In fifth grade, the student has arrived at the mid-point between childhood and adolescence, a transition involving both social and emotional development. It’s a time of harmony and balance as the students are typically comfortable with themselves and how they relate to the world.
The fifth grade curriculum introduces more formal studies in areas such as history, geometry, botany and geography. Students are on a journey across time and space, to ancient Persia, India, Egypt and Greece. The fifth grade is notable for its Pentathlon event, where fifth graders from multiple Waldorf schools meet to demonstrate their best in a contest inspired by the Ancient Greeks.