Co-educational opportunities
Creative Arts
We use our links with local girls’ schools such as JAGS and Sydenham High to provide bespoke co- educational activities where boys and girls work together on a given project and often make lifelong friendships along the way. In the Lower School, we run workshops together with JAGS as part of our Free Learning programme, and further up the school there are also co-educational opportunities in CCF, Drama, Music and via fully integrated Liberal Studies courses in the Upper School.
Creative thinking runs through the Dulwich DNA. Art at Dulwich College aims to develop the visual literacy of all pupils, to enliven the academic life of the College in ways that exist beyond the art studios. Drama is offered within the curriculum to the end of Year 9 and thereafter at GCSE and Advanced level. Our purpose-built theatre, sees some 50 or more theatrical events a year with Lower School boys seizing every opportunity to get involved in productions. Dance is also now embedded in Year 7 and 8 curriculum, led by our Dancer in Residence, where both taught choreography and boys’ own creative work are encouraged. The Music department follows a broad and comprehensive programme of musical experience with class lessons in Year 7 to 9 including a wide range of activity-based projects featuring both traditional musical study and skill-based training in score writing and sequencing using Sibelius 7, Garageband, and Logic Pro X.
“Devising, scripting, rehearsing and then
performing the plays over two days was hard work, but enormous fun. It was undoubtedly one of my highlights of year 7.” Year 8 pupil
The Campus
The Lower School is one of the five schools that make up the College. Many of the boys’ lessons take place in their Form Rooms in the dedicated Lower School building, though they move for lessons in specialist buildings for Art, Science, Design and Technology and Drama, all equipped with state of the art facilities. The fact that they do not have to navigate the entire College campus during their time in the Lower School helps them to settle in quickly. Nonetheless, the size and openness of the College and its grounds allows the boys to grow in independence and maturity as they progress to the Middle School and finally the Upper School. The Laboratory, where Lower School boys will enjoy their Science lessons, was the winner of the RIBA London Award 2017. Our iconic Grade II* listed Barry Buildings (1870) have been recently refurbished, and where Lower School boys can look forward to continuing to in Year 9.
Sport
All boys play Rugby, Football and Cricket in Year 7. All these sports run multiple teams (often A-E teams) and enjoy weekly fixtures against other competitive local schools. There is also the chance to become involved in Cross Country, Fencing, Table Tennis, Tennis, Squash, Badminton, Hockey, Swimming, Water Polo, Athletics, and even Track Cycling at the local Herne Hill velodrome.
“The arts define our culture our identity and our national conversation” Sir Peter Bazalgette OA
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