Alan Howard Waldorf School

VOICE – February 25, 2010

Michelle — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:31:38 +0000

From the Garden (ECE) – Feb 25 2010

JenniferJ — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:10:51 +0000

From the Garden is the AHWS ECE Newsletter – This Winter edition includes:

- instructions for a simple, beautiful craft made from ice and natural objects
- ‘Waldorf in the Home’
- Interview with Lisa Gibson
- Book Review of ‘Heaven on Earth’
- food tips for pick eaters

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Contracts Due March 12th, Events, Knit-a-thon for Haiti

Jennifer Deathe — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:27:01 +0000

Planning for the 2010/11 school year is underway. Contracts are being mailed out February 26th and are due back March 12th. If you are interested in our school please download an application from our Admissions section as soon as possible to ensure a spot for your child next year. Immediate spots available in Grade three and Grade Six.
Upcoming events:
Coffee House: Wednesday, February 24th, 6:45pm to 10pm.
Parent Dance: Friday, February 26th, 7pm
School Tour: Wednesday, March 3, 9am. Please register for tour.
Knit-A-Thon March 4th, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm.

Daycare Tour: Please call school to book a personal tour. 416-962-6447
Parent and Child Spring Session begins in April for 10 weeks but spaces are filling up. Please visit our Early Years section and download an application or email admissions@ahws.org

Knit-a-Thon March 4th, 2:00 pm to 3:00pm.

The Nelson Waldorf School in B.C. is inviting all Waldorf Schools world-wide to join in a KNIT-A-THON for HAITI. AHWS will be taking part in this world-wide Waldorf Schools fundraising effort to support the people of Haiti.

We are asking AHWS students, parents, teachers, alumni and community members to help the people of Haiti by collecting pledges towards 1 HOUR of knitting on the day of the KNIT-A-THON.

We at the Alan Howard Waldorf School plan to hold our KNIT-A-THON event in the school gym to allow a feeling of school-wide community to emerge around participation in this event. We will be knitting squares in the colours of the Haitian flag to be later assembled into a blanket which can then be raffled or auctioned for additional funds. All funds will go to The Canadian Red Cross Society.

Please stay tuned for further communication on this issue and we hope that you and the children will join us in this expression of global unity.

VOICE – February 4, 2010

Michelle — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:07:14 +0000

VOICE Newsletter FEB 4 VOICE

Recent events and link to London Times article.

Jennifer Deathe — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:08:17 +0000

“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 opera, Carmen. It was Opening Night and the students looked fabulous and behaved beautifully. Peg Evans, the AHWS music teacher was performing in the chorus! This performance is part of their curriculum study.

On Tuesday morning, January 26th, the Lower School, grades One to Five, were treated to a fantastic performance of Kathak dancers. India is a part of the Grade Five curriculum and the performance was followed by a class workshop for the Grade Five students.

Skiing at Mount St.Louis

Jennifer Deathe — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:09:44 +0000

Grades Three to Eight enjoyed a ski/snowboard trip to Mount St.Louis honouring a winter tradition at Alan Howard Waldorf School. For the first time in many years it wasn’t a chilly -34 but a balmy 2 degrees with a slight drizzle. The ski staff were professional and friendly and the resort was surprisingly quiet. The ski hills belonged to the students and teachers. Between many skating field trips, nature hikes, tobogganing and skiing the students at Alan Howard Waldorf School embrace winter and look forward to all the winter activities. Hopefully, snow will come to Albion Hills so the students can cross country ski this year too.

VOICE – January 14, 2010

Michelle — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:22:40 +0000

VOICE Newsletter JAN 14 VOICE

Early Childhood Education Voice Newsletter: From the Garden

Michelle — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:50:37 +0000

ECE Newsletter

Welcome to the first issue of the AHWS newsletter celebrating the special time of early childhood.In this issue, we hear from a past Kindergarten teacher on the value of establishing dependable rhythms in the home, and get to take a peek into the path that brought one of our teachers to AHWS. Also included, are things that just might prove to be useful, like Breakfast made the night before, and a seasonal craft that many of us know and love (and might like to replicate at home as gifts for loved ones).

Winter Celebrations

Jennifer Deathe — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:40:16 +0000

In the Northern Hemisphere, we are moving into the stillness of winter and the season of festivals and celebrations. Since ancient times, winter has been seen as a time for looking forward to the return of the sun, new growth, and light of spring. At AHWS we celebrate our inner light with festivals to remember that which lights the darkness of the season. Not only do we reflect on the changing of the season, we look to our traditions, histories, and cultures to remind us of our past to strengthen and prepare ourselves and our families to move into the growth and beauty of spring. A scene from a story in Kindergarten about a boy’s adventure and meeting King Winter.

Algebra and Geometry

Jennifer Deathe — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:43:32 +0000

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 in the tangible and physical world, demands both imagination and wakefulness in the students in order for them to understand and manipulate these concepts. To balance the abstractness of Algebra we worked with geometrical constructions that are concrete and visual. The students deepened their work with the circle from Grade 6 using what they knew how to do to create more complex designs and then independently decided what to emphasize with colour creating very unique pieces in their books.

As a class we will spend the final two weeks of term in a creative writing block. Through prose and poetry that we compose ourselves, we will look at three states of soul, expressed as “Wish”, “Wonder” and “Surprise.”