Dear DCIS Parents,
I thoroughly enjoyed meeting so many of you at the Welcome Picnic on Saturday. I would like to thank our parent association, the DCA for their hard work organising this event. The parent support and engagement are invaluable to us and I am very grateful that we have such an active community in our school. The Parents’ Support Network, another parent initiative, had their first meeting of the term today. This group meets the first Monday of each month and welcomes parents of children with any additional needs. Their next meeting will be Monday, 7th October.
Our Year 13 IB students started their mock examinations today. We wish them all the best for these upcoming weeks. The mocks are vitally important for the final exam preparation and the examinations next spring.
I enjoyed seeing our Nursery and Reception students transformed into superheroes today, that is one of the things that I enjoy the most as the principal of an all-through school - being able to greet both three year old Wonder Women and well-prepared 17 year olds on the same steps in the morning!
Our Parent Workshops are now up and running, we look forward to seeing our Secondary parents tomorrow morning, 8.45am in Cooper Hall for the Secondary Assessment and Reporting workshop. We are also more than halfway through this term’s Coffee Mornings. 8.45am on Thursday we will welcome our Years 11-13 parents to the Red Dot Restaurant. The Years 3 and 4 Coffee Morning will take place on Friday. See you in the Main Canteen 8.45am!
Mr Bull and his team are inviting all Secondary parents to the Secondary Curriculum Evening on Wednesday. More information about the event can be found in the email sent out last week and on the Parent Portal.
On 25th October we will be celebrating UN Day, this is our biggest event of the year. The first step in the preparations is the UN Day t-shirt competition. A reminder that all UN Day t-shirt design entries should be submitted to class teachers or form tutors by tomorrow, Tuesday 3rd September.
The DCIS World Scholars’ Cup team is travelling to Manila together with Mrs Nesbitt later this week, we wish them the best of luck!
Finally, a reminder that parents who wish their children to join the school in August 2020 should submit their applications by half term.
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 2nd September
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IB Mock Exams
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Monday 2nd September
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08:45
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09:30
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PSN - Parents' Support Network
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Monday 2nd September
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15:00
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16:00
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U11 FOBISIA & NAE Games trials -
boys t-ball
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Monday 2nd September
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15:00
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16:00
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U11 FOBISIA & NAE Games trials -
girls athletics
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Tuesday 3rd September
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IB Mock Exams
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Tuesday 3rd September
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08:45
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09:30
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Secondary assessment & reporting,
Cooper Hall
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Tuesday 3rd September
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15:00
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16:00
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U11 FOBISIA & NAE Games trials -
girls t-ball
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Tuesday 3rd September
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15:00
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16:00
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U11 FOBISIA & NAE Games trials -
boys swimming
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Wednesday 4th September
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IB Mock Exams
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Wednesday 4th September
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15:00
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16:00
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U11 FOBISIA & NAE Games trials -
boys athletics
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Wednesday 4th September
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15:00
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16:00
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U11 FOBISIA & NAE Games trials -
girls basketball
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Wednesday 4th September
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17:30
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18:30
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Parent workshop: Elevate Education (for parents of Years 9 & 10)
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Wednesday 4th September
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18:30
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19:30
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Secondary curriculum evening
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Thursday 5th September
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IB Mock Exams
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Thursday 5th September
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World Scholars Cup - Manila
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Thursday 5th September
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08:45
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09:30
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Years 11, 12 and 13 parents' coffee morning, Red Dot Restaurant
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Thursday 5th September
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09:00
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12:00
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Year 4 Mandarin theatre trip
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Thursday 5th September
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15:00
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16:00
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U11 FOBISIA & NAE Games trials -
boys basketball
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Thursday 5th September
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15:00
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16:00
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U11 FOBISIA & NAE Games trials -
girls football
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Friday 6th September
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IB Mock exams
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Friday 6th September
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18:30
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19:30
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World Scholars Cup - Manila
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Friday 6th September
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08:45
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09:30
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Years 3 & 4 Coffee Morning,
Canteen
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Friday 6th September
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09:00
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12:00
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Year 5 Mandarin theatre trip
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Friday 6th September
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09:15
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09:45
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Lower Primary Assembly - 2MD / 2HP,
Cooper Hall
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Friday 6th September
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11:00
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11:30
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Upper Primary Assembly - 6KK / 6TC / 6JH
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Friday 6th September
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15:00
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16:00
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U11 FOBISIA & NAE Games trials -
boys football
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Friday 6th September
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15:00
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16:00
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U11 FOBISIA & NAE Games trials-
girls swimming
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Saturday 7th September
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World Scholars Cup - Manila
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Saturday 7th September
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Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award Trip
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Sunday 8th September
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World Scholars Cup - Manila
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Sunday 8th September
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Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award Trip
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New Sports Page and Calendar
We now have a Sports page on our website. There you will be able to find the Sports Calendar with all trial dates and fixtures, you can meet our PE team and see photos of our sports teams in action.
Sports Page
Sports Calendar
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. 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 New and Events web page. 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 the Summer Break include (click to connect):
DCIS Principal - Reflection on Results
Dealing With Changes Assembly with Miss Dunne
CHANGE, an Upper Primary Assembly Performance
DCIS Year 7 Headteacher Reward
UN Day T-shirt Design Competition
Parent Workshop - Living in Singapore, Tips for Settling in
Lunch Service: Victus Catering
You can access the Campus Online page at this link.
Victus Catering Menu August - December 2019
For more information, please contact Victus Catering via email at: catering@dovercourt.edu.sg
www.victuscatering.asia
DCIS September Calendar Events:
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Monday 9th September
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World Scholars Cup - Manila
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Monday 9th September
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IB Mock exams
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Monday 9th September
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15:00
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16:00
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U13 FOBISIA Trials - basketball
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Tuesday 10th September
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World Scholars Cup - Manila
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Tuesday 10th September
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08:45
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09:30
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Parent workshop: Primary Assessment & Reporting, Cooper Hall
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Tuesday 10th September
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15:00
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16:00
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U13 FOBISIA Trials - football
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Wednesday 11th September
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World Scholars Cup - Manila
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Wednesday 11th September
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15:00
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16:00
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U13 FOBISIA trials - athletics
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Wednesday 11th September
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20:00
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21:00
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DCA Annual General Meeting,
The Academy
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Thursday 12th September
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World Scholars Cup - Manila
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Thursday 12th September
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08:45
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09:30
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Years 5 & 6 coffee morning,
Red Dot Restaurant
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Thursday 12th September
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15:00
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16:00
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U13 FOBISIA trials - swimming
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Thursday 12th September
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16:30
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17:30
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U11 NAE Games Presentation,
Room A023
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Friday 13th September
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Year 7 Red Dot Museum Trip
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Friday 13th September
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EYFS International Dot Day Celebration
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Friday 13th September
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09:00
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13:30
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Year 6 trip - Bedok Reservoir Park Forest Adventure
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Friday 13th September
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15:00
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16:00
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Term 1 ECAs commence
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Friday 13th September
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16:30
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17:30
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NAE Primary Games presentation,
Cooper Hall
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Monday 16th September
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STEAM Challenge week
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Monday 16th September
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Year 13 IB Geography field trip
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Monday 16th September
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09:30
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14:00
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Year 2 Trip - Gardens By the Bay - Cloud Forest and Flower Dome
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Tuesday 17th September
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Year 13 IB Geography field trip
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Tuesday 17th September
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Residential trips Launch Meetings years 7-10 and year 12. (Times TBC)
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Tuesday 17th September
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08:45
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09:30
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Parent workshop: Primary phonics at DCIS
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Tuesday 17th September
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08:45
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14:00
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Year 4 Trip - Science Centre, (Group 1)
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Tuesday 17th September
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09:30
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14:00
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Year 2 Trip - Gardens By the Bay - Cloud Forest and Flower Dome
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Wednesday 18th September
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08:45
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14:00
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Year 4 Trip - Science Centre, (Group 2)
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Wednesday 18th September
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09:30
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14:00
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Year 2 Trip - Gardens By the Bay - Cloud Forest and Flower Dome
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Thursday 19th September
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08:45
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14:00
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Year 4 Trip - Science Centre, (Group 3)
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Friday 20th September
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09:15
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09:45
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Lower Primary Assembly - 1AP / 1MM,
Cooper Hall
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Friday 20th September
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11:00
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11:30
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Upper Primary Assembly - 3SG / 3SW,
Cooper Hall
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Tuesday 24th September
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08:45
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14:00
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Year 4 Trip - Science Centre, (Group 4)
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Tuesday 24th September
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08:45
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09:30
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Class parent Representative meeting
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Wednesday 25th September
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08:45
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14:00
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Year 4 Trip - Science Centre, (Group 5)
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Wednesday 25th September
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09:00
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11:30
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EYFS & Year 1 Open Morning,
Cooper Hall
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Friday 27th September
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16:30
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17:30
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Year 8 Head Teacher reward
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