Alison Smith-Baker BY ASHLEY ENGLAND
ment – at Alison’s suggestion – combined a spin class in the new cycling studio with drinks afterwards in the Masters’ Library was a great evening – although never repeated, as many of us were not quite as able to com- bine the activities as well as Alison. Alison has made extensive contributions to wider Col- lege life, most notably through her weekly Community Action Primary School Reading project. Each week Alison has taken a group of students to various primary schools nearby, including Dulwich Hamlet Junior School and Paxton Primary School. There she has helped facil- itate small group reading sessions, allowing the students from Dulwich get to grips with working with younger children, and helping those younger pupils develop their reading. Alison has also contributed greatly as an Upper School tutor, guiding her charges through the two years of Sixth Form. Alison will be massively missed by the Maths Depart- ment. She is someone who thinks incredibly hard about teaching as a craft, and she is always determined to innovate, focusing on what is most important for her students. We wish her the very best as she moves to Streatham and Clapham High School. ◉
Alison joined the Dulwich College Mathematics Depart- ment in September 2014, and we will be very sad to mark her departure at the end of this year. Alison started as sabbatical cover for Buddhika Kulatunge and then, on his return, was retained, teaching a significant amount of Wellbeing before being welcomed back fully into the Mathematical fold. Alison has been an excellent teacher and has taught her class-
es with care and dedication, stretching the brightest, and supporting all her pupils equally. Her love of the subject is evident in all that she does with both pupils and staff. Alison was one of the first in the department to embrace teaching on OneNote and she has been a great source of help and advice to those of us who had to learn to use it pretty quickly during the pandemic. Alison has always been a very social member of the team and has helped organise many departmental outings and events. Trips to Flight Club gave Alison the chance to show off her prowess at the oche as well as getting us all organised. The evening the depart-
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