Festivals
Michaelmas 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 MoreThere be Dragons!
As you know it’s Michaelmas – and Michaelmas means you’ll find plenty of dragons around the school. Here are a few of our favourites…
Read MoreIt’s Michaelmas Time…
As Autumn draws in, we are entering Michaelmas time, a festival celebrated at school around 29th September each year. Michaelmas is named after the Archangel Michael, who inspires us to develop our strength and bravery and overcome our fears and anxieties. This is also a time when the light and the dark signals a turning…
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 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 MoreGallery: Class 5 Celebrates Diwali
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…
Read MoreFestival: Celebrating Midsummer St Johns 2018
St John’s Festival 2018 Last Friday we celebrated Midsummer at school with St John’s Festival. As is traditional, the fire was lit by students from Class 10 for the whole community to gather round. Then there was a short assembly in Keir Hall and music from the Mother Ukers and their ukeleles. Gathering around the…
Read MoreMay Festival Sunshine
Maypole Dancing At this year’s May Festival, the rainbow-coloured ribbons around the maypole showed up beautifully in the glorious sunshine. What a treat for everyone – a real celebration to mark the change of season! Musicians from throughout the school accompanied each class with traditional songs to dance to while weaving the ribbons around the…
Read MoreCelebrating Holi 2018
“Ringwood Waldorf School celebrates Festival of colours” There are articles in the local media featuring our Holi celebrations too: Bournemouth Daily Echo “Festival of Colour comes out in force at Ringwood Waldorf School” Southern Daily Echo “New Forest school celebrates Holi – the festival of colour and love” Holi is a festival of colour that marks the arrival…
Read MoreMaking Palm Sunday Branches
It’s Palm Sunday soon and time for the Kindergartens to make their colourful Easter branches. If you’d like to make your own at home, here are instructions…
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