Our Junior School provides a rich variety of learning experiences with a strong focus on the foundational skills of Literacy and Numeracy.
Specialist teachers provide instruction for some subject areas. The teaching and use of information, research skills and information technology is integrated across the curriculum. The Junior School encourages comprehensive teaching and learning experiences based on a Multiple Intelligence approach and higher order thinking skills. Multi-sensory strategies enhance learning in Reading, Writing and Spelling. The Junior School provides for the academically gifted and for those who need learning support – empowering our children in their love of life-long learning.
Key Learning Areas
The Junior School offers subjects in the six Key Learning Areas (KLAs) of the primary curriculum as determined by the Board of Studies.
1. English
Students actively engage in the development of skills through
- Speaking
- Listening
- Reading
- Writing
- Viewing
- Representing
2. Mathematics
Mathematics is organised into these strands:
- Measurement
- Patterns and Algebra
- Space and Geometry
- Data
- Numbers
- Working Mathematically
3. HSIE (Human Society and Its Environment)
- History
- Geography
- Change and Continuity
- Cultures
- Social Systems and Structures
- Environment
4. Christian Life Studies
5. Science and Technology
- Knowledge and understanding of Natural Environment
- Skills working scientifically
- Skills working technologically
- Knowledge and understanding of Man Made Environment
6. Personal Development, Health & Physical Education (PDHPE)
- Health Education
- Physical Education Personal Development
7. Creative and Practical Arts (CAPA)
- Music
- Visual Arts
- Dance
- Drama