Above all, your priority is the students in your boarding house whether that be their emotional, physical or academic needs. Once a year, I take an empty suitcase home to the UK and come home with luggage full of blue cheese, toothpaste and new work-shirts. Life at NLCS Jeju when you live and work in a boarding house is significantly different to living off-site. (ESL part-time teacher, married to a Boarding Housemistress, no children, 2 years in Jeju). North London Collegiate School comes with a rich heritage of providing a first-class academic education in an inspirational setting. Bear in mind that your boxes may not always be delivered at the same time, as customs may not clear them all together. This can be done directly through your government website or through a private company. Slightly further afield, you can find cinemas, football grounds, night clubs and department stores. Grocery shopping for vegetarians is fine, lots of options although things are more seasonal than you may be used to. Students will usually remain in the same house throughout their time at NLCS (Singapore), however long that may be, and thus they’ll develop a deep-rooted and genuine loyalty to it. Each house tutor group, of up to 24 students, will have at least 2 house tutors. This covers security guard, management!! Whilst our house tutors are responsible for monitoring all welfare issues associated with their tutees, they also play the central role in monitoring their academic progress. Vietnam and Cambodia aren't far. Many events will make up the house competition, including (but certainly not limited to) various sports (basketball, badminton, football, swimming, etc), debating, public speaking, general knowledge, music, drama and so on. Cycling is pretty safe with little traffic (although Jeju drivers aren’t exactly observant) and well-maintained roads. The school is 15 minutes drive from a local town, which has dentists, chemists, supermarkets, food-markets, bakeries, dry-cleaning, sports equipment stores and toyshops. (Married couple both pescatarians, 1 child omnivore! Forget dreaming of whiling away an afternoon meandering through shops and shopping malls, it ain’t gonna happen. Occasional rain never lasts for long and most moths of the year, you can get on the beach and enjoy fine weather. Each house in the Senior School has ​students ​from across the age ranges, from Grade 6 to Grade 12, allowing older and younger students to meet, interact and enjoy a shared experience in a way that they would not normally do, to the benefit of them all. Since 1850, NLCS (UK) has maintained its reputation for providing an ambitious and aspirational education. In the JGEC building there is a convenience store (stock is growing to suit the needs of staff), pizza takeaway, fried chicken takeaway (with draft beer), a Korean restaurant and a fusion restaurant (with draft beer) which does a variety of dishes. We aim to provide an ambitious education for all our students, and we employ passionate teachers who inspire our bright, curious and enthusiastic girls with a love of their subject. We are expecting competition between houses to be fierce (in a friendly sense) in both the Junior and Senior Schools. (Senior School Teacher, married with 2 children, 1 year in Jeju). The return journey has the first bus leaving the Jeju City bus terminal from 6am and the last bus leaving at 7:40pm and getting to the school bus stop at 8:25pm. or 2. It's a perfect base for visiting China and Japan in particular. ), This depends on where you are accommodated. If you are thinking of moving to Jeju, you will probably have many questions. There are many taxis travelling all over the island and the equivalent trip from school to the bus terminal would cost about WON 35 000 (GBP 20). Each house will have a team of house tutors. For a 3 bed apartment across the year this would average out to around US$2000 a year. It changes all the time and nothing lasts forever: Springs and Autumns are balmy. There are great beaches on Jeju with safe paddling and swimming as well as digging opportunities. It is worth reminding you here that no teacher at NLCS is “just academic” or “just pastoral” – we require all of our teachers to be equally committed to both. The Indiana eLearning Lab is a place where teachers, parents, admin, etc. It can cost between 50-90 pounds per apostilled document. The outpatient medical provision on the island is good. At NLCS (Singapore) we are committed to providing the highest standards of pastoral care to ensure the wellbeing of all our students. So with no retail what else? (Senior school teacher, married with 3 children, just arrived), NLCS Jeju / 김용익 Business License 616-85-27683 Mali-order License 제 2017-제주대정-009 호, You can browse the books we have in the library by using the library catalogue, which can be found at.