NLCS Jeju Newsletter 3 December 2021

NLCS JEJU NEWSLETTER 3 DECEMBER 2021

DRUMLINE PLAY AT JEJU UNITED MEDICAL REVIEW WINNERS JENAM ORPHANAGE - BRYANT FOBISIA SCIENCE COMPETITION

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A Letter From The Principal Dear Parents, Students, Staff and Friends of NLCS Jeju This week I would like to thank the students who responded with maturity, resilience and calmness as we had to move online and postpone enrichment activities, house competitions, and unfortunately the Winter Concert. I have been so impressed with the students’ approach to their online learning and their levels of engagement and attainment in those I have viewed. It has been a lesson to the community that these unfortunate incidents can and do happen and they disrupt our routines. How we adapt and respond is very important. This is a valuable lesson for all our students as the majority will move to universities around the world and they will be faced with many challenges. As a School, too, we all learn from these challenges. I thank those parents who cooperated and supported the school in its handling of the campus closure.

School has limited but important access to visitors who are all checked and follow stringent guidelines regarding the precautionary measures to follow. We are pleased that the measures in place ensured that we did not have any cases within our community after this exposure. Living in a global pandemic means that we cannot escape the further possibility of disruption in the future. NLCS Jeju has an excellent reputation for its students and staff being part of the wider community. We accept and uphold our responsibilities as well as providing high quality service. We ask that all parents follow our values and allow NLCS Jeju to work with organisations such as the Health Authorities to follow the necessary protocols. We ask that in dealing with their guidance and the instructions of their staff as well as our own staff, parents abide by the school’s expectations regarding behaviour as outlined in our Parental Code of Conduct. We also insist that the privacy and confidentiality of everyone is respected so we do not breach the Republic of Korea’s laws regarding data protection and confidentiality. We all understand the fear and emotion that this pandemic has brought but there is no acceptance of breaches of our code of conduct.

North London Collegiate School Jeju

We look forward to returning to school and being able to have a celebration of our children’s achievements both in the classroom and beyond which although parents may not be able to attend in person, they will be able to view and participate through our livestreaming. Our students have been working hard, with determination and commitment to showcase their many and varied talents.

We also wish our Year 13 students good luck as they embark on their University of Cambridge and University of Oxford Interviews. They have done very well to gain interviews and we thank all who have been involved in preparing them for this including our wider NLCS family of schools as we all interview and prepare NLCS students.

Your sincerely, Lynne Oldfield Principal

VISIT FROM THE AMBASSADOR OF ECUADOR After a wonderful Diversity Week we had more treats in store last Monday. A visit from the Ambassador of Ecuador to Korea was a highlight. He talked to a group of Sixth Formers about his career to date and about all that Ecuador has to offer. Our students asked so many questions we ran into lunchtime! EunJu Seo, Year 12, tells us “It was such a privilege for all of us to be able to interact with His Excellency and to learn more about diplomacy and Ecuador. His visit provided the students with wonderful insight into the world of international relations, and we had the most enthusiastic responses from our students at the lecture. The Cultural Awareness Committee would, again, like to thank all students and staff for their engagement in Diversity Week and for welcoming His Excellency to our school. “

DRUMLINE PLAY AT JEJU UNITED Mr John Herbison and the Drumline team tell us all about the great adventure last weekend - playing at the Jeju United Vs Suwon game. “The Drumline turned into a well oiled machine and moved the equipment from the 3rd floor straight onto the bus. The bus driver stood in awe as the army of students loaded his bus with the equipment in such an orderly fashion.

The buzz inside the bus was palpable. Some students revealed they had never been to Seogwipo or indeed a football game! It was also the first time the Drumline had performed in public outside the school since its inception in March 2020 (the same week the school first locked down). We knew this was a big day in many respects.

Before the performance started the students had a chance to bask in the sun and enjoy a picnic. Then at 13.00 the first performance began and quickly drew an appreciative audience as the crowds arrived ahead of the big game. The Drumline went through their routine with finesse and confidence. They then moved to the pitch - a prime position behind the goals and heard ‘Please welcome the NLCS Jeju Drumline’. The Drumline responded with arguably their finest performance to date - filling the stadium full of sound much to the crowd’s delight.

The Drumline had the chance to watch the game and perform several times more before loading the bus one last time and returning to the school. The Drumline had become closer as a team and bonded through a truly memorable experience. The first of many!”

Chloe Kim (Year 8) It was a wonderful experience performing drumline in front of a large crowd and watching/supporting Jeju UTD for the last match in the 2020-21 season.

Shocking people by performing in front of them as a group, supporting the football players, and having a fun time with my friends. It was a magnificent and enjoyable drumline trip !

Angela Lee (Year 8) At first, I was so nervous that I was performing in such a big stadium, but overall it turned out to be enjoyable!

Flynn Jung (Year 7) It was very fun, it was a great experience for me and all the other members of the drumline, I liked it, we built teamwork, we learned new stuff, the stadium was huge, we made a great team effort, we had a picnic, and we became Drumline…

Zion Choi (Year 8) Playing in the stadium with my friends, sleeping on the bus, and having a picnic were very memorable and fun. It was a good experience for us.

MEDICAL REVIEW WINNERS Friday 26 November saw the Grand Final of the Medical Review. All term our students have been working on the subject of Remote Healthcare. They have worked in teams through the qualifying rounds and into these final stages. Our three final teams presented live at the event and our panel of expert judges had a very hard time finding a winner. As Head Judge, Geoff Hall said “Only four points separated the three final teams and only one point separated first and second!”

Well done to winners Hannah Lee, David Noh and Inwook Hwang for their inspiring presentation on Telemedicine: Efficient Management of Patients or A Revolution?

In second place were Brian Jeong and Shine Ryu with Yena Cho and Eugene Lee in third place.

Ms Kym Prichard and her team would like to thank all the judges, supporters and friends of the Medical Review. We all look forward to next year!

You can watch the whole event HERE

North London Collegiate School Jeju

BEDTIME STORIES

“This year marks the fifth year of the NLCS Jeju Bedtime Story Advent Calendar. Over the years, we have made over 125 videos of our teachers reading a carefully chosen story for children to listen to at home every night in the lead up to Christmas.This year is no exception and the Junior School staff have been raiding the library and their bookshelves to find the best stories to share with you.

Starting tomorrow, a new video will be uploaded each night at 6pm to our YouTube channel - NLCS Jeju Bedtime Stories.

We keep on posting videos right up to Christmas Day itself.There are some brilliant stories this year, I hope that you and your families enjoy watching them together over the festive season.

Merry Christmas!

Miss Hannah Goddard

TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY MESSAGES Thank you to our sister schools who have sent lovely messages celebrating our Ten Year Anniversary. Take a look at the videos HERE and HERE from London and Dubai. We love all the celebrations!

CUP SONG CHALLENGE Before the Half Term break Year 5 and 6 took on the Cup Song Challenge. Their efforts and practice culminated in a lovely celebration out on Halla Court. It was a short moment of song, concentration, collaboration and rhythm. Our students worked in perfect harmony!

Thank you to Richard Washington, Warren Neiland, Cristyn Draper and all the team for all their support.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH PRACTICE TRIPS Take a look at this video of our Year 10, 11, 12 students on their Duke of Edinburgh practice trips. It’s wonderful to see them all having so much fun - as they challenge themselves camping, hiking, swimming, exploring and fending for themselves. Thank you to Nicholas Chaddock and our other volunteer teachers who make these trips possible.

FOCUS ON CCAs Trail Running

Exercise and great views in the Trail Running CCA… Definitely worth working up a sweat for. Thank you Mr Lynden Astill and Mr Jake Roden.

Football Academy Mark Eyton Jones and Sophie Perry have created a great new Junior School CCA and Bryant - Football Academy. Coaches - Mark, Sophie, John Gilberton, Ronan Stokes, Jack Bullock and Fred Campbell work with over 50 girls and boys separated into 4 different squads. The squads have a wide range of abilities with the sessions aimed at developing football skills and encouraging participation in football. The squads also compete in inter school tournaments (recently against KIS).

On Wednesdays 28 girls and boys play in 4 teams: ‘Funny Team’, ‘PSG’, ‘NLCS FC’ & ‘We will beat you’ (Students chose the names!) These sessions are aimed at embedding the skills learnt in Monday’s sessions and encouraging the love of the sport, with a competitive element. The teams are very fluid in an effort to promote the values of sportsmanship, teamwork and the love of the game! So players are transferred from week to week. Our students absolutely love the format and are constantly asking about who will be transferred throughout the week in school. Mr Eyton Jones has shared a brilliant Sky Sports video created just for us (Thank you Nick Herlihy, friends in high places!)

NEW CCAs Our new CCA block starts next week. We are proud to offer such a huge array of activities - and even more proud that they are driven, supported and organised by passionate, experienced teachers who are sharing their knowledge with the student body. Look out for Law Society with Sarah Roberts (by day a Maths Teacher) Dungeons and Dragons with Alex Gellerson (Physics Teacher), Poetry Reading and Appreciation with Jason Clarke (English Teacher) and many more. Let us know how you enjoy everything in this block!

Link HERE

STUDENT MAGAZINES Equilibrium Take a look at the latest issue of Equilibrium. NLCS Jeju Senior School students write about politics, economics, the global economy, power and more.Take a look and discover some unique perspectives from Editor In Chief Eunju Seo and her very talented team of writers and designers. HERE

Sports Council Newsletter Thank you to the Sports Council team for sharing the latest of their fortnightly publications. Editor Shona Hyun Park and her team have produced another great issue with inspiring editorial and visuals featuring our homegrown sports talent! Take a look HERE

JENAM ORPHANAGE - BRYANT Jenam Child Center Bryant is a Bryant service in which our students provide emotional and educational support to the children at the Jenam Child Centre. Last week, our team made a visit to the child centre to do Gimjang (make traditional kimchi) with the children.

It was a precious opportunity amid COVID to make an actual visit and meet the children face-to-face. A total of 50 Kimchis were successfully made, and our members each received one. After 2 hours of hard work our members and the children had lunch together, and the team arrived back at the school. It was a valuable visit to experience the unique communal spirit of Gimjang.

Chae-Ghang Jeong - It was so valuable, since I could meet my allocated child, Dongmin.

Yoobin Joo - When I met my child in person this time, he was very shy because I’ve only seen him through non-face-to-face classes for the past two years. I thought that we will happily get closer if we meet more often.

Yebin Kim - It was the first time I actually saw Sung Chan’s face, who I had only seen through Zoom meetings. We were a little shy at first, but we quickly became close and we talked a lot.

Inwook Hwang - It was fun to gather and make kimchi together. After all, freshly made kimchi seems to be the most delicious. Next time, I think it would be more fun and good to do it with friends of the Jinam Children’s Center.

Eric Seo - The harmony between the white cabbage and the red seasoning was bound to be very beautiful. How can it be boring to make Kimchi which is a symbol of Korea? I want to revisit Jenam and have fun with the children next time.

Hailey Kim - This visit was the first revisit in a year since I joined Jenam. It was even more meaningful to be able to meet bright and energetic children face-to-face for a long time, and it was nice to have some time with Seoyeon, who I had only seen through online, talking a lot and becoming a little closer even if she was a little shy.

Hwayoung Shin - Because of the situation, I was amazed and happy to meet the children in person after seeing them only on the computer screen every time. It was a pity that Hyomi couldn’t talk much because she was a very shy child, but if there is a chance to meet again next time, I want to get closer.

Soyeong Jeon - It was smaller than I thought when I saw the children in person for the first time after seeing them online every time. It was the first time I saw it off-screen, so I was shy, but it was nice to be able to share a few words with each other.

Jaeyoung Chung - I was nervous to actually see the boy behind the screen. It was my first time visiting Jenam, which made me more nervous, but also exciting at the same time. It was emotionally fulfilling to engage in Gimjang and talk with Yunjun. Also, the place was beautiful, which made me smile. After several hours, I was no longer nervous; I was totally absorbed into Gimjang spirit!

Keonyi Kim - I was initially shocked by how small Seohee is compared to what I had seen on the screen. It was a pleasurable experience to actually see the smile on her face.

Esther Ryu - My first impression of Jenam was a vibrant place, full of energy. Though I and Youngkwang were shy to each other when we first met, it was an exciting moment to see him face to face.

YEAR 9 - ENGLISH CLASS English teacher Kevin Hill’s Year 9 class has been studying Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. He explains what the unit has entailed “And so we stood together like that, at the top of that field for what seemed like ages, not saying anything, just holding each other, while the wind kept blowing and blowing at us, tugging our clothes, and for a moment, it seemed like we were holding onto each other because that was the only way to stop us from being swept away into the night.”

Year 9 began this year with the literary study of Kazuo Ishiguro’s soft spoken, enigmatic and poignant novel Never Let Me Go. The three main characters, Kathy, Ruth and Tommy begin their school days designing artwork for ‘The Gallery’ in order to show their qualities and humanity. Mr. Hill’s class decided to create their own gallery of artistic and creative responses to the novel. This artistic pursuit was fun and they all dug deeper into their creativity with discussions and conversations about interpretations of the literature.

Creativity in action. Literature in real life. A love of learning. Pride in our work.

Have you read the novel? Try it and let Mr Hill know your thoughts.

TRINITY ROCK AND POP SCHOOL Launch NLCS Jeju is very pleased to announce that we are the first official TRINITY ROCK & POP Exam Centre in South Korea. We are now offering lessons on Pop Vocals, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboard and Drum Kit. We have a wonderful team of teachers waiting to help you take your first steps into becoming a fully qualified Rock Star!

TRINITY Exams are on par with the ABRSM Exams and recognised internationally. Alongside an ABRSM Grade 8, a TRINITY Grade 8 will attract the same recognition and gains 30 UCAS points.

The materials used are real pop and rock songs, which students recognise and love. The books (Grade 1 - 8) are very well written and include technical exercises to help students transfer the skills SIgn up here to start taking lessons in January.

INSTRUMENTAL LESSONS - ENGLISH INSTRUMENTAL LESSON - KOREAN INSTRUMENTAL LESSONS - CHINESE - Ms Joo (Vocals) - Ms Jeong (Electric Guitar) - Mr Cho (Electric Guitar/Bass Guitar) - Ms Kwon (Keyboard) - Mr Song (Drum kit)

What Do Our Students Think?

Jasmine Uhm in Year 10 (Vocals Grade 7) My aim is to become a qualified singer - and it will help me apply for university.

It’s helping me developing my vocal technique I’m learning ‘Without You’ by Maria Carey Jiuk Hong in Year 9 (Vocals Grade 6 ) I want to improve my singing skills, as it will help me with my future singing chances. My brother is a singer, so I want to be like him! I’m learning ‘Neutral Star Collision’

by Muse and ‘We are the Champions’ by Queen.

FOBISIA SCIENCE COMPETITIONS Competitions go on around the world at all times and none is so keenly fought than the International and FOBISIA Science Competitions which bring young scientists together in British schools outside the UK. Mr Derek Paternaude and his team have supported and encouraged our students to enter. Mr Paternaude says - The Fobisia Science Championships offers students a great opportunity to not only demonstrate their passion and knowledge in science but to also stretch their learning by taking on new topics. Students also get to work in a friendly competitive environment in NLCS Jeju and also make those global connections where they can help and motivate each other to greater heights and achievements.

Take a look at this amazing video where our students learned that NLCS Jeju had triumphed!

We took First Place as a school in the Fobisia Championships (all British schools in Asia).

We also achieved individual placings for the following students Seonjun Lee - 2nd Place - International Championships Bumgyu Kim - 3rd Place - International Championships Junu Jeong - 6th Place - International Championships Thank you to all our hard working, dedicated KS3 scientists. We are very proud of you all!

JAM SCIENCE VOLUNTEERS Thank you to Remy Lee and Rayne Lee, the Co-chairs of the JAM Science Volunteers - a community service group devoted to the promotion and the education of STEM fields among the local Jeju communities. They have shared details of a wonderful project the team has been participating in. Well done to the JAM team Rayne Lee (Year 11) Remy Lee (Year 10) Doyeon Ryoo (Year 11) Jungwoo Won (Year 11) Dongmin Yoon (Year 11) Aiden Bae (Year 11) Andy Kwak (Year 11) Tim Han (Year 10) Kate Kim (Year 10) Yena Yang (Year 10) “We have been working in cooperation with the Jeju Aerospace Museum and on October 27, the JAM Science Volunteers directed and led an educational and recreational family programme session named ‘Upcycling: Let’s build an Elastic Band Powered Boat!’ in the Jeju Aerospace Museum. This session’s objective was to promote environmental awareness of plastic pollution to the visitors of the museum through an interactive and entertaining session. We demonstrated the scientific concept and thinking of aerodynamics and physics through the elastic band powered boat.

Each member assisted the visitors to build their own elastic band powered boat out of waste products. Once finished, the boats were put into a portable pool where the visitors would launch the boats forward themselves.

From the initial stage, our members brainstormed for viable candidates for the project and came up with the idea of building a 100% upcycling Elastic Band Powered Boat out of our daily household waste products. After several modifications to its design, we managed to build a fully functioning prototype, which consisted of a 500ml Samdasoo plastic bottle, two used rubber bands from product packaging, two sketch markers out of ink and a small piece of plastic cardboard from a packaging box.

Despite its rather humble look, when put on the water, it would thrust itself forward fiercely, propelled by the elastic force of the unwinding rubber band spinning the cardboard like a paddle.

It was overall a very rewarding experience, both to us and the visitors who participated.”

Well done to all concerned - this is wonderful service and academic enterprise. Can you match this team’s efforts? Let us know about your societies and your projects!

NATIONAL HISTORY DAY COMPETITION The National History Day (Korea) competition is open for registration and Mr. Dylan Löser encourages all students to enter this year’s competition!

“The National History Day program invites students to investigate a topic of their choosing based on an annual theme and through this lens students explore areas of history that have often been forgotten or ignored. This year the theme is ‘Debate & Diplomacy in History: Success, Failures, and Consequences’ Approximately 600,000 students compete annually from the United States and around the world. These students present their investigation as an individual or as a team. Students can enter one of the following categories: performance, documentary, exhibit, essay or website.

Students from NLCS Jeju have had numerous successes in the competition in the past and we would like to continue our school’s tradition of taking part.”

All students can enter. There are written and performance based categories. Individuals and teams can apply.The cost is 60 000 KRW per student. Registration closes 10 December 2021.

If you are interested, please contact Mr. Dylan Löser (dloser@nlcsjeju.kr)

TEN YEARS OF MULCHAT House spirit is alive and well at NLCS Jeju. Houses have had a term now to establish new ways of bonding and new ways of creating House spirit. Mr Stuart Brown (ex Head of Mulchat Boys) shared a wonderful reminder of times gone by. If you are Mulchat through and through then take a look HERE.

MINSEO CHA - JEJU STUDENT DIPLOMAT Minseo Cha has been serving as a Student Diplomat here in Jeju. She shared with us a recent event - The 12th Jeju International Youth Forum ( 12-14 November at Jeju) Students abroad participated online and students from Jeju Island were able to attend the venue. 241 students participated from 12 countries and 43 cities worldwide, including Beijing, Doha, Ohio, Ottawa, and Sakhalin.

Minseo had the honour to emcee the opening ceremony of the forum which you can see here https://youtu.be/6Qr9qymJZTc Her Excellency, Irina Bokova, the Director-General of UNESCO, delivered a deeply inspiring keynote speech.

The theme for this year’s forum was “Youth Participation in Building a Resilient Recovery” and had 4 panel discussion topics: 1. Action plan for bridging the gap with educational digitalization and academic ability 2. Action plan for protecting and conserving nature amidst the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic 3. Action plan for achieving food security and improving nutrition 4. Action plan for resolving conflicts and building peace Minseo participated in no 2. She told us “ It was very interesting to see how students from different backgrounds had varying opinions on what the most significant environmental issue was during the pandemic and how to find solutions. Moreover, the online cultural exchange programs and making new friends from Russia, Japan, and Hawaii made the forum an unforgettable experience.

I strongly recommend NLCS students to participate in the forum in the coming years!” http://jejuyouthforum.or.kr/index.php

BADMINTON We have a history of doing well at Badminton and the recent inter school tournament proved a success. Congratulations to Jonathan Wen in Year 8 who won MS Boys KISAC Badminton and Sharon Jung in Year 8 who came 2nd (division B) in MS Girls KISAC Badminton.

Lots of singles and doubles games were played and fun was had by all!

NANCY GAO FENCING COMPETITION Nancy Gao in Year 10 attended the amateur fencing competition hosted by Korean Fencing Federation and won a silver medal in middle school girls Fleuret section. With a lot of sports activities, fencing is also one of the popular CCA programmes. It is always exciting to see our students excel in various areas.

Congratulations, Nancy!

LIBRARIES This year, at the Senior Library we’ve been very happy to see Year 7s Tayeoon and Aiden in the Library every day. Textbooks, labeling, stamping, organizing books on shelves - their eagerness to help is gold. Recently, Adi has joined them - thanks to them all! We genuinely value our helpful students - all around School!

We also have a great new Computer Science display “Computer Science is the operating system of all innovation” that’s how Steve Ballmer explains why we need to teach computer science to students. For 14 years he led Microsoft, the world’s biggest software company.

The Library stepped in to promote its collection and share with the community books related to coding, Minecraft and computers using the school promotional lego.

OUTDOOR EDUCATION WORKSHOP Mr Nick Chaddock has represented NLCS Jeju this October in Cheonju in Chungcheongbukdo to speak at a three-day government workshop on outdoor education and the development of life-skills in our children. It was a very interesting exchange of ideas, as regional governments and congress move to both invest in outdoor education and write it into the curriculums they teach.

The evidence of how important outdoor education and the development of life-skills is for our children is now overwhelming. It is wonderful to see that public education in Korean is acknowledging what private international schools have traditionally led on over the past 50 years.

The history of our school is steeped in outdoor education. Our founding ethos established by both Mary Buss and Sophie Bryant is based on Johann Pestalozzi’s idea that every aspect of the child’s life contributed to the formation of their personality, character and capacity to reason.

Pestalozzi’s educational methods were child-centered and based on individual differences, sense perception, and the student’s self-activity. Pestalozzi was an important influence on the theory of physical education; he developed a regimen of physical exercise and outdoor activity linked to general, moral and intellectual education that reflected Pestalozzi’s ideal of harmony and human autonomy.

Later Sophie Bryant, a ‘Doctor of Mental and Moral Sciences’ would imbed this belief in NLCS. She enjoyed mountain climbing and she summited the Matterhorn in Switzerland twice. Only four years after retirement in 1922, she was on a mountain hike near Chamonix, in France, when she went missing. Her body was found thirteen days later with several injuries. As tragic as this is, I have nothing but admiration for the exciting life she led as a pioneering advocate of outdoor education and the development of soft-skills.

In Cheongju I spoke a lot about the Duke of Edinburgh International Award and the palpable changes I have seen in students at NLCS, Jeju. The impact has always been easy to measure qualitatively through interviews, logs, photos and videos, but there is now plenty of quantative evidence using the Flourishing Scale that shows outdoor activities facilitates a students’ connection with both the curriculum (why they learn) and gratitude towards nature. It shows that students can better self-reflect and that they display a shift in values and world views toward social concern and the community. Flourishing Scale scores show a significant increase from pre-trip to post-trip, which is something I see every time we return from a trip. Quite simply - our students walk taller down the corridor.

As parents, teachers and as a school - there is a lot more we could be doing to boost the development of life-skills in our children. I hope to work with school leaders at NLCS over the next year to develop more opportunities in both subjects and special interests trips to facilitate an increase in life enrichment and skill development. I implore you to support me and take every opportunity offered to get your child out of the classroom.

LOVE AT NLCS JEJU Carolina Dominguez - Spanish Teacher and Head of Year 8 and Fredrick Martin - Senior School Maths Teacher met at NLCS Jeju and spent happy times as a couple before they left in the summer of 2020. We are delighted to share the news that they are now engaged!

Congratulations to them both.

ALUMNI VISIT We were very happy recently to receive a visit from Jinook Lee, ex Head Boy and Class of 2015. Jinook dropped in to say hello to old friends and teachers and he also, very kindly, presented to our Sixth Formers on Life in the UK, Studying in the UK. He explained what life is really like when you leave Korea and travel abroad for work and study.

Jinook studied Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College, University of London and has chosen to stay there working for one of the big Management Consultancy firms.This is a path which many other students may hope to emulate and learn from. Questions covered study habits, coping with distance from family and what happens with Military Service when you travel abroad.

Ex Mulchat House, Jinook has made the most of his life in London and he sees friends from Korea and around the world as part of his busy working life and social network.

He has some tips for our students • Remember that choosing a university is not the end but a beginning!

• The name of the university is not as important as the course. Choose what appeals to you as you will be studying it for 3,4 years or more!

• It might take you a lot longer than you think to find your pathway. That’s OK. You don’t need to do everything immediately!

• While you are still at school you can learn so much more by developing your own study techniques, by relying on your own resources. Hagwons are not necessary - and they aren’t available abroad. Learn to live without them and you will be helping yourself more.

• Develop independence - not just in study but in living. It will make it easier for you to establish yourself at university If you are an alumni reading this - please consider visiting us and sharing your experiences with our current students. We would love to see you here. Contact yjkim@nlcsjeju.kr or any of your teachers. We’d love to hear from you.

PREVIEW OF LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS It’s time for another amazing student Christmas production! The talented cast take to the stage on December 9 and 10 with a story of exotic plants, strange dentists and unusual happenings! Director - Mr Ian Peirson and Musical Director - Mr Neil Tamlyn and a student cast and crew have put together one of our finest performances yet. There are lots of show stopping numbers in this great musical drama set in Munshkin’s Flower Shop. Will Audrey II - the VERY hungry plant - achieve world domination? How many of the cast will die a terrible (and musical) death? We NEED to know! You can watch it via Livestream HERE on December 10 at 19.00. We will advise any changes in livestream/ticketing so watch out for notifications.

EVENTS - LATEST UPDATES We are very sad that we will no longer be able to have outside visitors into any of our Christmas performances. We are making our decisions according to government and POE guidelines and we will keep our community safe at all times.

We will livestream everything so you can still feel part of these events and the children can share all their hard work with you.

Please check the following upcoming events Thursday 9 December 19.00 - Little Shop of Horrors Friday 10 December 19.00 - Little Shop of Horrors - LIVESTREAM Tuesday14 and Wednesday 15 December - First School Nativity - Film will be shared with all parents at 14.00 on 15 December Wednesday 15 December - Student Christmas Lunch - 15 December 16 December - 13.00 - Junior School Winter Concert LIVESTREAM Please watch out for all updates from School. We may change details or have to further cancel events based on changing regulations and advice. Thank you for your patience and understanding

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