We intentionally adopted a slow schooling approach in term 1 in recognition of the enormous stress impacting almost everyone in various ways. A SharePoint site was set up that parents would be able to access and, within this site, folders for each class. The teachers uploaded a variety of resources from audio recordings of [...]
Linuwel School students and dedicated teachers along with students from the Central Coast Steiner School came together over two days last week with a shared focus on playing beautiful music together! The classes from both schools camped together at the school, shared meals together and socialised with interest and enthusiasm. The music teachers from both [...]
Congratulations to our graduating Class 12 students who attended their final Nyiirunang last week. A sharing of memories and celebration as the whole school farewelled these young adults. To the left you can see the Class 12 major work of Molly who investigated the effect of plastics on ocean life and created an artwork from [...]
Boon Wurrung artist, Mitch Mahoney and Mutti Mutti and Boon Wurrung/Wemba Wemba artist Maree Clarke are creating a 10-metre-long eel trap out of river reeds in Footscray. We spoke to Mitch Mahoney about the role ancient wisdom will play in a more sustainable future and how we, like eels, can adapt to changing environments. [...]
The Waldorf 100 Youth Conference is the major student focused event in Australia to celebrate 100 years since the first Waldorf/Steiner school opened in Stuttgart, Germany in 1919. Samford Valley Steiner School are hosting this inspiring event on 3rd-7th September. Year 10-12 students from Steiner schools across Australia and New Zealand are meeting, collaborating and [...]
Linuwel Community congratulates Benjamin Pettit on another major achievement in his bright career; he has continued to reach for the stars in his unassuming, quietly confident and humble way with his recent success in the animation of main characters in a blockbuster movie! Benjamin animated two characters in the latest Spiderman Tale~ Spiderman Far from [...]
Harmonia Mundi I have just come back from an absolutely amazing experience of music, drama and fun. Lead by the incredible Judith Clingan, a group of 77 people from all over the world - Taiwan, Japan, India, Switzerland, and Australia - toured Southern Australia with a musical theatre piece, choir songs, and other musical, [...]
I am thrilled to share a story about an incredible opportunity one of our current year 12 students and her family had some time ago… it certainly wraps up Reconciliation week at Linuwel School on an inspirational note… In November 2017, current year 12 student Molly Mahoney and her family [...]
Ex Linuwel student Elsie Stuart, a proud Aboriginal woman from the Biripi Nation located in NSW, North of Taree, visited our Senior students today to share her experiences and reflections on her work with underprivileged young people (mainly school aged students) as co-manager of the Nutrition Plus organisation. Elsie spends much of her time [...]
