



CURRICULUM
Our curriculum draws inspiration from various sources and perspectives, including the Waldorf and South African National Curriculums. Since our conception in 2021, we have developed and established an approach that facilitates multiple age groups in a classroom ensuring academic success and confidence as the children leave Treow and begin high school. Treow graduates have achieved high standards of work and excellent exam results in high school.
Two hours each morning are dedicated to specific subjects such as history, mathematics, English, geography, science, nature studies and seasonal festivals in blocks of three to four weeks. The rest of the school day is used for arts, crafts, movement, woodwork, music and form-drawing. Mathematics and Languages are worked with daily in this second half of the day. Both subjects follow a continuation and deepening process based on new content and concepts introduced in the three to four-week block periods. In this way, the two-hour morning period allows children to engage academically and to focus. The rest of the day creates a rhythmic, harmonious relationship between the arts and academics. Thus, a relationship between the content of each subject is developed and nurtured, providing context to all that is learned so that the children may form a life-long relationship with the content.
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For more information about the structure of our curriculum, please download our
Curriculum Document.


TEACHERS AND COMMUNITY
One of Treow’s core values is community and we endeavour to incorporate this wherever possible. Our qualified, full-time teachers are SACE registered and are supported and guided by experienced mentors. As well as our teachers, Treow draws upon the knowledge, experience and support of part-time teachers, volunteer teachers, community members and parents. We can facilitate music, woodwork, handwork, gardening, farming, and water conservation from this community-based teaching and effort.


MEET OUR COMMUNITY

Our Class Teacher for classes 2 to 4 is Lindy Scholtz.
Lindy, after years of teaching in places as diverse as Namibia, Gazankulu, France and Taiwan, and being involved in setting up and running small alternative schools in Pietermaritzburg and the Byrne valley, became a Steiner teacher in 2012, at the Roseway Waldorf School. Here she was a class teacher for four years, and the primary school music teacher for six years. In January 2022 she joined the staff of Treow.
Lindy holds a Masters Degree in Literary Studies from UCT, and a Higher Diploma in Education from UKZN.
Our Zulu teacher is Nobuhle Ndlovu
Nobuhle has been working as an au pair while studying through UNISA. She completed her Higher Certificate in Adult Basic Education in 2019 and is currently studying for her Bachelor of Education in Intermediate Phase Teaching. She has been working with children for over 12 years and is loving teaching the Treow children Zulu second language and Zulu bead work.
Nobuhle is also teaching class 7 woodwork this year.
