| Junior School Building on strong foundations |
Key Stage 2 |
| New challenges In a caring environment |
When students move into our Junior School they are presented with new challenges and responsibilities within Tanglin’s warm and caring environment. The school day becomes more formally structured and students are encouraged, through our holistic approach, to focus on doing well in all aspects of their academic, personal, social and physical development. |
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Teaching strategies are contemporary. All teachers, including class, specialist and those in learning support, work creatively to capture the interest of boys and girls and to make their learning personalised, enjoyable and meaningful. |
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| Our juniors take full advantage of the latest technologies and are introduced to the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) accessed through our website. Whilst the English National Curriculum is the basis for much of the learning, the School also teaches French from the start of Year 3. |
| We offer juniors an extensive range of co-curricular activities. Students can learn to play a wide variety of instruments and take part in an impressive array of choirs, ensembles and orchestras. All students are encouraged to play sport and can choose from the many opportunities that are available. A team of junior students is also selected to represent Tanglin in sporting events against other British schools in South and East Asia. |  |
| Building group identity |
| We understand the value young people place on group membership. We ensure students are well integrated into their classes and encouraged to be part of a wide group of friends. |
| Each junior student is also warmly welcomed into a House and special House Days feature innovative team-building activities. To promote year group identity, students experience learning in large shared spaces that feature computers and comfortable reading areas and are imaginatively transformed each term into a range of settings, such as a Tudor Court or an Egyptian pyramid, to enrich learning. |  |
| Towards self management |
| Opportunities abound in the Junior School to build leadership skills and an appreciation of the many cultures that co-exist in Singapore. Juniors act as buddies to infant students and can participate in the Student Council or become a Library Monitor, Junior Listener, Maths Mentor or Computer Champion. Themed assemblies celebrate cultural festivals and reinforce the importance of self management and personal and social responsibility. Asian-focussed charity activities are organised within each class. |
| Juniors also take part in challenging residential field studies that range from an overnight trip to one of Singapore’s islands in Year 4 to a six-day excursion to Sarawak in Malaysia in Year 6. By valuing each individual and the contribution he or she makes and emphasising meaningful learning, self management and responsibility, we prepare our juniors thoroughly for Senior School. |  |
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