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Primary Music education

March 13, 2026March 13, 2026
7 min read

My journey from Kodály to ORFF and what that looks like in our Primary Music programme at the Olive Tree School. As a qualified Kodàly music practitioner, I’ve experienced the benefits of a logically structured learning approach that emphasises an experiential, kinaesthetic, “whole-body” engagement with rhythm and pitch elements. (Kinaesthetic? Think singing and clapping games,

Your Child at Ages 3-5: Learning through Curiosity, Exploration & Creative Problem-Solving

March 2, 2026
4 min read

Families’ questions about early learning How does a young child learn best? What do these educational philosophies believe: Montessori, Waldorf, Reggio Emilia? How do they enrich our work at The Olive Tree? How does this sit alongside the British curriculum? Placing your child at the heart of her/his learning At The Olive Tree, we draw

Home & Belonging

January 14, 2026January 14, 2026
5 min read

What does the concept of ‘home’ mean to an international child? Many of us have left our country of origin to set up a new home, perhaps more than once. What do our children and young adults have to say about this? How do our ‘Third Culture Kids’, as they’ve been termed, define the concept