 for an inspiring assembly on Monday. They made a commitment to serve our community for 2021 and introduced their roles.They also shared a great film which made us all laugh - and think! Watch it HERE.The Big 8 are pictured with Mr. Simon Cox, Head of Sixth Form.
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OPEN HOUSES
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We are still running our Open Houses and continuing with the very successful online format. Last Friday saw the Year 9 class tutors and specialist teachers speaking to all parents. A huge thank you to our teachers and also to Ms. Claire Easter and Mr. Stewart Smith who have ensured that these Open Houses run smoothly every time. If you have any queries about Open House then please contact your Parent Relations team.
Mr. Mahesh Warrier
Mr. Derek Patenaude
Mr. Kevin Doty
OPTION INFORMATION SESSIONS
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On Friday Jan 22 we ran the Year 9 Options Session where students heard all about how to pick their subjects for the future. Assistant Vice Principal - Ms. Claire Easter explained how and why to select each subject. It is really important to take advice, to read up on what each subject really entails and to talk to your teachers and parents. Choose what you are passionate about (not what you think you should do!) Students also learned about the core subjects which are mandatory and form the base of a successful IGCSE education. Today, Jan 29 was the turn of Year 11 students. They heard what to think about when choosing the crucial 6 subjects (3 Standard Level and 3 Higher Level) which make up the IBDP.
PARENT ACADEMY
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This week we have been excited to start our Parent Academy Sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. On Tuesday almost 170 parents listened live to Ms. Lynne Oldfield explain latest developments at NLCS Jeju followed by Ms. Kate Sommerville talking about Parents as Partners then Ms. Claire Easter who presented on Reports, Grading and Assessment. On Wednesday, Mr. Jeremy Freeman, Ms. Vivienne Brooks and Mr. Richard Washington talked about Junior Boarding. How have our current Junior Boarders enjoyed the first few months in House. What are we planning as we move forward and why might it be the solution for some parents? A highlight was the students themselves explaining why they are loving being in the Darangswi family! HERE Our Chinese community listened in on Thursday with our Chinese Parents Relations Manager, Ms. Ying Gao supporting the teachers. We would love to hear from you. Did you join these sessions? What did you think? Did we answer your questions? Any thoughts about the format? Please get in touch with your Parent Relations Manager or with Jane Forster, jforster@nlcsjeju.kr
SPORTS COUNCIL
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Assembly and Recruiting Our Sports Council gave an excellent assembly on Monday. They explained the new structure of the Sports Council and how they aim to revitalise Sports - playing, supporting, mentoring and more! Thank you to Year 12 students Nick Oh, Sunny Choi and Alex Chung. Contact sportscouncil@nlcsjeju.kr
BIOLOGY British Biology Olympiad - 12th March 2021 Students in Years 11, 12 and 13 are invited to participate in the highly prestigious and challenging British Biology Olympiad. You have the opportunity to pit yourselves against the brightest young biologists in the UK and the international community. Details The competition will take place after school on Friday 12 March from 16.30 until 18.00. Competitors will need to bring a fully charged laptop. The deadline for confirming attendance is 14.00 on Monday 8 March. Curriculum time will not be affected. There will be no cost to participate in the Olympiad. In order to take part, fill in this sign-up sheet. The deadline for confirming attendance is 14.00 on Monday 8 March. Contact Mr. Youell (pyouell@nlcsjeju.kr) for further details. Future events (dates yet to be confirmed): Biology Challenge: students in Years 9 and 10 Intermediate Biology Olympiad: students in Years 10, 11 and 12
CHEMISTRY IN ACTION Chemistry in Action Week is next week and we have so many amazing things planned! Take a look at the poster and click on the link to the detailed schedule. If you have any questions then please speak to your Chemistry teacher - and watch out for the special newsletter next week! Thank you to Mr. Lynden Astill, Head of Chemistry for planning such an amazing week!
SPELLING BEE
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Ms Katrina Daniels Samasa has been running a Spelling Bee for Years 7 - 9 who have been testing their spelling ability against each other. Each tutor group has one winner - though many were very tightly fought contests. Congratulations to the following Year 7 Donghyun Lee (M7B) Hoan (Steve) Lee (G7A) David Chung ( Sam Lee (S7A) Junseok Jayden Lee (S7A) Jaehyun Kim (N7A) Junqi (Nala) Liu (M7A) Gyuyeon (Victoria) Park (S7B) Jiho Eun (M7B) Year 8 Young Ju (Theresa) Lee (J8B) Nayeon Kim (M8B) Taehong Austin Ha (S8A) Andy Sooho Cho (J8B) Andy Chai (J8A) Jinwon Lee (M8B) Jeff Cho (J8B) Edward Cho (S8A) Skye Shin (M8B) Year 9 Remy (Woobin) Lee (G9A) Frank (Zetong) Fang (M9A) Taewon Logan Kim (G9A) Jason Jaesang Baek (M9A) Yejee Hwang (N9B) Geumbee Chandler Ahn (S9A) Haeun Hannah Jeong (S9A) Alexandra Sang Jung Park (J9B) Ashley Koo (M9B) Hye Eun (Lily) Lee (S9A) Tae Hyun (Terry) Kim (N9B) Jun-Ki Kim (S9A) Jisoo Lee (N9B) Seyoon (Gloria) Hwang (M9A) Min Hoon (Jacob) Lee S9 Tae Yeon (Jude) Lim N9
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