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School Newsletter14 March 2014Term 1, Week 7
IMPORTANT DATESPlease remember the online calendar for Parent Teacher Meetings and Class Plays
www.sophiamundi.vic.edu.auTERM 1Fri 14 - Sun 16 Mar Steiner Education Australia MeetingThursday 20 Mar Immunisations (Classes 7,9 & 10)Saturday 22 Mar School Tour Slow Food MarketFriday 28 Mar Inter-School Athletics 7-10Tuesday 1 Apr School TourWednesday 2 Apr End of Term Ensembles ConcertFriday 4 Apr Harvest Festival & Last Day of Term 1Tuesday 22 Apr First Day of Term 2 1-12Wednesday 23 Apr First Day of Term 2 PrepFriday 25 Apr ANZAC Day Public HolidayNext Newsletter Publish Date – 28 Mar 2014 (Term 1, Week 9)Newsletter Deadline: Wednesday 26 MarEmail: [email protected] Costs: $15 per Business Ad or $10 per Steiner / Small Ad
News and Information from the Senior SchoolThe past five weeks have been lively and eventful. The year started for Classes 11 & 12 with a wonderful Induction into the life of being an IB student. Ben Darby led the students and staff on a journey through Intuition as a Way of Knowing – Phenomenology – Being and Becoming. One new student was so impressed with the Theory of knowledge (ToK) elements that she was heard commenting ‘I’m learning how to think!’
Parent Teacher Evening for Classes 11 & 12 is at 6pm on Wed 26 March. At this evening Nik Sakellaropoulos and myself will present a pedagogical overview of the two years, Curriculum Structures, Academic Honesty requirements and Internal Assessment deadlines. If you are unable to attend please let me know as soon as possible.
On Thursday our Year 12 Theatre students performed ‘Correction’, a devised piece of theatre as part of their course. It was an independent project and all content was 100% student driven. The final product was a gritty and dark piece of theatre dealing with isolation and institutional manipulation. Congratulations to Ben W, Mia, Luca, Ben C, Maeve and Jack (supported by Dom and Andoni from Class 11)
Congratulations to Ondine Martin and Lilian Li, Class of 2013 IB Visual Art students, whose work was selected to present pieces at the recent IB Art Exhibition at the Glen Ira Gallery. The standard this year was high and presented works that connected student’s interests to their academic disciplines.
Fiona - IB Coordinator
Shrove Tuesday Celebrations
IMPORTANT NOTICES
Student late arrivalsPlease can we ask that you remember to sign your child in at Reception if they arrive after 8:45am. This is really important in order for us to maintain an accurate attendance record.
ImmunisationsFor those in Classes 7, 9 and 10 that have requested immunisations, the Nurse will be here to administer these on Thursday, 20 March at 11:15am.
The ‘Languages Other than English’ Department
Together, Teresa Martin and Miriam Abud make up the Sophia Mundi French department. Alongside French Teresa has studied Russian and Miriam Chinese.
Teresa teaches our Primary classes and Miriam our Secondary classes. They are a strong team, visiting conferences together and speaking regularly (in French!) about the curriculum etc.
Teresa has taught at Sophia Mundi for 11 years. Alongside French she is a valuable member of our Secondary Art department. Her love for French was first ignited during her exchange as a teenager. She then lived in Paris for 3 years in her early twenties, studying Eurythmy for one year and painting. She has continued to travel regularly and spent her Long Service Leave in 2012 in Europe.
Teresa and Miriam share a passion for travel and the belief that our exchange program is hugely valuable. It allows a deeper cultural understanding, something both Teresa and Miriam feel is a hugely valuable aspect of
learning a language.
Miriam has worked at Sophia Mundi for 4 years. A highlight of her time here has been the introduction of the IB. Miriam has spent a lot of time travelling, particularly across Africa, strengthening her French during time spent in the French speaking areas of the country.
The Alliance Française French Film Festival is on again, from 5 - 23 March in various cinemas around Melbourne. There is always an excellent range of films to choose from including children’s films, many Australian debuts, and French classics. The French language teachers at Sophia Mundi always enjoy this festival, and we highly recommend families take advantage of the opportunity to experience more French-speaking culture. See the website for more details: www.affrenchfilmfestival.org
We are holding 30 minute information sessions and tours of the school between 8:30 a.m - 1:30 p.m (No bookings necessary)
SOPHIA MUNDISTEINER SCHOOL
Saturday 22 March 2014
For further information please contact the school office on: (03) 9419 9229
Sophia Mundi, St Mary’s, Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford Victoria 3067 Australia T 03 9419 9229 E [email protected]
www.sophiamundi.vic.edu.au
Experience a unique education for your child, in an idyllic environment
Principal’s Tour
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TOUR
Vale Kathy AlexanderKathy Alexander, parent of our community, crossed the threshold surrounded by family and friends Thursday 6 March. We will miss her warm and generous presence.
Memories of Kathy were shared during a beautiful celebration at the Studley Park Boathouse.
Our thoughts are with her family, Bruce, Charlie (Class 3) and Milly (Class 12).
Community NoticesSlowfood Market
The following dates have been allocated to any classes that would like to run a stall to fundraise for any upcoming class activities or just to fill up your class kitty.
A Slowfood manual will be given to each class allocated a stall explaining everything you will need to know to set-up, run and pack-up the stall on the day.
If you are interested in having a Slowfood Market stall please email: [email protected] with the date you would like and a member of the Slowfood team will be in touch.
Dates: Sat 22nd March - Class 4 Sat 24th May - Class 8 Sat 26th July - Available Sat 27th Sept - Available Sat 22nd Nov - Available
The Slowfood Market Team
PFA EveningThursday 20 March7:15pm to 9:00pm
Cheese and Wine NightHosted by the Parents and Friends Assocation
Come along and share your ideas with the Parent and Friends Association
Oak Hall, Melbourne Rudolf
Steiner School, 213 Wonga Rd, Warranwood
Phone 9876 2633
SATURDAY March 15 and
SUNDAY March 16, 10am - 4pm
Entry by donation
warranwoodartshow.com.au
From the Business Manager:
“Contributed Services Levy [Credit reminder extracted from our 2014 Fee Policy]A Contributed Services Levy of $100 is charged per family each term. All schools rely on contributed services to help keep school fees down while meeting community expectations. Working bees, organizing the Spring Fair, running the school canteen, baking cakes etc. are all Contributed Services. Each family pays a Contributed Services Levy each term. According to each family’s level of contributed services, this levy may be credited back to their account the following term on request.”
I invite all parents who believe their family’s level of Contributed Services during Term One warrants the levy to be credited back to their account, to please email a request to [email protected] , giving details of the contributed services. Thanking you, John Bradshaw
The Yoga of Rhythma TaKeTiNa weekend journey into
rhythm, space and timelessness with Michael Kokinos and Meredith Greenwood
TaKeTiNa works with the primal rhythmic archetypes of creation and releases the healing potential of music within the human being. The body is our instrument - using the voice, claps and steps, participants are guided into different rhythmic
layers. A deeply relaxing and meditative process, it requires no musical experience and invites participants to go at their own pace.
Saturday April 5th 4 - 6pmand Sunday April 6th 10.30 - 5.30pm
Sophia Mundi Steiner SchoolAbbotsford Convent - St. Heliers st
Saturday afternoon serves as a ‘taster’ for those new to TaKeTiNa who may be interested in attending also on Sunday.
Full weekend fees: $100 / $80 concession or Saturday only : $20/$15please byo water bottle and cushion
bookings and info : Michael 0418 532 166 or Meredith 0438 051 390 see www.taketina.com &‘TaKeTiNa Trainees Australia’ on Facebook.
artwork by B.Ward
Michael Kokinos has worked as a physiotherapist with individuals, schools and groups for 20 years developing methods for awareness, perception and movement of the body. Michael also has a background as a studio musician with over 40 original compositions for film and television in circulation internationally . He has recently completed the TaKeTiNa facilitator training and is excited to bring this powerful and transformative work into public workshops.
Meredith Greenwood is a musician and therapeutic counsellor from NE Victoria. She was raised on a biodynamic farm and maintains a lifestyle balancing living on the land, caring for animals and playing music. Meredith is the lead singer for The Blue Yonder - Beechworth, and has had both a classical music education as a flautist and experience as a performer. She is a qualified TaKeTiNa facilitator with a keen sense for the language of music and sensitivity in working with people.
The Ta Ke Ti Na rhythm process was developed by Austrian musician Reinhard Flatlishler after years of traveling the world’s cultures seeking that which is both
universal and human in the language of music.
TaKeTiNa Workshop at Sophia Mundi - April 5/6Michael Kokinos (SMSS parent) will be running a workshop in the eurythmy hall at the end of term 1. TaKeTiNa has been used in Steiner schools for music education and here is a chance for the community to experience this restorative and joyful process. TaKeTiNA works with rhythmic archetypes in the body and is easy for anyone to try - it gives feeling of deep peace and relaxation. Please see the flyer in this newsletter for more information.
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