Pre-Junior School
 
When children turn four, they are introduced to the Pre-Junior class, which is a transitional year between the Flutterby Child Care years (2 and 3 year olds) and the Junior School (5 year old upwards).  

As you may well imagine, this year is an important milestone in the educational journey of your child and at St. Catherine’s High School, we take this year very seriously.  As such, in the Pre-Junior year, we strive to offer an exciting and creative programme of activities which helps each child fulfil his/her potential and allows him/her to master the basic skills required of this age, namely:   
        - early communication and English literacy skills (following the 
          Jolly Phonics system); 
        - concentration skills; 
        - personal, social and emotional skills; 
        - creative and physical education development; and,
        - acquisition of basic mathematical concepts (following the 
          Abacus and Collins systems).  

Children are grouped in classes of 20 students or so, and together with their class teacher, they follow a programme of activities which is imbued with both academic and fun-oriented learning adventures based on the principles and objectives outlined above.  Each Pre-Junior class is a spacious 25 feet by 25 feet classroom with plenty of natural light and air and it is equipped with the latest educational and fun equipment to suit the age group.  

School for the Pre-Junior students starts at 8:00am in the morning and ends at 1:40pm, after which the parents may opt for the Extra Curricular Activities proposed by the School (and which take place till 3:00pm or so). 

All areas of competence, as stipulated by the National Minimum Curriculum, are taught at this level and this is done following a theme-based approach to learning, whereby students follow a topic every few weeks and all their work centres around the topic.
 
Outings for the children are organised regularly and children also take part in the annual Christmas Concert as well as the Sports Day held in May each year. These are much awaited occasions by both the parents and the students themselves who pride themselves in being able to dance, act and run in front of a wide audience!  

If you would like to have a look at the life of a Pre-Junior student and class, please feel free to log onto our Pre-Junior Blogs for the Pre-Junior classes of 2009-2010.

We hope you enjoy the trip into the world of our four year olds and we promise to offer the best start to your child’s educational journey at our School.