Mansfield Steiner Primary

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire" W.B. Yeats
Primary


	The class teacher is responsible for the Main Lesson period each day (academic subjects) with specialists giving instruction in Music, craft and LOTE (languages other than English). The Main Lesson is held every morning and concentrates on the same subject for a block of two to four weeks allowing for in-depth studying of new subject matter. The teacher works creatively, striving to bring a soul-quality to each lesson by enlivening its academic content with artistic and imaginative presentation. In the curriculum, writing comes before reading. The alphabet letters are introduced individually through imagination, story and beauty. Arithmetic and the experience of number are grasped through counting, chanting, clapping, stepping and skipping. Stories from the epochs of the past nourish the children’s love of language and strengthen their imagination. Through story, the groundwork is laid for the study of history, geography and science.