Clubs, Societies and Co-curricular activities
Charities
These are important for developing friendships, discovering new lifelong interests (often for life), building team and leadership skills as well as for maintaining the necessary balance with academic work in the classroom. • Opportunities in Drama, Music and Sport are many and varied (team and individual sports, orchestras, bands, choir groups, theatre productions) in addition to other activities run by either teachers or our Mentors from the Upper School. • Here is just a sample of some of the clubs and societies, many of them established by pupils, that boys could choose from during a typical Michaelmas term: Chess
It is a great privilege to be a member of the College community, but with this privilege comes the important responsibility of considering the wider community in which we live, both on a national and international scale. To this end, we encourage boys to run events to raise money for a wide range of charities and causes that are close to their hearts. Past events have ranged from Bake Off competitions, the Golden Patball Tournament, to sponsored races (completed whilst dressed as Harry Potter characters). We have supported national charities such as Save the Children, but also local charities in Southwark and environmental causes which the boys feel strongly about. Service and empathy are an important part of our ethos as a College and it is very pleasing to see boys so willing to think about charitable giving and how they can best serve their wider community with such maturity.
Debating Rugby kicking clinic Warhammer Young Entrepreneurs Dulwich Despatch Beginners’ Arabic Football Debating Society Theoretical Physics Knit Soc
Creative Writing Coding Board Games Concert Choir Aviation Society
House system
Ties
Swimming Water Polo Comparative Mythology Fencing Badminton Basketball
Each boy is allocated to one of eight Day Houses, becoming a member ‘for life’ under the guidance of their Housemaster. Brothers, sons and grandsons follow each other into the same House, a tradition which encourages a fierce but healthy loyalty. The House system also supports the pastoral care of the boys by ensuring that each of them identifies with a smaller ‘vertical’ community, made up of pupils from every Year group from Year 3 to Year 13, within the wider College community. There are inter-House competitions in numerous sporting and cultural activities including: Music, Art, Photography, Poetry Recitation, Art, Chess, Debating, General Knowledge, Drama, Cross Country, Athletics, Football, Hockey, Cricket, Rugby and Patball. Lower School House colours are awarded to a boy for an outstanding contribution to the House during his time in the Lower School.
The College colours are black and blue, and these are used on the standard College tie. Boys, however, can be awarded ties for contributions to activities, such as sport, music or drama, as well as being awarded a tie by the various societies in the College. Collecting a range of such ties is very popular with many boys (there are 89 different ties!) and they are worn with pride.
Law Society Eco Warriors Film Club
Cycling Pottery Woodwork
Geo Explorers Lower School Scholars’ Society
“One of my favourite things is the number of ties on offer; this allows boys to express themselves and show what they enjoy doing.”
Foundation Schools’ Coach Service
While the College occupies beautiful historic buildings set in 70 acres of green, open space, we are only 12 minutes from Central London by train. Boys can also take advantage of the Foundation Schools’ Coach Service which provides a safe, convenient and environmentally friendly means of travel to and from school and also for children taking part in after school activities. A large number of routes are offered within Central, Greater and Outer London, and further details are available on our website: www.dulwich.org.uk/coaches
“What I like best is being in a school where I have teachers that I can talk to whenever I want.”
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