IRANIAN NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS

Nowruz Mabarek! Happy New Year in Iran (Persia). Nowruz marks the spring equinox, when night and day are of equal length and the arrival of spring as a victory over darkness.Class 6 recognised the Iranian New Year by setting a Haft-sin table. The traditional Haft-sin translates to “seven S’s”. It is an arrangement of seven items…

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Class 6 and 7 News

Class 6 and 7 have been learning how to juggle, Spinney (class 8 & US parent) has been coming in every morning guiding the children towards proficiency. It has been great fun and the children are naturals! 

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Class 6 Geology

Class 6 have been studying Geology, we recently went to Hengistbury Head to look at the layers of rock in the cliff.  Laura 

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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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Spring Flowers in our Wildflower Meadow

June is here, and the wildflower meadow Class 6 planted in partnership with Friends of the Earth’s ‘Bee Cause’ campaign, is starting to blossom.  Do go to our School Garden and have a look if you get a moment.  It’s quite modest, but rather beautiful. Our aim of attracting bees and butterflies is beginning to…

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Business is Booming in Class 6

  On Wednesday 9th May at 3.30pm, students and parents at Ringwood Waldorf School were invited to sample the sweetness of summer at the Class 6 Business Maths Event, where groups of children showcased their business ideas for products and services. These included: the Sumptuous Smoothie stall,  the Cracking Cakes stall,  the Incredible Ice-cream stall,  the Joyous Juice-lollies stall, …

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To Bee or Not to Bee

Eco Garden planting wildflowers for bees at Ringwood Waldorf School

The Bee Cause in our Eco Garden This week, Class 6 finished sowing a wildflower meadow in the Eco-Garden. In a joint venture with Friends of the Earth who, as part of their ‘The Bee Cause’ campaign, donated the seeds, we hope to achieve a colourful, buzzing meadow next summer.  Due to the rapidly declining…

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Francesco – Class 6 Operetta

Having attended the first performance of this delightful operetta (written by teachers for a Class 6 at Wynstones Steiner School) I made a point of not missing the next one and of telling friends they simply must come. This was an outstanding piece of work performed by Class 6 with their teacher, Marika, with the…

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