中学（6-8年级）

在经历许多身体，情感和社会变化的阶段，青春期早期的学生有自己的独特需求。在教育方面，儿童已经从小学的定向学习环境中脱颖而出，并开始以更抽象，更独立的方式思考问题。在社交和情感上，他们正在发展自己的自我意识：不再是小孩，但在成年途中仍有许多步骤。认识到这一点，作为TAS在2000年的早期教育领导者，TAS成立了中学，这是一个面向6-8年级学生的独特学术和住宿区。丰富，具有挑战性和刺激性的课程旨在激发终身学习的热情，从而激发并吸引11-14岁的男孩和女孩。我们的学术计划的核心观点是，英语，数学和科学作为核心课
At a stage where they are undergoing many physical, emotional and social changes, students in early adolescence have their own unique needs. Educationally, children have emerged from the directed learning environment of primary school, and are starting to think differently and in a more abstract, independent, way. Socially and emotionally, they are developing their own sense of self: no longer little children, but with many steps still to take on their journey to adulthood. Recognising this, as a leader in the education of early adolescent students, TAS in 2000, established Middle School, a distinct academic and residential precinct for students in Years 6-8. A rich, challenging and stimulating curriculum is designed to generate an enthusiasm for life-long learning, in a way that excites and engages 11-14 year olds boys and girls. At the centre of our academic program is the view that English, Mathematics and Science, as core subjects, require prioritised teaching time and that all Middle School staff, regardless of their subject specialty, are teachers of the skills necessary to successful reading and comprehension skills so that each student is literate in all academic disciplines. Following the successful implementation of the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme in Junior School in 2017, the next strategic development in our academic vision was our application for IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) candidacy for Middle School. In 2019 TAS is in its second year as an MYP Candidate School, with all subject areas in Year 6 and 7 (MYP Year 1 and 2) be implementing the MYP framework. It is a journey that we are taking with students, staff and parents together, for the overwhelming benefit of our Middle School students.The NSW curriculum will still be at the heart of what is taught at Middle School, but the MYP changes how it is taught, encouraging a great level of inquiry, curiosity and exploration of the content as it is taught.