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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 13 January 2006 |
A big thank you to our teachers who continued to work up to and over
the Christmas break with Sylvie in preparing our statements on SATS and
Admissions. These will be presented to the DfES as part of the
Feasibility Study. A great deal of time, thought and pedagogical
discussion has gone into the final papers.
The architectural firm appointed last term were with us all day on
Tuesday, exploring each classroom, the grounds and above all listening
to the children and teachers on their wishes for a new school building.
The whole school performed a united Eurythmy movement for them on the
field (battling a raging wind and grey skies). The Open Forum,
incorporating the Architects presentation was held that evening (Tue
10) and saw over 40 parents and teachers who were all keen to hear not
only the ideas from the Architects about how they will come up with
ideas for a new building/site but to add to the debate about what we
felt was important to take forward from the old school to the new.
The Buildings Group continue to work on the creation of a brief for the
Architects and the gathering of supporting material for this. They have
had perhaps the the most urgent deadlines to meet.
The Academy
Community Development Group have sent out their questionnaire on the
use of the existing buildings and eagerly await your response to these
to help formulate their proposals for the future use of the buildings
and the involvement of the community in a Steiner Academy. Please
return your questionnaire to their pigeonhole in Reception where more
copies are also available.
The Governance Group have been
working on a new Vision Statement and Mission statement, the role of
the ‘Principal’ (i.e. accountable person which is a requirement for
state funded schools) and the role of a governing board. All of these
subjects are legally required of us, the group’s role has been to
maintain our Steiner ethos in all these areas.
All the groups
are now working to specific deadline dates and a sense of urgency (or
should we say nail-biting tenseness!) prevails. The Steiner Waldorf
Schools Fellowship Executive joined College and Council on Monday night
to discuss our progress with the Academy process. They are very
supportive of the process and outcome of the work we have undertaken to
date and fully support the current statements that we have produced for
both Admissions and SATs.
The fellowship executive will
continue to contribute support and resources where needed, but above
all will retain an observational stance on how we move forward as an
Academy whilst retaining the spirit of Steiner education.
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