YEAR 5 DT JUNIOR SCHOOL SYMPOSIUM
Dear Friends of Dulwich College,
Thank you very much for donating money to the Junior School for the recent Symposium on Movement. Personally I had an outstanding day and there were many engaging and memorable activities that everyone was able to do. I particularly loved the Upper School debate over whether migrants should be able to come into our country. It was very interesting seeing the two different opinions but I think we should let migrants into our country. Maybe I might choose to debate when I am older. I also liked the Masai dancers. They were very entertaining and I learned some dance moves that I would never have thought even existed! One of them was a basketball player for his country, but he was too small to play professionally so he decided to start dancing. The Battle of Zama was undoubtedly though my favourite part of the Symposium. After lunch we knew we were going to be doing something about the Romans, but no one knew what that would entail. First we watched a short film about Roman battles and fighting tactics. Then everyone started to make a Roman shield while the sixth formers were making Carthaginian shields. After twenty minutes of making our Roman shields we went to the grass behind the Pavilion. We practiced getting in the battle formation of the tortoise and marching, as well as rehearsing other different Roman strategies. We even had instructions in Latin to make it more realistic. Then came the order to charge but no one in the whole year decided to listen to the order of the general. Instead we ran past the elephants and ran wild around the fields. It was fun and an amazing activity to finish off the day. The battle was just simply brilliant. Thank you so very much for donating the money to the Junior School to allow this special day to take place. It is not just me saying thank you, the whole of the Junior School are.
Thank You!!!
from
Edward Doepel, 6R and everyone in the Junior School
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