Junior School Prospectus 2021

Junior School Prospectus

Free Learning

Free Learning is central to the ethos of the Junior School and the College as a whole. This is learning that is free from a syllabus, free from teaching just to the test, and free to challenge pupils about thinking for its own sake. It is fed by intellectual curiosity, often supported by the interest and enthusiasm of a teacher, and takes place both within subject lessons and without. All our pupils are ambitious academically and we want each to find their areas of interest. Challenges, projects, investigations and problem-solving are built into our curriculum and enriched by a range of trips, visits, workshops and performances. Our ‘supra-curriculum’ extends these opportunities further. For instance, all the boys have Philosophy, Current Affairs and Citizenship lessons as part of the timetable.

“Philosophy is my favourite lesson because there is no right or wrong answer.”

James

The Junior School Symposium, a joint venture with our sister school JAGS Junior School, is a day off timetable that focuses on discovery, encompassing the physical, creative, cognitive, scientific and mathematical. The aim of the day is for every child to experience something new, exploring themes such as Movement, Pattern & Chaos, and Time. The Junior School also takes part in the school-wide Dulwich Creative Weeks. Themes in recent years have included Dulwich Inventive, Dulwich Linguistic and Dulwich Political when boys watched a formal debate, participated in a daily vote, hopped up on a soapbox to express their views, engaged with refugee artists at work and designed their own protest art.

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