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... more Intentional L earning
... more Intentional Learning

ammar School pro
vides a Hig
h Growth
Blue Mountains Gr
Blue Mountains Grammar School provides a High Growth
Culture, ideally designed for our students, and their learning,
Culture, ideally designed for our students, and t heir lea rning,
to flourish.
to flourish.
Our Early L earning progr am pro vides the best st art to
Our Early Learning program provides the best start to
Junior School due to our best-pr actice approaches t o the
Junior School due to our best-practice approaches to the
acy and numer
. Our Prim
v
elopment of liter
de
development of literacy and numeracy. Our Primary program
ary progr
acy
am
ensures our students finish Junior School with a suit e of
ensures our students finish Junior School with a suite of
capacit
foundational competencies and a demonstr
foundational competencies and a demonstrated capacity to
y to
ated
continue de v eloping as great learners.
continue developing as great learners.
As the
As they enter Senior School, our students navigate the
te the
y enter Senior School, our students na
viga
man
many opportunities we offer in accord with their own
r own
y opportunities we offer in accord with thei
preferences, competently and confidently exploring the
preferences, competently and confidently e xplor ing the
v
y disco
. Then, the
world the
world they discover. Then, they conclude their Senior School
er
y conclude their S
enior School
e xperience b y harnessing their capabilities as the y striv e to
experience by harnessing their capabilities as they strive to
achieve aspirational outcomes in the HSC, before flourishing
achie v e aspir ational outcomes in the HSC, befor e flourishing
into adulthood.
into adulthood.
Throughout the School, we carefully nurture an environment
Throughout the School, we carefully nurture an en vironment
that optimises our students’ learning and keeps them growing.
that optimises our students’ learning and k eeps them growing.
W
h le
e sustain high, but achie
We sustain high, but achievable, expectations and high levels of
els of
vable, e
nd hig
v
xpectations a
te
accountability, whilst also providing sufficient and appropriate
accountability
, whilst also pro
nd appropria
viding sufficient a
support, to ensure our students have just the right amount
support, to ensure our students ha v e just the right amount
of challenge.
of challenge.
Our classroom routines and carefully crafted learning
rning
afted lea
Our classroom routines and carefully cr
experiences target 100% learning for 100% of students
e xperiences target 100% learning for 100% of st udents
100% of the time and because of the exceptional quality and
100% of the time and because of the e x ception al qua lit y and
commitment of our teachers, and the cooperation they
commitment of our teachers, and the cooper ation t he y
receive from our students, they make exceptional progress in
e from our students, the
e e
l progress in
y mak
receiv
ceptiona
x
their learning.
their learning.
Our teachers are experts in nurturing an environment in
Our teachers are e
xperts in nurturing an en
vironment in
which students are prepared to take risks and make mistakes.
which students are prepared to tak e risks and m ak e mist ak es.
However, they also train them to know when they must
Howe v er , the y also tr ain them to know when the y must
consciously shift from L earning Mode into P erformance Mode
consciously shift from Learning Mode into Performance Mode
for one of life’s big moments.
for one of life ’s big moments.
K e y to this culture is a School-wide process that nurtures the
Key to this culture is a School-wide process that nurtures the
W
vide a multitude
e pro
invaluable life-habit of reflection. Most importantly, we focus
in valuable life-habit of reflection. Most importa ntly , we focus We provide a multitude
e
viours,
g beha
y learnin
their reflection on the refinement of key learning behaviours, of rich and vibrant
their reflection on the refinement of k
of rich and vibr
ant
acter tr
capabilities and character traits. We are very focused on our
capabilities and char
ery focused on our
e are v
aits. W
opportunities for
unique approach to nurturing dispositions that grows the
unique approach to nurturing dispositions that gr ows the opportunities for
authentic, experiential,
value students attribute to them, the skills from which t he y are authentic, e xperiential,
value students attribute to them, the skills from which they are
composed and the discernment required to use them at the
composed and the discernment required to use t hem at the collaborative, multi-
collabor
ativ
e, multi-
right time. modal and multi-
right time.
modal and multi-
Intentionality is the k e y to a Gr ammar educatio n; of desig n and disciplinary learning
Intentionality is the key to a Grammar education; of design and
disciplinary learning
y of
ionalit
implementation; from staff and parents. The intentionality of
implementation; from staff and parents. The intent
both inside and outside
our whole community is what sets this School a
our whole community is what sets this School apart. both inside and outside
part.
the classroom.
the classroom.
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