May News and Highlights
from the Principal
The second half of Term 3 will see our iGCSE examinations continue
for Year 11 and Year 12, Global Campus Trips to Les Martinets in
Switzerland and to UNICEF in New York City and DCA’s upcoming
Family Sports Day and Primary School Discos
Dear DCIS Parents and Guardians,
It was brilliant to welcome children back
into the school after the half term holiday.
As I mentioned in my email before half term
term, Term 3a was a busy and productive
half term and Term 3b will be very similar.
iGCSE examinations continue for Year 11 and
12. We look forward to seeing the results of
their hard work in August when the results
are released. Many of these students will
continue with us as we launch our new
Sixth Form provision in August. We are very
excited about the interest we have had in
our new IBDP programme both inside and
outside of school.
Congratulations to Harry (Year 3) for winning
the 8 and Under for the Global Campus Visual
Arts competition. Harry’s picture was judged
to be the winner across entries from all 45
NAE schools. His picture will be on the front
cover of the soon to be released anthology
of writing and visual arts. This is a fantastic
achievement for Harry.
The UN cookbook is in the final stages
of development and we hope to have
this published before the end of term.
Congratulations and many thanks to all
families that contributed to this.
Our opportunities to provide additional
challenge to students continue. Following
the recent visit by four student ambassadors
to MIT in Boston, we are starting a school-
wide association with this world famous
university in the new school year. This will
provide us with projects to help stretch
students in their problem solving skills. We
also have a group of eight students and
teachers heading to Switzerland to test
themselves against the Swiss Alps.
The DCA continue to be an extremely
important part of our school life. The AGM
is on Tuesday 13 June and we encourage all
members of the DCIS community to attend.
The DCA Family Sports Day is on Saturday
17 June which will be a fun packed day for
all members of the school community. The
DCA are also organising the Primary School
discos later in the term which I know will be
very much enjoyed by the children.
Since our sporting season has to fit in with
the other international schools in Singapore
that run a variety of calendars, our
competitions have finished for the academic
year. It has been an incredibly successful
season with a record number of medals won.
The main sporting event left in the school
sporting calendar is the Swimming Galas
and we look forward to welcoming you to
school on the appropriate day (details are in
the updated calendar on the website).
We are also very excited to be running our
first community sport trip early in Term 1 of
next school year. The PE department have
started a collaboration with ‘Happy Football
Cambodia Australia’ (HFCA) a charity formed
in 2005, with the purpose of working with
disadvantaged youth in Cambodia. The
fundraising for this starts with a Yogathon in
the first week back to support this important
project and will eventually be a trip to
Cambodia for a selected students to help
support this worthy cause.
Best regards,
Christopher Short
Principal
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