The students at AHWS celebrated Earth Day in a variety of ways. The morning began with a ceremony in the ravine to honour the earth. The children had painted the rocks and each grade is represented by a colour. Daily experiences with the outdoors and with natural materials develop a personal bond with nature and cultivates a respect for the environment.

The rest of the morning was clean up time. Each grade was assigned an area of the ravine… Read the rest

Grade Seven is coming to the end of their Algebra and Geometry block. Over the 4 weeks we have worked with exponents, order of operations, signed numbers and all four arithmetic operations, simple equations with 1 variable, expressions with multiple variables, simplifying expressions and equations, the division of circles into 6, 12, 24, 4, 8 equal parts and the different designs you can make from each type of construction.

The Algebra work, which is very abstract and less grounded… Read the rest

The Wonder of Plants: Green plants are the only living forms that have the extraordinary ability to produce their own food and therefore are also able to feed animals and human beings…

- excerpt from gr.8 main lesson book
‘The Waldorf approach differs from mainstream science education by which the teacher presents a hypothesis and the students prove it using a scientific method. This process is linear and does not stimulate thought and science is not flat knowledge,… Read the rest