Freie Waldorfschule

We have both had a sensible amount of time teaching in British mainstream primary education and hopefully have done a good enough job to allow the pupils we have encountered a chance to grow up well and go into the world with some sensible input.

As a result of our time in schools, we have witnessed many an Ofsted regime come and go and place wildly different expectations each time they have visited. The powers that be obviously research things very well and a lot of effort goes into knowing what makes a good education. Well, this week is about to blow all of that out of the water a little. We have both been given the chance to be involved in Klaus and Renate's (our very kind hosts) Waldorf school here in Hildesheim. On Monday, I was with class four, children aged 10-11, so my main teaching age, whilst Clare was with the 6-7 year olds in class one. 

Clare has continued more throughout the week, and I went with Renate to watch some English lessons. A lot of good has come from it for us, so we are very grateful to Renate and Klaus for giving us the opportunity to come and see their school in action.