INTRODUCTION

Fintona’s Junior School is a safe and friendly environment where each girl is welcomed, valued and respected. Our Junior School embraces the vital early years of schooling from Prep to Year 4 where the foundations for all future learning are laid.

Starting school is a milestone for your daughter and a major event for your family. Her first days and years at school are of great importance.

When your daughter commences her school life at Fintona, she becomes part of a very special community where every student is encouraged, nurtured and challenged to achieve her personal best. It is an education tailored for individuals.

Fintona students grow, develop, explore, experience, succeed, participate, belong, discover and have fun.

This booklet is a general resource for key curriculum and school information. Extensive details of school rules, policies and other important aspects of school operations may be found in the School Diary and on inFintona.

We follow the Australian Curriculum, which is designed to develop successful learners, confident and creative individuals and active and informed citizens. It defines a solid foundation in knowledge, understanding, skills and values for all Australia children. It recognises that children are different: they develop at different rates, have different learning preferences and areas of interest, and have different aspirations.

Our curriculum is further expanded through an extensive Specialist Program taught by Single Subject teachers in the areas of Art, Drama, French, Library, Music, Outdoor Education and Physical Education.

We trust that the coming year will be a wonderful time for you and your daughter, and the beginning of a long association with the Fintona community.

Ms Cara Mearns

Head of Junior Campus