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A Plastic Ocean film screening at RWS - poster

‘A Plastic Ocean’ screening at RWS

A Plastic Ocean (2016) Wednesday 28th March at 7:30pm We are pleased to announce that we are hosting a screening of the award-winning documentary 'A Plastic Ocean' at Ringwood Waldorf School on Wednesday 28th March at 7:30pm. "A PLASTIC OCEAN...
Snow covers Ringwood Waldorf School grounds

Snow Stops Play – and School!

Snow stops school! The school was closed last week for two days due to the snowstorms and hazardous driving conditions. Here're a few glimpses of what it looked like under a blanket of snow... [foogallery id="5531"]
Upper School Craft Block Newspaper Catwalk Tailoring Recycling

Class 10’s Newspaper Catwalk

The Newspaper Catwalk A Craft Block in Upper School We used the Newspaper Catwalk Workshop as a starter for two of Class 10’s Craft blocks: Tailoring & Dressmaking and Blacksmithing. Crafting 2 Dimensions into 3 During the workshop, the students...
Class 7 Trip London National Gallery Raphael 2

Leonardo or Raphael?

Class 7 Visit the National Gallery in London Last week, Class 7 took the train to London to visit the National Gallery. In their Main Lesson block, they have been looking at three of the master artists of the Renaissance...
Parent-Child-snowdrops in the garden at Ringwood Waldorf School

Spring in the Parent & Child Garden

The snowdrops are definitely flowering in the garden of our Parent & Child Groups... thanks to Syenna for taking these: [foogallery id="5454"]
Making Globes in Geography in Class 7 at Ringwood Waldorf School

Globes & Globe-Making in Class 7

  [foogallery id="5370"] Globes and Globe-Making by Pankaj Sulodia - Class 7 Teacher During last term’s geography Main Lesson, Class 7 were very busy making papier mache globes. They have been studying the geography of the world. Rudolf Steiner indicated...
Wessex Brass Band Association

Brass Banding Success!

Youth and Training Band Festival The Wessex Brass Band Association held its Youth and Training Band Festival on 27th January 2018. Seven bands participated. The judge was a player from the no 1 brass band in the world. Six members...
Candlemas Candle making in Class 4 at Ringwood Waldorf School

Candlemas 2018

[foogallery id="5399"] 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...
Classroom work at Ringwood Waldorf School Class 4 Man and Animals

Open Evening Review

[foogallery id="5317"] Review: Open Evening January 2018 I only recently learnt that the Open Evenings are for everyone... parents already in the school, grandparents, friends… as well as new families. At 6pm last Tuesday it was black and blustery outdoors;...
Lucia Festival of Light at Ringwood Waldorf School

Lucia Festival of Light

Santa Lucia This morning I rose early to be sure not to miss one of the brightest jewels of the year in our school: Santa Lucia. It was utterly beautiful: a candle-lit presentation in song (sung in Swedish) performed by...