Factsheet: Campus facilities overview

Dover Campus facilities

The campus occupies 11 hectares (27 acres) in Clementi, just west of the Singapore central business district in an established educational hub. The College opened in an existing school in 1971, and features mature trees and plenty of open spaces.

In the past decade, the campus has undergone a rejuvenation which included the construction of new buildings, refurbishment of many others, the enhancement of already extensive sports and performing arts facilities and installation of educational technology that ensures our education remains future-focused. Awarded for its sustainable design and universal accessibility features such as interconnecting, off-ground walkways to facilitate student movement between buildings on campus.

Many aspects of the GreenMark Platinum Super Low Energy certified buildings are integrated into the learning programme, and a ‘green heart’ has transformed the core of the campus into a vibrant and inspiring outdoor classroom.

The campus offers the following specialist facilities:

• Infant classrooms are all connected to central pods and outdoor learning and play spaces. There is a dedicated playground, and specialist teaching facilities for music, PE and the K1 Perceptual Motor Programme

• Junior School is in a dedicated block with grade-level shared spaces and specialist teaching facilities for music, languages and art in the building and regular opportunities for students to utilise the rest of the campus

• two libraries: both feature flexible spaces, extensive state-ofthe-art resources and increasing access to multilingual and online resources, study areas and a classroom space

• dedicated play areas and equipment for students in the Infant, Junior and Middle schools

• five performance spaces: heritage-listed main hall seats over 400; two fully equipped theatres; a black box theatre space; and a multi-purpose hall, each seating between 200 and 300

• drama, dance and film teaching rooms and equipment including dedicated wardrobe, lighting and sound technicians and professional-standard equipment

• exceptional provision for music includes professional-standard recording studios, practice rooms, class sets of instruments in Primary School, an extensive Instrumental Teaching Programme and instrument hire, and a gamelan orchestra

• Design and Technology Department facilities include equipment such as 3D printers and laser cutters, plus food technology classrooms

• spaces dedicated to the sustainable development programme include a composting centre, rainforest tree nursery, recycling centre, an outdoor classroom adjacent to the ‘green heart’ and several rooftop garden beds

• sciences block with fully-equipped laboratories

• IDEAS Hub, a collaborative makerspace open to all

• fully-equipped rooms for Middle and High School visual art including photography darkroom and gallery spaces

• extensive sports facilities: full-sized, all-weather rugby and football pitch (FIFA certified) with covered spectator stand; three grass junior pitches and training areas; floodlit 10-lane 50m Olympic-sized pool with diving pit and 1m, 2m and 3m boards plus a learn-to-swim pool and covered spectator seating; nine floodlit acrylic tennis courts that incorporate four netball courts; floodlit artificial turf field for football or hockey; four outdoor beach-volleyball courts; flexible Cricket nets; two indoor air-conditioned sports halls including a 20x8m climbing wall; a fully-equipped conditioning gym; a multi-purpose sports room; and a gymnastics training centre incorporating full sprung floor, vault, bars, beam and foam pits

• high and low ropes courses plus a set of training kayaks to support the Outdoor Education programme

• integrated IT facilities with access to a campus-wide wireless network, and a central IT help desk and onsite AppleCare Centre for all students. The 1:1 provision includes iPad and MacBook sets in Primary School classrooms and an individual laptop ownership scheme in Grades 6–12. Collegesupplied software is installed on all devices to support the learning programme

• three residential boarding houses for students aged 13–18

• Conference centre for learning and events

• two canteens with undercover seating and an airconditioned coffee shop with onsite catering by food service team from 7.30am–7pm weekdays

• medical clinics in Primary Block and boarding house, staffed by registered nurses

• 24-hour security and visitor management systems

East Campus facilities

Set on 5.5 hectares (13.5 acres) in a rapidly developing hub in northeast Singapore, the campus is easily accessed from central, eastern and northern areas of Singapore.

The purpose built campus set a global benchmark in design and innovation in international schools, with key environmental aspects of the GreenMark Platinum Super Low Energy certified buildings integrated into all five elements of the Learning Programme.

Layered in order to maximise the use of available space, car and bus transit areas, parking and indoor sport spaces are located below ground level and all traffic is separated from pedestrians. The campus has a universal design award for its thoughtful approach to accessibility. A greening programme on campus provides our students with spaces in which they can connect with nature and bring their sustainable development learning to life.

The campus offers the following specialist facilities:

• dedicated Infant School with purpose-built facilities including flexible classroom spaces that are accessible to outdoor learning and play areas, grade level ‘pods’ for collaborative learning, three age-appropriate playgrounds including the Infant Sky Garden, an undercover playground, a learn-to-swim pool, specialist teaching facilities for languages, music and cooking, and a multi-purpose hall for physical education, assemblies and performances

• Junior School block has flexible classroom spaces, ageappropriate playground, and specialist teaching facilities for languages, music, art and sustainable development

• two libraries equipped as state-of-the-art resource centres

• spaces dedicated to the sustainable development programme include a composting centre, a rooftop rainforest tree nursery, a recycling centre, vertical gardens, UN SDG classroom, an undercover outdoor classroom and several student-tended garden spaces

• integrated IT facilities with access to a campus-wide wireless network, and a central IT help desk and onsite AppleCare Centre; the 1:1 provision includes iPad and MacBook sets in Primary School classrooms and individually owned laptops in Grades 6–12. College-supplied software is installed on all devices to support the learning programme.

• fully-equipped science laboratories

• visual art facilities including art rooms, a darkroom and photography studio, a ceramics studio, graphic design suite and filmmaking studio and screening room

• drama classrooms and dance studios

• professional-standard specialist music facilities: studios, practice rooms, recording studios and teaching facilities, an Instrumental Teaching Programme and instrument hire, as well as a Balinese gamelan orchestra

• professional-quality performance venues: a tiered auditorium with 420 seats, a black box theatre seating 270, and a multi-purpose main hall seating up to 500

• fully-equipped Design and Technology workshops and the Community Lab, a collaborative makerspace for use by the school and neighbouring community

• dedicated food technology facilities within the school canteen

• canteen and undercover seating, with onsite Sodexo catering including a two-storey air-conditioned coffee shop operating from 7.30am–7pm weekdays

• extensive sports facilities: 10-lane 50m Olympic-sized pool with covered spectator seating; floodlit, all-weather field with covered spectator seating; three air-conditioned indoor sports halls; a fully-equipped gymnastics centre; fitness centre for cardiovascular conditioning and weight training; two large studios for fitness and dance classes; a CrossFit training room and boxing facilities

• a covered outdoor climbing wall, an urban abseiling site, plus a set of training kayaks

• purpose-built boarding house with 4, 3, 2 and 1 bedded rooms available to students aged 13–18 (Grades 8–12)

• medical clinics next to the Primary Block and in the boarding house staffed by registered nurses

• 24-hour security and visitor management systems