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A SPECIAL DAY The students of St Mary’s recently celebrated Grandparents and Special Friends Day with a variety of activities. St Mary’s holds these celebrations annually to honour grandparents and other special individuals in a child’s life. Pictured is (back, from left) Marlene Thoburne, Archie McAllister. (Front, from left) Willow Brakels and Kerryn Brakels, who came together to celebrate the occasion. Story on page 7.
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New Steiner school buildings unveiled By LYNN ELDER THE Mansfield Rudolf Steiner School community came together recently to celebrate the opening of its new classrooms and art studio facilities. Guests were welcomed to country by Mansfield’s Auntie Bernadette who also performed a traditional smoking ceremony on the
land of the Taungurung people where the school is located. This was followed by Steiner School Principal Glen Hood’s address to the large group made up of various dignitaries, parents, teachers, students and community representatives that were involved in the successful project or connected to the school over many years.
Mr Hood spoke of the humble beginnings from over 30 years at the Maindample site to the Mansfield location which has seen the school grow from a single mud-brick building to now several buildings accommodating students from three year old kindergarten to years 11 and 12 International Baccalaureate (IB Diploma).
Mr Hood said, “It was a seed started a long time ago” and how grateful the school was for all those people who made it grow. “The physical environment is important but people are important, “he said, and added it was an opportunity to celebrate “what education might look like” started by a group of volunteers and parents.
Mr Hood said how former students such as Clare Bennetts who attended the Maindample school, returned as teachers to the Steiner School, and the contribution of parents and teachers from the start with a special mention of Jakob and Janina Papas. He reiterated the Mansfield Steiner School’s mission to; inspire students’ critical thinking, emotional
intelligence and creativity, while supporting their development to become free-thinking, globally aware individuals who can design their own lives with initiative and purpose. “The idea you are enough already sits beneath everything we do, the uniqueness about you that is already enough,” Mr Hood. ■ Continued page 3
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