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The Renaissance School at Shelburne Farms

 

     class-12.jpgThe Renaissance School at Shelburne Farms is located on the lower level of the Farm Barn, between the cheesemaking facility and the Beeken Parsons studio.  The school enjoys direct access to the upper parking lot as well as the courtyard of the Farm Barn.  We make full use of the wonderful Shelburne Farms setting to create a memorable school experience. Renaissance students are part of the Shelburne Farms community, participating in farm chores and learning from and with the animals and natural beauty that surrounds them. Our playground is located in the surrounding fields and trees that the children affectionately refer to as the “enchanted forest.”  Our legacy is that our students leave our school with a sense of place in the natural environment and an understanding of how agriculture and forestry contribute to our common life together.  For more detailed information on the school curriculum, please read on.

 

The Renaissance School Map

Documents:

The Renaissance Schools 2012-2013 Enrollment Packet

The Renaissance School 2011-2012 School Calendar

 

News & Events for 2011-2012:

The Renaissance School September/October 2011 Newsletter

The Renaissance School September/October 2011 Newsletter Insert

The Renaissance School November/December 2011 Newsletter

The Renaissance School January/February 2012 Newsletter

 

November Calendar Announcements for All Schools

Renaissance Students view "Art at The Coach Barn"

Renaissance Students take part in Starbase Vermont

Renaissance Students Hike for Hunger

The Renaissance School Winter Holiday Performance

 

class-22.jpgA Renaissance Kindergarten Literacy Overview:


Letters and Sounds
Sentence Formation
Vowels, Blends, and Digraphs
The Elements of a Story
Story Writing
Letter Writing
Word Families
Sight Words
Handwriting
Lots of READING
Alphabetical Order
Parts of Speech: Nouns
Spelling
Read Aloud

class-1.jpgA Renaissance First Grade Mathematics Overview:


Number sense
Greater than/less than
Number sentences
Addition/subtraction
Doubles
Fact families
Ordinal numbers
Numbers to 100
Place value
Skip counting by twos, fives, and tens
Word problems, key words
Problem solving
Measurement
Telling time
Money
Geometry
Graphing
Fractions
Beginning multiplication concepts

science-2.jpgA Renaissance Second Grade Science Overview:


Habitats, anatomy, food, and traits of mammals, insects, reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish, and the human body
Electrical currents
Gravity
Quarks, Atoms, and Molecules
Chemical and Physical Reactions
Surface tension
Layers of the earth
Earth’s rotation, axis, tilt, and magnetic poles
Crystal formation

visiti-to-vt-congress.jpgA Renaissance Third & Fourth Grade Social Studies Overview:


Westward Expansion
Early North American Explorers
Louisiana Purchase & Lewis and Clark
Pioneer Life
Wagon Trains
Oregon Trail
Gold Rush
Hacker Trail simulation

montpelier-3.jpgHow We Govern
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Bill of Rights
How a bill becomes a law
Branches of Government
Voting and elections
Town Hall

Vermont History
Vermont counties
Famous Vermonters
Vermont topography
Geography
Map Skills
States and capitals
State Reports
United States

eggscollected.jpgA Renaissance Fourth Grade Farm Education Overview:


What does living off the land mean to you?
Building Shelters in the Woods
Friction Fires
Making Candles and Spinning Wool
Maple Syrup Production: Past and Present
Farming and Agriculture

boston-mfa-1.jpgA Renaissance Fifth & Sixth Grade Social Studies Overview:


World History & Ancient Civilizations
Ancient China and the Han Dynasty
Indus River Valley and Iron Age India
Ancient America and the Inca, Mayan and Aztec Cultures
History of Australia and Oceania
History of Pre-Colonial Africa
Bronze Age Mesopotamia and the Persians
Ancient Egypt and the Pharaohs
Ancient Greece
Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome
Ancient Celts and the Rise of the Vikings
The Dark Ages & the Medieval Era

class-17.jpgA Renaissance Sixth Grade Science Overview:


Matter and Energy:
Designing and carrying out experiments—the scientific method
Recording and presenting data—charts and graphs, interpretation and analysis
Electricity—static, building and diagramming circuits
Energy Alternatives—wind, solar, nuclear, and geothermal
Magnetism—magnets, compasses, and Earth’s magnetic field
History of the Universe and Our Planet
Flight—Aviation Hall of Fame research reports, Bernoulli principle, forces of flight
Newton’s Laws of Motion
Hero Engines and Thermal Protection Systems—the engineering design process
Simple machines and mechanical advantage, compound machines
Heat, Sound, and Light
States and Properties of Matter—periodic table of the elements, physical and chemical changes