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Welcome to Mount Barker Waldorf School
As one of the leading Waldorf/Steiner schools in Australia, we offer
a full Waldorf curriculum from Kindergarten to Year 12.We are situated in beautiful grounds in a peaceful, semi-rural environment on the outskirts of the Mt Barker township in the Adelaide Hills, just over half an hour‘s drive from the city. |
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Mission Statement
Mt Barker Waldorf School has as its primary aim the provision of a unique
education based on Rudolf Steiner's philosophy of pedagogy. We consider that
the tasks of the education can be best accomplished in a community that:
- fosters healthy development in each individual child.
- awakens social awareness and a respect for humanity
- helps students to develop the skills and values they need to fulfil their unique destiny and find their place in the world.
Our Vision
At
Mt Barker Waldorf School we aim to:
provide an education of the highest quality so that our students become
balanced adult individuals, having developed clarity of thinking, sensitivity
of feeling and strength of will- inspire within the students a love of learning, a morality which strives for goodness, an appreciation of beauty and a pursuit of truth
- inspire in our students a sense of wonder at and a healthy, positive connection to the world, arising from a knowledge of and responsibility toward themselves and each other
- provide our students with values which will enable them to find meaning and purpose in their life
- provide our students with the knowledge, skills and means to work competently in the world
- inspire a sense of the spiritual dimension of life as well as a healthy respect for the physical dimension
The school is directed by the College of Teachers, a group of teachers who take on the responsibility of running the school. There is no Principal.
The school is supported by a strong parent community and maintains a belief that we all share in the education of our children.