Junior School
The Junior School of Emmanuel College begins at Preparatory and finishes at Year 7, with a total of 710 students. The Head of Junior School is Mr Jason Hewitt. The curriculum covers the subjects of English, SOSE, Science, Mathematics, PE, Technology, Music and Art.
As a class they also attend the library weekly and are encouraged to read nightly, to improve their spelling and creative writing skills. As a year level, all students attend a weekly chapel service with Dr. King, which encourages students to be involved with the Bible and God.
A progress report is written for each student after the first term, which is a short summary on how the child is progressing with the literacy and numeracy fields, whilst focusing on the conduct and effort of the student throughout their time in the class thus far. A full semester report card is written after the first and second semesters (Term 1 & 2, Term 3 & 4 respectively).
Year 6 students are introduced to the Science Labs of the Senior School and learn the expectations and rules for the lab and the equipment within it. This eases the transition that occurs between Junior and Senior School by introducing them to a major part of Senior School life.
Year 7 students are familiarised with many of the Senior School staff as they study one Year 8 elective each term (one lesson a week). This introduces the students to a some of the staff that teach these electives as well as showing what the electives are about. Whilst in Year 7, the students must also study a semester of both German and Chinese, to meet the teachers of the subject and to allow them to experience both languages before having to choose one to study in Year 8.
Read more about this topic: Emmanuel College (Queensland)
Famous quotes containing the words junior and/or school:
“The junior senator from Wisconsin, by his reckless charges, has so preyed upon the fears and hatreds and prejudices of the American people that he has started a prairie fire which neither he nor anyone else may be able to control.”
—J. William Fulbright (b. 1905)
“Children in home-school conflict situations often receive a double message from their parents: “The school is the hope for your future, listen, be good and learn” and “the school is your enemy. . . .” Children who receive the “school is the enemy” message often go after the enemy—act up, undermine the teacher, undermine the school program, or otherwise exercise their veto power.”
—James P. Comer (20th century)