Posts by Liz
Gilgamesh on i-Pads? More Needed!
i-Pads Needed for Illustration Degree Project Liam Callebout (former RWS student) is currently working towards his final degree project for his Illustration Degree at Arts University Bournemouth and his idea is to recreate the first ever written story found on clay tablets (Gilgamesh) on iPads. Now, Liam does not have a dozen iPads laying around, which…
Read MoreSafeguarding Update – Feb 2019
Safe-Guarding Update – Feb 2019 Dear Parents, These days we need to be parents and educators in the online world as well as the real world. The internet can be a good tool that can help children learn, understand, and satisfy their curiosity about life. However, the use of screen and Internet should be minimum…
Read MoreSpring Conference
Spring Conference at RWS Saturday 9th February 2019 Parents and professionals were invited to a day of talks and workshops to understand the Waldorf ‘Love to Learn’ curriculum and how to foster creativity and resilience in children. Please view the photos of Class 4 teacher Geli delivering the opening talk and some of the participants’…
Read MoreCandlemas 2019
Candlemas – 40 Days After Christmas Candlemas falls on 2nd February, exactly forty days after Christmas Day on the Christian calendar. This festival has different names and meanings to people all around the world. In pre-Christian times, it was celebrated as a festival of light. This ancient festival marked the halfway point between the winter solstice (the…
Read MoreGallery: Africa in Class 8
[foogallery id=”6932″] Class 8’s Main Lesson on Africa Of the many varied subjects taught in a Steiner-Waldorf school, geography occupies a unique position in the curriculum. In Class 8 Geography morning lesson we are currently focusing on Africa. Place We are learning about the physical as well as the cultural and historical features of the world’s…
Read MoreRemembering Greta Crum
Photo showing (left – right) Christine, Dennis & Greta in 2014 Greta Weekes (Crum) Teacher at RWS from 1976 – 1984 We were very sad to hear of the sudden death of Greta Weekes, on Thursday 17th January, in her home in Maarssen, Holland. Greta joined the school as a kindergarten teacher in September 1976*,…
Read MoreOSN#15 Family Koester
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Read MoreCreative Writing in Class 8 – A story by Joseph
‘An Innocent Wish’ by Joseph Jawad Part of Class 8’s Creative Writing Main Lesson block The front door clicked shut. “ You know what you want, right!” “ Of course mommy” . Lucy and her six-year-old son called Eddie were walking down their street on the way to the closest shopping mall. The skyscrapers loomed…
Read MoreThe Christmas Pageant – 2018
The Christmas Pageant We enjoyed a wonderful pageant on Wednesday where, as is traditional, every class took their part – from Class 1 as the angels, to Class 4 as the shepherds, and Class 5 as the kings and their entourage. Class 12 – The Fall of Lucifer Class 3 – Creation Class 8 –…
Read MoreOSN#14 The Gill Taylors
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