Understanding Deeper Developmental Needs throughout Childhood and Adolescence
Deepening Course 16 and 17 January 2027
Understanding Deeper Developmental Needs throughout Childhood and
Adolescence
Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School, 5 Helios Place, Titirangi, Auckland
$85 fee, incl. morning (2x) and afternoon tea (1x), BYO lunch or head to Titirangi Village, with
its many cafes.
It is with much pleasure that we invite you to this deepening conference at the beginning of the
2027 school year. This conference is open to anyone who finds a connection with the theme. Dr
Richard Drexel and Rosie Simpson will join us to give the morning lectures.
Please read their biographies below to see with how much knowledge and experience these two people
come to us!
Saturday afternoon will be spent in healing workshops willingly offered by a range of colleagues
from different fields of Waldorf education.
This event has come together with the financial support the Steiner/Waldorf Early Childhood
Education Trust.
A timetable and registration form will be sent at the start of Term 4 and we ask you to fill in the
form and send it back to edith.vandermeer@gmail.com no later than 14 January 2027 Maximum number of
participants is 100 and we will register people on a first-come, first-served basis (after payment
is in the bank!)
Who are they??
Dr Richard Drexel
Richard Drexel is a general practitioner and anthroposophical doctor at the Sophia Healing
Centre, based at the Weleda site in Havelock North. He also works as a GP at The Doctors
Greenmeadows in Napier, where he brings a whole-person approach into everyday general practice.
Originally from Germany, Richard studied medicine at the University of Witten/Herdecke and the
University of Hamburg, where he was introduced to a view of health that unites rigorous medical
science with a deeper understanding of the human being. Richard has been active for many years in
Anthroposophical Medicine and adult education in Europe and now here in Aotearoa New Zealand and
Australia. He contributes to trainings and conferences on many topics supporting people to meet the
challenges of modern life with
warmth and clarity.
Rosie Simpson
Rosie brings decades of reflected experience with Steiner Waldorf Education. For many years she
worked with children and young people in need of special soul care both at Hohepa, Hawkes Bay and
in Holland.
This was followed by class teaching at Taikura School in Hastings where she later took on the role
of principal. Currently Rosie co-carries the leadership of Taruna College and plays an active part
in adult education programmes.
For this conference her particular areas of focus will be observation of the child and approaches
to Child Study, along with exploring the responsive developmental gesture of the teacher/parent.
We are so pleased to have these two wonderful people join us at our fifth January Deepening
Conference.
We hope to see you there!
Kind regards,
Kathy MacFarlane and Edith van der Meer
on behalf of the Steiner/Waldorf Early Childhood Education Trust