#bryant programme

On Saturday 14th May, seven NLCS Jeju middle school boys travelled to the Korea National Sport University in Seoul to compete in the Seoul Fencing Association Club Fencing Competition. This was the first time the school has ever entered a fencing competition after starting the sport as a Bryant activity this year. The boys competed in the épée discipline and fought hard. Their efforts were rewarded with excellent results and we took away three medals: Tony Taehyun Son, Y8 Noro and Sangho Sim, Y8 Geomun were awarded bronze medals and Paul Hyunwook Im, Y8 Noro took silver. It was a very impressive performance for their first outing and we look forward to more fencing successes next year!

In our Community Service Bryant at Dream House care home in Daejung, NLCS Jeju students help out by providing care, company and entertainment for the elderly residents. They help to clean to facility, engage the residents in some craft activities and games and sing songs together with the residents. This Saturday, NLCS staff and students organised a special celebration for Parents' Day - they sang a special song for the grandmothers and grandfathers, pinned carnations on their breasts. 

Students and staff from NLCS get a great deal out of this activity and for the residents of the care home, out visit is the highlight of their week.

Well done to all students and staff involved in this fantastic activity!

It was a beautiful day here on Jeju on Saturday and students who are doing Rock Climbing as their Bryant activity experienced some real rock faces, as opposed to the climbing walls that they have been training on. All students did very well scaling the heights of these cliffs and abseiling down. A most enjoyable morning in the sun!

Students doing Outdoor Skills as their Bryant activity today put their knowledge to the test building shelters in the rain! Shelter building and character building!

Seven NLCS Jeju students of the NLCS Jeju Golf Squad have just returned from the FOBISIA Golf Invitational 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The students: Seungjun Choi, Minseo Kim, Ji Hoon Moon, Dowon Kim and Minji Cho (all year 8); Jiyun Kang and Suin Kim (year 10) and Dohyun Ko (year 11) found it hard to adjust to the climate - 90% humidity and 30 degrees celsius! Nevertheless, they did really well lot of balls were struck and a lot of water was consumed. Worthy of mention is Jiyun Kang (Year 10, Mulchat) who completed his first ever round of competitive golf and Ji Hoon Moon (year 8, Geomun) who had the lowest score of the NLCS players on day one.

Olle Trails is always a popular Bryant activity and students enjoy the opportunity to explore some of the hiking trails around the South West of our island. Last week they walked around Songaksan, a simple volcano that juts out into the sea which has double craters and a parasitic volcano. All enjoyed spectacular views of Sanbangsan and the rugged coastline.

In our Bryant programme we encourage students to try new things, push their boundaries and get out of their comfort zones. They also develop life skills that will help the in the future. In ‘International Cooking’ students learn to cook a different meal each week. As a whole group, they watch the preparation and cooking of the meal, and are instructed on best preparation methods, combining flavours, hygiene and safety. Then, in pairs, they prepare the meal, including prepping the ingredients using big knives, and cook the meal on gas-powered stoves. The students take pride in their cooking ability and enjoy eating what they have cooked when they have finished! Our responsible students always clean up and leave the kitchen tidy and in an activity that has more boys then girls, many will make good husbands!

One of our most popular Community Service Bryant activities is Dream House, where students visit senior citizens in a care home in our local town of Daejeong. It is the highlight of the week for the residents of the facility and our students get a lot out of it too!

Some of the things our students have been doing recently are song performances, talking with the residents about their personal histories and family, organising a quiz about the Jeju dialect (after they learnt about this from the residents), enjoying colouring together, and playing traditional Korean games such as Yut Nori (윷놀이).