Junior School
The Junior School is for boys from Year 2 to Year 5. It is a welcoming, vibrant place with clear behavioural expectations, providing a reference point for boys as they develop further on their pathways. In Junior School there is a focus on becoming active, contributing, caring and compassionate citizens, and learning to be critical independent thinkers.
Primary focuses
- A continued emphasis on basic numeracy and literacy skills.
- Building character, confidence and independence – encouraging boys to be responsible and accountable for their actions and choices and to be resilient.
- Learning to be active, contributing, caring and compassionate citizens knowing that what they do matters in terms of people and their environment locally and globally.
- Learning to be critical and independent thinkers with inquiry learning at the core of all learning experiences.
- Differentiated learning because every student learns differently and at different rates and has different levels of understanding.
- Providing a wide, varied, exciting and challenging curriculum so that all students can cultivate a lifelong love of learning.
Curriculum
The Australian Curriculum is delivered in the Junior School. Classroom teachers teach the core subjects of English, Mathematics, Science, History and Geography. There are specialist teachers in the areas of Physical Education, Library, RAVE (Religious and Values Education), Music, Art, French (as well as Chinese in Year 5).
Co-curricular activities
Co-curricular activities include dance, debating, winter and summer competitive team sports, choir, orchestra and individual instrumental lessons (tuition fees apply).
Special features
- Regular weekly chapel for Pre-Kindergarten to Year 5 students.
- Massed Singing for all students two mornings a week.
- Get Active program led by Year 6 students three mornings a week.
- Pride Choir (100 students from Years 3–5).
- Outdoor Education program, with a day at Southport for our Year 2 students and overnight camps from Year 3–5.
- Continuation of support programs and Gifted and Talented programs (including subject acceleration).
- Continued links with our co-operating girls’ schools, Fahan School and St Michael’s Collegiate, for social and learning opportunities.
- Sport lessons are timetabled once a week. Summer sports are offered in Terms 1 and 2 and include bushwalking, t-ball/softball, modified cricket, touch rugby and triathlon training. Winter sports are offered in Terms 2 and 3 and include Australian Rules Football (modified rules), basketball, soccer, table tennis, hockey, half-field hockey, cross country and waterpolo. It is compulsory for students in Year 5 to represent the School in rostered competitions during the winter sport program.