Juniors Curriculum

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Juniors (Years 3 to 6)

The Junior years provide great opportunities for children to participate in an increasing range of exciting activities which will broaden their school experiences through sport, music, art, drama and club activities.

Over four years, children are increasingly taught by a number of specialist teachers.  This means that, whilst they are predominantly taught by their Form Teacher in Year 3, where great emphasis is placed on consolidating skills in English and Mathematics and establishing good routines, by Year 6 they are experiencing a range of teachers with different teaching styles and individual specialisms and this approach supports the transition into Seniors at age 11.

Juniors Curriculum (Years 3 to 6)
Subject   Year 3 Year 4 Year 5  Year 6
English/Literacy
Mathematics/Numeracy
Science
History
Geography
Art
Music
Religious Education
Design & Technology
Computing
PE
Games
Cookery
Future Skills
French
Spanish
Classics
Drama
Personal, Social, Health & Economic Education.
Outdoor Learning

 

Outdoor Learning / Nature Explorers

From Reception to Year 4, children take part in our innovative ‘Nature Explorers’ programme designed to help children understand, explore and appreciate the outside world.

Nature Explorers

Future Skills

Pupils within Years 3 to 6 progress to our ‘Future Skills’ programme that offers opportunities to our students, both within and outside the curriculum that go over and above those that may be available elsewhere.

Future Skills

Specialist Teaching

For Years 3 to 6, the following subjects are delivered by specialist teachers and are taught in Seniors to support the transition to Senior School. This allows the Prep students to benefit from the facilities available to our pupils in Seniors.

  • Games and PE
  • Music
  • Art
  • Modern Languages

Prep

ADMISSIONS 4 - 11 YEARS
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