Sports day 2018

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Published: Friday, 13 July 2018 08:57

Written by Mr M Alderson

We are very proud of our sports days.
We don't just see outstanding effort and physical performances - every year, students across the school take part in a day of friendly but fierce competition. Every member of staff is involved under the organisational guidance of our brilliant PE department and with the help of the sixth form house captains.

Visitors on the day often comment on the quiet efficiency and truly supportive atmosphere our community creates for this annual event.

Sports day is the biggest single competition on the inter-house calendar. The results of all events (track, field, pentathlon and ball games) are summarised below.

Simple Gifts and Jazz Journey concert

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Published: Wednesday, 11 July 2018 21:18

Written by Mrs A Cooper

On Monday 9 July2018, a number of musically talented students from year 7-12, took to the stage at St George’s Church, Deal as part of the Deal Music and Arts Festival.
The audience were treated to a fantastic programme, including Piano Trio in A minor by Ravel, Appalachian Spring by Copland and Blue Monk by our very own Jazz Journey performers.

Our students have been benefiting from termly workshop sessions with Jazz experts, who have been teaching the group the rudiments of Jazz theory as well as working through some Jazz standards and performance skills as an ensemble. Please take a look at the videos of them performing Blue Monk as an ensemble - of purely Dane Court students.

The concert finished with a composition commissioned by London Chamber Orchestra, which explores the idea of Simple Gifts, a composition from 1848 by Joseph Brackett. The melody may be recognisable as Lord of The Dance, explored through various interesting and progressive harmonic journeys.
Well done to all involved, it was a fantastic concert and one which showed how lucky we are to have such musically talented students within the school.
Students involved; Rohan Terenghi, Maria Munnich, Joseph Chesters, Ruby Naylor, Jonah Knight and Mikey Chesters.

Year 11 Red Carpet event 2018

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Published: Friday, 22 June 2018 22:41

Written by Mrs R Rolls

What a glorious end to KS4! The Year 11s were out in their finery, on Friday 22 June 2018. Thankfully the sun was shining and the balloon arch did not blow away! As they sashayed their way down the catwalk, it was wonderful to see how much they had changed since the start of Year 7. Here's wishing them every success for the future and we hope to see them return to Dane Court Grammar School in September.

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• Some of our photographs taken during this event cannot be published on this website.
• We cannot provide copies of photographs taken during this event.

National award for an inspiring teacher

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Published: Saturday, 09 June 2018 21:31

Written by Mr M Alderson

A Dane Court Grammar School teacher, Ceri Diffley, has been recognised for her outstanding work with our students studying Business and Finance subjects.

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Geography Excellence National Award

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Published: Saturday, 19 May 2018 15:29

Written by Mr M Alderson

A Dane Court student studying Geography as part of her International Baccalaureate Diploma has been recognised for the exceptionally high standard of her GCSE studies in the same subject over the last two years.
The Awards for Excellence in Geographical Learning are presented annually by the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) to the students who have achieved the highest marks nationally in the geography examinations.

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Japanese books in the library

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Published: Thursday, 10 May 2018 13:37

Written by Mrs R Finlay

日本の本

The Library is delighted to have a donation of new Japanese books on display. There is a wide selection of different books from novels to essays, Manga, books to help you learn Japanese, children’s textbooks and cookery books. The novels include Never Let Me Go by 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Kazuo Ishiguro, Empire of the Sun by Jo Ballard, Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami and The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki. There will be a Japanese shelf in the library near the other foreign language titles. Students with even the slightest inerest in Japanese culture, literature or learning the language are encouraged to come and take a look.

Read all about it - Dane Court makes the news

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Published: Tuesday, 24 April 2018 20:41

Written by Mrs K Hutchings

Our very own school newspaper comes online this month. Students at Dane Court are excited to put their first newspaper into print and are launching the DCGS Chatter. Mainly staffed by students from Year 7, with input from Years 8 and 10, the newspaper has seen a flurry of activity and a great deal of excitement at the team headquarters in the school library. DCGS Chatter gives the students an opportunity to share their school news, information about their community, brag about their successes, impress you with their knowledge and skills, and report on student opinion. Not to mention devising competitions which will give you all a chance to win!

At one of the busiest times of the year for the students in Year 7, and capitalising on their medieval project and banquet preparation, the first DCGS Chatter edition focuses on the medieval times and includes a banquet feature, fashion details and plenty of student humour plus competitions with awesome prizes to be won! So, jump right in and take a look at what they have achieved, and if you want your voice to be heard, come and join the buzz of the Chatter team in the library on Wednesday and Thursday lunchtimes.

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