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7th June 2013

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Dear Parents and Guardians,

I am writing a short introduction this week as we prepare to enjoy our Founder’s Day celebrations. There are a

wonderful variety of different activities organised for tomorrow afternoon, both at the College and the nearby Banpo

Sports Centre, culminating in a concert at the end of the celebrations. A letter detailing the day’s programme was sent

out earlier in the week, but please do contact us if you did not receive your copy.

We are hoping that the forecast of good weather will prove to be true, as the day is largely an outdoor event. At the very

least, we will have our performances in the hall starting from 12pm, but will have a much earlier finish if the rain proves

to be too heavy to go outside. We will contact parents in the morning if we think there will be problems with weather,

but otherwise are keeping our fingers crossed for a sunny day!

There are several other important events happening before we finish for the year on Friday 28th June. An important

meeting will be held next Tuesday 11th June at the Seoul Club from 10.30am onwards. This will be an opportunity for our

Year 5-Year 9 parents to hear once more about our (I)GCSE programme and the plans we have to introduce the IB

Upcoming Events

Saturday 8th June

- Founder’s Day (12pm-5.30pm)

Monday 10th June

- Year 6 Residential Trip Departs

Tuesday 11th June

- Senior School Workshop at Seoul Club (8.30am)

- U9 Boys Football Trials (3.30pm-4.30pm)

Wednesday 12th June

- Year 5 Culture Day

- Year 1 Pet Morning (8.30am-9.30am)

- Musical Moments Concert (5pm-6pm)

Thursday 13th June

- U14 Girls Football Trials (3.30pm-5.30pm)

- Musical Moments Concert (5pm-6pm)

Friday 14th June

- Year 1 Theatre Trip (9am-12pm)

- Nursery Classes Assembly (2.30pm-3pm)

- U14 Boys Football Trials (3.30pm-5.30pm)

Saturday 15th June

- Saturday Art School (10am-4pm)

SPOTLIGHT KS3 Sports Day


Diploma in the future. We will also reaffirm at this meeting the excellent staffing that we have secured for Year 10 and

the Senior School in general. All of the teachers previously mentioned in the Newsletters will be joining us in August,

along with some additional appointments which I will be announcing in the coming weeks.

May I finally apologise for not being outside in the mornings to welcome the students into school every day of the week.

The main reason for this has been the need to attend some physiotherapy sessions for two mornings a week (up to

9am) on my old knees!

Yours faithfully,

Daryl Orchard

Headmaster

ECA News

Please be aware that ECA’s finish this term on Wednesday 19th June.

The ECA sign up for next term will start from Wednesday 28th August.

Mr Ben Ward

ECA Co-ordinator

DCSL Football Squad Trials - Years 3 through Year 9

Please note the new date for Year 6 students (who will be away on their residential next week):

Year 2 and Year 3 Girls - Monday 17th June (3.30pm-4.30pm)

Year 3 Boys - Tuesday 11th June (3.30pm-4.30pm)

Year 4 and Year 5 Girls - Wednesday 19th June (3.30pm-5.30pm)

Year 4 and Year 5 Boys - Tuesday 18th June (3.30pm-5.30pm)

Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 Boys - Friday 14th June (3.30pm-5.30pm)

Year 7, Year 8, and Year 9 Girls - Thursday 13th June (3.30pm-5.30pm)

Year 6 Boys and Year 6 Girls - Friday 27th June (3.30pm-4.30pm)

There will also be a final trial on the first Saturday back (31st August) before the final squad is selected - so that new

students to the school can be considered. Please contact [email protected] for details.

DCSL Basketball Squads

U14 Squads: The season has now finished so there will be no more after-school practices this term.

U11 Squads: I am writing to confirm that as the opposing school have had to withdraw from the match on Saturday

15th June we have no choice but to cancel the date. Obviously this comes as a great disappointment after looking

forward to playing the final game of the season.

Many thanks for your support this term and also to Mr Nava for his work with the girls teams - the children have

enjoyed learning the game and shown great progress in all areas.

Mr Matthew Deegan

Director of Sports

mailto:[email protected]


Wednesday 5th June - KS3 Sports Day Report

The Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 students battled it out in the annual Inter-House athletics competition held on the school

site and also at the Banpo Sports Ground. All students took part in a sprint, a middle distance run, a throw and a jump -

as well as team events for Shuttle relay and Tug-O-War. At the end of a sunny morning after some exciting and fun

races/events we had the following results:

Individual Overall Sports Day Champions:

Year 9 Boys - Jay Shim (9R)

Year 9 Girls - Ellena Sakai (9R)

Year 8 Boys - Hong Chan Lee (8D)

Year 8 Girls - Inju Chang (8B)

Year 7 Boys - Dillon Park (7J)

Year 7 Girls - Poppy Byrne (7D) and Katie Yoon (7D)

House Results:

1st - Alleyn (151) 2nd - Sejong (135) 3rd - Seacole (105) 4th - Shackleton (101)

Matthew Deegan

Director of Sports


Summer Holiday Reading

Many parents ask how they should keep their child reading over the summer. The holiday provides an excellent

opportunity to take a break from scheme books and to teach your child that we read for meaning and we read for fun.

When you are out and about

Encourage your child to read directions when you are travelling. Get them looking out for road signs

and talking about how long the journey is and how far there is left to go. Whilst travelling about read

timetables: bus, train and subway - this will also encourage independence. Remember that skills

learnt in one language can easily be transferred to another.

Make use of the internet

Look out for author blogs and websites, book previews as well as trailers on the

internet. There are lots of websites that have fun ideas and links to topics and are

appropriate for your child that will engage them and also encourage older readers.

We would recommend the CBBC website and National Geographic Kids.

Library and book shop visits

Help your child to find books relating to topics that they are particularly interested in. Librarians will happily tell you

about popular books and often there are fun activities and competitions that the children can get involved with.

Shopping

Ask your child to help with the weekly shop. They could write down the shopping list for the week and then read it

back in the store or online to find the products to purchase. You could get them to do some research online for new

school shoes or other items that they need before going shopping.

Keep up with the news

Encourage your child to find out what is going on the in world by reading a

newspaper or looking up child-friendly news websites like BBC Newsround.

Be aware that some news items might be of a sensitive nature, so you might want

to be around. It also gives you an opportunity to talk to your child about events

they have found out about. Local papers are often good for finding topics that are

relevant to them.

Start your own ‘Book Club’

How about reading the same book as your child, especially if it is a chapter book? This will allow you to share your

ideas about the book and the characters. Ask your child questions about the characters. For example: Which is your

favourite character? What would you have done in the same situation as the character? Suggest they write you a quiz

based on the book to check you have read the book properly!


Cooking

All children love to cook! Encourage them to read and follow simple recipes and also to plan for the

ingredients and equipment needed. Taste favourites from Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes, The Silver

Spoon for Children or Jamie Oliver’s Eat it. Any recipe that is not too complicated will do.

Create a holiday scrapbook

Suggest your children make a scrapbook about their holiday. It could also be made online, using a blog

www.blogger.com - adjust the privacy settings to share it with just friends and family. Children can use the site to

write about their experiences and share photos, whilst giving them a real audience for their work.

Making books

Children love making up their own stories. Encourage them to design and make

their own book with illustrations. Your child could also use www.storybird.com to

help them create their own picture book, share online and even get it published as

a hardback book.

Teach Your Monster to Read

For children in or entering Key Stage 1, the free website teachyourmonstertoread.com will

allow your child to practice the first steps of reading, using the same synthetic phonics-based

method as we use in school. An iPad version is scheduled for release over the summer, along

with a sequel to the original game.

Relax with a book

Find a place in your home that would make a good ‘reading and dreaming’ place. They

could help you build it with soft cushions, an indoor tent, comfy blankets. It could even be

somewhere in the garden that is sheltered. Tell the rest of the family that your child

should not be disturbed when they are in their reading spot.

Have lots of fun reading!

Mr Ian Stewart and Ms Rachel Scott

Literacy Co-ordinators

Library Notice

Please return all library books to the library by Friday 14th June. No further books will be issued this academic year in

order to complete our annual inventory check.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Ms Hannah Woodger

College Librarian

http://www.blogger.com/

http://www.storybird.com/

http://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com


Duanwu Festival Celebration

As the Lunar May is coming, a very important traditional festival is very close to us. The

Dragon Boat Festival, Dua nwu Jie in Mandarin, is a traditional and statutory holiday

originating in China and associated with a number of East Asian and Southeast Asian

societies. Our Primary students have made it very special by celebrating it by participating

in various activities.

Wearing five-colour threads

Five-colour threads symbolize the five-colour dragons which will bring us good luck and dispel all kinds of

disasters.

Design Wudu Cakes

‘Wudu’ means the five poisonous creatures: spiders, snakes, centipedes, toads and scorpions. People clean

the houses and eat Wudu cakes to keep the five poisonous creatures away and to protect ourselves.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holiday

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia


Eating Zongzi

Zongzi in Mandarin, is a kind of rice dumpling wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves. It is a special food for this

festival to commemorate a great poet, Qu Yuan.

Dragon Boat Race

The Dragon Boat Race is one of the most exciting activities of the Duanwu Festival. The dragon boats are

decorated in bright colours and people compete in groups. It promotes the spirit of cooperation and

competition. Our Year 4 students have made colourful dragon boats for the race!

Ms Kalian Wang

Head of Mandarin

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