As Class Five continued their historical journey through the Ancient Civilisations, the evolution of the world, we found ourselves in Ancient Greece, a place that still resounds in our modern self. The students learnt of experiences of Ancient Greek culture pertaining to human freedom, the beauty and balance of the human body, a love of the word, a joy of life and living in the physical body. Strength, truth and beauty. This was our class virtue.

In honour of the great Zeus, all Class Five students from Western Australian meet at Perth Waldorf School to participate in ‘The Olympic Games’. Luckily for us this also linked with the Olympic Games being held in France and this added a wonderful link to our learning. Holding onto our virtue we started our training in Term One. Running together for 5 minutes each morning. This continued into Term Two with the introduction of strength training and long jump and in Term Three we introduced the discuss, javelin and the relay.

To assist us in looking our Grecian best we spent a Sunday and a day after school making new tunics and wreaths for the day. Thank you Leona, Veronica, Sarah L, Kerstin, Chantelle M, Anna, Jodie, Susie and Daisy for making us all look so amazing. This final touch held the reverence of the class and the whole school as we completed our final practice, a dress rehearsal in front of the whole school, I knew they were ready, they embodied all that was strength, truth and beauty.

With my co teacher Sally riding shot gun in the minibus and Veronica and Kyle following in convoy behind we headed up to Perth and made ourselves ready for the 7:30am start the next day.

The morning arrived, the nerves were manageable, we cruised through the traffic and YSS Class Five arrived, ready to bring their best selves to the day. They split off into their city states and I was left to observe. They chanted the verses and sung the odes as they made the way to the oval. Let the games begin!!!

I cannot explain how incredible proud I was of every single child. They truly embodied our virtues and were the best they could be in every way. We had a parent/grandparent representative for every child. We also had enthusiastic city state assistants from our class, Mark, Adam C, Veronica, Leona and Kyle. I was lucky enough to also be supported by my amazing colleagues, Sally and Lisa. I spent the day with a huge smile on my face and it would have to be a highlight of my teaching career so far. Class Five did themselves, their parents and the school extremely proud.