Dover Court News

In episode 3, Zac and Ronav from Year 5 interview Mr Dodge. They found out all about how he stays active in his free time and who inspired him to take part in sports. Mr Dodge shares his top tips on how to stay active!

On this week’s episode, we had a special parent guest, Mr Stephen Bates who joined Zach, Albert and Griffin to talk all about his sporting experiences from when he was at school to now as an adult. Stephen shares his motto of ‘Healthy body, healthy mind’ with the boys and other great ways to stay active as a family.

Dover Court talks all things PE and sport. With different hosts each podcast, students discuss how to stay active, who has inspired them to get involved, alongside opportunities that are on offer at Dover Court.

To wrap up a great year in music we are delivering a unit on Podcasting with Key Stage 3. In preparation for this, Ms Mackintosh kindly offered 20mins of her time to talk about Everything Music in her life. The students will be listening to this as a model for their learning and as a source of inspiration.

A short workshop exploring the importance of sleep. It will cover the negative effects of a bad sleep routine for adults and children. Advice on how much sleep is necessary for you and your child as well as some simple changes that can improve the quality and length of sleep for you and your child leading to a healthier life style.

In this 4th episode of the Dover Diaries, Joseph from Year 8 interviews Mr Christopher Short about him leaving Dover Court International School.

Dear DCIS Parents, We had a delightful Year 13 Graduation ceremony on Tuesday in Cooper Hall. It was lovely to see the students back on the campus and to celebrate their hard work over the last two years. Some of the cohort have been at Dover Court for a number of years, 8 years being the longest. This group now go onto Higher Education in a number of countries around the world, National Service o...

Dear DCIS Parents, By the end of the week all of our students will have had the chance to be back on the campus. Both last Tuesday and today we noticed a quietness from students as they got used to be back in school and wearing a face mask or face shield. The good news is that the chatter and confidence increased through last week and I’m sure this week will be the same. We had a de...

Dear DCIS Parents, We have had a very successful four days back on the campus with a small number of our Year 10, Year 12 and Pathway 4 children. It is delightful to see the campus back to its intended use and I am grateful to our cleaning contractors and our facility staff for working so hard to make the campus ready for our main return tomorrow. Thank you to all Secondary students who parti...

In this third podcast of our Dover Diaries series, Ayush from Year 7 interviews Mr Simon Mann, DCIS incoming Principal.

This webinar explores the particular needs of adolescents and how families can work together to help everyone get through these challenging times. This webinar was recorded on Wednesday 27th May 2020 at  8.00pm.

This webinar will explore the emotional experiences that have been brought about by the circuit breaker restrictions, the expectations of DOT and the general uncertainty that is prevalent right now. It will discuss approaches to helping oneself and helping each other through identifying, understanding and learning about controlling emotional responses.

Dear DCIS Parents, Many thanks to those who completed the second DOT questionnaire over the weekend. We are processing the results and will share them with you later in the week. Following my letter on the annual update of the contract I had a couple of questions around the removal of the vaccination clause. We still require children to have up to date vaccinations and require documentation on adm...

We are extremely proud of our Year 6 student Harriet who was a runner-up in this year's FOBISIA Short Story Competition. She was alone. Trudging through thick snow, each step she took she could hear the crunching of snowflakes beneath her ice cold feet. Her breath was a wispy white smoke, the kind you would imagine a dragon to breath. The branches of the trees around her were twisted, climbing hig...

This webinar explores what individuals and families are having to cope with and how they might expand their coping strategies to help with their situation. Families Coping with the Curcuit Breaker and DOT Date: Wednesday 13th May Time: 8.00pm

Dear DCIS Parents, Many thanks to those of you who joined us this morning for the first of our forums on the DOT Plan. We started with EYFS and received some lovely feedback on the work teachers are doing and some great suggestions on how we can make the process easier for families, with the universal acknowledgment of the role parents need to play, especially with younger children. The forums con...

Dear Parents, Many thanks to all of you who participated in our Well-being and DOT questionnaire over the weekend. We are currently analysing the results and will use this to keep making improvements to our virtual schooling. Our Virtual Book Day was a great success last week, many thanks to parents who sent in photos that we have shared in our Social Media posts. Thank you to our staff who read f...

Dear DCIS Parents, We have entered another unusual week in our school. As you have read in my email sent out earlier today we have cancelled all overseas school trips for the rest of the academic year. It is never fun to disappoint children, but I am very proud of how well our students are taking the news. We have some very wise and understanding children in our school. I would also like to confir...

What is the IB Diploma? ▪ A challenging and balanced programme of education designed for secondary school students aged 16 to 19. ▪ The programme has earned a reputation for rigorous assessment, giving IB diploma holders access to over 2000 of the world’s leading universities and preparing them for success in further studies and life beyond. ▪ The programme is a comprehensive two-year internationa...

In this second episode of the Dover Diaries podcast, we interviewed Carla Hyland, Deputy Head of Secondary School, and David Burren, Deputy Head - Inclusion regarding the BTEC International Level 2 in Business programme recently introduced in Dover Court International School.

Dear DCIS Parents, Our Year 13 students are half way through their IB Mocks, it is extremely exciting that our second cohort of IB students will graduate later this year. For those interested in our Sixth Form, Years 12-13, the IBDP/BTEC Parent Workshop will take place tomorrow, 10th March, 8.45-9.30am in Cooper Hall, we look forward to welcoming all who registered for this event. This w...

Dear DCIS Parents, The DCA Quiz Night on Friday was a great success, even though my team was defeated by most of the parent teams. Thank you to the DCA for another well organised event and thank you to Victus for hosting us at Mason's Table. A special thanks to our Quizmaster, John Fox. I would also like to thank those who attended 'A Coffee with David Burren' this morning...

Dear DCIS Parents, 
Welcome back, I hope that you had a lovely break. As I wrote in my email yesterday, we are restarting the ECAs today, something that I know our students are very happy about. We are also looking at options to reschedule postponed events, we will keep you updated. 

The Global Campus Visual Arts competition is open, the theme this year is the United Nations Convention on th...

A busy and interesting term for our staff, students and parents; however, I have been impressed by our community’s ‘blitz spirit’ showing stoicism and determination during a difficult time. We kicked off the term back in January with our Progress Review and Target Setting meetings.  Our students have made excellent progress in and out of the classroom in the last term.  I also appreciate...

It was lovely to see the children back at school after the Christmas break, and also to welcome some new families to the Primary School. I enjoyed meeting many of new families at Orientation Day and also at our more informal coffee morning. Hopefully, all our students are well settled into their routines now and are enjoying being a part of our Dover Court community. Despite having to cancel some...