Subjects
curriculum
Physical Education
We provide Physical Education classes twice a week for children in Grades 1-8. As one might expect in a Waldorf School, PE looks very different from grade to grade, as the children are in different places developmentally. In the early grades, students play imaginative games which include running, jumping, skipping, and dancing and provide both exercise and good lessons in social interaction.
In Grade 5, Physical Education focuses on the events of the Greek Pentathalon, in conjunction with their study of ancient Greece. This culminates in a regional event held in the spring, in which 7 or more Waldorf Schools from the Southeast region participate in a Greek Pentathalon together.
In 6-8th grades, students begin to develop the skills necessary to play a variety of sports strenuously and by the rules. Activities such as volleyball, basketball, baseball, and frisbee begin to develop physical strength and mastery of one’s body, as well as teamwork and good sportsmanship.