The class seven children were given a new, made up form of poetry which they tried out and then came up with some lovely poems. After this task, some created their own poems as a form of expression. Below are a few poems by some class seven children. Enjoy! STAR by HANA PARKER Shining, stunning […]
Beautiful wet-on-wet paintings in the Class 6 classroom. Coming to the end of a colourful term full of play, joy and creativity in the Kindergarten! The Primary School had a morning filled with music. Teacher Bruce and Classes 2 to […]
It is wonderful to experience the build-up to and excitement of a beautiful festival like St John’s. In the southern hemisphere it is winter and our days are shorter and our nights long and cold. This interplay of dark and night, warmth and cold is at the heart of our festival. The singing of songs, […]
Of what relevance is St John the Baptist to us today? His message to the people was to repent or radically to change their thinking and outlook. He proclaimed that people should look beyond themselves and develop a social conscience. He encouraged them to look at the phenomena of the world with new awareness for […]
Why Class Plays? The class play gives a teacher many chances to build the social strength in the class. It often also reinforces aspects of the curriculum. It changes the routine in a stimulating, artistic way that provides relief from the steady rhythm of the days and weeks and months of the school year. This […]
Imhoff Waldorf sent 4 soccer teams to the Kommetjie Winter Sports Day, on Saturday, 26 May. The under 9 team played their first match as a team – there was great excitement and nervous energy from both players and parents. Khanya Jaca, the player of the match, was the only goal scorer which gave Imhoff […]
The excitement on Monday morning was palpable as we arrived to find teachers and children transformed… “Teacher Daniel is Willie Wonka! Teacher Ester is Liewe Hexie! Teacher Shelby is The Indian in the Cupboard!” Oh, the joys of seeing an authority figure being a little silly! Teachers joined the children in dressing up as favourite […]
Our Class 6 Afrikaans teacher Ester took us to the Slave Lodge in town, as we had started learning about colonies in the Cape and how the Dutch started bringing in slaves. When we got there we first stopped at the Company Gardens to have lunch and feed some squirrels. It started raining so we decided to […]
Class 5 have left Persia and are busy with another Main Lesson already, but their work is a lovely reminder of the beautiful stories they heard during their time there. They wrote their names in the Old Persian Alphabet (Aryan Script) with great care. Class 5 is forging […]
We welcome our Class 1 teacher, Fezile Mdzinwa! How long have you taught at Imhoff Waldorf School? 15 years. How and why did you becomes a teacher? I didn’t really want to be one until I discovered Waldorf. Waldorf changed my mind about education in 1993. I had wanted to be a lawyer before that […]
Waldorf Education starts to set the foundation for reading in kindergarten. Learning to read is allowed to evolve for each child in the same form as it evolved from the beginning of humanity: spoken language developed first, then people drew pictures to communicate their ideas, followed by symbols such as hieroglyphics and finally the abstract […]
What an inspiring AGM to attend! It was so good to hear how far we have come! Keith Struthers, our anthroposophical architect, was at hand to present the plans for the building of the Primary School classrooms that are due to start this year. Although there were a few parents in attendance, we would like […]
Teacher Shelby’s Class 1’s are encountering every new letter in so many ways… The letter ‘C’ came to them in a story of a chameleon. They practiced shaping it with clay, drawing it on their small blackboards, making the shapes with their bodies, and writing it in their books. Coming up with words starting with […]
Sadly we say farewell to Natalie Steyn-Scherr, our Bursar and HR Coordinator, who has been an employee and parent at Imhoff for the past three years. We would like to thank Natalie for her services and contibution towards the school, especially the High School. We wish her all the best in her future endeavours and […]
Our sports team welcomes Dale Honeyman to Imhoff Waldorf. Dale has completed his sports coaching diploma from ETA College (Exercise Training Academy) and is continuing his sports education with an online Sports Conditioning Training course. Dale was awarded Western Province colours for squash, he is an experienced Primary School golf, surfing and cricket coach and […]