There’s a well-known seven-year-old girl who is adventurous, resilient, curious, logical and friendly. She puts no limits on what she can do, or on what she can think, and she has a keen sense of justice. She questions. She adapts. She wonders.
Alice was seven years old when she fell down the rabbit hole and experienced her Adventures in Wonderland. It’s the perfect age to start exploring a new world.
At Redmaids’ High Junior School, we recognise the developmental importance of reaching the milestone age of seven. It marks the beginning of logical thought. It’s the optimum age for the development of memory. It’s when children begin to apply creative thinking to problem-solving. Between the ages of seven and eleven, children develop empathy and emotional intelligence through their social interactions with others. Seven-year-olds are ready to set off on a new adventure.
As a Junior School, we’re ready to meet our students exactly where they are. Our facilities, technologies and social contexts are finely tuned to meet the needs of seven to eleven year olds. When girls begin their adventures with us in Year 3, they enter into a new world that’s been designed to nurture and challenge them in a purpose-built environment, peopled with girls a little older than themselves, role models who quickly become friends.
Never underestimate a seven year old! At this age, our children are ready to challenge us. Their curiosity encourages them to ask questions we’ve never thought of asking. Their sense of wonder encourages us to look again at what we thought we knew. And their enthusiasm kindles in us all a sense of fun, propelling us to go adventuring together in Year 3.
Never Underestimate a Seven Year Old!
Take the Memory Challenge
How many words, in sequence, can you remember from the list below? How many words can your seven-year old daughter remember? Allow yourself two minutes to study the list. The challenge is on!
RAIN CAR BUCKET PENCIL LEAF PHOTO HORSE FLOWER
SPOON BIKE APPLE STAR MUG TREE BOOK TOFFEE
Tip: make up a story to connect the words as you study them.
Example: It was raining through a hole in the car roof so we got a bucket to catch the water. We used a pencil to draw a picture of a leaf with a pencil on the side of the bucket and took a photo of our picture. A horse cantered by and bought the bucket from us for a bunch of flowers…..
We never underestimate a seven year old at Redmaids' High Junior School. Come and see for yourself at our upcoming Open Morning on Saturday 5 November.
