Newcastle Waldorf School
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    • An Introduction from the College of Teachers
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        • Technology Mandatory Years 7 & 8
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          • 2018 Sydney Classic and Wooden Boat Building Workshop
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      • HSC Artworks 2018
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      • Browns Falls Excursion - Watagons December 2017
      • 2017 December High School Camp Mt Seaview
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      • waldorf100
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      • Inter-School Sports Visits
      • Daniel Freeman
      • Dan Maslen
      • Human Physiology - Who Moves the Child on Earth >
        • Human Physiology Workshop The Story of Creation
        • Human Physiology Workshop - An Exploration of the Heart and Liver
        • Eurythmy Workshop - Kidneys, Light in our Thinking
        • Human Physiology - Who Moves the Child on Earth
      • Muses >
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        • Prospero Players
        • Arco Arte Italian Tour
        • Vanishing Shapes
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        • Tony Backhouse Workshops
        • John Billings Lyre Concerts
        • Saint Francis
        • Mark Jackson's Newcastle Ukestra
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About Rudolf Steiner

Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) was an Austrian philosopher, literary scholar, architect, playwright, educator and social thinker. He is the founder of Anthroposophy, a movement based on the knowledge that there is a spiritual world accessible to pure thought through a path of self-
development. Its practical applications include Waldorf Education, biodynamic agriculture, anthroposophical medicine, architecture, and new artistic impulses, especially eurythmy.

About Waldorf Schools
What characterises our School as a Waldorf School?
  • HOLISTIC CURRICULUM - We work with a holistic curriculum and healthy timetable. Learning activities have structured rhythms which align with the growing child’s stage of development as indicated by Rudolf Steiner. Main lessons create an atmosphere of connectedness with all spheres of life – spiritual, cultural, emotional, and practical - to foster Social Renewal.
  • CREATIVE TEACHING - We have a commitment to introducing experiential learning, intellectual focus, and technologies in an age-appropriate manner with an understanding for the creative impulse that guides teachers. 
  • INDIVIDUAL POTENTIAL - We use Steiner’s indications to educate through images of the Good, the Beautiful, and the True, to nurture imaginative consciousness and support the development of individual potential, resilience, inner moral strength, and respect for diversity. 
  • CREATIVITY - We aim for a strong creative and inclusive culture of music, design, the visual arts, drama, movement, practical creativity, imaginative play, and reverence for nature.
  • RESPECT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT - We foster positive interactions between the students and the natural world through encouraging the use of natural and sustainable materials, regular explorations of the surrounding environment on excursions, and engaging with the wisdom of Indigenous cultures.
  • COMMUNITY - We aspire to retain the freshness of human relationships and be available to parents, carers, and families.
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Philosophy of Steiner Education

“The prime need of a teacher is not knowledge but the understanding of man.”
Rudolf Steiner
Steiner education and teaching is based on the understanding of the human being comprised of body, soul and spirit. The whole of the human being is taken into consideration and education is thus viewed as an ‘art’. The spiritual should not be neglected for the physical nor the physical neglected for the spiritual. The practices are based on reality and life: the whole child (thinking, feeling, and willing) discovers truth, beauty and goodness by making use of everything that is pictorial and tangible. This transpires naturally through the child’s innate devotion and reverence of nature and the cosmos and comes into expression through art, music, language, fairy tales, poems and games.
The kindergarten years correspond to the period of intense physical growth, muscle and organ development. This is supported through imitation and ‘good’ will activities in a rhythmically structured day. The class teacher is able to nurture the primary years, where the child’s emotions, imagination and feelings are emerging, through focusing on ‘beauty’ in artistic learning. In the high school, the students’ minds are sensitively opening to their world and their lessons involve greater thinking responsibilities and discoveries of the ‘truth’.
The curriculum based on Steiner’s indications is responsive to the needs of the developmental phases of a child’s life, giving particular emphasis to creating healthy foundations which support all the aspects of the growing child. The curriculum strives to develop individuals who are able to feel, think and act out of their own initiative so that they fulfil their potential in whatever purpose and direction they choose in life.


Core Principles - N.W.S. and S.E.A.

Waldorf Alumni - Research Link

​Next Open Day - Saturday 13th May 2023 - Register here
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Link to 2021 PnP (Portfolio and Presentation)
Link to Boatbuilding in India - Notes Home 

Year 10 Oil Paintings and Year 8 b/w

Next - An Introduction from the College of Teachers
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We acknowledge the Awabakaleen and Awabakal People, the Traditional Custodians of the land and waters on which we live. We pay respect to the holders of knowledge and culture, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future. 
  • OUR SCHOOL
    • An Introduction from the College of Teachers
    • Newcastle Waldorf School History
    • Governance
    • Calendar
    • Fees
    • Term Dates and Hours
    • School Buses and Safety
    • NWS Annual Reports
    • Association
    • Downloads >
      • School Downloads
      • Studies
      • Articles
      • Links
    • Positions
  • Learning Stages
    • Kindergarten
    • Primary
    • High School >
      • Math and Science >
        • 2018 Science events
      • Artworks >
        • Drawings
        • Paintings and Sketches
        • Yrs 9&10 Still Life Paintings
        • Years 9 & 10 Drawing Lessons
      • Technology 7&8 & Design & Make 9&10 >
        • Technology Mandatory Years 7 & 8
        • Design and Make Years 9 & 10
        • Extra Curricular Events >
          • 2018 Sydney Classic and Wooden Boat Building Workshop
      • Humanities
    • Years 11 & 12 >
      • Philosophy Books
      • Clothing Marketing
      • Year 11 English Books
      • HSC Artworks 2018
      • Portfolio and Presentation
    • Indigenous Culture
    • Naplan
    • Excursions >
      • Browns Falls Excursion - Watagons December 2017
      • 2017 December High School Camp Mt Seaview
  • Enrolments
  • News and Events
  • Community
    • Alumni
    • Scholarships
    • Sponsorship
    • Public Events >
      • Festivals
      • Advent - Puppets
      • Winter Festival 2017
      • Lantern Festival
    • Parent Initiatives
    • Affiliations >
      • OSHC Inspired EC
      • Indigenous - Millibah
      • Chess Tournaments
      • Humanising Education
      • IraLearn-India
      • Steiner Education Australia
      • waldorf100
      • Steiner Teachers Conference
      • Inter-School Sports Visits
      • Daniel Freeman
      • Dan Maslen
      • Human Physiology - Who Moves the Child on Earth >
        • Human Physiology Workshop The Story of Creation
        • Human Physiology Workshop - An Exploration of the Heart and Liver
        • Eurythmy Workshop - Kidneys, Light in our Thinking
        • Human Physiology - Who Moves the Child on Earth
      • Muses >
        • Sacred Art Of Geometry
        • Prospero Players
        • Arco Arte Italian Tour
        • Vanishing Shapes
        • Wayfarers Workshops
        • Tony Backhouse Workshops
        • John Billings Lyre Concerts
        • Saint Francis
        • Mark Jackson's Newcastle Ukestra
      • Plays and Backdrops
    • Lost Items
    • Buildings
    • Our Gallery >
      • Winter Term Gallery
      • Spring Term Gallery
      • HSC Buildings Construction >
        • Steel Columns
  • Search
    • Contact
  • Core Principles