Junior Campus

Jonior Campus

Address
54 Rose Street
Mile End SA 5031

Telephone
08 8159 8117

Fax
08 8159 8111

Email
admin@stgeorgecollege.sa.edu.au

The Scope of the Junior Primary Curriculum

Teaching has become much more differentiated than ever before. Teaching is not about offering programmes where all students engage in the same activity all day long. Children learn differently, at different rates, in different settings within the functional space provided by the redevelopment of the Junior Campus teachers can best prepare a differentiated curriculum where a variety of activities can occur at the same time, both inside the traditional classroom setting and in the functional communal space just outside the classroom.

A differentiated programme that responds to the differing needs of individual students equates to better learning outcomes.

At the Junior Primary level much emphasis is given to the development of the basic skills of literacy, language development and numeracy.

Integration of concepts and context, resource-based learning, activity-based and student centred methodologies are characteristics of this level of education. Much emphasis is placed on the development of literacy and numeracy skills.

“Phidias” Visual Arts Centre

Creativity is one of the "intelligences" now more formally recognised in educational circles. School programmes have encouraged students to explore many creative projects and tasks. However these days it is recognised as to how essential it is that teaching programmes allow students time and space to develop their creativity. Visual Arts comes in many forms. Not all forms of art project are best completed in classrooms.

This functional Junior Campus facility has wet areas just outside the classroom, which can be used all year round. These areas will allow students to work in small groups and access flexible and purpose built spaces.

“Odysseas Elytis” Resource Centre

A Resource Centre is not just a reading centre. It gives students opportunities to work collaboratively on projects, where they develop key competencies, such as problem solving, team building and communication skills. Students can access technology that in the longer term will allow them to access materials and resources from the Senior Campus.

The Resource Centre is critical since it provides students in early years of education with access to an education that they will need in order to be best prepared for their upper primary and high school curriculum.

The Resource Centre provides a more functional space that allows students' work to be displayed publicly to the rest of the school. Student confidence is greatly enhanced when they know they will have a bigger audience than just their classroom members and their families. It encourages them to do their best and ensures improved learning outcomes.

Computers“Pascal Information” Technology Centre

The Information Technology Centre will expose students to a wide range of resources, interactions and collaborations which they can learn to use creatively and to customise to their own needs. They will be given opportunities to become involved in national and international collaborative projects, which foster a sense of their place and purpose in a global community.

They will learn to question and seek answers in a way more profound than ever before. Given the opportunity to construct meaning in their own minds through active and interactive learning technologies, students will become stronger thinkers. The use of learning technologies has therefore a significant positive effect on student achievement, self-esteem and attitudes towards learning.

Within a world where information is becoming one of the most sought-after commodities students of St. George College will develop technological fluency in a range of media and communicate literately in a range of language forms. Computer literacy and information literacy are essential. Hence, it is vital that our students become collaborative, independent and interdependent learners with effective problem-solving skills, collecting, analysing and organising information with flexible, adaptable, creative outlooks, which enable them to deal with situations as they arise. The power of learning technologies on curriculum, teaching and learning is therefore most significant.
The Internet is a powerful learning tool because of its ability to support the creation of global communities and learners. It provides opportunities for students to:

  • Enhance access to information.
  • Collect, analyse and organise information.
  • Communicate ideas and information.
  • Plan and organise activities.
  • Work with others.
  • Solve problems.

With the establishment of the “Pascal” Information Centre we will be building a Global Classroom: A classroom without walls where students will be involved in exploring, observing, recording, constructing, problem solving, sharing, discussing, hypothesising, predicting, co-operating and understanding. The installation of Fibre Optics linking all Information Technology precincts across both campuses will greatly enhance and facilitate the exchange of online communication.

Technology

Technology is about problem solving. It involves students planning, making and appraising different projects that provide a workable solution to the problem being investigated. It is critical that students have access to a spill over area in addition to the classroom space to allow them to work in small groups to spread out their materials and plan effectively their project. They also need room to make up their models, which are often in 3D.

The purpose built facilities, provides students with opportunities to work collaboratively in-groups outside of the classroom setting more effectively and consequently contribute to improved learning outcomes.