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Integrative, holistic lessons
Head, heart and hands, in one classroom.
A small, Steiner-inspired school
Talking Tree Hill School
A long-term vision, starting Term 1, 2027.
We are starting with one class, one teacher and a handful of families, and we plan to grow slowly.
The school
Small by design
A school sized so every child is known.
A learning week
1day
Bush school immersion
A full day of learning outdoors, every week.
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One main teacher
One person who will know every child well.
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Several actively participating parents
Parents will share in the life of the school.
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Seven students to start, growing over time
We plan to add places gradually, not all at once.
Our beginning
We are planting a new tree, with love and community grounding.
The school begins small: one teacher, seven children and their families. We intend to let it grow at a pace the community can sustain.
The learning
How children learn
Head, heart and hands, outdoors and screen-free.
What the school is built on
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Steiner-inspired curriculum
We plan to draw on Steiner education, with lessons that bring story, movement, art and practical work together and follow the rhythm of the day and the seasons.
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Nature-based learning
One day each week is planned as bush school, where children will learn outdoors and the weather, the land and the seasons become part of the lesson.
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Hands and arts
Children will make, draw, paint, build and sing as part of everyday lessons, so that ideas are worked through with the hands as well as the head.
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Screen-free
Our classroom will have no screens, leaving the school day for books, conversation, making things, and time outside with other children.
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Individual development
With seven students to start, we plan for the teacher to follow each child closely and set a pace that suits where that child is.
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STEAM and innovative thinking
Science, technology, engineering, arts and maths will be explored through questions, experiments and things children build themselves, with room to try, get it wrong and try again.
Register your interest
We are starting with seven students in Term 1, 2027. Tell us about your family and we will be in touch as plans take shape.