Girls' School
Year 4 to Year 8
Cathedral Grammar is unique among New Zealand preparatory schools in having a single-sex campus on a co-educational site. From Years 4 to 8, the girls are taught in their own single-level classes allowing the girls to flourish with their preferred learning styles.
The Girls’ School is an exciting place to be – an environment that encourages girls’ academic, cultural, social and physical development, as well as nurturing their social and spiritual needs.
Preparing girls for success in school and beyond begins with ensuring that they each develop a strong belief in themselves. Research regularly supports the idea that girls too often attribute their successes to external sources ahead of their own abilities. We ensure that girls develop a profound belief in themselves and their abilities, key to which is providing leadership opportunities for girls at all year levels. Girls are given responsibility for an array of tasks in school and on the sports field to ensure that they develop the personal skills and confidence to lead others – and ultimately to lead successful, satisfying and fulfilling lives.
The girls join with the boys for cultural activities including orchestra, chapel services, theatrical productions and camps, and the playground is a shared space just as the pupils choose.
“Preparing girls for success in school and beyond begins with ensuring that they each develop a strong belief in themselves”
The School Programme
Year 4 to Year 8
In meeting our commitment to our pupils, the curriculum is delivered through the increasing specialist teaching of the following subjects:
Citizenship & Pastoral Care
English
Mathematics
Science
History & Geography
Music
Art
Physical Education and Sport
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Religious Education
Languages
Information TechnologyCathedral Grammar invests heavily in information technology as part of its commitment to providing the ideal preparation for children’s futures. Most teaching spaces are equipped with interactive whiteboards which allow for electronic interaction with resources and learners. All staff have notebook or desktop access, both in-house and remote, to the school’s virtualised servers allowing for continuous interaction with their resources and pupils. All pupils have access to computers. A pod of computers in the Pre-School and a separate one in the Junior School provide access to reinforcement and resources although our philosophy is to minimise the use of computers in the teaching and learning programme at this level. Years 4 & 5 have the use of a full computer laboratory while, at Year 6, each pupil is provided with a notebook which is theirs until they leave the school, providing access “on demand” to their resources, the internet and their teacher. Outdoor EducationOur school camping programme for Year 4 boys and girls involves a day of outdoor activities followed by an overnight sleep out in tents in a country environment. The three-day camp for Year 5 boys and girls includes orienteering, rock pool studies, archery and high-ropes challenges. Year 6 and Year 7 classes camp builds on the Year 5 experience with longer walks and mountain biking on forest trails. Children work together on team challenges and cook one of their meals on camp stoves. Year 7 Leadership Camp takes place in November, the pupils camp under canvas at Orton Bradley Park. This camp, which includes sail training, search and rescue, first aid, team games and ropes, helps to identify the next year’s school leaders. The Year 8 camp is very special and, for many children, one of the highlights of their final year. The format is a six-day camping expedition into the Omarama and Mount Cook regions. Sleeping in tents on most nights, the campers stay at Peel Forest, on a high-country sheep station in the Ahuriri River valley, and at Mount Cook. In addition to camps, all year groups above Year 3 have individual outdoor education days which include sailing, beach education, surf safe, ice-skating and climbing. |