CAMPHILL RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOLS NEWS

TO THOSE of you who attended the Spring Fayre in Camphill Estate, a warm thank you for joining us and making our first Fayre such a success. Many people came and participated in the various events
most of which had an Easter theme. It was, we felt, a worthwhile experience to share Easter preparations with our neighbours and again an opportunity to get to know some of you. We are already thinking about our Open Day on the Saturday afternoon of the September Aberdeen holiday.

Links with the locality have been further enhanced by the admission of another pupil who attends a local school and who lives with us during term time. Another application is currently being processed. With some of our therapists also now working with local schools, we believe we are increasingly being seen as a local resource and are trying to live up to the expectations that come with this.

Since I last wrote, the School has been inspected by the National Autistic Society Accreditation team. We had hoped to share the result of this with you now, but unfortunately their report has been delayed. Finally it may be of interest to some you to know that two of our senior co-workers spent some of their Easter holiday time at
one of our Camphill Communities in South Africa meeting together with representatives from more than 80 Camphill places through our the world to discuss issues which are affecting our communities internationally. It was comforting to hear that many of our local issues are being played out in their own way in far flung places of the Camphill Movement, and to recall at such moments that the international movement began here in Camphill House in Milltimber. Even there, thousands of miles away, there was discussion and great concern shared about the impact of the western peripheral road on our work.

Laurence Alfred