Redwood 9-11 years

Our Redwood group is a combined group consisting of a Waldorf class 4/5. This is where the children reflect on the mid-point of the their journey through their younger years. There is a gradual change during this year as the children continue with the imaginative and fantasy-led narrative in the form of history studies covering ancient cultures, myths and legends. However, the interactions of these mythical figures are now explored to understand how certain situations and events produce specific outcomes.The children continue their learning journey and, through the exploration of grammar, discover how language’s living components are made, and the structures of the written word are learnt.The emphasis on detail is expanded through the growth of local Geography and History. The mixture of these broad subjects lets the child find their own balance against the expanding back-drop of the world. In Mathematics classes, fractions, complex divisions and multiplications are taught.​While that is going on the 11 year olds of the group will be exploring ancient civilisations culminating with Ancient Greece. Through studying these in order, the children experience the qualitative changes in the development of humanity that took place through these different cultural eras.The Botany Main Lesson, also introduced at this age range, focusses on and forms part of an age-specific sequence that allows the children to understand how they themselves are related to the kingdoms of nature.Other subjects covered in Redwood include the geography of the British Isles, freehand writing, Geometry, grammar and the punctuation of recited speech.In Mathematics, the principal focus is on decimal fractions and there is also a strong focus on athletics. This coincides with the study of the Greek Olympics and the children’s participation in an inter-schools’ Olympic event.​​