The lower school begins in class 1 at the age of six. The children stay with the same class teacher for the next 8 years allowing a strong relationship to develop between class and teacher where the teacher knows the children, their educational needs and individual progress in a depth unattainable in situations where the teacher changes annually. The class teacher takes the class for the main lesson in the first part of each day and for other lessons according to expertise and the level at which the children are.

In these 8 years the children are given the main skills they need to understand the world. They develop literacy, numeracy and social skills and understand human beings in their historic, environmental and scientific context.

Method and content follow the chronological age of children based on an understanding of child development in general and how the curriculum can support this. Details are then tailored by the teachers to particular classes, groups and individuals. The aim is also to give a deep insight into history, the natural world and the achievements of human beings.

The curriculum seeks to awaken capacities in children by means of a thorough grounding in humanities, arts and sciences. The lower school curriculum is therefore aimed more at the achieving of certain qualities then learning a specific quantity of factual knowledge.