We parents would like to honour Ester Ruttman for the amazing craft skills she has taught our children. Peter Nitze, Waldorf and Harvard graduate, and Director of an aerospace company, explained the importance of hands-on learning like this: “If you’ve had the experience of binding a book, knitting a sock, playing a recorder, then you […]
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Oct
Oct
Class 5 went on an outing to Table Mountain on Friday 13 October and learnt that it is older than the Himalayas! Also, that the Khoisan named Table Mountain ‘Hoerikwaggo’ (Mountain of the sea) long ago. Very soon after our ride to the top with the cable car, three dassies and a Rock Agama came […]
16
Oct
Oct
Excitement is in the air at the Imhoff Waldorf School as a pristine 3-hectare piece of land on Imhoff Farm will soon be home to its new eco-friendly school. Since its humble beginnings in 1996, with just one classroom and one teacher, the school has thrived and now has a Parent- and-Child Circle, where parents […]
16
Oct
Oct
The Dragon Tree Project is quietly taking shape, as we move closer to building our Primary School’s new home. As you may know, our transfer papers to our new piece of land have finally come through in September. This affirms the start of our new season of erecting our buildings. The beautiful piece of land […]
16
Oct
Oct
This final term of the year – ever – started with an assembly of our sadly depleted school. We talked about the exciting things the students will be doing this term – including camps for each grade – always a highlight of the school year – and sports day which is coming up soon. We […]
16
Oct
Oct
“The children of class 3 finally performed their rendition of Joseph. The play has had a few hiccups on the way, with the first performance cancelled due to illness in the class, and the second due to the Ocean View protest, so it was with much anticipation that last Thursday’s performance was received. I am […]
07
Oct
Oct
The first Waldorf school was founded in Stuttgart in 1919. Today there are over 1,100 Waldorf schools and almost 2,000 Waldorf kindergartens in more than 70 countries around the globe. And more all the time. We are making our Centennial an occasion to further develop Waldorf education for contemporary times, and focus more consciously on […]
07
Sep
Sep
We encourage our parents to read widely on the topic of Waldorf education. Many interesting articles and research material are available online on various websites. One of the most comprehensive is The Research Institute for Waldorf Education. Their introduction follows: The Research Institute for Waldorf Education (RIWE), founded in 1996 in order to deepen and enhance […]
06
Sep
Sep
Once more, class 9 pulled out all the stops to deliver a glittering, entertaining and fun Shakespeare play which delighted the whole school and fulfilled their major threshold experience of the year. It is a bittersweet moment however, as this will be the last class 9 play for the foreseeable future. Join us in congratulating […]
06
Sep
Sep
We are delighted to announce that Shelby Hadwen will be the Class 1 Teacher for 2018 at Imhoff Waldorf School. Shelby has been with our school for almost two years as the Primary School Assistant and Aftercare Teacher and has had the opportunity to work closely with our teachers and the Waldorf curriculum as it is experienced through all seven grades. We have had the […]
05
Sep
Sep
He didn’t visit this time! At last year’s Fair, He made it nearly impossible to: a) ignore one’s goose bumps and b) acquiesce to children’s demands for ice-cream. The mean old wind, that’s who. The collective let out a sigh on Saturday morning and, after the good omen of fine weather, we could relax into […]
05
Sep
Sep
We began our three week journey by discussing the power and origin of sounds and words. We were fascinated to see the impact that sound has on the material world as witnessed by the use of Chladni Plates in science or the images recorded by Dr Emoto’s experiments on the molecular structure of water. We […]
05
Sep
Sep
15 September marks the second anniversary of the death of our beloved Amani. Amani, you are still so much in our thoughts and our hearts. Your shining smile welcomes us as we walk into the high school and see your photo – so alive, so vibrant. We will never let you die. We miss you […]
03
Aug
Aug
Don’t miss the project presentations of our last Class 12 class (for the foreseeable future)! The Class 12 projects are the culmination of twelve years of Waldorf education and Imhoff Waldorf students have, over the last three years, presented projects of incredible diversity, interest and creativity. We are very proud of them and hope the […]
02
Aug
Aug
What a rare treat it was to socialise as adults of the school community away from the sand pits, farm aromas and cries for ice-bites, at the annual Art Auction. Our auctioneer Glen Biderman-Pam, was on form, flying down from Gauteng to do our bidding for the second year in a row. For many years, […]