Summer Fayre at Ringwood Waldorf School
Saturday 14 June, 11am–4pm Free entry Ringwood Waldorf School, Folly Farm Lane, Ashley, Ringwood BH24 2NN Join us for a joyful celebration of summer and community. Wander our craft market, unwind with holistic therapies, and enjoy delicious food — from a BBQ with locally sourced meat to freshly made vegan and gluten-free lunches. There’ll be […]
Open Morning
Friday 10th May 9.30 am to 12.30 pm Guided tours of the school and classrooms | Refreshments with an opportunity to talk to pupils, parents and staff | Talk on Waldorf education with Eurythmy performance | Music and Maypole dancing in the courtyard | Find out more about Waldorf education Registration Page
Michaelmas Week
The younger children hear stories about how brave St Michael tamed the dragon and they play courage games in the playground. The older children venture into the forest to play Dragon Games and search for the maiden. Good deeds are encouraged around the school. The image of St Michael and the dragon used at Michaelmas is to encourage brave […]
Summer Fayre 2023
Saturday 17th June 11am-4pm
End of Term Festival
Last term was brought to an end with an uplifting festival of music and movement displaying the many instruments and pure singing voices of our children, Classes 1 to 12. An appreciation of this wonderful event just missed the last newsletter, so what better way to start the new term than with a reminder of […]
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 […]
Candlemas
The school will be celebrating the festival of Candlemas on Thursday 2nd February, with a special assembly at 8.40am Later in the morning, the children will gather around the Earth Candle, created by Class 8, sing songs and light their own candles to warm up the Earth.
A look back at our Christmas Celebrations 2022
How wonderful to have some truly crisp and icy (almost white!) winter weather during which to experience our heart-warming, image rich, light-filled celebrations. The exceptionally lovely Advent Gardens, when each child collected, carried and placed their own glowing light in amongst the soft dark moss and hard glimmering crystals of the spiral, announced the start. […]
Santa 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 […]
Welcome to Advent!
Hope, Love, Joy and Peace, one candle at a time… Today is the first Sunday of Advent, the day to light the first candle of your Christmas wreath if you have one, a symbol of hope, in anticipation of the birth of Christ. The Advent Garden or Spiral is a long-held tradition in Waldorf Schools all over the […]
