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Jemima Lofts 2»¨¶}Ƕ¯¯ã
W hen Jemima entered a years ago, she instantly injected some youthful vibrancy and King’s Road glamour. She soon proved herself to be an able teacher with the ability to enthuse the boys about music. During subsequent years, Jemima was able to refresh and reorganise the teaching of GCSE, teach set works to the Upper School and steer creative classroom projects with the lower years. She was also a Middle School tutor, became Head of Middle School Music and managed the Music Department’s somewhat ageing Academic Music Department six H elen joined the Geography Department in September 2011 and it wasn’t long before this feisty Tynesider (with what we all thought for weeks was a Welsh accent) was making a big impact. Helen’s First Class degree from Cambridge, specialising in cultural and historical geography, set her up well for the polymathic study of A-level, but also for inspiring the more intellectually curious Middle and Lower School geographers. There is no doubt that during her five years at the College, Helen’s teaching has made a lasting impact across all year groups. Her joie de vivre, sense of humour and ability always to ‘look and dress like a geographer’ in fieldwork photographs are some of her more conspicuous attributes. Fieldwork trips have taken Helen trekking in Nepal, scrambling up the volcanoes
in prestigious venues around London, while also maintaining a career outside the College as a freelance choral singer in various London churches and choirs. Beyond the Music Department, Jemima has run the College Sailing club, with some notable successes in national tournaments. She has also organised and led some very popular sailing courses in exotic locations around Europe. Jemima’s lively contribution to departmental events will be missed. She leaves us to take up a post as Director of Music at Kew House School in West London and we wish her every success. Helen is run like clockwork. She has supported two Middle School tutor groups through to GCSE and done a wonderful job promoting Community Service. As Deputy Head of Wellbeing for two years, she co-ordinated new courses, wrote resources and trained staff. She has also been a committed and enthusiastic member of the College’s Partnerships Committee and her ideas about how schools such as Dulwich College can define and implement service in the 21st-century have been refreshing and thought-provoking. All those who have worked with her will greatly miss her energy, efficiency and kindness. In Helen, Latymer Upper will be gaining a geography legend. She has left an indelible imprint on our Geography Department – and not just with a collection of coloured pencils!
contribution to assemblies.
Jemima’s co-curricular activities have included the musical direction of a Lower School play, The Scarecrow And His Servant (which involved learning to play the accordion), being assistant conductor of the Concert Band and playing the flute with the Symphonic Wind Band and the Symphony Orchestra. She also co-ordinated the Music Department section of The Alleynian and instituted the annual Composition Competition. She is an accomplished singer and has enjoyed taking a prominent role in the many choral concerts mounted by the College Helen Frater 2»n»»¯¯ã of Sicily, swimming the thalweg of the Alcantara Gorge, braving the cold and rain in the Brecon Beacons and chasing lost boys (and coaches), whilst orienteering on Box Hill. She has also been an asset to school sailing and ski trips, ‘screaming with fear or excitement or both’ on numerous occasions. Whatever the geography, whatever the weather, Helen radiates enthusiasm and epitomises all that makes an inspiring geography teacher. Extremely hard-working and genuinely committed to the academic and pastoral welfare of her pupils, Helen has been responsible for developing and leading the Year 9 curriculum, but has also played a key role generating fieldwork ideas and lesson resources, at both GCSE and A-level. Her attention to detail and organisation have been second-to-none, such that any fieldtrip organised by
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