Botany, Class Five

Behold the flower, It is the butterfly Bound by the earth!  Behold the butterfly, It is the flowerset free by the cosmos! By the age of 10 children are (generally) ready to critically observe the world around them and to get engaged with living science. The botany curriculum empowers the children with scientific observations and discovery as well…

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Welcome Back to School!

Welcome back to the new school year – and welcome back to the blackboards in each of our classrooms. Each one is for the new Main Lesson blocks – a wonderful treat after so much of 2020 has been spent in lockdown. Each class is starting a new Main Lesson block, which lasts for the…

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Gallery: Class 5 Celebrates Diwali

Children and parents celebrating Diwali - Indian Festival of Light with Class 5 at Ringwood Waldorf School

Diwali – Festival of Light There are many ways around the world to celebrate the changing seasons and time of year. Diwali is the Indian Festival of Light and, as Class 5 are studying Asian cultures in their main lesson, it seems appropriate that they create and experience this traditional festival too. Marika and Class 5…

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Ahoy! Concert in Gloucester Cathedral

Ahoy Concert at Gloucester Cathedral with pupils from Ringwood Waldorf School and Wynstones May 2018

Ahoy! Concert Last Friday many pupils from Classes 4 & 5 travelled to Gloucester Cathedral to take part in a multi-Steiner School concert, Ahoy!  The sun was shining, the children were in great form and the afternoon rehearsals, which were interspersed with picnics in the beautiful grounds of the cathedral and making new friends from…

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