Michael Mount Waldorf School (Primary)

Waldorf education is lively and engaging. The curriculum is culturally and intellectually rich and the teaching appeals to the child’s growing abilities to think (intellect) and feel (heart) and do (will) in the lessons. Primary school (Grades 1 - 7): the Waldorf curriculum balances academic subjects with artistic and practical activities and is designed to be responsive to the various phases of a child’s development.  The main subjects, such as English, mathematics, history and science, are taught in two-hour main lesson blocks, lasting from three to four weeks.  The teacher presents the subject matter and the children make their own individual books for each subject taught, recording and illustrating the lessons. By creating their own lesson books, Waldorf students come to ‘own’ the information and ideas that they study.