Dover Court International School plants 50 trees to mark 50th anniversary under the OneMillionTrees movement
Source: Press release
50 Primary and 50 Secondary Dover Court International School (DCIS) students planted 50 trees in front of the school at 301 Dover Rd as part of a year-long 50th-anniversary celebration under the OneMillionTrees movement on Monday morning, 21 November 2022.
Students across the different levels planted trees along the school’s exterior under the guidance of the National Parks Board (NParks) and with the support of West Coast GRC Member of Parliament, Rachel Ong and DCIS’s leadership team.
Clad in protective gloves and equipped with shovels, the students worked together in pairs to dig the holes and plant the trees.
“The students were very proud to be selected as the representatives of DCIS to plant 50 trees along Dover Road to help mark our 50th Anniversary and support the NParks Million Trees Movement. They enjoyed meeting our local MP, Rachel Ong, who attended the planting. One primary student told me that they are looking forward to seeing how tall their tree grows and that they would come back to check on it when they are grown up,”
said Mr David Burren, Deputy Head of Inclusion at DCIS.
The OneMillionTrees movement is a nationwide effort to plant a million trees across Singapore over the next 10 years, bringing the number of trees in Singapore to more than 8 million. It is a cornerstone of NParks’ City in Nature vision, which is in turn a key pillar of the Singapore Green Plan 2030.
Launched in April 2020, this movement is a concerted effort to increase the number of trees planted throughout the whole of Singapore, including our streetscapes, gardens, parks and park connectors, nature reserves and nature parks, and more.
“The OneMillionTrees movement is part of the efforts to transform Singapore into a "City in Nature". Participating as a community is essential to the success of this movement. Thus, I am so grateful to the faculty and students of Dover Court International School for joining us to play an active role in the greening of Singapore,” said Ms Ong.
As active members of our local community, DCIS was honoured to play our role in engaging students, and the school as a whole, to become active stewards of the local biodiversity. Trees help us fight climate change, improve our urban environment, increase urban biodiversity, enhance community well-being, and are beneficial for our health.
This experience was a wonderful opportunity to mark Dover Court’s 50-year tenure at this historic site by collaborating with Singaporean agencies and our student community to create lasting contributions to our shared environment. As a school committed to shaping a generation of creative and resilient global citizens, this activity facilitated real-world connections for our students regarding their role and impact on our natural environment.