Teaching by Periods

Certain subjects in the Primary School and all the subjects in the Secondary School, with the exception of gymnastics and gardening, are taught by periods.

Form teachers and "subject" teachers (specialised teachers)

The form teachers stay with the same class for the first 6 or sometimes 8 years of school. Every school morning, they have the class for two 90 minute periods during which subjects such as Calculus, German, Drawing, History, Biology and Geography are taught.

Subjects and Timetables

The curriculum is divided up into three equal parts: "Languages and Social Sciences", "Mathematics and Natural Sciences" and "Arts & Crafts and Movement". In addition, in each grade, one or several topics are treated in parallel by teachers of different subjects.

Books

The Waldorf curriculum tries to give each age group the content that is adapted to it, to choose carefully from the many topics available and to present the chosen ones in a lively and concrete manner.

Homework

Homework helps to strenghten willpower and to deepen understanding of the material taught at school. 

It has to be such that each student can do it autonomously and in a reasonable amount of time by using his period book or other easily accessible sources.

Yearly reports

At the end of each period, the students receive a written report, which, in the early classes, can be limited to an encouraging text at the end of the copybook.

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Repeating a year and selection

School year curriculae have been established to correlate with the psychological and mental development of the children.

For the admission of a child to a specific class, the decision is not based so much on the child's cognitive abilities and level of knowledge as it is on the general level of the child's development.

Motivated to learn without the pressure of marks and the risk of repeating a year!?

With the fear of low marks and of failure taken out of the equation, teachers search for a stronger, more positive source of motivation for their students.

Orientation and differentiation

From the Ve (9th grade) on, at least one « orientation meeting » per year takes place with each student in the presence of his teachers, the school psychologist and his parents.

Fetes and Performances

Waldorf schools wish to establish a healthy and balanced use of time, yearly as much as daily.

Religion and outlook on the world

The Waldorf school is of the opinion that religious education is important for the ethical forming of the child. It therefore offers each recognised religious community the possibility of organising a religion class within the school schedule and according to the way it is done in Luxembourg.