Lower Juniors

Claremont Fan Court School prepares children to become independent, creative and thinking life-long learners. This teaching begins in the Lower Juniors.

Young children naturally want to learn and to explore their environment. We foster their sense of awe and joy of discovery by providing stimulating and open-ended activities.



We guide the development of their innate thinking processes and verbal abilities, so they begin to learn to solve problems and to be creative in writing, art and music. At work and at play the children are developing social skills which will make them comfortable in themselves and with others.



This collaboration enables them to learn from each other. The children begin to develop independence and to initiate their own learning. This allows them to work at their own level and does not impose a ceiling on possible achievements.



Facilities:

- Purpose-built, single-storey building
- Each classroom opens onto an extensive, well-equipped and secure playground
- Large hard and grassed areas providing a good all-weather play and learning environment.
- Two climbing frames, large sandpit, play house
- Environmental pond, trees and benches, goal posts




The school day for Reception to Year 2 is 8.30 am to 3.15 pm
Nursery class 

All children, who must be 3, attend for a minimum of five mornings per week starting in September. The morning session is 8.45 am to 12.00 pm. They may also stay for the afternoon sessions which end at 3.15 pm. The length of day can be increased at different points through the year.

Reception, Year 1 and Year 2, 2 parallel classes for each year level, each class having 20 children.

All teachers, specialist teachers and classroom assistants are fully qualified.

Each class teacher has a laptop. There is an interactive whiteboard in each classroom (except Nursery). This significantly enhances the delivery of teaching. The whole Lower Junior department is linked to the school network. There are desk -mounted flat -screen PCs in each classroom, including Nursery, and there are electronic and programmable toys.

Click here to see work from the Lower Junior School.