What a beautiful and light filled Advent Spiral we had this year. The spiral is an important part of the Steiner Waldorf calendar, symbolizing finding light in the darkness.
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A wonderful Advent Fair
A huge thank you to all our families, students, friends and community members who came along to our Advent Fair this weekend and made it so magical. We raised over £750 for the school, and had great fun with face painting, angel-making, puppet shows and more.
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Wreath making workshop
This Thursday we’re holding a wreath-making workshop for parents, carers and friends of Calder Valley Steiner School in Hebden Bridge. The workshop is free, but all wreaths will kept to sell at our Advent Fair fundraiser this weekend in Hebden Bridge. (If you’d like to take your wreath away with you after the workshop, we
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Advent Fair – Saturday 1st December
Our Advent Fair is nearly here! We’re so looking forward to seeing everyone this Saturday in Hebden Bridge for good food and lots of festive fun! The students and the Parent craft group have been busy making festive things to buy, and our vegetarian cafe menu looks set to be one of our best yet! Our
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Photography in school
As part of our exploration around careers, Class 4/5 were visited by local photographers James and Jo. The children had a chance to take portraits of one another using a polaroid camera and learned about the different skills involved in running a creative business. James and Jo have also kindly volunteered their time to take
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Advent Fair – final stall spaces available!
We have three final spaces available for stalls at our Advent Fair in Hebden Bridge on December 1st – one stall in the main hall, and two in the side room. These spots are open to parents/carers and also anyone in the local community, so please share this post if you know anyone who might
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Christmas shoe box appeal
Dear families and friends, It’s that time of year again when we need your help! Please, please donate any unwanted shoe boxes ASAP and/or Christmas present gifts ASAP! See suggestions below. All donations can be sent to the school office. Many thanks!
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Martinmas Lantern Festival
What an amazing lantern festival we had this year, bringing light to the autumn darkness with our Steiner School community. We lit a bonfire in the school garden, strung fairy lights from the trees and the children shared the story of St Martin, who the festival is named after. As a Roman soldier, St Martin
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Kindergarten now offering 30 hours per week
By popular demand, we’re expanding the hours offered to our Kindergarten children to extend to 30 hours per week. Appledapple afternoons will run from 1:45 to 3pm, led by one of our experienced Kindergarten teaching assistants, to a teaching plan set by our Kindergarten teacher. This additional time together will include a snack, a story and some Steiner