Where curiosity gets its first running start
A warmer, slower-paced world inside Northwood — built for our youngest learners to explore, ask questions, and find what they love before the pressure of exams ever enters the picture.
A day in Junior School
Every day mixes music, movement, and make-believe — because childhood isn't a warm-up for real learning, it is real learning.
Small classes. Big questions.
Junior School classrooms stay small on purpose — every teacher knows every child by name, learning style, and what makes them light up. Days mix structured lessons with open play, art, and outdoor time, so growing up isn't rushed.
Structure in the morning, wonder in the afternoon
8:00
Morning circle
9:00
Literacy & numbers
10:30
Outdoor play
11:15
Art, music & drama
1:00
Discovery projects
2:30
Story time & home
What a Junior day actually adds up to
Small classes, real attention
Every Junior classroom keeps its numbers low enough that no child disappears into the back row — teachers know exactly where each one is struggling, and where they're ready to be pushed.
1:11faculty ratio
A day built around movement
Two supervised outdoor blocks are built into every single day — not an occasional treat, but a fixed part of how Junior School believes young children actually learn to focus.
2×outdoor blocks daily
Reading, every single day
The day always ends the same way — gathered on a rug for a story read aloud, the twenty minutes that quietly builds vocabulary and a lifelong love of books.
20 mindaily read-aloud
A closer look at Junior life
What every Junior family can count on
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Care
Pastoral / Attention / Trust
One homeroom teacher stays with the class all year — not a rotation of names, but someone who actually knows how each child is really doing.
1
Homeroom teacher, all year
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Nourish
Meals / Allergies / Balance
A nut-free campus and a kitchen that checks every label twice — so lunchtime is one less thing a parent has to worry about.
100%
Nut-free campus
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Protect
Access / Pickup / Supervision
Every pickup is checked against an approved list, every entry point is supervised — a campus built so nothing is left to chance.
100%
ID-verified pickups
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Connect
Updates / Photos / Conferences
A short update home most days — a photo, a note, a small win — plus a real conversation with the teacher every term.
Daily
Updates sent home
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Explore
Clubs / Sports / Arts
Music, art, and sport clubs run after the final bell — the same building, a slightly different kind of learning.
12+
After-school clubs
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Advance
Continuity / Grade 6 / Handover
Junior graduates move straight into Northwood's Grade 6 — same campus, a familiar network of teachers who already know them.
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Continue into Grade 6
Come see a morning circle for yourself
Book a walkthrough of a Junior School campus and meet the teachers your child will spend their mornings with.
Four unhurried steps to a place in Junior School
Come see it for yourself
Book a morning circle visit and watch a real day happen — no formal interview, no pressure, just an honest look at the classroom your child would actually join.
Tell us about your child
A short online form, their last two years of reports, and a few lines in their own words (or yours, if they're not writing yet). That's genuinely all we ask for.
A relaxed conversation
Twenty minutes with a Junior teacher — a chat and a little play, not a test. We're getting to know your child, not grading them.
Welcome to Junior School
An offer letter, an introduction to their new homeroom teacher, and a spot waiting for them at the next morning circle.