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Tuesday Notice no 7 Spring 2008
24 February 2009 in Tuesday Notice
LITTER - As part of the ECO-school project class 3 have taken on organising and arranging litter picking. We will also be bringing this problem to your awareness. Class Three are trying to tackle the litter problem. PUT YOUR LITTER IN THE BIN!
ECO-SCHOOLS - This half term’s meeting of the Eco-schools Action Group is going to meet on Tuesday 3rd March at 11am in Class 6. Two representatives from each class are invited to come along on behalf of their class and anyone else who is interested from the wider school community is very welcome. The main theme of the meeting will be recycling within the School.
THE CHRISTMAS CRAFT GROUP run by Catrina Valentien meets again in Craigneen Craft room on Tuesdays 9am – 10.30am to make items for the Christmas market. All welcome.
Talk and discussion on WALDORF STEINER EDUCATION, in the Eurythmy Room on 4th March at 7.30pm. This Talk is for parents with young children.
STUDY GROUP FOR PARENTS
The study group for parents and other interested people who want to find out more about the philosophy behind the education, will continue this term. The theme is “An introduction to Anthroposophy and Rudolf Steiner’s insights into the nature of the human being” Newcomers are welcome. As many people find it hard to commit to a series of evenings, this term each session will be self-contained, so please feel free to come to just one of the sessions. The theme will be “.Self development”
The study group is hosted by Christian and Astrid Maclean and will take place on the following:
Monday evenings: March 2 and 16. Time 7.30 – 9 pm. Place 3a Tipperlinn Road, Edinburgh EH10 5ET. For further information please contact Astrid Maclean via the school office or by phone on 447 2005 (evenings).
Please note: The School does not necessarily endorse or warrant the following information relating to activities or articles for sale. All notices for inclusion should be signed and dated and handed into the office, with appropriate payment, before 10.30am the preceding Friday. £2.00 for school ads, £3.00 out with.
PRIVATE VIEW of drawings, paintings and RECENTLY COMMISSIONED WORK by artist and school parent Damian Callan. Friday 27th February, 5 – 7.30pm at BITE dentistry,
30 Glen Street (off Lauriston Place) EH3 9JE. All welcome.
Details in school office or contact Callan 07951 878 560.
YEW - Young Edinburgh Writers. The next group of the Young Edinburgh Writers (YEW) takes place thisweek on Thursday 26th February 2009 (and then Thursday 26th March), from 4.30pm – 6.30pm in the South Bridge Resource Centre, Infirmary Street, round the corner from Blackwell's book shop on South Bridge, nearly opposite Chambers St. For young people aged between 13 - 18 years. All welcome. Cost £5.00 – includes refreshments. Led by Dorothy Baird. For more information: Tel: 449 3265 or email: dorothybaird@tiscali.co.uk
FELT WORKSHOP – Saturday 7th March, Columcille Centre, 2 Newbattle Terrace, 10am – 12.30am Have you ever wanted to learn how to felt? Come and enjoy a morning workshop and create your own felt picture. For bookings tel: 0131 447 7404. The workshop will be led by Vicky Syme, an experienced felter, Camphill house parent and a member of Lifeways is Scotland. Cost £10.00 (no concessions).
GALA OPERA NIGHT – In the Queens Hall on Sunday 22nd March at 7.30pm
The best of Edinburgh Grand Opera over the years, with excerpts from Carmen, Gounod’s Faust, Cavalleria Rusticana, La Gioconda, Nabucco, Lucia Di Lammermoor, The Marriage of Figaro and many more. Tickets £10, £15, £18 available from the Queens Hall. Booking hotline: 0131 668 2019.
FLATMATE WANTED – Looking for someone to share a lovely and cheap flat near the school for temporary period between 3rd week in March and end of June. Please contact Leonie on 07905688912
FAMILY in Highlands offer hospitality in exchange for practical help to prepare hillside for organic gardening. Lovely site overlooking Loch Ness. April onwards. Phone Marjorie 01456 450 248.
FOR SALE – Adult size cabin bed, strong wood, good mattress £100, please phone Ingrid 2281408.
EXCHANGE WANTED – Lucas Stadlbauer (15) from class 9 at the Waldorf school in Linz, Germany would like to exchange with a pupil from our school next year. He comes from a big family and his hobbies are climbing, cycling, kayaking and surfing. Contact Lucas Stadlbauer, Azaleenweg 12, 4048 Puchenau, Austria. Email dagmar.stadlbauer@liwest.at
Alina Acs (14) from Class 9 of the Waldorfschool Potzleinsdorf in Vienna, Austria is looking for an exchange with a pupil from the upper school for next year. Contact email alina-linchen@gmx.at
Celeste Lightfoot class 9 from the Vancouver Waldorf School is looking for an exchange with a pupil from the upper school for a term next year. It is a small school and her class is only 11 pupils who all will be doing an exchange. Please email thatssoffly@hotmail.com
Magdalena Bothe (16) from class 10 of the Steiner school in Ulm near Stuttgart (Germany) would like to exchange with an Upper School pupil for a term next year. Please email: madalena.bothe@gmx.de
Lea Hellbeck (16) from class 10 of the Waldorf school in Karlsuhe, Germany is looking for an exchange for June to September or autumn. Please email lea.h@gmx.de