HIGH SCHOOL UPDATE SMALL, FRIENDLY, FLEXIBLE LEARNING STYLE Many young people can feel overwhelmed by the sheer size and anonymity of the typical high school, and the test driven and weighted emphasis on classroom, academic style learning, can be counter productive to self esteem, independence and self directedness. Some students, carrying a strong sense of […]
The newsletter of the Earth Building Association of Australia, “Dirt”, has a 3-page feature that focuses on the new Kindy and Performance Space. See the article here: DIRT-Magazine-April-20111
Pictures from the first Winters Night in Kindlehill’s new performance space. Lantern light, colour, movement, joyful singing, and a warm and hearty collaborative drama involving the whole school, were the features of Winter’s Night, held in the new performance space on Thursday 23rd June. Within the cocoon of darkest night Let the wings of light […]
Craft Stall A huge “Thank You” to all who helped at the Kindlehill Stall at the Co-op’s birthday. Parents swooned our rainbow-bright bountiful display, and children delighted in their artfully painted faces and colourful crafts. Face painting and the Craft Stall raised $600 in under 3 hours, before the rain […]
Kindlehill opens it new Kindergarten, January 28th, 2011 The new kindergarten at Kindlehill is a beautiful spiral building with a sweeping curved roof. It has been constructed with recycled and renewable materials, sourced locally where possible. The design and construction is a showcase for earth buildings, and a regular destination for eco building tours. But […]
BY SHANE DESIATNIK of the BLUE MOUNTAINS GAZETTE 22 Feb, 2011 11:34 AM What’s made of mud bricks, straw and recycled materials, is decorated by sculptures on the walls, features a moat that crosses a tiny stream and has a roof shaped into a playful spiral shape to inspire children’s imaginations? It’s the completed […]
Kindlehill’s building project, courtesy of the government stimulus building project, is possibly the most unique in the country. Tucked away in Lake Street, Wentworth Falls, the small independent primary school is constructing a spiral shaped performance space and kindy from cob, straw bale, recycled material. A woodworker skilled in 16th century carpentry techniques built the […]
As a writer, I have a professional sympathy with architects. At the outset of a project, we both face a blank page. Sure the clients and builders have ideas, but it is the architect’s task to reconcile these ideas with the financial, bureaucratic and physical constraints of the site and transform it into a coherent […]
For the 10th Anniversary of Kindlehill, a group photo was taken of the entire school. This proved more difficult than anticipated, because not only was it tricky to capture every smile and twinkling eye when the shutter opened, but John and Duncan were missing in action until the last few photos! Here is an image […]
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