THE OBJECTIVES OF JUNIOR SCHOOL AS FOLLOWS:

To continue the education started in the Early Education, expanding, deepening and building on the learning processes initiated, by introducing formal systematic teaching and learning, focusing on literacy (linguistic activities, reading, writing, etc.) and numeracy (mathematical language, such as numbers, quantification – addition, subtraction, multiplication, introduction to division, etc.).

Main Issues

• To introduce learning to write and draw and to build on the skills acquired
• To ensure that in the different learning areas, pupils acquire the basic competences laid down in the respective syllabuses and defined in the pages of the school report.
• To teach pupils how to learn effectively by themselves in all areas, by stimulating their interest in discovery, how to put clearly the questions relating to the problem and how to search for the appropriate answers and solutions with the help of present-day didactic resources (library, the internet, documents, etc.) and of the teachers.
• To teach pupils how to ask essential questions and how to search for answers and solutions by themselves, to fix in their minds and remember the main knowledge and skills required (Exploring Our World).
• To encourage pupils to exploit their natural gifts in artistic and musical activities by following the progressive stages of the syllabuses in question
• To promote a sporting spirit in pupils by getting them to participate actively in the physical education activities described in the syllabus
• To help pupils experiencing learning difficulties by means of appropriate learning support measures