Class 6 News

Study of Geology 

Things are moving along here in Class 6!  We are nearing the end of our first novels of the year and it is a delight to see the students getting so involved in their books.  Some students are choosing to read during free time, which makes my teacher heart so full!  We wrapped up our first Ancient Rome main lesson last week, beginning our Geology studies this week, which will take us to the end of the term.  Why do we study Geology in Class 6?  I'll tell you! 

From the Steiner Education Association curriculum document, 

"At the time when the student is beginning to experience the weight and hardness of their own body, as the bones begin to lengthen, their attention is drawn to the hardness of the Earth and the wonderful rocks and minerals from which it is formed. 

Two areas are highlighted: the living earth processes out of which rocks have formed, brought in an imaginative way; and the qualities of the rocks and crystals (colour, shine and crystal form) which can appeal to the imagination of the young child and engender a lifelong relationship to the mineral world.  

To have a connection the mineral world of rocks and their minerals, creates a lifelong connection to the Earth around us. It is part of the process that education can play in making us people of our time and place. Its elaboration later in Geology continues the process and deepens it. We seek to continue to awaken an understanding within the students that everything has a meaning and a purpose and to add to their sense of connection with their lives and their world."  

The lesson will flow from the ground beneath us, to the ground WAY beneath us, how rocks and minerals are formed, and ends with the rocks and minerals in the landscape that we live in today.  I'm looking forward to our upcoming study!

Blessings,

Brittany