Camphill School News
THE highlight of the last term was undoubtedly our Open Day during the September holiday weekend. For those of you unable to attend, there were hundreds of people including lots of children. There were parents looking to see whether Camphill could meet their child's needs, and the kindergarten stall was very busy with interested parents making their enquiries.
Beautiful items were made under the guidance of our craft masters; the garden produce stall was besieged with eager buyers. There were long queues for:
• the donkey and cart rides;
• what was on offer in Marga's art studio;
• coffees and teas; • the BBQ;
• face painting; • hair braiding.
We were entertained by the Culter Boys Brigade Pipe Band and by our own resident musician, and many marvelled at the Oscar winning films being shown in the Hall. In between, visitors relaxed under the 'spell' of colour light therapy and by looking and marvelling at the quality of work produced by our pupils, which had been creatively displayed in the classrooms.
Many former pupils joined us as did former parents. It was a wonderful way to celebrate the start of our Michaelmas week, and gave us a chance to share with our neighbours why the 'Camphill way of life' could be threatened by a major dual carriageway running close by one of our Estates.
As mentioned above our new integrated nursery class is now open. More information about this is available on our website:
We look forward to seeing you again at our next open day in 2005.
Laurence Alfred Camphill School