18 September, 2020 News from NLCS Jeju
North London Collegiate School Jeju
WELCOME TO OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Dear Parents, Students, Staff and Friends of NLCS Jeju “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.� Plato CLASSICAL GREEK PHILOSOPHER, MATHEMATICIAN
At NLCS Jeju music plays a central role in the life of the school. All Students up to the end of Year 9 have music lessons as part of the curriculum and often way beyond that as we have students who go on to choose and study Music at iGCSE and also in their IB Diploma Programme. But music plays a much bigger part than that, indeed it is in the soul of NLCS Jeju as so many students have music lessons with the peripatetic teachers. They learn to play a huge variety of instruments and then come together in ensembles, orchestra, bands, choirs and so forth as parts of the many CCAs and Bryant activities on offer. When I am in boarding houses I see many students practising in the individual music rooms found in each House or together in the House social areas. Our students communicate through music, and gain so much pleasure from music.
It is increasingly recognised that music helps us with overcoming stressful situations and enables all of us to relax better. Research has a l s o shown that music enhances our cognitive abilities, including language based reasoning, short term memory and planning. I wish you many hours of playing, listening to and enjoying music this weekend and always. Yours sincerely, Lynne Oldfield Principal