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What makes The Knox School different?
Your
school fees are all inclusive. There are no hidden extras.
Our
2008 VCE results place us in the top 11% of Victorian schools.
100%
of our 2008 graduates received a first round tertiary offer.
We
are a small, supportive and nurturing community. Your child will be well cared
for. Our staff prides itself on knowing and caring for all members of each
child's family.
Every
child and their family is known personally by the Principal and teaching staff.
Our
doors are always open for you to chat about your child (or anything else for
that matter.)
Your
child's social and emotional wellbeing are just as important to us as their
academic outcome.
Our
small class size policy carries right through the entire School - not just
our Junior School.
Our
Year 7 transition centre is specially designed to ease students into secondary
school life.
Our
Year 8/9 centre caters to the important needs of the adolescent years with
an emphasis on health and wellbeing. It is a brand new, eco-friendly building
set apart from the rest of the School.
Our
facilities are excellent and available to all students.
We
do not have compulsory Saturday sport.
A
free homework club supervised by our teaching staff is available four afternoons
a week until 5.30.
Our
specialist classes are staffed by experts in their field, not just a staff
member who happens to be available.
The
unique and popular music program from Prep to Year 2 teams a percussion
specialist with a classroom teacher to develop rhythmic perception and an understanding
of music and movement.
Each
child from Year 3 to Year 7 receives free music tuition on a rotation of orchestral
instruments with opportunities to become part of our musical ensembles.
Each
year level from Pre-Prep to Year 6 holds an annual musical production with
a role for every student.
Students
from Year 7 and above can take part in our biennial musical production or Rock
Eisteddfod.
Leadership
positions are available to students in Year 4, 7, 9 and 11/12.
Junior
Students can take advantage of a variety of lunchtime clubs and activities
such as dance, choir, art, calligraphy and public speaking.
We
have a full time registered nurse, counsellor and careers counsellor on staff
to assist students and families.
The
Knox School is only 600 metres from the EastLink freeway, making us easily
reachable from Melbourne's southern and eastern suburbs.
Our
teachers believe that learning should be fun.
Annual
Report