Charity
• Henry Shine was selected to play the lead role of Aeneas in a fully staged version of Purcell’s opera, Dido and Aeneas • College musicians and choirs performed at the Winter Concert (St John’s, Smith Square), the carol service and Spring Concert (both at Southwark Cathedral), the Summer Concert (Cadogan Hall) and at the Hideaway jazz club • The Chapel Choir sang at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square, Westminster Cathedral and St Paul’s Cathedral • The 50th lunchtime concert was celebrated in Christ’s Chapel • Eight Dulwich boys were part of Young Pleasance Theatre Company productions at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe • The Upper School staged Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus in December 2013 and Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle in Michaelmas Term 2014, while the Middle School performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Year 6 boys enjoyed starring in Bugsy Malone
• Pupils raised more than £30,000 for charitable causes in 2013-14 • Tom Benavides Clark and Stephanos Iossifidis completed the 600km Fallen Heroes Cycling Challenge, raising more than £3,000 for The Mark Evison Foundation and Help for Heroes • Year 9 pupils organised a week of activities in July, raising more than £2,500 for Chance UK • 104 Year 7 boys took part in a football marathon in support of Tackle Africa and raised £3,000 • Four boys raised more than £2,000 through an online charity auction in support of local charity Wings of Hope • Boarders from The Orchard visited the Hollington Club for an evening of fundraising activities that raised more than £1,100 for the Club
‘I came away from the day feeling enriched by what I had heard and am sure that other students felt the same. It stands out in the College calendar as a day that truly exposes you to the kind of high-level thinking and discussion that one might not otherwise experience until university.’
Will Cook (OA 2003-14) on the Upper School Symposium
‘The College is highly successful in its aim to develop the natural talents and abilities of each pupil, giving them the opportunity to excel in every aspect of life.’
Independent Schools Inspectorate report, November 2014
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