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Other notable successes include
the F1 in schools competition. This
involves students creating small model
cars. They collaborate on designing,
producing as well as, aerodynamically
testing their cars. Students have to
raise sponsorship in a bid to travel to
where the championship is being held.
“Hundreds of thousands of students
around the world take part in this
competition. For the past five
or six years, Dubai College has
usually represented the UAE in this
championship. This year, the team
won the award for Best International
Collaboration,” Mr Hill noted with a
smile.
A view of one of the science
labs at Dubai College.
DC students are engaged in activities
such as World Challenge where
students travel to challenging places
such as Ethiopia, India and Mongolia
or Vietnam on expeditions where they
participate in charity projects.
The sixth form library at Dubai College.
There is the Duke of Edinburgh Award
Scheme, which is hugely supported by
students in the gold, silver and bronze
categories. The Dubai Desert Classic,
one of the biggest golf tournaments in
the world, has featured exclusively DC
14-17 year old students as scorers for
the past 25 years.
The drama programme is also touted
for its success.
“The quality of our drama programme
is exceptional. Drama is crucially
important because it fosters the
development of all these soft skills
such as confidence; self-awareness,
teamwork,
reflection
and
selfmanagement just to name a few.
Drama is a key part of our curriculum,”
declares Mr Hill.
“We also have a yearly exchange with
Bedales, the leading drama school in
the UK,” he continues.
This is not surprising since the
school has a 900 seat, state of the art
auditorium in which students have the
liberty to be at their creative best.
The music department is also
accomplished. They achieve significant
success in a number of competitions
locally and regionally including the
‘Young Musician of the Gulf’. They
also organise a number of concerts
(jazz, classical, contemporary, etc.) and
musical performances throughout the
school year.
Sports play a central role in the
extracurricular life of Dubai College
and provides each pupil with the
opportunity to develop to the very best
of their physical ability. Sport activities
include their successful rugby teams
of which the senior team have won
the Under 18 Emirates Dubai Sevens
Championship for the past four years
as well as consistently being the school
league champions. The Under 13 team
reached the last 16 of the prestigious
Rosslyn Park 7s Tournament in the UK
in March - so quality rugby is coming
through the school.
The school enjoys significant success
in netball, cricket, swimming, football
and cafeteria area where the
A quick look at the athletics. Other sport activities
include tennis, basketball,
emphasis is on healthy meals for the students. rounders
and water-polo.
The school’s state of the art auditorium
comfortably seats up to 900 persons.
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