Middle Years 7-9

Middle Years education at St John’s School is continually altering and developing. The central goal of the early stage is to ensure a comfortable transition from Primary schooling into Secondary. From this, students will develop rigorous skills and standards to thoroughly prepare them for their Senior years in 10 to12.

Within St John’s School Middle Years schooling, there is a particularly strong emphasis on building and extending our students’ core literary and numeracy abilities. These skills are the foundation for each individual’s pathway to success and their journey to Senior schooling and lifelong learning.

Middle School subject selection at St John’s School offers a wide variety of core and elective subjects. Students have the opportunity to ‘taste’ numerous electives in Years 7 and 8 and then are able to choose two electives each year in Years 9 and 10.

Current Subject Offerings

Year 7 and 8

Core

English
Mathematics
Religion
Humanities (History/Geography)
Science
Physical Education

Year 7 Electives

Business
Civics
STEM
ICT
Dance
Media Arts
Outdoor Education
Food Studies

Year 8 Electives

Business
Civics
STEM
ICT
Drama
Visual Art
Design Technology
Career Education

Year 9

Core

English
Mathematics
Religion
Humanities (History/Geography)
Science
Physical Education

Electives

Business
Drama
Design Technology
STEM
Hospitality
Outdoor Education
Visual Art

Middle Years Assessment Policy

Dance – Year 7

Dance enables students to develop a movement vocabulary with which to explore and refine imaginative ways of moving individually and collaboratively. Students choreograph, rehearse, perform, and respond as they engage with dance practice and practitioners in their own and others’ cultures and communities. Students use the elements of dance to explore choreography and performance and to practise choreographic, technical, and expressive skills. At St John’s School we offer Dance to Grade 7 students and focus on dance through the decades and in different cultures.