DULWICH COLLEGE (SINGAPORE)

Chris Timms, British, Deputy Head of Dulwich College Kindergarten School

I’ve taught at DCSG for four years and my wife Jessica has taught here for two years. I believe that Dulwich provides an outstanding holistic education – the staff are exceptional at teaching our students to be great people as well as great learners.

What I enjoy most is not only the level of expertise of our staff but their can-do philosophy and ability to adapt to any situation so as to put students first. They’ve created innovative ways in which they can maximise learning and social development despite restrictions that schools have had to work within over the past 18 months.

My favourite memory was our first Dulwich symposium event when I led a session on the Ancient Roman army and their battle tactics. After making some life-sized Roman replica shields, the children learnt about the testudo (tortoise) formation and how to perform this. We marched around the school chanting and getting into formation whenever we saw someone approach. It was lots of fun and many of the children still remind me of it!

THE SCHOOL SAYS…

Engaged and passionate students, experienced teachers and state-of-the-art facilities form the foundations of the College. We are academically selective and provide a well-rounded education founded on academic rigour and complemented by rich co-curricular programmes. We have 2,700 students and over 50 nationalities.

What’s new?

We have just commenced construction of a stateof-the-art seven-storey innovation hub that will be net-zero energy and Green Mark Platinum-certified. It will include a 400-seat auditorium, a STEAM workshop, an IB library, a professional teaching kitchen, film and media suites, three additional black box theatres, IT rooms, a gymnasium, tennis courts and a sports science laboratory. 71 Bukit Batok West Avenue 8 6890 1003 | singapore.dulwich.org

CURRICULUM: IB and German

SCHOOL YEAR: August to July

YEARS TAUGHT: Preschool to High School

YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1971