Upper School
Exam Results 2016
Congratulations to students and teachers at RWS! 55% of those who took English were graded A or A* and of those that took maths, 76% passed with A* – C Steiner education is about much more than passing exams, but it is a nice bonus!
Read MoreRingwood Waldorf School set to expand after successful planning appeal
One of the South’s leading alternative schools has won a landmark planning appeal that paves the way for it to strengthen its long-term education of older teenage pupils. Ringwood Waldorf School, a centre for Steiner teaching, has gained formal approval to build a two-storey extension housing four classrooms, a science lab, music, art and staff…
Read MoreMadagascar!
a talk and screening given by Andy Smith in Keir Hall at the school review by Ben Dickenson Bampton, Class 10 pupil One warm Friday evening, Keir Hall filled with parents and students alike, all keen to hear Upper School teacher Andy Smith’s talk on Madagascar. Using a slideshow of photos taken on his guided tours…
Read MoreComenius Trip to Madrid 2013
The Madrid trip was a very enjoyable experience: lovely weather and lovely people. We arrived at the train station of El Pinar, the town where the Escuela Libre Micael or Waldorf Free School Michael is, at around 6 pm and were warmly welcomed by two of the teachers and the host families. It was a week…
Read MoreWelcome to New Staff
I am Csaba Dolak, part of the faculty responsible for teaching the arts in the Upper School. Born in Hungary, after my studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest I settled in England 17 years ago, where amongst various activities I attended the Waldorf Teacher Training Seminar in London, which heralded a new…
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Duncan Evans – Learning Support Assistant I originate from Oxford where I grew up with my family and attended a school that was run by an inspirational Head Teacher who gave pupils the opportunity to explore their creativity and investigative nature. I later moved to Southampton where I developed my interest in music and art. I…
Read MoreClass 11 History: Religious Conflicts
No-one living in the modern world can have escaped reading about, or even witnessing the escalations in religious intolerance, conflicts and disputes that have been happening in the world in recent years. In the Class 11 History main lesson in November, we attempted to ‘unpack’ some of what lies behind these conflicts. In this main…
Read MoreFarewell to Friends – Class 10
Our Class 10 Leavers in July 2012 were: Florian Bright Grace Broughton Sebastian Coxon-Aristizabal Eszter Dolak Holly Harrison Sarah Hewland Benjamin Kirkman Eva Konczak Jenny Konig Brendan Liddiard Joseph Lynn William McGrotty Philip Morley Caroline Shallcross Alicja Smith Ruby Steege Finn Tennant Mary Trehearne Jana van Gent Class Guardian, Nancy Urry
Read MoreThe Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire was founded in Asia Minor in the 11th century AD, and rose to become a formidable world power; the greatest Islamic empire the world has ever seen. In some ways it could be seen as a continuation of the eastern leg of the Roman Empire that outlived the western leg by a…
Read MoreRomeo & Juliet – Class 10 Play
It was such a pleasure to see this delightful class, whose lessons I have visited over so many years, performing Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Under the guidance of their excellent English teacher, Nancy Urry, the two casts gave lively, warm, dramatic, at moments humorous, but above all deeply moving performances. This was no drama-class production;…
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