Myself in my aloneness I must feel.

What if I did not love?  Then would there be

No bridge to others.  I would live in fear.

Love leads me out to flower, star and tree,

To rushing river and to people dear;

If I am lonely, only love has power to heal.

Dear GHSS Families,

Seasonal Reflections Birak, Bunuru, Djeran, Makuru, Djilba and Kambarang are the six seasons of the Noongar Indigenous calendar.

However there is  no start or end date to each season, rather, the passing of each one is something that is felt.  The Noongar people ebb and flow with the changes of Western Australia’s environment, letting nature guide them.  Plants and animals have a special purpose in the changing of each season.

The flowering of white blooming gums signifies we are entering Bunuru – our hottest, driest season of the year.  Traditionally, Noongar people lived close to the coast at this time of year to try and keep cool - avoiding the hot easterly and northern winds and taking advantage of the afternoon coastal breeze.  Fishing along the river, estuaries and coast meant that seafood was widely available.

During this time in the school term, we expect children to wear broad brimmed, or similarly sun-safe hats and bring their water bottles to school to ensure they are well hydrated.

Welcome We have welcomed a number of new staff to Golden Hill Steiner School for 2023! 

Sandy Price has taken on the position of Karri Kindergarten teacher.  Sandy comes to us from West Coast Steiner School and has already begun to share her wealth of Steiner experience with us all.

Bree de Koning is teaching our Class 3 children.  Many of you may already be familiar with Bree as she is long-term parent of GHSS as well as having worked here on prac when she was doing her teacher training.  We are so glad to now welcome her in the role of Class 3 teacher.

Lesley Wybenga is another parent who has a long association with Golden Hill Steiner School.  We are lucky to have her join us to provide psychology services as a part of our Student Services team.

Francine Miller has begun in the postion of school cleaner.  We are ever so grateful to  have her providing us with these services.

And then we also have other staff who are taking on additional responsibilities in their roles at Golden Hill.  Jewels Auburn has been granted Authority to Teach in the role of Handcraft teacher; Robyn Miller has taken on a promotional position as Curriculum Coordinator; and Rebekah Henderson in now fulltime in the front office as Marketing and Admin Officer, with Jody Hartfield taking on an extra day to fill the Enrolments and Admin Officer role.

School Day Times A reminder that our school day starts at 8.40am and ends at 2.55pm (2.50pm in Karri Kindy).  Recess and lunch times have changed slightly this year, recess is now from 10.35 until 10.55am and lunch is from 12.35 until 1.15pm.  

Rose Ceremony How lovely to welcome our 14 Class One's on the start of their journey through the primary years of education at Golden Hill.  It really was a special ceremony.

Class Seven  And our other group of "newbies" transitioning smoothly into High School are our Class 7 group.  What an amazing bunch of humans they are.  It was great to stand with their parents and send them off on their Orientation Camp with Sam and Robyn this morning!  I can't wait for them to share their adventures in the next newsletter.

Newsletter We are experimenting with our newletter format this term.  There will still be a newsletter every three weeks but we will be adding in a brief "Weekly Notices" format for all the other weeks of term.  And we are scheduling our classes and specialist teachers so that each gets to hold a feature space in one of our 3-weekly newsletters, once a term.  Your feedback and input is always welcome.

Jacqui Hollingworth

Principal