A vibrant, supportive and nurturing environment for our children.
Fairholme Junior, caters for students from Kindy to Year 6.
An all-encompassing curriculum is delivered by highly qualified, experienced classroom and specialist teachers who extend, enrich and challenge each student to strive in seeking excellence.
Our innovative teaching programs, reflect current learning models and contemporary thinking, and are characterised by a balance between modelling and scaffolding, and investigative and inquiry-based learning.
The integration of technology enhances the learning process in receiving, reflecting and applying information to shape the girls’ thinking and understanding.
Our extensive co-curricular program at Fairholme Junior sees our girls:
- sing in choirs
- learn musical instruments
- enjoy speech and drama
- play chess
- debate
- take part in Maths Olympiad
- participate in swimming, cross country, athletics, gymnastics, tennis and a variety of team sports
- enjoy exciting camps and excursions.
The unique culture of acknowledging each girl’s gifts, talents, interests and abilities enables her to experience opportunities to shine in academic pursuits, through cultural endeavours and on the sporting arena.
The start of your child's learning journey
Fairholme Kindy offers a rich play-based program, for girls and boys who turn 3 years of age, prior to their commencement at Fairholme Kindy.
Our highly qualified educators deliver a stimulating and fun Kindy program that provides strong foundations for social, emotional, physical and academic development in each unique child.
The Prep year provides continuity between the girls’ prior experiences and their future learning, supported by the underlying principles of independence, social learning, and health and physical development.
A balanced, integrated curriculum for our Prep children focuses upon an understanding of early literacy and numeracy, the ability to think and problem solve, the development of imagination and creativity and a positive and rewarding approach to learning.
The Prep environment provides rich contexts for learning through:
- focused learning and teaching sessions
- investigations
- real-life situations
- routines and transitions
- different forms of play.
Experience Fairholme Junior
We welcome you to come and experience Fairholme Junior through a guided tour.
To arrange a tour, book your place online or contact Mrs Tina Hammond, Head of Enrolments:
An enriching curriculum
The curriculum for students from Prep to Year 6 is based on the eight Learning Areas with programs formulated on the Australian Curriculum designed by the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), and the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) materials.
Prep to Year 6 learning areas:
- English
- Mathematics
- Science
- History and Geography
- Technologies
- Health and Physical Education
- The Arts
- Languages
It is important for our girls’ continued standards of learning excellence that strong foundations in literacy and numeracy are embedded through meaningful and differentiated learning experiences across all curriculum areas.
Specialist lessons
At Fairholme Junior, our girls enjoy the richness of learning opportunities provided by quality specialist teachers, in the areas of:
- Music
- Instrumental Music
- Drama
- Physical Education and Sport
- Languages
- Visual Arts.
Extensive Co-Curricular Program
Every student has the opportunity to shine, with our extensive Fairholme Junior co-curricular program.
Our students can join a sports team, learn a musical instrument, sing in choirs, take part in academic competitions, enjoy exciting camps and excursions, learn to swim, play chess, perform speech and drama, take part in sports coaching and clinics, join the debating team, or be part of the gardening, creative thinking or craft clubs. There's an activity to suit all interests and talents.
Junior Sport
Fairholme College is passionate about supporting the next generation of sporting champions, as well as developing a healthy future for all students.
Students have the opportunity to join a sports team, learn to swim at Fairholme Aquatic Centre, compete in interhouse sports carnivals, participate in sports coaching and clinics
Junior Arts
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Learning Enhancement
The Learning Enhancement team comprises a range of professionals with expertise in providing tailored advice, student assessment and effective and appropriate learning pathways.
The Learning Enhancement Centre in the Junior School is multifaceted and incorporates extension, support and enrichment components through a combination of adjusted classroom curriculum, small group and one-to-one focus time. Enrichment is embedded within every class program in the form of classroom topics focusing on high interest concepts and ideas, higher-level thinking, open-ended investigations and critical and creative thinking.
Where appropriate, student support also occurs via a referral process that engages focused conversation between class teacher, Head of Junior, learning enhancement staff and guidance officer to further support learning.
Head of Learning Enhancement
Mrs Natalie Gurr
T 07 4688 4637
Junior School Learning Enhancement Co-ordinator
Mrs Janine Ryan
Greta Junior Library
The theme of Greta Junior is to create a warm and inviting learning hub where girls can build, develop and be supported in their love of reading.
We believe that promoting a love of reading will give every girl the tools and life skills to become inquisitive, independent and successful learners and thinkers in the future.
The custom-designed space incorporates real and virtual environments, including:
- Storytelling area
- Research area
- E-learning zone with computers for students to access a range of digital resources and learning programs
- Spaces for individuals and small groups to enjoy reading, playing and learning.
Greta Junior is a place for the girls to build upon their knowledge and skills in areas ranging from technology and robotics to higher-order thinking projects.
An extensive and high-quality collection of literature for parents is also available to borrow from Greta Junior. Themes range from raising teenagers to dealing with anxiety in children. Also, a collection of picture books are available; these picture books are often written by child psychologists, and provide a gentle approach to discussing complex subjects with little ones.
A love of literature and a focus on reading to learn is encouraged and explored in weekly library lessons.
Greta Junior Opening Hours
Monday to Friday, 8am to 3.25pm (closed for morning tea 10.30am to 11am, and first half of lunch 12.30pm to 12.55pm).
Student Wellbeing
A caring, compassionate and supportive attitude, Christian worship, respect for self and others and a dedication to developing honesty and integrity are an integral part of everyday life at Fairholme Junior.
Our pastoral care program focuses upon developing skills to assist the girls with the personal skills they need to negotiate the increasingly complex world in which they live.
The Year 6 girls participate in leadership roles in their final year in the Junior School. To assist in the smooth transition to Middle School, the girls are presented with opportunities to participate in information sessions and meet with students and key personnel from the Middle and Senior School.
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Outside School Hours Care
Fairholme Junior enjoys the quality service provision of TeamKids for Outside School Hours Care. The Outside School Hours Care program is available on campus to Fairholme College children from Kindergarten to Year 6.
Before school: 6.30am to 8.30am
After school: 2.30pm to 6.00pm
Vacation care: During the private school holiday period.
Discover why Fairholme is Top of Toowoomba.
We welcome you to take a guided tour
ABN 16 917 099 053
CRICOS Provider Code: 03726D
Fairholme College is proudly a college of the
Presbyterian Church of Queensland