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Open Days at Junior King’s and The King’s School, Canterbury The King’s School, Canterbury and Junior King’s schools are steeped in history, their teaching methodologies are advanced, innovative and modern. Founded in 1879 as the preparatory school to The King’s School, Canterbury, Junior King’s expanded to the stunning eighty-acre countryside location at Milner Court in 1929. The Nursery, Pre-Prep and Prep departments at Junior King’s provide a very happy, caring and nurturing environment for pupils with the majority moving on to The King’s School, Canterbury, Britain’s oldest day and boarding school at the end of Year 8.
The Nursery at St Lawrence College smaller and more exclusive At a time when many nurseries are expanding their numbers and opening their doors to more children, St Lawrence College in Ramsgate has changed its Nursery to become smaller, more exclusive and more personal. The remodelled Nursery offers a modern, calm and focussed classroom environment balanced with plenty of fresh air, muddy knees, creativity and messy play. Kindness and respect are considered important and, with a freshly-prepared hot lunch available with every session, children are also taught good table manners. The Nursery curriculum focusses on developing core literacy and numeracy skills alongside the school’s established outdoor adventures’ programme. Head of the Junior School, Ellen Rowe, says: “Having an experienced Early Years’ Qualified Teacher in the Nursery ensures that every child in our care receives the very best start to their academic school life. With a smaller number of children there are more opportunities for one-to-one learning, giving pupils a real head start before they move up to Reception.” Find out why more and more local families are turning to private education and choosing St Lawrence College. Established in 1879, the school provides a high quality education for boys and girls aged 3 to 18 years in a welcoming, family-focussed community with acres of outdoor space and unbeatable facilities. If you are looking for a school place for your child, book an Open Day tour of the Nursery, Junior or Senior School at St Lawrence College: Junior School: Fri 5 Oct and Senior School: Sat 6 Oct. www.slcuk.com
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Open days are an ideal occasion to explore the opportunities on offer at Junior King’s and The King’s School for your son or daughter. The schools offer natural entry points at Pre-Prep, and years 3, 5, 7 at Junior King’s and years 9 & 12 at King’s and welcome enquiries for both day and boarding pupils. Scholarships and generous bursaries are available for talented pupils. For more information about Junior King’s call 01227 714000 or visit www.junior-kings.co.uk and The King’s School call 01227 595501 or visit www.kings-school.co.uk
Think Differently. Think Dover College for exceptional independent nursery and junior education The Junior School at Dover College offers boys and girls aged 3 – 11 a unique education, with a creative curriculum and forward-thinking approach to individual learning and academic results. Competitively priced nursery education, with 30 hours of funded provision to those eligible, is available within the early years setting. Here, children develop an understanding of phonics and numeracy from the age of three and like their peers in Years 1-6, benefit from specialist PE, music and language lessons. Early years and junior pupils take advantage of superb facilities, and the spacious and stimulating indoor and outdoor learning environment within the beautiful and secure Dover College campus.
More than a third of parents think homework is unhelpful According to a recent Ofsted report, more than a third of parents said homework isn’t helpful to their children in primary school. Many parents said homework was a huge cause of stress for the whole family and had a negative impact on home life. Nearly three quarters of parents thought allowing children more time at school to plan and get ready for lessons through research was a better alternative to homework. Parents gave some very clear messages about homework, both negative and positive. Those who spoke positively said that homework enables them to feel part of their child’s learning and that it helps them to support that learning with other activities, such as visits to museums and home projects. The discipline, planning and time management skills that homework gives children were welcomed and homework was viewed as a way of promoting independent learning. More information available at www.gov.uk/government/publications/ofsted-parentspanel familiesonline.co.uk
