No: 10 5 April 2019

THE FRIDAY FLIER KOTAHITANGA

Waikato Waldorf School, Kindergartens and Playcircle

Kia ora tatou

I would like to start off by thanking everyone for their enormous effort towards making this year’s carnival such

an amazing event. I’m not sure of numbers but it felt like we had even more than last year and that the people

that came stayed for longer. This is a testament to all your planning, preparation and hard work. The school site

was a hive of activity the whole weekend and amongst all that effort was a wonderful feeling of comradeship

and connection. Thank you to our amazing PA who have been working tirelessly and to Lisa who led the team

to make such a magnificent job of beautifying our grounds. Deep appreciation to you all!

On our Teacher Only Day the staff (teachers and teaching assistants) were focused on a Ministry of Education

led training workshop on ‘Understanding Behaviour and Responding Safely’. The training highlighted to me

what a professional team we have but also that we never stop learning. Areas covered in the workshop were:

theory and concepts about learning and behaviour; why behaviour that challenges you occurs and how to pre-

vent it; techniques to de-escalate a situation. So, as you can imagine a full-on day but extremely interesting.

We will be following up on skills and techniques in future staff meetings to further enhance the day to day

management of our classes.

He moana pukepuke e ekengia e te waka

A choppy sea can be navigated

Next Tuesday will be our much-awaited Autumn Festival.

At no other time of the year is nature more generous with her gifts as in

autumn. After the growth of summer, flowers and leaves, seeds and fruit

simply lie there ready to be picked or gathered. Their wealth of form and

colour make them ideal for making beautiful decorations and little models.

Please see further details in the flier about our Autumn Festival.

Ngā mihi

Sue

UPCOMING EVENTS

AUTUMN FESTIVAL Tuesday 9

th April

11.10am Autumn Games

12.30pm Shared Lunch (healthy finger food please)

1.30pm Autumn Assembly – story and songs

Students return to class 2.10pm

TERM 1 DATES

Tuesday 9th April Autumn Festival

Week 11

Thursday 11th April BOT meeting 6pm

Friday 12th April Final day of term – school finishes 2pm

Class 8 & 9 Perspective Writing

Ever wondered what’s inside a cell? And I’m not talking about a prison cell… I’m talking about genetics. The English language is very confusing, however, subordinating conjunctions can provide clarity. These are some of the subjects class 9 have been leaning about in main lesson. Mel’s perspective by Brayden.

During the current main lesson in class 8, the students and I have discovered that the clouds are not fluff and wool in the sky, and that there are reasons for their unique shapes. We have also found that the forces of nature are not the only things that can break our little experiments. Rob’s perspective by Ella.

Bonjour, class 8/9 are doing French projects on different things, about famille/family, couleur/colours, familier/animals, and how to say Qu’est-ce que c’est?/What is that? Rob’s perspective by Jaleesha.

During the course of term 1, class 8 have been making colorful slippers from some of the wool they dyed. The stu-dents appear to enjoy their lessons with me and engage in fascinating conversations together. I look forward to taking more of their handwork lessons in the terms to come. Jody’s perspective by Candela.

We have been working on our stone carvings for 3 years. The 4 sculptures represent air, fire, water and earth. There is still work to be done but we are getting there. The students have put a lot of effort into these stones. They look amazing. Lisa’s perspective from Anushka.

Students seem to enjoy rock climbing more than the grueling work like Calisthenics. I have been reminding the stu-dents to not give up so quickly. Kerryn’s perspective by Jorja.

Time frames are really important and students have been experimenting with colours and shades. Art projects have begun and students have been selecting their artist. Jody’s perspective by Maclean.

Handwork in class 9 is about learning how to use a sewing machine and working to make aprons. The aprons are still a work in progress and the students appear to enjoy their lessons. Jody’s perspective by Allyssia.

Waru market requires students to think creatively. Students need to consider timeframes, quality control, marketing & profit margins. Mel’s perspective by Ignacio.

Music gives class 8 and 9 a chance to explore their musical side. They have started to think about lyrics to their instru-mentals, alas none of them are much into Indie Rock. Rob’s perspective by Kei.

Melanie

Request from Class 8

Yes it is that time of the year again when Class 8 are planning products for their WARU MARKET!!!

This year we would like to see if the community can help us with donating any second hand cushions and good wooden pallets to make furniture with. We would also like some colorful ribbon and a mixture of cotton thread. If you have any half used tins of wood stain that would also save us from purchasing any. Please drop off any donations to the class 8 deck.

Thank you

CLASSROOM CORNER

Waldorf 100 Sponsored Walk

As stated earlier in the year this is a very special year in Waldorf Education as we celebrate 100 years since the first Waldorf school was founded. We will be joining approximately 1000 other Steiner schools in 60 countries celebrating this special day on 19th September.

As you know we are acknowledging this milestone by walking 100kms to a day of international food, singing and dance.

Students are well underway clocking up their 100kms either individually as in the older classes and as a class for the younger students. Please support them by helping to get sponsors in order to raise awareness and funds for our new Food Technology room. Please ensure that sponsors are found and

the forms returned to class teachers by Thursday 11 April.

Chinese medicine sees there being two types of common cold; the “ hot” cold and the “ cold” cold.

Sound odd? Mmm not really, just recall your own experience. There are colds that slowly come on. They

start off as a general feeling of being chilled and uncomfortable. You might have that “oh, I think I might be

getting sick” feeling. You feel dragged out and slightly head-achy and with a vague sense of not being able to

get warm. This could last for a day or so before you surrender to “I’m sick.” The “hot” cold is another story. It

starts off with a sore throat or fever, the time between “I think I might be getting sick” and being sick is a mat-

ter of hours. The hot cold rides in on the freight train express!

Stop it before it starts

When you start to notice the “cold” type cold; the one with symptoms of a headache, stiff neck, chills with an

inability to get warm, and a lack of sweating you can use this home remedy to beat it. Warning: unlike west-

ern medications that people take to cover up symptoms so they can “keep going,” this method requires a bit

of rest so your body can marshal its resources and kick that darned pathogen out of your system. One after-

noon or evening of downtime vs a week or more of discomfort, do the math for yourself.

Ginger, cinnamon and brown sugar remedy

who said all Chinese medicine tastes bad?

Here is what you need:

Fresh ginger root

Powdered cinnamon

Brown sugar

Optional: A few raisins or couple of prunes

Put 3 cups of water into a sauce pan. Thinly slice a small handful of fresh ginger. Add 1 teaspoon of pow-

dered cinnamon and 1-1.5 tablespoons of brown sugar

Bring to a light boil then turn down and simmer for 15-20 minutes adding the prunes or raisins.

Pour a cupful of the ginger/cinnamon tea. Crawl under some covers (you might already be there if your chills

have really kicked in). Drink down a cup of this tea and take a little nap. The idea here is to get a nice light

sweat going. Not a drenching sweat, water spilling out of your pores sweat, but a light therapeutic sweat. If

one cup of the tea does not do the trick, take another cup a few hours later. Sometimes it helps to eat a bit of

oatmeal with the tea. For goodness sake avoid greasy foods or meats.

After the sweat, the chills should be gone, the headache much improved and a general sense that you are

well on the road to recovery. If caught early in the process, you should be back to normal within a day.

Maree Smith Anthroposophical RN

021 150 9433

85 Barrington Drive, Huntington, Hamilton Ph: 07 855 8710 email: office@waikatowaldorf.school.nz website: www.waikatowaldorf.school.nz www.facebook.com/WaikatoWaldorf School

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necessarily reflect the opinion of the Faculty.

COMMUNITY NOTICES

JARS needed

Please bring your jars (all sizes) to the office for our lovely jam-making lady Meredith. Thank you.

FOR SALE

LEMON, LIMES, ORANGE & CITRUS TREES, organic vermacast $17 per plant

Order for end of month phone Cass on 021 0233 4570. Delivery to school office.

It's that time again! APRIL school holidays

Art program coming up! Come along for some relaxed fun clay work-shops, printing on clay and using different techniques to make functional and art pieces. Workshop bookings are for 2 days per age group. Held in the lovely Waikato Waldorf School hall (Barrington Drive Rototuna) $45 per day includes all resources, clay plus bisque and glaze firing. Limited spaces available. Please text Lisa - 0210633559

Biodynamics (“biological-dynamics”) is a method of organic agriculture that can be applied to any

farm, garden or horticultural enterprise by following a series of practical steps. It is based on the

teachings of scientist and philosopher, Rudolf Steiner.

Biodynamics is a systems approach, where the farm, vineyard, orchard or garden is viewed as a

living whole and each activity affects everything else. One of the most easily-seen and dramatic

benefits of biodynamic practice is the exceptional quality of the produce: flavour, appearance and

keeping quality are all enhanced.

The steps in the BD approach emphasise building soil fertility and are carefully tailored to the

particular property. They include:

Using biodynamic sprays to stimulate biological activity in the soil and improve retention of

nutrients.

Stocking with several different animal species to vary grazing patterns and reduce pasture-

borne parasites

Widening the range of pasture species

Planting trees for multiple purposes

Crop rotation designs including the use of green manures to enhance soil fertility and control

weeds and plant pests in the garden or pasture

Recycling organic wastes through composting

Changing from chemical pest control to prevention strategies based on good plant and animal

nutrition and careful cultivar selection

You can order BD preps if you are a member of the NZ Biodynamic Association. When you join

the invaluable booklet Using the biodynamic preparations is sent as part of your initial pack.

To Join go to http://www.biodynamic.org.nz