Hello everyone, As I write this, our school is abuzz (excuse the bee pun) with excitement about our Spring Fair. The team are working tirelessly to have everything ready for tomorrow and there is an air of excitement. Preparing for the Spring Fair is a big task taken on by the Class Three parents and a lot of time and energy is invested to ensure the day is a wonderful community event. I would like to thank and congratulate this year's team, supported by Emma, for what they have achieved. These moments in the year when we come together as community are so very important. Not only do they help each of us to feel more connected, but they benefit the overall health of the school. Please do come along and enjoy our Spring Fair, I look forward to seeing you there. Today, I was able to slip away from the preparations for a little while, along with some of our teachers, to support our students who were involved in the climate action in Byron Bay. It is so very important that our young people's…

Hello everyone, This week is the first ever Steiner Schools Week. A group of our Year 10 and 11 students have travelled to Samford Valley in Queensland to participate in the Australian Youth Conference, a Steiner based conference for young people with Social Renewal as its theme. Over 4 days, the students will explore different but pressing issues of our times. These will include racism and prejudice; political, religious and economic division; world conflict; indigenous perspectives; minority groups' Australian and world-wide response to refugees; climate change and its impact on our environment' sustainability' education and imagining the future; the role of the Arts; money and ethical business. With the theme of the 100 year anniversary celebrations for Steiner education being "Learn to Change the World"... this youth conference seems appropriate and timely. I am aware that a number of our High School students have also been working on the next climate change action, which will occur…

Hello from Gunbalanya School in Arnhem Land! I am with the Year 11 students on their Kakadu camp and we are all having the most amazing learning experiences. Our camps program provides our students (and teachers) the opportunity to step into situations quite different to our little Byron Bay bubble. In doing so, we not only learn about others, but we learn about ourselves in a new way. We look forward to sharing more on our return Peace Nerrida

Hello everyone, Welcome back to Term 3, and what a busy start to the term it has been. Last week the school underwent our registration inspection with the NSW Education Standards Authority. The inspector commended our school on the extremely high quality of our curriculum, programs, policies and procedures and recommended the full 5 year registration for the school. I would like to congratulate all of our staff for the incredible work that they do for our school - we know we do good work, but it's nice to have it acknowledged! This week's Principal entry in the bulletin will be a little shorter than usual as I am currently on Year 10 camp in Melbourne (where it is 8 degrees, the wind is howling and the sleet is needling our skin). I try to get to at least one camp a year as it is a wonderful opportunity for me to spend time with our amazing students. I am so proud of the way they conduct themselves and of the genuine interest they show in every activity on offer. On this camp we visited…