Weekly Newsletter 4 December 2020

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A Letter From The Principal Dear Parents, Students, Staff and Friends of NLCS Jeju As you will see from this week’s newsletter once again we are celebrating the achievements of students at NLCS Jeju. Beyond the Curriculum students excel and we can see this in their individual achievements, how they work together either in their societies, or collaboratively in competitions such as MUN, as well as in the school focus week such as with Mandarin this week.

The lectures this week were excellent such as the one delivered by students on Confucianism as it engaged well with other students and faculty.

I am also delighted to report that the academic performance our students continues to be highly valued and over the next few week students in Year 13 are being interviewed remotely by Cambridge and Oxford, The students have been prepared well for this by their teachers and also by UGC who have been working on their presentation skills, especially when performing virtually rather than face to face.This preparation is something that develops over time and there is no doubt that the students who are part of the Medical Review Society are preparing well for future interviews for medicine.

Friday evening we have our Senior School Music Concert which students have been preparing for and as always the callibre of performance will be excellent.

Next week we also have the Junior School Music Concert to look forward to as well. Both concerts will be livestreamed. The Arts are exceptional at NLCS Jeju and this week we had the opportunity to see the IGCSE drama students performing their assessed pieces. The level of talent, attention to detail and preparation as well as being very entertaining was truly impressive. Well done to all our talented students!

Yours sincerely, Lynne Oldfield Principal

Reduced Capacity on Campus for the week beginning the 7th December This programme begins on Monday 7th December and continues until the end of term on Friday 11th December 2020.

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Monday 7th December 2020

Years groups on Campus with normal class teaching First School: Reception, Years 1&2 Lower School Year 5 Senior School Years 9, 10,11,12,13

Year Groups with online/distance learning Lower School: Years: 3, 4 & 6 Senior School: Years 7 & 8

Tuesday 8th December 2020

First School: Reception, Years 1&2 Lower School Year 6 Senior School Years 7, 10,11,12,13

Lower School: Years 3, 4 & 5 Senior School: Years 8 & 9

Wednesday 9th December 2020

First School: Reception, Years 1&2 Lower School Years 3 & 4 Senior School Years 8, 10,11,12,13

Lower School: Years: 5 & 6 Senior School: Years 7 & 9

First School: Reception, Years 1&2 Lower School Year 5 Senior School Years 9, 10,11,12,13

Lower School: Years: 3, 4 & 6 Senior School: Years 7 & 8

First School: Reception, Years 1&2 Lower School Year 6 Senior School Years 7, 10,11,12,13

Lower School: Years 3,4 & 5 Senior School: Years 8 & 9

Thursday 10th December 2020 Friday 11th December 2020

MATHS

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PD Training Our Maths Department are universally admired and respected in Korea. Our results are second to none! Ms. Duygu Bulut and her team are constantly training, debating and updating their skills so they can improve their teaching (and keep up with our students!)

There is a rigorous professional development programme in place throughout the year.

Last week our whole Maths Department had online training with Mr. Craig Barton, the lead maths advisor to the TES website. He is an extremely well known maths educator, and having a bespoke training session with him is quite a coup! He has been involved in teaching Maths for 15 years. He is the Head of Education at Eedi, the author of the bestselling books “How I wish I’d taught maths” and “Reflect, Expect, Check, Explain”, the host of the Mr. Barton Maths Podcast, the creator of mrbartonmaths.com, diagnosticquestions. com, variationtheory.com, ssddproblems.com and mathsvenns.com, and Visiting Fellow at the Mathematics Education Centre at the University of Loughborough.

IGCSE CEREMONY DIVERSITY WEEK

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On Wednesday, November 25 we held a lovely IGCSE Ceremony to celebrate and honour the achievements of our current Year 12 students (last year’s Year 11.) While their IGCSE pathway ended rather differently from planned, it was important to acknowledge their successes. We heard from Mr. Matthew Brown, VP - Academic, Ms. Kate Fowler - Head of Year 11 (last year) and Mr. Simon Cox - Head of Sixth Form. Principal, Ms. Lynne Oldfield talked about how proud she was of our students and the breadth and depth of their School lives so far and that still ahead of them! We also had an opportunity to hear Mr. Sean Blakeley - CEO of the BCCK who spoke virtually to the students about their futures.

Thank you to all the team who organised the ceremony - and congratulations once more to the students who outperformed all expectations!

MEDICAL REVIEW

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Last Friday saw the much heralded Medical Review take place in the PAC. Organised by the Medical Society led by Jiho (Joshua) Ha and JiHyung (Cindy) Ku this was a very professional competition where three teams of finalists presented their findings on the subject of Vaccinations.

We were privileged to have a team of judges from the community. Dr Josefina Choi and Professor DongYoup Lee are parents of current students and illustrious members of the medical profession. We are incredibly grateful to them for taking time from their busy schedules to Zoom in from Seoul and offer thoughtful feedback. Chair of the Judges was Mr. Geoff Hall, Head of English.

Congratulations to all three teams Therapeutic Cancer Vaccinations - Mark (Jiaan) Li and Noah Kim Oral Polio Vaccinations to help Combat COVID-19 - Sean Yoon, Rin Heo, Shiyoun Ryu Seasonal Influenza Vaccines - Taehee Kim, Seobin Lee, Hayoung Kim The worthy winners were Noah Kim and Mark Li. All three judges praised the huge amount of research and thought which went into the presentation as well as their professional speaking skills.

Mark and Noah, in Year 12, are both taking Biology, Chemistry and Maths as HL subjects for their IBDP. Both hope to go onto careers in the world of Biochemistry or Medicine and hope to study in the UK so they already had a passion for their subject.

They are a great team and acknowledge each other’s strengths. Noah says “ We did a huge amount of background research before coming up with our subject. We wanted to do something that wasn’t well known. It took a lot of work. “ Mark adds “After the first run through we had feedback from Mr Mark Prichard which was invaluable. He advised us on how to make it more coherent and more accessible.” They wanted to make the presentation accessible to all - especially those without a science background. They added more graphs and visuals and comparisons.

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Noah Kim

Mark (Jiaan) Li

Rehearsal is key - “We rehearsed together for several hours. We were nervous and wanted to get an extension but Ms Pricahrd talked it through with us. Our way of making it the best it could be is to treat it as if it’s a conversation with the audience. We worked as a team and helped each other. We really thank Jiho Ha who was originally in our team and pulled out as he was running the event. We also are grateful to Ms Prichard who always encouraged us. “ Ms. Kym Prichard, Link Teacher and Head of Biology tells us why the Medical Review should be part of every serious Sciences student’s radar “This year’s Medical Review has, yet again, confirmed how extraordinary our students are. I know that I shouldn’t be surprised by this, but each one of our students who took part in the early and final stages of this year’s Medical Review showed how exceptional they are. Exceptional at researching vaccines from a non-typical perspective. Then, each student within their groups showed exceptional courage to present to judges who are either educational or medical professionals. I am really excited about next year; I can’t wait to see more Year 10, 11 and 12 students taking part in next year’s Medical Review and build on what Mark and Noah have established as a very high standard of presentation and discourse. “

MUN

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Last Friday and Saturday our students participated in the GEC MUN Competition. It was held online in accordance with COVID-19 guidelines but all our students were still able to research, prepare, debate and shine! We are very proud of all of the students who took time to take part but a special mention to the following students who gained Awards. In all, we gained an award in 6 out of the 7 committees we were represented in.

Disarmament Committee Jaesang Oh - Best Delegate Lyulf Tuffs - Honourable Mention Historical Committee GeonHa Hyun - Outstanding Delegate Medellin Cartel (fictional committee) Roy Song - Outstanding Delegate Economics and Finance Committee Warrick Kim - Outstanding Delegate (just missed Best Delegate on overall points) Jihoon Ryeom - Honourable Mention Social Cultural and Humanitarian Committee Steven Yang - Honourable Mention Chairs: Best Chair - Social Cultural and Humanitarian Committee Eunice Lee Some of these students were attending their first conference, so a great effort to get these awards. Jaesang Oh won a Best Delegate award last year at this conference and has backed it up with another Best Delegate award this year.

Ms Alison Tuck, Head of Geography and MUN Link Teacher said “We are so proud of all our students. They did an incredible job with the new format.

Whether they were new to MUN or competing for the second year they poured all their energies into it with excellent results. We can’t stress enough what great skills students can develop by being part of MUN. They research, they think, they debate… This helps them in exams, in their university applications and in all aspects of their studies. I look forward to next year and more success!”

BOARDING WEEKEND

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Our Houses are getting festive and it’s going to be a lovely final week! Last Saturday morning, the boarder girls across Noro, Mulchat, Geomun and Sarah joined together across the Houses to hang out and enjoy different Christmas crafts, cooking, treats and karaoke.

Year 7 girls got together in Mulchat,Year 8 in Sarah,Year 9 in Geomun,Year 10 in Noro and it was lovely for the girls to mix outside their normal groups and build friendships with girls from other Houses as well as get Christmassy together. Boarding is great fun and our wonderful Housemistresses make sure that the girls in their care have good breaks for exercise, fun (and restorative sleep) in their busy academic and enrichment schedules!

MANDARIN ENRICHMENT WEEK

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This week saw the final Academic Enrichment Week. Our Mandarin Department ran a wonderful week of activities. They created a fantastic video (LINK HERE) and staged lectures and activities including calligraphy, costumes, painting and videos. The teachers are so passionate and inspirational - they make Chinese lots of fun. It’s a hugely important subject as many of students agree. Catherine Wu, Year 13 and Leo Pei, Year 11, gave a lecture on Wednesday on “What is Confucianism and how did Confucianism influence Korea?”

On Wednesday we had a wonderful Chinese lunch - recipes created by our own Mandarin teachers - which was hugely popular!

Why choose Mandarin? Here, Clara Kim and Lawrence Bae explain why they love studying Mandarin and why they’ve chosen to study it here at NLCS Jeju.They both speak passionately about the language, its beauty and how interesting they have found the coursework here at NLCS Jeju so far. Both cite an early love of Chinese films and music as on reason to be attracted to learning the language.

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Lawrence says “Jeju is a great place to learn Chinese as many of the restaurants and shops are run by Chinese people. You can chat to them and practice the language! The trick is just to chat - don’t be scared or worry about making a mistake. The more you speak the better you are.” Both Clara and Lawrence think Chinese is a more accessible language to Korean speakers than European languages. “We share many common characters and pronunciation is similar” says Clara. “There is a perception that it’s hard but it really isn’t. It’s a language which has patterns. Also - if you learn the Chinese language you learn about the culture, too.

There’s no problem if your accent is a bit odd as Chinese has many dialects.”

Lawrence says his knowledge of Chinese has helped him make friendships at Summer camps.

Both students agree that the Chinese teachers are universally wonderful! ”They are respectful and kind and want to share all that they know. They offer us extra help and support when we struggle.”

Clara and Lawrence’s Tips For Success in Mandarin • • • • • • • • •

Watch movies and read the subtitles. Match up what you see and hear Read the Chinese newspaper every day Be curious!

Find out the keywords in areas you are interested in Guess! You may be right!

Read everything, watch everything and listen to everything you can Talk to our Mandarin teachers Practice Set your Siri to Chinese!!

DIVERSITY WEEK! KOREA DAY

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We still have pictures coming in from Diversity Week. Mr. Nicholas Chaddock shared this great pic from Cultural Dress Day. Ms. Darija Minic, AHM in Halla East shared this lovely picture of YouBeen in her traditional hanbok. We are also sharing some of the beautiful outfits on display. Thank you! As always we urge all students, teachers and parents to share your pictures so we can share with the community.

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STAFF BABIES!

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Jodie Torrance Congratulations to Noro Housemistress, Ms Jodie Torrance, her husband Steve and son Isaac on the arrival of beautiful Sonny George born on December 1.

They are all well and happy and enjoying their time as a family.

SERVICE In case you need any reminding of how amazing our service efforts are here at NLCS Jeju - then please take a look at this video! This summarises many of the service projects in School this year. We are so impressed by all these student led activities requiring hard work, thought, creativity and initiative. Well done to all our students. You are shaping up into young adults who will help change the world. If you want to know more about how you can support any of these projects then please contact Mr. GwangHo Im. https://youtu.be/q7E73Fdf16k

ART

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Please take a look at some beautiful artwork shared by Ms. Krista Merrill, Head of Art in the Junior School. You can see these pieces on the art boards around School (if you are staff or a student.) Parents - we will ensure our School has lots of wonderful art on display when we can welcome you back. Next week we will be sharing some beautiful Christmas art with you to celebrate the holidays!

Botanical We love these pieces of Botanical Art. Our Year 4 students took inspiration from nature and from drinks bottles and household objects as containers. These are wonderful!

Inspired by Greta Laundry These Jeju landscapes were created by Ms. Merrill’s students who were inspired by the work of artist, Greta Laundry.

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Year 7 Artwork

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Thank you to Ms. Rachel Donaldson who shared some beautiful Year 7 work - “Abstract Images inspired by the Artist Georgia O’Keefe.” These pieces are by Eileen, Teddy and Claire - though all the work was an exceptional standard!

Diversity Week - Art

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Mrs. Sandra Coll has shared a beautiful piece of art from Diversity Week. “Narae Kim (N10A) produced this on her tablet. She is an art student and she has spent her own time producing this lovely banner.”

We love this - and love the fact that so many small efforts like this go into creating a wonderful final event like Diversity Week.

BEDTIME STORIES Our lucky Junior School students (and the rest of us ) can now hear the dulcet tones of their teachers - and invited guests - as we share Bedtime Stories once more. These lovely, festive tales are being streamed on our own channel Bedtime Stories Channel.

Tales so far include Snowball and You’re Called What? Lots more to come...Which one is your favourite? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYFmhq6PR7ksd3Y8wmpq1hQ

MUSIC

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Another wonderful music performance in Monday Assembly set the tone for the week.

Chaminade - Concertino Op. 107 by student, Joona Kim (Year 10, Mulchat) and Ms. Boeun Kim. https://youtu.be/gtg-5fWHxS0

STUDENT MAGAZINES Take a look at Sustainability - created by the Environmental Studies Society. Well done to Minseo Cha and team for another great issue. Features include Careers in Environmental Health and Is Climate Change Impacting on the Spread of Infectious Diseases? https://issuu.com/nlcsjeju/docs/sustainability_issue_5

CHEMISTREE

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Happy Festive Season from our Chemistry department. Which element is missing from this chemistree?! Let Mr. Astill or any of the Chemistry Team know if you spot it‌

STUDENTS

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Angela Cho - Horseriding Well Done to Angela Cho in Year 7 who did a great job in a recent national horseback riding competition hosted by the Jeju Superintendent of Education. She won the fifth prize in the F class in the Dressage category and won a medal and 150,000 won. Despite Angela’s short practice time, she was calm and held her nerve! Thank you very much to Ms. Lindsay Lee, her form tutor for sharing this news.

Winners of 2020 Music Education Newspaper Concours

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Our brilliant Junior Cellists have won another top prize! Jejun Son (Year 2), Sehyun Lee (Year 3), and Garam Son (Year 4) participated in the prestigious Concours hosted by the Music Education Newspaper and were awarded 1st Prize in Preschool, Elementary School divisions 1 and 2.

Unesco Prize The Silent Proclamation Chris Park

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Congratulations to Chris Park inYear 13. His work A Silent Proclamation describes the history and implications of the April 3 Jeju Massacre. Well done Chris for this great achievement.

Read his piece HERE

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