What We Offer

As your child moves through the middle school years, life can be exciting and challenging for both them and you. This is a time of change in almost all aspects of their lives. While at intermediate school you can expect to see some of the following behaviours:

Children will change physically and can be irritable as their hormones cause mood swings. Arguing will not help and can cause situations to escalate.
They are moving from a dependent to a more socially independent state where they can be greatly influenced by friends and peers. Sometimes their friendships can be turbulent and cause them to be worried and emotional.
Hormones and growth can cause fluctuations in their work habits and ability to accept consequences.
Because of their rapidly changing world, physically, emotionally and socially they can become anxious and forgetful.
They are moving towards self-motivation but still need short term incentives.
We work with the guidelines of our school values and virtues to work restoratively to guide students through a range of situations as they arise.

Our intermediate school environment was specifically created to meet the unique needs of emerging adolescents. We address these needs in the following ways:

A homeroom where students spend most of their day with their teacher developing a sense of belonging, teaching core academic subjects and providing pastoral care.
High quality teaching - supported by an intensive research based professional learning programme.
Intervention programmes to support academic, social and emotional growth.
Specialist teaching in the Arts and Technology
Regular communication, goal setting and reporting to parents
An extensive transition programme to help with settling into a new school
Regular access to computers and digital devices as a tool for learning.
An opportunity to develop healthy competition between peers within and across schools.
Extensive opportunities to engage in actively supervised sporting, cultural and technological activities.