Community Programs
Towards a Spirit-led Life
Educators, Health practitioners, Artists and Farmers working alongside school and community groups in health-giving ways
Social Understanding, Gender & Sexuality
Founded by Lisa Romero
Delivered by Meaghan Witri &
Melanie O’Hehir Deefholts
Annual conversations with class groups to support a gradual and wholistic understanding of sexuality and gender in relation to where the class is in their development. Bringing harmony between the evolving body and inner experiences that sets the ground for healthy adult relationships with others, and also oneself.
Mantles
of Care
Founded by Lyn Clifton
Delivered by Lyn Clifton &
Louise Stewart
Seasonal class visits and educator mentoring to care-fully include daily health and hygiene practices as a curricula activity, providing nourishment to the child and enable them to more fully partake in a day.
The work supports healthy sensory development and the awareness of interactions, attention, self-regulation, and daily health and hygiene practices.
Songs of
Joan of Arc
Founded by Jen ZImberg
Delivered by jen Zimberg & Coco Neumann
An original cycle of songs about the journey of Joan of Arc interwoven with Joan’s life story.
Delivered in concerts, workshops and curriculum projectsuch as song compositions for class plays, puppet shows, and stories from the curriculum through all the grades.
Working the arts directly into the classroom in relation to the curriculum, allows students to meet the lesson content as an inner experience. For example, through songs on the life of Joan of Arc, an historical figure is brought near, allowing the listener to enter into and learn more deeply through another’s life and task.
Speech & Drama
as Living Arts
Founded by Séamus Maynard & Meaghan Witri
Delivered Sêamus Maynard & Meaghan Witri
Stories and themes from main lesson are further deepened through storytelling performances, supported with open questions and conversation between the students and teaching artists. The Passing of Arthur, Parzival and various Shakespeare characters offer insight into our human experiences as well as providing myriad opportunities to explore different points of view and perspectives.
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