Camphill Rudolf Steiner Schools News

THERE has been a busy end to the school year with many exciting events towards the end of the term:

• We celebrated a wedding;

• there was the Graduation of Class 12;

• an extraordinary performance of Fiddler on the Roof, (one of the pupils leaving now has been with us for 14 years!),­

• the excellent production of Oliver Twist by Class 8;

• the construction of a pizza earth oven by Class 7 (it cooks a delicious pizza in less than 2 minutes) and

• the St John's Celebration and picnic. Earlier we enjoyed wonderful camps and other activities during a sunny, warm half term, a midsummer ceilidh with all the NE Scottish Camphill Communities as well as  concerts and visiting artists.

The end of the school year also means that it's time to say goodbye to a number of colleagues. Congratulations to the large number of co-workers who graduated with a BA in Curative Education and our good wishes to those who will move on and take this impulse further into the world.

Our thanks go to the many Foundation Year co-workers who come from all over the world far a year to live and work with us and who form the bedrock of our `work force'. Without this group of willing, generally young people our task would be immeasurably more difficult.

The Aberdeen Western Peripheral Road remains a constant threat with the most recent suggestions being that AWPR is now likely to pass to the east of the existing Milltimber Brae road in the vicinity of Camphill Estate.

The new St Andrew's (to be known as Cherry Wood) is just about finished and should be ready for occupancy during the October holidays. The candle workshop is moving to the Club room in Camphill leaving more space in the basement Rose for Play Therapy.

 Laurence Alfred

NB Don’t forget our Open Day on the local holiday weekend: Saturday September 23^rd 2.00-5.00pm We look forward to seeing you then!