エンリッチメントジュニアスクールでの機会拡大

本校の学力強化プログラムは、生徒がカリキュラムの枠を超えて新たな興味を発見し、学ぶ喜びを育むことを奨励しています。ジュニアスクールにおける学力強化のハイライトは、NLCS（英国）の元校長ジョーン・クランシー夫人に因んで名付けられた「クランシー・レクチャー・シリーズ」です。このシリーズは、生徒に思考を促すアイデアやグローバルな視座を紹介し、知的探求心を刺激します。

学生たちは次のような刺激的な機会を楽しみにできます：

• コーディングとチェス : 問題解決、プログラミング、戦略的思考スキルを養います。
• 主題の探求 : 読書クラブ、数学の天才児、科学探究活動に参加して、実践的な学習と批判的思考を奨励します。
• ヨーロッパの言語 フランス語、スペイン語、ドイツ語、イタリア語を学びながら、文化的な視野を広げましょう。
• 中国語中心のCCA : 言語学習を充実させるために、中国舞踊、演劇、ジャーナリズムなどのユニークな文化活動を提供します。

当校のスポーツプログラムは、体力向上、チームワーク、忍耐力を育むとともに、生涯にわたるアクティブな生活への愛着を育みます。各活動は、技能の習得、アクティブな生活への愛着、そして健康と幸福への生涯にわたる取り組みを促すよう、入念に設計されています。

学生は以下のような様々なスポーツを楽しむことができます：

• チームスポーツ バスケットボール、ネットボール、ティーボールでは、チームワークを学び、達成を共に祝います。
• 個人活動 テニス、体操、トランポリン、ゴルフは、自信を育み、自分のペースで新しいスキルを身につけることができます。
• 専門トレーニング スイムスクワッドとPADIバブルメーカープログラムは、さらなる深みへ潜る準備ができた生徒たちにユニークな挑戦を提供します。
• アウトドアアドベンチャー クライミングとクロスカントリーは、忍耐力や探求心、そしてアウトドアへの愛情を育むのに最適です。

ジュニアスクール創造芸術プログラムは、生徒が自己表現し想像力を探求することを奨励します。これらの活動は創造性、忍耐力、そして芸術への深い理解を育みます。

学生は次のような活動を探求できます：

• 視覚芸術 絵画、彫刻、写真といった様々な媒体を通じて想像力と自己表現を促す芸術。
• マインドフルな趣味 クロスステッチと折り紙は、創造的な過程を楽しみながら集中力を養う、心を落ち着かせる活動です。
• デザインとロジック 漫画クラブ、レゴビルディング、ルービックキューブクラブは、創造性、問題解決能力、遊び心のある好奇心を育みます。

演技に情熱を燃やす生徒たちのために、本校ジュニアスクールの舞台芸術プログラムは、自信とチームワーク、創造性を育みながら成果を称える喜びに満ちた場を提供します。

学生は次のような活動を探求できます：

• 演劇と演劇 ミュージカル・シアター・クラブとLAMDAプログラムを通じて、生徒たちは役に入り込み、舞台で演じる魔法のような体験をします。
• 音楽アンサンブル ジュニアスクールオーケストラ、ローワースクール合唱団、ロックバンド、上級弦楽アンサンブルのいずれにおいても、生徒たちは共に音楽を奏でる喜びを分かち合っています。
• ボーカルと楽器のスキル 生徒たちは、演奏を共有することの喜びを発見しながら、音楽的才能を育んでいきます。

The Junior School offers a wide range of enrichment opportunities across academics, sports, music, art, drama, and service. Each term, students can explore new interests through structured clubs and creative sessions designed to complement classroom learning.

The enrichment programme encourages students to discover and develop their unique talents through hands-on experiences, teamwork, and performance opportunities. It fosters curiosity, builds resilience, and helps each child grow in confidence within and beyond the classroom. Students have an opportunity to discover their passions and try a range of activities in a supportive environment led by staff who are passionate about what they are leading and encourage students to have a go.

Enrichment is woven into the school’s holistic approach, supporting academic growth, personal wellbeing and social development. Teachers collaborate to ensure activities reinforce key learning outcomes and character education. Homeroom teachers are aware of what enrichment activities each student is participating in, and can offer advice and support to students and parents.

Activities are open to all students, with differentiated levels and supportive guidance from teachers and coaches. The focus is on participation, growth, and enjoyment, allowing every student to explore confidently. The allocation of enrichment opportunities is based on a system where students and their families select their top four choices for each day. We aim to ensure that all students are assigned an enrichment opportunity they have chosen. An initial allocation is not a commitment for the whole season; within reason, there is always scope to move a student into an opportunity that is better suited to them.

Parents are encouraged to discuss their child’s interests, celebrate progress, and attend school events and performances. Their involvement helps students build motivation, confidence, and a lifelong appreciation for learning beyond the classroom. Parents are also encouraged to support their children in choosing their enrichment activities each season through our online platform SOCS. We welcome parent feedback and enjoy hearing how much their children value these enrichment opportunities.

The enrichment programme offers variety and flexibility, ensuring every student finds opportunities suited to their passions, from science explorations and coding to drama, choir, and competitive sport. Differentiated activities allow each student to thrive at their own pace.

Activities are carefully selected each season to provide a balanced mix of academic, creative, and athletic options. Lower School students choose from a seasonal list of clubs aligned with their interests, ensuring fresh experiences throughout the school year. First School students have a small number of paid CCA options to choose from. Enrichment sessions from KG2 onwards operate on a rotational basis with classmates, selected by teachers.

Yes. Students in Kindergarten 2 to Grade 5 participate in scheduled enrichment sessions during the school day, with optional after-school clubs offered in sports, performing arts, and creative pursuits across the year.

Through collaborative projects, performances and team challenges, students develop initiative, communication and leadership skills. These experiences lay strong foundations for success in the Senior School and beyond. There are also activities on offer which continue into the SS with a leadership focus, such as Model United Nations and the Big Little 6. Bespoke Enrichment, such as public speaking and reasoning, offer students the opportunity to develop skills in preparation for the Senior School.

Yes. While formal co-curricular clubs begin in Kindergarten 2, younger students in Pre-KG and KG 1 engage in age-appropriate enrichment through play-based learning, music, and creative exploration during the school day.

Students can take part in science clubs, book circles, maths challenges, coding workshops and public-speaking sessions that extend learning beyond the classroom and encourage independent inquiry. There are also some subject specific extension clubs as well as subject specific enrichment activities. For those First Schools with the appetite for further enrichment there are activities such a tennis and gymnastics (parent funded).

Yes, students can participate in language clubs that introduce new cultures and vocabulary through games, songs and interactive storytelling, broadening global understanding from an early age. We currently offer French, Spanish, German and English as foreign languages during our enrichment sessions. We also offer a Mother Tongue programme in partnership with external language schools. These classes are paid for separately. At the moment, we provide provision in Korean, Japanese, Russian, French, and Spanish, but we can cater to individual needs.

Physical education and swimming are integral to the timetable. Students participate in PE lessons weekly and attend swimming sessions in two six-week blocks each academic year, where our qualified instructors focus on skill development and water safety. For those students who show promise, there are pathways into swim squads and sports teams.