Welcome Back Everyone

It’s been 5 days already since the start of term, leaving us with about 185 school days left. If our children are to be at school for more than half the days of the year then we can be grateful to be providing, at our school, an authentically holistic curriculum towards the goal of our children becoming well rounded and grounded adults.

To that end….. Before term started our staff gathered for training and as always our focus was on education and the children. No-one seemed to complain that we didn’t run through policies and procedures enough. 

The enthusiasm and goodwill from our staff towards a better and better and better way of delivering the curriculum and ensuring the content is rich and engaging is astounding to witness. A private school like ours which is philosophically grounded and in pursuit of goodness, beauty and truth is, it turns out, a fertile patch for children to blossom. How can it not be when there are  adults with such strength of purpose.

The focus of the in-service was bringing “will” into our thinking and doing. Why? To enable more conscious thought and action. Can we avoid being sheep and instead steer our own path based on our own independent thinking process and can we find a way not to be led by our instinctual needs for approval, activity, status, etc. or to be running away from the human condition? 

Bringing our will into our thinking offers the promise of being a free human being. Our Steiner education approach, which actively and consciously develops the will; the imagination and creativity; and the ability to observe, think and reason; is vital towards achieving that free human being status.  

Thank you to Mark Phillips our Teaching and Curriculum Development Coordinator, for bringing such provocations which WILL bear fruit! 

Of course there was time for enlivening activities as well, including sculpture, poetry, metalwork, eurythmy, art, craft …… One activity included developing your own personal acknowledgement of Wadjuk country and the Noongar people. 

This Pabulum has lots of information about sports and being active. Our Extra-Curricular Sports Coordinator, Jade Collins, assembles information each week for us so that we can ensure our children can be active and social. Take a look and maybe see you on the large field for morning running. 

A few reminders as we commence 2025:

1. If you are driving on campus, pedestrians ALWAYS have the right of way and should feel a sense of ease when walking in school grounds. 
2. If you’re riding to school, don’t ride on the driveways, especially not with a trailer full of precious cargo. Hop off and walk the final 50m to the bike racks.  
3. No, there isn’t enough parking. Please use the Adventure World parking area. It's a three minute walk to the gates of the school. It would be better to have more convenience but we can’t remove bushland for cars.
4. Dogs are not allowed on campus at Bibra Lake. It is a wildlife protection, safety of children and hygiene issue. We love dogs, absolutely love them, but it just doesn’t work to co-mingle on-site. 

Finally, a long letter was sent to all families a few weeks before school started. It was full of information. Heaps of it. Please refer back to it if you have a question or concern. Otherwise, after you’ve thought it through, ask. It’s a friendly crew we have here and no question is too small or concern too minor. However, be sure to follow the Golden Rule to always treat others as you wish to be treated. 

The verse below is so beautiful - Myself in my aloneness I must feel…….