Schools
Submitted by phil on Tue, 06/19/2007 - 13:29.
In 1919, Emil Molt, the owner of the Waldorf Astoria cigarette factory in Stuttgart, Germany, asked Rudolf Steiner if he would establish a school for his employees' children. Within a few short months the original Waldorf School opened its doors to these children.
Today there are more than 800 Rudolf Steiner/Waldorf schools in over 40 countries. In New Zealand there are nine schools delivering this education system, with another established sponsired school and three other initatives looking at the setting up of new schools. In addition there are numerous kindergartens and day care centres catering for young children out of Waldorf principles.
Rudolf Steiner designed the education out of his spiritual scientific research of man as a threefold  being of spirit, soul, and body whose capacities unfold in three developmental stages on the path to adulthood. These stages are early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence and the Waldorf curriculum is designed to work with these three developmental stages. Underlying this curriculum is the understanding that if children are able to relate what they learn to their own experience, they will be interested and alive, and then everything they learn becomes their own. Rudolf Steiner/Waldorf schools work to foster this kind of learning.
Many of the Rudolf Steiner/Waldorf Schools in New Zealand also have kindergartens attached to them, offering pupils the immense benefit of learning in the same familiar environment from the age of four through to the age of 18.
An essay written by Rudolf Steiner at that time in 1919, An Introduction to Waldorf Education, outlines the philosophy behind the school movement
The following schools and kindergartens can provide more detailed information.
| (Also known as Waldorf Schools. All cater for pupils from Kindergarten to Class 12 unless stated otherwise). |
| RUDOLF STEINER KINDERGARTENS |
| Taradale Rudolf Steiner Kindergarten |
| Helen Bedyn, 68 King Street, Taradale, Napier 4221. Ph/Fax: 06 844 2486. |
| Mangarau Rudolf Steiner Kindergarten |
| 38 Mangarau Crescent, Havelock North 4130. Ph: 06 877 3493. Fax: 06 877 3494. |
| Lavender and Marigold Playcircles |
| Lavender Playcircle: Monday and Thursday 9.15am - 11.15am; Marigold Playcircle: Tuesday and Friday 9.30am - 11.30am at the Waikato Community Room, 85 Barrington Drive, Rototuna. Ph: 07 854 9021. Kindergarten. Ph: 07 855 8711. |
| Te Rawhiti Kindergarten |
| 162 Wellington Road, Paekakariki, Kapiti 5034. Ph: 04 292 7072. |
| Pathways Rudolf Steiner Kindergarten |
| 14 Larch St, Victoria, Rotorua 3010. Ph: 07 348 9532. |
| Matariki Rudolf Steiner Kindergarten |
| 187 Ruahine Street, PO Box 10021, Palmerston North 4410. Ph: 06 354 4514. |
| Wellington Rudolf Steiner Kindergarten |
| 10 Davis Street,Thomdon, Wellington 6011. Ph: 04 499 7394. |
| Wellington Rudolf Steiner Kindergarten |
| 10 Davis Street,Thomdon, Wellington 6011. Ph: 04 499 7394. |
| Rudolf Steiner Early Childhood Centre |
| 13 Laery Street, Alicetown, Lower Hutt 5010. Ph: 04 586 1237. |
| RUDOLF STEINER ADULT EDUCATION |
| Auckland University of Technology (AUT) |
| Neil Boland, Lecturer. BEd Rudolf Steiner Primary Teaching and Rudolf Steiner Early Childhood. School of Education, Te Kura Maatauranga, Auckland University of Technology, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1020. Ph: 09 921 9999 ext 7361. |
| Taruna College for Anthroposophical Adult Education |
| Taruna College, Diplomas in: Rudolf Steiner Waldorf Education, Rudolf Steiner Early Childhood Education, Artistic Therapy, Biodynamic Agriculture and Horticulture Training. PO Box 8103, Havelock North. Ph: 06 877 7174. Fax: 06 877 7014. Web: www.taruna.gen.nz |
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