CO-CURRICULAR
School Symposium and our own ‘Dulwich Weeks’ which have covered areas such as Creative, Political and Linguistic. For the younger boys there are a range of activities for them to enjoy too, many led by the older boys. The Day-House System continues to thrive. Each pupil is assigned to one of the eight Day Houses from Year 3 upwards. Each School runs a House Competition including culture and the arts as well as sports events. DUCKS has its own House system with four Houses, each named after a type of tree. They have House days throughout the year where the pupils compete in a variety of activities to earn points for their Houses. Pupils have the opportunity to enjoy a variety of Sports (nearly 30 now) before, during and after school with coaching sessions and matches against other schools and in national cup competitions taking place during the week and at weekends. The College also runs a variety of Musical and Choral groups. Concerts take place throughout the year from small scale ones at lunchtimes to the larger more prestigious events at some of London’s renowned venues including Southwark Cathedral, St John’s Smith Square and Cadogan Hall. In Drama , each School runs a House drama evening as well as a School play during the year. Pupils also have the opportunity to attend LAMDA courses. The majority of pupils participate in adventurous outdoor activities such as the Scouts, CCF or Duke of
Edinburgh Award. Pupils from as young as six years of age can join the 25th Camberwell Scout group and we have over 100 pupils from Dulwich College in the cubs, scouts and explorers. Camps run in the holidays throughout the year. From Year 9 pupils can join the Combined Cadet Force . The cadets meet every Tuesday after school from 4-5.30pm. Approximately 80 boys join the cadets in Year 9 and there are over 140 boys involved in total. We enter national competitions and have won a number of these in recent years. Camps run throughout the year in the holidays. There is also the Duke of Edinburgh Award . Pupils in Year 10 are offered the chance to take the Bronze Award. Approximately 80-100 boys will sign up and the majority achieve the award by the end of Year 11. A smaller number then take on the Gold Award in the Upper School. On the pages that follow we have articles written by three boys about one of the co-curricular areas they have each engaged with during their time at the College. They reflect on their first experiences with the activity as well as what they have enjoyed and benefited from through their involvement during their time at the College. CCF - Ed Curran Y13 I joined the CCF in year 9 because from a young age I have wanted to join the army. From early on though I realised that the CCF is not just about the army and I have learnt a lot of important, non-military, lessons. Being in the CCF has given me my
Iain Scarisbrick As Deputy Master Co-curricular I am responsible for overseeing the delivery of Co-curricular Activities at the College (DUCKS to Year 13) to ensure we maintain a genuine breadth and depth of opportunity for pupil involvement across a full range of activities. These activities include: Community Action Pupils from Year 10 upwards are encouraged to be involved in a variety of community projects which range from caring for the elderly, helping in primary schools and mentoring younger students to gardening projects and working at foodbanks and charity shops. Approximately 200 pupils are involved each year in some 20 projects. Our charity fundraising is organised by each School running their own events to raise money for good causes close to home as well as internationally. In 2016-17 just over £44,000 was raised by the College from these events. The Union of Societies in the Upper and Middle School, along with Clubs and Activities in the Lower School, Junior School and DUCKS are as popular as ever. We run a variety of activities during lunchtime and after school which are designed to appeal to the pupils’ interests. In the Union these activities range from academic societies including Geography, Politics and Law, to the more practical ones such as Rocketry, Magic and Dismantling. In addition to these, academic departments are involved in specific free learning experiences including the Upper
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