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A DULWICH WEEKLY NEWSLETTER - 27th SEPTEMBER 2013 Chuseok spirit ...for a little while longer Dear Parents and Guardians, As ever, it was always a pleasure to see the children return to school after the holidays, as well as being able to welcome additional numbers of new students to the College. Through speaking to the students this week, I was very interested to listen to what they did during the Chuseok celebrations or to hear about the different countries that they had visited during the vacation. The spirit of these festivities stayed with us a little bit longer at Dulwich College Seoul this year, as we celebrated our Chuseok assembly today - an event that I especially look forward to each year. Like many festivals around the world, Chuseok is centred upon the concept of the family, which for most of us constitutes our primary source of support, shelter and comfort, whether you be young or old. The family has remained as the most enduring form of community association throughout the existence of mankind and is central to us all at Dulwich College Seoul. Beyond this close association of relatives, we also talk about the school family and the Dulwich family of schools, all of which give us additional pillars of mutual support and care as we journey through life. At DCSL we have always lived by our motto of “Children Come First’, which is followed by our responsibility to also care for our parents and staff. In a new school, our focus has inevitably been turned inwards to ensure that we meet these important commitments to the different members of our school community. However, we are also aware that we have broader responsibilities; to the local community and to the wider national society in which we live. It does not stop here. Over the past few decades, the concept of global responsibility has also become a familiar concept, demanding that we become aware of the many challenges and inequities that are faced by people across the world. Due to the growing inter-connectedness of the modern world, none of these responsibilities can be ignored. Upcoming Events Saturday 28 th September Y3 KISAC Football @ Hong Xiao (10am-1pm) Y4 KISAC Football @ Chadwick (10am-2.30pm) U14 Football at Yongsan (11am-1pm) U11 Football vs YISS @ DCSL (2.30pm-5.30pm) Monday 30 th September Year 4 Culture Day Johns Hopkins University Visit in Room 419 (1.30pm-2.30pm) U11 Girls Football vs BCCC at DCSL (4pm-5.30pm) Wednesday 2 nd October Senior School PoetryDay Author Visit - Julia Golding (8.30am-10.30am) Anti-bullying Parent Workshop 1 (10am-12.30pm) Anti-bullying Parent Workshop 2 (1.30pm-3pm) Thursday 3 rd October School Closed for National Foundation Day Friday 4 th October 5C Class Assembly (2.30pm-3pm) U14 Football Trip to Jeju Departs (3pm) D E T UR P O N S MU N D O

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A DULWICH WEEKLY NEWSLETTER - 27th SEPTEMBER 2013

Chuseok spirit...for a little while longer Dear Parents and Guardians,As ever, it was always a pleasure to see the children return to school after the holidays, as well as being able to welcome additional numbers of new students to the College. Through speaking to the students this week, I was very interested to listen to what they did during the Chuseok celebrations or to hear about the different countries that they had visited during the vacation. The spirit of these festivities stayed with us a little bit longer at Dulwich College Seoul this year, as we celebrated our Chuseok assembly today - an event that I especially look forward to each year.Like many festivals around the world, Chuseok is centred upon the concept of the family, which for most of us constitutes our primary source of support, shelter and comfort, whether you be young or old. The family has remained as the most enduring form of community association throughout the existence of mankind and is central to us all at Dulwich College Seoul. Beyond this close association of relatives, we also talk about the school family and the Dulwich family of schools, all of which give us additional pillars of mutual support and care as we journey through life.

At DCSL we have always lived by our motto of “Children Come First’, which is followed by our responsibility to also care for our parents and staff. In a new school, our focus has inevitably been turned inwards to ensure that we meet these important commitments to the different members of our school community. However, we are also aware that we have broader responsibilities; to the local community and to the wider national society in which we live. It does not stop here. Over the past few decades, the concept of global responsibility has also become a familiar concept, demanding that we become aware of the many challenges and inequities that are faced by people across the world. Due to the growing inter-connectedness of the modern world, none of these responsibilities can be ignored.

Upcoming Events

Saturday 28th September Y3 KISAC Football @ Hong Xiao (10am-1pm) Y4 KISAC Football @ Chadwick (10am-2.30pm) U14 Football at Yongsan (11am-1pm) U11 Football vs YISS @ DCSL (2.30pm-5.30pm)

Monday 30th September Year 4 Culture Day Johns Hopkins University Visit in Room 419 (1.30pm-2.30pm)

U11 Girls Football vs BCCC at DCSL (4pm-5.30pm)

Wednesday 2nd October Senior School PoetryDay Author Visit - Julia Golding (8.30am-10.30am) Anti-bullying Parent Workshop 1 (10am-12.30pm) Anti-bullying Parent Workshop 2 (1.30pm-3pm)

Thursday 3rd October School Closed for National Foundation Day

Friday 4th October

5C Class Assembly (2.30pm-3pm) U14 Football Trip to Jeju Departs (3pm)

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This sense of understanding and compassion for the lives of others, and care for the environment, is encapsulated in our Philosophy and Objectives statement and its associated values. The importance of community and social responsibility is taught throughout the curriculum at all ages in our school, most directly through Personal, Social and Health Education lessons. DCSL has done a lot over the past three years to support the local community and assist in projects worldwide. These have included fund raising for local orphanages and schools in the Seoul area. We have also shared our facilities with community associations, helped interview English teachers for local schools and regularly host visits for children from the Low Income Family Centre in Yeung-Deung Po. Additionally, we have helped make a difference beyond the region by raising funds to support a large number of micro projects in Nepal, Vietnam and Cambodia through association with the ‘100 Friends’ organisation. These projects will all continue.

However, we are now beginning to forge more meaningful relationships with local organisations which we can help through the concept of community service, rather than fund raising alone. Community service is a vital component of education in schools and the Community, Action, Service (CAS) course lies at the core of the prestigious IB Diploma Programme, without which the students will not be able to graduate from Year 13.

Throughout the coming years, we will therefore be putting into place community projects where our students, staff and parents can directly contribute to helping the lives of others, as well as through the support of fund raising. Such projects are always carefully considered, researched and age appropriate, mostly involving Senior School students, as well as staff and parent volunteers. By participating in community work, we are enriched by actively contributing to a more peaceful and trouble-free world.

I am therefore delighted that we are well on our way to working with a number of community projects in and around Seoul. I would just like to draw your attention to the first of these projects in today’s Newsletter. Owing to the dedicated work of our parent, Mrs Hyon A Kim, we are forging a relationship with the Yang-jae community centre in Seocho-gu. The community centre serves many roles, but we are going to help by providing volunteers to teach Basic English classes to young children from low income families, who otherwise would not receive this support at home. As the classes run during school time, we are asking for parent volunteers to start this programme. Our own teachers will also participate and we will assess whether our senior students can become involved at some point in the future.

There is more information about the project elsewhere in the Newsletter and a general meeting will be held for anyone who is interested in this voluntary work. We are not asking for regular commitments; even one hour per year would be appreciated. Support will be given to the volunteers by the community centre and the College, who will be paired up to teach small classes for one hour per week. Therefore, you do not need to be a qualified teacher or native speaker of English to be able to help out. If interested, please check the information later in the Newsletter, for the contact details of our parent co-ordinator, Mrs Kim.

I do look forward to seeing many parents and teachers volunteering for this programme over the year, so we can help contribute to our local community.

Before signing off, I would like to remind parents of the visit of Johns Hopkins University at school next Monday 30th September. If you are interested in learning more about their world renown Center for Talented Youth gifted and talented programme, please do come along on the day (see the reminder elsewhere in the Newsletter).

Finally, there are many teams playing sports fixtures this weekend, so I hope this wonderful weather continues and that I will see some of you at the College tomorrow.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Daryl Orchard

Head of College

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A DULWICH WEEKLY NEWSLETTER - 27th SEPTEMBER 2013

Johns Hopkins University Visit - Reminder

What? Presentation by The Cente for Talented Youth (CTY) Johns Hopkins University Who? All interested Dulwich parents When? Next Monday 30th September from 1.30pm to 2.30pm Where? Room 419 (4th Floor). Dulwich College Seoul

If you have not already registered via the recent email, but would like to come, please click here, so we can print an information pack for you. If you are not able to come, but would like an information pack please contact either Mr Curran or Mr Gormley and we will send one home with your child.

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Mr Tony Curran (Gifted and Talented Co-ordinator) and Mr David Gormley (Head of Additional Needs)

Friends of Dulwich - Lost Property On Monday 30th September and Tuesday 1st October, there will be a display of all items from Lost and Found in the FoD room (right next to the Reception desk in the College Lobby).

The Lost and Found display will take place from 9am to 3.30pm. All the items that are not claimed will be donated after this display period so please come and have a look if your child has lost something. There are blazers, coats and many other items.

Also, there will be a used uniform sale on Monday 7th October and Tuesday 8th October in the FoD room. Times will be announced in the next Newsletter so please mark these dates on your calendar if you are looking to buy some items for the colder weather.

Thank you for your support!

Friends of Dulwich

Calling all Parent Olympians!Seocho government office have asked the school to help out and provide volunteers for their annual Olympic Games among all the local districts. The event will be held on the 12th October and we need parent or teacher volunteers for the following events:

• Team Skipping - 2 male and 10 female volunteers required• Tug of War - 5 male and 5 female volunteers required• Running relay - 1 male and 1 female volunteer required

If you are over 25 and interested in volunteering please contact Mr Kelly as soon as possible at [email protected]. The office has stated that although the games are intended as a bit of fun, they are well-organised; so if you wish to take part we recommend that you attend some practise sessions that will be led by Mr Kelly (more details to follow). Please note that prizes will be available on the day and that kit and food will also be provided if you volunteer.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Mr Jamie McNamaraDeputy Head of Junior School

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Nut Free PolicyAs most of you are aware of school policy, Dulwich is a nut free school. We have several children in the school who have severe and potentially life threatening allergies to nuts. Sometimes parents bring a lovely cake or cookies for birthday party. However, I would like to remind you, when you send a cake or any kind of food, please always check the ingredient of the food to see if a product contains nuts. Particularly, please avoid sending macaroons, madeleines or almond pound cake as they contain almond powder. All cakes and cookies brought to school should always be checked by the nurse, so please bring them to my office.

Thank you very much for your careful attention to these matters in the interest of our children’s safety.

Ms Christine KimCollege Nurse

ABRSM Music Exam Preparation ClassesTheory Grade 5The Music Department will be offering top-up lessons in Music Theory, commencing on Thursday 7th October during the regular ECA time (3.30-4.30pm). Classes will be taught by Mrs Hamilton, an accomplished musician, who has much experience in teaching the ABRSM Theory examination in the U.K. and has close links with the ABRSM here in Seoul. These lessons are only for students taking Grade 5 music theory in November. There will be 4 one hour sessions. The group lessons will cost KRW20,000 per hour session. Places are limited so please contact me as soon as possible if you want to join the sessions at [email protected]

Aural TrainingStudents entering ABRSM exams should be working on the aural part of the exam with their tutors, however if you feel your child would benefit from some extra help we can offer classes leading up to the exams this November. The group lessons will be taught by Mrs Hamilton and will take place on Mondays during regular ECA time (3.30-4.30pm) starting on Monday 7th October. These lessons are aimed at students taking Grades 3 to 6. There will be between 4 and 6 sessions depending on the exact date of the exams which have yet to be confirmed.

Please email me if you are interested in registering your child ([email protected]).

Dulwich Festival of Music trip to BeijingThe festival is fast approaching, and as we make the final preparations for the trip, can we remind parents that the full payment is now due. As mentioned previously, we are holding a meeting for parents regarding the trip on Wednesday 2nd October at 3.45pm in the Music Department.

Mr Bruce HunnisettHead of Instrumental Studies

Tumble Book LibraryI am pleased to announce that we now have access to the TumbleBook Library due to a generous donation by Friends of Dulwich. The TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated picture and story books for children in EYFS and KS1. It includes quizzes, games, non-fiction books and videos. The website also contains a collection of French, Spanish, Italian, Russian and Mandarin books.

If you would like to access the TumbleBook Library please follow the link on the Dulwich College Library website (http://library.dulwich-seoul.kr:8088/).

Ms Hannah WoodgerCollege Librarian

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A DULWICH SENIOR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER - 27th SEPTEMBER 2013

What can our Senior School Student Council do for us?Recently all our Senior School students had the opportunity to elect the members of their Student Council. Candidates prepared election addresses and delivered presentations to their peers. Each tutor group elected two students to represent them in the school. The Student Council meets every week and they have the opportunity and the responsibility to improve the way our school works. As part of the process each successful candidate was asked to prepare a short piece describing how they think the Student Council can help our school and the wider community. They were given exactly thirty words to give their perspective. Read what they say.If you are reading this as a Senior School student, remember that the 14 individuals below represent you. Dulwich College Senior School wants to listen to our students so talk to your Student Council representatives and let them know what you think and how you feel.

Mr Tim Smale and Mr David GormleyStudent Council Co-ordinators

“As Student Council members we will always listen carefully to your concerns about school life. We will help and support you and try to resolve any issues or problems.” Louis Cho (7SA)

“We, the Student Council, care about our environment. Do you? Don’t bring disposable plastic bottles to school. Instead bring bottles that you can refill. Start recycling at school for a better future.” Sara Zamparini (7SA)

“We, the Student Council, will take responsibility for respecting and caring for others around the school. We will involve people in many different events and make sure everyone has fun.” Jessie Lee (7TS)

“We will listen to everyone’s opinions and ideas and try to make changes. With confidence and courage, the Student Council will make sure our school becomes popular and well known.” June-Hyuk Yoo (7TS)

“The Student Council is here to improve the school and the world around us. We can improve the design of new school buildings and support campaigns like Save the Earth.” Ellie Shim (8EK)

“There are many issues that can be tackled in Dulwich College by the Student Council. We will try as hard as we can to improve our school academically and socially.” Christopher Kim (8EK)

“The Student Council group will listen carefully and seriously to your opinions. It is a great opportunity to get things done. We are very happy to listen and to act.” Matthew Huh (8SW)

Meet the New Student Council

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Visiting Author - Julia Golding Next Wednesday students in Year 7 and Year 8 will have a writing workshop with the award-winning British author, Julia Golding. She has written many books for children and teenagers including the popular ‘Young Knights’ and ‘Cat Royal’ series.

If you would like more information about Julia Golding please visit her website: http://www.juliagolding.co.uk/

Ms Hannah WoodgerCollege Librarian

Pedagogy PostAt DCSL we take learning and teaching very seriously - sharing best practice and striving to become better and better in the classroom is not only our students’ goal but every teacher’s goal too. For some time now we have been producing an internal newsletter written by teachers for teachers. This publication is a forum for us to share current educational research, high quality resources, activities that have worked well inside and outside of the classroom and the reflections of our students. If you would like to take a look to find out what we are currently talking about and interested in, please browse the latest edition which has been made available to you on the Parent Zone.

Ms Joanna ReidLearning and Teaching Coordinator

“We, the Student Council members, are aiming to improve the environment not only at school, but around Seoul. We will increase recycling so that Korea can become a cleaner country.” Ellis Ahn (8SW)

“School is a place to work but also to enjoy. We will listen to individuals and develop ideas to organise more effective social events for all of us to enjoy.” Jung-Hyun Won (9AB)

“As members of the Senior School Student Council we will all focus on helping Dulwich College to become a more exciting and welcoming place for staff, students and all visitors.” Christine Lee (9AB)

“We have many goals that we believe can be achieved, from ordering board games to organising important events. We will strive to implement the suggestions of all of our students.“ Rachel Kim (9MD)

“We will, as members of the Senior School Student Council, always remember our duty: to be a sturdy bridge linking the students and all the staff members at our school.” Jake Hyun (9MD)

“We want to help and offer our thoughts on how to help the school to continue to improve and to become a place where students and parents choose to come.” Jessica Cho (10ET)

“Even though none of us is the President of Korea, requests from students will be listened to and put into action to carefully develop the school for all our students.” Kevin Lee (10ET)

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Another tremendously busy week culminated in Friday’s Chuseok theme day. Children across the school, bedecked in Hanbok and Korean national colours brought an added vibrancy to the school environment and participated in a variety of traditional activities during the day, ranging from dance to cooking. The Chuseok assembly at the very end of the day was a wonderful celebration of culture, music and dance. A special thank you must be expressed to Ms Jude Lee for her tireless work over the past few weeks and the many parents who gave of their time to ensure the children had such an authentic experience.

As always a wide range of activities have been taking place in and out of the classrooms, reflecting the rich and broad curriculum on offer at the school. The Year 5s were out on the Han River discovering, first-hand, how rivers are used. This week also saw the beginning of the ECA programme and I saw many happy but exhausted figures heading homeward at 4.30pm and 5.30pm after being involved in their choice of after-school activity.

It is a busy weekend for our sports teams with the U9 Boys and Girls football teams playing away at Chadwick, the Year 3 team playing away at the Chinese Overseas Primary School and the U11 Boys and Girls playing at home against YISS. I hope to see lots of parents out supporting the Dulwich teams. Best of luck to all involved and I am sure all the children will benefit greatly from the experience.

Next week we have two notable visitors at school. Johns Hopkins Centre for Talented Youth, a world leader in gifted and talented education, and Mr Robert Pereria (Anti-Bullying Strategies). Their input will further help and support us in these two important areas in the education and development of our young people. I hope you are able to take the opportunity to attend the parent workshops being held on Monday (Johns Hopkins) and Wednesday (Mr Robert Pereria).

I have enjoying meeting many of you over this first month and now I would like to create a regular opportunity to keep the door of communication open. I will be available in the foyer every Thursday morning from 8.15am to answer any questions or just have a quick chat. If you would like to discuss more sensitive school issues please email me for a more formal meeting ([email protected]).

Healthy Eating

Enabling our students to understand what constitutes a healthy diet is an important part of our College ethos. Our caterers plan careful menus to ensure that the children who have school meals are having a healthy balanced meal. Some parents prefer to provide their own snacks and lunches for their children. Please may we remind you that if you chose to do this, we do ask that the snack and lunch you provide is healthy and nutritious. It should not include sweets, chocolate, biscuits, fizzy drinks or other similar items.

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A DULWICH PRIMARY WEEKLY NEWSLETTER - 27th SEPTEMBER

One Community -Dulwich College Seoul

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We are a ‘Nut Free’ school, so no nuts of any type should be included. When bringing in birthday cakes, cupcakes and other food items it is important to check the ingredients listed on packaging to ensure that nuts are not included in any way.

Primary School Assemblies

Parents are most welcome to attend Primary School assemblies which are usually at 2.30pm on Friday afternoons in the school Gym. This year these assemblies will include a variety of events including music recitals, visitors to the school, celebrations, public speaking competitions and much more!The focus for each Friday’s assembly is published in the ‘Upcoming Events’ section of the Newsletter in the preceding week so that you can schedule your commitments in advance. Assemblies are also included on the school calendar which can be found at http://www.dulwich-seoul.kr/page.cfm?p=525 Some of the key assemblies for this year are:

Friday 11th October Music Recital (the Music Department will inform the parents of students selected to perform)

Friday 30th November Year 5 and Year 6 Public Speaking Competition (more details will be announced closer to the time)

Friday 13th December KS1 Christmas Assembly Friday 24th January Lunar New Year Assembly Friday 14th February Music Recital

(the Music Department will inform the parents of students selected to perform) Friday 7th March Book Day Assembly Friday 14th March World Maths Day Assembly Friday 21st March Poetry Recital (more details will be announced closer to the time) Friday 4th April Earth Day Assembly Friday 4th April Piano Recital

(the Music Department will inform the parents of students selected to perform) Friday 16th May International Day Assembly Friday 23rd May Year 3 and Year 4 Public Speaking Competition

(more details will be announced closer to the time)

Please note that we will no longer be presenting ‘Star of the Week’ certificates in the Friday assembly. These will now be presented to children in smaller gatherings throughout the week. To celebrate this success with parents, we will include photographs of all our ‘Stars of the Week’ in the Friday newsletter.

We look forward to welcoming many of you to our Primary School Assemblies.

Mr Marcus SherwoodHead of Primary School

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An Introduction to the New School ApproachCARES has always been an important part of classroom life at Dulwich College Seoul, so recently we have been thinking of how to incorporate CARES more formally into the children’s learning. As a result, all classes are beginning to teach stand-alone Personal Social Health Education (PSHE) lessons as part of their weekly topic sessions. Each month the whole primary school will be focusing on one of the principles of CARES, and the learning in these lessons will link to that principle. The timetable is shown below and we would encourage that each month, you talk to your children about the focus area. You can discuss what they have been learning in class, and the importance of CARES in ensuring they have a positive school life. Each Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 class will collect evidence to document their learning throughout the year in a class sketch book. This could include photographs, pieces of individual work, collaborative work and comments from teachers and children. Trips and assemblies provide ideal opportunities for meaningful learning experiences, outside of the classroom, so may also feature in the class sketch book.

Take a look at some of the photographs to see how the children are already co-operating in their lessons.

Ms Katharine O’SullivanPSHE Co-ordinator

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Month FocusSeptember Co-operation

October AchievementNovember RespectDecember Enjoyment

January SupportFebruary Co-operation

March AchievementApril RespectMay EnjoymentJune Support

French ECAThere are spaces available in the French Primary ECA for Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3. It takes place on Monday after school until 4.30pm in room 502. Come along, have some fun and learn some French!

Ms Sarah AshworthMFL Co-ordinator

The children in 4R, 4F and 4W embarked on their first excursion of the year last Tuesday when they visited ‘Moghul’ Indian restaurant in Itaewon to sample some authentic Indian curry cooked by a Pakistani chef.

On the menu were 2 types of chicken curry, a vegetable curry, rice and homemade naan bread which the children could see being made from their tables. Despite having already eaten a school lunch, many children found the food so delicious they went back for seconds and even managed to fit in the desert, ‘Gulab Jamun’ - deep fried sweet dumplings stewed in sugar syrup; a favourite in India.

The Year 4 staff were very proud of the children’s behaviour at the restaurant and were delighted to hear the restaurant staff comment on how quiet and polite they were!

Ms Joanne RogersOn behalf of Year 4

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Year 4 Sample Delicious Indian Cuisine

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Roald Dahl Day Fun in Year 3On 13th September 2013, Year 3 joined millions of others around the world as they celebrated Roald Dahl’s birthday with ‘mischief and mayhem’ - and what a fun day it was! The children (and staff) came to school dressed as their favourite Roald Dahl book character or wearing Roald’s favourite colour, yellow. lots of thought and preparation had gone into the costumes and all were a delight to see. Rather than staying in their registration groups for the theme day, the children mixed with their respective houses and took part in four exciting, Roald Dahl-based activities. They helped Willy Wonka in some candy Science activities; challenged themselves to use imagination and teamwork in a Drama session; helped to create a disgusting beard for Mr Twit and cooked revolting spaghetti with Mrs Fox - many of the exciting learning opportunities took place in various parts of the school, including the cookery room, the drama studio and the science lab.The atmosphere throughout the day was certainly ‘buzzing’, with children animated, keen to discuss activities and simply having fun. What a great day to complement and help bring to a close our mini Roald Dahl topic!

Ms Sheralyn SeftonYear 3 Leader

“I thought making Mr. Twit’s beard was so fun!” Sean Koo (3K)

“We were able to act out characters from Roald Dahl books and I acted like Matilda!” Kylie Baik (3K)

“On Roald Dahl Day I had fun when I was making wormy pasta! When I was making the wormy pasta I put marshmallows, sweets and chocolate in!” Leonardo Invernizzi (3S)

“I liked Roald Dahl Day because you got to dress up - there were so many girls that dressed up as Matilda!” Grace Lee (3S)

“My favourite activity was Science because the experiment was interesting and it was fun too!” Felicity Greene (3WB)

“What I loved was making wormy spaghetti because I got dirty hands!” Jia Jun Ang (3WB)

“On Roald Dahl Day I enjoyed the Willy Wonka thing where you made the S’s of skittles float. Roald Dahl Day was cool and I hope we have another one soon.”Megan Bonner (3B)

“On Roald Dahl Day some people were Willy Wonka or Matilda. We met different friends and did some activities. It was an awesome day!” Diane Lee (3B)

Recently, the children have been learning about ‘Superheroes Who Help Us’ and were fortunate enough to have some special visitors call into their classrooms to tell them a little bit about the important work that they do.

Early one Monday morning, a group of police officers from Bang-bae Police Station arrived in two smart vehicles. The head of the team was Senior Inspector Jang Sung-jin.

Year 1 children participated in a variety of activities and this is what some of our young students had to say afterwards:

“I learnt that to call the police you ring 112, not 119.” Sarah-Jane Sagar (1B)“I liked the police car because it was so cool!” Na Yoon Cha-Ryu (1B)“I learnt to look left and right when I cross the road.” Malachy Waddington (1B)“I liked the policeman because he catches robbers and helps us.” Chan Hyung Kim (1B)“I liked it. It was fun having the police to visit.” Anna Suh (1H)“I learnt how to cross the road.” Ava Park (1H)“It was great being in the police car but I didn’t like the handcuffs!” Genevieve Green (1H)

Before the Chuseok Holiday, Year 1 were busily preparing some interesting questions for our second visitor. On Monday afternoon, Nurse Christine called by to see the children. Please find below some of the questions that Nurse Christine was asked by the young learners:

“How do you help people?” Michael Bell (1C)“Where did you work?”Brandon Koh (1C)“How do you give the medicine?” Yena Park (1C)“Have you been to a hospital?” Hana Van Rossum (1C)“Why did you want to be a nurse?” Gina Mack (1MC)“Does a nurse give injections?” Jewon Shin (1MC)“Are medicines poisonous?” Jimmy Li (1MC)“How do you fix bones?” Patrick Murphy (1MC)

Our visitors provided thoroughly enjoyable educational experiences for all the children. We greatly appreciated the time that they were able to spend with us. Year 1 would like to thank Mr Steve Kim for helping to organise the visit by the local police officers and Ms Amy for acting as interpreter during the session. Also, we would like to say ‘Thank you’ to Nurse Christine for patiently answering the children’s questions.

Year 1 Team

Some SuperheroesVisit Year 1

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A DUCKS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER - 27th SEPTEMBER 2013

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Star of the Week in EYFSCongratulations go to David from Reception Yellow, Daniel from Reception Purple, Amanda from Reception Green and Gina from Nursery Red and Jaime from Nursery Blue.

They were this week’s Stars!

Ms Susan LessiterFS Co-ordinator

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