4 hours per month (1 hour per week) help towards running the kindergarten/school. There are many ways in which parents may fulfil this, but it is usually through being active at the monthly Steiner Sunday Social or in one of the School Support Groups. For parents in receipt of the NEF, this scheme is entirely voluntary. • All the term dates are available on the website and on our Facebook page, as well as dates of major festivals and other events. Parents are always encouraged to attend these. Some events are for the school only, but many, such as our Advent and Summer Fairs, are major events that are both fundraisers for the school, and important ways in which we make ourselves known to the wider community. • For those wishing to deepen their understanding of all which lies behind this way of working, we also organise talks on various subjects relating to childhood. We occasionally perform Puppet Plays and have craft sessions for both pleasure and fundraising. • There are regular Parents’ Meetings when parents can meet with teachers for discussion, questions and to share news on what the children have been doing. • Library. We have a number of books on Steiner Education, Crafts, Seasonal activities, Child health etc. to loan out. These are kept in the school office • There is a regular e-newsletter detailing all these events and other news. We also have a Notice Board with information and dates for your diary. We hope that we can grow as a community around this work providing a strengthening experience for the children and for each other. • The school currently operates a parent school cleaning rota to which all parents are expected to contribute. In order to keep our overheads as low as possible, we ask parents to help with the cleaning of the school on a Friday afternoon (or over the weekend if they prefer). On average, parents are on the cleaning rota about once a term. The rota is published at the beginning of each term, and parents have the opportunity to swap their slot if need be. There is a parent cleaning rota co-ordinator. Parental Support in the home In keeping with our philosophy of supporting positive behaviour, we ask that parents support us by considering the appropriateness of toys and clothing available to your child. Ready-made plastic toys, for example those depicting TV characters, tend to produce a more rigid thinking in a child
4 hours per month (1 hour per week) help towards running the kindergarten/school. There are many ways in which parents may fulfil this, but it is usually through being active at the monthly Steiner Sunday Social or in one of the School Support Groups. For parents in receipt of the NEF, this scheme is entirely voluntary. • All the term dates are available on the website and on our Facebook page, as well as dates of major festivals and other events. Parents are always encouraged to attend these. Some events are for the school only, but many, such as our Advent and Summer Fairs, are major events that are both fundraisers for the school, and important ways in which we make ourselves known to the wider community. • For those wishing to deepen their understanding of all which lies behind this way of working, we also organise talks on various subjects relating to childhood. We occasionally perform Puppet Plays and have craft sessions for both pleasure and fundraising. • There are regular Parents’ Meetings when parents can meet with teachers for discussion, questions and to share news on what the children have been doing. • Library. We have a number of books on Steiner Education, Crafts, Seasonal activities, Child health etc. to loan out. These are kept in the school office • There is a regular e-newsletter detailing all these events and other news. We also have a Notice Board with information and dates for your diary. We hope that we can grow as a community around this work providing a strengthening experience for the children and for each other. • The school currently operates a parent school cleaning rota to which all parents are expected to contribute. In order to keep our overheads as low as possible, we ask parents to help with the cleaning of the school on a Friday afternoon (or over the weekend if they prefer). On average, parents are on the cleaning rota about once a term. The rota is published at the beginning of each term, and parents have the opportunity to swap their slot if need be. There is a parent cleaning rota co-ordinator. Parental Support in the home In keeping with our philosophy of supporting positive behaviour, we ask that parents support us by considering the appropriateness of toys and clothing available to your child. Ready-made plastic toys, for example those depicting TV characters, tend to produce a more rigid thinking in a child