Preschool to Grade 8

Arts and nature-based programs that inspire the heart, hands and imagination.

A learning environment
where your child can grow

We protect the integrity of childhood by filling the children’s senses with beauty and meaning while surrounding them in love. We strive to light a fire that ignites the child’s own innate ability to wonder, be curious and find meaning and joy through learning.

 
 
 

The Benefits of Our Waldorf-inspired School

  • Smaller Class Sizes

    We offer a small class size in each of our cohorts and ensure a healthy teacher to student ratio. Each student receives individualized support in learning and growing. Our teacher team of one lead teacher and one assistant teacher allows for a balanced and healthy rhythm in each school day as we strive to deliver dynamic and inspiring curriculum.

  • A sense of belonging in the natural world

    Our students are steeped in a world of natural beauty as they participate in a forest hike daily. Our teachers ignite an interest and curiosity in students as they develop inquiry based outdoor learning opportunities in the forest. Students cultivate a relationship with nature and develop a familiarity which allows them to feel ‘at home’ in the natural world. Once children are ‘rooted’ in nature through so many direct experiences that open up all their senses, then they naturally develop the capacity to love and care for the earth.

  • Comprehensive Grade School French Program

    Our program meets the Ontario French curriculum requirements and is offered by an experienced French teacher. Children enjoy learning French in and inspired by the outdoors. Grade 1-3 receive 90min/wk and Grade 4 -6 receive 135min/wk of French lessons.

  • Music & Handwork

    Early childhood program and grade school are all enriched by singing, music and the arts that inform education.

    Grade school students will engage in a music lesson twice a week offered by a professional music teacher. Performances will occur from time to time.

    Handwork is offered twice a week by an accomplished handwork teacher. Students will learn to knit their own scarf, recorder case and toy cat.

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Our Programs

EXPLORE, CREATE, PLAY and LEARN! Nature and the child at play are at the centre of this Waldorf-inspired, play and place-based educational program for four to five-year-olds. Our Nature Kindergarten is designed to support the development of the whole child (head, heart, and hands) through daily adventures in nature, emergent curriculum, an inquiry-based teaching style, imaginative play, and creative and artistic experiences.

Kindergarten

(4-5 yrs)

Grade School

(Grade 1 to 8)

Our Grade School follows the same hybrid education model as our Nature Kindergarten program; combining Waldorf-inspired curriculum with Forest School principles. Children learn Literacy, Numeracy, Social Studies, Science, and the Arts. Afternoons are spent outdoors exploring, playing, and learning through inquiry and hands-on experiences.

Preschool

(2.5-4 yrs)

Inspired by the principles of Waldorf education, we provide an environment that is tuned to the sensibilities of young children. Through music, art, stories, and rhythm of the day, we foster a child’s curiosity and interest in the world. We feel we can only instill a sense of caring and compassion in children, if we, as teachers and parents, act with dignity, love, reverence and respect.

The Parent & Child program at Rowan Tree Children’s School is designed for children aged birth to 3 years old, to attend once a week with an adult caregiver. In our peaceful and beautiful classroom, children play with others their age as caregivers have the opportunity to connect with each other while receiving a magical introduction to Early Childhood Education at Rowan Tree. In addition, an organic snack, seasonal songs and stories are part of the weekly experience. A Teacher leads the class, meeting the needs of both children and parents.

Parent & Child

(up to 3 yrs)

Land Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge that Rowan Tree Children’s School is located on the Treaty 20 Michi Saagiig territory and in the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig and Chippewa Nations, collectively known as the Williams Treaties First Nations, which include: Curve Lake, Hiawatha, Alderville, Scugog Island, Rama, Beausoleil, and Georgina Island First Nations.

Rowan Tree Children’s School respectfully acknowledges that the Williams Treaties First Nations are the stewards and caretakers of these lands and waters in perpetuity, and that they continue to maintain this responsibility to ensure their health and integrity for generations to come.

We offer our gratitude to the First Peoples for their care for, and teachings about, our earth and our relations.  May we honour those teachings and respect and learn from each other. May we strive to protect Turtle Island and find inspiration and guidance from Indigenous teachings and from the Indigenous communities around us.

Request an Enrolment Package

Thank you for your interest in Rowan Tree Children’s School. Please specify which program you are interested in and we will reach out to you by email.

Info@rowantreeschool.ca