tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414Fri, 01 Nov 2024 07:36:10 +0000http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)Blogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-4805204026289647038Wed, 18 Dec 2013 14:20:00 +00002013-12-19T09:46:14.709+00:00Article Published in the Guardian 15th December 2013: “Free Schools: why the fight goes on” by Zoe Williams In an unashamedly partisan article, attacking free schools in general, the writer has chosen to repeat unfounded allegations made in a brief BBC South West news report on the opening of the Steiner Academy Frome. The writer quotes from a statement made by a local resident opposing http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_12_01_archive.html#4805204026289647038noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-5073714859265176545Mon, 25 Nov 2013 09:22:00 +00002013-12-19T09:53:34.705+00:00Elmfield has won the 2013 Independent Schools Award for the headline category of Education Initiative of the Year. This reflects the focus on a fully-rounded education where exams are only one part of the picture. The judges were particularly impressed with the upper school’s morning modules, main lessons and creative Waldorf curriculum. Jason Pond, on behalf of the staff, was presented with http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_11_01_archive.html#5073714859265176545noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-4186515379885507334Wed, 20 Nov 2013 09:15:00 +00002013-12-19T09:55:45.818+00:0010:00am Tuesday 19th November 2013 in News A RINGWOOD teenager has won an international sailing event – and met Olympic legends. Milo Gill-Taylor, 13, a pupil at the Ringwood Waldorf School, won the Junior Gold Cup in Bermuda and got to meet his heroes Sir Ben Ainslie and Iain Percy. The talented youngster qualified for the contest after winning the GBR Optimist Selection Trials and http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_11_01_archive.html#4186515379885507334noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-1711171121729836692Wed, 09 Oct 2013 08:12:00 +00002013-10-09T09:16:46.854+01:00Autobiography – Thomas C. Südhof When I was born in Göttingen in 1955, the aftermaths of the second world war were still reverberating. I was born into an anthroposophical family. My maternal grandparents had been early followers for Rudolf Steiner’s teaching, and worked for Waldorf schools when Hitler assumed power and banned the anthrophosophical movement. Waldorf schools were closed, and my http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_10_01_archive.html#1711171121729836692noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-6038878167647719351Wed, 02 Oct 2013 08:18:00 +00002013-10-02T09:18:18.080+01:00Tilda Swinton supportive of private Steiner schools Updated on thePublished 01/10/2013 10:38 TILDA Swinton today defended parents’ rights to opt out of state education in favour of the Steiner Waldorf education system which her own twin kids attend. The Oscar-winning star, who lives in Nairn, said an Oxford professor had told her that state education was so under question the top university “http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_10_01_archive.html#6038878167647719351noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-3302135786101747666Wed, 18 Sep 2013 08:33:00 +00002013-09-18T09:33:19.383+01:00OFSTED inspectors find evidence that a later start to learning does not disadvantage pupils' academic progress and achievement The recent section 5 OFSTED inspection of the Steiner Academy Hereford (July 2013) found that: ‘Pupils achieve well throughout the school, reaching above the expected levels in English and mathematics and in the other subjects that they take in Year 11, despite their http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_09_01_archive.html#3302135786101747666noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-2913625547518342879Fri, 13 Sep 2013 09:46:00 +00002013-09-13T12:51:08.761+01:00 TOO MUCH, TOO SOON CAMPAIGN We're too young to fail www.toomuchtoosoon.org  The new SCM Early Years Education (EYE) Group has now been established and is launching its first major campaign to challenge the early years being seen primarily as a preparation for school, rather than a unique stage in its own right, together with what it sees as a succession of developmentally http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_09_01_archive.html#2913625547518342879noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-8815784755696834212Mon, 09 Sep 2013 08:28:00 +00002013-09-09T09:35:06.416+01:00Exeter Steiner School starts as new wave of schools open Wednesday, September 04, 2013 Exeter Express and Echo A “FREE” school in Exeter will be among the second wave of the coalition Government’s flagship education policy to open this week. In total, 93 free schools are due to admit pupils for the first time this week, the Department for Education (DfE) said, bringing the overall numberhttp://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_09_01_archive.html#8815784755696834212noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-3734827311779971110Fri, 23 Aug 2013 07:59:00 +00002013-08-23T08:59:54.556+01:00There were lots of celebrations at Elmfield School in Oldswinford, Stourbridge, where a whopping 89 per cent of final year students picked up five or more A*s to C grades. Students at the school in Love Lane follow the internationally renowned Steiner Waldorf curriculum. They don’t do SATs and they sit their GCSEs over a two-year-period rather than at the end of a two-year GCSE course. The http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_08_01_archive.html#3734827311779971110noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-8059878940133149034Tue, 30 Jul 2013 07:51:00 +00002013-07-30T08:51:04.541+01:00Former Rudolf Steiner School student Bethany Woodward takes silver in T37 200m at World Championships 12:00pm Sunday 28th July 2013 in Sport Picture: Action Images Former Rudolf Steiner School student Bethany Woodward won a silver medal in the T37 200m at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon on Monday. Woodward’s time of 29.12 was a personal best and just 0.64 seconds behind the http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_07_01_archive.html#8059878940133149034noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-3970484626749489929Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:30:00 +00002013-07-15T10:30:06.966+01:00Brien Masters Many have been inspired by Brien Masters. His work, especially as a teacher educator enabled him to express the range of his talents - as musician, story-teller, raconteur and sage. A photograph of teachers at Michael Hall (in the 1950s, I believe) captured him as the image of a young Oxbridge graduate in tweedy jacket with the look of mildly bemused idealism. One could easily http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_07_01_archive.html#3970484626749489929noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-745768468187982813Fri, 12 Jul 2013 08:33:00 +00002013-07-12T09:46:29.351+01:00Brien Masters died yesterday morning at 1.30 am. There will be a memorial service held at Michael Hall School on Saturday 13th July at 8pm in the Eurythmy Studio. Brien was for many years Chair of the Fellowship. He founded the London Waldorf Teacher Training Seminar. He wrote many books and lectured both here and abroad.http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_07_01_archive.html#745768468187982813noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-341021589805670836Mon, 08 Jul 2013 08:06:00 +00002013-07-08T09:07:05.911+01:00One of Devon's first new free schools has been given the go-ahead to open at a former university hall of residence. The Steiner Academy Exeter is expected to open at Thomas Hall on Cowley Road in 2015. It is one of five free schools planned in Devon after the coalition government offered people the chance to open their own state-funded schools Steiner schools offer an alternative to http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_07_01_archive.html#341021589805670836noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-5268121517120492366Fri, 05 Jul 2013 14:21:00 +00002013-07-05T15:21:38.133+01:00With great sadness we announce the closure of the Glasgow Steiner School after 25 years. Unfortunately they were unable to recover from the fire that gutted the school. We hope that in time there will be a new Steiner school in the area. http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_07_01_archive.html#5268121517120492366noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-8836875954967129844Wed, 03 Jul 2013 10:15:00 +00002013-07-03T11:15:38.082+01:00The Bristol Steiner School is celebrating 40 years of being the first inner city Steiner School in England and is looking forward to providing quality Steiner Education to families in Bristol for many more years to come.http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_07_01_archive.html#8836875954967129844noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-5602142880174400840Tue, 02 Jul 2013 08:51:00 +00002013-07-02T09:52:54.543+01:00East Grinstead Courier and Observer By Sam Satchell FOR most teenagers a work placement involves shifting at their local music store, a greengrocers or their parents' business . But a group of hardworking students at Michael Hall School took a more hands-on approach to their three-week programme by constructing an outdoor learning centre Using a range of skills learnt at the school in Forest http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_07_01_archive.html#5602142880174400840noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-5122998474591141477Fri, 28 Jun 2013 08:05:00 +00002013-06-28T09:05:13.477+01:00Congratulations to The Steiner Academy Hereford on achieving a Gold Sing Up Award! From your application I could hear that the quality of singing at this school is high, which is a testament to how well singing is embedded into school life. Singing is clearly important to the school and regularly utilised in areas such as teaching the curriculum and celebrating festivals with the broader schoolhttp://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_06_01_archive.html#5122998474591141477noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-5032305682695223823Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:24:00 +00002013-06-27T12:24:20.515+01:00Join us at the school for a talk and short presentation from Peace One Day founder Jeremy Gilley. After a successful career acting in film and television, Jeremy began making his own films in 1995 and in 1999 founded the non-profit film project Peace One Day to document his own efforts to establish the first ever annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence with a fixed date. Why not come http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_06_01_archive.html#5032305682695223823noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-4090638028923798916Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:53:00 +00002013-06-13T12:53:45.299+01:00Steiner Academy Bristol approved in the last round of 'free school' Applications! To open in September 2014, the Academy will be the first inner-city, state-funded Steiner school in the UK and the third Steiner free school to be approved under the ‘free school’ programme. The school will grow slowly, with an opening cohort of 78 pupils (Kindergarten, Class 1 and class 6), rising to two classes http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_06_01_archive.html#4090638028923798916noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-3715498771925959225Fri, 24 May 2013 08:34:00 +00002013-05-24T09:34:23.655+01:00Abi Allanson, organiser of the event, was presented with a Certificate of Achievement. Children from a school in Kings Langley grabbed their books to take part in a readathon to raise thousands of pounds for charities dedicated to caring for seriously ill children. 150 children took part in the national Readathon Challenge at The Rudolf Steiner School to raise £3,099 for CLIC Sargent, Roald http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_05_01_archive.html#3715498771925959225noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-5410002649386208100Mon, 20 May 2013 10:27:00 +00002013-05-20T11:29:37.041+01:00 Brighton Steiner School joined almost 80 other local schools for the annual Children's Parade through the streets of Brighton to mark the beginning of the May Festival. The children enjoyed a real sense of pride as their hard work turned into a vibrant procession of dance, drama and fun for the whole city to watch. Around 10,000 people came along to see the parade and be part of the largest http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_05_01_archive.html#5410002649386208100noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-7963335375064105129Mon, 20 May 2013 10:24:00 +00002013-05-20T11:24:20.918+01:00Earlier this year we entered some national awards for the first time. Many of you might think it is perfectly natural to put our school forward for awards. Others might question the decision, thinking that awards are not very ‘Steiner’. However, the reason we decided to enter this year is quite simple: outside of the ‘Steiner-Waldorf’ world, most people do not yet recognize how good the teaching http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_05_01_archive.html#7963335375064105129noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-6574955314126263080Thu, 09 May 2013 07:03:00 +00002013-05-09T08:03:57.614+01:00 Scottish-themed fancy-dress day at York Steiner School 8:07am Wednesday 8th May 2013 in Education YOUNGSTERS at York Steiner School, in Fulford, took part in a Scottish-themed fancy-dress day. The children and teachers came dressed in tartan and there was even a Loch Ness monster. The York Steiner School is part of a network of 34 Steiner schools in the UK and the fun Scottish day was http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_05_01_archive.html#6574955314126263080noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-8166045301986743433Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:13:00 +00002013-04-23T09:13:29.571+01:00 An independent school in Glasgow has re-opened in temporary premises - almost four weeks after fire destroyed its main building in the Yorkhill area. Up to 60 pupils were led to safety after the blaze broke out at the Glasgow Steiner School on 26 March. The school is now operating out of West George College, formerly Kelvinhaugh Primary School, in Sandyford Street. Lower school pupils http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_04_01_archive.html#8166045301986743433noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11460414.post-7838385252641722462Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:24:00 +00002013-04-19T11:30:34.277+01:00Kings Langley woman Sarine Sofair to star on big screen in The Look of Love 5:30pm Thursday 18th April 2013 in News By Rebecca Perring, Reporter Sarine Sofair caught the acting bug in Kings Langley and now is preparing to see herself on the big screen alongside Steve Coogan and Stephen Fry. The young actress attended the Rudolf Steiner School between the ages of four and 18, where she says http://news.steinerwaldorf.org/2013_04_01_archive.html#7838385252641722462noreply@blogger.com (Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)