9 MEP China trip. Visited BNDS,DGS's partner school in Beijing, also one of the top IB schools in China. Students had school tour, authentic experience of Chinese tea tasting and dragon dance . Dartford Grammar

9MEP China Trip: Students made new friends in an ice-breaking session and visited the Olympic Park with its iconic Bird's Nest stadium! Amazingly, our BNU team also prepared a surprise birthday party for some of our students 🎉 Dartford Grammar Mandarin Excellence Programme

9MEP China Trip: No, you can't actually see the Great Wall of China from space - but anyone climbing its many steps and towers today will have certainly seen one of our students. They had an amazing time visiting this historic world wonder. Dartford Grammar Mandarin Excellence Programme

9MEP China Trip: Students visited the Forbidden City, home of the former Emperors and their many family members and servants. They then had a great time exploring the old town and its alleyways full of street food and shops Dartford Grammar Mandarin Excellence Programme

9MEP China Trip: Summer holidays, Summer Palace, Summer weather? Two of these things were true. The students had a great time exploring Kunming Lake and the palace grounds. Later, they visited and shopped around the famous Qianmen Night Market Dartford Grammar Mandarin Excellence Programme

9MEP China trip We are coming home! Thank you Beijing! CA 855 Air China. ETA arriving Heathrow Sat 8.30 PM DGS senior playground 10PM Dartford Grammar @

This morning we welcomed visitors from 7 schools in Tokyo for cultural and language exchange with Dartford Grammar Y12 students. It was great to find out more about each other’s lives and education systems Japan Foundation UK #SakuraNetwork

Day 2 of the Year 11 trip to Wakayama, Japan. We visited Koyasan, the centre of Shingon Buddhism and a World Heritage Site. It was a tiring day but the boys really perked up when we visited a traditional Japanese sweet factory on the way home! DGS MFL Dartford Grammar

Japan trip day 3 and the first of two days at Koyo High School: bilingual fun and games, after school clubs and even cleaning the school with the Japanese students. Dartford Grammar DGS MFL

Japan trip day 4 and our 2nd day at Koyo high school. Our students have spent the morning doing cultural activities including the koto harp and calligraphy, and the afternoon taking part in practical science lessons with visiting university lecturers. Dartford Grammar DGS MFL

Japan trip day 5 and our last day of school integration, this time at Kaichi high school. Our students took part in various lessons, sports, calligraphy and the tea ceremony before our Sayonara Party with the host families. Dartford Grammar DGS MFL

Introducing their new Japanese friends to English tongue twisters.

More language exchange in action - learning a Japanese song.

Japan trip day 6 - a visit to Nara, Japan's 8th century capital known for its bowing deer and the Todaiji temple. Crawling through a hole in a pillar the same size as the great Buddha's nostril guarantees good health. Dartford Grammar DGS MFL

Michael in Year 12 has arrived in Japan today to begin the One-month Exchange Programme. This is an exciting opportunity to experience life as a Japanese student at Kaichi Highschool and improve fluency in Japanese. Dartford Grammar Japan Foundation UK #SakuraNetwork

Japan trip day 8 - we said goodbye to our host families and set off for our overnight trip to Kyoto and Biwa, stopping at the Railway museum, Golden Pavillion and the Fushimi Inari Taisha before ending the day with karaoke. Dartford Grammar DGS MFL

Michael has integrated well into school life at Kaichi Highschool during the first week of his 1 month exchange, and introduced himself through a speech in front of the pupils in morning assembly. Dartford Grammar Japan Foundation UK #SakuraNetwork

A Short article from China Daily showcased Mandanrin students in the UK, with 4 DGS boys represnting the school. Dartford Grammar