Fairchild Junior Academy

Fairchild Junior Academy is an inquiry-based early learning centre where the development of the whole child in a play-focused environment is central to everything we do. Our teaching and learning are based on Ontario, Canada, Early Learning Framework. Our teachers base their methods on the Reggio Emilia approach to facilitating learning.

Fairchild Junior Academy is an inquiry-based early learning centre where the development of the whole child in a play-focused environment is central to everything we do. Our teaching and learning are based on the Ontario, Canada, Early Learning Framework. Our teachers base their methods on the Reggio Emilia approach to facilitating learning.

Our mission is to cultivate curiosity, creativity and confidence in each child through an inquiry-based approach to learning. Our vision is for Fairchild Junior Academy to be a place where:

• The ‘smile index’ is high within an atmosphere of happiness
• Children love to come to school every day and know they are valued
• Play is integral to learning as well as social, physical and emotional growth
• Children build confidence but remain humble
• Risk taking and unfamiliar challenges are welcome
• Children are inspired to be creative, curious, adventurous and inquisitive
• Staff are passionate about children and love to be around them
• Staff and parents support children through an inquiry-based, hands-on and engaging approach to facilitate learning
• The environment is the third teacher after the parents and teachers
• Children will be fully prepared to enter the best local and international school programs in Hong Kong

Fairchild Junior Academy has been inspired by the fundamental principles of the Reggio Emilia approach and is committed to interpreting these ideas.

• The child as the knowledge maker, collaborator, and communicator
• The teacher as partner, nurturer, guide, and researcher
• Cooperation as the foundation of the educational system
• The classroom environment as the "third teacher"
• The parents as our partners in their child’s learning journey