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Christmas Pageant – Archive Snapshots
The three little plays at the centre of our Christmas Pageant were written in 1979 by the class teachers Dennis Demanett (who wrote the Creation play for his Class 3), Christine (who wrote the Shepherds’ Play for her Class 4), and Jaya Graves (who wrote the Kings’ Play for her Class 5). In these images…
Read MoreSanta Lucia, Swedish Festival of Light
An Appreciation by Christine Polyblank In the darkest time of the year, when the warmth and comfort of the sun’s light seems to have forsaken us, every light-filled festival we create becomes more precious. This morning – December 13th – we were moved and heartened by the celebration of Santa Lucia, the Swedish Festival of…
Read MoreI go with my little lantern…
The children in the lower school and kindergarten celebrated Martinmas with their traditional Lantern walk. Each class made paper lanterns of their own design, then set out on their walk singing lantern songs. I go with my little lantern, My lantern is going with me. In heaven the stars are shining, on Earth shines my lantern for…
Read MoreMichaelmas Assembly
During a week of wild storms and rain, Wednesday 29th September burst forth in full sunshine to bless us with light and warmth throughout our day-long Michaelmas celebrations: the morning festival for all, the later Courage Games for the younger classes and the fearsome Dragon Game for those old and brave enough to stand it!…
Read MoreClass 11 in London
Class 11’s current Main Lesson investigates modernism an artistic period beginning with Romanticism and gave birth to such art movements as Impressionism, Dada, Expressionism, Bauhaus and Surrealism, and saw artistic achievements by Goya, Courbet, Manet, Degas, Klimt, Picasso, Kandinsky and Klee to name a few. We visited Tate Britain, Tate Modern and the National Gallery. The…
Read MoreWest of England Steiner Teacher Training 2021
We are delighted to announce that, from September 2021, the WESTT course will be hosted at Ringwood Waldorf School. Please come along to our next introductory Webinar at 7.30 pm – 8.30 pm on Tuesday 8th June – you can register here. This webinar will include an introduction to Steiner-Waldorf Education, an overview of the WESTT course and…
Read MoreClass 8’s play ‘Around the World in 8 Plays’
At long last, we are able to perform plays again in Keir Hall! We begin with Class 8’s play ‘Around the World in 8 Plays’ on Friday and Saturday 21st and 22nd May at 7.30pm. Class 10’s play will follow soon after…………..Please contact the office to make your booking. We need to know who is…
Read MoreHall Opening for School Performances
Dear Parents and Friends, On Monday 17th May, as per government guidelines, we will be able to open up our hall for school performances and plays to our parents and friends. Next week, we have Class 12 project presentations on Wednesday and Thursday and the Class 8 play on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd May.…
Read MoreApril Main Lesson Roundup – Upper School
Conic Sections in Class 9 Class 9 are currently studying Conic Sections. We have studied the history and algebraic principles of circles, ellipses, parabolas and hyperbolas alongside the architectural skills of loci, construction, plans, elevations, scale and nets. We have been eagerly spotting conic sections in the world around us: natural and man-made. We’re now…
Read MoreWelcome 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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