Bonny Vale is in the Royal National Park. It is a perfect place for children, with a grassy campground surrounded by protected beaches and mangroves. After our super-wet camp earlier in the year, we had nothing but sunshine for this camp. Happy campers!
The Class 3-4 children have just completed a term of twice weekly lessons with Derek in the Artisan Workshop. It was our first time in the workshop, and the beginning of our journey with woodwork. In the Steiner world, the child’s life body spends its first years expertly sculpting the organs. By the beginning of […]
Everyone in the school has been champing at the bit to go on camp once again. We were lucky enough to be first, soon to be followed by most of the rest of the school this term. With the summer we have had, it was likely we’d have some rain, but it turned it in! […]
During the Learning from Home period, Class 2-3 made springtime projects: we were super-sleuth journalists reporting on the early signs of spring; and later, we returned to the scene of the crime to report developments in leaf, seed and fruit formation; and we also investigated insects in our backyards and in the bush. In the classroom, […]
Class 2-3 children have been junior journalists for the Grandma Golden Gazette. They been out sleuthing, to find evidence of springtime. They reported with drawings and writing in their Nature Journals, and they recorded their reports. Here are some samples.
Life’s a Melodrama. King Finestra Full-stop gave the commands, and sealed them with his ring. The Questioner Queen asked the most pertinent questions. Sir Exclamation Mark was absolute and definite. Sixty-six and Ninety-nine heard every whisper, every crime. Dash Dot had a great suggestion, despite his s-stutter. Curly Comma calmed things down – “Let’s all […]
Class 2-3 have spent the first part of the term immersed in the great stories of the Ancient Indian gods, and their relationship to the people – in devotion – ‘I participate with the gods in making a world of order, love, humility, respect; in creating, sustaining and, yes, dissolution as well.’ Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva; […]
Students have been busy in our new Artisan Studio with Roy, the Leura Bodger. High School students are putting the finishing touches on no-nail stools made with green timber; Erica’s class has designed and made insect homes; and S’haila’s class is making nesting boxes, which links with their current bird study lesson. The nesting boxes and […]
On Friday the 27th of November, Class 1-2 performed their first play, The Four Corners of the Earth. The play follows Aanika, a young girl, who needs to venture from her village on a quest to the four corners of the earth to be able to save her village. This story arose from a folk story […]
T1: Mon 3rd Feb – Fri 11th April
T2: Mon 28th Apr – Fri 27th June
T3: Mon 21st July – Fri 19th Sept
T4: Mon 13th Oct – Fri 12th Dec
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