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Our Parallel Learning program ensures boys and girls at Tintern Grammar make a smooth transition from Kinder or Pre-Prep, to formalised studies. Our single-gender classes in Junior School provide a great start to both academic life, and social development.
Boys at Tintern Grammar Junior School from Prep to Year 6, learn in tailored, gender-specific classrooms.
Our approach to boys’ education celebrates engagement, interaction and physicality, using an integrated approach featuring ‘hands-on’ learning. This provides boys with strong foundations in literacy and numeracy, to fully equip them for the demands of learning. From core subjects such as English, Science and Mathematics, through to Sport, Music and the Arts, we help boys engage and enjoy learning. Boys start each school day with physical activity, getting their energy out, so that they can then enter the classroom ready to focus and engage with their classroom studies.
Belonging, friendships and role-modelling are essential for boys, and we help our students understand how to sustain strong, respectful relationships with their fellow students, friends and the community. Our boys thrive in a culture that fully appreciates their vibrancy, enthusiasm and curiosity grounded on a strong foundation of wellbeing.
Upper primary boys take part in programs designed specifically to help them develop the important attributes of self-confidence, self-awareness, self-respect and the importance of boundaries.
Tintern Grammar Junior School is a place where boys grow and mature in an environment where they feel safe, valued and respected.
Parallel Learning at Tintern Grammar Girls’ Junior School has been carefully structured to meet the strengths and development of young girls. From Prep to Year 6 our girls receive the unique benefit of learning in tailored, gender-specific classrooms.
In a warm, caring, supportive environment we build confidence in our girls with opportunities to lead and influence. We introduce our girls to strong female role models, many of whom are our own Alumni. Our girls are inquisitive, compassionate and strong advocates of social justice. They thrive in an environment that encourages curiosity, exploration and character development in a supported and caring environment.
Our program is underpinned by strong foundations in Numeracy, Literacy and STEAM, and with specialist classes in French, Art, PE, Library and Music, life for Junior School girls is exciting, engaging and fun.
Throughout their junior years our staff encourage girls to find their talents and passions and explore who they are in a safe and supported environment underpinned by care.
In an all-girl setting, our Junior School girls feel confident to take risks in their learning, fully embracing growth, development and wellbeing with a confidence for their future.
Offered to Year 5 and Year 6 students who would benefit from additional intellectual, creative or artistic enrichment. Students select one Unit in Term 2 and one Unit in Term 3. Each unit is rigorous and intellectually challenging. It runs for 4-5 lessons, at a time nominated by the teacher. Units may vary each year and have included:
CREST (CREativity in Science and Technology) is an awards program offered by the CSIRO, which encourages secondary school students to choose, organise and undertake a practical science or technology project. CREST helps students develop scientific and technological skills and processes. The awards are nationally recognised and each student who completes a CREST project receives a certificate and medallion. Students in Years 5-6 and the Middle School are offered this opportunity.
HSFOL is an online Mathematics quiz testing student’s skills and understandings in most areas of Mathematics. The competition consists of three rounds of questions, with teams of four students having one hour to complete the round. Students in Years 5 – 6 and the Middle School are offered this opportunity.
To support our working parents we offer onsite before care, after care and holiday programs.