Class 1 & 2 at Mulberry Tree Steiner Initiative

The outside of the Fire Engine classroom
belies the warm oasis of study inside
(Before and after conversion, Aug 2011-Oct 2011)

Click here to read how the Fire Engine has touched us all
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 Academic year 2011- 2012.

Our school day runs from 8.50am to 12.55pm with optional afternoon care up to four days a week. We start our main lesson with greetings, register and an opening verse. Then a variety of speech and movement based activities; singing, choral speaking, poetry; rhymes with movements, clapping and counting and bean bag exercises are learnt and practised.

Learning of letters and of writing and reading is taught from the imagery of fairy stories and folk tales which capture the children’s imagination and provide a rich base from which to work. Numbers and arithmetic are also taught in this way. With a small class the children make progress quickly, they are able to work at their own pace and gain confidence in their achievements.

After two hours of challenging work, a shared snack and a walk through fields nearby is a welcome time to relax and socialise as well as an opportunity to experience nature and the changing seasons.

Subject lessons follow and include; handwork (knitting, sewing, crochet and wood work), Painting, form drawing, games, craft and French. Eurythmy is to follow later in 2012.

Our main lesson time table for the spring and summer term is below;

September 5- September 19	Autumn Term	Literacy
September 26-October 10		Maths
October 31-November 14		World Around Us
November 21-December 9		Literacy
January 9- January23	Winter /Spring Term	Maths
January 30-February 13		World Around Us
February 27-March 12		English
March19-April 2		Maths
April23- May 7	Summer Term	World Around Us
May 12- May 28		Maths
June 11-June 25		Literacy
July2-July16		World Around Us

Snack in Ruths’s Class is on board the Fire Engine. The children sit round a table and eat rice cakes or oatcakes and fruit.

Our Class teacher is Ruth Lindars who taught at the York Steiner School for 8 years before moving to Bristol where she taught Class 7 & 8, until July 2011 when she accepted our Class teaching post.

For further enquiries or application pack please contact clarebensonuk@aol.com, or 01285 831463 (after 6pm).

We are registered with the Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship and are a registered charity. Our charity number is 1099561. We are fully OFSTED inspected and police checked.

An application form can be found on the Parents' Page.