Class 5, 6 Students

The program highlights with each class the growth and changes that they are going through. This includes puberty and the physical and emotional changes that go hand in hand over this time. The content is age appropriate for each class. It aims to deepen the young person’s healthy relationship to themselves and encourages greater understanding, mutual respect and compassion for the other members of their class and the school community.

Caregivers/Parents

The content is help to recognise the relevant depth and progression anthroposophy brings to this important aspect of life and the responsibility of community in raising children and working together to promote individual wellbeing.

We look at how and when we work with children and adolescents to bring the understanding of sexuality and gender in relation to where they are in their consciousness. This brings harmony between the evolving body and inner experiences that sets the ground for healthy adult experience.

The talk will cover the themes of the content brought to the students and some of the main issues confronting child health and wellbeing in current times, with examples of how we can counter the unbalancing effects. We also address how to understand gender differences and similarities that both limit or free us and the contribution and struggles of the changing social structures around gender and sexuality affecting us all.

Working with students, parents and teachers.

Read more about the program here.

Restorative work with parents and staff.

Working with students, parents and staff.

Read more about the program here.

Lyn Clifton and Louise Stewart are contributing to the Pathways of Love Retreats: Warmth, that will be held in person and online by Phoenix Community Initiative in Hillsdale NY, USA

February 16 - 18

Please direct all questions and registration to: Phoenix Initiative

We are offering a sharing of Songs of Joan of Arc, a journey through song and story into the life experiences of the Saint.

We will then gather together for two sessions of a study on the life and journey of Saint Joan of Arc. What is her task with humanity today? And what are the Saintly virtues we can see in her life and how she bore her experiences?

Songs of Joan of Arc
4pm NY / 9pm UK January 31 and 8am Sydney, 1st February

Study Meetings
4pm NY / 9pm UK February 7th and 8am Sydney 8th February
4pm NY / 9pm UK February 14th and 8am 15th February

RSVP by January 31 by emailing astralarcconnect@gmail.com to register.

An Astral Arc event hosted by Developing the Self, Developing the World

Staff Professional Development with Melanie O’Hehir Deefholts

Working with Students in Classes 5 - 10

The program highlights with each class the growth and changes that they are going through. This includes puberty and the physical and emotional changes that go hand in hand over this time. The content is age appropriate for each class. It aims to deepen the young person’s healthy relationship to themselves and encourages greater understanding, mutual respect and compassion for the other members of their class and the school community.

Caregivers/Parents

The content is help to recognise the relevant depth and progression anthroposophy brings to this important aspect of life and the responsibility of community in raising children and working together to promote individual wellbeing.

We look at how and when we work with children and adolescents to bring the understanding of sexuality and gender in relation to where they are in their consciousness. This brings harmony between the evolving body and inner experiences that sets the ground for healthy adult experience.

The talk will cover the themes of the content brought to the students and some of the main issues confronting child health and wellbeing in current times, with examples of how we can counter the unbalancing effects. We also address how to understand gender differences and similarities that both limit or free us and the contribution and struggles of the changing social structures around gender and sexuality affecting us all.

Class 5, 6 Students

The program highlights with each class the growth and changes that they are going through. This includes puberty and the physical and emotional changes that go hand in hand over this time. The content is age appropriate for each class. It aims to deepen the young person’s healthy relationship to themselves and encourages greater understanding, mutual respect and compassion for the other members of their class and the school community.

Caregivers/Parents

The content is help to recognise the relevant depth and progression anthroposophy brings to this important aspect of life and the responsibility of community in raising children and working together to promote individual wellbeing.

We look at how and when we work with children and adolescents to bring the understanding of sexuality and gender in relation to where they are in their consciousness. This brings harmony between the evolving body and inner experiences that sets the ground for healthy adult experience.

The talk will cover the themes of the content brought to the students and some of the main issues confronting child health and wellbeing in current times, with examples of how we can counter the unbalancing effects. We also address how to understand gender differences and similarities that both limit or free us and the contribution and struggles of the changing social structures around gender and sexuality affecting us all.

Continuing from our work in April, we’ll be supporting the integration of mantles of care into Class 2, and also offering mantles of care opportunities for parents

Working with students, parents and teachers.

Read more about the program here.

Student Program for Class 7 to 12

The program highlights with each class the growth and changes that they are going through. This includes puberty and the physical and emotional changes that go hand in hand over this time. The content is age appropriate for each class. It aims to deepen the young person’s healthy relationship to themselves and encourages greater understanding, mutual respect and compassion for the other members of their class and the school community.

Information Evening for Parents, Caregivers and Staff

The content is help to recognise the relevant depth and progression anthroposophy brings to this important aspect of life and the responsibility of community in raising children and working together to promote individual wellbeing.

We look at how and when we work with children and adolescents to bring the understanding of sexuality and gender in relation to where they are in their consciousness. This brings harmony between the evolving body and inner experiences that sets the ground for healthy adult experience.

The talk will cover the themes of the content brought to the students and some of the main issues confronting child health and wellbeing in current times, with examples of how we can counter the unbalancing effects. We also address how to understand gender differences and similarities that both limit or free us and the contribution and struggles of the changing social structures around gender and sexuality affecting us all.

Please contact the school for times and further details about these sessions

Working with staff, parents and students for this social understanding program.

Observation of Class and staff professional development

Contributing to a Teacher Training in Ho Chi Minh City

Melanie Deefholts meets with students, parents and staff for the Healthy Relationships Program. Please contact the school for the schedule.

Mantles of Care Professional Development
Warmth and Enfoldment

Bringing the beginnings of mantles of care to the Rainbow Ridge faculty. Experiences of mantles of care, time to create care items, and principles towards understanding and supporting health.

Supporting a culture of caring for self and others. We work with educators and children to refine daily hygiene practices for harmonising the ability to be attentive, self regulate and maintain healthy relationships.

Extended tutoring is available for class teachers to apply mantles of care in the classroom to support learning enrichment for individual students or towards bringing mantles of care to class groups within a curriculum.