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20 April

Concert: Sat 23rd April 7.30pm

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Four Schools Concert at St James Church, Wollaston: Saturday 23rd April 7.30pm.
Classes 6, 7 and 8 will be taking part in this Four Schools Concert, together with a small group of Upper School pupils. The theme will be Shakespeare’s

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09 June

Screen Time v. Play Time – and Homework

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You may be interested in John Hattie’s homework interview on the BBC recently.  Professor Hattie is a leading and highly regarded educationalist and his evidence-based conclusions may help mitigate against the high level of pressure in mainstream education for homework

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04 June

Conscious Parenting

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a talk from Lou Harvey-Zahra, parenting author and play group leader, on Wednesday 10th June at 7.30pm, on positive and creative discipline for parents and carers of children up to Class 5.  This promises to be an inspiring and enlightening

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23 April

Polly – Sat 25/04/15 – 7.30pm

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When the government banned John Gaye’s ballad opera Polly in 1729, they surely never expected it to resurface in the West Midlands almost three hundred years later!
Full of biting criticism of the big-wigs of the age, the production was

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31 March

More reasons why formal education should start after 6 years

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A very interesting article was published this week highlighting the negative outcomes of starting education too early, in the Telegraph, entitled Bright Children Should Start School at Six.  Several negative long term health effects of starting formal education too early

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26 February

10 Lessons Art Educators Can Learn From The Waldorf Approach

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A great and objective article on lessons from the Waldorf approach to art  was published this week for art educators worldwide.  Among the ten points drawn out are the importance of beauty and peace, the importance of form drawing,  thematic work,

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02 February

Guinness World Record Attempt!

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On 9th May 2015 pupils from Elmfield will be attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the tallest ever simulated volcano eruption. The current record stands at 7.15 metres high.
This is a superb opportunity for the pupils

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01 February

Notice of AGM

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The Annual General Meeting takes place on 25th Feb at 7pm in the Eurythmy Room.
All are very welcome.
Anyone who would like to see a copy of the school’s accounts should feel free to contact Ben Arnold via ben.arnold@elmfield.com

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08 January

Happy New Year!

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Wishing our pupils, parents, staff and friends a very happy 2015!

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08 December

Waldorf Schools on Green Parent website

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The Green Parent website has a short piece on Waldorf Schools that you might like to visit or share across your Social Media networks for anyone you think might be interested in Waldorf education.
It can be found via this

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