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SWSF Newsletter Information & Downloads

2013 SWSF Spring Newsletter

2013 SWSF Spring Newsletter
(2013SpringNewsletter.pdf - 1110kb)

Contents include:-

  • How Do You Run a Steiner School?
  • New Plans in Ireland
  • School Readiness at the Goetheanum
  • Steiner Parents International Conference (INSWAP)
  • and more...

2012 SWSF Autumn Newsletter

2012 SWSF Autumn Newsletter
(2012AutumnNewsletter.pdf - 374kb)

Contents include:-

  • News from Schools
  • European Waldorf Diploma
  • Early Childhood
  • Three Years of SIS inspections
  • 20 years at Plymouth University
  • and more...

2012 SWSF Summer Newsletter

2012 SWSF Summer Newsletter
(2012SummerNewsletter.pdf - 445kb)

Contents include:-

  • News from Meadow School, Bruton
  • News from Schools
  • The European Waldorf Diploma (EWD)
  • WOW Day. Don't leave it too late.
  • and more...

2012 SWSF Spring Newsletter

2012 SWSF Spring Newsletter
(2012SpringNewsletter.pdf - 580kb)

Contents include:-

  • New Schools and New Opportunities
  • Easter Conference: Wynstones
  • European Waldorf Diploma and ECSWE
  • Europe and the Steiner Waldorf service mark
  • and more...

2011 SWSF Spring Newsletter

2011 SWSF Spring Newsletter
(2011SpringNewsletter.pdf - 397kb)

Contents include:-

  • EARLY CHILDHOOD ACTIVITY 2010/2011
  • Profile of a Steiner Alumnus
  • Changes to SWSF and ECSWE offices Kidbrooke Park, Forest Row.
  • The Mad Hatter's Tea Party, or Friends in Disguise?
  • Dying Sea, Thriving Children? - A Report from Europe
  • and more...

2010 SWSF Autumn Newsletter

2010 SWSF Autumn Newsletter
(2010AutumnNewsletter.pdf - 486kb)

Contents include:-

  • NATIONAL EARLY YEARS - Conference and meeting with IASWECE
  • THE CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY REVIEW IN THE FLESH - WHAT DOES IT ADD UP TO: What does it mean for Waldorf education?
  • LOGGED OFF? The South Devon Steiner School recruits its 'digital residents' to challenge the screen.
  • MEETING THE CHILD - Approaches to Observation and Assessment in Steiner Kindergartens

2010 SWSF Spring Newsletter

2010 SWSF Spring Newsletter
(2010SpringNewsletter.pdf - 227kb)

Contents include:-

  • NATIONAL EARLY YEARS - Conference and meeting with IASWECE
  • THE CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY REVIEW IN THE FLESH - WHAT DOES IT ADD UP TO: What does it mean for Waldorf education?
  • LOGGED OFF? The South Devon Steiner School recruits its 'digital residents' to challenge the screen.
  • MEETING THE CHILD - Approaches to Observation and Assessment in Steiner Kindergartens

2009 SWSF Autumn Newsletter

2009 SWSF Autumn Newsletter
(2009AutumnNewsletter.pdf - 524kb)

Contents include:-

  • A NEW UPPER SCHOOL AT RINGWOOD
  • NEW HALL AT WYNSTONES
  • FREE SCHOOLS
  • WEIGHING ANCHOR AMIDST THE APPLES - news from the Steiner Academy Hereford
  • PRESS RELEASE - on Behalf of the Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship

2009 SWSF Summer Newsletter

2009 SWSF Summer Newsletter
(2009SummerNewsletter.pdf - 462kb)

Contents include:-

  • THE HEKIMA WALDORF SCHOOL
  • SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL EDUCATION - an International Study
  • REBUTTING WALDORF CRITICS
  • State primary school is enthused by Steiner Waldorf gymnastics
  • STEINER WALDORF ADVISORY SERVICE - In-service Courses and Research

2009 SWSF Spring Newsletter

2009 SWSF Spring Newsletter
(2009SpringNewsletter.pdf - 351kb)

Contents include:-

  • CHILD'S PLAY; how we risk giving our children everything except the freedom to play.
  • RAPHAEL STEINER SCHOOL
  • BALAMITRA SCHOOL, INDIA
  • CURATIVE EDUCATION - Clementina Group
  • ASSOCIATE ADVISERS
  • UK PARENT NETWORK MEETING, Michael Hall School - A parent's perspective

2008 SWSF Autumn Newsletter

2008 SWSF Autumn Newsletter
(2008AutumnNewsletter.pdf - 223kb)

Contents include:-

  • The Steiner Academy Hereford is here!
  • New home for Norwich Steiner School
  • A NEW HOME FOR GREENWICH STEINER SCHOOL
  • BRISTOL STEINER SCHOOL OPENS ITS NEW UPPER SCHOOL AND CELEBRATES 35 YEARS
  • International Steiner Waldorf Parents Network
  • QUALITY QUESTIONS

2008 SWSF Summer Newsletter

2008 SWSF Summer Newsletter
(2008SummerNewsletter.pdf - 142kb)

Contents include:-

  • STATE RECOGNITION FOR STEINER SCHOOLS IN IRELAND
  • WOW-DAY PROJECT FOR CHECHEN CHILDREN
  • What is Associative Leadership?
  • HANDS-ON AT NATIONAL TEACHERS' CONFERENCE
  • BOOK REVIEW: 'Developing the emotionally literate school'
  • A NEW CURRICULUM FOR SCOTLAND - Changing Curricula/When is a Curriculum not a Curriculum?
  • ELIANT - Why should we care?
  • LATEST INFORMATION ON THE EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE (EYFS)

2008 SWSF Spring Newsletter

2008 SWSF Spring Newsletter
(2008SpringNewsletter.pdf - 236kb)

Contents include:-

  • THE GODERICH WALDORF SCHOOL, SIERRA LEONE
  • A NAVISH PROJECT...
  • STEINER WALDORF EARLY CHILDHOOD AND THE EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE (EYFS)
  • BOOK REVIEW: Creative Play for your Baby
  • SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT TALKS
  • STEPPING OUT - November Conference in Switzerland
  • THE WYNSTONES HALL RISES
  • CAMBRIDGE STEINER SCHOOL - FINALLY THERE!
  • Inadequate premises prevent St Paul's becoming state funded

2007 SWSF Autumn Newsletter

2007 SWSF Autumn Newsletter
(2007AutumnNewsletter.pdf - 111kb)

Contents include:-

  • EARLY CHILDHOOD PROJECT UNVEILED
  • Align for learning 2008
  • STATE FUNDING NEWS
  • KILDARE STEINER SCHOOL - our new building
  • LEARNING OUT OF THE CLASSROOM
  • GATF Children's Fund
  • RESEARCH in Children's Drawing
  • STEINER - Early Childhood Movement & New Regulations
  • Internation Association of Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood Education (IASWECE)
  • THE HALL THAT GREW - South Devon's new building opens
  • THE JOURNAL FOR STEINER WALDORF Early Childhood Care and Education

2007 SWSF Summer Newsletter

2007 SWSF Summer Newsletter
(2007SummerNewsletter.pdf - 271kb)

Contents include:-

  • ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP at The Meadow School
  • An East Anglian Score - and more!
  • MICHAEL ROSE, Living Literacy: The human foundations of speaking, writing and reading
  • SWSF 2007 Easter Conference
  • Research Resource
  • The Alliance for Childhood UK Forum
  • The Plymouth University Periodic Review
  • The Tobias project in Kings Langley
  • Whose work is music education?

2007 SWSF Spring Newsletter

2007 SWSF Spring Newsletter
(2007SpringNewsletter.pdf - 370kb)

Contents include:-

  • NEW HORIZONS for teacher training in Scotland
  • WELL, I WONDER - Childhood in the Modern World. A Handbook for Parents, Teachers and Carers
  • GATF Children's Fund Loans and Grants
  • LOW-INTEREST LOANS available for Steiner schools
  • GRAIL CONFERENCE
  • Outward Bound® - for adventures that last a lifetime
  • ELIANT - European Alliance of Initiatives for Applied Anthroposophy
  • Childhood, wellbeing and a theraputic ethos
  • The Teacher's Voice
  • Fired Up for Fundraising!
  • Join Wynstones School in the Building Experience of a Lifetime

2006 SWSF Summer Newsletter

2006 SWSF Summer Newsletter
(2006SummerNewsletter.pdf - 1,302kb)

Contents include:-

  • Public Funding in England
  • A Twinkle in Irish Eyes
  • The new Fellowship DVD "What is a Steiner School?"
  • The Changing Need for Child Care
  • Review - The Pampered Child Syndrome by Maggie Mamen
  • Validation of Edinburgh Teacher Training Course
  • Alliance Conference: Detoxing Childhood

2006 SWSF Spring Newsletter

2006 SWSF Spring Newsletter
(2006SpringNewsletter.pdf - 3,529kb)

Contents include:-

  • The Waldorf School of South West London arising from the Fire
  • Building Bridges
  • From pipe-dreams to reality
  • Basic Elements of an Artistic Approach: Language Teachers' Conference, York Steiner School, 27-29th, January 2006
  • International perspectives on learning through play: Alliance for Childhood conference in conjunction with Mit Kindern Wachsen.
  • Overcoming the Eeeek! of Maths
  • New research from Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology shows anthroposophic lifestyle reduces risk of allergic disease in children

2005 SWSF Winter Newsletter

2005 SWSF Winter Newsletter
(2005WinterNewsletter.pdf - 89kb)

Contents include:-

  • A New Steiner School for Norwich
  • Working with Inspections
  • 'Three Score and Ten'
  • First Comprehensive Report on English Steiner schools
  • WOW - Waldorf One World 2005/06
  • News from the Public Funding Front
  • A Final Meeting and Farewells
  • Study Scholarships for Staff in Waldorf Schools

2005 SWSF Summer Newsletter

2005 SWSF Summer Newsletter
(2005SummerNewsletter.pdf - 779kb)

Contents include:-

  • Government Approval for the Next Step
  • From Professor Daniel T Jones
  • Some thoughts on public funding for Steiner education
  • International Waldorf Kindergarten Conference Dornach, Goetheanum - 27th April 2005
  • European Masters for Steiner Waldorf Educators (EMPSWE)
  • New Building for Botton
  • News Network Anthroposophy
  • 'MUSIC OF THE HEART' CLARE COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE 17-21

2005 SWSF Spring Newsletter

2005 SWSF Spring Newsletter
(2005SpringNewsletter.pdf - 178kb)

Contents include:-

  • More Progress Towards Public Funding in England
  • Glowing Ofsted Report for Meadow School
  • Austrian Lobbying for Public Support
  • Appreciation. Moana Bowron
  • The Music Manifesto
  • Exploring Partnership Between a Steiner School and a Primary School
  • Foundation Degree in Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood Education
  • Early Years, Play and Information Technology: A Debate

2004 SWSF Autumn Newsletter

2004 SWSF Autumn Newsletter
(2004AutumnNewsletter.pdf - 76kb)

Contents include:-

  • Fire at SW London School
  • OCN Developments
  • Rudi Lissau: some reminiscences
  • Steiner Schools in England Research Project
  • Political work in England
  • Life-long Waldorf Learning in Devon
  • Steering Group Trip to Sunny Devon

2004 SWSF Summer Newsletter

2004 SWSF Summer Newsletter
(2004SummerNewsletter.pdf - 399kb)

Contents include:-

  • 'Thinking Outside the Box'
  • Steiner Waldorf Advisory Service & In-Service Courses
  • Appreciation. Lawrence Edwards 13/04/12 - 03/01/04
  • Fund Raising for the SWSF
  • Hall Fire Hits the South Devon School
  • Political Work in England
  • The SWSF/University of Plymouth Foundation Degree in Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood Education and Care
  • Puppets For Peace
  • Peace Pole Planted at the Edinburgh Rudolf Steiner School
  • Introducing - www.steiner-teacher.org

Living Magazine Information & Downloads

2007 Autumn Living Education

2007 Autumn Living Education
(2007AutumnLivingEducation.pdf - 2,288kb)

Contents include:-

  • Small is beautiful or Waldorf Primary School
  • The Opportunities of Cooperative Self-management
  • Review: Democratic Leadership in Education

2007 Summer Living Education

2007 Summer Living Education
(2007SummerLivingEducation.pdf - 639kb)

Contents include:-

  • The Seashore of Endless Worlds
  • The Highgate House Adventure
  • Pedagogical Aspects of Slowness

2007 Spring Living Education

2007 Spring Living Education
(2007SpringLivingEducation.pdf - 971kb)

Contents include:-

  • Non-conformism, Compliance and Anxiety: stations on the road to learning
  • Book Review by Ursi Zimmermann
  • The Birth of the Waldorf School out of the World of Work
  • What God is - or also isn't

2006 Winter Living Education

2006 Winter Living Education
(2006WinterLivingEducation.pdf - 934kb)

Contents include:-

  • Did Rudolf Steiner Want a Seven-Grade Elementary School Configuration?
  • Montessori and Steiner: A Pattern of Reverse Symmetries
  • Some Background information on Montessori and Steiner
  • The Building Bridges conference: a report
  • The Developing Child In Relation To The Architecture Of The Primary School