Year 8 Overview
Shaped on the successes achieved in Year 7, the focus of Year 8 at St John’s Grammar is to ‘innovate’ by building on knowledge and skills as students experience new contexts and challenges.
In Year 8, students build upon understanding and comprehension they developed in Year 7 through a broader choice of elective subjects and opportunities. Students begin to experiment with, and specialise in, certain subject areas while continuing to develop skills in Languages, studying a full year of Indonesian or Japanese.
Focusing on learning and wellbeing, students participate in our Wings wellbeing program throughout the year to learn life skills in resilience to navigate life’s ups and downs, enabling them to flourish cognitively, emotionally, socially, spiritually, and physically.
Through signature experiences and learning, St John’s Grammar Year 8s build self-awareness and strength to succeed beyond Middle School and the classroom.
Some of the highlights for the students are a Leadership Development Program, an Outdoor Education expedition along the Murray, and our exciting Innov8 project, which is a celebration of student agency, creativity, innovation, problem identification and budding entrepreneurship.