October - 2021

October - '100% by Kids for Kids'

So says the strap line for the 3rd edition of the magazine. The class have been working towards the completion of their News For Kids...

October - Seeds (of learning): is it better to fall quickly or widely?

One of our students has chosen an independent research project on seeds. We have the Montessori impressionistic charts for botany which...

The Fruit Box and Veg Bed

The focus of this term's woodworking sessions has been to apply the skills learnt and practised on individual projects to something...

'A huge beast with a serpent for a mouth and wings for ears.'

What started as a small group working on their chosen period of history, has drawn in many of the other children. The more experienced...

October - Dancing the water cycle

Two of the students are very excited about dance and, rather than create a play to show us about the water cycle that they have...

September - If Music Be The Food of Love ..

We have been studying different composers and pieces of music in class. We started this term with Hans Zimmer's Earth, creating an art...

The Maths Curse

Is a great book! Very funny for those who like silly jokes. Maths in Montessori elementary starts with the premise of concrete to...

September - Woodcraft - sort of

We are not always able to do woodworking per se, and instead have been using the good weather in September to practise woodcrafting...

September - Starting the new term with the first three Big Stories

We start the academic year off within a Montessori setting with the telling of the 5 big stories, to give children a big picture from...