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the Montessori Elementary Class - Windsor
Education for the whole child for their whole life

Wind in the Willows literally
A walk down to the Thames at the end of our 'back garden', on an extremely blustery and bracing afternoon to make sketches to inform the...

Henley River and Rowing Museum
We've been working on a big project that will culminate in our end of Spring term entertainment. It's brought together work in art,...


Making everyday objects beautiful
To prepare for our museum visit where we have the opportunity to tour the current downstairs exhibit, we discussed the work of William...

The real reason evolution started..
The 2nd Great Story in Montessori elementary is the Timeline of Life. This has prompted a great deal of sharing of fossil collections...

The weather is trying Spring on for size
We have been taking music lessons from Uschi, one of our wonderful volunteers. It was a stunning Spring like afternoon and we decided to...


The Coming of the Universe
The Great Stories are the vital lynchpin of a Montessori Elementary setting - they provide the umbrella under which other learning can be...


STAMP, STAMP, STAMP!
...... 'See Me In My Trainers' A few of the boys have become enamoured by Michael Rosen poetry and are not just learning, reciting and...


'Stars Shining Bright Above You'
To celebrate our end of term, Mary, from Out to Learn Willow, came in to show us how to make our own willow star decorations to take home...

Texture and form
Continuing from exploring lines, Swapnal, one of our volunteers, has been helping a small group explore form and texture in art. This...

Say 'sausages' and learn a new code
The girls wanted to do some research together - they alighted on the subject of sausages, food being very close to their hearts! This...
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