Making time for childhood
Last month Class 3 & 4 were taken on a guided walk by Marianne Hood from the Cragg Vale Community Association. Marianne not only took us on a beautiful walk but was a fount of information on local history & geography. The children found it very interesting as you can see from their art work. They
Vacancy for Class 1 Teacher Calder Valley Steiner School Start date 2015 Due to expanding the provision of Steiner Waldorf Education in the Calder Valley from September 2015 we are looking for a Class Teacher to join our team of committed staff at the Calder Valley Steiner School in Cragg Vale. (West Yorkshire) We are
A collection of Snowdrop people made by parents of Willow kindergarten at their Parent’s Evening this week. A lovely evening of crafting, tea and biscuits and chatting about school and parenting.
To start training March 2015, start date April 2015 Due to our ever growing school we are looking for a Learning Support Assistant to support the class teachers, and to join our team of committed staff at the School in Cragg Vale. We are situated in a beautiful rural location close to the market town
Winter has properly arrived in the Calder Valley, with the first significant snowfall. Enough snow that it meant school was closed for a day, but at least that meant there was the opportunity to go sledging and build snowmen. And you can see from the photo, it does look rather pretty looking down on the
Wishing you all a very happy 2015. Our school and kindergartens began a new term this week, amidst sprinklings of snow here in the Calder Valley. We have welcomed several new children into the school and look forward to growing further as a community this year.
The Advent Fayre went very well and raised over £1000 for the school. Thank you to everyone who donated time, food and goods – they fayre could not happen without the hard work of the school community. We have added a few more photos of the Advent Spiral up on our facebook page, if you would
Thanks to all who dropped by the Fayre last Saturday, it was a wonderfully busy and happy day. There will be more news and photos soon, but for now take a little peek behind the door of the magical Grotto… (Special thanks to artist Alice Cullinane for making the grotto!)
The Advent Spiral is one of the most beautiful celebrations in the school year. The children take turns to walk a spiral laid out in greenery to light a candle from the large candle at the centre. As they walk out again they place their candle along points in the spiral. When all the candles