Last Friday evening, 39 Junior School students and 7 staff members left the DCSPD campus and made their way to Pudong airport to participate in this year’s mammoth Dulwich College Games Competition, taking us to Myanmar and the Dulwich College Yangon Campuses.
The children (in Years 4 through 6) endured a long journey, eventually arriving in Myanmar on Saturday morning.
Ahead of them were two days of tough competition against seven other Dulwich Colleges, including Singapore, Beijing, Suzhou, and DCS Puxi. This sporting battle took them to the pool, the running track, the basketball court and the football pitch, with the DCSPD Shanghai team endeavouring to achieve personal and College gold!
Session by session, we saw the children develop in skill and confidence, matched by a committed and genuine team spirit which grew with each day of the trip.
Playing in 38°C heat, and having travelled through Friday night, the challenge of competing was tough and our DCSPD competitors had to show real grit and resilience to overcome their fatigue and perform to their best. They did this through commitment, empathy, and kindness, looking after each other when things got tough.
We competed well in football, despite hot conditions that tested our students’ resilience. They showed grit and determination and produced some really good team performances.
DCSPD had some amazing results in basketball, including an overtime win which resulted in a very exciting free throw shoot out and our U/11 Girls Team 1 winning the Bowl Final. The U/10 Boys Team 1 then went undefeated to win the Cup Championship. The U/9 Boys were unlucky to finish third in basketball but showed some excellent skills in the process.
Every child in the 39-strong squad achieved a medal, with a total scoop of 158 bronze, silver, and gold medals in the athletics and swimming competitions.
For the staff involved in the trip, however, its success was not measured by medals alone, but rather by the way in which every child showed the Dulwich D’s: drive, dedication, and determinationto do the very best that they could, as an individualandfor their team.
The confidence, compassion, and comradery exhibited by the children in our team made us extremely proud. Well done to all of you!
My sincere thanks as well to the six Junior School staff who helped create such wonderful team spirit, and who supported the children throughout. We could not deliver experiences such as this one without your dedication and commitment!
上周五晚，39名小學部學生和7名教職人員離開上海浦東德威學校，啟程前往浦東機場，參加將于緬甸及仰光德威學校隆重舉行的本年度“德威運動會”。來自4-6年級的孩子們經過一段漫長的旅途，最終于周六上午抵達緬甸。
等待他們的是為期兩天的激烈比拼，對手是來自新加坡、北京、蘇州、浦西德威等7所學校的同學們。比賽包括游泳、賽跑、籃球、足球等項目，浦東德威的小選手們躍躍欲試，努力爭取為自己和學校贏得殊榮。
通過一場又一場的比賽，我們看到孩子們在技能和自信心方面所取得的發展，隨著行程的推進，他們變得越來越投入，團隊精神也越發強大。迎戰38℃的高溫，孩子們又經歷了周五整晚的旅途跋涉，這讓比賽變得格外具有挑戰性。
浦東德威的小選手們必須表現出真正的勇氣與韌性，來克服身體的疲勞，發揮出最佳水平——他們堅定、熱心，隊友間彼此關懷，遇到困難時互幫互助。
我們在足球比賽中表現出色，在考驗耐力的炎熱條件下，同學們表現出勇氣和決心，帶來了極佳的團隊表現。上海浦東德威的同學們在籃球賽場上也取得了了不起的成績，包括在加時賽中勝出。
我們的U/11女子1隊在銀碗決賽上取勝。隨后，U/10男子1隊更是以不敗的戰績贏得了杯賽冠軍。相比之下，U/9男子隊則不那么幸運，他們在籃球比賽中獲得了第三名，但整個比賽過程中，他們展現出了出色的技術水平。
39人的參賽隊伍中，每個孩子都獲得了一枚獎牌。其中，在田徑和游泳項目中總共獲得了158枚金銀銅牌。但對于參與這次行程的教職人員們而言，真正的成功并不僅僅取決于獎牌數量，而是在于每個孩子如何借此機會體現出德威式比賽精神——驅動力、奉獻和決心，盡己所能，為個人與團隊爭光。
我校孩子們所展示出的自信、同理心和戰友情讓我們倍感自豪。大伙兒們干得漂亮！
在此，我想由衷地感謝6名來自小學部的教職人員，他們幫助孩子們樹立起如此強大的團隊凝聚力，在整個過程中為他們提供支援。沒有他們的努力和付出，我們的團隊不可能有如此上佳的表現！
