A Waldorf school and boarding home beneath a Limpopo koppie — where children learn with their hands, their hearts and their heads.
In the foothills of a koppie at Madietane, Lesedi Waldorf School teaches Kindergarten through Class 7 — and for many of its children, it is also home during term. Lessons move through story, music, handwork and the garden; the year moves through festivals from the Waldorf calendar and Sepedi tradition alike.
We are a registered independent school and part of the worldwide Waldorf movement — education that has been preparing children for a changing world since 1919.
Our story →“Receive the children in reverence, educate them in love, and send them forth in freedom.”
A full Waldorf academic journey — Kindergarten through Class 7 — that meets your child exactly where they are at every age, and prepares them for high school and the world beyond it.
Academics are the focus. Festivals, craft and song are the rhythm that holds the learning together.
Play, story, song and the rhythm of the day. We gather the imagination every later academic year stands on.
Form drawing prepares the hand; numbers arrive as qualities before quantities; fairy tales and fables carry the lessons.
Local geography, animal studies and the human body; ancient civilisations from Egypt to Rome; geology and the first physics.
The Renaissance, Africa and the voyages of discovery; chemistry, algebra and geometry — and the beginnings of the inner life.
Waldorf education brings academic subjects to life through storytelling, art, music and hands-on work, building curiosity and capability in step. One class teacher walks with each class for years, so no child is lost in a system.
We do not fear technology — we sequence it. The school day is hands-on, eyes-up and screen-free, building the focus and imagination no app can teach.
How we teach →At the end of Class 7, each child stands and tells the school the life they mean to build. Here are four of them, in their own words.
“When I grow up, I want to be a soccer player.”
“A career all about numbers, solving puzzles.”
“One day I'll build my own hospital.”
“Care gives hope — that's the role of a doctor.”
Interview Day for the 2027 intake is in October. Entry costs R1,200 once-off (application + registration), then fees from R3,150 a term — with a discount if the year is paid in advance.
Stories told by the older children. Lanterns walked through the dark. The year is turning, and everyone is there to see it.
No application portal, no downloads. Walk through a main lesson, sit with the kindergarten's morning circle, drink tea on the stove.
