Junior Journeys

Celebrating your child's Semester 1 success

Learning through our students' journey.

Reflecting on how much our Junior School family has achieved in Term 2 fills me with great joy. This Term has been peppered with many exciting and memorable learning experiences, all adding to the richness and depth of the learning for your children. We celebrate this learning progress in the form of your child’s Semester 1 Report. Please take the time to sit with your child, after you have read the report, and share their success with them. They have worked hard this Semester, so praising the effort and persistence they put into their learning is a valuable part of their learning journey, and one they have control over.

Learning is all about growth and improving one’s personal best. The language we use to describe learning is impactful. It can shape a learner’s attitude and motivation, and can influence their participation and engagement with their learning. Reviewing your child’s report through the lens of their own focus, ability to do their best, and next steps for learning will help foster a positive lifelong learning journey.

This week our Year 1 students journeyed through the Carrick Hill Story Book Trail, a culmination of stories shared and the creation of their own narratives. What a lovely analogy for the learning that occurs throughout the Junior School, where children both explore and create their learning opportunities. Goals, self-discipline, hard work, ambition, perseverance, persistence, consistency and resilience are key, but the journey itself is intrinsicly significant.

Not a day goes by in which our students don’t learn about themselves, others and the world they are living in. As educators we are extremely privileged to work with our insightful, amazing, energetic, caring, knowledgeable, curious, interested and innately inquisitive students. They teach us all so much and part of the learning journey in the Junior School is to know and appreciate that we are all learning together, we are all on a journey and at our own pace, in our own time and taking our own route we shall ultimately reach not just one but a variety of destinations.

We look forward to seeing each of our Junior School students take their next steps in their learning next Semester, and supporting them in doing this. We wish each of our students and their families a fun, safe, restful and enjoyable break.

Kellie Osborn
Head of Junior School