NLCS Jeju Newsletter 24 May 2024

PRINCIPAL’S LETTER

Dear Parents, Students, Staff and Friends of NLCS Jeju

In all communities there are highs and lows; there are moments and events to celebrate and those of which cause sadness and grief. In all communities it is important that we come together and provide support and understanding for the feelings of each other. Thus it has been at NLCS Jeju over the last couple of weeks.

I thank our community who have responded and supported each other on the passing of our respected and dear colleague Izabella Sloczynska, the Director of the University Guidance department. We have received condolences and offers of support , including for her family from all over the world, from alumni of NLCS Jeju, previous colleagues who worked with her here and from schools she worked with earlier in her long career. It is very obvious that she was highly respected, loved and valued by so many people. We will all miss Iza.

Our students have also had wonderful experiences such as outdoor education, residential trips, a visit to Singapore, and many more. This has helped them to join together as a community and to learn to respect and care for the feelings of each other. It is noticeable that these benefits alongside independence and resilience are traits and characteristics which are developed among our boarders are more adept at and so and so it helps out day students to learn and adapt. Our students in Year 13 have also completed the IBDP exams and are preparing for their valedictory and ball.

Students also have to learn to make reasoned and sensible decisions and for some students recently it has been obvious that their unrestricted access to social media and the internet has resulted in very poor choices which has impacted on their peers. I urge all parents to monitor and restrict usage of all devices and to work with your children on their responsible usage and support the school in this. As a school we are very happy to assist parents with guidance and support with parental controls and the wider use of IT and social media.

We hope that everyone has a lovely half term pause as we celebrate a long weekend.

Lynne Oldfield Principal

REMEMBERING IZA

The community continues to grieve the loss of our friend, colleague and teacher, Iza Sloczynska, who sadly passed away on Friday 17 May. As Iza was loved and respected by many, there are a number of ways in which you can pay your respects and support her husband and children at this sad time.

Book of Condolences

There are two books, one in the Parent Hub and one in the Senior School Library for all community members to write a message.

Financial Support for Iza’s Family

Those who wish to support Iza’s family at this sad time, by lessening the burden of the various expenses the family are and will incur to return Iza to her home country and arrange the funeral she deserves can donate here:

• NH Bank - 301-01-48-6552-71

• Reference - ‘Iza’

Why this money is important

As Iza’s stay in hospital was quite long, there was a period of approximately two months where she was not entitled to receive a salary, though the insurance covers some of the medical expenses it does not cover flights to and from Seoul for treatment, hotel stays when receiving treatment, the fee for the care assistant who supported Iza during her time in hospital, a hotel for her husband when she was in hospital, family members travelling to Jeju since her passing or funeral costs in Poland.

Please note that there is no obligation to donate at all, this is an optional donation. Thank you to everyone who has kindly donated so far, every amount will help!

Memorial

Iza’s funeral will take place in Poland, however, a Catholic Mass will be held in Jeju, which you are all welcome to attend (students will have the opportunity to remember Iza during assembly). Though a Catholic Mass, those of other or no faiths are more than welcome to attend.

Date: Saturday 25 May 2024

Time: 2pm

Location: Church of St. Isidore

Iza’s husband has explained there is no formal dress code and people should wear whatever they are comfortable in for the service.

Again, we remind you all to talk to and support each other and encourage our students and staff to reach out to our Emotional Guidance Counsellors if needed.

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• Alumni Workshop

• New books in Junior School

• Visit from the Irish Ambassador

• Boarding Fun

• Teachers’ Day

• Sports Day

FLICKR

Did you know we add all our photos to Flickr? With no restrictions on the number of photos we can share, you will be able to see every photo from all the events around School. Why not have a look now?

NLCS Jeju Awards and Achievements

NATIONAL YOUTH FOOTBALL COMPETITION

Congratulations to a number of NLCS Jeju students who competed in the national competition in April, where they represented Jeju and were runners up to Sejong Real FC in the final.

Well done Ian Yang 3TH, Yuno Cho 3TH, Max Yoon 3TH, Peter Lee 3TH, JaeJoon (J) Ku 3LKH, Henry Kim 3LKH, and Taiyul Kim 3RB The group, Donggwang FC.

READING QUEST

Another group of students have progressed on the Reading Quest. It is great to see such a love of learning in our Junior School. Not only is it an enjoyable pastime, but students who read in English will enhance their language skills immensely!

Jaewon Sohn 1CM- Gold

Onyu Kwak 2LG - Bronze

Stacy Park 2LG - Silver

Kaylee Kim 2LG - Silver

Jun Kim 2LG - Silver

Ella Kim 2LG - Silver

JJ Ku 3LKH - Silver

NLCS Jeju Awards and Achievements

Charlotte Hwang 3LKH - Silver

Bryan Kim 3LKH - Silver

Elliott Kim 3LKH - Silver

Theo Kim 3LKH - Silver

Daniel Kim 4JH Silver

Jay Hwang Silver Quest 4TS

Eugene 4AL Bronze Quest

Dareum Mam 3TH Silver

Other News

PSYCHOLOGY ENRICHMENT WEEK

When we return from the half term break, the corridors will be taken over by the Psychology department for their Enrichment Week. The team have arranged a number of interactive activities in the Library Corridor, as well as interesting lectures and the return of Dr. Guy Sutton, who will give staff and student workshops as well as leading sessions on brain dissection. We will share photos soon and hope lots of students have a chance to find out more about this fascinating subject, which we offer at both IGCSE and IBDP level.

Other News

NLCSMUN

“We have had a fantastic year in NLCSMUN but we thought we would finish it with a series of firsts last weekend. Students and advisers (Ms. Alice Bate, Mr Fred Bate, Ms. Joan Park) came together to organise our first ever Model United Nations conference. We discussed and debated as representatives of nations around the world on the issue of gender equality, territorial disputes and the crisis in the Nagorno-Karabakh. This was also the first time that we have ever had a committee devoted to replicate the work of the International Court of Justice which tried to resolve the dispute between ethnic Armenians and the Azerbaijan military.

Other News

Most importantly it was a first for many students who had their chance to attend a conference as delegates, chairs, attorneys and judges. In representing their countries, students performed admirably drafting resolutions, making amendments and debating on how to make the world a better place” - Mr. David Moore

Thanks also to the former Secretary General - Seongjoon (Steven) Yang who returned to address the group.

Verbal Commendation

Russia - Anthony Chung

United Kingdom - Howie Zhang

France - Hwee Lee

Honourable Delegate

Afghanistan - Josephine Choi

Switzerland - Sean McKeogh

Latvia - Renee Kwon

Outstanding Delegate

Iran - Gio Son

Saudi Arabia - Henry Jiang

Russia - YJ Yoo

Best Delegate

USA - Gracia Kang

India - Sophia Park

USA - Calvin Kim

Best Witness

Lucas Lee

Best Legal Counsel

Andy Kim

Other News

Finally another first for us in MUN was the inclusion of students from the Junior School who, throughout the conference, ensured everything ran smoothly. They will use this experience for their own conference in London next month. Good luck to them and continued future success for NLCSMUN.

Other News

BUSKING IN JUNIOR SCHOOL

Our Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 students have been providing some great entertainment at lunchtime in May - groups of students have been busking for us all to enjoy! Thank you to the Music Department for their arrangements and to the students.

Here are some of the photos we have captured from the Year 3 event on Wednesday. More photos

Other News

BOOK AND INSTRUMENT DONATION

TEACHERS’ DAY

Thank you to Chenxi (Janie) Ni’s parents who kindly donated several boxes of Chinese books and two musical instruments (Pipa (a plucked instrument sometimes called a Chinese Lute) and Guqin (a plucked wooden zither) to our Junior School. Here are some photos of our students enjoying discovering the new instruments and learning more about Chinese traditional culture, as well as a photo of Janie playing the Guqin.

A huge thank you once again to our PRG who provided food, drinks and flowers for our teachers and support staff on Teachers’ Day. This was very much appreciated and everyone was very happy! Check out the photos on our Instagram. More photos.

Other News

BLOOD DONATION BUS

Well done again to the ABO Supporters who organised and ran another successful blood donation bus on campus. Huge thank you to all the students, staff and parents who donated or supported the event by supervising during the day. You are all saving lives!

SECONDHAND SCHOOL UNIFORM SALE

Our fabulous Parent Representative Group, with the support of our Parent Liaison Managers and our Beyond the Curriculum Team are arranging another Secondhand Uniform Sale.

In our two previous sales we have raised a staggering 1.6m and 2.4m won for charity!!!

Date: 3 June

Time: 1pm to 4pm

Location: Parent’s Hub (PAC)

• Bring Cash - no card machine

Donate your child’s used uniform - if you have any items that your child no longer needs, that are in excellent condition and washed - please donate.

See the email sent via isams or contact the PRG or your Parent Liaison Manager for more information.

NEW BOOKS IN JUNIOR SCHOOL

We had a large delivery of new books to the Junior School Library recently - fiction and nonfiction.

Thank you to our Junior School Librarian, Mr. Guk-Hyun Nam and our Library Ambassadors who inspected, logged and shelved the books. We hope everyone enjoys reading them.

Other News

SAD IN JEJU ADOPTION

Save Abandoned Dogs is a student-led Bryant, where a group of students work tirelessly to provide a better life for abandoned dogs (and cats) in Jeju. Including physically cleaning and maintaining the dogs living areas, as well as raising money and raising awareness of the importance of adptoping and not buying animals. They are currently running a campaign to find loving homes for cats and dogs that have been abandoned in Jeju. Visit their Instagram for more information.

The group also featured on KBS news this week! Take a look here.

CALENDAR COMPETITION

Last year we provided an opportunity to our community to enter a photo competition with the winning submission featuring on the front page of our desk calendar. Due to its great success we are back and looking for a new front cover!

Students and staff are invited to enter - if you have taken a great photo of Jeju - in landscape profile - why not enter? One entry per person.

Entry form

Deadline: 7 June

Winners announced: 14 June

Here’s a reminder of the fantastic photo, submitted by Ms. Hyunjin Jo, that won last year!

Other News

HAPPINESS SHARING DONATION DAY

Lots of food is discarded after the expiration date at home in the GEC during holidays when people are away. ‘About Jeju’, Service Bryant students, are working with Seogwipo City to donate unused items and processed foods with short expiration dates. Please donate processed foods that do not have a long expiration date or daily necessities that will be discarded at home while you are away during your summer break. The school will donate these items to Seogwipo City Hall - Happiness Sharing Food Bank so that they can be used for neighbours in need. If you don’t have any such food at home, please consider purchasing something extra when shopping and donate!

You can find the donation box in front of the Senior school library and Junior school library from May 29 to June 14.

BOARDING NEWS

BOARDING FUN DAY AND BOARDING BBQ

What a weekend! The boarding teams arranged a number of activities for our boarders to spend time together and enjoy the sunshine on campus. There was lots of laughter and colours as the students took part in water fights, a colour run, water sliding and enjoyed a delicious BBQ together, there was also an opportunity for our students to splat their teachers with wet sponges!

BOARDING HOME NEWS

Here is a recent newsletter from Halla East, our Girls Sixth Form boarding home, enjoy reading about what they get up to in Halla. If you are in Year 11 and want to join this brilliant home (or equally brilliant Halla North), get in touch today!

SPORT

SPORTS DAY

Our annual Junior School Sports Day was enjoyed by all, our First School event took place on Thursday with the Lower School day on Friday. Our students showed great team spirit and demonstrated each of the Junior School learning habits. We were proud of you all. Enjoy the wonderful video created by Mr. Kim capturing the joy of the events.

Take a look at the great photo taken on the First School Sports Day - which had the theme ‘In the Heart of the Jungle’ - thank you to all our teachers for making such an effort to embrace the theme, we think you are roarsome!

Another great weekend of sport, well done to all the students who took part and thanks to the coaches and staff who support them.

MS Girls Basketball A team were champions (at Daegu Int. School)

MS Girls Basketball B team were champions (at Busan Foreign School)

MS Boys Basketball A team were runners-up to KIS (at KIS)

MS Boys Basketball B team were runners-up to KIS (at KIS)

MS Tennis (at SJA)

Jinny Kim N9B - Gold medal - Girls Singles

Charlie Chae N9B - Silver medal - Boys Singles

Justin Rue N7B & Colin Kim J8B - Silver medal - Boys Doubles

CAS TRIP TO MALAYSIA

As part of their CAS projects, a group of Year 12 students took part in a trip to Malaysia. The main focus of the trip was to learn about the important issues affecting these areas, such as climate change, pollution, and unregulated marine farming. The students braved the heat to work alongside local communities to plant Mangroves, which are vital in preventing further decline, and in restoring the ecosystems of the region.

We are all excited to share our knowledge with the rest of the school and in particular the current Y11’s who will be participating in the CAS programme next year.” - Mr. Robert McLaughlin (History and TOK Teacher).

FOCUS ON SIXTH FORM

OLD NORTH LONDONERS ARE BACK IN TOWN!

This week we had a few wonderful alumni students return to NLCS Jeju.

Seunghoon Lee - Class of 2020

Seojung (Jeslyn) Park- Class of 2023

Hoon and Jeslyn delivered an assembly to Y12 students about what it is really like to be a university student at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Toronto. There were many take-aways for the students to reflect upon in preparation for their future. Some of which are:

1) Consider not just the university but the city- does the weather agree with you? Is it a city you will feel comfortable living in?

2) You will be overwhelmed by different cultures, and a diverse student body, so start getting used to meeting people outside your comfort zone.

During Y12 Tutor Time over the last two weeks, we have been looking at Risk-taking as an IB Learner Profile, and we recommend that students take on a part-time summer job even for at least a week to get some experience that will give them some positive life skills.

FOCUS ON SIXTH FORM

College can be very different from what you think of. Like I did. That can be weather, environment, people, culture or anything that is surrounding you, not only academics. And you are not the only one who will get lost. Transition between high school and college will be one of the biggest changes in your life, so don’t be afraid to face difficulties and just trust yourself, accept it is just a process. Getting lost on your way will be one of the biggest lessons. Be an insightful person. To widen your insight, don’t be afraid to meet new people, break your limitations and accept challenges! -

Jeslyn

Hoon promoted BBB (Business Black Box) to younger students along with other Korean students from University of Pennsylvania who gave presentations during break and lunch time. Jeslyn is volunteering in the History department until the end of the academic year. They both recognised how much NLCS Jeju has played a crucial part in their success, and wanted to give back to the community!

Jeein (Bunny) Seol- Class of 2022

Bunny, who is studying at UCL London came for a visit on Tuesday 21 May. She told Mr McKeogh about her Geography degree, and they discussed ideas for her final year dissertation which she is planning to work on this summer. Bunny also made Dr Karamalla smile by reassuring him that she is still taking French lessons at UCL. Having been her teacher from Year 8 to Year 11, he was aux anges (over the moon) to hear this!

FOCUS ON SIXTH FORM

Q&A SESSION WITH BIG 8

Our Big 8 (minus two who are on a school trip) gave the main address in today’s KS3 assembly and took the opportunity to introduce themselves to their younger peers. As expected from them, they were remarkable role models, showing themselves to be endearing and approachable, and ready to listen to and answer a variety of students’ questions.

CULTURAL AWARENESS COMMITTEE

BUDDHA’S BIRTHDAY - 15 MAY

Buddha’s Birthday or Buddha Day is a primarily Buddhist festival that is celebrated in most of South, Southeast and East Asia, commemorating the birth of the prince Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Gautama Buddha and founded Buddhism.

ONLJ

NEW ONLJ VIDEO

Our alumni, known as the Old North Londoners Jeju (ONLJ), are always returning to NLCS Jeju to support our current students, attend events, provide talks on careers and university options or just to let us know what they are up to.

Here, four of our alumni talk to us about what they are doing now and how NLCS Jeju shaped their future.

The thriving community of alumni students is a testament to the strong lifelong impact an NLCS Jeju education has on our students.

UGC NEWS

We are pleased to share with you our 2024 university destinations, well done and congratulations to all our students - we look forward to celebrating at your valedictory on 8 June and following your future through the ONLJ alumni.

Johns Hopkins University

KEIO University

King's College London

Kyushu University

Lancaster University

Lesley University

London School of Economics and Political Science

Loughborough University

Maryland Institute College of Art

McGill University

Michigan State University

New York University

Northeastern University

Northwestern University

Nova Southeastern University

OCAD University

Ohio State University

OTIS college of arts and design

Oxford Brookes University

Pennsylvania State University

Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Pratt Institute

Purdue University

Queen Mary University Malta

Queen Mary University of London

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rhode Island School of Design

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester University

Rose Hulman Institute of Technology

Royal College of Surgeons Ireland

Royal Veterinary College, University of London

UGC NEWS

College of Wooster

Columbia University

Columbia University - Trinity College

Cornell University

Drexel University

Durham University

Elon University

Embr y-Riddle Aeronautical University

Emor y University

George Mason University Korea

George Washington University

Georgetown University

Georgia Institute of Technology

Goldsmiths, University of London

Imperial College London

Indiana University Bloomington

Rutgers university

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

Savannah College of Art and Design

School of Visual Arts

SOAS University of London

St George's, University of London

Stony Brook University

Syracuse University

Texas A&M

The Glasgow School of Art

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

The New School

The Ohio State University

The University of British Columbia

The University of Edinburgh

The University of Hong Kong

The University of Melbourne

The University of Sydney

The University of Warwick

Tufts University

University College London

University of Aberdeen

University of Alabama

University of Alberta

University of Arizona

University of Bath

University of Birmingham

University of Bristol

University of British Columbia

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Davis

RICE PADDY FIELD AND GOTJAWAL EXPERIENCE ACTIVITIES IN SINPYEONG-RI

Sinpyeong-ri Village Association and Jeju National University host an event for the local community to revive traditional rice paddies as a part of an ecological education and mindfulness program for youth. There are 30 available seats for international school students and families.

• Rice planting and Meditation in Gotjawal

• 10:00 - 16:00, June 7 - 8

• 2596 Jungsanganseo-ro, Daejeong-eup

• Contact info for application: 064-754-2167, edu114@jejunu.ac.kr

• More details in Korean

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