NLCS Jeju Newsletter 9 December 2022

North London Collegiate School Jeju

Dear Parents, Students, Staff and Friends of NLCS Jeju

As we approach the Winter Holidays and for many the celebration of Christmas, NLCS Jeju has been showcasing all that makes us so special. We have seen academics of the highest as students in Year 13 interview for places at Oxbridge, brilliant and stimulating academic enrichment weeks such as in Geography and English, and the plethora of Cocurricular activities in so many areas.

It has been delightful to have our parent community in school to celebrate with us and we are pleased that so many parents now feel comfortable about returning to school to participate in Parents as Partners workshops as well as watching their children, be it in sports activities or arts events. It was wonderful to have such enthusiastic audiences for the First School Production which as usual was a tremendous team effort and engaged every child. The Winter concerts for music have been of the highest standard and the orchestral and ensemble performances were of the highest calibre and a real treat for all of us. Our thanks go to the tremendous efforts of all the students across the school for their commitment but also the leadership of the arts staff as well as student leaders. For those of you who have missed these events they were live streamed and are now on our Youtube channel.

Our students are still ensuring they advocate for a better world both globally and within our community and so it has been delightful to witness the work and understanding of our Year 1 environmental protesters as well as to hear about the works of some societies and the School Council. Their contributions are highly valued and their work does bring about change in society both here at NLCS Jeju and beyond. Student commitment is also evident in all the preparation for the Christmas bazaar which is on Monday and I sincerely thank all of you for your support either in the work you are doing at the bazaar or through supporting it. The causes we support are excellent and our support does make a difference to the lives of a number of communities.

As the term draws to a close I would like to wish all of you a restful and enjoyable Winter break and we extend our best wishes to all for 2023 which we hope will bring us all health and happiness in a peaceful world.

Yours

sincerely,

Lynne Oldfield Principal

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are the biggest stories from around the School this week.

GEOGRAPHY ENRICHMENT

WEEK

Geography is a varied and exciting subject and for this Enrichment Week our Geography Department, societies and students focused on one of its many topics- sustainability. There were lunchtime lectures and documentary showings, as well as a number of informative stands in the corridor.

Students and staff were able to learn more about an app that scans barcodes to show how eco-friendly a product is, how to make sustainable food choices, the impact of fast fashion on the planet, how sustainability differs from country to country and radioactive waste management, to name a few.

Mr. Dorian Brown also recreated Professor Edward Hawkins climate stripes along the corridor to give a compelling visualisation for us all - ‘No words. No numbers. No graphs. Just a series of vertical coloured bars, showing the progressive heating of our plant in a single, striking image.’ More Pictures. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAifRR

ENGLISH ENRICHMENT WEEK The Main Event

Another excellent Enrichment Week - thank you to our English Department and our English Society for arranging everything. We enjoyed poems read by teachers throughout the day and lectures. There were many competitions too - a spelling bee, a meme creation competition, book cover drawing competition, a ‘guess the main character’ competition and a literacy science competition! https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAiocd

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BEDTIME STORIES ADVENT CALENDAR

Every evening in December, at 6pm, our Junior School teachers read a bedtime story for our students and their families to enjoy. This advent tradition started in 2018 and is as good as ever! This year students will also be reading books!

Listen to ones you have missed and hear future stories here (https://www.youtube.com/@NLCSJejuBedtimeStories/videos ). We have been very lucky recently and have been treated to a number of wonderful performances. If you missed them, enjoy the photos and videos we captured:

RECENT MUSIC PERFORMANCES

• Junior School Winter Recital - https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAicJH

• Senior School Winter Recital

• Senior School Orchestral Spectacular - Photos https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAiuEi https://www.youtube.com/live/6feKUO9cuu4?feature=share

• First School Christmas Performance Photos https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAieMC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRk22bs3djY

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DANCE SHOW

Don’t miss next week’s Dance Show. RSVP via the email sent to parents to reserve your seat in the PAC.

SENIOR SCHOOL HOUSES The Main Event

Senior School Houses

Ms. Wilson Assistant Head of House

Ms. Gulley Assistant Head of House

Mr. Thomas

of House Ms. McDonnell Assistant Head of House

Mulchat

Ms. Torrence

Noro

Mr. McCue

Head of House

Sarah

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CHEMISTRY BAUBLES

Combining science and Christmas! Thank you to Ms. Shayna Coughlan and her Chemistry students for sharing their festive Chemistry activity with us!

JUNIOR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ROLES

In addition to our Little 8, there are some other very important roles undertaken by our Junior School students.

STUDENT COUNCIL

This group sits at the heart of the School’s pastoral structure as they represent the interface between the student voice and management of the School. Students nominate themselves to represent their Year Group and are elected by their peers. Congratulations to you all.

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JUNIOR SCHOOL AMBASSADORS

A range of Ambassador roles exist for our Year 5 and 6 students, such as the Eco, Technology, Sport, Librarian, Student Welfare, Service and Music Ambassadors. Congratulations to this year’s Ambassadors who had to apply for the position by submitting a letter relating to the specific areas.

Front row - left to right: Jihoon Choi, Seoha (Joshua) Lee, Juho Ha, Sooin Lee, Ada Bulut, Yuin Kwon.

row - left to right: Mollie Quinn, Jungwon Lee, Minjoon (Joon) Sung, Minje(William) Cho, Philip Joo, Gabeen (Celina) Kim, Geo Kim, Hayoon Cho, Yugeon (Dante) Lee, Hogun (Harry) Yoon.

JUNIOR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ROLES

Music Ambassadors

The Ambassadors support and promote music at NLCS Jeju. They also help set up for all concerts and are involved in Music Beyond the Curriculum, as well as writing articles for the whole school arts magazine. They are also seeking ways to introduce students to new types of Music, composers, genres and artists.

Front row - left to right: Sehyun Lee, JayChoi, Jiwon Song and Joowon Kim. Back row - left to right: Elina Song, Rael Jeon, Olivia Park and Jacob Choi.

Student Welfare Group - SWAG

The group works hard to make sure the welfare of every student is a priority.

Front row - left to right: Stacey Back, Hanna Lee, Layla Jung and Mina Seo. Back row - left to right: Barry Kim, Jungwoo Sim, Daniel Zhang and Austin Shin.

JUNIOR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ROLES

Eco-Ambassadors

The group encourages members of our community to be mindful of their actions and recognise the consequences that their actions may have on the environment. Projects this year so far include donating unwanted bikes and bike name tags! ‘Reduce, reuse, recycle!’

Front row - left to right: Belle Ji , Yeonho Lee and Lena Kim.

Back row - left to right: Terry Kim and Priscilla Kim.

Library Ambassadors

Library Ambassadors inform students of the importance of the library and encourage students to enjoy reading and the library. They help by organising the library, develop the library environment, including regular library decorations and will participate in and help with various events during Book Week.

Front row - left to right: Dahyun You, Jiwon (Crystal) Lee, Hyojae (Angela) Le and, Seojoon (Ryan) Park.

Back row - left to right: Seiun Paik, Sihyun (Olivia) Park, Juyun (Lily) Song and Sarang Kim

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Art Ambassadors

The Art Ambassadors support and promote art within the school. They help to set up and take down art exhibitions and assist at open exhibition events. They are involved in Art Beyond the Curriculum Programmes and use these activities to create art for various areas within the school and for productions. They also assist with Art Enrichment Week programmes by supporting younger children in various art activities.

Front row - left to right: Yewon Hong, Nayoon Kim and Fiona Zhang.

Back row - left to right: Emily Cho, Rachel Noh, Tiffany Park and Claire

Technology Ambassadors

This group helps out with all things tech related whether it is helping teachers or their fellow students.

Front row - left to right: Elliott Hwang and April Kim.

Back row - left to right: Rowan Kim and Alice Oh.

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Sports Ambassadors

Sports Ambassadors promote PE and Sports within the School, encouraging students to be active at lunch and break. They assist at sports events, such as Sports Day, Cross Country, and they organise small sports activities and competitions. They are involved in the Sports Enrichment Week and support the younger students with their activities.

Front row - left to right: Sophia Seo, Juwon Ha, Sadie Park, Euan Chaddock, Louis Lee and Jiwoo Park. Back row - left to right: Lucas Chi, Justin Rue and William Cho.

Service Ambassadors

Service Ambassadors organise all service and charity events that happen across the Junior School and encourage others to become a part of the School’s ‘service’ community. Activities include Casual Clothes Day and planning how to use the money raised with the Junior School Community. They support the big charity events in the Senior School, such as the Summer Fete and Christmas Bazaar.

Left to right: Hyunmin (Ryan) Ko, Ajin (Leo) Oh, Sihwan Park, Chaejung (Steffi) Im, Yooha (Ivie) Lee and Eunsol (Scarlet) Cho.

Cultural Awareness Ambassadors

The group work to promote diversity, inclusion, and open mindedness throughout the Junior School, in collaboration with the Senior School CAC to put on Diversity Week activities and they look forward to supporting other clubs in putting on their events.

JUNIOR SCHOOL WINTER ART EXHIBITION

We are looking forward to this year’s Junior School Art exhibition - Junior School parents are invited to view the work - please refer to the email sent by Ms. Walker. Thank you to all our artists!

Front row - left to right: Kayla Lee, Lucas Lee, Ky Kim, Seowoo Hong and Jaden Lee

Back row - left to right: Alice Yi, Sarah Park, Viviana Kim, Suwan Cho, Louisa Yoon and MacKenzie Reddy

Our students recently delivered the gifts purchased with donations from our community to the Jenam Children’s Centre and Yehyangwon Group Home. Thank you to our Service team, students and to those who donated. Read more here….

Jenam Children’s Centre

The Jenam Children’s Centre volunteer work began in the 2017-2018 academic year. All of the members visit the Jenam Children’s Center every Saturday to deliver unforgettable and precious time to the children. The Jenam Children’s Centre volunteer team is providing both emotional and academic support to the children by teaching subjects such as English and mathematics or conducting various activities such as making Pepero and even dodgeball through regular discussions.

This winter, the Jenam Children’s Centre Volunteer Team held its seventh “Be a Santa” event to deliver small but meaningful gifts to children for Christmas. After receiving a list of gifts that the children of the Jenam Children’s Centre wanted, a small amount of money was donated through the participation of parents, students, and faculty of NLCS Jeju. Our volunteers all worked together to wrap the children’s gifts and delivered them to the children of the Jenam Children’s Centre on December 3rd. Seeing the children smiling brightly with gifts in their hands made us feel better. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to parents, students, and faculty members who participated. Thanks to your support and help, we were able to successfully finish the meaningful event called “Be a Santa.”

Our Jenam Children’s Center volunteer team will continue to make efforts to ensure that all Jenam’s children can live bravely without losing their bright smiles as they are now.

Yehyangwon Group Home

This Christmas was an important anniversary for Yehyangwon Bryant as it was a day of sharing a promisingenjoyment with the childrenwho firmly believe in Santa.At the thought of the children jumping in grand enthusiasm and greeting us—the older brothers and sisters who appeared with huge red pouches—our members’ faces blossomed with warmhearted smiles. This is how we began preparing for the “Be a Santa” project—in the hope of deepening our friendship further with the children and creating unforgettable memories.

On the day of the event, we sneaked into the Yehyangwon building, displayed gift toys neatly, and hid ourselves to surprise them. After a short period of time, the children opened the door and faced the incredible gift packages from Santa Claus. The sight of the children running around the room with full euphoria touched our hearts. The head of the centre showed genuine gratitude to us, the children shared their gifts with us, Mr. Mark Kim and Ms. Jarvis watched the scene proudly, and the laughter of our team members bloomed in such a harmonious atmosphere; it felt like everyone became a family.

In the process of opening the piles of delivered boxes one by one and cutting the wrapping paper around to turn them into pretty gift packages, there was always active participation from our dedicated team members. I would like to express my gratitude to our team members who volunteered to give up their free time and always maintained a friendly atmosphere, working with a good heart. Furthermore, thanks to the enthusiastic support and donations from the entire school community, including parents, teachers, and students, we have been able to purchase loads of gifts for the children. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who made this journey possible. Without all of you and your silent support of the new challenges we attempted to take on, this project would not have been a success.

We will continue our efforts to build beautiful memories with the children of Yehyangwon. Inscribing valuable life lessons taught during this project in our hearts, we will promise to become a better Yehyangwon Bryant and show more development in the future. (written by Keonyi Kim)

NLCS Jeju Awards and Achievements

INTERNET

SAFETY

POSTER DESIGN

COMPETITION

WINNER - TAEIN PARK

Y4 were involved in a poster design competition in Computer Science to create an internet safety poster. The winning design would be then displayed in both the First School and Lower School classrooms and around the school to continue to promote internet safety as a very important part of the curriculum. The winner was Taein Park in 4MEJ. The 2 runners up were Ted Kim 4MEJ and Luke Park 4AL. For further information, help and tips about internet safety please visit the Junior School Internet Safety Blog at https://app.seesaw.me/blog/safeonlinenlcsjeju/#!/

NLCS Jeju Awards and Achievements

WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATING LEAGUE

We are proud to announce that in November, the NLCS Jeju representative team comprising the Year 10s Jaehoon (Roy) Song, Taeyoon (Alvin) Song and Do Won (Kevin) Kim won the World Schools Debate League - Junior Category - after weeks of intense rounds. The grand final against VCIS resulted in a convincing 4-1 judge split in favour of NLCS Jeju. Well done!

ECONOMICS TRIP

Year 12 and 13 enjoyed a short trip to the production plant of Jeju Brewery recently organised by Ms. Paliwal. Students learnt of the importance of the clear water of Jeju for the brewing process, the discovery in the last 1,000 years of the 40,000 year history of brewing that yeast influences the unique taste of each beer enabling brands to be developed and the USP appealing to a younger demographic with beer for consumption with food. The group was treated to a tour of the production facilities and a question and answer session which also explained the history of the company.

DRUMLINE

Our fantastic drumline performed at the Third Ilryung Music Festival in Tapdong in Jeju City recently. Being part of a drumline requires great team work to perform at such a level, watch their brilliant performance here (https://youtu.be/yXQGEa1_H2w )

“Our crew works cooperatively to make a synchronised harmony of beats and spend fun time performing outside of Global Educational City. No matter the level of skill each of us has, we enjoy ourselves playing as one.” - Hyunwoo (Matt) Nam.

International Student - Host Families

As the number of international students at NLCS Jeju grows, so does the need for host families to provide suitable accommodation during our School holidays, where it is not feasible for a student to return home.

Welcome an international student into your home

Who can host?

• Parents of NLCS Jeju students

• Those who live in South Korea (Jeju or mainland)

• Families able to o er a private, furnished bedroom

• Big families, small families, families with pets…any family! Why being a host is a wonderful opportunity

• Learn about the international students culture

• Improve language skills through conversational English

• Help your child make friends with people from around the world

Register your interest here, today! Email cwaterman@nlcsjeju.kr for more information.

We are looking for host families for our international students.

BECOME A HOST FAMILY

North London Collegiate School Jeju

Our Duke of Edinburgh International Award programme will include an ‘Exploration’ for our Gold participants. Both our Bronze and Silver Adventurous Journeys are ‘Expeditions’. Our Year 12s will take on ‘An Exploration of the northeast of Japan, its geography, culture and the impact of the 2011 tsunami on the region.’ Watch Mr. Chaddock’s video to see how great these trips are.

OUTDOOR EDUCATION TRIPS

We are excited to confirm that we are offering a Year 8 and Year 9 Outdoor Education trip to Pyeongchang in May 2023. This is a wonderful opportunity and follows on from the very successful Year 6 trip which took place in Cheongju in May 2022, take a look at the video of that trip.

The three day / two night trip will include rope challenge, orienteering, climbing, caving, hiking, eco rove, white water rafting and canyon hiking!

Mr. Doug Machin will be hosting an online information session with the opportunity to ask questions on Tuesday 14 December at 2pm. Please check your emails for the link to join the online call.

NAPCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT

We are delighted to announce that Mr. Jason Sannegadu (Assistant Vice Principal - Pastoral) has been appointed to the National Association for Pastoral Care in Education (NAPCE) Executive Committee for 2023-2025. This is a significant organisation that was founded in 1982 to establish links between education professionals and agencies who have an interest in pastoral care and the welfare of students. Along with promoting key developments in pastoral care, they also publish a scholarly journal that focuses on the latest research and best practices.

HOUSE ORNAMENTS

These fantastic house and School themed Christmas decorations will be raffled at the upcoming Christmas Bazaar! They were created by the Engineering Drawing CCA using Computer Aided Design (CAD) packages, each ornament took 11 hours to create, meaning there is only one per house available. Our Junior School students also created some small Christmas themed ornaments too! Good luck to those who enter the raffle!

JEJU UNITED INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY CLUB

This exciting new ice hockey club was founded and is led by students of the four GEC schools. There are currently 22 students playing. As well as playing hockey the group also arranged a bazaar in November raising money for the child care centre - Mosulpo Angelwell done to teammates and charity fundraisers - Geonhee Cho, Hyunmin Yang, Hyunwoo Yang, Jungtaek Hong and Junseo Lim.

If you would like to know more about joining the team, please contact Junseo (Daniel) Lim.

Other news

IBDP HISTORY

IBDP History students have been busy the last few weeks acting out several role-plays. The Year 13 students took part in a Model UN role-play on China’s representation in the United Nations in 1971. The Year 12 students debated the terms of the Washington Naval Conference (1922), and the London Naval Conference (1930). They also re-enacted the story of the Chinese Communist Party’s Long March 1934-35 (the video will be linked in the newsletter after the winter vacation).

Role-play activities are a great way for students to understand and remember past events as well as develop the skills and attributes of the IB learner profile. By placing themselves in the shoes of historical characters, the students were able to gain greater understanding of why certain decisions were made and also develop their awareness of historical perspectives.

GIVING TEACHERS KOREAN NAMES - ENTERPRISE ABOUT KOREA

In October, as part of Diversity Week, Enterprise About Korea launched ‘Giving Teachers Korean Names.’ Teachers were named and provided with a thorough explanation as to why the name was chosen for them. The chair of About Korea, Keonyi Kim shared his experience HERE (https://bit.ly/nlcsjaboutkorea ) and HERE (https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAh5pf ) are more photos of the event!

SOCIETY

U15 FOBISIA GAMES

In November our U15 squad took part in the FOBISIA Games in Pattana Sports Resort, Thailand. This involved Swimming, Athletics, Football and Basketball over three days against schools from Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines.

Mr. Glenn Roberts said - “The 22 boys and girls performed superbly well and won many medals in the Swimming and Athletics. It was a great experience for all the students and the school is looking forward to taking an U13 squad in February and an U11 squad in May next year.” More Photos

BISP 7s

Here are some great photos of our students competing at BISP 7s in November. BISP Soccer 7s is one of the biggest school-based football tournaments in Asia. It was our first time to compete and we intended to focus on playing with respect, team spirit and, most importantly, sportsmanship. However, our students performed brilliantly, with our girls team winning 3-2 against Harrow, Bangkok and our U11 making it to the semi-finals. Ms. Perry said “All students represented NLCS brilliantly. Laurence Lee scored a fantastic freekick and one we will remember for a long time and Benedict Kim was excellent, producing great saves throughout the competition.” Thank you to all our coaches (Mr. Eyton-Jones, Mr. Vargeson, Ms. Lee and Ms. Perry. More Photos

Bodhi

Cultural Awareness Committee

Hanukkah

Yule

Day (8 December) - a Buddhist holiday that commemorates the day that Siddhartha, or Buddha, is said to have attained enlightenment. Read more here (https://nationaltoday. com/bodhi-day/ ).

(18-26 December) - a Jewish holiday that celebrates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after its defilement in 164 B.C. Read more here (https://www.myjewishlearning. com/article/hanukkah-101/ ).

(21 December - 1 January) - one of the oldest winter holidays in the world, Yuletide celebrates the sun’s reappearance after solstice, the day of year when the sun is shortest. Read more here (https://www.almanac.com/content/what-yule-log-christmas-traditions ).

Here are this winter’s upcoming cultural celebrations!

Yule

Dongzhi (22 December) - also known as the Winter Solstice Festival, Dongzhi is one of the most important winter holidays of many East Asian cultures. Read more here (https://www. chineseamericanfamily.com/dongzhi-festival/ ).

Christmas (25 December) - arguably the most important Christian holiday, Christmas (as the name will tell you) is known to celebrate the birth of the baby Jesus. However, it is nowadays also celebrated as a commercial holiday by those belonging to different or no denominations. Read more here (https://voiceandvisioninc.org/blog/entry/a-brief-history-of-christmas/ ).

Regardless of which of these holidays you celebrate, the CAC wishes you a happy end to 2022 and a great start to the new year!

Dongzhi

DIVERSITY WEEK VIDEO

Thank you to Ms. Yoonjin Annie Kim who created this keepsake of our brilliant Diversity Week! Thanks also to Mr. Mike Kim and Mr. Dominic Ng who contributed photos.

ALUMNI PROFILE

Thank you to Jerry Rim for getting in touch and letting us know what has done since leaving NLCS Jeju. If you would like to share your news with us, please email our Alumni and Development Manager, Ms. Shin (alumnioffice@nlcsjeju.kr)

The past - NLCS Jeju

ONLJ Profile

Jerry Hanbyul Rim Class of 2021 UCLA Political Science

memories

“For me, it is di icult to fully comprehend the notion of being an alumnus of NLCS Jeju. The days of sprinting across the astro turf, of writing last-minute essays in the library and of performing devised pieces in Studio One still feel like yesterday. However, at the same time, I realise that I am no longer the premature boy from Year 5 who secretly shed his tears in the bathroom of Harubang. Amongst the 8 and a half years that I spent at NLCS Jeju, there are specific moments that vividly remain in my mind. For instance, there were times when the other boys and I became FBI agents, executing our own Mission Impossible to save our electronics that lay beyond locked doors. Some times, we were athletes, glorious victors, even national champions: not mere students who study all day long, 9-to-5. I still remember not only the taste of jjajangmyeon that I had on Jindo beach but also of the salty tears that I wept a er a miraculous comeback in the National Championship final. I truly cherish these memories, these moments, as these fragments of experiences built the present ‘me’.”

The present - Life a er NLCS Jeju “Leaving this friendly but rather insular environment was challenging. For the first time in nearly a decade, I encountered individuals that come from distant social backgrounds and experiences. Like a bird arduously breaking its egg to embrace the bigger world, I struggled to acknowledge the 'bubble' that I lived inside and take steps beyond it. Nonetheless, I have faith in me, as in NLCS Jeju, I was taught to be resilient - to bounce back despite all adversities.”

The future - What is next? “I am joining the Army in December to complete my Military Service.”

39 NLCS Jeju students took part in the JejuMUN IX held at KISJ on 18-19 November 2022 - the first ‘live’ MUN since the pandemic. The event involved 250 Year 8 to 13 students from GEC schools debating a diverse range of historical, fictional, and contemporary topics within several different UN committees.

Well done to the following students for their outstanding work in preparing committee background guides, developing the rules of procedure, and running the event on the day through their work as chairs and co-chairs.

Eunju Seo (Yr 13 - Under Secretary General), Seojung (Jeslyn) Park (Yr 13 - UNSC Head Chair), Joona Kim (Yr 12 - UNSC Deputy Chair), Rahee Hong (Yr 12 - UNSC Associate Chair), SeongJoon (Steven) Yang (Yr 12 - ECOSOC Head Chair), Hayoung (Wendy) Lee (ECOSOC Deputy Chair), and Geumbee (Chandler) Ahn (ECOSOC Associate Chair) and Geonwoo (Geoff) Kim (Yr 11 - Fictional SC - Deputy Chair).

Whilst all the NLCS students participated brilliantly throughout the two-day conference, special mention must go to the following award winners in their respective UN committees:

• Dongwook (Warrick) Kwon (Yr 12) - Best Delegate for his work representing Poland in UNSC

• Lyulf Tuffs (Yr 11) - Best Delegate for his work representing Legolas in Fictional SC

• Kyungkyu (Richard) Park (Yr 12) - Outstanding Delegate for his work representing Russia in UNSC

• Minjune (Dan) Huh (Yr 10) - Outstanding Delegate for his work representing Iran in DISEC.

• Geon Ha (Eric) Hyun (Yr 12) - Honourable Mention for his work representing David McNee in the Iranian Embassy Crisis Committee

• Jaehoon (Roy) Song (Yr 10) - Honourable Mention for his work representing Janie Orlean in the fictional Crisis Committee ‘Don’t Look Up’

• Keonyi Kim (Yr 12) - Honourable Mention for his work representing Kim Kyu Sik in the Korean Cabinet Historical Crisis Committee

Mr. Anthony Quinn said “It was a pleasure to watch the students participate in vigorous debate, respond to the challenges of thinking critically on their feet, and doing so in a supportive and respectful environment. Well done to all participants and award winners.” More Photos

CHRISTMAS BAZAAR

We are looking forward to welcoming you to our Christmas Bazaar next week!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

We wish all our community a happy, healthy and restful Winter break.Enjoy the last few days of term - we will be back in January to share more news and stories from around the School with you! See you in 2023!

Thank you to Seo Yeon (Y12) who knitted Leo, one of our bearded dragons, a festive hat!

MARRIAGE CELEBRATION

Many of you know our wonderful translator Ellie, who has been at NLCS Jeju for many years and translated an uncountable number of events, meetings, letters, emails, parent consultations and more for our staff and parents.

On Saturday 26 November, Ms. Ellie Yang married the equally wonderful Joseph. Ever the professional translator (and selfless person!), the beautiful bride translated parts of the ceremony into English for the non-Korean speaking staff members who joined them to celebrate their union.

I am sure the entire NLCS Jeju community, past and present, joins us in wishing her and Joseph a lifetime of happiness together! Congratulations!