Dear Parents and Carers,
It was wonderful to have our children and students back on Campus last week. A school is an eerily quiet place when there are only a few staff around! We are very pleased with how well our new students have settled in and how welcoming our returning students have been.
As you know from my earlier message, we have started working on the new Secondary building. There are temporary hoardings in place so we have had to limit access to some areas for children but this will change once the permanent hoardings are up next week. I had a heartfelt petition from one class on when they could use the vertical playground – a situation we have now solved.
We have had a few changes in our admin team which affects whom you should contact if there is a non-academic issue. Elin Tan, who was previously my Executive Assistant, has been promoted to be our new HR Manager. Amber Harrison replaces her and can be contacted on her email address (amber.harrison@dovercourt.edu.sg) should you need to make an appointment to see me. Claire Venter (claire.venter@dovercourt.edu.sg) is our new Operations Executive who oversees the buses and GOH transport. Please contact her if you have any issues that GOH can’t immediately sort out.
Our new caterers, Victus, have made an excellent start and we have had some very positive feedback. Sandra Carlsson (sandra.carlsson@dovercourt.edu.sg) is our other new Operations Executive (some parents and children will know her as she was previously a TA with us) and she oversees catering for us. As with buses please contact Victus first but let Sandra know if there is something they can’t solve to your satisfaction.
Our long standing parents will know Maureen Loh, who has been at Dover Court for 36 years and was until recently our HR Manager. She has moved to a part time HR role and will leave at the end of the school year. There will be an opportunity to celebrate her time at DCIS in June.
The DCA are showing Screenagers tonight and tomorrow night and we will show the student version to Secondary students in the next two weeks. This is an excellent resource for parents on managing online use by young people and fits well with the work our IT department do on information literacy and safety online. The screenings will be in Cooper Hall at 7.30pm. We hope to see you there!
Mock examinations continue this week for Year 11 and we wish them all the best for these important assessments. Year 2 have their swimming galas this week and we hope Mr. Holmes' legendary control of the weather continues. We also welcome our Juilliard curriculum specialist Jessica Meyer to the school on Thursday and Friday to work with our music team and students.
As most of you are aware of, a Year 7 boy got lost going home on the public bus in the last week of last term. With respect to this our Primary and Secondary schools will do age appropriate work with students early this term on how to manage these situations but I wanted to pass on one suggestion from the police. This is for parents to keep a copy of the CAN number on the back of their child's MRT card. This enables the police to track their tap in and out of public transport if they do get lost. Another good idea is to put a note with your contact number in your child's bag. We are very fortunate to live in a place like Singapore and the boy was found a few hours after he was reported missing, but it is always a good idea to discuss similar situations with your child.
Finally I would like to remind you of our Parent Satisfaction Survey. Your feedback is invaluable as we are always looking for ways to improve our 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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Monday 14th January
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Parents' Support Network, (Café)
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Monday 14th January
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19:30
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21:00
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Screenagers Movie showing for parents, DCA Parent Association Event, (Cooper Hall)
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Monday 14th January
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Year 11 Mock iGCSE Exams
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Tuesday 15th January
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19:30
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21:00
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Screenagers Movie showing for parents, DCA Parent Association Event, (Cooper Hall)
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Tuesday 15th January
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Year 11 Mock iGCSE Exams
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Wednesday 16th January
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Swimming Galas Year 2
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Thursday 17th January
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Juilliard Curriculum Specialist visit: Jessica Meyer
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Thursday 17th January
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Year 11 Mock iGCSE Exams
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Thursday 17th January
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Swimming Galas Year 2
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Friday 18th January
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Juilliard Curriculum Specialist visit: Jessica Meyer
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Friday 18th January
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Year 11 Mock iGCSE Exams
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Sport Fixtures, Events and ECAs
DCIS students are competing in the following fixtures. Good luck to all!
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Tuesday 15th January
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16:30
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Under 10 Boys Football Teams A and B, (venue to be confirmed)
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Tuesday 15th January
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16:50
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Under 14 Boys Football DCIS A Team vs GEMS, at GEMS.
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Tuesday 15th January
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16:30
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Under 12 Boys Basketball DCIS vs GISS EC, at GISS EC.
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Tuesday 15th January
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16:30
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Under 16 Boys Basketball DCIS vs GIISP, at GIISP.
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Wednesday 16th January
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16:30
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Under 14 Girls Football DCIS vs GEMS, at
DCIS.
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Wednesday 16th January
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16:30
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Under 9 Girls Netball, at DCSG.
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Wednesday 16th January
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16:45
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Under 16 Girls Basketball DCIS vs ACSI, at ACSI.
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Thursday 17th January
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16:30
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Under 14 Girls Netball B Team, at DCIS.
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Thursday 17th January
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16:30
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Under 16 Boys Basketball DCIS vs SJII, at SJII.
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Thursday 17th January
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16:30
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Under 14 Girls Football DCIS vs CISL, at DCIS.
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Thursday 17th January
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16:30
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Under 14 Boys Football B Team DCIS vs TTS3, at TTS.
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Morning sports clubs
Please note that the 'Run for fun' club will recommence next Thursday 24th January. The club is open to all students from Year 2 and above. We meet at the field 7.45am.
Communication Reminder
We try to capture key information in this week ahead. We are increasingly using the Parent Portal for updates and to upload relevant documents. Please note that the end of term reports will only be available on the parent portal and will not be emailed to you. For any questions regarding the parent portal, please email parentportal@dovercourt.edu.sg. 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. For any communications related issues, please email us at communications@dovercourt.edu.sg.
School news, blog and Facebook highlights from last week include (click to connect):
Dover Court Hosted Primary School Coffee Morning
Juilliard Curriculum Specialist Visit: Jessica Meyer
Dover Court Under 14 Boys Football Team play YBIS
Step up and take action! Inspiring students to move from awareness to action in their communities
Life lessons from the NAE Head of Expeditions
DCA Christmas Fayre 2018
'Super Star', A Nativity Musical by Year 1 and Year 2
'A King is Born', A Nativity by Nursery and Reception
Year 5 Residential Trip to Telunas, Indonesia
How to encourage good reading habits
World Scholars' Cup
No Holds Barred
Secondary School Updates
News and events in Secondary School are highlighted in the weekly Secondary School Spotlight.
NAE Global Campus
The Global Campus Weekly Update will resume next week
Many thanks,
The Global Campus Team
Lunch Service: Victus Catering
You can access the Campus Online page at this link.
Victus Catering_Menu_January_2019
For more information, please contact Victus Catering via email at: catering@dovercourt.edu.sg
www.victuscatering.asia
DCIS January Calendar Events:
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Tuesday 22nd January
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Parent workshop - PSHCE (Primary)
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Tuesday 22nd January
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Parent workshop - PSHCE (Secondary)
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Wednesday 23rd January
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Year 4 Residential Trip (Group 1)
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Thursday 24th January
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Year 6 Transition Day
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Friday 25th January
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DCA Years 7-9 Disco, DCA Parent Association Event, (Cooper Hall)
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Friday 25th January
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Term 2 ECAs Commence
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Monday 28th January
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Year 4 Residential Trip (Group 2)
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Monday 28th January
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Swimming Galas Year 1
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Tuesday 29th January
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Swimming Galas Year 1
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Tuesday 29th January
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Tanzania Trip Parents Meeting
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Wednesday 30th January
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09:00
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11:30
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DCIS Key Stage 1 - 5 Open Day
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