Greenfields Lower School is the equivalent of Year Groups 1 to 6 in the English State School System. The age range of students in this section of the school is normally 7 to 11 years.

Reading

In this age of television and computer games Greenfields is aware of the importance of vocabulary building and reading. We have an excellent reading programme which starts in the Infants, continues throughout Juniors and into the Lower Seniors. Ever wider reading is constantly encouraged.

Writing

The children learn how to write stories, poems, instructions, letters, reports, etc. They study and analyse the writings of others to help stimulate their own creative writing.

Handwriting is taught with the aim of each student acquiring a neat, legible, cursive style through continuous practice in the Junior years.

Mathematics

Greenfields is proud of our mathematics programme which incorporates two avenues of instruction.

Each Year Tutor has a series of games and activities to teach their class as a whole, and every child is also on an individual programme which allows each student to work at their own optimum rate. The programme's purpose is to teach the children the basics of arithmetic, measurement, shape, and space work and to give them many opportunities to apply what they have learned. This can be achieved because of our early emphasis on students' proficiency at addition, subtraction, division and multiplication, as well as knowing times tables.

Science

This level is taught in projects. The first steps are an introduction to simple concepts such as weather, the human body and simple machines. In the next class, children study more of the actual biological and physical environment such as plant life and sound In the older Junior classes, the students begin simple experiments and observations related to everyday life and the world around them.

Dictionary Course

This book provides students with the means to get the most out of their education. Greenfields students learn everything from finding words quickly to understanding the symbols in dictionaries. It opens doors for those who would otherwise be unable to understand even the simplest of terms.

The use of a dictionary is an almost universally overlooked fundamental in learning, but its full use is priceless. With pictures and words, this book and its course teach how to use a dictionary and provide an invaluable tool for comprehension and the means to a powerful vocabulary.

Learning How to Learn

A unique aspect of the Applied Scholastics methodologies that are used at Greenfields is that all students literally learn how to learn, without study or memory "tricks". They have to really understand and use what is studied.

The "Learning How to Learn" course is the first of several courses which train a student how to study with understanding.

From the very beginning of their education, students become alert to the various signs of learning barriers and gradually gain the ability to overcome them as they move through the programme – at first with considerable teacher assistance and then with increasing independence.

Graduates of the Lower School

Students who complete their education in the Lower School have all their English and Maths basics in place and are ready for the more specialised curriculum of the Senior School.

Greenfields' aim is to take each child as close to his or her academic potential as possible and to create self confidence with study and learning by adding educational value.