kindergarten

Children between the ages of 3½ and 6½ learn through play, imitation and movement in the Kindergarten. There are activities such as painting, breadmaking, gardening and carpentry. The children also listen to stories, sing together, and prepare and share a morning snack.

The rhythm of the year is celebrated through seasonal festivals, stories, ring games, songs, poems, movement and rhymes.

age-appropriate education

The Kindergarten has a warm, family-like environment that encourages co-operation, sociability and reverence, and respect for life and nature. By giving the children free space to develop their creativity, a life-long love of learning is fostered.

Being outside the maintained sector, the Kindergarten does not have to follow the national curriculum. Children are able to learn in a way that is appropriate to their stage of development. They are not subjected to SATs or any other kind of testing. Formal instruction, including the teaching of reading and mathematics, begins when the child enters Class One of the School.

rhythm of the morning

9.00am-9.30am Children arrive

Free play and a variety of activities through the week as mentioned above until about 10.30am

Tidy time: the children help put everything away about 20 minutes

Ring time: songs and rhymes, games and movement about 20 minutes

Wash hands

Morning snack: children and leaders share some delicious, wholesome fare about 30 minutes

Outside in the garden: whether the weather be fair, or whether the weather be not! about 40 minutes

Story time: the children gather round to enjoy a well-told tale about 20 minutes

Parents and carers arrive 1pm

To assist working parents, an afternoon care facility is offered until 3.30pm ...read more

location and places

The Kindergarten is at the Norwich Steiner School on Hospital Lane, which runs between Hall Road and City Road in Lakenham, Norwich.

To find out about booking places, or to see a map, go to the contacts page

Admissions forms and school policy documents can be downloaded here.