Rowan Tree Children's School is a not-for-profit private school in Peterborough, Ontario. Our programs include a licensed Preschool, Nature Kindergarten, and a Grade School for students grade 1 to 8. We follow a holistic, Waldorf-inspired curriculum with a large focus on outdoor education.
Our mission at Rowan Tree Children’s School is to instill a sense of wonder and curiosity in our students, leading to a deepening interest in the world around them, reverence for nature, respect for each other, and finding purpose in their actions.
Our teachers lead with integrity, respecting each student and inspiring them, igniting a fire and guiding them on their path towards a love of learning and meaning making.
Our teachers aspire to bring their students into a Waldorf-inspired learning environment, steeped in the Waldorf-inspired and Forest School principles, dedicated to the task of educating the whole child, the head, heart and hands.
Our curriculum and principles allow the students to begin with inquiry-based outdoor experiences that awaken students to their own unique ways of learning and growing towards their educational goals.
We strive to build confidence, resilience, sense of self-worth, trust in community, lasting connections and love for the earth through our Waldorf-inspired and Forest School curriculums.
Our values are interconnected, interwoven, creating a ‘riverbed’ that supports education.
Our students discover a path towards freedom, the freedom to shape their own destiny.
