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Grades Artwork

December 18, 2018 by Great Oak School

Daily artistic experiences in a variety of media provide opportunities for students to explore a wide range of traditional artistic forms. Students learn modeling and sculpture with beeswax and clay figures in the early grades. Students begin painting with wet-on-wet watercolor in the 1st grade. Drawing is a core skill for students illustrating their main […]

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Advent Spiral

December 14, 2018 by Great Oak School

Last Friday was our Advent Spiral Walk. The spiral walk is practiced in most Waldorf schools on or near the winter solstice. The tradition honors the seasonal cycle of light and darkness by arranging a simple spiral walk. Everything about the spiral walk is rooted in symbolic meaning: from the form of the spiral to […]

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Santa Lucia Festival

December 13, 2018 by Great Oak School

Festivals are a vital part of our school life. The curriculum incorporates thematic subject matter in lesson plans and class activities with the rich history and traditions demonstrated in our festivals and assemblies. Our festivals are celebratory and focus on significant markers of seasonal change and significant values and virtues central to human development. This […]

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Orchestra Performance

December 8, 2018 by Great Oak School

Orchestra Performance— Third graders begin string instruction with a choice of violin, viola, cello or bass. All year round, in numerous opportunities, our students perform instrumental and choral compositions in public performances, school assemblies, musical plays and special community events.

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Painting in Kindergarten

September 17, 2018 by Great Oak School

Monday is painting day in our kindergarten. We painted with the color yellow. When the children start to paint in a kindergarten classroom they paint with one color at a time in the beginning. The children paint on a blank piece of wet painting paper. This process in called wet on wet painting. The intent […]

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