Fund Our Forge
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Pupils at the South Devon Steiner School are excited to launch this fundraising project to raise the £2500 needed to build a new forge at their school by September 2020. The new forge will sit in the school’s orchard and will be built by the students themselves.
Mark van Vliet, the Outdoor Curriculum teacher leading the project says “Young people in classes 9 & 10 (our 15-16 year olds) have already carried out some initial groundwork and come Spring, pupils from class 3 (9 year olds) will spend three weeks putting up the larch timber frame as part of our Steiner Waldorf curriculum. Throughout the Summer term, pupils from across the school (primary and secondary) will then work on getting the roof put on, floor put down, building workbenches and generally getting the space ready to open in September”.
South Devon Steiner School offers a wide range of crafts across its full age spectrum (3-18 years) but historically, forging has only been taught in the Upper School. The aim of this project however is to allow pupils as young as 9 access to this age old technique, including pupils of class 4 who will forge a Michaelmas sword as part of the curriculum in the Autumn term each year. Van Vliet continued: “We will start with a simple, effective and realistic forging curriculum which will develop further over the coming years”.
The fundraising team at SDSS, a group of enthusiastic parents and teachers, have already raised an incredible £1400 to be spent on this project. The aim is to raise a further £2500 to complete the project.
Thank you in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to the children and teachers of South Devon Steiner School.
Pupils at the South Devon Steiner School are excited to launch this fundraising project to raise the £2500 needed to build a new forge at their school by September 2020. The new forge will sit in the school’s orchard and will be built by the students themselves.
Mark van Vliet, the Outdoor Curriculum teacher leading the project says “Young people in classes 9 & 10 (our 15-16 year olds) have already carried out some initial groundwork and come Spring, pupils from class 3 (9 year olds) will spend three weeks putting up the larch timber frame as part of our Steiner Waldorf curriculum. Throughout the Summer term, pupils from across the school (primary and secondary) will then work on getting the roof put on, floor put down, building workbenches and generally getting the space ready to open in September”.
South Devon Steiner School offers a wide range of crafts across its full age spectrum (3-18 years) but historically, forging has only been taught in the Upper School. The aim of this project however is to allow pupils as young as 9 access to this age old technique, including pupils of class 4 who will forge a Michaelmas sword as part of the curriculum in the Autumn term each year. Van Vliet continued: “We will start with a simple, effective and realistic forging curriculum which will develop further over the coming years”.
The fundraising team at SDSS, a group of enthusiastic parents and teachers, have already raised an incredible £1400 to be spent on this project. The aim is to raise a further £2500 to complete the project.
Thank you in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to the children and teachers of South Devon Steiner School.
Co-organizers (3)
Kaycee Fordham
Organizer
RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL (SOUTH DEVON) LIMITED
Beneficiary
Bundle Maclaren
Co-organizer
Mark Van Vliet
Co-organizer