The next few weeks are full of meetings. All of the class meeting dates are now confirmed and appear below. We urge as many parents as possible to attend. The class meetings form a vital bridge between the class teacher and the parent body. They allow parents to get an overview of the term's lessons. They allow an extended conversation around issues of interest to the class and they allow a deepening of the class community. We really appreciate the effort it takes to go out on a school night, particularly for those parents who have multiple class meetings to…
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Meet our new Class One teacher for 2015
It is with great pleasure that Chrysalis School announces that Michele Donovan has been appointed as the Class 1 teacher for 2015. Michele joins us from Thornbury Primary School in which she has been teaching Class 3 in the Steiner stream. Michele said that she is excited about taking the step to come to Chrysalis and join a fully fledged Steiner School after teaching in a streamed school for two years. The children of River Song Kindy are more than ready and will soon be meeting their new teacher at the Going-Up Ceremony. This ceremony is a delightful Chrysalis tradition,…
Going Downhill Fast – ish
Camps are a huge feature of the Chrysalis School curriculum. It is hard to imagine any other school out there, of comparable size, with quite as comprehensive a camp program. These camps become milestones for the children in our families. They look forward to them for years before hand. And the camp that is often quoted by students as one of the most memorable is the Year 6 Snow Camp. Of course they do go to Canberra and study the Federation of Australia, the construction of the nation's capital, as well as a look-see at the snowy hydro power scheme amongst…
