Juniors
The Junior School is the next and probably most exciting stage in the learning journey of your child. It is from Year 3 to Year 6 that children develop an appetite for learning and beginning to become aware of their own personal achievements.
In the Junior School, we uphold the school ethos to ensure every child achieves their full potential in a nurturing, learning environment that combines traditional, classroom practise with up-to-date resources and methods. Our aim is to assist pupils to develop confidence and resilience to become independent learners. The Juniors are split into two stages- Lower Juniors, Year 3 and Year 4 and Upper Juniors, Years 5 & 6 each class with a maximum class-size of 16 pupils.
In the Lower Juniors, the emphasis is placed on both the key skills and also the wider curriculum, with local and national visits planned to enhance the learning. These trips can range from a field-trip to Worcester to a day’s journey to Bristol visiting the science museum. Subject specialists further enhance the learning experience in Music, Art, French and PE.
The Upper Juniors aim to develop the work from Lower Juniors and begin to prepare for the more academic approach in the Middle School. Your child will be introduced to a more structured homework timetable as well as being taught by Subject Specialists in the following subjects English, Maths, Science and ICT. For the Upper Juniors, there is an opportunity to attend a bi-annual, three day educational, residential trip to York. This visit enriches the curriculum for our pupils by bringing our studies to life and develops pupil’s confidence.
We also ensure that the entire Junior School work collaboratively, be it in music concerts as a choir, school outings or termly Curriculum Alive Days – immersing ourselves in topics for the day. We encourage pupils to take on more responsibility in the Juniors by sitting on our School Council, Arts Council and being Form Representatives. Pupils have a real voice at Bowbrook, contributing to our community.
The school was awarded the ISA National award for Excellence in 2010 and Worcestershire Education Awards Winners in 2015, 2016 and 2018 outperforming many bigger and better known schools in the County. We were also runners up in the ISA Prep School of the Year award in 2018.
We pride ourselves on how our pupils fluently make the transition between key stages at Bowbrook. Our ethos, small class sizes and nurturing environment, means that students thrive in the department. We warmly invite you to come and see for yourself our department in operation and we would be happy to show you round and to answer any questions you may have. Every day is an open day at Bowbrook!
