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A Level Results 2014
Congratulations to our Year 13 students who recently celebrated another excellent set of A Level results with most of them progressing to study at their first choice university.
50% of exams were awarded an A* or A grade; results that far surpass the national average of 26%. The pass rate was 100% (98% nationally); 78.3% of exams were graded A* - B (52.4% nationally) and 92.1% of exams awarded A*-C grades. Read more...
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GCSE Results 2014
There was a buzz amongst Year 11 students on 21st August as they achieved excellent GCSE results. With the pass rate, once again, sitting at 100%; 97% of exams were awarded A*-C grades (national average 68.8%), whilst 53.7% of exams were awarded A*-A grades. Read more... 
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Linus, Year 6, achieves A* in Mathematics GCSE
Huge congratulations to Linus, Year 6, on achieving an A* in his GCSE Mathematics examination, 5 years early!
Linus joined St Dunstan's College Junior School in Reception and has spent his entire primary education with us. |
Is there a doctor in the House?
There were double celebrations in the Shangar household with news that brothers Shangeeth and Sharujan had both made successful applications to medical school. Shangeeth will be studying at the University of East Anglia while Sharujan will take up his place to read Medicine at the University of Liverpool. This is a fantastic achievement for the brothers, also known as the Spicy Duo and their family will be very proud of them both. Read more...
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Superheroes enter Prep Assembly!
During Monday's assembly, we had some very special visitors: here to save the world with their super learning skills, we were lucky enough to welcome Prep's first band of superheroes. Every week, eight children in Prep will be chosen for having impressed their teachers. This could be for outstanding performance in sport, excellent music performance, a brilliant piece of written work, and anything else in-between. Read more...
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South London Youth Orchestra
South London Youth Orchestra or SLYO for short is a music course for pupils age 7-19. It is a fun vibrant course perfect for all ages. It trains us from being young musicians into being inspired orchestral players. In the three or four days we are there, every orchestra goes through a number of different pieces which lead to three very interesting separate concert repertoires. Read more...
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Martha Achieves Success in Violin Exam
Sports Congratulations to Martha (Year 4) who achieved an amazing 141 marks out of a possible 150 in her Royal College Grade One violin examination. This is a wonderful result and well deserved as Martha is a conscientious, hardworking pupil. Her violin teacher Mrs Clissold was thrilled as being awarded a distinction above 140 is quite unusual. Well done, Martha.
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Success for SDC LAMDA students
At the end of May, seventeen students from Years 7 - 10 did their LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art) examinations at Sydenham High School. They were a credit to St Dunstan's with their mature and self-contained attitude to the day. The parents also behaved impeccably! Read more... |
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Children's Garden
On returning from their summer holiday, it has been wonderful for the children to see how their produce has grown. Alyssa, Max and Jessica were amazed at how many runner beans they could count.  |
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Year 5 and Year 6 Team Building Day
With a brilliant blue sky and crystal white sun reflecting off the calm waters, Year 5 and 6's Tuesday was like being back on summer holidays. But perhaps the location of the Docklands was not quite as glamorous as some of our holiday destinations. We spent a very enjoyable day on the water, learning how to sail and how to manoeuvre kayaks. It was an excellent opportunity for the children to make friends from another year group and to practise working as a team, making sure that no one got hit on the head with the sail! Everyone returned to St Dunstan's with a new skill - and a bag of very wet clothes. See more photos...
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Canada Tour: My diary
By Mr Bodenham
14th July 2014: The alarm goes off. It is 0530! Phone Alan. Coach arrives at Gatwick on time. Hallelujah! Players allocated in groups to various staff members. Brill check in. On to the plane. Watch various films and eat a lot of non-descript food. Weight gain beckons. Arrive three hours after take-off (work it out) in Toronto. Play hide and seek trying to locate Megan. Read more & see more photos...
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Senior School Council
The Senior School Council met for the first time on Wednesday with the new batch of class representatives. After welcoming Mr Hewlett and new pupils to the meeting, Head of School Tarik Crooks addressed the members, speaking of his aims and objectives for the group.
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Pupils speak at Catford Rotary
On Wednesday evening Year 10 pupils Sasha Hylton-Burgess and Cassie Tatley spoke to the members of Catford Rotary club about the Lewisham schools' project, 10,000 Hands. After outlining the work of the Jimmy Mizen Foundation, the girls explained how the 10,000 Hands campaign originated 18 months ago and the work going on by school pupils across the borough to make the streets safer. Read more...
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Activities Week - Ardres 2014
As the summer term drew to a close and with the scent of the holidays already on the air, all the pupils in year 7 packed their bags for activities week and set off for Ardres in northern France. The early morning Shuttle crossing followed by a visit to a WW2 Flying Bomb bunker was just to get them started and by Monday lunchtime everyone had arrived at the Acorn Activity centre. Read more...
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If you missed the start of term message from the Headmaster, click here... |
If you missed the start of term message from the Head of the Junior School, click here... |
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Sport
Strings Scholars' and Exhibitioners' Concert Thursday 18th Sept 7.00pm Great Hall
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All parents are warmly invited to join a parents' prayer meeting to pray for the children, teachers and the school. This term we plan to meet after school drop off on Wednesday 24th September. To find out more contact Richard and Lois Evans on 020 8776 5463 evans@portlandsquare.co.uk
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All parents and staff are invited to the St Dunstan's College Family Society Annual Meeting 2014 on Monday 6th October 7.00pm in the Great Hall. Click here for more information.
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Prom Concert 1 (featuring the Clarinet Ensemble and a wide range of solo items) Friday 10th October 4.10pm Great Hall
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SDC Cello Day Saturday 1st November all day
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Choral Recital (featuring all of the College's Choirs with additional solo vocal items) Monday 10th November 7.00pm St Georges Beckenham
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St Dunstan's CollegeStanstead Road
London, UK SE6 4TY
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