“when we focus on our gratitude, the tide of
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NEWS
S T R E N G T H G R A C E A N D S K I L L
Term 3 - Week 9 - September 2018
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Excursion Class 4 Kingston Park / Seacliff
Important DatesThis week...
Excursion Class 12 to CBD
Kindergarten Spring Festival 9.00am – 12.30pmClass 12 Performance Kieron Duncan LAC 6.00pm7.00pm PSPG Meeting Staff Room
9.00am Craft Group – Parent Room Spring Festival PS/HS
Sat 22/97:00pm Evolution of Conscious-ness – Dawn Langman
PHONE
FAX
ADDRESS
08 8391 0411
08 8391 2386
27 Sims Road, Mount Baker, SA 5251
www.mtbarkerwaldorf.sa.edu.au
/mtbarkerwaldorfschool
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Dear Parents and Friends After spending time in meetings considering what to focus on in the school’s future for the new Strategic Plan and looking at everything that needs improvement, I reflect on what our school already has and am thankful for it. It is a privilege to be a part of a caring passionate community that values Waldorf education. I especially enjoy working with the potential of the young people and find great satisfaction when we can help them realise it. We have so much and I am grateful to be here at Mount Barker Waldorf School as the School Principal. It is a privilege to serve the community. Every morning I am filled with expectation of what the day will bring. I arrive early in the morning and often find Mark and Daryl already in the office preparing for the day’s work. Next, the dedicated teachers and support staff arrive filled with all their plans of activities with the children. Then, parents arrive with their smiling children full of expectations for the day. The day’s activities get underway with everyone fully engaged in their work with a quiet buzz falling across the school.
“When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.”
by Kristin Armstrong, Professional Cyclist and three-time Olympic Gold medallist.
Reminder PSPG Meeting 20 September 7.00pm Staff Room
Principal
I cherish the moments when the sun glistens down and the Kindy children check in to the office with their wonderful stories of what they have seen on their walk. I settle in to address the work on my desk and feel lucky to work in such beautiful surrounds with people who care for each other and put in that extra effort every day. Please join us this Friday, 21 September at 11:15am for our Spring Festival on the School Oval.
Helen Platell, JD | Principal
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7.00pm Class 10 Play LAC
Important DatesNext week...
7.00pm Class 10 Play LAC
7.00pm Class 10 Play LAC
Excursion Class 6-7 Soccer Final7.00pm Class 10 Play
9.00am Craft Group – Parent Room 6.30pm Class 12 Formal, Crafers
LAST DAY TERM3:20pm Dismissal
7.00pm Evolution of Conscious-ness – Dawn Langman
Our Spring Festival is this Thursday 20 September. We are looking forward to sharing this festival with you as we celebrate new growth all around us. Families are invited to join us at 11.50am and please remember that all children are invited even if it is not their usual day.The Kindergarten children have been invited to the School’s Spring Festival on Friday 21 September. This will be part of the children’s normal day at Kindergarten. The day is often very sunny, so please pack a sun hat and drink bottle.At this time of year when we are still experiencing chilly mornings and enjoying warm sunny afternoons, please ensure your child has both a warm hat and a sun hat in their bags.A reminder that dolls’ week is during the last week of term, beginning Monday 24 September. Children are invited to bring their doll to kindergarten.
Now that we have our Kindergarten chooks please keep an eye on the notice board for a roster to help care for them over the spring holidays. This will involve popping into kindy and checking that there is food and water. There might also be some eggs waiting for you to take home.Last week Louise Schnitzhofer (our visiting anthroposophical homeopath) visited our kindergarten to observe the older children. Louise works with the teachers to assist in building a picture of each child that is then shared as the children move to class one. During the first weeks of next term the older children will also spend time with the learning support team playing games and participating in various activities. The results of this are also used to add to the picture of each child.
Dimity & Wendy | Kindergarten
KindergartenNightingale
The Banksia Rose children have been asked to “lend a hand” to help the earth.This picture shows all the hands that offered to help in many ways, from caring for our plants and animals down at Bush Kindy, gardening, planting, looking after the skinks and spiders they find; playing in the environment they learn to care for it. Working in their own gardens at home by providing feeders for bees, planting flowers and creating homes for birds with their families also helps.
We reused cardboard that fruit and vegetables were delivered to our school in to create the hands and we put the children’s activities and thoughts of what they are doing to help the Earth on the hands. This is on display on the Banksia Rose verandah.Eventually we will shred the hands and pulp up to make paper for weed matting to be used in our Kindy garden, thus returning the cardboard to the earth.
BUSH KINDYAt Bush Kindy the children often add lavendar to our hand wash water. It mixes with the plant based liquid handwash, (that we add and the warm water) creating a delightful smell and aesthetic pleasure to our typical hand wash routine.
KindergartenBanksia Rose
Leesa & Georgie | Kindergarten
Class 5 returned from their camp to Mambray Creek last Friday. A reflection booklet will be issued shortly.
Sylosz-Jane | Class Teacher
As part of our Zoology Main Lesson block each student chose an animal to do a project on.The children took up the challenge with great enthusiasm and they all made a great effort.They have enjoyed presenting their projects to follow classmates.At present we are studying that very special branch of mammals – the Australian Marsupials.We have also been practising our Spring pole dances for the Spring Festival this week and the Spring Fair early next term. A good exercise in everyone ‘pulling together’ – in time with everyone else …On Monday 17 September, we had our excursion to explore a section of the Tjilbruke Dreaming Trail (from Brighton to Cape Jervis).Next term we have our class camp at the newly re-opened Warrawong Wildlife Sanctuary in Mylor – a nice extension of our animal studies.
Class 4
Jeremy | Class Teacher
Class 5
ASTRONOMYIn Class 6 we have begun our Astronomy Main Lesson where we observe the sun, moon, stars and planets. The students are keeping a daily moon calendar and creating beautiful books to record their observations. We began the Main Lesson with this simple verse …
‘Be humble or you are made of earthBe noble for you are made of stars.’
BLACK AND WHITE DRAWINGClass 6 has been working in chalk to create black and white drawings. By seeing the light and dark so clearly we then work in the space in-between to find the grey. This has also assisted the students in their Astronomy Main Lesson and moon observations.
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
In the Eyes of a Child
Cough me another lung full of dust yelled my dreamsDream me a day of freedom
My hands hold my head another moment as rainclouds of sweat I should lay
My skin ghostly white as I hollow through darknessA day I seek Christ, find a ray
Dig me a grave yelled my dreams for body and toil never part
With quivering limbs I shall work once moreSay I have an unloved heart.
Jess
Mary | Class Teacher
Artwork by Amelia
Class 6
Class 8
Japanese
Class 9 Japanese students have been practicing traditional Japanese Bookbinding with Mr Umehara.
Atsuko | Japanese Teacher
Class 10
A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAMIt was lovely to see so many Primary School students enjoying the musical, so I wanted to encourage everyone to come to the Class 10 production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ next week (Monday-Thursday 7pm in the Living Arts Centre). Several of the students who were in the musical have substantial parts in this play, and they are once again proving to be engaged and committed performers. There is so much to love and be entertained by as we enter the world of headstrong young lovers, warring fairies, mischievous sprites and diligent, ‘hard-handed men of Athens’ who are determined to put on a marvellous play for the Duke’s wedding celebrations.See you there!
Robyn | Drama Teacher
Knockout Soccer
On Monday, 10 September our Class 6 / 7 boys continued their soccer adventure against a familiar opponent. For the first time ever we had an all Waldorf Semi Final as we traveled to Willunga in a play off to make the small schools final. The boys were excited about the opportunity with a “Team first” mantra being our theme throughout the competition. We had our backs up against the wall early going down 0-1 in the first 5 minutes with the home crowd spurring on Willunga. After an arm wrestle Peter managed to kick an amazing goal from basically the car park and then follows it up with a tap in from Oliver, putting us ahead 2-1 going into half time. The second half started well and we managed to score again, with Oliver and Peter combining again. The game looked to be ours but Willunga managed to score again making the game still in the balance. With a goal by Peter, the score was 4-2 and with the home crowd supporting Willunga, they scored again making it 4-3 with 10 minutes to go. Some determination from Kodi allowed Mount Barker to score one more time with 5 minutes to go but the trend of the game continued and Willunga scored once again making it 5-4. There were nervous final few minutes but
the score was unchanged. Mount Barker the victors and progressing to the final. Once again all 16 boys contributed to the result and all put the team before themselves which is a great sign of maturity. Win or lose in the final, what an amazing achievement to make the final 2 out of a total of 42 schools that started out in the competition in early May.
Nic | Team Manager
Fine Art
We had a glorious Spring day at the beginning of this week and the Fine Art Elective class made the most of the sunshine.They have been studying various forms of sculpture this term, finding inspiration from the past and present masters. They have already created some wonderful relief sculptures using clay and are now pouring their creative forces into three dimensional form. The students have been working in plaster and are now progressing to talc (soap stone) and limestone. It has been inspiring to see the wonderful creative forces flowing from the students as they create their pieces. If you would like to see some of their work, keep your ears and eyes out for the exhibition happening early next term.
Nick | Art Teacher
This week is your last opportunity to secure tickets to the Class 12 End of Year
Formal.
Tickets sales close Friday this week
Performance
Thursday 20 September - Kieron Duncan
Dear Parents and Students,
You are invited to a Major Project performance with a difference. Kieron Duncan is presenting the fruits of his year studying Drama by presenting a one person show depicting a man’s associations and connections with Barbara Streisand. The play is suitable for 15 years and older due to some coarse language and sexual references.The performance will be held in the LAC on Thursday 20 September starting at 6.00pm. A gold coin donation would be appreciated and tea, coffee and cakes will be available.Please come along and help us celebrate with Kieron. All welcome.
Nick | Class Guardian
Class 12
Class 12 Formal
Modern Olympics
Katherine | Bothmer Teacher
The Spring weather blessed the Class 10 Modern Olympics on Friday. The interschool event between Willunga and Mount Barker is now in its second year and it was our turn to host this time. All the participants were given the opportunity to compete in Long Jump, Wrestling, Discus, Javelin, Relay and a 5 kilometre Marathon. The day closed with a tug-of-war and the four Class 10 Bothmer Exercises on the oval with more than half of our students watching from the tiers. It is a great opportunity to reconnect with old friends and create new ones from our Willunga mates.
Mount Barker Waldorf School is a community of people who support each other and where students feel cared for. We work towards making a solid connection with each other.RU OK day lights up a spark within us to continue the
conversation of caring and compassion every day.Check on your mates and remember that it’s OK to ask for help too.
Wendy | Wellbeing Support
R U OK?ruok.org.au
We warmly invite you to attend our
Friday 21 September 201811:15am - 12:30pm
Location - Oval
Spring FestivalSpring Festival
Artwork byIndiaraClass 6
What a wonderful time to be feeling the new energy of the new season. Looking forward to the days of spring weather and warmth from the sun! On behalf of the Spring Fair Committee we would like to thank everyone for all of your efforts thus far and encourage you all to be part of the Spring Fair any way you can.Spring fair is six weeks away with school holidays just around the corner.Posters will be going home in week 10, we ask that each family puts up a poster or two at your local shopping centre, workplace, sporting venue, etc to help spread the word! Please also share the Spring Fair ‘event’ on Facebook if you use that platform. Please gather together items that you could donate to the White Elephant, second hand clothing and book stalls, drop off details will be published in next week’s newsletter.Many hands make an enjoyable Spring Fair! Remember to put your name down on the roster for your children’s class activity if you haven’t already. The Spring Fair is the major fundraiser for our school
each year and another way we can help raise funds is by buying and selling the raffle tickets! Your raffle books will be sent home shortly, with many great prizes donated by our local community. The raffle will be drawn at the Spring Fair. There will also be a silent auction on the day so make sure you make your way to the tent to discover the many wonderful items you can bid on! If there are keen performers in our school community, ESPECIALLY students wanting the opportunity to shine on stage please get in contact with us for more details! Entertainment contact is Elena 0410 660 584.This year we are aiming to continue towards zero waste and we are exploring ways in which this could be achieved.Such an exciting time of the year, please do raise your hand if you’re needing support in your role, and we can find a community member to assist. Let’s come together for Spring Fair again this year while creating this experience for our community to enjoy and discover.Thank you everyone!
Spring Fair
Spring Fair Committee
Spring is upon us and the fair is drawing near! This is the perfect time to start clearing out all your unwanted goods from your cupboards, drawers, sheds etc... We are looking for GOOD QUALITY items such as: Bric-a-brac, books, ornaments, trinkets, baskets, household items, toys, sports equipment, utensils/dishes/pots/crockery, art work, photo frames, craft tools, jars/containers, gardening tools, camping equipment and any other functional items you may have lying around your home and shed. We kindly ask that you only donate things that are clean and in good working order. Please leave all goods on the side verandah of The Hub (facing the music room), keeping clear of the air conditioning units and walk-ways.Remember, the sooner you drop off your goods before the fair the more it helps us, as there is much sorting to be done.Thank you - in anticipation and appreciation for all your donations.
White Elephant
Sally Amazon | for Class 8 Spring Fair
Japan Journey
Open for 2019Classes 7 to 11
Five new locationsMountain hike in the wilderness
Stay with a Kyotanabe Steiner School familyExperience a Japanese Festival
Day visit to a preschool
Contact Aaron Lokkin | [email protected] or
Tania Coles | [email protected] arrange an interview
Spring Fair
Please go to Youtube to see a video of the Japan Journey made by students (HilderBuilder Productions)
Aaron Lokkin
Photo Gallery
Class 6 Woodwork
Class 7 Main Lesson
Bush Kindy
Roman Shields
Class 7 Main Lesson
Bush Kindy
Photo Gallery
Class 6 Main Lesson
Modern Olympics
Class 6 Main Lesson
Class 6 Main Lesson Class 6 Main LessonClass 6 Main Lesson
Modern Olympics
Photo Gallery
IRC Building Works
HS Unconference
Class 7 Main LessonKiki Class 10
IRC Building Works
Class 10 Biology
HS Unconference
Disclaimer: The views or opinions expressed and activities advertised in this newsletter are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy, position of or endorsement by the Mount Barker Waldorf School. Please make your own inquiry, judgement and decision to participate in any activities advertised.
OSHC
Outdoor Fun in OSHCNo more rain means more time for outside play!
Importance of outdoor play.Playing outdoors promotes wellbeing by decreasing stress and increasing physical exercise. It also helps children explore their natural environment, express their creativity and develop resilience and coordination skills.
In OSHC kids engage in numerous outdoor activities such as:
• Outdoor games –such as running, jumping, balancing, skipping and playing ball games strengthen muscles and help develop motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
• Treasure Hunt - kids will enjoy finding the hidden treasures outdoor. • Group Story Telling – children will be relaxed during outdoor storytelling. • Outside homework time - homework time will be more enjoyable outside.• Outdoor drawing – drawing birds, insects and other things found outdoors. • Outdoor exploration – explore and learn about all the things they see. • Picnic – kids can take their snacks outside to eat.
Meet the teamWe’re here to make OSHC the best experience possible. If you have any questions about the program, feel free to drop by, meet the team and see what happens first hand in the program.
Program detailsTo find out more about our program, view fees and to register visit www.campaustralia.com.au
We look forward to seeing you and your family soon.
LAST DAY OF TERM 3FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2018
3:20PM DISMISSAL