Junior Journeys

Celebrating each step

Diversity in student achievement.

With this very busy, full and successful Term at an end, thank you for your support of our Junior School. The dedication of our staff working together with families has ensured that each of our students is well engaged in learning and achieved positive outcomes. I have admired our students’ perseverance, determination and their approach to relationships.

This week we excitedly watched our Reception classes host their first Junior School Assembly, which they did with pride, enthusiasm, and confidence. This milestone comes on the back of several key activities including swimming and athletics carnivals, college sports, an autumn concert, and class celebrations upon completing final tasks for the Term.

With a variety of opportunities to shine at school, it is wonderful to see the diversity of gifts and talents amongst our students. Each child offers something special and unique in terms of their learning, perceptions, understanding, and relationships. As educators we strive to help them flourish and develop their own identities.

The IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) enables every child to take ownership of their learning, and we must recognise, embrace, and celebrate the differences between students so that we don't unwittingly deter the dreamers, pioneers, change makers, future business leaders, adventurers, and discoverers from all the paths that they may choose.

In the Junior School, we celebrate the individual; we look for what enthuses and inspires our students and we work with them, at their pace, to enable them to reach their full potential. Every accomplishment is a miracle and every step is a celebration. Our students are encountering new, exciting, challenging and fascinating activities, and making new discoveries each day. Together, we must celebrate those discoveries and encourage what happens next. Our reactions directly affect how our children perceive the world, and we work to maintain awe and wonder daily to spark curiosity and determination to discover and learn.

Through all of the discoveries our students make over these school holidays, we encourage reflection, time to switch off, and reminders of the miracles in their relationships with family and friends, and the environment around them.

Kellie Osborn
Head of Junior School