{"id":2415,"date":"2017-02-17T13:33:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T13:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaiawaldorf.co.za\/?p=2415"},"modified":"2017-02-17T13:33:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T13:33:00","slug":"letter-from-miss-vienie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixelpunks.co.za\/demos\/gaiawaldorf\/2017\/02\/17\/letter-from-miss-vienie\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from Miss Vienie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several years ago, my journey started at Gaia Waldorf School. I was fortunate enough to start with a brand new class coming into their first year as Class 1\u2019s and I too was a spring chicken with no experience, apart from a few teaching practicals, but eager to get started in my new role as class teacher. Luckily it was a small group of children and my colleagues and class parents provided plenty of support and encouragement.
\nIt was only a matter of days before I felt completely overwhelmed yet totally consumed by my enormous task as a teacher. The children were so little and it felt like I needed to teach them everything, from turning the pages of a book, to holding a paintbrush, to being kind to one another\u2026and so on\u2026not to mention, actually teaching them to read, write and count…yikes!
\nThe children were like young saplings, full of life and ready to grow. And I was the gardener. They weren\u2019t quite ready for large showers of rain but just a few drops of water and of course plenty of warm and loving sunlight. The earth, their home, provided the healthy environment for their roots to feel safe and secure. And so this little garden of young plants began to grow, and grow and grow. We went through some difficult times, where some plants were uprooted to other gardens, some plants needed less sunlight and more shade and some plants even shaded the other plants. Some plants grew a little taller, some a little more colourful, and some plants enjoyed moving about in the breeze a little too often but they were all unique and together they blossomed into a marvellous garden. Today many of these children are 17 and 18 years old and each one of them is a beautiful young person, almost ready to go into the world and share their gifts.
\nOne of my pupils, Yamkela Kasana, shared a beautiful song with us about the beauty of our differences. We quickly learnt the words and it wasn\u2019t long before the school adopted it as their school song:
\nIt takes the sunshine and the rain to make a garden grow,
\nThe waterfalls together work, to make the oceans flow,
\nOur strength is in our differences,
\nThe gifts we have to share,
\nAnd together we can build a better world for people everywhere.
\nWe\u2019re the colours of the rainbow,
\nWe\u2019re the stars up in the sky,
\nNo two of us are quite the same
\nAnd here\u2019s the reason why\u2026
\nWe all have a purpose and special place to serve,
\nFor it takes a world of differences to make a difference in our world.<\/strong>
\nOrigin of song unknown
\nThe Gaia community welcomed me back after a short leave of absence to start my little family. And now with a few more years of life experience, motherhood and teaching experience I have started a new journey as class 1 teacher once again. It\u2019s only been four weeks but my little garden is growing and thriving each day a little more than the day before. I am so excited about our journey together and I can\u2019t wait to shower them with drops of knowledge and rays of love along the way. It\u2019s wonderful to be back!
\nSunshine, sunshine, morning light
\nMaking the world so warm and bright
\nDry is the land,
\nRiver, forest, sand
\nElves in blossoms waiting
\nFor the clouds of raining
\nSplish, splash\u2026.and splish and splash and splish and splash
\nListen to the raindrops falling down
\nDrumming on roofs and windows.
\nA song taught by Claus-Peter Roh<\/p>\n

With love and light
\nMiss Vienie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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