“It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life. ” Julius Caesar 100 B.C. – 44 B.C.
Chalkboard drawing in the grade 6 class by Mr.Singh.
Why Waldorf? Enjoy an article written by Penny Marshall in the London Times Online called, Why British children are pushed too hard.
Coming Up! Basketball Tournament for Boys and Girls at TWS in Thornhill, February 5th and 6th.
On Wednesday evening, January 27th,  the Middle School, grades 6, 7, and 8 enjoyed the …

Our Grade 3 and Grade 4 classes have carefully and lovingly been tending to our sideyard’s garden, bursting with flowers, edible greens, squashes and a wide variety of vegetation. The third grade is involved with farming, gardening, house building, measuring, weighing, analyzing soils and other practical activities that develop and solidify their skills for scientific observation.

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, formulae, names. It …

“What, girls can’t run and play? That’s not fair!” Life was not easy or fair for girls back in the pioneer days. Imagine getting married in 4 years!   Every Fall, every year the grade four class spends a week at Pioneer Village completely immersing themselves into a life without plastic, without oranges, strict classrooms- dunce cap included, making candles with animal fat, carding wool and playing ‘old-fashioned’ games. It is a learning experience the children will never forget. In …

As we continue into fall, with the days growing continuously darker, the light (our own flame) needs more protection.  We make a lantern to safely carry our light through the dark, cold wintry world.  It may be small and fragile, but many lights shining in a procession together bring relief to the darkness.  This is the traditional way of celebrating Martinmas, the life of St. Martin (316-397, A.D.). The week before the Lantern Walk the students were busy collecting jars and making …

As a culminating activity for our reading of the King
Arthur stories in English class, the Grade Six students
were challenged to turn their favourite King Arthur story
into a ballad. We examined a number of ballads, both old
and modern, to discover how they were typically put
together.

Peg Evans has a rich and varied background as a teacher and musician. She has a Bachelor of Music Degree (Music Performance) from the University of Alberta and a B. Ed. degree from Brock University. Following her formal education, Peg taught in a wide variety of settings both in vocal technique and performance and sang as a soloist. She is currently a member of the Canadian Opera Company Chorus. She also conducted postgraduate training at the …

Michaelmas is not just a day; it is a season that extends from September 29, the Feast of St. Michael, to October 31, All Hallows Eve. It is a time for celebrating deeds of strength and courage, for facing dragons, external and internal. It is a time for harvest, a time for work, a time for storing away that which we need for the cold dark months to come.
Michaelmas has been celebrated at Alan Howard Waldorf School in many ways. …

In the Early Childhood Programmes and kindergarten a child may receive handmade items from their teacher such as a beautiful cape to be worn during their Birthday celebration, a treasure box filled with precious gifts from nature and a hand knit gnome.
The following recipe for Apple Cake is most often made for birthday celebrations but varies according to diet. Organic products are used when possible. The children will make this in class as part of their morning activity.
Apple Cake:
100-125 g …