Weekly Newsletter 4 September 2020

04 September, 2020 News from NLCS Jeju

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WELCOME TO OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Dear Parents, Students, Staff and Friends of NLCS Jeju

NLCS Jeju is justifiably proud of our students and their achievements. Their achievements are wide ranging and they develop as well rounded outstanding individuals who are well regarded around the world as seen in the vast array of offers our year 13 students receive at the world’s prestigious universities. Academic excellence is at the core of their achievements and our class of 2020 should be congratulated. Below you will find out more about these remarkable young people in terms of their performances in the IB Diploma Programme and their university destinations.

A small number of them have deferred entry to university due to COVID-19 and are looking again at where they want to go for their further studies or are undertaking their military service this year.

The journey at NLCS Jeju begins from the moment a student arrives with us. We are also pleased to note that the achievements of our boarding students are particularly remarkable and reflect the enhanced experience of boarding. The three students who achieved the perfect score of 45 spent the majority of their time with us in boarding.

I wish you a safe and happy weekend. As always - please keep checking your isams messages and emails for any developments at School.

Yours sincerely, Lynne Oldfield Principal

UPDATE Campus will open as normal for ALL students on Monday 7 September. All our stringent checks and precautions will be in place to keep our whole community safe and healthy as we return to a full in School programme

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IBDP Results NLCS Jeju has a well deserved reputation for outstanding academic success and we are very proud of the exceptional results we achieve each year.

This year our IBDP results have surpassed all expectations, especially given the extraordinary times that we have lived through as a result of COVID-19. Our students have shown resilience and positivity through the changes and uncertainty.

The IBDP is marked out of 45 and, aside from some language components, is assessed in English - as our students are almost all native Korean speakers this is a true testament to their hard work.

Our average score was 39 which is far in excess of the global average of 30. This is higher than all other Korean schools (as far as we know) and is exceptional on the world stage. 51% of students scored over 40 and three of our students scored the perfect 45.

IBDP Coordinator, Justine Oliver says “ This year’s truly outstanding DP results are testament to our students’ hard work and talents. Just as importantly, they demonstrate how our Class of 2020 embodies the qualities of the IB Learner Profile. We are exceptionally proud of these fine young people who epitomise knowledgeable, caring and open-minded global citizens. ”

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UGC - Destinations We have shared several stories of the Class of 2020 and their record breaking success in university destinations - both offers and final choices. Our students from Years 10 to 13 benefit from a dedicated University Counselling team headed by the inspirational and experienced, Ms Izabella Sloczynska.The team comprises Korean and English speakers, Global, US, UK and Korean university experts so they can answer any question and advise every student.

Ms Sloczynska explains how it’s done “The Class of 2020 have been through an unprecedented experience in their final year of school. The qualities that universities and employers search for such as resilience, engagement, response to challenge, and adaptability have been demonstrated by every student. As a result, many in the Class of 2020 are attending some of the best and most competitive universities in the world. They will be studying subjects as diverse as Philosophy, Engineering, Data Science, Art, Law, Medicine, Business, Economics, Management, International Relations, Politics, Media and Music.

The UGC department processed 1438 university applications for 121 students during the last academic year. 45 students will be attending UK Universities, and 51 will be students of universities in the USA. 2 are already in Singapore, 3 are going to Hong Kong and 2 each to Canada and Japan. 12 students are applying to top Korean universities.

The universities to be attended include Cambridge, Oxford, London School of Economics, University College London, Imperial College, King’s College London, Stanford, Columbia, Cornell, University of Pennsylvania, UC Berkeley, Duke, Carnegie Mellon, Waseda, Keio, Nanyang Technological University, University of Toronto and many more.

The final destination is the result of years of collaboration between the student, teachers, parents, HMs, AHMs, support staff and UGC. We know the Class of 2020 will carry the knowledge and skills they have learned at NLCS Jeju forward all over the globe as they step forward into their new lives. We wish them all the very best of experiences in the future and look forward to welcoming them home to NLCS Jeju in future years to share their stories. “

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Academic Standards in the Junior School VP - Head of Juniors, Jeremy Freeman and Stewart Smith, AVP - Academic explain the secret to academic success in the Junior School.

The Junior School at NLCS Jeju is recognized worldwide as a school for academic excellence; this was confirmed in our last NLCS London inspection. However as with all world class schools, we continue to implement changes, adapt to student needs and review our curriculum in order to ensure every child achieves outstanding academic progress. This year we have identified Academic English as a priority particularly in Years 5 & 6, in order to ensure a smoother transition into the Senior School and to enable all of our students the challenge of accessing a high level subject specific, knowledge rich curriculum. We have identified a need to offer greater support to some of our students with Individual Needs, and we are giving further EAL support to students for whom the understanding or speaking of English is relatively new or causing a barrier to their progress.

The Junior School is committed to stretching all students and we do this by ensuring our teachers deliver outstanding lessons, monitoring each child’s progress closely in line with our standards of achievement in each subject.

Beginning in Reception class, we set high standards of learning for our youngest children, as part of their overall emotional and physical development. We begin to add subject specialist teaching, in PE, Dance, Swimming and languages. By Year 5 and 6 we are in full subject specialist mode for every subject. Students are challenged far beyond the levels of other elementary age schools.

We feedback to parents 4 times per year as a minimum, two full report cards and two face to face meetings. A mixture of formative and summative assessments are used to track progress and to inform planning across year groups. Our unique educational model includes subject heads of department ensuring outstanding teaching, learning and student progress in their own subjects across the Junior School.

We expect our students to use English as their language of learning and play at all times, except in Korean or Mandarin classes. As a Junior School we prioritise extending our students vocabulary; understanding more advanced English language and setting high literacy standards across the school. Standardised testing has shown our children are well ahead of their peers worldwide in their attainment across English and Maths. Our focus on English also means they are absolutely ready for the challenges of Senior School and a seamless transition.

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Junior School - Soyul Kim - Year 2 Lots of work is being done around School as the students settle into their classes and start the term’s work. Mr Jordan Brown shared some work which he described as “fantastic!” We agree that this is well worth sharing. Well done, Soyul Kim. What a great story - and what a great start to term!

Warrick Kwon Shortlisted in John Locke Essay Competition Well done to Year 10 student, Warrick (Dongwook) Kwon who has been shortlisted in the John Locke Essay Competition (Junior) this year. This competition encourages young people to cultivate the characteristics that turn good students into great writers: independent thought, depth of knowledge, clear reasoning, critical analysis and persuasive style. All of the essay prizes are judged by senior academics from the University of Oxford. The judges will choose their favourite essay from each subject category and an overall 'Best Essay' across seven subjects: Philosophy, Politics, Economics, History, Psychology, Theology and Law. Well done, Warrick - this is his second year of being shortlisted.

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Victoria Park - Latin Prizes Congratulations to Victoria Gyuyeong Park in S7B. One of her passions is for Latin and the ancient world. She has pursued this despite Latin not being on the curriculum till Senior School which she has attended for only two weeks.

Her parents told us that Victoria participated in the 2020 NLE (National Latin Exam) and received a medal, certificate (SUMMA CUM LAUDE), and a ribbon for getting a perfect score in the exam. She also participated in NME (National Mythology Exam) and received a silver medal and a certificate (just one mark off another perfect score!) Her awards arrived from the US recently. This is a great inspiration to all our aspiring scholars.

Awards and Achievements in Brief Mr. Raymond Maher, Head of Economics, shared a snapshot of many Year 13 student enterprises, successes, and exploits over the summer break. It’s wonderful to see the variety of successes and extracurricular efforts enjoyed by one small group of our students‌ Sean Hong entered both the Royal Economics Society and the Economics strand of the John Locke Institute Essay competitions.

Gregory Lee entered the LSE essay competition on COVID-19 and Inequality.

Ashlyn Cho participated in financial literacy lectures through the FLEO organization and is the East Asian representative for FLEO. Seungwon Lee learned to sail a light dinghy.

Suin Yang entered the politics strand of the John Locke Institute Essay competition.

Sungjoon Kim entered the Marshall Essay competition in Economics.

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Jeslyn Seojung Park - Representative of Future Generations in ACT4R Jeslyn Park (Year 11) was busy this summer - she was appointed as a representative of future generations for ACT4R Platform, which promotes resource circulation and is run by the Ministry of the Environment. She gave a speech at the platform launching ceremony about the role of future generations for resource circulation and encouraging them to practice. We are proud of her to be a part of this important project. Please watch her speech here and support her in this emerging issue.

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Weekend at Noro House It was a colourful weekend at Noro House. Noro girls enjoyed baking and mindfulness colouring last weekend. Each house runs various activities for boarders to release their stress from weekdays and fully enjoy the weekend. See how excited and relaxed they are. We’ll be sharing lots of different activities over the weeks to come.

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Online Sport Is Fun! ShengHao (Henry) Jin in Year 1 must be one of the most enthusiastic participants in online Sports lessons! Here, he shows us how to swim - without a drop of water! Well done, ShengHao - we look forward to seeing you in the Swim Squad very soon. And thank you to Mr. Dien Wooler and Mr. Stewart Smith for sharing this with us all! https://youtu.be/7xUrXObyp-4

Sport is Fun!

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Join Our School!

If you have friends who are interested in being part of our NLCS Jeju community please invite them to our Online Information Session. Our Director of Admissions, Helen Lock and the Senior Team will be talking about the amazing lives our students enjoy both in the Senior School and the Junior School. Register here.

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How inspiring is this? Max Cottage in Dorchester, Dorset is where English author, Thomas Hardy wrote many of his famous novels here. As he says “A man’s silence is wonderful to listen to.”

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