Dear Gaia community Can you imagine living your life without music? Music is there to soothe us after a stressful day. Music is there to help us cope with challenges that come our way. In fact, music can even open a closed heart. Listening to music and learning to play a musical instrument has many …
Why each child should play a musical instrument! Read More »
DISCOVERING THE THREEFOLD NATURE OF THE HUMAN BEING. Rudolf Steiner emphasised the importance of achieving balance in the three different ways in which a person relates to the world – through physical activity, the life of the emotions and the realm of thinking. He also showed how these three spheres stand in relation both to …
The Winter Festival at Gaia is traditionally prepared through the making of lanterns. These are lit for the celebration of the festival. At times there has also been a fire around which the children and parents gather, singing festival songs. These songs speak of light, of fire, of flames; they are calling to mind how …
For weeks all Class Sevens in the Western Cape have been preparing for this event. They found their dresses and robes, practised their contributions for the festival of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere and made shields with their coat of arms depicting their ideals and goals for the future. At the dawn of their move …
The Medieval Festival at Constantia Waldorf School Saturday, 30th May 2015 Read More »
One of the first and basic principles which supports Waldorf education is the fact that the human being has a threefold nature. It is designed into the kindergarten, primary and high school curriculum and teachers design their lesson plans to create a balance between these three soul faculties. The human being is essentially a spiritual …
Dear Parents and friends of Gaia Around 200 Waldorf teachers attended the National Teachers’ Conference at Stellenbosch Waldorf School during the Easter holidays. The conference began with a brilliant performance by the Sisonke Social Circus. Sisonke brings together children from the school, local farming communities, home-schooling nodes and Kyamandi. What a dynamic way to set …
Reflections from the National Teachers’ Conference Read More »
After spending a magical five years with my class I was given the very special opportunity to go on sabbatical before returning to the school in the second term of 2015. This was certainly not an opportunity that I was going to take lightly and I began to plan the adventure of a lifetime. But …
‘One alone is no help, But rather he who unites with others at the right moment.’ Goethe When I joined Gaia as a kindergarten teacher at the beginning of 2010, I felt privileged to be part of such a culturally and socio-economically diverse community. I felt blessed to be in the midst of a big …
Everyday as I enter our Playgroup home, I take a moment to welcome and acknowledge the new day as an opportunity for me to better myself as a guardian of the young children in my care. I strive for my attitude and thoughts to be filled with love, truth and goodness as I am aware …
Warm summer greetings to the Gaia community, and welcome to all our new parents. I hope that you all had good holidays. These first weeks of the term have gone by so quickly, I can’t believe that we are midway through our 1st term. During this past holiday I questioned myself as to why the …
Our dedication is to educate the whole child towards creative responsibility and freedom in an environment based on loving guidance and respect for the whole individual. And, to further the principles of education as expounded by Rudolf Steiner.
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