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A Return to Normality June saw the return to live performance in the Edward Alleyn Theatre. Year 11 pupils staged extracts from Punk Rock by Simon Stephens, Year 12 presented The Get Down , their original piece inspired by the story of hip hop in 70s New York, and Year 13 revived their exam monologues, owning the stage of the Edward Alleyn Theatre for one last time. In July, Dulwich athletes enjoyed a hugely successful season with boys regularly training after school, new competitive fixtures and many achieving excellent times and distances. We were proud to see that 19 Dulwich boys were rewarded for their hard work by achieving the standard to compete at the London Schools Championships in Battersea. The final cricket fixture of the 2020-21 academic year saw the Year 13 Leavers XI take on The Forty Club. A solid opening gave the Leavers XI a good foundation to build on - a score of 167 off 52.5 overs. The opposition inched nearer to 167 in the final hour, but the Leavers XI won by 1 run. As is often said, cricket is never over until it's over!
International Women’s Day: 8 March The overarching theme for IWD 2021 at the College was to champion and to challenge. A celebration of the pioneers for gender equality and a collective pledge to ‘Choose To Challenge’ have been central to our marking of this day and future calls to action. The programme included talks on the female survivors from East African countries where there is conflict the impact of Covid-19 on women in the UK.
Refugee Week: June 2021 Refugee Week provided a platform to look at the sources of conflict and displacement and possible solutions. Through talks, panel discussions and workshops, the pupils explored the role of education to break down the barriers, humanise the dehumanised and encourage critical thinkers who can be part of the solution. The College community were invited to take part in the ‘Walk with Us’ challenge to support the work of our pledge charities, Aegis Trust, working to prevent mass atrocities worldwide and Gua Africa, providing education for those affected by displacement. The College hope to take pupils and OAs to East Africa where these charities carry out much of their works as part of its advocacy trips. Mental Health Awareness Week: May 2021 We were all invited to engage with nature, follow the paths on our Wellbeing College map, and take moments to consider the importance of looking after each other and ourselves. The College hosted a range of activities, from a panel discussion on mental health hosted by clinical sports psychotherapist and a sports broadcaster Gary Bloom to letting it all go on inflatables. The Wodehouse Library organised a seed and seedling exchange so that staff could get growing over the mid-term break and pupils were invited to take part in The Big Plant! The focus was on recharging our batteries whilst also providing much-needed moments to slow down and reflect. DC I AM Here: February 2022 DC I AM Here was the College’s third Identity Awareness Month, focusing on the concept of HERE and providing a chance to explore how physical spaces and places contribute to our identity, sense of self, recognition, and belonging. Last year, as we were all in lockdown and the pupils were learning remotely, the focus was on our collective community identity. Amongst other initiatives, the College put together the I AM Library, modelled on The Human Library movement and aiming to address prejudices by allowing people to talk to those they would not normally through a library analogy of lending people rather than books.
Talented DC Art Students Bring Una Marson to Denmark Hill During the summer, sixth formers Emilio Nunzi and Timur Safardiar were commissioned by the Camberwell Society to paint an optical illusion of the Jamaican poet, writer, and activist Una Marson at Denmark Hill Station. During the Second World War, Una Marson was a feminist, poet, playwright and social activist.
Results We are pleased to report that the Year 11 and 13 pupils achieved an excellent set of GCSE and A-Level results respectively this year. Not only are there many top grades to celebrate, but there are stories of individual successes in the face of adversity from pupils who have faced unprecedented academic and personal challenges over the 18 months of lockdown.
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