October 2017
Themed career week: "Biological and Life Sciences"
By Constanza Rivera, Careers Advisor – Formative Area

During the week of October 3rd we had our second themed career week, focused on Biological and Life Sciences.
With the purpose of sparking our pupils’ curiosity and scientific interest, several activities were held, including a demonstration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and a talk on “The new biology: the science of the 21st century”, where they were able to learn about the latest developments on microbial biotechnology. In coordination with the Science Department, the students saw a scientific dome displayed by Loligo, an educational platform (an initiative offered by the education and extension area of Instituto Milenio de Neurociencia Biomédica) aiming at the promotion of scientific culture. Middle and Senior pupils enjoyed a playful approach to neuroscience with videogames, pinball, interactive screens with images of the brain in 3D, microscopes with histological samples, and comics. The activity has led by Mr Patricio Ponce, Biochemist of Universidad de Chile. Finally, we visited a health fair where several universities shared information about their scientific courses through samples and practical activities.Third edition of the Joan Darling XI
By Karla Galan and Agueda Valdés, Joan Darling XI Directors
On Sunday 15th October the third version of the Joan Darling XI hockey event was held in Concón. The team is made up of pupils of the three oldest British schools in Chile: The Grange School, St Margaret’s School, and Craighouse School. This invitation encompasses values, friendship, and affection for our founder, Mrs Joan Darling. Eighteen players are chosen to represent the spirit that this wonderful woman spread among her pupils. This year we played against SMOG, St Margeret’s School old girls. Representing Craighouse School were Javiera Hernández (Year 12 C), Camila Escudero (Year 12 B), Paskal Chappuzeau (Year 12 B), Isidora Bravo (Year 12 C), Florencia Niedbalski (Year 12 C), and Victoria Armas (Year 12 C). We want to thank this group of girls for proudly representing our school and for always showing our values, both on and off the field.Reduce, Reuse, Recycle March
By Andrea Pardo, Teacher of Primary Section

Pupils take their first communion

Pupil takes part in Panamerican taekwondo Championship

Round Square Conference

On October 6th our Head of Senior, Mr Owain Jones, and teacher Ana María Cabrera, accompanied Craighouse School pupils Daniela Benavides (Year 11 E), Valentina Encinas (Year 11 D), Francisca González Troncoso (Year 10 C), and Agustín Hernández (Year 11 A) to the Round Square International Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. The conference was organised and directed by pupils of the host schools: St Cyprian’s School, St George’s Grammar School, and Bridge House School.
Over 180 schools from at least 40 different countries took part in this event, with the purpose of learning and showing the enormous energy and ability to “make a difference” by bringing together different cultures, countries, and ways of seeing life in peace and harmony, with respect, social responsibility, and the acceptance of differences.
Under the theme of “Unite to ignite the fire within”, the speakers were Lorne Sulcas (an acclaimed photographer who has spent more than two decades studying and photographing Africa’s big cats), William Fowlds (a renowned South African vet who is passionate about wildlife conservation), and Caleb Swanpoel (who could have given up on life after he lost his right leg during a shark attack, but instead turned it into a career), among others.
Without a doubt, this experience left each of the attendants with the important responsibility of passing on Round Square’s message, so as to awaken idealism and the desire to build a better world in our community.
Short film event
By Eduardo Riquelme, Head of the Spanish Department
On Friday 6th October St Paul’s School in Viña del Mar hosted a short film event, organised by the Spanish Departments of the Association of British Schools in Chile (ABSCH). The event allowed pupils from Enseñanza Media to show their work and to talk about literature in the context of audiovisual language as a form of expression, a way of seeing life, culture, artistic expression, and literature in general. Congratulations to the pupils who represented our school in this event: Tomás Soffia (Year 9 D), Carlos Fernández de Heredia (Year 9 D), Bruno Hernández (Year 9 D), and Pedro Letelier (Year 9 D). They spent time with students from other Chilean schools in this event, which allowed them to develop their skills and learning in Spanish.Craighouse School mail
By René Jofré, Technology for Learning Manager
Nowadays, e-mails have become a timely, efficient means of communication, and they are widely used. In this context, and in view of the current demands in the ICT area, Craighouse School has decided for the first time to provide an institutional e-mail account for each pupil. This initiative began in October with pupils of Year 4, who will be using it while they prepare for their PYP Exhibition.Nursery teachers offer workshop in Escuela de Lenguaje San Andrés
In the context of cooperation and social support to schools in Lo Barnechea, our nursery teachers Mrs Gloria Pérez and Ms Cynthia Pardo offered a yoga workshop for teachers of the five classes of Escuela de Lenguaje San Andrés. The purpose of this workshop was to train teachers and give them the basic tools and implements so that they can do yoga in their classes. The activity, which finished on August 23rd, may well be the first of many other social-oriented activities in our school.Water: source of hydration
By Catalina Salvatierra, Nutritionist
Warmer days are finally here and we are all beginning to hear that we need to take care to be hydrated during the day. But, do we really know what the best hydration source is? The answer is water, and here is why: 1) To avoid sugar and sweeteners * Did you know that there are 7 teaspoons of sugar in a normal soda can, and 5 in a glass of juice? * They both provide calories and quickly increase the sugar in your blood. To control this process, your body releases a large amount of insulin. Frequent intake of sugar can atrophy this system and cause insulin resistance, a common condition among teenagers and adults and the first step toward diabetes and other diseases such as fatty liver. * Light sodas have no sugar or calories, but sweeteners have been found to cause the release of insulin, with the same adverse effects. * Both sugar and sweeteners act at the brain level releasing endorphins, which makes them addictive, just like drugs. 2) To avoid additives * Did you know that soda (particularly the dark kind) contains phosphoric acid? * This nutrient causes a decalcification of bones and teeth, affecting growth in children and increasing the risk of osteoporosis in adults (especially women). * They also contain substances that inhibit the absorption of minerals like iron and zinc, which may cause anaemia, a weakening of the immune system, hair loss, and weak nails. 3) Their nutrients are not worth it * Some soft drinks and juices have added nutrients, but their effectiveness has not been proven. In fact, most of these nutrients will be eliminated through urine without having any effect on your body. * There are 100% natural fruit juices on the market which are undiluted and free of additives. These juices have vitamins but they are high in calories and (natural) sugar, since they contain a lot of fruit. However, since they don’t have the fibre of the whole fruit, the sugar is absorbed quicker, which can lead to excess weight and insulin resistance if consumed frequently. Fruit juice does not replace whole fruit.Craighouse School – Founders’ Day - 58th Anniversary

Our founders and their legacy
In honour of our Founders, Mr Lacey announced at the ceremony how the Inquiry Centres are going to be named after our founders. In the Primary Section the Inquiry Centre will be named “The Joan Darling Inquiry Centre” and in the Middle/Senior Section “The Charles T. Darling Inquiry Centre”. The President of the Board of Directors of Craighouse School, Mr Edgar Witt was invited to unveil both plates and together with the present members posed to immortalize this important moment.Long service recognitions

Retiring members of staff

Founders’ Day School Values Award
This award is given to those pupils who have been selected as living examples of these values. In our daily lives at school, we should always strive to follow the values which help us to be a strong community, a learning community, a caring community, a community which honours the values of; respect, responsibility, effort, honesty, loyalty, justice, friendship, solidarity and tolerance. Primary Section
Year 1 D |
Joaquín Seminario Llosa |
Year 3 D |
Maximiliano Smith García |
Year 1 A |
Dante Corbetta |
Year 3 A |
Harman Arun Baxani Ahuja |
Year 1 R |
Valeria Oliva Iturra |
Year 3 R |
Martín Adler Vega |
Year 1 L |
Trinidad Rider Bravo |
Year 3 L |
Martina Cabezas Vizcarra |
Year 1 I |
Olimpia Casamayor Miralles |
Year 3 I |
Taehyun Yoo |
Year 1 N |
Vicente Arretx Stengel | Year 3 N |
Cristina Fernández de Heredia Liger |
Year 1 G |
Iñaki Urcelay Ríos | Year 3 G | Amira Dib Díaz |
Year 2 D |
Dominga Vocke Calderón | Year 4 D |
Vicente Charlín Astudillo |
Year 2 A |
Amanda Castro Raffa |
Year 4 A |
Julieta Del Favero Esbir |
Year 2 R | Piero Furque Macrobio | Year 4 R |
Florencia García Cortés |
Year 2 L |
Martina Pastore Villa | Year 4 L | Diego Rojas Olivares |
Year 2 I | Nicolás Caro Gazabatt | Year 4 I |
Florencia Poli Cabrera |
Year 2 N |
Matías Hammerer | Year 4 N |
Emma Purcell Fontaine |
Year 2 G | Agustina Radich Rodríguez | Year 4 G |
Pedro Hofmann Undurraga |

Year 5 A |
Matías Burrull Ibarra | Year 6 F | Sofía Mahseredjian López |
Year 5 B |
Joao Alves Costa Mendonca | Year 6 G | Tomás Rojas Olivares |
Year 5 C | Macarena Errecaborde | Year 7 A |
Paula Garrido Ríos |
Year 5 D |
Isidora Fontecilla Sánchez | Year 7 B | Dominique Van de Merissche Baumlis |
Year 5 E | Catalina Caldera Terán | Year 7 C |
Agustina East Verdugo |
Year 5 F |
Sofía Simon Llanos | Year 7 D | Sebastián Juez Peña |
Year 5 G |
Benjamín Pimentel Jarpa |
Year 7 E |
Maximiliano Young Coppo |
Year 6 A | Alirio Milton Catacoli | Year 8 A |
Ignacia Salgado Seyler |
Year 6 B |
Isabel Gorchs | Year 8 B | Victoria Gilchrist Kausel |
Year 6 C |
Macarena Seminario Llosa |
Year 8 C |
Constanza Labowitz Urzúa |
Year 6 D | Trinidad Del Real De Ferrari | Year 8 D |
Elena Ortega Chateau |
Year 6 E | Antonio Leal Pellicer | Year 8 E |
María Jesús Caldera Terán |

Year 9 A |
Alberto Conejero Ortúzar | Year 11 A |
Tomás Vergara Browne |
Year 9 B |
Roland Vits Zambrana | Year 11 B |
Ignacia Capdeville Olcese |
Year 9 C |
Martina Harbst Tassara | Year 11 C |
Joao Pedro Melo Diógenes |
Year 9 D |
Fernanda Castillo Del Villar | Year 11 D |
Valentina Peña Holzer |
Year 9 E |
Sofía Pastene Martínez | Year 11 E |
Fernanda Rojas Rodríguez |
Year 10 A | Pablo Méndez Kuncar | Year 12 A |
Benjamín Clarke Barrios |
Year 10 B |
María Ignacia Carvajal Miranda | Year 12 B | Roberto Natho Saavedra |
Year 10 C |
Paula Hernández Jarry | Year 12 C | Javiera Hernández Jarry |
Year 10 D | Nayantara Ranganatha | Year 12 D |
Cristóbal Zilleruelo Cañas |
Year 10 E | Pilar Gutiérrez | Year 12 E |
Ki Han Nam Lee |
IB Diplomas
The IB diploma programme is the best and most demanding university preparation course in the world. Therefore, the students who achieved the diploma are "world class". And the fact that almost all the pupils in Year 12 were diploma candidates and that so many of them achieved the diploma means that Craighouse School is a world class institution. The IB diploma programme is officially a two-year course starting in Year 10 and finishing in Year 12. But, in reality, it is a process that lasts fourteen years and starts in Kinder. Everything that the students learn in Primary (PYP) and Middle (MYP) is preparation for the diploma programme at the end of this learning journey. Therefore, in order to achieve the IB diploma, pupils need to demonstrate a great deal of effort and commitment during their whole school career at Craighouse School. IB Diplomas - Year 12 “A”
Antonia Sofía Cristi Aller |
Zoe Valentina Flögel |
Felipe Andrés Galán Donoso |
María José Francisca García Bächler |
María Del Pilar Hernández Santos |
Agustín Ignacio Lathrop Jalaff |
Isidora Paz León Morales |
Pedro Pablo López Mena |
Francisco San Martín Cabello |
Catalina Viñuela Méndez |

María Jesús Budge Mejía |
Paskal Antonia Chappuzeau Galán |
Trinidad Montserrat Franco Vidal |
Martín Eduardo Glenz Cobo |
María Jesús Guzmán Vicencio |
Florencia Sofía Moyano Moreno |
Roberto Ignacio Natho Saavedra |
Jacinta Noguera Barthou |
Sebastián Alberto Pérez Masri |
Camila Andrea Smith Alamo |

María Jesús Acevedo Villouta |
Victoria Andrea Armas Martínez |
Marco Alfredo Bevilacqua Corredoira |
Isidora Paz Bravo Cuchacovich |
Agustina Cabargas Rengifo |
Martina Cametti Garafulic |
Valentina Gabriela Castillo Del Villar |
Juan Pablo Contreras González |
Alejandro López Torres |
Sebastián Vicente Ma-Shichoy Alvarez |
Florencia Andrea Niedbalski Montserrat |
Ian Orchard Bocic |
Matías Andrés Pérez Pefaur |
Carolina Ríos María |
María Ignacia Rovira Córdova |
Tomás José Salas Walther |
Tomás Andrés Valderrama Gallardo |

María José Cruz Rodríguez |
María Trinidad Giglio Larraín |
Antonia Andrea Montealegre De Urruticoechea |
Daniela Ivonne Nuñez Rojas |
Sofía Constanza Pedrero Poduje |
Francisca Andrea Robinson Hoyos |
Alina Stopello Llobet |
Milan Patrick Tomic Steimel |
Juan Agustín Urzúa Ansaldo |
Javiera Ignacia Vildósola Urrejola |

Jorge Ignacio Atala Cabrera |
Sofía Gabriela Auad Klarian |
Pedro Andrés Becker Jacques |
Donald Agustín Bennett Montoya |
Gerardo Nicolás Cood Monardes |
Amanda Dittborn Román |
María Del Pilar Lira Cerda |
Ki Han Nam Lee |
Benjamín Andrés Panza Csendes |
Josefa Teresita Ruz Ginouves |
Josefa Sánchez Clark |
Daphne Esperanza Steele De la Quintana |
Tomás Zurita Devoto |

Trinidad Sofía Tubino Dowding |
Arts |
Sofía Gabriela Auad Klarian |
Arts |
Sofía Costantino Roger |
Spanish |
Javiera Hernández Jarry |
Spanish |
Tomás Zurita Devoto |
History |
María Del Pilar Lira Cerda |
Environmental Systems and Societies |

Sofía Costantino Roger |
Business Admnistration HL |
Daniel Gutiérrez Fried |
Economics HL |
Josefa Ruz Ginouves |
Visual Arts HL |

Pedro Burstein Molina |
Catalina Paz Lafuente Pérez |
Alessandra Paci Cordano |

34 |
Javiera Hernández Jarry |
35 |
June Pearson Rodríguez |
36 |
Sophia Harbst Tassara |
36 |
Cristóbal Zilleruelo Cañas |

37 |
Javiera Araya Alvarado |
37 |
Sofía Costantino Roger |
37 |
Daniel Gutiérrez Fried |
37 |
Josefina Plass Hune |

Trinidad Tubino Dowding |
IB results of the 2017 generation

The poppy campaign begins
As is tradition, The Royal British Legion has begun the world poppy campaign, seeking to raise funds for world war veterans. Craighouse School is committed to this cause, and we invite all members of our community to contribute, by purchasing a poppy. The funds will be used to cover one third of the annual expenses of general wellbeing, which the beneficiaries use to obtain a modest increase in their life quality, and whose main purpose is medical expense coverage. The money raised in the poppy campaign in Chile will be used to cover the cost of this support to volunteers and their families in our country.My visit to a PYP school in South Africa
By Fernanda Castro, Teacher of Primary Section
Pupil in Year 8 wins third place in skiing competion

New issue of Ruta Literaria 2016 magazine
By Blanca Hernández, Spanish Teacher Middle Section
Craighouse School teachers present in the ABSCH Expotaller 2017

Pupils receive confirmation

Eco tip: Did you know?

October: the month of tolerance

Pupils took part of THIMUN Latin America Conference
By Elliot Zepeda, Pupil of Year 10
Alianzas in the Middle Section
By Blanca Hernández, Middle Section Student Council Adviser
Alianzas in the Senior Section
By Sylvia Lagos and Ana María Cabrera, Senior Section Student Council Advisers
Interreligious outing
By Ingrid Rivera, Catholic Religion Teacher
Again… Craighouse School wins the ABSCH Senior Rugby XV Shield
By Mark Cross, Deputy Head of Senior Section
Rosh Hashanah
By Lorena Sommerfeld, Jewish Religion Teacher
Excellent performance of Craighouse pupil in skiing competitions
