Dear DCIS Parents and Guardians,
We hope you all had a relaxing half term break and have returned ready for all the exciting events in the rest of Term 2. We had some excellent new over the holiday that, following a very successful visit before half term, our application to join FOBISIA has been approved. We now become the second school in Singapore to become members of this prestigious regional organisation.
For starters, we have our annual DCIS Book Week. Our Teachers and Book Fair Committee have been busy organising a wide variety of book-related activities and competitions and class teachers will be posting photos from the Extreme Reading Challenge in the main foyer.
With this year’s Book Week we pay tribute to Roald Dahl, the author of ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, ‘James and the Giant Peach’, ‘Matilda’ and other memorable stories for children of all ages. His grandson, Luke Kelly, has even sent a personal video message to our school, saying how he cannot wait to see our entries for Dahl-inspired book covers and poetry.
Members of the SLT will be participating by reading to classes across the school and our parents will be taking part in story circles.
Below is a brief schedule of this year's Book Week:
Throughout the week
- Year group book focus - Year groups study Roald Dahl text
- Extreme Reading - Children and staff share photographs of extreme places
- Best Roald Dahl Book - Children vote for favourite book from this author
- Paired reading - Classes pair up for buddy reading sessions
- SLT readings - SLT will visit classes to read their favourite books
- Parent reading share stories in Lower Primary classes
Monday
- Teachers dressed as Roald Dahl characters to celebrate launch of Book Week
- Extreme Reading photographs will be displayed in the foyer
Thursday
- Judging of front cover and poetry competitions in the Junior Library at 4pm.
Friday
- Dress up day - Children come dressed as favourite book character
- Book Week celebrates week's activities and competition winners
- Book exchange - will take place in classes from 1pm.
This week also includes our DSE Parent Coffee Morning, Secondary School Parent Teacher Conferences, and our Primary School Guided Reading workshop.
We strongly encourage all parents to apply for the upcoming positions of DCA Chair and Vice Chair for 2017-2018. The DCA is an integral part of DCIS and works alongside the School to build on the elements of community, friendship, support and fun. Please click here to apply.
We want to thank each and every parent who took the NAE 2017 Parent Satisfaction Survey as we surpassed last year’s mark with a resounding 63% participation rate. We absolutely appreciate and value the feedback of all our families and will be sharing results with you when we received them from Nord Anglia Education.
In addition we have received our official certification for the IB Diploma Programme. We would like to once again congratulate all our staff who put in the extra effort required to ensure we will offer this prestigious programme this coming August.
Events this week:
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Monday, 27th February – Friday, 3rd March
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DCIS Book Week
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Tuesday, 28th February, 8.45am – 9.30am in the Cafe
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DSE Parent Coffee Morning
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Wednesday, 1st March
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Parent Workshop: Primary School Guided Reading
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Tuesday, 7th March, 3.30pm – 6.30pm
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Secondary School (Year 7 – Year 12) Parent Teacher Conferences
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Wednesday, 8th March, 4.00pm – 7.00pm
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Secondary School (Year 7 – Year 12) Parent Teacher Conferences
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Secondary School Parent Teacher Conferences
On Wednesday and Thursday we are holding our Secondary School Parent Teacher Conferences in Cooper Hall, with the following breakdown:
Year 7 – Year 12 Parent Teacher Conferences: Wednesday, 1st March, 3.30pm – 6.30pm
Year 7 – Year 12 Parent Teacher Conferences: Thursday, 2nd March, 4.00pm – 7.00pm
Your Year Group teacher will have already sent you the day and time for your appointment.
Summer Performing Arts with Juilliard
The Juilliard School, a world leader in performing arts education, and Nord Anglia Education are pleased to announce that applications are open for Summer Performing Arts with Juilliard – our summer programme from 8 – 21 July 2017 for students aged 10 – 18 years old. In addition there is a significant 15% discount from the standard price for all DCIS students.
Click here for more information on this exciting programme.
UN Day Recipe Book
This year, as part of our UN Day celebrations we will be creating a DCIS UN Day recipe book. We need your help with this!
If you would like to share a recipe, please email the recipe to the following email address:
dcisrecipes@gmail.com
Two Ongoing Initiatives
A reminder about our two ongoing initiatives for DCIS families:
- Mobile School App
We have officially launched the DCIS mobile school app that will allow you to directly access from your mobile device (handphone, iPad, tablet) numerous informational services, from the lunch menus to ECAs, from contact numbers to social media. The app can be downloaded from the App Store and Google Play. (Click to read more)
- DCIS International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Scholarship
DCIS has been approved* for the IB Diploma Programme (IBDP) and is now authorised as an IB World School. We are pleased to announce that we will be offering partial scholarships for qualified students for this prestigious programme that provides excellent preparation for university education and employment. (Click to read more)
NAE Global Campus Worldwide Event 2017
We are delighted to communicate to all parents of Years 9 - 12 that this summer UNICEF have invited Nord Anglia Education students to participate in the UN’s High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York in July 2017. Selected students will become ‘NAE Ambassadors’ and will influence politicians, demonstrating the action our schools are taking to tackle the United Nation’s Global Goals for sustainable development, which is the focus of our 2017 Global Challenge. Further details later this week.
Please note: this trip is only available for students in Years 9 - 12.
Many thanks,
The Global Campus Team
Lunch Service
Back by popular demand, our school catering company Chartwells are extending a complimentary food credit, worth $20.00, with every $200.00 that you topped up into your MY SCHOOL ACCOUNT. Don’t miss out this opportunity to take advantage of this generous offer from Chartwells. (Click here for more information).
Gentle reminder of the move to a biometrics food ordering process for Year 3 and above. The introductory letter and biometrics permission form can be found on our Parent Essentials website in the 'School Lunches' webpage.
Please click here to see the March menus:
Sports Notices
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Wed 1st Mar
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4.00PM
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U11 Boys Cricket
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TTS
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Wed 1st Mar
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4.00PM
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U14 Boys Basketball
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Nexus
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Thurs 2nd Mar
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4.30PM
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U11 Girls Netball A + B
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DCSG
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We would also like to communicate the dates for March's Sports Week:
Monday 27th March – 9AM – 11AM (Nursery +Reception) 12.30- 2.30pm (Year 1)
Tuesday 28th March – 9AM – 11AM (Year 2) 12.30-2.30PM (Year 3)
Wednesday 29th March – 9AM – 11AM (Year 4) 12.30 – 2.30PM (YR 5+6)
Thursday 30th March - Secondary Sports day (9AM -10.40 SESSION 1)
(11.00-12.40 SESSION 2) (1.20 – 2.50 SESSION 3)
Friday 31st March - Reserve day
Best regards,
Mr Christopher Short
Principal
https://twitter.com/dcisprincipal
March Calendar of Events
Please note that further details on sporting events and any updates are also made on the DCIS Website Calendar with weekly events highlighted on the DCIS Website Homepage and the weekly news on our News and Insights webpage.
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Wednesday, 1st March, 8.30am – 9.30am in Cooper Hall
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Parent Workshop: Primary School Guided Reading
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Wednesday, 1st March, 3.30pm – 6.30pm
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Secondary School (Year 7 – Year 12) Parent Teacher Conferences
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Thursday, 2nd March, 4.00pm – 7.00pm
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Secondary School (Year 7 – Year 12) Parent Teacher Conferences
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Monday, 6th March – Friday, 10th March
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March Newsletter Published Online
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Monday, 6th March – Friday, 10th March
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Primary School (Year 1 – Year 6) Assessment Week
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Tuesday, 7th March, 8.30am – 9.30am in the Music Room
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Parent Workshop: The Juilliard – Nord Anglia Education Programme at DCIS
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Wednesday, 8th March, 8.30am – 9.30am in Cooper Hall
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Parent Workshop: Secondary School – Approaches to Learning (Year 7 – Year 12)
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Tuesday, 14th March, 8.00pm – 9.00pm in Cooper Hall
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DCA Meeting
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Wednesday, 15th March, 8.45am – 11.00am in Cooper Hall
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DCIS Open Morning
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Friday, 17th March in Cooper Hall
Lower Primary, 9.00am – 9.30am
Upper Primary, 10.00am – 10.30am
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*Primary School Assembly
Lower Primary (Class 1RE and 1HK)
Upper Primary (Class 3BH and 3HA)
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Friday, 17th March, 7.00pm – 8.30pm in Cooper Hall
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DCIS Celebration of the Arts
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Wednesday, 22nd March, 8.30 – 9.30am in Cooper Hall
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Parent Workshop: DSE/Learning Support at DCIS
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Monday, 27th March – Friday, 31st March
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Official School Photos Week
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Monday, 27th March – Friday 31st March
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DCIS Sports Week
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Tuesday, 28th March
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Term 2 ECAs Finish
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Friday, 31st March in Cooper Hall
Lower Primary, 9.00am – 9.30am
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*Primary School Assembly
Lower Primary (Class 1GD and 1SS)
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Friday, 31st March, 7.00pm - 9.00pm in Cooper Hall
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DCA Secondary School Social Event
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Friday, 31st March
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Term 3 Extra-Curricular Activities Options Published Online
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