Arrival
Find your
place to begin.
The classroom team welcomes each child and shares a brief handover with the arriving adult. Children put their belongings away and settle into the room.
Life at Hearth
A school day
with time to concentrate.
Our weekday school day runs from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm, with a long morning work period, lunch and time outdoors, followed by afternoon work or quiet time.
Arrival
Find your
Morning work
Choose work.
Stay with it.
Children work with materials, receive a presentation or return to an activity. The guide observes and supports the room. The long work period leaves time to concentrate and put work away before choosing something else.
Lunch & outdoors
Eat together.
Head outside.
Children bring a packed lunch from home. Lunch is followed by time outdoors, with room for play, garden work and looking after the shared environment.
Afternoon
Return to work.
Make room for quiet.
The afternoon includes classroom work and quiet time. Children return to materials and projects, then help put the room in order before leaving.
Collection
A handover
before home.
The classroom team hands over to the collecting adult between 2:45 and 3:00 pm. The school day ends at 3:00 pm; there is no extended-day programme.
Beyond the classroom
Open the door
to something
worth noticing.
The garden connects a school day with the weather, the plants, and the work of caring for a place.
Explore the garden