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<strong>The</strong> magazine of <strong>Dulwich</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>Shanghai</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>Shanghai</strong><br />
www.dulwich-shanghai.cn<br />
Term 2, 2011/2012<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>Shanghai</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
<strong>Shanghai</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
<strong>Shanghai</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>College</strong> develops the complete individual
Enter the Dragon:<br />
Chinese New Year Celebrations 2012
Contents<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>College</strong> celebrates<br />
the diversity of its community<br />
6<br />
Features<br />
3 Careers Day<br />
10 Educational Trips<br />
12 Student Success Beyond the<br />
Classroom<br />
13 Teachers Toolkit<br />
Performing at ISCMS<br />
Regular columns<br />
2 Headmaster’s Letter<br />
16<br />
4 Our Community<br />
6 Performing Arts<br />
8 House News<br />
14 News & Events<br />
18 <strong>College</strong> Adventures<br />
19 Sports Round-Up<br />
Author Sarah Brennan visited for Book Week.<br />
20 Friends of <strong>Dulwich</strong><br />
21 <strong>Dulwich</strong> Connection<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>College</strong> Magazine is written and produced exclusively<br />
by the students, staff and community of <strong>Dulwich</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
<strong>Shanghai</strong> ©2010. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole<br />
or in part without written permission is strictly prohibited.<br />
<strong>The</strong> views expressed in the features are individual and do not<br />
represent the views of <strong>Dulwich</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>Shanghai</strong> as a whole.<br />
We welcome any feedback to editor@dulwich-shanghai.cn
Letter News from & Events the Headmaster<br />
Dear Parents, Students and Colleagues,<br />
I am delighted to be able to share with you this term’s<br />
exciting activities and accomplishments through<br />
the pages of <strong>The</strong> <strong>College</strong> magazine. Reviewing the<br />
highlights of the term here, I continue to be singularly<br />
impressed by what our entire community is doing –<br />
students, parents and staff.<br />
Our Senior School Careers Day event showcased the<br />
wonderful partnership we have with our parents,<br />
who gave so generously of their time and talent to<br />
share their experiences with our students. (page 6).<br />
Our parents also continue to give through Friends<br />
of <strong>Dulwich</strong> in so many ways (page 20) – if you are<br />
not part of this wonderful organisation, please do<br />
consider contributing in some way.<br />
We’ve had several key events highlighting our<br />
student’s creative side this term. One of the most<br />
exciting has been the inaugural Junior School<br />
D’Oscars Film Awards, which saw the creation of<br />
some very impressive films by our Junior School<br />
students. You can read about it on pages 14-15.<br />
DUCKS annual Book Week, timed to coincide with<br />
the <strong>Shanghai</strong> Literary Festival, was full of exciting<br />
reading activities for our youngest students, and<br />
even included an author visit (page 16). Young<br />
thespians and musicians in DUCKS and Junior<br />
School put on delightful productions, as well, some<br />
of which are highlighted in our Performing Arts<br />
section on pages 6-7.<br />
Our students ventured beyond the school walls –<br />
and in some cases, beyond <strong>Shanghai</strong>. Music students<br />
had the unparalleled opportunity to participate in<br />
the ISCMS Festival, performing with and learning<br />
from some of the world’s finest musicians, (page 7)<br />
while the <strong>Dulwich</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>Shanghai</strong>’s Model United<br />
Nations delegation participated in a conference<br />
organised by Concordia School (page 17). Several<br />
year groups went on educational trips, expanding<br />
their horizons and minds, thanks to the resources we<br />
are fortunate to have close at hand (page 11).<br />
It gives me great pride to recognise our students’<br />
success in endeavours outside of school, as well: in<br />
this edition, we highlight the accomplishments of<br />
three students who have achieved in very different<br />
fields (page 12).<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is plenty more: students continued to<br />
contribute generously towards service and charitable<br />
endeavours (pages 4-5); sport was an active as ever<br />
this term (page 19) and even as I write, we are hosting<br />
FOBISSEA here at DCS.<br />
Beyond our student body, our teachers were extremely<br />
fortunate to be able to participate in a workshop by<br />
<strong>The</strong> Teachers Toolkit author Paul Ginnis, giving them<br />
fresh insights and tools in the classroom (page 13).<br />
All in all, a very full and exciting term that reflects the<br />
diversity, creativity and excellence of our <strong>Dulwich</strong><br />
community.<br />
I wish you all safe and enjoyable travels, and look<br />
forward to seeing everyone at the start of the new<br />
term.<br />
Mr. Paul Friend<br />
Headmaster<br />
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News & Feature Events<br />
Careers Day<br />
Forty speakers helped make our largest ever Careers Day a big success<br />
Careers Day speakers came from<br />
a wide variety of educational<br />
and professional backgrounds,<br />
and included a Professor of<br />
Chemistry, several CEOs, law<br />
and medical professionals,<br />
engineers & diplomats and a<br />
variety of specialized business<br />
occupations. <strong>College</strong> staff<br />
were also involved and offered<br />
workshops on themes such as<br />
university applications and gap<br />
year programmes.<br />
PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE:<br />
Speakers from a wide range of backgrounds spoke at Careers Day.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s largest ever Careers Day featured<br />
nearly 40 speakers from a wide variety of professions.<br />
<strong>Dulwich</strong> <strong>College</strong> Senior School students spent a<br />
stimulating morning thinking about their futures at<br />
Careers Day in February. Nearly 40 guest speakers,<br />
many of them parents, shared their insights with<br />
students in Years 9, 10 and 11 at the <strong>College</strong>’s largest<br />
Careers Day event.<br />
Careers Day kicked off with a panel discussion<br />
offering general career advice, a more specific look<br />
at the speakers’ career paths, and a question-andanswer<br />
session with the students. This was followed<br />
with breakout sessions, featuring a wide range of<br />
specialist career talks, with speakers discussing<br />
their own careers and the educational and training<br />
requirements needed to enter their fields.<br />
Despite the variety of professions<br />
represented, common themes emerged, including the<br />
fact that most people only settled on their current<br />
choice of career after a variety of previous options,<br />
the importance of being adaptable and willing to<br />
consider a variety of options and, above all, the<br />
importance of enjoying one’s work.<br />
Students spent the afternoon reflecting on what they<br />
had heard in the morning and planning their next<br />
steps. This included writing or upgrading their CVs<br />
and discussing how their career choices might affect<br />
their subject options.<br />
Students rated the day highly and many of the<br />
speakers expressed interest in remaining involved in<br />
future Careers Days, and even building upon it. One<br />
guest speaker has already returned to the <strong>College</strong> to<br />
give a guest lecture, and one of the outcomes was<br />
a visit to the Mercedes Benz Arena. Future careerlinked<br />
opportunities include individual lunchtime or<br />
after school career talks and internships.<br />
-Mr. John Macrow, Careers and University Guidance Counsellor<br />
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Caring for Our Community<br />
Service and Charitable Endeavours<br />
Throughout the School<br />
DUCKS gives generously to Heart to Heart<br />
DUCKS<br />
Heart to Heart <strong>Shanghai</strong><br />
It has been a busy term for our DUCKS charity,<br />
Heart to Heart <strong>Shanghai</strong>. DUCKS parent Mr. Eric<br />
Guinard raised over RMB 5,000 for the charity from<br />
his marathon running – thanks again, Eric. Year 1<br />
children recently celebrated 100 days of school, and,<br />
as has become tradition, stopped to think about<br />
those less fortunate, and donated toothbrushes and<br />
toothpaste to donate by the sackload.<br />
<strong>The</strong> most exciting news came from Friends of<br />
<strong>Dulwich</strong>, who raised a staggering RMB 50,000 at<br />
the Winter Fair for Heart to Heart – enough for two<br />
heart operations. A huge thank you to all those who<br />
contributed: it’s great to see what a huge impact<br />
your generosity has.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re has recently been a new delivery of the<br />
much sought-after <strong>Dulwich</strong> Heart to Heart Bears,<br />
WE HEART BEARS: DUCKS raised funds for Heart to Heart.<br />
beautifully dressed in school uniform. Many people<br />
have asked about these: they are now available, along<br />
with a range of other Heart to Heart gifts – please<br />
ask at DUCKS reception or place your orders with:<br />
thomas.hughes@dulwich-shanghai.cn<br />
-Mr. Thomas Hughes, House and Charity Coordinator<br />
Junior School<br />
Jiang Zhong Migrant School<br />
<strong>The</strong> DCS Junior School supports two charities: the<br />
Jiang Zhong Migrant School and the Chengdu Panda<br />
Research Centre. Our target for the Jiang Zhong school<br />
is to rebuild the toilet block and the three classrooms<br />
above it, for which we need to raise RMB<br />
410,000. In addition,<br />
we would also like to<br />
support their English<br />
programme and to<br />
improve the state of all<br />
the classrooms, which<br />
each hold more than<br />
50 students. This is an<br />
important project for<br />
our students, as it is a<br />
chance for them to help<br />
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those less fortunate and shows them another side of<br />
China.<br />
Chengdu Panda Research Centre<br />
RAISING MING MING: <strong>The</strong> Junior School sponsors Ming Ming the Panda.<br />
We aim to continue sponsoring our school panda,<br />
Ming Ming, at the Chengdu Panda Research Centre,<br />
for which we have to raise<br />
RMB 50,000 each year. Ming<br />
Ming has been supported by<br />
DCS for two years now, and<br />
the sponsorship also funds<br />
the breeding programme and<br />
the research to increase the<br />
panda’s chances of surviving<br />
in the wild. <strong>The</strong> focus on<br />
environmental awareness<br />
makes this an important<br />
project for students.<br />
-Mr. Ryan Scott, Year 4 Class Teacher
Senior School Service Projects<br />
Caring for Our Community<br />
<strong>The</strong> Student Service Committee embarked on a range of diverse projects this term.<br />
Valentine’s Project<br />
<strong>The</strong> Valentine’s Project, led by Service Prefect Sajanee Samuel and Creative<br />
Prefect Emma Hunt, featured beautifully packaged cookies, heart-cards<br />
and fresh roses for sale. RMB 1,470 was raised for the Josephine Charles<br />
Foundation and Home Sweet Home.<br />
Battle of the Bands<br />
An audience of over 300 came to watch musicians<br />
from local and international schools perform at the<br />
“Battle of the Bands” at Cool Docks. DCS was well<br />
represented by one-man band Josiah Seet, Year 13,<br />
who raised over RMB 1,500 of votes for Heart to<br />
Heart.<br />
Home Sweet Home<br />
Welcome to Parth Kapur and Nicholas Prieur, Year 12,<br />
who joined our HSH volunteers this term. HSH works<br />
to rehabilitate homeless, disabled Chinese and our student<br />
volunteers teach a weekly programme of sports, music, and<br />
English, creating a warm and effective learning environment<br />
for the residents. Thanks to Julia Wong, Claudia Hou,<br />
Tianran Zhu, David Huang, William Yang, Cecil and Cedric<br />
Brenninkmeijer, Rajit Sonit and the teachers and parents who<br />
contribute to running this programme. If you are interested<br />
in volunteering, please contact Tejinder Rajput at tejinder.<br />
rajput@dulwich-shanghai.cn or cas@dulwich-shanghai.cn<br />
Pathways of Hope<br />
Year 12 students Michelle Lee, Clarissa Tan, Jin Yu Kong, Lisa Leow, William<br />
Yang, Celin Phoen, Vincent Lee and Susan Liu teach English every Saturday<br />
to young migrant girls. <strong>The</strong>y are to be commended for their meticulous and<br />
innovative teaching plans.<br />
United Nations International Women’s Day<br />
SSC created the maximum impact on this important day with a rally of<br />
famous women in history in the Senior School canteen; purple balloons with<br />
images of famous women were placed around school, a pink bake sale and<br />
special stickers. It wasn’t just students: <strong>The</strong> CAS Coordinator organised a<br />
breakfast for women staff, all of whom dressed in the UN colours of purple,<br />
white and green.<br />
ACAMIS Service Award<br />
Service Prefect Melody Lim and Lucinda Gurr, Year 12, have applied for the<br />
ACAMIS Service Award, a $2,500 cash award, for the charities with which<br />
they are working.<br />
–Ms. Tejinder Rajput, CAS Coordinator<br />
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Performing Arts<br />
‘<br />
Music Soiree, Productions and a Choral Concert<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s musicians and thespians performed their hearts out<br />
DUCKS Petite Soiree ‘<br />
<strong>The</strong> DUCKS Petite Soiree<br />
‘<br />
showcased 43 young musical<br />
performers, all DUCKS students who love learning<br />
a musical instrument, practise regularly and enjoy<br />
performing in public. <strong>The</strong> audience was delighted by<br />
the amazing piano, violin, cello, guitar and gu zheng<br />
performances, showcasing the wonderful talent of<br />
these young performers. It was so rewarding to see<br />
so many DUCKS students participating in this event.<br />
-Mrs. Rodrica Hategan, DUCKS Music<br />
ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE: Year 3’s magnificent musical, “<strong>The</strong> Nightingale”.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Nightingale: Year 3 Production<br />
Year 3 spent weeks preparing for their musical<br />
production of <strong>The</strong> Nightingale, based on the Hans<br />
Christian Andersen tale: learning lines, practicing<br />
their dances, making props and rehearsing,<br />
rehearsing, rehearsing.<br />
It all paid off: <strong>The</strong> show opened with a spectacular<br />
song and dance number that set the tone for the rest<br />
of the performance. <strong>The</strong> audience thoroughly enjoyed<br />
watching the story of a spoilt Emperor who became<br />
enchanted with the beautiful song of a nightingale,<br />
but then succumbed to his greed for something better:<br />
a mechanical nightingale. <strong>The</strong> production was a great<br />
success, the children clearly enjoyed themselves, and<br />
their parents and teachers were extremely proud of<br />
their onstage performance and confidence.<br />
-Miss. Anna Hansenjust, Year 3 Group Leader<br />
Aladdin Jr.: Year 5 Production<br />
Year 5 students performed Disney’s Aladdin Jr. a live<br />
stage adaptation of an animated classic, complete<br />
with larger than life characters and, of course, a magic<br />
carpet. <strong>The</strong> musical tells the story of the romantic<br />
‘street-rat’ Aladdin, who charms the rebellious<br />
Princess Jasmine into falling for him, with a little bit<br />
of help from his new-found friend the comical Genie.<br />
However, nothing is ever straightforward and the<br />
villainous Jafar, along with his side-kick, the sarcastic<br />
Iago, do their best to prevent the relationship from<br />
blossoming. If only the guards weren’t so clumsy…<br />
Students showed such talent during auditions that<br />
several parts and scenes were added to accommodate<br />
Year 5’s obvious flair for the stage. <strong>The</strong> students were<br />
soon swept up in the story: encouraging friendships<br />
that develop and triumph despite class divides. Every<br />
performer became their character as soon as they<br />
stepped on stage, allowing the story to come alive.<br />
Palace servants and entertainers hurried around the<br />
Sultan as townspeople from the market tried to make<br />
ends meet by selling…or stealing. Enhancing the<br />
wonderful singing were the band, and further adding<br />
to the feeling of magic that enveloped the show was<br />
the skill of the ‘techies’.<br />
-Mr. Neil Stephens, Year 5 Group Leader<br />
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GENIE MAGIC: Year 5’s Aladdin, Jr. production dazzled.
Performing Arts<br />
MUSIC FESTIVITIES:<br />
DCS musicians performed at ISCMS (above and below).<br />
International Schools Choral Music Society<br />
<strong>The</strong> International Schools Choral Music Society<br />
(ICMS) is an annual music festival which brings<br />
musical students from more than a dozen international<br />
schools in Asia together to participate in a choral<br />
festival. More than 300 students participated in the<br />
fifth annual ISCMS at <strong>Dulwich</strong> <strong>College</strong> Beijing, some<br />
performing in the chorus and some performing in<br />
the orchestra. ISCMS gives students the opportunity<br />
to work with world famous musical leaders and<br />
professional practitioners.<br />
We sang songs and movements by the renowned and<br />
legendary composer Karl Jenkins as well as Gospel<br />
music by Robert Ray. Rehearsals<br />
were held from morning to night,<br />
first in sectionals (soprano, alto,<br />
tenor and base) then together.<br />
Each day was tough and tiring, but<br />
we still enjoyed every single day.<br />
All of our enthusiasm and hard<br />
work resulted in an outstanding<br />
and exceptional concert at the<br />
Forbidden City Concert Hall on<br />
Saturday night. Overall, ISCMS<br />
is beneficial to both children and<br />
adults. It is a great opportunity and allows<br />
you to meet and work with famous musicians around<br />
the world.<br />
-Vernita Zhai, Year 5<br />
Ka ma reh ma tay! From the commissioned piece,<br />
‘Qing Zhu (Celebration)’ by Karl Jenkins.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se are some of the words we sang during the ISCMS<br />
2012 Gala Concert at the Forbidden City Concert<br />
Hall, Beijing, on Saturday night, 18 February.<br />
Choristers and orchestra members from<br />
<strong>Dulwich</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>Shanghai</strong>, accompanied by<br />
Mrs. Brooke and Mr. Goss, harmonised voices<br />
and instrumental talents with more than 450<br />
members from 20 participating international<br />
schools.<br />
<strong>Dulwich</strong> <strong>College</strong> Beijing graciously hosted<br />
the Festival, celebrating the fifth anniversary<br />
of ISCMS. Mr. Shane O’Shea (founder of<br />
ISCMS and Director of Music at DCB) and his<br />
team fine-tuned every detail to perfection.<br />
We rehearsed earnestly, tirelessly and with<br />
tremendous concentration for four days before the<br />
final performance and attended diverse workshops<br />
including gospel experience and master classes<br />
for piano, composition and conducting. <strong>The</strong>re was<br />
something to please everyone’s musical taste buds!<br />
<strong>The</strong> concert repertoire included Gloria and Te Deum<br />
by Karl Jenkins, Gospel Mass by Robert Ray, the<br />
Lord of the Dance Medley by Ronan Hardiman<br />
and West Side Story Medley by Leonard Bernstein.<br />
<strong>The</strong> highlight was the world premiere of Qing Zhu<br />
(Celebration) by Karl Jenkins, commissioned by<br />
ISCMS.<br />
Having performed Karl Jenkins’ popular work<br />
‘Adiemus’ in other choir festivals, I could hardly<br />
believe that we were face-to-face with this legendary<br />
composer (and on his birthday)! We<br />
were also incredibly lucky<br />
and privileged to study<br />
with the gospel singer,<br />
Dr. Beverly J. Vaughn<br />
and ISCMS practitioners<br />
such as Dr. Martin Adams,<br />
Dr. Robert Hasty, Ms.<br />
Christina Trulio, and Dr.<br />
David Curtin. We had<br />
the opportunity of being<br />
conducted by different<br />
professionals and listening<br />
to special guests, Ms. Katie<br />
Targett-Adams and Mr. Joseph Hyung Sup Lim.<br />
During one of my soprano sectional rehearsals, we<br />
were advised to have a “sparkle in our eyes” as we<br />
sang. This sparkle is what all of us have brought back<br />
with us in our eyes and hearts and we keenly await<br />
the next ISCMS Festival.<br />
-Sonalika Jain, Year 12<br />
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House News<br />
DUCKS<br />
DUCKS big House competition for Term 2 was a Readathon, in line with Book<br />
Week and in support of our charity, Heart to Heart <strong>Shanghai</strong>. Children in Years<br />
1 and 2 had two great incentives for reading even more than usual: each book<br />
read earned a House point and the sponsorship money collected went to Heart<br />
to Heart to help fund librarybuilding<br />
projects in remote<br />
parts of China. A huge thank<br />
you to all the children who<br />
participated and put in a<br />
great deal of extra effort, and to all the parents who provided encouragement<br />
and patiently listened to all that fabulous reading each night.<br />
<strong>The</strong> information you’ve all been waiting for… which House is in the lead at<br />
the half-way stage in the race to be crowned Term 2 House Champions? It is<br />
certainly tight, with Shackleton currently in fourth place, just a handful of points<br />
behind Anand, who are in joint second place alongside Howard, and with Wing<br />
currently holding the number one spot – but that can all change.<br />
-Mr. Thomas Hughes, House and Charity Coordinator<br />
HOUSE POINTS THROUGH READING:<br />
DUCKS read authors like Sarah Brennan (left) to win House points and<br />
raise money for Heart-to-Heart (above).<br />
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House News<br />
House Dodgeball<br />
<strong>The</strong> end of Term 1 saw the first House Dodgeball<br />
competition of the academic year, run by the Sports<br />
Prefects. <strong>The</strong> Lower School winners were Wing House<br />
and the Upper School winners were Howard House.<br />
After a first term of House competition the standings<br />
saw Anand and Wing sharing the lead, followed by<br />
Howard, and Shackleton.<br />
“Senior School House competitions hit the<br />
ground running this term with Boxes of<br />
Love, a tug of war, film-making competition,<br />
the Great House Quiz, and more.”<br />
Senior School<br />
<strong>The</strong> Senior School House competitions hit the ground<br />
running this term with the promotion of the MiFan<br />
MaMa charity’s ‘Boxes of<br />
Love’ project. Students<br />
were encouraged to fill<br />
and decorate a box to be<br />
distributed to orphans<br />
throughout China, with<br />
Anand the winning<br />
House.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Houses welcomed<br />
the Year of the Dragon<br />
– with the Sports<br />
Prefects – with a tug<br />
of war competition<br />
at the Chinese New<br />
Year assembly. <strong>The</strong><br />
competition saw Anand successfully<br />
‘out-tugging’ all three of the other Houses.<br />
Intellectual House challenges continue to come from Ms<br />
Haraszti of the Maths department, who is continuing to<br />
issue a problem a week for students to solve. Term 1 saw<br />
Howard House taking the honours.<br />
<strong>The</strong> second House Assembly of the academic year saw the<br />
return of the Great House Quiz, organized and run by the<br />
School’s Academic and Technology Prefects. Despite stiff<br />
competition from Wing, Anand House came<br />
‘top of the class’.<br />
A House Film-making competition was also launched<br />
for Term 2. Houses were required to produce a threeminute<br />
film on the theme of ‘victory’. <strong>The</strong> results will be<br />
judged by Mr. Anthony Reich, Head of Film, during the<br />
first House Assembly of Term 3.<br />
Many of the Senior School’s departments also held House<br />
competitions this term. <strong>The</strong> Geography Department held<br />
a Fairtrade Fortnight quiz and the Library held a quiz<br />
during Book Week.<br />
-Ms. Susan Hobkinson, Senior School House Coordinator<br />
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Educational Trips<br />
Field Trips<br />
Trips to the Maritime Museum, the History Museum and a Lecture on Life and the Universe<br />
ADVENTURES ON THE HIGH SEAS:<br />
Year 2 visits the China Maritime Museum.<br />
Year 2 Trip to the China Maritime Museum<br />
Year 2 visited the new China Maritime Museum in Lingang<br />
New City, Pudong, timed to coincide with our unit on<br />
‘Exploring the World with Zheng He’. Prior to the visit, the<br />
students had learnt about Admiral Zheng He’s voyages on<br />
his treasure fleet of junks.<br />
We spent some time admiring the building’s exterior,<br />
which towered above us looking like the sail of a giant<br />
ship. As we entered, gasps echoed around the hall as the<br />
students saw the life-size replica of one of Zheng He’s<br />
ships, complete with billowing sails.<br />
Each floor was split into different sections: On Level 1,<br />
the students learnt about early Chinese navigation, ships<br />
structure and equipment and, in the Hall of Seafarers,<br />
how to tie knots. On Level 2, they were able to walk<br />
inside a cross-section of a submarine, see the uniforms of<br />
navy men and women around the world and learn about<br />
maritime affairs and sea safety as well as navigation and<br />
ports. <strong>The</strong> highlight of the whole day, however, was in the<br />
Hall of Seafarers, where the children entered a mock ship,<br />
wearing 3-D glasses, to see what it would feel like to be<br />
aboard a moving vessel, before letting off steam in the<br />
ship-themed play area.<br />
–Ms. Rebecca Allen, Year 2 Group Leader<br />
Year 6 <strong>Shanghai</strong> History Museum Trip<br />
In February, Year 6 students went on an exciting trip to the<br />
<strong>Shanghai</strong> History Museum, located just below the Pearl<br />
Tower. As we entered the museum, everyone gasped at the<br />
sight of the vintage cars, old style rickshaws, and many<br />
more models of 1930s transportation all around the hall.<br />
Every step you took would bring you a new, spectacular<br />
exhibition.<br />
Each student just whipped out a pencil and started<br />
sketching. Some of our sketches were rough, some<br />
detailed, some not, but it was just because there were too<br />
many things to draw. Paintings of old <strong>Shanghai</strong> streets<br />
enhanced our understanding of how people commuted<br />
in old <strong>Shanghai</strong>, and what their surroundings looked like.<br />
Lifestyles in modern <strong>Shanghai</strong> are very different.<br />
Upstairs, there were 3-D scenes of how villagers lived and<br />
how they earned a living, complete with sound effects.<br />
One scene featured a young maiden grinding rice into<br />
powder; another depicted a young cloth weaver. Another<br />
hall showed scenes of opera houses, ballrooms and rice<br />
wine factories, with figurines showcasing period attire.<br />
-Ms. Janine Malin, Year 6 Class Teacher<br />
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Educational Trips<br />
Year 12 Learns about Life, the Universe and Everything<br />
“Life, the Universe and Everything”: sages<br />
have searched for eons to grasp the essence<br />
of these ideas, yet still cannot fully explain<br />
this topic. Year 12 students delved into the<br />
discussion in February at a symposium led by<br />
Andy Fletcher, speaker and author of a book<br />
of the same title, hosted by the <strong>Shanghai</strong><br />
American School Puxi.<br />
<strong>Dulwich</strong> students joined students from both<br />
SAS campuses, YCIS, <strong>Dulwich</strong> Suzhou, and<br />
SCIS in a fascinating exploration of modern<br />
physics anchored in the epistemological<br />
precepts of the <strong>The</strong>ory of Knowledge.<br />
<strong>The</strong> talk reviewed the evolution of theories<br />
from the beginning of the universe to<br />
the unpredictability of the quarks. It was an excellent<br />
opportunity to engage students in intellectual inquiry<br />
outside of school and gave them an opportunity to interact<br />
with students from other international schools.<br />
<strong>The</strong> experience continued with a half-day workshop led<br />
by Mr. Fletcher for Year 12 students. <strong>The</strong> day began with<br />
a short Q + A, after which students got an opportunity to<br />
develop their own thoughts on a knowledge issue extracted<br />
from the wealth of topics discussed by Mr. Fletcher.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y then crafted these ideas into a short presentation<br />
in groups of three that they delivered to a group of their<br />
peers. One group from each class was selected to make it<br />
to the “finals”, which was judged by Mr. Fletcher and the<br />
TOK staff.<br />
<strong>The</strong> winning group of Callum Anderson, Tom Rudolf-<br />
Stringer, and Mario Sze were rewarded with a signed copy<br />
of Mr. Fletcher’s book. Overall it was an excellent learning<br />
opportunity that the students continue to buzz about<br />
weeks later.<br />
-Mr. Stephen Johnson, Head of TOK<br />
UNIVERSAL UNDERSTANDING:<br />
Callum Anderson, Tom Rudolf-Stringer and<br />
Mario Sze make their winning TOK presentation.<br />
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Beyond the Classroom<br />
Achieving Outside the Classroom<br />
<strong>Dulwich</strong> Students Conquer Chess and Golf<br />
GOING GREEN: Young golfing stars Hiroshi and Yoko Tai showcase success outside the classroom.<br />
Chess Star Aron Teh<br />
Rising chess star Aron Teh stands out in the chess world –<br />
locally and internationally. He has placed as high as second<br />
in the Malaysia Junior Championships (U14s) in March<br />
2011, third in the same Championships in the Under-20s<br />
category last November, and this past February came in<br />
third in the Junior Aeroflot Open in Moscow, also in the<br />
Under-20s.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se accomplishments, as with all the highest accolades,<br />
require sustained commitment. In an average week Aron<br />
has two or three chess lessons and an additional one-hour<br />
practice, with games at weekends. He also trains with a<br />
local chess club for eight hours on Sundays, if time allows.<br />
He next tournament is the Vietnam Open (all ages) – we<br />
wish him the best.<br />
-Mr. Gwyn Godfrey, Deputy Head of Senior School - Pastoral<br />
Golfing Champs Hiroshi and Yoko Tai<br />
Hiroshi and Yoko Tai are modest, quiet, hard-working<br />
<strong>Dulwich</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>Shanghai</strong> students, but they lead a secret<br />
life outside of school. On weekends, you are likely to find<br />
them on a large green plain, with a club in hand, dreaming<br />
of what could be.<br />
Hiroshi (Year 5) and Yoko Tai (Year 3) have both played<br />
golf for a number of years now. It began, they say, when<br />
they were living<br />
in Singapore, at<br />
around the age of<br />
four. <strong>The</strong>y came<br />
to love the game<br />
because “it feels good to be outside,<br />
enjoying the view, with Mum and Dad as our caddies.”<br />
Hiroshi came in sixth at the Taylormade World Masters in Las<br />
Vegas, whilst Yoko was 2nd at the European Championship<br />
of US Kids in Gullane, Scotland (beating many other older<br />
children in the process). Yoko was also 3rd in the Taylormade<br />
World Masters in Las Vegas in the 8 and under category.<br />
Both Hiroshi and Yoko finished in the top third of their<br />
respective age groups at the US Kids world championship in<br />
Pinehurst, North Carolina, giving them priority registration<br />
status for their tournaments through the coming year.<br />
Despite their high rankings, they talk of the nerves they feel<br />
when they take part in championships across the world.<br />
Hiroshi explained that the only way to calm the nerves is to<br />
hit a quality shot from the first tee.<br />
Neither Hiroshi or Yoko care to speculate on the future.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y don’t talk about trying to be the next big star or think<br />
about money and fame. For now, it is about enjoying golf<br />
with their family, trying their best – and hitting those quality<br />
shots from the first tee.<br />
-Mr. Philip Stewart, Head of Junior School<br />
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Feature Story<br />
<strong>The</strong> Teacher’s Toolkit<br />
Paul Ginnis Trains DCS Teachers<br />
A number of years ago I came across <strong>The</strong> Teachers’<br />
Toolkit by Paul Ginnis, and was hugely impressed. So<br />
impressed that I recommended that my employer at<br />
the time purchase a copy for each member of staff<br />
and acquire Mr. Ginnis’ services as a trainer. Neither<br />
recommendation was possible at that time but I<br />
persisted. Five years later, my dream came true: Paul<br />
Ginnis provided <strong>Dulwich</strong> <strong>College</strong> teachers two full<br />
training days this past January, and an additional<br />
session with his wife Sharon.<br />
Previously a Head of Religious Education in inner<br />
Birmingham, an advisory teacher and a Staff<br />
Development Tutor, Paul has worked at over 4,000<br />
secondary, primary and special schools in the UK and<br />
has presented courses and conferences in America,<br />
Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Australia, Thailand,<br />
Bahrain, Dubai, Qatar, Malaysia, Borneo, the Phillippines<br />
and Japan. <strong>The</strong> Teacher’s Toolkit, already in its 12th reprint,<br />
is a Waterstones best-seller and has been translated into<br />
Slovenian, Hungarian, Indonesian and, just recently,<br />
Arabic.<br />
<strong>The</strong> sessions proved to be both inspirational and<br />
challenging, leaving us with lots of food for thought<br />
as we continue to improve teaching and learning at the<br />
<strong>College</strong>. We are delighted to welcome him back to DCS in<br />
November 2012.<br />
-Mr. Nicholas Botting, Deputy Headmaster and Head of Senior School.<br />
TEACHING THE TEACHER: DCS teachers learn from Paul Ginnis.<br />
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News & Events<br />
2012 D’Oscars Film Awards<br />
Junior School Students’ Creativity Shines at Inauguaral D’Oscars<br />
<strong>Dulwich</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>Shanghai</strong>’s inaugural D’Oscars was<br />
purposefully scheduled to take place at the same time as<br />
that other major literary event in <strong>Shanghai</strong> - the <strong>Shanghai</strong><br />
International Literary Festival - and alongside our own<br />
Book and Film Week. <strong>The</strong> vision behind the event was<br />
to capture the imagination of our Junior School students<br />
through literacy, storytelling and film, made all the more<br />
exciting by its setting within an environment of competition<br />
and collaboration.<br />
Students could enter in several categories: groups, classes,<br />
year-groups or families. Learning objectives associated<br />
with the project were integrated into the Term 2 curriculum<br />
map, thus allowing the children to develop their English,<br />
storytelling and IT skills alongside a whole host of other<br />
curriculum links.<br />
Each year group was given a film category to interpret in<br />
their own way, linking into the curriculum map for this<br />
term. Each class then produced their own film or films, with<br />
a final entry selected as the submission in their year group<br />
category for the final judging. <strong>The</strong> films were then sent to<br />
the judges who selected three finalists, two runners-up<br />
and one overall winner.<br />
RED CARPET:<br />
Junior School’s winning filmmakers at the inaugural D’Oscars.<br />
<strong>The</strong> film-making process was also opened up to families<br />
within the Junior School with the ‘family film’ category.<br />
Students were invited to take all that they had learned<br />
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News & Events<br />
at school and share this at home to produce a family film<br />
with the theme ‘Big World, One <strong>Shanghai</strong>’. This was an<br />
opportunity for the children to become the ‘teachers’ and<br />
teach their families how to put together a script, how to<br />
edit their work, how to be the director and how to use<br />
film software. This type of learning really consolidates the<br />
experience for the children.<br />
<strong>The</strong> exciting awards ceremony was held at <strong>Dulwich</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> <strong>Shanghai</strong> Junior School on Wednesday 7 March.<br />
Children – and adults – dressed to the nines, and local<br />
businesses, including prestigious names such as Disney,<br />
judged the entries and presented the winning films with<br />
their D’Oscars.<br />
-Mrs. Kate Hornshaw, Deputy Head of Junior School<br />
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News & Events<br />
DUCKS Book Week<br />
DUCKS celebrates books and reading with an author visit & reading Olympics<br />
DUCKS students celebrated books and reading at our<br />
annual book week, this year themed “Reading Olympics”.<br />
We started the week with a visit from author Sarah Brennan.<br />
Sarah read her newest<br />
book, Pin Yin Panda, in<br />
which a cheeky panda<br />
wanted to make<br />
this the Year of the<br />
Panda. Listening to<br />
an author read always<br />
makes a story come<br />
alive, and Sarah really<br />
engaged the children,<br />
pausing to ask what<br />
they thought might<br />
happen next. She also<br />
shared the wonderful<br />
illustrations by Harry<br />
Harrison with us,<br />
pointing out the details<br />
in each picture. Sarah’s<br />
passion for books and stories was infectious, and the<br />
children became just as enthusiastic – it was a great start<br />
to our Book Week.<br />
During the week, we welcomed many guest readers:<br />
Parents, students and teachers from across the <strong>College</strong><br />
came to read; children listened to stories or just curled up<br />
with a favourite book and a new friend.<br />
<strong>The</strong> library was open for special sessions during the week,<br />
for the children to bring<br />
their parents along to<br />
enjoy the wonderful<br />
books, and to meet the<br />
librarians. Year 1 and<br />
2 children also had the<br />
chance to take part in<br />
an Olympic quiz, which<br />
entailed searching for<br />
answers to the quiz in<br />
books, around the library<br />
or by asking the librarians.<br />
Book Week ended with<br />
the book character parade<br />
– a truly amazing array<br />
of costumes. It was a<br />
wonderful week – but do<br />
remember, the library is open before and after school<br />
throughout the year, so you can enjoy reading all the time.<br />
-Mrs. Helen Brady, DUCKS Librarian<br />
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<strong>Dulwich</strong> Delegation at Model United Nations<br />
DCS Year 12 students debate, discuss and deliberate<br />
News & Events<br />
DIPLOMATS IN TRAINING: Year 12 students at the Model UN.<br />
<strong>Dulwich</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>Shanghai</strong> Year 12 students served<br />
as delegates at the Concordia International School<br />
<strong>Shanghai</strong> Model United Nations (MUN)<br />
Conference in January,<br />
representing DCS in<br />
debate, discussion and<br />
deliberation.<br />
Following the opening<br />
ceremony, we split up into<br />
our assigned committees.<br />
Vince Lee, a newcomer to<br />
the MUN team, had the<br />
pleasure of representing<br />
Lebanon in the UN Advisory<br />
Panel for the Arab Spring. William Yang<br />
and Barry Gill represented Lebanon<br />
on the Security Council. Tiffany Cheng,<br />
Ivan Kwok, Eric Schlott and James<br />
Gao were sent to the bustling General<br />
Assembly chamber. Clarissa Tan, Lena<br />
Courcol and Megan Liu, represented<br />
the liberties of women and children in the<br />
Human Rights Council. Working as functioning cogs<br />
for the great machinery of world peace, our delegates<br />
received first hand experience in the simulation of<br />
international democracy at the UN.<br />
MUN allows students from different international<br />
schools across Asia to collaborate as ambassadors of<br />
a country to produce resolutions on a range<br />
of global issues, from the protection of the<br />
welfare of religious and ethnic minorities in<br />
Middle Eastern countries, internally displaced<br />
refugees in Somalia, racial discrimination<br />
and the protection of journalists in armed<br />
conflict. <strong>The</strong> amount of research invested in<br />
these conferences is the foundation for the<br />
delegate’s stance.<br />
Model UN exercises a<br />
student’s ability to write,<br />
speak publicly, and work<br />
as a team. <strong>The</strong>se qualities<br />
are needed throughout<br />
school and beyond. For<br />
many of our newcomers<br />
to the Model UN team,<br />
the CISSMUN conference<br />
was the first time they<br />
had experienced a globally<br />
aware debate on such a large scale. Despite the<br />
intimidating aspect of MUN for a first-timer, all of our<br />
delegates valued the experience greatly and can’t wait<br />
to do it again.<br />
-William Yang and Megan Lui, Year 12<br />
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<strong>College</strong> Adventures<br />
Silver International Award<br />
Silver IA students head to Halong Bay for the Adventurous Journey section<br />
Silver International Award students took off to Halong Bay,<br />
Vietnam, in January, for the qualifying expedition of the<br />
Adventurous Journey section of the Award. Armed with<br />
kayaking experience gained in Guilin last October, they<br />
were ready to navigate the open seas from one checkpoint to<br />
the next armed with just a GPS unit, a series of coordinates<br />
and a fairly basic map. Though the weather was cool and<br />
occasionally wet, the students maintained good spirits and<br />
a great sense of fun and adventure. Over the course of the<br />
expedition, they continued to show impressive teamwork<br />
and steadily improved their navigation and paddling skills<br />
(but the less said about the singing the better).<br />
On the final day, the students’ final brief was simple:<br />
they had two hours in which to coordinate finding and<br />
capturing Eddie, the trip leader, who was hiding in a kayak<br />
within 500m of their junk boat. Once discovered, he didn’t<br />
surrender easily, but was eventually caught and fittingly<br />
ordered to walk the plank. Why the students felt the same<br />
punishment was appropriate for their teachers is anyone’s<br />
guess.<br />
Overall, the students showed real personal improvement<br />
over the course of these expeditions, something very much<br />
at the heart of IA, and there was no hesitation in passing<br />
each of the groups.<br />
-Mr. Adam Knowles, IA Coordinator<br />
IA ADVENTURERS:<br />
Silver IA students navigate the open seas.<br />
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Sports Round-Up<br />
<strong>Dulwich</strong> Panthers Roared to Success<br />
Success in Basketball, Volleyball, Rugby and Football<br />
DI Boys Basketball<br />
Despite being plagued with injuries, the D1 Boys’ Basketball<br />
team had a highly successful season, coming in fourth in<br />
the East Division with three wins and three losses. <strong>The</strong><br />
entire team was together for the final SISAC tournament,<br />
where we played our best basketball all season, losing<br />
two close and hard-fought games. <strong>The</strong>re were standout<br />
performances from Michael Zhu and Taylor Ngyuen, who<br />
played nearly every minute of our three games, and from<br />
Gerald Gao, our most improved player.<br />
–Mr. Timothy Wilson, Head of DUCKS PE<br />
D1 Girls Basketball<br />
<strong>The</strong> D1 Girls’ Basketball team participated in two major<br />
tournaments: SISAC and ACAMIS. <strong>The</strong> team, mostly<br />
newcomers, had to work hard to gel and play as a<br />
team, but by the time of the SISAC tournament we<br />
were third in the Pudong league, and we just missed<br />
the bronze in that tournament – heartbreaking.<br />
In February, we made it to the semi-finals of the<br />
ACAMIS tournament, only to lose in another<br />
heartbreaker, but this team pulled it together to win<br />
the 3rd and 4th playoff in an outstanding game,<br />
ending on an exceptional buzzer three-pointer from<br />
Caroline Carmichael.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Years 3 and 4 played each other in the semi-finals, with<br />
the white team going on to win the final against the British<br />
International School <strong>Shanghai</strong>.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Under-11s had a large squad with plenty of<br />
potential. <strong>The</strong>y also trained hard and showed excellent<br />
sportsmanship, finishing strongly at third place. This squad<br />
will produce a strong team to tour Beijing in June.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Under 13s had a very strong squad, two teams that<br />
have been dominating all season. Both teams competed<br />
strongly on finals day and finished off the season<br />
demonstrating <strong>Dulwich</strong> <strong>Shanghai</strong>’s dominance by taking<br />
out the final in convincing fashion.<br />
Under 15s have developed into two competent teams and<br />
are set to compete strongly in the Under 15s final later in<br />
the month.<br />
-Caitlin Harris, Year 13<br />
<strong>Shanghai</strong> Junior Rugby<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Shanghai</strong> Junior Rugby season was a short, but<br />
hard-working season. <strong>The</strong> Under-9s, a new age group to<br />
<strong>Shanghai</strong> rugby, were enthusiastic and trained very hard.<br />
<strong>The</strong> support of coaches and parents has been<br />
instrumental, and are reflected in the stellar results.<br />
Volleyball<br />
CISSA Girls’ Volleyball played a superb season, playing<br />
four teams so far – Concordia, SAS, BISS, Pudong and<br />
YCIS, with each game a very close contest. We have won<br />
sets against Concordia and YCIS and look forward to facing<br />
SAS and BISS Pudong again!<br />
<strong>The</strong> team is growing in confidence each week, and their<br />
skills are improving at an impressive rate, as they learn<br />
the importance of solid teamwork, and encouraging and<br />
supporting each other with each point played.<br />
-Ms. Claire Miller, Head of Year 9<br />
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Friends of <strong>Dulwich</strong><br />
Partnering with Parents<br />
FoD activities this term included contributions to school activities,<br />
Career Day and a visit to the Mercedes Benz Arena.<br />
Much has been going on with Friends of <strong>Dulwich</strong> (FoD)<br />
around the school this term: monthly coffee mornings have<br />
brought in presentations from health professionals across<br />
<strong>Shanghai</strong>, and parents have also helped with numerous<br />
in-school activities. <strong>The</strong>se include cleaning out the lostand-found<br />
cupboards, making and creating hundreds<br />
of gorgeous costumes for the shows, assisting in reading<br />
programmes, adding helping hands to the Art Department<br />
and finalizing the backdrop and filming for the D’Oscars<br />
extravaganza in the Junior School.<br />
We have also finalized our donations to charities from our<br />
Winter Fair earnings. Sizeable donations will be going<br />
to Heart to Heart, Home Sweet Home, the continuing<br />
employment of a wonderful Music Department staff<br />
member from Home Sweet Home, the Art<br />
Department and several new items within<br />
the facilities at DCS and DUCKS.<br />
<strong>Dulwich</strong> community parents helped make<br />
Career Day an enormous success. Parents<br />
from every profession joined forces to bring their ideas,<br />
regrets, advice and their knowledge to our students. <strong>The</strong><br />
enthusiasm and volunteer spirit of the participating parents<br />
really made the day a standout; one we look forward to<br />
repeating.<br />
Friends of <strong>Dulwich</strong> contributed significantly to the<br />
amazing visit to the Mercedes Benz Arena for the Year 9<br />
and 10 students. As the bus pulled up to the Arena, the<br />
students were thrilled to see our school name in lights!<br />
<strong>The</strong> managers and promoters of the Arena spent the<br />
entire morning speaking to the students, encouraging<br />
them, touring them around the facility<br />
and entertaining them as if they were<br />
VIPs. Friends of <strong>Dulwich</strong> hopes that<br />
this magnificent relationship with the<br />
Arena and its staff continue and further<br />
develops into a beneficial partnership for<br />
both the school and the business.<br />
A sincere thank you to all the parents<br />
who have given so generously of their<br />
time and talent this term.<br />
HELPING HANDS:<br />
FoD contributed to Heart to Heart (above, top) with funds raised at the Winter Fair (above,<br />
right) among many other activities.<br />
Book Delivery Project<br />
A special thanks to Friends of <strong>Dulwich</strong> who donated 50 boxes of books – three years’ worth of unsellable Winter Fair items.<br />
Thanks to the collaborative efforts of teachers from Junior and Senior School, the books found good homes: Chinese<br />
books were donated to Home Sweet Home and the Josephine Charles Foundation; German books, some of which were<br />
rare, went to the German School <strong>Shanghai</strong>, while the rest found that their way to Nepal, India, Malawi and South Africa.<br />
–Ms. Tejinder Rajput, CAS Coordinator.<br />
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<strong>Dulwich</strong> News Connection & Events<br />
<strong>Dulwich</strong> <strong>College</strong> London<br />
On the Field and in the Hall<br />
<strong>Dulwich</strong> <strong>College</strong> London’s longstanding fine reputation<br />
for sport continues this term through its first XV rugby<br />
team, who have reached the semi-final of the Daily Mail<br />
U18 Cup, the most competitive tournament in school<br />
rugby. <strong>The</strong> team are in the semi-finals, following a thrilling<br />
quarter-final match against Abingdon School, 17-17.<br />
Debating success has also been paramount this term,<br />
with our top team winning an overall competition at<br />
Bristol University and in the highly prestigious Cambridge<br />
Schools Debating Competition.<br />
<strong>Dulwich</strong> <strong>College</strong> Seoul<br />
Celebrating Chinese New Year<br />
Chinese New Year is a special time for Chinese around<br />
the world, and especially so at <strong>Dulwich</strong> <strong>College</strong> Seoul this<br />
year, where our Mandarin students staged the first Chinese<br />
New Year Assembly in DCSL history. <strong>The</strong> assembly told<br />
the story of a boy from a Western country visiting a<br />
Chinese family at Chinese New Year. As he watched, each<br />
family member presented a new year gift – a performance<br />
– to their grandparents. <strong>The</strong> nine performances featured<br />
different year groups, and included traditional favorites<br />
such as the “Happy New Year” song, “Jasmine”,“Kung Fu”<br />
and a Dragon Dance, with every student contributing.<br />
-<strong>The</strong> Mandarin Department<br />
<strong>Dulwich</strong> Suzhou<br />
DCSZ Breaks Ground on New Senior School<br />
Dignitaries from <strong>Shanghai</strong> and Suzhou gathered alongside<br />
students and parents in sub-zero temperatures at the<br />
Official Ground Breaking Ceremony for DCSZ’s new Senior<br />
School. When the 50,000 square metre site opens its doors<br />
in August 2013, it will feature two theatres, a gymnasium,<br />
a 25-metre indoor swimming pool, a large central library<br />
and media centre, five science labs, extensive playing fields<br />
and a coffee shop. <strong>The</strong>re will also be boarding facilities for<br />
up to 200 students, the first in the <strong>Dulwich</strong> family outside<br />
of London and the very first in China.<br />
<strong>Dulwich</strong> <strong>College</strong> Beijing<br />
International Schools Choral Music Society<br />
In February, <strong>Dulwich</strong> <strong>College</strong> Beijing hosted over 500<br />
students, 10 music practitioners and special guests and<br />
more than 60 music teachers for the 2012 International<br />
Schools Choral Music Society (ISCMS). <strong>The</strong> Gala Concert,<br />
Lumen, was held at the Forbidden City Concert Hall. <strong>The</strong><br />
choir and orchestra had the opportunity to perform with<br />
renowned artists Beverly Vaughn, Katie Targett-Adams,<br />
recent <strong>Dulwich</strong> <strong>College</strong> Beijing graduate Joseph Hyung<br />
Sup Lim, and the composer, Karl Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins<br />
commissioned a piece of work, “Celebration”, specifically<br />
for Lumen.<br />
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