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Dear Parents,I would like to express my sincere thanks to those of you that responded to my email last Friday and came to the College to support our U19 Boys Rugby team in the final of the ACAMIS trophy. Unfortunately, the boys narrowly missed out on victory but they all made us feel immensely proud of them for the combination of courage and sportsmanship that they displayed in every game that they played. The atmosphere and spirit that we created was tangible and again I would appeal to you all to come along to support our students at every opportunity, whether that be in sporting pursuits, performing arts events, or any College activity.I have been honoured and privileged to have been interviewing applicants for our Head Girl and Head Boy posts this week and have been left in awe of the talent that our students possess. Every candidate deserves to be commended for their excellent candidature and It is with great pleasure that I announce the appointment of Sonalika Jain to the post of Head Girl and William Yang to the post of Head Boy. I look forward to working with them both over the year ahead.Mr. Paul FriendHeadmaster

Student and Family PhotosStudents that missed their photos being taken at the beginning of the term will be having their photos taken next week. The DUCKS students will be on Thursday, 10th November and the Junior and Senior School students will be on Friday, 11th November. Please remember the children who are having their photos taken will need to wear their Formal Uniform on the day relevant to them.Mr. Lucas will be at school to take family photos on Saturday, 12th November from 8.00am to 2.00pm, for any families that are interested. To book a time slot for a family photo session please go to the Lucas Digital website.Time slots have been set every 5 minutes per family and you can select the time that is most convenient for you, obviously it is on a first come, first served basis. Once you have booked you will be given a booking number which will allow you to make changes to your booking up to Friday afternoon, by which time the booking will remain fixed. To access the site, log onto http://lucasdigital.net/school/bookings once there select DCS school and use the password gantian Once you have logged in, fill in the details and select a time for the bookings and click on the make button. To make changes, you will need to log in using your booking number and your family name, please remember to use the correct case.

The DCS U19 Netball Team with the Australian International School, Singapore team.

Saturday, 5th November

Touch Rugby Open

Sunday, 6th November

U15 FOBISSEA trip DCB Returns

Monday, 7th November

1.00pm IGCSE/IB Music Recitals

Tuesday,8th November

1.00pm IGCSE/IB Music Recitals

1.00pm Vancouver Island University, Canada

2.00pm DUCKS EAL Forum

4.30pm SISAC Basketball D1/D2/D3 B/G vs SAS

CISSA Boys Football

Wednesday, 9th November

FOBISSEA Music Festival in Beijing begins

Junior School Charity Day

SS Formal Uniform Every Wednesday Reminder

1.00pm Acadia University, Canada

1.00pm IGCSE/IB Music Recitals

Thursday,10th November

JS Music Dynamix Festival at SCIS HQ begins

CISSA Girls Football

Key Stage 3 Maths Olympiad at YCIS Beijing

8.30am DUCKS Students Make-Up Photos

1.00pm IGCSE/IB Music Recitals

1.00pm Wollongong University, Australia

4.30pm SISAC Basketball D1 Boys vs YCIS

7.00pm IGCSE, IB & Beyond Evening

Friday,11th November

8.30am JS&SS Students Make-Up Photos

For full parent calendar click here

Please click here for the Friends of Dulwich website.

31st October - 4th November

The DCS U19 ACAMIS Boys Rugby Team. Click here for a full report of their two day tournament.

SportNetballFriday was a great afternoon of netball with both our U19 teams emerging as convincing winners against AIS Singapore. Well done to all the players and thank you to all who came to support and provided such a wonderful atmosphere.On Saturday our D1/2/3 teams played host to teams from BISS Pd and BISS Px. Results were excellent; D1 played 2 won 2, D2 played 3 won 3 and D3 won one and lost one. Another great morning of netball.

SPOTLIGHT

Performing ArtsVenetian TwinsFor further updates about the Senior School Production of Venetian Twins click here.

Senior Music NewsFor information on:IB and IGCSE Lunchtime ConcertsABRSM Theory Exam PreparationsFOBISSEA Music FestivalPlease click here.

Dulwich college Shanghai

School News

DucKS

Junior School

Senior School

Mrs. Joanne WoodwardHead of DUCKS

Mr. Philip StewartHead of Junior School

Mr. Nicholas BottingHead of Senior School

The children in Year 1 and 2 have been enjoying their activity time on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I spent the afternoon this week in clay club where the children were working hard to make piggy banks – it all looked very complicated but they were concentrating hard and I am sure they are going to look wonderful! Next week is the final week of activities and then this time will be used for concert rehearsals and Christmas activities.

Year 1 and 2 ConcertThe children are busy rehearsing for their concert which takes place on Wednesday, 23rd and Thursday, 24th November at 10.00am in the DCS Theatre. I am sure many of their mums and dads already know the words too from all the singing they seem to be doing! Next week you will receive a letter asking you to choose which day you would like to attend. Two tickets are allocated to each child, and then additional tickets are given on a first come first served basis. It will be a wonderful event!

Carols by CandlelightChildren in Nursery and Reception will be taking part in Carols by Candlelight on Tuesday, 6th December at 5.00pm in the DUCKS playground. No tickets are needed – the more the merrier! There will be a few chairs but mostly parents tend to stand around and sing along. In the event of rain it will take place in the DUCKS hall.

Winter FairThe winter fair will be taking place on Saturday, 3rd December. This is an amazing event with lots of things to do for all of the family. If you have not already done so please do sign up with your child’s class representative to help on the day.

Have a lovely weekend.

Junior School Charity DayThe Junior School Charity Day is on Wednesday, 9th November. We will be supporting both of our charities: For more details please click here.

Competition time!As many of you are aware, we have many parent helpers as well as many other visitors in the Junior school who deserve a big ‘thank you’ for putting in the extra hours and time to support us in our learning and to help us with our daily school events.We would like to invite the children to enter a competition for designing an attractive THANK YOU card and to think of lots of creative ways in which to say ‘thank you’ in a card design.A first prize, second prize and a third prize winner for the competition will be selected and all three designs will be printed onto a special Dulwich College Shanghai, Junior School designed card.Entries should be completed on A4 paper, in any media and submitted to the Junior School art room by 30th November.

Artwork specifications are as follows:• Type of Art: painting, sketch, paper cutting or computer –aided drawings (2 dimensional work).• A4 sized paper• Artists full name and age should be neatly written on the back of the work.• The original artwork should be submitted to the Junior art room before 30th November 2011.

Good Luck!

Junior School LeadershipIn Junior School this week we held a ‘Leadership’ training morning for our School Captains. We spent the morning looking at the roles and responsibilities of our School Captains. We then explored different definitions of leadership and how they might differ from managers. It was a very successful morning and demonstrated what great leaders of the future we have in Junior School!

Interviews for Head Boy and Head Girl took place on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. The eight short-listed candidates spoke with insight, confidence and enthusiasm about their plans for the role if chosen, leaving the five-strong panel with the headache of making their final selections. In all there were over 80 candidates for the 20 prefect positions and regardless of the final outcomes I would like to thank all of the applicants and encourage them to continue in their aspirations to make a positive difference here at DCS.

IGCSE, IB & Beyond Evening - 7.00pm Thursday, 10th November The purpose of the evening is to explore the links between subject choices at the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE), International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) and University programmes. Making the right subject choices in essential and the Uni-versity Careers Guidance Counsellors will begin to explore how possible careers and University Programmes must be explored before your son/daughter concludes their option choices. Although this event is mainly aimed at parents and students in Year 9-11, we openly invite all parents

to attend from the Junior and Senior School. If you are keen to attend, please RSVP to ronnie.xiang@dulwich-shanghai.cn stating how many people will be attending. We look forward to seeing many of you, with your son/daughter at this event which will be held in the Mei Lan Fang Theatre.

Sports DayWell done to Howard house for its narrow victory in the 2011 Dulwich College sports day. The day was a huge success and a special thanks must go to the students, staff and parents who made the event such a special day.

Karan Pandanda and Henry Wallace battle for gold in the Year 8 1500 metres.

31st October - 4th November