WHY ALICE?
Dwellers in East and West Sussex might justifiably begin to feel bombarded by Lewis Carroll’s masterpiece “ALICE IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS” … two new local productions, Tim Burton’s recent film with Mia Wazikowska, Johnny Depp, Helen Bonham-Carter and a host of other excellent actors as well as an intriguing exhibition at the Tate Liverpool, where visual artists have been inspired to explore the themes in the work.
The graduating students at Michael Hall in Forest Row unanimously ..read more
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on 10th February, 2012 – 10:38 am
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9064870/New-style-nappy-curriculum-will-damage-childhood.html
by Graeme Paton, Education Editor for the Telegraph
Added by: Julie Ruse
on 10th February, 2012 – 9:45 am
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
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on 1st February, 2012 – 9:10 am
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.
Added by: Julie Ruse
on 11th January, 2012 – 11:07 am
Welcome back to school everyone and may 2012 be a happy and healthy New Year for everyone.
Added by: Julie Ruse
on 9th January, 2012 – 9:14 am
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
Added by: Julie Ruse
on 12th December, 2011 – 10:13 am
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
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on 2nd December, 2011 – 4:19 pm
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
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on 2nd December, 2011 – 9:00 am
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
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on 30th November, 2011 – 9:11 am
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
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on 24th November, 2011 – 11:52 am
