F.A.Q
how old does my child need to be to join kindy?
Children can attend Fossil Bay Kindergarten from 3 years of age.
How many days Should my child attend kindy?
We have a minimum attendance of 3 days and recommend 3 days for 3 year olds, 4 days for 4 year olds and 5 days for 5 year olds.
What are the kindy hours?
8:30am - 2:30pm Monday to Friday
What are the school hours?
8:45am - 2:45pm Monday to Thursday
8:45am - 1:30pm Friday
What is the application process?
Please fill in our online application for either Kindergarten or School…
Do you offer financial assistance?
It is our aim to make Steiner Waldorf education available to pupils from as wide a range of economic and social backgrounds as possible. In order to help families afford this exceptional education regardless of their financial circumstances, there is the possibility to apply for a Helios scholarship, which is based on an evidence-based means test and subject to availability. These are unfortunately not available for the kindergarten.
Is Waldorf education religious in nature?
We are an independent school with no religious affiliation. The school promotes a broad and humanistic worldview, and recognises that students have intellectual, emotional, and spiritual inclinations and questions.
What is a Main Lesson and why is it so important in Steiner Schools?
The Main Lesson is a daily, one and a half to two hour teaching block taken by the Class Teacher, usually at the beginning of the school day. It covers core subject teaching in literacy, numeracy, science, history and geography in classes 1 to 11. The Main Lesson is taught in thematic blocks, usually of three weeks. This allows a sustained, multidisciplinary exploration of a topic using a variety of approaches and activities. The Main Lesson is a key element of the Steiner Waldorf curriculum allowing the pupils to study a broad range of subjects and discover how they are interconnected. These are listed in the curriculum overview (with link). Pupils approach the subject using intellectual, creative, physical and social skills, and the material they explore touches upon a range of traditional subject areas. The fact that the Class Teacher teaches the majority of the main lesson has the added advantage of allowing interconnections between subjects to be drawn, which give the pupils a feeling for the unity of knowledge.
Does the Class teacher teach all the subjects to the class?
Children normally enters school in the February following their 6th birthday, when they join Class 1. Looking after them will be their Class Teacher who will stay with them and teach them the majority of their Main Lessons for the next 7 years. Over these years a deep caring relationship and understanding is fostered between the child, the teacher and the class as a whole.
The teacher brings each part of the curriculum at the right stage in the children’s development to meet and satisfy their needs. During the main lesson the pupils develop numeracy, literacy, social skills, scientific knowledge, humanities, artistic skills and the confidence to stand up in front of the class or school and present their work. Subject teachers will sometimes compliment the work of the class. The school also invites specialist teachers to the island for a week where a certain subject gets shared intensively (as opposed to on a weekly basis for a term).