My name is Valissa Price. I am teaching Indonesian language at Linuwel School in the Hunter Valley, N.S.W. I am keen to get into contact with other Indonesian teachers working in Steiner Schools and perhaps start an email discussion group to share inspiration, ideas, programmes etc.

michelle.parker@ozemail.com.au

we are an english club of 12- 13 Year olds, at the Waldorfschule Erftstadt Liblar in Germany and try to find pen friends, may be you would like to get in topuch?

Andreas

hazel_illy@bigpond.com

sue.robinson@paradise.net.nz

As we don't have a Steiner Secondary School near us, I am especially eager to hear how Steiner educated children have coped with assimilation into the mainstream at any level, including university.
Thank you.
Jan

gabrielebucher@freesurf.ch

fivesikora@comcast.net

I have a daughter in Mount Martha Primary School on Mornington Peninsula which is a standard school. We want to move her to Mornington park Primary which offers a Steiner stream simply because she is not happy where she is and is a very creative child, so we are hoping the move will help her to start enjoying her schooling - rather than seeing it as a chore!

Would love to hear form anyone who knows these schools or who has had similar experience with an academically bright child who is doing well but is just not 'happy' and thinks Steiner may be the answer.

Best wisehs
Chaley Scott

I have been involved with music and music theatre all my life, and with music and music theatre in Steiner schools and communities since 1991. I taught music and music theatre at the Orana School in Canberra from 1991 - 1993, and again from 1997 - 2000; and at the Mt. Barker Waldorf School from

1994 - 1996. I direct the Wayfarers (originally called Waldorf Wayfarers, now called Wayfarers Australia) - this is basically a choir which consists of anyone, child or adult, who loves singing, and is keen to be a part of choral workshops and performances. I move around Australia giving workshops, and encourage those interested to be a part of usually a once-a-year choral tour of somewhere in Australia or overseas. So far we have toured NSW, Tasmania, central and northern Australia, and Europe twice. In October this year we will be touring New Zealand; next year we will be performing in Perth and Adelaide in July. We sing a wide range of pieces, from European mediaeval, Renaissance, baroque, classical and romantic, and contemporary compositions from Australia and elsewhere, as well as folk songs from many cultures, rounds etc. I encourage musical literacy and the growth of aural comprehension. We most often sing in 3 or 4 parts unaccompanied; occasionally we add recorders, strings, percussion, piano or whatever; occasionally we add dance, mime, acting, speech, puppetry etc.

I have published two books of songs (Songs of the Tree of Life, vol.1, for young children up to about class 3; and volume 2 for older primary children, high school and community choirs etc. Each of the books comes with 2 CD's.

I am keen to hear from anyone interested in my giving a workshop where you live, or in having books, CD's etc. Once I have got to know people in a certain area, and know that their interest is ongoing, I donate a class set of both books and CD's.

I look forward to hearing from anyone interested in any of this. I have found that in many Steiner schools beautiful music is enjoyed, but is often not very adventurous or not quite accurate, while in other school systems the music taught, while often being well taught, is often crassly commercial, lacking subtlety and depth. I see my job as bringing these two worlds together ie imparting a high level of musicality to music of depth through inspirational creativity.

Judy Clingan.

kerstin.pareick@creativ-concept.biz