Dear Parents and Carers,
Last week was our Anti Bullying and Kindness Week. There were a variety of activities taking place all week to promote this important area across the school. Mr. Tallet, our Primary ICT teacher, shared some excellent guidance on anti-bullying online and the guidelines that various social media companies give out. Ms Scott, our Educational Psychologist, ran assemblies with the Primary School and talked about the importance of kindness and why it is good to be assertive.
During Kindness Week our Secondary Student Council organised a food drive and managed to collect an impressive amount of food, that has now been donated to the Food Bank Singapore. A huge thank you to all who donated food and well done to the organisers of this very successful event.
Our World Scholars Cup team members Thanh-Lan, Suhani and Amelia have arrived safely at Yale University together with Ms Eaton. They have had a great start to their visit and have already participated in a scavenger hunt, the creative writing competition and some debates. We are very proud of our team and are looking forward to more updates from Yale.
We were also delighted to welcome John Durant, the director of the MIT museum during the week and he enjoyed meeting with students and staff to talk about our STEAM projects.
Tomorrow is the United Nations World Children’s Day. The aim of the day is to promote children's rights as enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. With our link to UNICEF and our work on the sustainable development goals we have a number of events going on in school this week. These include a series of meetings where students highlight areas of the school where they would like to see development taking place, including sustainability in the school and our House system’s next stage of development. Across the NAE family we are also involved in a number of social media projects so please look out for the hashtags #NAEKidsTakeOver, #WorldchildrensdayDCIS.
Ms Hooper and our drama department are running auditions for the secondary school production Arabian Nights this week. The auditions are open to all students in Years 7-9, for a schedule of the timings, please refer to the email sent out by Ms Hooper last week.
We have parent workshops tomorrow for both Primary and Secondary parents to discuss our reporting process, we look forward to welcoming you to the school.
Have a great week.
Mr. Christopher Short
Principal
Calendar Events
Here is a list of the main events happening this week (do check our website calendar or the parent portal calendar for updated events over the year)
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Tuesday 20th November
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08:45
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09:30
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Parent Workshop - Reports (Secondary)
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Tuesday 20th November
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09:30
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10:15
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Parent Workshop - Reports (Primary)
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Friday 23rd November
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13:35
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13:55
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Upper Primary Assembly, Classes 5DH and 5JP, (Cooper Hall)
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Sport Fixtures, Events and ECAs
DCIS students are competing in the following fixtures and invited to the following clubs. Good luck to all!
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Tuesday 20th November
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16:30
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Under 10 Boys Football A and B Teams.
Venue to be confirmed.
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Tuesday 20th November
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16:30
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Under 16 Girls Basketball. DCIS vs SAS, at SAS.
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Tuesday 20th November
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16:50
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Under 16 Boys Football. DCIS vs CIS, at CISL.
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Wednesday 21st
November
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16:30
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Under 12 Boys Basketball. DCIS vs CIS TK, at CIS TK.
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Wednesday 21st
November
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16:30
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Under 14 Boys Football A Team. DCIS vs ICS, at DCIS.
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Thursday 22nd November
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16:30
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Under 14 Boys Football B Team. DCIS vs ISS, at DCIS.
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Thursday 22nd November
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16:30
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Under 14 Girls Netball B Team, at DCIS.
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Thursday 22nd November
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16:30
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Under 14 Girls Netball, at DCSG.
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Friday 23rd November
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TBC
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Mixed Swim Meet at NEXUS.
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Please note that all of the Secondary School ECAs will be cancelled during the week of 26th November to 30th November due to the Secondary School trips.
Morning sports clubs!
Basketball training - all students from Year 6 and upwards are welcome. Wednesdays, 7:45 - 8:10am, meet at the Double Court.
Run for Fun - open to all students from Year 2 and above. Thursdays, 7:45 - 8:10 am, meet on the Field.
Communication Reminder
We try to capture key information in this week ahead. Please note that we are increasingly using the Parent Portal for updates and to upload relevant documents. Many articles are also published regularly and available to read on our School Blog. Further details on weekly events and student achievements are also highlighted on the website homepage and on Facebook.
School blog and Facebook highlights from last week include (click to connect):
Drive Away Hunger!! DCIS Food Drive
Update from World Scholars Cup
Global Campus Creative Writing Competition
7ML Shows Off Cooking Skills with Staff Buffet
Applications Now Welcomed for 2019-2021 IB Diploma Programme at DCIS
The Secondary School Production - Auditions to Take Place Next Week
Swim Meet with Chatsworth
Remembrance Day Service at Kranji War Memorial
Secondary School Updates
News and events in Secondary School are highlighted in the weekly Secondary School Spotlight.
NAE Global Campus
Creative Writing Competition 2018/19
Year 6 has been busy producing poetry ready for consideration in this year’s Creative Writing Competition. This year’s competition focuses on Global Goal 4: Quality Education. The students had to write from the perspective of a child seeking education.
The students enjoyed writing and recording poetry about a child’s long and challenging journey to school in China.
We look forward to sharing more student outcomes with you all in the future.
STEAM ‘Hack the Tube’ Competition
A reminder that this year’s ‘Hack the Tube’ Competition is under way!
Upload your ‘hacks’ by clicking here and clicking on the red ‘I’ icon.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Baines at
richard.baines@dovercourt.edu.sg
Global Library
Keep reading the fantastic set of fiction and non- fiction books that form this year’s Global Library, available at the Upper Primary Library.
Once you’ve completed a book, why not leave a review or a comment online by clicking here. (Ensure that you are logged in to Global Campus.)
To do list:
Dates for your diary:
- 20.11.18 - World Children’s Day
- 14.12.18 - Creative Writing Competition deadline
Please click here to download the Global Campus Weekly Update PDF for the week commencing Monday 19th November.
Many thanks,
The Global Campus Team
Lunch Service: Sodexo
You can access the Campus Online page at this link.
DCIS Pre-Ordered Menus for 5th November - 30th November 2018
DCIS Pre-Ordered Menus for 3rd December - 14th December 2018
For more information, please contact Sodexo via email at: DCISCatering.SG.APAC@sodexo.com
DCIS November Calendar Events:
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Monday 26th November -
Friday 30th November
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Secondary Residential Trips
(NO ECAs for Years 7-13)
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Tuesday 27th November
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08:45
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09:30
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Parent Workshop - Primary IPC
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Thursday 29th November
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08:45
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09:30
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Blue Phish: Parenting the online world
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Friday 30th November
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Term 1 ECAs End
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DCIS December Calendar Events:
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Monday 3rd December
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08:45
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10:30
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Parents' Support Network, (Café)
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Tuesday 4th December -
Friday 7th December
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Year 5 Residential Trip
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Tuesday 4th December
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Maths Speaker Visit - Zoe Griffiths
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Tuesday 4th December
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All Day
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House Day: Years 5 & 6
12 Days of Christmas
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Wednesday 5th December
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All Day
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House Day: EYFS - Year 2
12 Days of Christmas
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Wednesday 5th December
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18:00
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19:00
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Year 4 Residential Preparation Meeting,
(Cooper Hall)
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Thursday 6th December
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08:45
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09:30
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Parent Workshop - Understanding the IB, (Academy)
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Thursday 6th December
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All Day
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House Day: Years 3 & 4
12 Days of Christmas
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Thursday 6th December
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All Day
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House Day: Years 3-6 Christmas Singing
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Saturday 8th December
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15:00
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18:00
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DCA Christmas Fayre, (School Grounds)
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Tuesday 11th December
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Reports Published
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Wednesday 12th December
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Christmas Production 1st Performance to Parents (EYFS), (Cooper Hall)
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Thursday 13th December
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Christmas Production 2nd Performance to Parents (EYFS), (Cooper Hall)
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Thursday 13th December
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08:45
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09:30
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Parent Workshop - Exams and Healthy Eating, (Academy)
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Friday 14th December
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Newsletter to parents
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Friday 14th December
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Primary Christmas Parties
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Friday 14th December
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Last day of Term 1
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