Dear Gaia Community! What a wonderful, exciting year it has been for us two volunteers and now it is almost over! We learned a lot of things and experienced so much. Herewith we’d like to take the opportunity and reflect on our time at Gaia. But let’s start at the beginning and give some background …
Once, sixteen years ago, the seed of Gaia was sown. It was planted into the soil by angels who had a vision. A tiny little seedling emerged in the form of one class with ten children at the Centre for Creative Education. This little seedling, fragile as it was, needed nurturing, holding and lots of …
Let me start by saying how grateful I am to everybody involved in the decision making process three years ago which allowed for an 8th year position to be included in the budget. This means that after completing class 7 in the primary school and 7 years in playgroup and kindergarten each teacher is given …
This has been a long and a fruitful term. My children have settled very well. Our daily routine is now established and our class rules are familiar to them. It is pleasing for me to see how they have grown in one term. They have learnt how to share, care for for each other, and …
This was a matter-of-fact comment made by a dear colleague from Michael Oak Waldorf School School at our Regional Council meeting last week. Teachers from all Waldorf Schools in the Western Cape were present. This was in answer to the question, “What made you decide to choose teaching?” As I pondered her answer I realised …
My introduction to Waldorf Schooling, and in particular Gaia, started in August, last year. What an amazing and rewarding journey so far. The outside world thinks of Waldorf schools as being hippyish and organic, but what an eye-opener for a teacher working in Government schools for the last 28 years, this new experience has been. …
“Umntu ngumntu, ngabantu” “A person is a person through other people” I joined Gaia Waldorf School in August 2009 as a part-time isiXhosa teacher from class 1 to class 7. The first class I taught in that year was class 4 and the class teacher was Melanie Francis-Bradshaw. As a teacher with a WCED training, …
Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends A golden, sun-shiny welcome back to school! The rest, relaxation and quality family time that we undoubtedly all had is showing off its benefits. Our children, with suntanned, smiling faces, longer limbs, new hairstyles and wardrobes, accompanied by ever-evolving attitudes, have made their exodus back to their beloved school and …
It is quite a challenge to explain in a short editorial all the gifts that Gaia, Waldorf education and the people I’ve come into contact with through it, has given me. They are numerous and priceless. Over these seven years, the children, the parents and I have accomplished so much, we have all grown and …
As we come to the end of another year, it is time to be reminded of three golden rules of Waldorf Education, as follows: “Receive the child in reverence. Educate the child in love, And let the child go forth in freedom.” In the kindergarten it is time for us to say farewell to 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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