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What is the main point of Waldorf education?

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    About Us

How large are your classes?

    Our shool have about 28 students in each class from 1st grade to 9th grade.  In high school, each class have about 35 students.

Are you a religious school?

    Relax!  We are not religious school, we are just follow the main idea of Anthroposophy to schedule our classes.

How Do the Creative Arts Fit In?

    While there is no formal academic curriculum until first grade, the fundamental building blocks of reading, and all the academic skills, are part of the earliest school experience, including nurturing self-esteem, which has been proven to be critical in the development of reading skills, as well as storytelling, songs, verses, and circle games. Waldorf education begins with the oral tradition, followed by writing. In first grade, a story is developed for each letter, and the children work with the shape of each letter in several media. Printed textbooks do not appear in the curriculum and children make their own lesson books. While the timing of the development of reading skills differs from that followed in other schools, it results in a high level of reading comprehension and a deep appreciation of reading.

Info:http://www.ovws.org/resources/faq-about-waldorf-education/

How Do Waldorf Students Fare Socially?

    Because the grade school class teacher works with a group of children over an extended developmental period, the social issues that inevitably emerge between children and between teacher and child are worked out in a healthy and nurturing fashion. Teachers encourage discussion and cultivate the children’s natural respect for others. The classroom resembles a healthy and developing family. As in any healthy family, the best in each individual is nurtured and the importance of human relationships is stressed. As a result, Waldorf students do very well socially. The evidence suggests that they function easily in social situations and are influential members of their peer groups as they move on to non-Waldorf pursuits in college and beyond.

Info:http://www.ovws.org/resources/faq-about-waldorf-education/

Contact

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 ADDRESS宜蘭縣蘇澳鎮中山路二段1號No.2, Sec. 2, Zhongshan Rd., Su’ao Township, Yilan County 270, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
EMAILinfo@mysite.com
PHONE03-9951258

Exchange and Boarding Program

Welcome!

    We are a magnacant school.  Lots of our students are willing to exchange with other countries' students.  So as our school, this is our pleasure to have students from different country!

International Student

    We are sorry, byt thisproject hasn't been started yet.

Form to fill

Exchange Student

    Come and taik with us!  If you have the interest to exchange with our students, fill up these forms!  You don't really need to worry about your Mandarin language skill.  We will help you!

Curriculum

Main Lesson

    The Encyclopedia of Education describes Waldorf education as a type of alternative school that focuses on a unique curricular and instructional approach. 

    In Waldorf world, the school days begin with a long, nonstop lesson, we called it main lesson.  One subject is focus in depth in this period of time.  We have main lesson each day for about 2 hours in the morning.  This allow teacher to develop a wide verity of activities around the subject at hand. The main lesson is not taught from a textbook. The teacher will draw a colored chalk drawing on the board to introduce the theme or subject.

    After the day's lesson, we will review everything we had learned the day before.

    The curriculum at a Waldorf school can be seen as an ascending spiral: the long lessons that begin each day, the concentrated blocks of study that focus on one subject for several weeks. Physics, for example, is introduced in the sixth grade and continued each year as a main lesson block until graduation.

Foreign Language 
    We started to learn English when we were 3rd grade.  Before 3rd grade, we sang song in different language.

    We never stop learning English till the end of our high school.

    We also have lessons for Germany and Japanese but English is our main second language.

Science & Nature
    In Cixin Waldorf, we had several main lesson such as electrism, dynamics, chemistry, zoology...etc.  During main lesson, students do experiment, they observe and record.  We let them discover the truth of nature from what they have done, not what teachers had told.  In this way, they will develop the ability of discovering truth in a scientific way.  We also have some science class during the rest of our day, not only main lesson.  So we can give students a better enviorment to learn science and nature.

History & Geography
    We had lots of main lessons are related to History and Geography.  In elementary school, we learned mythology around the world; In middle School, we start to learn the history of Taiwan and other countries in this world; When we are high schoo, we study the same topic but deeper than we were.  Such  as Medivial History, Evolution...etc.

Mathmetic
    We start learning Mathmetic while we are really young.  We give students a comfortable enviorment learning Math.  We had Math class over 2 hours a week.  We believe our students have the skill of mathmetic.

    In main lesson block, we have some subjects are different with other education system but we believe that's what we shall give to our student.  Because of these reasons, our Math teachers are always learning new things, so as our students.

Art & Craft & Handwork
    Art is a very important part in Waldorf education, during the drawing, hand craft, students can find their peace land. They had t obe stady, attensive and calm when they are doing handcraft.  They train themselves during this process and this can also connect their hands and feet to their body, brain.  In this way, you can discover that they have more control of their body.

    Art classes are also giving our students more chance to try out other things and give them more chance to find out their interest.

Music
   Music is also an important part of our education.  In elemantary school we sang song everyday to start our morning.  In high school we had the chance to choose which music lesson we want to be, wuch as the study of musician, flute, traditional Chinese music...etc.

Eurythmy

    Eurythmy is an expressive movement art originated by Rudolf Steiner in conjunction with Marie von Sivers in the early 20th century. Primarily a performance art, it is also used in education, especially in Waldorf schools, and – as part of anthroposophic medicine – for claimed therapeutic purposes.

    We had two Eurythmy teacher in CiXin Waldorf school.  Every students are request to be in Eurythmy class half year, we take turns to solve the problem of too many students.

Drama

    Drama is a really significant part in Waldorf education, students learn how to act on the stage.  They find their way to present themselves infront of audience.  They work as a group to create the script, they make their own custom.  They learn lots of things during this period of time whuch they won't have the chance to know in regular course.

What is Waldorf?

For the Waldorf student, music, dance, and theater, writing, literature, legends and myths are not simply subjects to be read about, ingested and tested. They are experienced. Through these experiences, Waldorf students cultivate a lifelong love of learning as well as the intellectual, emotional, physical and spiritual capacities to be individuals certain of their paths and to be of service to the world.

    Developed by Rudolf Steiner in 1919, Waldorf Education is based on an understanding of human development that addresses the needs of the growing child. Waldorf teachers strive to transform education into an art that educates the whole child—the heart and the hands, as well as the head.

When you enter a Waldorf school, the first thing you may notice is the care given to the building. The walls are usually painted in lively colors and are adorned with student artwork. Evidence of student activity is everywhere to be found and every desk holds a uniquely created main lesson book.

Another first impression may be the enthusiasm and commitment of the teachers you meet. These teachers are interested in the students as individuals. They are interested in the questions:

How do we establish within each child his or her own high level of academic excellence?

How do we call forth enthusiasm for learning and work, a healthy self-awareness, interest and concern for fellow human beings, and a respect for the world?

How can we help pupils find meaning in their lives?

    Teachers in Waldorf schools are dedicated to generating an inner enthusiasm for learning within every child. They achieve this in a variety of ways. Even seemingly dry and academic subjects are presented in a pictorial and dynamic manner. This eliminates the need for competitive testing, academic placement, and behavioristic rewards to motivate learning. It allows motivation to arise from within and helps engender the capacity for joyful lifelong learning.

    The Waldorf curriculum is broad and comprehensive, structured to respond to the three developmental phases of childhood: from birth to approximately 6 or 7 years, from 7 to 14 years and from 14 to 18 years. Rudolf Steiner stressed to teachers that the best way to provide meaningful support for the child is to comprehend these phases fully and to bring "age appropriate" content to the children that nourishes healthy growth.

Information from AWSNA

http://www.whywaldorfworks.org/02_w_education/

Elementary and Middle School

CiXin Waldorf High school is a waldorf school in Taiwan.    In some way, we could say that our elementary and middle is the biggest waldorf school in Taiwan.  From 1st to 6th grade, we had 3 classes each year and two classes in 7th and 8th grade.  So we have about 600 students in our school.  Our school has about ten years history, it is quite amazing!!! Isn't it?

    You may see the detail in CiXin Waldorf Blog.

Contact Info.

宜蘭縣立慈心華德福教育實驗中小學

地址：宜蘭縣冬山鄉香和村照安路

257號  

Adress:No.257, Zhao’an Rd., Dongshan

Township, Yilan County 269, Taiwan

(R.O.C.)

Phone：

（03）959-6222 959-6234  

Fax：

（03）959-5913

Website

http://blog.ilc.edu.tw/blog/blog/25783

Videos of CiXin Waldorf

     This video is made by other organization but you can see the enviorment of our school and the way we educated our children.

    This is a video made by high school student.

    They did an amazing job, from the video you could see the work they have done.  Can you imagine this vedio is made by hundreds or thousands of photographs?

High School

12th grade

     Our 12th grade have 34 students, they had already finish their trip of biking around Taiwan.  They are now doing their senior project, let's see how they are doing!

11th grade

    11th grade, they are the main strength in high school, they almost need to host all kinds of activity.  That's because 12th grade need to work on their senior project and test for colledge.

    They have about 28 students, most of them have the idea of leaving Taiwan and go somewhere else to really step into the world. Welcome anyone who is interested in having exchange with our students com contact with us.

10th grade

   We could define them as the freshman of our school, that's because the education system inTaiwan, 10th grade is the first year of high school.  Anyway, they are all cute students and best member for the high school to have.

    Thsy have about 37 students in their class, they are the biggest class in our school!

9th grade    

We have two 9th grade class in our school. They are now doing lots of things, such as the graduated drama, graduation and the test they have to take to get into high school. They are as buzy as 12th grade.

Elementary & Middle School