It has been wonderful to welcome back the Class 6 children after our winter break and to welcome our newest class member, Tamihana. 

Over the holidays we have had growth spurts, broken voices and it appears their somewhat graceful movements have been replaced by a clumsy and crude manifestation of limbs and a few swaggers with baseball caps emiting absolutely no shade.

Rudolf Steiner once wrote that ‘their long arms hang awkwardly in sleeves which are too short” Obviously this was before oversized hoodies became a fashion statement.  Steiner also noted that, “manners and facial expressions change to be more parallel with the physical phenomenon which awakens within each child.  A more independent attitude toward his or her environment and the judgment of parents and teachers becomes more critical”.

It is worth noting that they may appear a little ‘ruckus’, but it has been warming to watch this tight knit group welcome new students, assist students from main stream schools to embrace change and colour, assist one of our students who is currently on crutches, embrace our new Main Lesson and plead with me to sit and read our class novel, our most favourite part of the day.  Although challenging they are indeed quite magnificent.

Class 6 are studying Geology in their current Main Lesson and have been appreciating the wonders of the earth by finding out about how our local landscape was formed hundreds of millions of years ago.