We have devoted our Wednesdays to planning and prepping shelves for next term!
So far we have notated and logged last terms curriculum, and packed all learning materials into boxes and into the loft shelves are being dusted and rejiged and new materials brought and laid out.
We are presently setting up a small lab so GCSE science can be carried out at home!
We have gathered more materials for art and craft and will spend 2hrs each Wednesday three the summer sorting out ideas for next term.
Friday, 4 August 2017
All About Us
This is our Blog
I'm Rusty mum to H (13) and J (8). I'm married to Sarah and we live in the south west of the UK. I did my montessori training what seems like a life time ago now and I am doing and update as well and dipping my toes into steiner.
I work a s childminder and in my spare time like reading and pottery, I mostly work with older children doing a mixture of structure and free range home ed.
my setting is a normal terraced house with resources almost popping off the walls. There is often a mix of montessori materials and Steiner art materials, though over the summer of 2017 we might have a space rejig.
HOW WE STEINER
Montessoris original idea for an Erdkinder was based on the idea of the adolescent learning for life
So a mixture of very practical skills, farming skills and academic rigour.
We teach life skills as the basis of our curriculum, both children are encourage to care for their living space and feed our pets, Harriet is learning to cook well. This summer we are upgrading the garden ith a vegetable patch and a fire bowl with the aim to cook outside as well as growing vegetables to eat.
We follow the child with a plan do review cycle, I have weekly or fortnightly meetings that plan the learning they need to do over the following weeks, I'm them there to facillate learning and to review progress.
This does mean they learn responsibility very early, and understand that work has to be completed and the environment kept tidy.
We use a Steiner Curriculum as a baseline but with the Montessori Erdkinder responsibility thread, so they leave home with life skills as well as qualifications for life in the wider world.
GOING OUT
We aim to do a child led going out day for at least 1.5 days a week, including Harriet and Joe planning travel, food and learning outcomes. It's allows great responsibility and means at 18 they will both be equipt for the wider world.
I'm Rusty mum to H (13) and J (8). I'm married to Sarah and we live in the south west of the UK. I did my montessori training what seems like a life time ago now and I am doing and update as well and dipping my toes into steiner.
I work a s childminder and in my spare time like reading and pottery, I mostly work with older children doing a mixture of structure and free range home ed.
my setting is a normal terraced house with resources almost popping off the walls. There is often a mix of montessori materials and Steiner art materials, though over the summer of 2017 we might have a space rejig.
HOW WE STEINER
Montessoris original idea for an Erdkinder was based on the idea of the adolescent learning for life
So a mixture of very practical skills, farming skills and academic rigour.
We teach life skills as the basis of our curriculum, both children are encourage to care for their living space and feed our pets, Harriet is learning to cook well. This summer we are upgrading the garden ith a vegetable patch and a fire bowl with the aim to cook outside as well as growing vegetables to eat.
We follow the child with a plan do review cycle, I have weekly or fortnightly meetings that plan the learning they need to do over the following weeks, I'm them there to facillate learning and to review progress.
This does mean they learn responsibility very early, and understand that work has to be completed and the environment kept tidy.
We use a Steiner Curriculum as a baseline but with the Montessori Erdkinder responsibility thread, so they leave home with life skills as well as qualifications for life in the wider world.
GOING OUT
We aim to do a child led going out day for at least 1.5 days a week, including Harriet and Joe planning travel, food and learning outcomes. It's allows great responsibility and means at 18 they will both be equipt for the wider world.
Summer Days Day 1 ( 03/07/2017)
we started our summer with a road trip to Newcastle for Joe's transplant clinic. Clinic was good we are back in December! This afternoon we visited the Discovey Centre, both children Collected their packs, for The Trinity Arts Awards Intro Level, which we will work on during this visit and our next before Christmas.
Joe made an impressive areoplane working with ideas to get it to fit together and working hard to use tools to do so which is a big challenge as his hands are so weak. Harriet made a dragon fly, on a leaf using scrap materials and simple tools.
Joe made an impressive areoplane working with ideas to get it to fit together and working hard to use tools to do so which is a big challenge as his hands are so weak. Harriet made a dragon fly, on a leaf using scrap materials and simple tools.
Monday, 3 July 2017
Planning 2017 to 2018
Year Plan and Skeletal ideas
Number of days 180
Hours per day 4
Autumn Term Monday 11th September to Friday 1st December 2017 (60 days) plus 24hrs forest school.
Spring Term
Summer Term
Harriet
English complete steiner grade 6 curriculum and SPAG
Maths start GCSE maths 1 year course Starting in September
Science GCSE science 18 month course Starting in September
Art and Craft grade 6 Steiner Curriculum
History and Geography Complete Steiner curriculum
Activities and Groups Scouts, Rock Climbing, PQA The Garden, Writing Club forest school
Social studies and cookery as per Steiner course
Gardening creating a working vegetable and herb patch
Trips
Discovery centre Newcastle
Life Newcastle
Beamish
Explore
Weston aquarium
Weston waterpark
Various parks
M Shed
SS Great Britian
Bristol Museum
Noah's Ark
Bristol Zoo
Wild Place
Steam Trains
Farms
Techniques to
music as per curriculum
Joe
English Complete year 3 steiner
Maths Grade 3 Steiner plus maths workbooks
Science Steiner grade 3 Plus Cosmic education ( Montessori)
Art and craft Grade 3 steiner
History and Geography Grade 3 steiner
Activities and Groups The Garden Forest School erdkinder
Social studies and cookery as per Steiner Grade 3 Course.
Gardening as Harriet plus grade three curriculum
Trips As Harriet
Music as per curriculum
Number of days 180
Hours per day 4
Autumn Term Monday 11th September to Friday 1st December 2017 (60 days) plus 24hrs forest school.
Spring Term
Summer Term
Harriet
English complete steiner grade 6 curriculum and SPAG
Maths start GCSE maths 1 year course Starting in September
Science GCSE science 18 month course Starting in September
Art and Craft grade 6 Steiner Curriculum
History and Geography Complete Steiner curriculum
Activities and Groups Scouts, Rock Climbing, PQA The Garden, Writing Club forest school
Social studies and cookery as per Steiner course
Gardening creating a working vegetable and herb patch
Trips
Discovery centre Newcastle
Life Newcastle
Beamish
Explore
Weston aquarium
Weston waterpark
Various parks
M Shed
SS Great Britian
Bristol Museum
Noah's Ark
Bristol Zoo
Wild Place
Steam Trains
Farms
Techniques to
music as per curriculum
Joe
English Complete year 3 steiner
Maths Grade 3 Steiner plus maths workbooks
Science Steiner grade 3 Plus Cosmic education ( Montessori)
Art and craft Grade 3 steiner
History and Geography Grade 3 steiner
Activities and Groups The Garden Forest School erdkinder
Social studies and cookery as per Steiner Grade 3 Course.
Gardening as Harriet plus grade three curriculum
Trips As Harriet
Music as per curriculum
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