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Our 10 - 12 Year Olds ...
These two groups cater for up to 50 children from 10 to 12 years
of age, all working to develop themselves socially, physically, emotionally,
intellectually and spiritually, which makes for a lively environment.
As these children learn to behave socially in a conscious way, they need to
give energy to shared as well as individual activities.Social awareness,
both the harmonious functioning of their own group and their place in the
world as a whole, is a major focus of development. Purposeful
activities, contributing to their own and to the world's social group,
develop both their inner faculties and their consciousness of others in the
world
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Engagement in intelligent physical work, both as a group and
individually, allows the children to exercise their muscles, work towards a
purpose, plan, design, test out, and also to organise themselves for a
common purpose. Examples are the construction and maintenance of their
garden area, the installation of a frog habitat or the spreading of sand for
play equipment for all to use.
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| More conceptual exploration of the environment is involved
also for these children as they move to a more language-based learning,
reading, writing, thinking, discussing and questioning. This continues
to be organised so the children know what to take, complete and pack away,
just as they have throughout the Montessori School. |
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