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The Enrichment Programme runs through elementary, middle and high school and comprises five categories: Humanities (including Guoxue Club, English Skills Building Club and Book Club); Visual and Performing Arts (including Drama Club, Dance Like You Have Ants In Your Pants and Cartoon Painting); Entrepreneurial Practice (including Kerbal Space Academy, Learning Science by Experiments and Lego Club); Sports (including Football, Badminton, Swimming Squad, Martial Arts, Cheerleading Netball and Cross Country); and Music (including Dehong School Orchestra, Guitar, Chinese Music Group and Junior Choir). The categories are designed to promote cross-cultural collaboration and global engagement. Students join international student society activities and competitions, allowing them to study, compete and share achievements with peers globally.
Arts and creative activities are delivered through Visual and Performing Arts, with Drama Club, Dance Like You Have Ants In Your Pants and Cartoon Painting. Music offerings include Dehong School Orchestra, Guitar, Chinese Music Group and Junior Choir. These activities provide opportunities to explore performance, visual arts and music within a broad arts program and connect with Dulwich College International arts events.
The Humanities category includes Guoxue Club, English Skills Building Club and Book Club, supporting language development and Chinese cultural study. Students participate in international student society activities and competitions, enabling collaboration with peers across the Dulwich College International network. Dehong also engages with group-wide arts, drama and film events through its Dulwich College International partnership.
Through the Enrichment Programme, students participate in international student society activities and competitions, offering social and collaborative opportunities beyond the classroom. These activities enable students to study, compete and share achievements with peers globally. The Dulwich College International network provides access to a cross-campus calendar of events and competitions, expanding social and hobby options.
Sports are a core part of the Dehong curriculum, with offerings including Football, Badminton, Swimming Squad, Martial Arts, Cheerleading Netball and Cross Country. Regular participation in sports supports physical health and emotional wellbeing. The school participates in group-wide events with sister schools, including the Dulwich Olympiad, a large-scale sports and arts competition held every four years. Within the Enrichment Programme, Chinese sports and other cultural activities are included through Qidi, broadening lifestyle and wellbeing opportunities.
Dehong Shanghai International Chinese School opened on 1 September 2017 in the Qizhong villa area of Maqiao, Minhang District, Shanghai. The campus delivers a twelve-year education (Grade 1–12) that blends the Chinese National Curriculum with international elements, guided by Dehong's holistic, inquiry-based framework and the Dulwich College International pedagogical approach. The school emphasises bilingual education, with roughly 50% Chinese-medium and 50% English-medium teaching in Elementary and Middle School, and a shift to predominantly English instruction (about 85% of teaching and learning in English) from Grade 10 onward to support global university pathways. The Dehong curriculum consists of three strands: the CNC content, extended inquiry-based learning (including STEAM, SE21, service, sustainability, and cultural activities), and the international perspectives offered through Dulwich-inspired practice. The enrichment programme (Qidi) covers Humanities, Visual and Performing Arts, Entrepreneurial Practice, Sports, and Music, and the school participates in Worldwise events that connect students with a global network. The campus is designed to support language development, cross-cultural understanding and holistic growth.
