“What a privilege it is to support our students in finding their unique place in the world.”
Michael Park runs a full Primary School. Students enter Class One (equivalent to Year Two) and meet their Class Teacher, who will become a very well-loved and respected person in their school life. We practice the Steiner school principle of having the same teacher stay with the students throughout their Primary School journey; as it creates stability, trust and a familiar learning environment.
As students progress through Primary School, they become more active participants in assessment through their developing capacity for reflection and goal setting. The students are expected to be able to generate their own ideas in narrative, descriptive and artistic forms. They are also encouraged to individualise their work, particularly through research and projects relating to Main Lesson topics. Students will develop an increased capacity for critical thinking, as well as the skills to reason and argue both sides of a problem, and the capacity for empathy and in-depth inquiry.
As students transition into High school, they become increasingly resilient and resourceful. They are encouraged to be self-managing, responsible and upright in both their class community and across the school.
The Primary School Curriculum is split into:
The Class Teacher is supported by a range of specialist subject teachers and takes responsibility for your child’s academic education, as well as for their physical and social development.
The relationship that develops between Class Teacher and student over the years fosters increasing self-assurance and confidence. Class Teachers work in partnership with parents to guide, motivate, protect and encourage the student, and to enhance understanding of the ways in which you can support your child’s education at home.
Class Teachers report to parents in a way that reflects the unique needs of each child and is focused on their growth and development. One of the reasons we find the Class Teacher model so effective, is that teachers can identify and monitor, in considerable depth, both student achievements and challenges over an extended period of time. This means that you, as a parent, receive a much more detailed level of reporting about your child’s progress, than if teachers worked with each student for just a single year.
If there is something more you would like to know about our Waldorf / Steiner school approach to learning and what daily class life looks like for Primary School students, please don’t hesitate to give our friendly staff a call. We are always happy to talk to you about your child and their unique learning needs.
