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Junior School:Grades 1-6.

The Junior School academic program highlights collaboration, problem solving, and inquiry. It is enhanced by a full complement of co-curricular activities.

The students are mentored and inspired by the older students they encounter in the building daily, as well as by their peers in the Junior School. Grade 6s take on leadership roles within the Junior School.


A Day in The Life at our Junior School


Junior SchoolAcademics & Curriculum

The academic program at the Junior School provides a strong foundation of skills and knowledge.

Students in their Junior School years are naturally inquisitive, and this energy is focused through the use of problem-based learning. By focusing study on big ideas and allowing students to direct their learning, our students discover that learning is connected, relevant, and that it can have an impact on the world around them.

The Junior School is home to multi-disciplinary, skills-based learning in real-life contexts, supported by subject specialists.

Students have the opportunity to collaborate, problem solve, think critically, and persist through challenges.

Subjects

The Arts: Drama activities, Music, Visual Arts

French

Health & Physical Education

Language Arts: Reading, Writing, Oral Language and Media Studies

Mathematics

Library and Research

Public Speaking

LINCWell Programming

Science

Social Studies

Technology


Co-Curricular Programs

In Grades 1-6, time is allocated each week for co-curricular activities.

Each student is expected to participate in an activity – and with such a broad range of choices, there’s something for everyone!

Students participate in Athletics beginning in Grade 1. Inter-school competitive athletics begin in Grade 4, using a β€˜maximum participation’ model. There are no tryouts – everyone is encouraged to play.

Everyone in the St. Clement’s community – Grade 1s to Grade 12s, staff, and teachers – is assigned to a House: Stuart, Tudor, York, or Windsor.


LINCWell

Far beyond the core curriculum content, a key component of the program at SCS is the development of values, attitudes, and habits towards learning.

This development is supported by our innovative LINCWell (Learning, Individualization, Nurturing, Creativity, and Wellness) approach.

LINCWell’s overarching goal is to provide
each one of our students with key resources, or tools, as well as the ability to know when to use each tool according to their individual needs and preferences.

Having a β€œtoolbox” of key resources to pull from contributes to each student’s wellbeing.Β As our students develop these tools, they are enabled to learn well, lead well, and live well; empowering them to be able to successfully navigate the opportunities and challenges
they will experience at SCS, and beyond.

 


Beyond the Classroom

To develop lifelong learners and girls who will impact the world after their time at St. Clement's, learning doesn't stop at the classroom door.

You’ll find Clementines involved in the community, beginning during their time at the Junior School. Experiential education includes classroom visitors, daytrips, overnight outdoor education trips beginning in Grade 4, and community partnerships with local post-secondary institutions and seniors’ residences. Guest speakers bring a wealth of knowledge to share.


Student Leadership

Our students develop leadership skills.

We are committed to providing learning experiences to build skills, and both formal and informal opportunities to apply those skills.

In the Junior School, the curriculum provides significant introduction to the elements of leadership. Junior School classes host school-wide assemblies on a regular basis. Grade 6 girls run ‘boot camp’ to get their fellow students (and staff!) moving in the morning.


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