Bright the sun's gold rays are streaming;

Streaming fills my soul with light.

Light becomes a sword of radiance,

Radiance flashing in dark night.

Night is banished.  See Love's sun-rise,

Love's Sun rising, warm and bright.

Dear GHSS Families,

I had the pleasure of attending the Steiner Education Australia delegates meeting at Mount Barker Waldorf School in South Australia last weekend.  Robyn and I gathered with Steiner colleagues from across Australia and really enjoyed the opportunity to connect and learn from each other, as well as to hear about the strategic direction of our peak body and provide them with feedback on how they can support us to continue growing Steiner education.

GHSS High School! We have set a date for our information session on Class 7 for 2023!  We will meet in the Staffroom (depending on numbers) on Friday 9th Sept at 3.30pm for a 4pm start. Please ensure that you RSVP so we have an idea of numbers for catering purposes - https://goldenhill.schoolzineplus.com/form/60.  We would also love to hear the burning questions that you may have ahead of time, so we can address them through our presentation.  Feel free to spread the word to other families who are also negotiating the transition from primary to high school.  We are so excited to be able to share with others the amazing choice of a Steiner secondary education for the children of Denmark and the Great Southern. 

Healing Hut This long held vision of Elder, Eugene Eades, and teacher, Bruce Anthony, to create a bush classroom at GHSS has finally come to fruition.  After a well attended planning meeting a couple of weekends ago, Stage 1 of construction began last weekend.  Many thanks to the staff and families that attended.  They were truly blessed with glorious weather and were able to get the foundation completed.

Stage 2 is scheduled to take place on this coming weekend - Sunday, August 28th.  If you are available to lend a hand, then head along at 10am to be a part of this fabulous reconciliation project.

Book Week is upon us, so time to think of your favourite book character and recreate their likeness for our dress-up day on Friday.  Can't wait to see your fab creations at the assembly.

The Great Book Swap is also scheduled for Sunday the 28th.  As a culmination of Book Week, we will be selling secondhand books for a gold coin donation and all funds will go towards the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.  This not-for-profit group then uses the funds to purchase culturally appropriate books to distrubute to remote indigenous communities across Australia.

You can help by:

1.  Delivering book donations to Peppermint Cottage this week, before Friday morning.

2.  Coming along Friday and/or Sunday to purchase your next good read.

3.  Assist by taking donations on Friday or Sunday.

4.  Spread the word to your book-loving friends as this is a really worthy cause! 

Peppermint Cottage will be open Friday morning after Book Week Assembly, from 2.30pm on Friday afternoon, and from 10am-1pm on Sunday during the markets. 

I am looking forward to my soup for lunch from the Class 3 stall this Tuesday!  And can't wait to see Class 4's performance of the "The Curse of Ring" this Thursday evening, in the hall, from 6pm.  Now I must be away to plan my Book Week costume for Friday... see you at assembly!

Jacqui Hollingworth

Principal