Kindergarten
In our kindergarten the teachers strive to build a bridge between home and school and to form a connection with the whole family. Seasonal plays and festivals are shared with the community. Parents' evenings are held and lunches and other social events are often organised. Teachers make every effort to go on home visits in order to form a deeper bond with each child.
A child's education is a foundation for life. For that foundation to be strong, education must be a partnership between parents and teachers. We therefore view parent/teacher contact as essential. The parents' evenings which parents are expected to attend, give parents the opportunity to hear about important stages in their child's development and voice any queries. Parents' questions and active participation is welcomed. 
Young children have faith and trust in the people near to them and in their first years believe in the goodness of the world. During these years the nurturing of all the child's senses should be cherished and protected. The child's capacity for wonder and reverence is also fostered by the kindergarten. Stillness, peace and awareness of nature are an essential part of wonder. Children deeply experience sunlight and darkness, rain and fires, cool grass and muddy puddles!
Great emphasis is placed on the quality of the kindergarten surroundings. Within these rooms there is an apparent gentleness in which great strength is hidden. All activities are carefully chosen to strengthen the children far more than the traditional "toughening up" approach. The toys are largely unformed, sturdy and of natural materials. In the classroom you will find dressing up clothes, clothes-horses and cloths for building houses and ships; pieces of wood, beautiful shells and fir-cones with which to create little villages and landscapes.
ACTIVITIES
In the daily creative play time the children often re-enact what they have experienced. They embrace play wholeheartedly and transform the classroom to meet their needs. During shared daily activity, the children enjoy water colour painting, drawing, beeswax modeling, sewing and baking rolls for morning tea. Other activities such as Eurythmy, Image Zulu songs and games, singing games, candle dipping, woodwork, outside sand and water play, gardening, general games and going for walks complete the week. All of these activities are helpful in the development of the body, the senses and social life.
RHYTHM
Because the activity and learning, process of the young child are largely unconscious, it is essential that we give a strong framework of rhythm, routine and repetition both at home and in the kindergarten. At home regular bedtimes, shared meals, restful moments and enjoyable walks help bring about peace and harmony for the whole family.
Image Beyond this there are the rhythms of the week, season and year. The weekly rhythm brings its day for baking, drawing, sewing, painting and beeswax modeling. The seasonal rhythms are closely connected to the celebration of the Christian festivals around which the whole kindergarten year revolves.
TEA TIME
Tea time is an important social occasion and a time to be grateful and thankful for what we are about to receive. The children benefit from being in the mixed age groups which are from 4 to 6 or 7. Older ones helping and caring for the younger ones, gain a valuable and concerned awareness for others, while younger ones become aware of being cared for and looked after.
