Munir Library

The Prep School library is located just above the science lab with a wide range of books of different genre for varying age groups of students. English as well as Urdu storybooks, reference and many general knowledge books and encyclopedias are part of the library, which we are constantly striving to improve. Prep school aims at imparting quality education to the young Gallians with the sole purpose to equip them with better abilities and qualities of wisdom and making them a success in their practical life by bringing the abstractions into action.

Science Laboratory

Prep school has a well equipped lab which helps in understanding basic concepts of physics, chemistry and biology through practical learning.

Computer Laboratory

With over 30 computers, computer lab helps the students to increase their knowledge about information technology. Students are imparted good knowledge for the usage of basic applications of the computer.

Video Room

Video Room provides the facility of showing motivational movies with a healthy entertainment content for the students, mostly on the weekends. By providing the cable facility specifically for international or national news channels, students are kept up-to date with the outside environment and happenings.

Co-Curricular Activities

Co-Curricular activities play a vital role in the overall confidence building and performance of a student in practical life at all levels. This also has a positive impact on character building and well groomed personality. Gallians of Prep School are very well provided with sports facilities on Inter-House Competition level. These play a very important role in building the sportsmanship spirit in the students. The list of Co-Curricular activities remains incomplete without mentioning different societies including dramatics in Prep School. The students keep an active interest in societies especially when it is for the Annual Exhibition that takes place on the Founder’s Day of the College, normally celebrated in the last week of September.

Societies

Teenagers of Prep School take part in different societies which help them learn the qualities and skills of team work. The projects made during the society days are projected in the exhibitions on Founders Day Annually. The societies in Prep School are:

• Computer
• Science
• Arts
• Music
• Dramatics
• Adventure Club
• Riding Club
• Hiking/Trekking Club

Games and Sports

By keeping the students engaged in various sports activities, Prep School aims at keeping students physically fit and inculcating sportsmanship in the personalities of students. Physical instructors are present for their training and supervising the activity. The sports facilities include:

• Physical Training
• Football
• Hockey
• Cricket
• Badminton
• Table Tennis
• Gymnastics
• Athletics, includes relay races, hurdles, discuss throw, ball throw, long jump and high jump.

Junior School is equipped with latest teaching and learning resources like smart boards, computers, multimedia training aids and a variety of recreational facilities including TV/ Video/Music & indoor games equipment. There is a ‘resource room’ containing training aids and Montessori material.

Reading books is a regular practice and students are provided with story books of their interest as a supplementary learning material from the collection maintained at the campus.

Excursions and study tours are organized every year in order to give exposure to the students of the world outside the school to the places of their interest and of academic relevance.

Co-Curricular activities

As part of the Co-academics, various Clubs & Societies have also been formed in order to keep the students busy with healthy and constructive activities. These are:

• Reading Club
• Creative Writing Club
• Science Club
• Art Club
• Adventure & Hiking Club
• Debating Society
• Islamic Society
• Music Club
• IT Club
• Dramatics Club

The year-long activities of the clubs and inter-house competitions culminate at the Founders Day, celebrated in the last week of September. Students are awarded with cups and trophies for their individual as well as house achievements.

Games & Sports

Students are kept engaged in regular sports in the evening on the basis of their interest or potential in a particular activity. There are physical training instructors for coaching, training and maintaining discipline among the boys. The sports activities include:

• Physical Training
• Drill
• Football
• Badminton
• Karate
• Indoor Games
• Table Tennis
• Athletics (Races, Ball Throw, Hurdles)
• Handball
• Cricket
• Hiking/climbing
• Yoga
• Gymnastics

Instructions for the parents of new entrants

Admissions are taken on annual basis in all the classes of junior school. Admission tests are held in the month of December for the new entry of the next session which begins in March. The admission procedure is as follows:

Phase 1

Candidates will appear for the written test in the subjects of English, Urdu and Mathematics at the designated centers in or outside Pakistan. The tests will be skill based and broad based in nature, as per the requirement of that particular grade /age level.

Phase 2

The candidates clearing phase 1 will provide the necessary medical clearance certificates and will also go through medical examination by the college hospital team.

Phase 3

The candidates clearing phase 2 will appear for T.P.F (Test of physical fitness) at the school campus.

Phase 4

The candidates clearing phase 3 will appear for the final interview along with the parent/guardian.

Parents or guardians are advised to keep the following things in mind while planning to get their wards admitted in the Junior School of Lawrence College:

• Pre-schooling is a must in case of admissions in all Junior School Grades. As we begin from class one, hence a boy coming in class one must have passed prep/KG from an English medium school.
• The boy must be toilet trained and must be able to express himself clearly for daily routine chores.