Category: Top News
Whole School Assembly
This morning the school came together for the first whole school assembly of the new academic year. In the College Atrium were the Lower School and everything was broadcast live to the rest of the school who were either listening in their form rooms, in their boarding rooms whilst quarantining, or in their own homes…
Hello and greetings from DLD College London. The ambience in the college has very much been upbeat over the past week as an increased number of students are now in the lessons as they complete periods of quarantine after travelling from countries around the world. It’s been very pleasing to have received survey feedback from…
PHYSICS IN ACTION
As part of the A level Physics course, students have to know different ways to measure “g”, one of the best-known numbers in Physics and Maths: 9.81 m/s2. The class used light gates and dataloggers to measure the time for a card to fall a particular height, then by plotting a graph of height against…
BOARDING SCHOOLS’ ASSOCIATION INVOLVEMENT
On Monday, Year 13 students Alice and Suzy and Vice Principal Tom, all represented the UK in a webinar organised by the Boarding Schools’ Association for parents in SE Asia, focused on the UK school response to the COVID outbreak. The group presented the various measures that DLD have adopted across the college and Alice…
Staying in Boarding During a Pandemic
Brenda is currently in Year 13 and has written about her experiences of lockdown during a pandemic. This is a wonderful diary record of the experience of an international student boarding in London during this time and will be as fascinating to read in years to come as it is today. Thank you Brenda! …
Awards Finalist News Piece
Our double award finalist news for 2020 Independent Boarding School of the Year and 2020 Independent School of the Year for International Student Experience has appeared featured in South London News. DLD College in Lambeth nominated for two prizes in Independent School of the Year Awards 2020
Racial & Cultural Diversity: Heads Speak
DLD College London features in the new Autumn/Winter 2020 edition of School House magazine. Editor Annabel Heseltine asked DLD Principal Irfan Latif to comment on the sensitive issue of racial and cultural diversity and how we approach education and understanding within our community. The full feature can be read on pages 62 to 66 via…
Student representation on BSA Asia webinar
On Monday, year 13 students Alice and Suzy and Vice Principal Tom, all represented the UK in a webinar organised by the Boarding Schools Association for parents in SE Asia, focused on the UK school response to the COVID outbreak. The group presented the various measures that DLD have adopted across the college and Alice…
From the Principal #87
Walking around College and seeing students and staff in classrooms, the Atrium, in the boarding house, the Global Kitchen and on the new Sports Pitch and Wellbeing Garden has been both heartening and reassuring. I have been delighted by how everyone is adapting to the new school ‘normal’. I believe it is a testament to…
New House System for Lower School
A brand new House System has been introduced this year for the Lower School. Students have been allocated to either Westminster House or Marylebone House and will be competing this year for the first ever DLD House Cup. Commendations received will contribute to House points and competitions to be held across Academic Faculties, Sports and…
