Garden House Waldorf School

Most of the evaluation is done in Class 1 enrolment where we look at the students' readiness for formal learning on their physical, emotional and cognitive situation.

There is no standardised testing, it is important for the pedagogical work that the teachers understand the student that is coming in. To this end, various viewpoints are considered, ranging from how the pupil moves, how they speak, how they draw and their relationship to music as well as a general assessment of their numeracy and literacy. In other words, qualitative considerations are of equal importance to quantitative ones.

There is a waiting list for accompanied classes in the early years at present.

We accept students all year.

Yes, we welcome students throughout the year.

Primary: 2:30pm Kindergarten: 12:00pm (half day), 2:30pm (full day) Playgroups: 11:00am

Not at present.

Yes.

Waldorf pedagogy famously precludes early years technology use. From Class 9 up, technology becomes a part of the curriculum.

Including primary, kindergarten and playgroups, over 100 students.

There are 15 different nationalities are represented at our school.

Hong Kong Chinese.

Before COVID-19, we had ballet, kung-fu, dance, Mandarin, cooking, craft making and camping activities. We are in the process of bringing these back in the near future.

We have a wide range of physical activities and games to develop physical movement skills and also to enhance their social interactions. Included are: farming, gardening, eurythmy dance, nature walks, climbing, skipping and Bothmer gymnastics.

Not at present.

Our school has assembly hall, garden with pets, playground with sandpit, play equipment "jungle gym", a farm (with fishpond, fruit trees, veggie plots, outdoor classroom, forest paths), acquarium and herparium.

We have plenty of natural surroundings near our school which we use to our advantage; including Silverstrand Beach, country parks, nature walks for all our games and sport activities. For larger whole school events, local government facilities are available.

Mandarin, and German language starting in September 2023.

Because of our experiential learning approach, students with mild learning difficulties are more easily accommodated.

Through movements, art therapy and child study programs, our students get the support needed.

Lesson content is differentiated with plenty of extension materials. Students of higher ability help their classmates in a healthy social way.