Markham College

G2 - G12: written evaluations for English, Spanish (where appropriate) and Mathematics (in English) in accordance with the year group to which the applicant is applying. Personal interviews with the applicant conducted in both English and Spanish. Interviews are conducted by senior staff members. Scheduled personal interviews with both parents conducted in either English or Spanish may also be requested by the College.

Admission to Markham is often competitive and the number of applicants is often greater than the number of spaces available.

No deadline. Applications from foreign families are accepted throughout the year, pending the availability of places and the family's arrival date.

Yes (until the end of August). Our academic year runs from March to December.

What time does your school start? Nursery y PK: 8:00 am Kinder y P1: 7:40 am P2- P5: 7:35 am P6 onwards: 7:30 am

Early Years campus: Early Years has one computer laboratory where all children (Pre-kinder onwards) attend weekly classes. They use carefully selected educational software at the appropriate age levels to complement their learning of English (reading and writing), Maths and Science. They also learn to programme bee-bot, a robot that develops a range of thinking skills. All classrooms are equipped with smartboards (interactive whiteboards) as are the library, computer laboratory and learning support rooms. There are also multimedia computers in each classroom linked to a wireless network. Primary School campus: Children also attend weekly classes in our computer laboratories to complement their learning in all areas of the curriculum. Each classroom has a smart board as well as the Maths and English academic support rooms. Tablets are also in use throughout the classrooms to give added support to enquiry-based learning. Upper School campus: All pupils from Secondary 2 onwards use a laptop computer to enhance their learning. Pupils in the Middle School (Primary 6 and Secondary 1) have access to several computer laboratories. Smartboards, or interactive whiteboards, are also used in most classrooms throughout the Upper School allowing for immediate access to information during lesson time.

Markham College provides students with a wide range of extra-curricular activities: over 100 options throughout the school. Students can participate in sports, arts, music and drama as well as clubs, which range from languages to debate, gardening, tae kwon do to origami. A comprehensive Helix programme of outdoor education and social projects that runs through Early Years to Secondary.

Early Years Children have plenty of opportunities to practise physical education with specialist teachers and their class tutors. During break times, duty teachers actively encourage a variety of traditional games and sports. Tae kwon do, ballet, football, athletics, ballet, music, and individual and group violin lessons. Primary and Secondary School Athletics Badminton Baseball Ballet Basketball Chess Dance Dodgeball Football Gymnastics Hockey Kickball Ping Pong Rugby Short Tennis Softball Spikeball Squash Surfing Swimming Table Tennis Tae Kwon Do Tennis Touch Rugby Volleyball

Early Years at the Monterrico campus has a playground, spacious gardens, children's climbing frames for different age groups, and an amphitheatre for representation. The new primary building has specialised labs, an arts zone with a black box (2,486m2) and music (8 music and rehearsal rooms acoustically isolated) zones, a library, a theatre (400 seats), and playgrounds (3839m2). The primary facilities will be ready in March 2024. Secondary at San Antonio Campus has a modern four floors science building with laboratories, a fully equipped design technology workshop with a 3D printer, a kiln for making ceramics, a black box for performances, individual acoustic music rooms, a library, a

Early Years at the Monterrico campus has five adventure playgrounds, each age-appropriately designed (4 in EY) and will share sports facilities with the Primary school. The new Primary in the Monterrico campus that will be ready in March 2024 has one green playing field large enough for three age-appropriate 8-a-side football pitches (5,400 m2), a sports centre (200 guests), two swimming pools (1,793 m2). Secondary at the San Antonio campus has two official-sized football fields, one synthetic multi-purpose field, one swimming pool (25mts) with 8 lanes, an indoor sports stadium (coliseum) with seating for 800, and three multifunctional courts designed for basketball, volleyball and tennis.

Our counselling services offer students group and personal support throughout their school careers. We offer a range of services with an aim to provide students with all the support possible so they can be successful in their academic as well as personal development. The Head of Year coordinates the work of the tutors and personal and social education teachers. They will also supervise the progress of each pupil in their year group and are responsible for communicating and working together with parents for their well being.