Ms Saul is among the first cohort of year 12 students to graduate from a Steiner school in the Hunter Valley town of Maitland. The Linuwel School has just been registered by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority (NESA) as a school that does not participate in the Higher School Certificate. So students will [...]
Ella Saul isn't your average year 12 graduate. She didn't spend her final year at high school cramming for a gruelling series of exams, or aiming for an impressive university entrance ranking. Instead the 18-year-old, from Newcastle in New South Wales, spent her last year of school doing a combination of self-directed learning, completing open [...]
The audiences in attendance at the two evenings when the individual students presented their Major Projects and spoke to their 3,000 word dissertations were in awe of these young adults. The qualities of initiative, creativity, imagination and tenacity along with their individual skill sets and capacity forself-reflection permeated each of their projects. These [...]
Linuwel has drawn on the creative talents of their student and parent body to create a fundraiser that will have you ‘cooking around the calendar’. They have whipped up the perfect combination, a 12-month calendar that includes seasonal recipes for meals, snacks and desserts. All recipes were sourced from the schools’ parent body and as [...]
With an aim to create a cohesive, evidence- informed narrative on why Steiner Education works, Steiner Education Australia undertook a national survey of stakeholders in Steiner Education in Australia earlier this year. With over 3,000 participants, including a good number from Linuwel School’s community, engaging with the survey over a four- week period, a springboard [...]
We are very proud to announce that Linuwel School’s Reconciliation Action Plan has been reviewed, finalised and published on the Narragunnawali platform. This establishes that as a community, we care about the nature of our relationship with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and of our relationship to Country. The school sees [...]
A successful seasonal celebration was enjoyed by all! Walka Water Works was once again full of the colour and laughter of Linuwel children as we celebrated Autumn with our annual Autumn games day. The festivities began with the Kindergarten children proudly speaking their ‘Welcome to Country’ morning verse before the whole school walked together [...]
The FerMUN is a “mock" United Nations Conference specifically designed for high school students, hosted in the United Nations in Geneva. The recommendations from the annual 3-day FerMUN Conference are tabled with the main UN board. Like the UN, FerMUN is a trilingual conference (English, Spanish, French). It is highly desirable for [...]
Following months of careful planning and a sustained effort by many in the school community, the Linuwel School Fair and Open day 2018 was a huge success on all levels. The Fair coordinator this year, Kristie Roberti, worked tirelessly and was supported by class 4 parents and [...]
Little Yarra Steiner School Ensemble was welcomed by Linuwel School in term 3, 2017 leaving in their melodious, rhythmical wake an inspired community! Their high level of professionalism, impressive technique and vibrant repertoire was brilliant to witness. This talented group of students and inspiring teachers hail from Little Yarra Steiner School in Victoria and they [...]
