Did you know that SDSS offers an extensive outdoor curriculum for all ages, which is supported by its extensive grounds?
In Kindergarten, children as young as three enjoy whittling and planting seeds as part of the purposeful 'work' they carry out each day. Further up the school, children from eight years old have gardening lessons each week which range from making cob bug houses in Class 2, riding a traditional plough pulled by horses as part of their Farming Main Lesson in Class Three, growing produce on an allotment as part of a business Maths exercise in Class 6 to learning to lay hedges in Class Ten.
Of course, the school gardens also support the wider curriculum including the Sciences! With a charcoal kiln onsite for chemistry experiments and the opportunity to learn how to graft fruit trees as part of a Biology Main Lesson, students at SDSS learn practical skills alongside the academic.
For more information please visit southdevonsteinerschool.org or come along to the Prospective Parents afternoon on Friday 2nd June, 12.45-15.30.
In Kindergarten, children as young as three enjoy whittling and planting seeds as part of the purposeful 'work' they carry out each day. Further up the school, children from eight years old have gardening lessons each week which range from making cob bug houses in Class 2, riding a traditional plough pulled by horses as part of their Farming Main Lesson in Class Three, growing produce on an allotment as part of a business Maths exercise in Class 6 to learning to lay hedges in Class Ten.
Of course, the school gardens also support the wider curriculum including the Sciences! With a charcoal kiln onsite for chemistry experiments and the opportunity to learn how to graft fruit trees as part of a Biology Main Lesson, students at SDSS learn practical skills alongside the academic.
For more information please visit southdevonsteinerschool.org or come along to the Prospective Parents afternoon on Friday 2nd June, 12.45-15.30.
