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The Primary School

Nursery and Kindergarten - The Early Years
In The Early Years learning takes place through imaginative play, language games, singing and music making, art and craft and outdoor activities.  The day's routine incorporates individual and group play, structured times and periods for individual choice.  As children show readiness, they are introduced to appropriate pre-number and pre-reading activities and the use of computers.

The Early YearsThe Early Years

Primary
A Year 1  lesson
A happy and dynamic Primary Department forms the secure foundation from which children will benefit as they progress throughout the school.  Classes are conducted in a friendly, stimulating environment enabling children to gain the maximum from these early, vital years.

Individual programmes of work are planned to ensure that all children receive the help and stimulation necessary to develop their full potential.

There is a support programme for children for whom English is a second language and Italian is taught as a second language from Year 1.  Italian mother-tongue children begin formal instruction in Italian from Year 3.

The primary years gear up for a football match with a Maori war danceMusic and singing, Art and Drama, Design Technology, and Physical Education are represented alongside the core curriculum subjects of English, Mathematics, History, Geography and Science.

The entire Primary School is involved in a major musical Christmas Production as well as a series of individual class productions throughout the year.

Private lessons can be arranged for those wishing to learn the piano, flute, violin, cello, and guitar.

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