School will be open tomorrow unless we have more snow tonight (the site will be updated by 6.30 am tomorrow morning)
Please note that the car park is deep in snow and wont be cleared so please drop students off only.
Staff please use the Tennis Courts for parking as usual.
Michael Hall students gained extremely impressive exam results in 2011. At GCSE 77% of students gained 5 GCSE’s at grade A*-C and of these 55% were A*-A grades. 92.5 % of GCSE’s were marked Grade C or above. The A level results were similarly impressive with 50% of students gaining A*-A and a 100% pass rate overall. At Michael Hall 50% of student’s time is spent on non exam curriculum to ensure the breadth and depth of their educational learning. ..read more
Restoration!
Saturday 24 March 2012
19:30 Kidbrooke Mansion
We have chosen Restoration as this year’s theme as a double celebration: the eighteenth century Restoration period in English architecture gave birth to such gems as the Mansion and Clockhouse; restoration also reflects the work of the past year and the challenge of the coming years to restore the Clockhouse and create desperately needed teaching space.
Enjoy your Canapé Reception in the grandeur of the Great Hall as music drifts down from the Gallery above followed ..read more
Following the NY Times article about computers and children;
Here is a compilation of media notices that have occurred during the past few weeks regarding Waldorf Education. Please feel free to disseminate amongst your community members.
Click here for full compilation.
Welcome back to school everyone and may 2012 be a happy and healthy New Year for everyone.
A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/technology/at-waldorf-school-in-silicon-valley-technology-can-wait.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
Following our successful Race for Space sponsored run in September, I am delighted to say we were able to donate £550 to St. Catherine’s Hospice in Crawley. St. Catherine’s supports the families, friends and carers of people facing terminal illness in the local area. St. Catherine’s wrote to thank us saying our contribution will help them secure vital services forthese families into the future. Thank you to all the children, parents, friends, old scholars, teachers and staff who participated and sponsored others ..read more
The Shepherd’s Play
What better way to embrace this Advent season than to come and watch The Shepherd’s Play performed by our very own beloved teachers. Can you spot who they are? The play is a celebration of the wonder and playful innocence of the shepherds as they journey to Bethlehem following the Angel Gabriel’s message that there they will find the baby Jesus. We follow their journey from field to stable through the frozen night with only a star to ..read more
The weather was gentle and helped to bring light hearted good cheer to the day. Thank you to everyone for your hard work because we all know that the fair would not be as it is without a lot of effort from a lot of people. Thank you particularly to all the musicians and other performers, scheduled and spontaneous, who brought much joy throughout the fair, to Delia Rosenboom for drawing such a throng to the closing ceremony and teaching ..read more
Come and join us this Saturday and celebrate the beginning of the festive season at our wonderful Advent Fair.
A true family day filled with children’s activities, hand-crafted gifts, storytelling, puppet shows, music and food to tempt every palate.
The fair opens at 11am with the children leading us through to the magical Advent Spiral after which you are invited to take the Advent Trail and explore the hands-on crafts; or wander through the stalls selling dressing up clothes, Advent Wreaths, starts ..read more