Weekly Newsletter 18 June 2021

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18 June 2021

ARTS WEEK

YEAR 6 GRADUATION

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A Letter From The Principal Dear Parents, Students, Staff and Friends of NLCS Jeju What a way to end the year with an Arts Festival which brought our community together and really was special as this year we celebrated our tenth Arts Festival with an eclectic range of events - and despite COVID-19 restrictions and guidelines - we have made it outstanding. Congratulations and thanks to all the performers, directors, visiting artists and backstage crew. It has been delightful to have visiting alumni who have contributed so much to the Festival both in terms of performing and working with students in a variety of workshops. A special thanks is due to Mr and Mrs Kim - the parents of Yoon Sang Kim who provided a fantastic light show which opened the Arts Festival last Saturday evening. For the Boarders and staff who were able to be present for our opening ceremony this was an experience like no other as Geomun was lit up to show our Journey of the last ten years which was the theme of the Festival. There have been so many outstanding and creative performances this year and I encourage you all to view the range of the events which we live streamed on our YouTube channel. Some of these were linked to the Junior School’s arts week last week and so it has been great to see students from Senior School collaborating with Junior School students

We have also been able this week to celebrate Sports Days on three occasions with different year groups across the Senior School. Thanks go to all the teachers and support staff who organised these events and ensured that the final points for House competitions could be awarded. The winning house this year: Junior School - Baek Ho Senior School - Geomun The week has come to a close with many celebration assemblies across the school. As usual we are celebrating the plethora of achievements and successes of students at NLCS Jeju, with colours being awarded too. Congratulations to all our students, faculty and support staff for their tremendous efforts this year. As usual at this time of year is also tinged with sadness as we say goodbye to some students: our graduates of 2021, as well as a small number of students across the school and also some of our faculty who are moving onto new climes. We wish you all success, health and happiness. It also remains for me to wish our whole community a well earned rest and a relaxing summer holiday with the opportunity, perhaps to try new challenges and to spend time catching up with families. Please stay safe and I look forward to welcoming you back in August.

Your sincerely,

Lynne Oldfield Principal

RETURN INFORMATION As we leave for our well deserved break we remind you of crucial information for the return in August. Please see below for your checklist.

RETURN DATES Induction Day - All New Students - Weds August 18 Boarders Return - Weds August 18 Day Students Return Thurs August 19

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SURVEYS Before entering School after the holidays all students and staff are required to fill in the Travel Survey STUDENT SURVEY HERE STAFF SURVEY HERE PARENT SURVEY HERE VISITOR SURVEY HERE UNIFORM For the first half term in August, summer uniform will be worn.

NLCS JEJU ARTS FESTIVAL OUR JOURNEY Arts Week 2021 has been absolutely amazing. Here we share some of the best visuals but these are just a fraction. Please take a look at our NLCS Jeju YouTube channel HERE and watch anything that you missed! Get a flavour of the week in this short video HERE

OPENING CEREMONY We are in awe of the light show which formed the centrepiece of the Opening Ceremony.

After three performances - Presto Strings, Drumline and a traditional performance of Arirang - and a speech from ex Big Six member, Stefano Hyun - it was time for the main event.

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Mr Hyungsu Kim and Mrs Hyo Jin Kim - parents of departing Year 13 student, Yoon Sang Kim - created a show which drew gasps and shouts of excitement and astonishment throughout the ten minutes of projection onto Geomun House. The show acknowledged our history and our future as a School. It referenced our Houses and our sister schools and it also namechecked all our Class of 2021. This was spectacular in every way from the effects, the colours and the original music. Mr and Mrs Kim would like to acknowledge a student Daeyoung Kim who gave huge help including the Tetris and the Super Mario-inspired pieces. Take a look HERE if you missed it.

FANTASY FASHION SHOW On Saturday, Mr Stephen Davidson and a team of students created amazing fantasy fashion outfits and staged and choreographed a catwalk show featuring students.

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FANTASY FASHION SHOW

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SONITERRACE This event is held in the open air and was one of the first events on Saturday evening. Some incredible live performances by Senior School students.

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SUPERHUMAN One of two big Dance shows, Superhuman showcased the songs of legend, David Bowie.

The audience were treated to some amazing music, dance performances and spectacular costumes. Our Dance department also staged Complexions showing the power and variety of dance here in School.

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SUPERHUMAN

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SCARS Some of our IB students created the Scars art installation which invited the audience to take a tour and to share their hopes and fears on paper airplanes.

HIP HOP NIGHT This was, deservedly, one of the most popular events of the week with lots of brilliant student performances and input from alumni. The Boys School was staged differently this year with the audience seated rather than standing and crowding round. The energy was just amazing!

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HIP HOP NIGHT

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CITY OF STARS Studio One was transformed into La la Land for a performance of the showstopping songs from the movie.

On top of these we had many, many other performances spanning classical, jazz, drama, dance. We can’t do it justice here but please talk to our Arts teachers and hear more about this year - and share your ideas for next year!

JUNIOR SCHOOL ARTS WEEK COVID-19 didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of our young artists in the Junior School. We were still able to have an incredible week celebrating all that is wonderful about the Arts at NLCS Jeju Junior School. Huge thanks to Ms Cristyn Draper - Head of Music and Ms Krista Merrill - Head of Art. for driving the week with such enthusiasm. All the teachers in Junior School contributed enormously and we thank them all, too.

We were very lucky to have several visiting artists and alumni share their talents this week.

We had to be safe and all visitors had negative COVID tests and completed a Travel Survey before they came into School.

Some highlights of the week included the following. We can’t share everything but we hope this gives you a flavour!

MURAL PAINTING WITH MS MICHELLE EVANS North London

Collegiate School Jeju Ms Michelle Evans worked with Junior School students all week to create an amazing permanent addition to the First Floor.Thank you to all students for their efforts.They really enjoyed it!

DRUMMING WITH LAZ RODRIGUEZ Drumline and drumming were a true highlight of Arts Week in the Junior and Senior Schools this week. We have had workshops and performances throughout. Thanks to Mr Laz Rodriguez who has become a popular fixture!

BUSKING, RAPPING AND MORE!

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CHINESE LANTERNS WITH LAILAI LUO Ms Lailai Luo shared these happy pictures of the Chinese lantern painting session by Year 6 girls. Several classes were involved and the resulting four lanterns are amazing! Always good to see some friendly rivalry with the House colours!

COUNT ON ME MS BAXENDALE’S RECEPTION CLASS One of the cutest things we saw all week was the performance by Ms Charlotte Baxendale’s Reception class. They had been practising for a long time and perfected their performance of Bruno Mars - Count on Me. Take a look HERE and your hearts will melt. The video features lots of pictures from a year of fun, laughter and learning.

ANGELA LAU SINGING ENSEMBLE WORKSHOP WITH RECEPTION Ms Melissa Woo’s Reception class have also been singing in Arts Week. They had a lovely workshop last week and all enjoyed singing and doing the actions in their partner songs!

JUNIOR SCHOOL WORD MILLIONAIRES Congratulations to our newest Key Stage 2 Word Millionaires. This involves a LOT of reading this year both in School and at home and shows that you are passionate about books! Well done to you all! Will YOU be a Word Millionaire next year? We look forward to seeing what next year brings.

Year 3 Jaehyun Kwon - 3, 069,369 Junyoung Lee - 1,021,513 Hogun Yoon - 2,548,649 Ahin Kim - 1,046,959 Sijune Kim. - 1,796,334 Seojoon Park - 1,122,316 Year 4 Chelim Kim - 6,671,881 Yeju Lee - 2,528,748 Ji Woo Shin - 1,417,915 Minjoon Sung - 2,320,429 Emi Weber - 1,903,082 Shuyi Zhu - 2,072,829 Heedan Zun - 2,396,626 Junwoo Lee - 2,866,842 Taehyeon Park - 2,668,887 Jin Han - 1,554,820 Yiheon Kim - 1,441,734 Rayool Kim - 2,582,625 Jiho Lee - 1,069,002 Junewoo Lee - 1,458,530 JungWon Lee - 1,599,520 Year 5 Ethan Cox - 1,446,464 Haoran Jiang - 1,685,445 Iona Scott - 1,266,652 Joon Kang - 3,116,893 Jeongvin Youn - 1,674,969 Hayun Kong - 2,679,073 Jungwon Suh - 1,124,286

Year 5 HyunWoo Yang - 1,239,158 Yoonwoo Chung - 1,472,634 Yonjun Kim - 1,011,212 Minji Lee - 1,045,155 Yunchae Park - 2,006,723 Year 6 Tristan Gillings - 5,633,339 Seobin Lee - 3,754,356 Jianyuan Ma - 1,802,167 Kingsley Machin - 3,967,772 Annabelle Fernandes - 2,562,821 Eleanor Fowler - 1,400,476 Claire Kim - 1,931,525 Jian Lee - 1,121,349 Junu Jeong - 3,283,030 Hyun Dahm Kim - 4,401,319 Seoha Kim - 1,630,464 Chan Yeong Oh - 4,210,502 Adi Cho - 1,963,784 Ryan Kim - 1,620,949 Sung Hyun Kim - 4,610,553 Jaebaek Lee - 1,005,131 Sung Yoon Lee - 1,458,946 Seonjun Lee - 1,295,484

YEAR 6 GRADUATION Our Year 6 students now move up to Year 7 and Senior School. We were delighted to share in their Graduation Ceremony on Wednesday where each Tutor spoke movingly about the children in their class. Students then were presented with their Graduation certificates by Mr Jeremy Freeman before eating cupcakes and taking a group photo in the sun!

Huge thanks to our parents. The PRG presented the stage flower arrangements with Congratulations ribbons. They also set up banners and gave a corsage to every student.

Thank you all so much for caring for each and every child.

MEETING WITH CHINESE PARENTS Last Friday our Principal, Ms Lynne Oldfield, met the current representative of the Chinese Parent Committee (CPC) Mrs Zhang, parent of Year 11 student Jessica, and her successor Mr Jin, parent of Year 5 Anna.

On behalf of the whole Chinese community of NLCS Jeju they presented Mrs Oldfield with a small gift to thank her for her hard work over this difficult year.

Mrs Oldfield shared plans for the Junior and Senior Schools with them such as a great Junior playground, work on which is ongoing, and Academic English Development across the whole School.They also discussed how the boarding systems are changing, and the daily schedule is changing giving students more time to interact with teachers.

The representatives are very happy with the school’s Senior Team, under whose leadership the school has run smoothly during the pandemic.We are very happy to have such energetic and positive parents in our community. Thank you all.

END OF YEAR DEPARTMENT PICTURES

MATHS DEPARTMENT

Never let it be said our teachers don’t have great fun as well as being amazing, hardworking teachers. We have a few end of year department pictures to share which show what camaraderie there is in each department. Take a bow - Chemistry, Biology and Maths. We’ll share more team pictures throughout the year so you get to know all our faculty!

END OF YEAR DEPARTMENT PICTURES

BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

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END OF YEAR DEPARTMENT PICTURES

CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT

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BIOLOGY CHALLENGE All year we have been updating you on the challenges and competitions that our students enter and commit to. Mr Patrick Youell has shared results of the Biology Challenge. There were some very impressive results with high scores!

GOLD - Chandler (Geumbee) Ahn - Year 9, Jeehan Shin - Year 10, Kelly Park - Year 10, Remy (Woobin) Lee - Year 10

SILVER - Eugene (Yujin) Lee - Year 10, Brandon (Suk-joon) Yoon - Year 10 BRONZE - Eunice (Heuijae ) Kim - Year 10, Rayne (Seobin) Lee - Year 10, Seo Yeon Park - Year 10, Lily (Hyunseo) Kim - Year 9, Sam Kim - Year 9 HIGHLY COMMENDED - Maeji Son - Year 10 PARTICIPATION - Juyeon Ma - Year 9, Soomin Ha - Year 8

THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE EXHIBITION We hope you had a chance to see the Theory of Knowledge exhibition situated outside of the library in the Senior School. The Theory of Knowledge is integral to the IB Diploma Programme and really stretches all our Sixth Form students. The ToK team - Mr Alex Schwarz, Mr Nick Canning, Mr Michael Dillon, Mr Ben Matthews and Mr James Tuffs - tell us what the exhibition signifies.

“For their Internal Assessment, students must curate a gallery of three objects in response to a knowledge question, providing a written response to how these objects offer a response to this question.

Students might be given any number of tasks: - Challenging the ideas presented by the student work.

- Considering objects of their own in response to the knowledge questions posed.

- For objects or images with no explanations, only questions, they might try to form an explanation of how the object or image could link to the question.

We hope you enjoyed the exhibition and if you’d like to know more about ToK or the new ToK Internal Assessment, please do not hesitate to contact a ToK team member. “

BOARDING STORY YEAR 8 Jaehoon Roy Song We thank boarder, Jaehoon (Roy) Song in Year 8 for his candid and personal take on the previous school year, and his hopes for next year.

“Despite the anxiety and tension caused by the global pandemic, we were excited about our new year at school as we began to live in Houses on Aug 20, 2020.

However, we witnessed several COVID-19 cases from nearby schools and places which made us worried. Fortunately, there were zero COVID-19 cases in all of our Houses Geomun, Noro, Sarah, Mulchat, Jeoji, and Halla - thanks to students, HMs, AHMs, and Gap/ Grad assistants following strict sanitation and health regulations.

Despite the pandemic, various activities and House competitions were successfully carried out under the leadership of House captains.Thanks to these activities, we learned teamwork, felt a sense of pride, became healthy with boosted energy and had fun. On top of online classes, the school also provided us with offline classes, which allowed us to study face to face and resolve frustration caused by limited exeats due to COVID-19. Not only that, we were able to learn and study in a self-directed manner without falling behind with the kind consideration of HMs and AHMs, and Gap assistants.

The upcoming school year (2021 - 2022) will mark the 10th anniversary of NLCS Jeju and we face some changes with a restructure of Houses. Some students will have to say goodbye to their friends, places, and teachers that they have known for at least a year or more. Some students are also worried that they will have to face new environments as the boarding system will be separated into Houses - which we have pride in - and Boarding Homes, which will be named soon. The house captains and House teachers had discussions on this and talked with House students to find out what they thought about this new concept of Boarding Homes. The school promised us that the new House system would allow us a more developed, pleasant, autonomous environment for immersive learning.

As I look back on the past year as a Geomun House student, I am reminded of the various people and events that I have encountered at Geomun • Experimental cooking activities with the gentle and charismatic Mr. Thomas Perry!

• Mr. Andy Cronin, who is energetic and always has good vibes.

• Daisy, the shy yet active bulldog I used to take on walks.

• Shaun, our Gap assistant and aspiring law student who was always kind and helped me with my studies.

• Mark, our Grad who helped fuel my passion for rugby.

• My roommates whom I used to sometimes squabble with and talk until we fell asleep at night and, • Last but not least, upper classmates who feel like family. I wish we spent more time getting to know each other better. I am going to miss you all.

With all these good memories, NLCS Jeju Boarding Houses, which have produced great graduates for the last decade, has embarked on a new journey as NLCS Jeju Boarding Homes, based on the rich experience of boarding systems of the U.K. I am very much looking forward to the new school year, and I would like to meet my new Boarding Home friends soon.

I hope you are also excited about the upcoming decade of the new NLCS Jeju Boarding Homes. “

Photo: Jaehoon Roy Song

Jaehoon Roy Song

STUDENT COUNCIL Thank you to the Student Council for providing us with an update of their activities.

“On Friday the June 11 , the Student Council met with Principal, Ms Lynne Oldfield to give her an overview of the changes that have taken place in the Council this year and provided an update on the projects initiated by our different sub-committees.

As well as discussing issues of importance, the Student Council has shifted its focus to coming up with solutions to school-wide issues (gathered by tutor representatives). This enabled the Student Representatives to have practical discussions to solve the problems.

The Student Council is committed to keeping the student body informed and the Publicity Committee has helped to promote the work done in the Student Council. They will also continue to bring attention to the changes happening around the school and ensure that a clear rationale is shared with students.

The Action Committee was very proactive this year in initiating projects such as prospective outdoor facilities. Next year, their main focus will be on the traffic campaign to raise more awareness of the environment and we will be looking at ways that we can encourage students to walk or ride bikes to school.

The Food Committee have analysed the food survey and represented the views of students in Food Committee meetings with the School Leadership Team and Parents. In the future, they will continue collaborating with Quadra in order to bring a better experience for the students.

Keen to make the most of our time with Ms Oldfield, we submitted a few questions in advance such as how will key changes be communicated to students next year and what impact does the school envision that these changes will have. Ms Oldfield commented that it was essential that we would update students regarding the key changes in August and that a number of changes such as those to the school timetable will have a positive impact in terms of creating more flexibility within the school curriculum and will only enhance our school experience. “

SUMMER READING Thank you to Head of Libraries, Hager Braham and her team. They have lots of ideas on summer reading! We have an amazing free eBook service in Sora. Please take advantage of it!

Sora Sweet Reads NLCS Jeju is gearing up for summer break. While summer presents an opportunity to relax and enjoy the sunshine, we want our community to continue to find ways to learn, discover and enjoy.

We have an exciting reading service available through Sora, which opens a world of reading and provides free 24/7 access to ebooks and audiobooks. Learn more about NLCS Jeju Digital Library Sora and its offer here: Sora (soraapp.com). What better way to engage everyone’s mind than through reading?

Learn more about Sora, by OverDrive -The student reading app from OverDrive Education.

There is a SummerReading Bingo if you want to fill it out during your holiday using Sora or simply give yourself different challenges and find what to read next.

At the beginning of the school year in August, we would like to hear about your reading and display your reading bingo sheets. There’s a challenge!

And our Junior School Librarian, Mr Guk Hyun Nam has shared a great reading list for our Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 readers.

MAGAZINES FOR SUMMER READING! Don’t forget to check out all of the NLCS Jeju publications on issuu.com HERE. Some of our newest are Lucidity - Issue 7 is HERE and SUSTAINABILITY - Issue 10 is HERE.

SUMMER LISTENING Here are a few of our latest School podcasts from both Podcasting CCA in Junior School and from our regular podcaster, Shona Park in Year 10. Take a listen in the long summer weeks ahead!

Spatium - Episode 4 - Graduation Special! Featuring our Class of 2021 talking about college applications, finding their dreams, and how NLCS contributed to shaping their journeys https://nlcshub.com/thinkingaloud/spatium/1798/ A Rough Guide To Year 6 by Chloe Lee is a must listen. Chloe is one of our outgoing Little Eight. As she moves up to Year 7 in Senior School she gives the next Year 6 the benefit of her own experience and the experiences and stories of her friends https://anchor.fm/nlcsjeju4/episodes/A-Rough-Guide-to-Surviving-Year-6-e12gaqt

COMPETITION 2021 Invention and Design Competition At the beginning of the next academic year, Mad Scientist Group is hosting the 2021 Invention and Design Competition. This competition is held for the purpose of allowing younger students to pursue their interest in designing new inventions and to give them a chance to experience how it would feel like to work in a STEM field. Anyone with any interest in the sciences or engineering can learn how to design their ideas, learn the practical side of science, and experience how science can be applied to our real lives.

For further information, please refer to the poster below.

If you are interested in participating, please fill out the form attached below by June 30th, 2021. Additional information will be sent to those who have signed up.

Sign-up: https://forms.gle/jDgRZgzX8MrquAzJ6

MUSIC ONLINE MUSIC COLLABORATION PROJECT - ALL NIGHT LONG After the success of last year’s project, SUNNY, over the past year students and staff from NLCS Jeju, Singapore and London have been slowly putting together a recording of Lionel Richie’s ‘All Night Long’, a challenging and fun song. The music arranging and recording process started in term 1 and has lasted all year with recordings taking place in 4 different countries and all areas of our school. In May 2021 our students had the chance to meet (virtually) with world famous jazz musician, Gerard Presencer. Gerard discussed his solo and gave the students some ideas as to how he approached the song. Gerard is featured on this project which I am sure will be a thrill for everyone involved. We were very happy to have some contributions from our London and Singapore schools.

We hope you enjoy the project. A huge credit goes to DJ Baik in Year 10 for putting together such a stunning and professional video. Click on the link HERE, sit back and enjoy!

MUSIC ROOMS RENAMING! Thank you all for your votes in our great Music Room Renaming competition. We are all very excited to share the new names.

Music ICT becomes The BTS Suite Elgar becomes The Fitzgerald Room Britten becomes The Bowie Room Taverner becomes The Debussy Room We look forward to seeing so many more inspirational lessons

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KEEP IN TOUCH OVER SUMMER Don’t forget that when you are all enjoying your summer break we will already be preparing for next year. We encourage you to follow us on social media and see our most recent stories. Also, keep a look out for a new 2020 - 2021 Parent Handbook (digital only) which will be with you in late July in English, Korean and Mandarin.

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