ness with the world that characterises the years prior. As this stronger sense of self unfolds, a certain degree of isolation and angst can be experienced by the child. This is a threshold year for the children, a time to pass through fear, doubt and even loneliness. On the other side of the threshold is a new world of strength, confidence, clarity and understanding. The lessons presented in Class 3 are designed to support this new growth.
This term, the children of Class 3N have begun work on the Homes and Shelter main lesson. This
foundation Class 3 unit meets the nine-old year child as they begin to build their own inner shelter. As
they take steps into the world as individuals they need something to assure them that they will be OK
during this passage. Through understanding how human being, through history, have
provides themselves with shelter, the children can live into the image of what is required to build a
strong and safe place to live. This outer experience of constructing a solid structure on a stable
foundation runs parallel with the inner experience of the nine-year-old.
We are undertaking a collaborative class project to build a tiny tiny trailer home. The children have
been designing, and have begun to build, this tiny version of a somewhat modern housing solution that
is current to our times.
There is so much experience in the Class three curriculum to keep these busy nine-year-olds engaged, including music, farming, painting, literacy, building, numeracy, eurythmy and much more.
Class 3 Teacher