Moving from Pre-Prep to Prep can cause a dip in learning as your child adjusts to multiple changes: new building & routines; longer day; older children; change of pace and workload. That’s why Year 3 is designed as a bridge from Pre-Prep to Prep. This allows us to drip-feed the changes as the year progresses, avoiding the loss of learning that wholesale change can bring.
Think of it as a hybrid model.
Your child will move to the Middle School building, familiar from Year 2 transition, but will retain a single classroom base and class teacher, as per Pre-Prep. From this base, your child will venture out to specialist facilities and teachers.
We keep the sheltered and nurturing Pre-Prep ethos alive as your child’s wings unfurl, gradually increasing independence and phasing in new routines. For example, your child will initially have snack time in the classroom with a teacher as per Year 2. Mid-way through the year, they will join the older children in collecting fruit outside at break time.