It is wonderful to experience the build-up to and excitement of a beautiful festival like St John’s. In the southern hemisphere it is winter and our days are shorter and our nights long and cold. This interplay of dark and night, warmth and cold is at the heart of our festival. The singing of songs, […]
Of what relevance is St John the Baptist to us today? His message to the people was to repent or radically to change their thinking and outlook. He proclaimed that people should look beyond themselves and develop a social conscience. He encouraged them to look at the phenomena of the world with new awareness for […]
Why Class Plays? The class play gives a teacher many chances to build the social strength in the class. It often also reinforces aspects of the curriculum. It changes the routine in a stimulating, artistic way that provides relief from the steady rhythm of the days and weeks and months of the school year. This […]
For some, it’ll be their first time at an art auction, when, a week from now, bidding numbers will be clasped in hand, in anticipation for that favourite item to be brought onto the stage. The live auction, presented by comedian and deep south local, Rob van Vuuren, promises to thrill and delight guests. And as […]
The CCE is an independent, non-profit, Waldorf-inspired institution. It is fully accredited for the following courses: Bachelor of Education (Foundation Phase Teaching) for teaching children from Grade R – Grade 3 Bachelor of Arts (Dance) in Eurythmy (an art of movement) for teaching, performing or guiding social processes Certificates in Early Childhood Development (NQF Levels 4 and 5) for […]
We recently launched our range of eco shopper bags with great excitement. And while this may seem like a simple material bag, there is so much more to them than what you see. At face value, they are both beautiful and practical – but it is what they represent that makes them special. Our bags […]
A proud night at the Fish Hoek High School one act plays, especially when Waldorf students took the awards. Congratulations to Liam Bernstein for best actor, Katlego Nazo and Kerryn Helfrich as best supporting actors and superb play part written and directed by Jemma Nel! Imhoff Waldorf School
Imhoff Waldorf sent 4 soccer teams to the Kommetjie Winter Sports Day, on Saturday, 26 May. The under 9 team played their first match as a team – there was great excitement and nervous energy from both players and parents. Khanya Jaca, the player of the match, was the only goal scorer which gave Imhoff […]
The excitement on Monday morning was palpable as we arrived to find teachers and children transformed… “Teacher Daniel is Willie Wonka! Teacher Ester is Liewe Hexie! Teacher Shelby is The Indian in the Cupboard!” Oh, the joys of seeing an authority figure being a little silly! Teachers joined the children in dressing up as favourite […]
Waldorf education, also sometimes known as Steiner Education, is a specific approach to pedagogy that was developed by Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner in 1919. Emphasizing creativity, learning-by-doing, craft, storytelling and a focus on the natural world, Waldorf is one of the fastest growing alternative school systems in the world, and is, ironically, surging in popularity in high-tech […]
“When we hear the word “diversity” we tend to think about racial and gender differences first. But there is much more to it, including differences in religious belief, language, wealth, education, family, physical features, dress, interest, skills, age, life-style and the list goes on…” With this text above, Khanyisa Waldorf’s teachers introduced the theme of […]
Our Class 6 Afrikaans teacher Ester took us to the Slave Lodge in town, as we had started learning about colonies in the Cape and how the Dutch started bringing in slaves. When we got there we first stopped at the Company Gardens to have lunch and feed some squirrels. It started raining so we decided to […]
The teacher knelt before the boy to explain how to cross the street carefully and to check to see if he felt uneasy about crossing without a teacher holding his hand. The boy’s mother was taking a job in the area and she wanted her children in a Waldorf school. The boy had come to […]
Class 5 have left Persia and are busy with another Main Lesson already, but their work is a lovely reminder of the beautiful stories they heard during their time there. They wrote their names in the Old Persian Alphabet (Aryan Script) with great care. Class 5 is forging […]