All girls ar
e expected to work on the academically
challenging curriculum but each girl is tr
eated as an
individual whose learning is cater
ed for thr
ough
challenge and support.disc
o
v
er
The Juniors ar
e based in a modern building, with specialist
teaching facilities for science, art and design, technology andinformation and communication technology (ICT). Ther
e is an
extensively stocked library in which pupils have weekly librarylessons and supervised lunch time sessions. The ICT suite issuperbly equipped with 25 networked machines and aninteractive white boar
d. This facility is used by all the girls fr
om
Reception to Y
ear 6, both to develop discr
ete ICT skills and to
use ICT within other curriculum subjects. These skills can befurther developed using the networked machines in theclassr
ooms. Several of these r
ooms including the science r
oom
also have interactive whiteboar
ds and ther
e ar
e plans to install
further boar
ds in the near futur
e.
Music and drama ar
e taught in the new Performing Arts
Centr
e wher
e Juniors also have their individual music lessons
and in addition they have the use of facilities such as theRecital Hall for the annual Inter
-House Music Competition.
The girls also use the extensive sports facilities which allow theteaching of a full physical education curriculum.
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arn
All girls follow an academic curriculum which is based on theNational Curriculum for Key Stage 2 but goes beyond it. Bythe end of Key Stage 2 the girls have been taught Fr
ench,
Spanish and German. Latin is intr
oduced in Y
ear 4 and all year
gr
oups have a weekly drama lesson taught by a drama
specialist. The form teachers ar
e well qualified and have a wide range of
specialisms. In Y
ears 3 and 4 most lessons ar
e taught by the
form teacher with the use of mor
e subject specialist teaching,
including in Y
ears 5 and 6, being taught by a number of
Senior School teachers. ‘
North
w
ood C
o
l
lege Junior School is a
w
onderful
,
friend
ly
,
academic
,
caring and kind
school.
’
Y
e
ar 6 pupil
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c
eed
All girls ar
e expected to work on the academically challenging
curriculum but each girl is tr
eated as an individual whose
learning is cater
ed for thr
ough challenge and support.
Confidence continues to be developed thr
ough oral
pr
esentations to the form, speech and drama and pastoral
lessons. ‘
The t
e
achers alw
a
ys mak
e y
ou f
eel as if y
o
u
ha
v
e
pr
ogr
es
sed and y
ou alw
a
ys tak
e pride in
y
our w
ork
.
’
Y
e
ar 6 pupil
Having successfully moved thr
ough the Junior School all girls
have a place in the Senior School wher
e their academic and
other talents continue to be nurtur
ed.
‘
The clas
sr
ooms ar
e
c
olourful
,
the t
e
achers ar
e
kind
,
w
e
ha
v
e
charities
,
houses
,
housepoints and
c
ompe
titions
’
Y
e
ar 4 pupil
Juniors
–
Bry
de
n Br
o
wn House
Y
e
ar 3 (age 7+) > Y
e
ar 6 (age 10+)
NOR
THW
OOD C
OLLE
GE
disc
o
v
er
>
le
arn
>
suc
c
eed
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