7 Guiding Principles
The Child at the Centre: Nurturing the Whole Human Being
Every child is a unique expression of life — a being of body, soul, and spirit unfolding through time. Our foremost task is to nurture this unfolding with reverence and discernment, guiding each child toward strength, balance, and purpose. We educate the whole human being, honouring intellectual, emotional, and physical development equally. All decisions begin with the guiding question: "What serves the healthy growth and well-being of the child?"
Education as a Living Art: Engaging Head, Heart, and Hands
Education is not the transfer of information, but a living, artistic process that touches the whole human being. Through story, rhythm, movement, song, and beauty, we awaken imagination, engage feeling, and strengthen will. We teach through head, heart, and hands, so that knowledge becomes understanding and skill becomes service. Our approach values process over results, celebrating learning as a journey rather than a race.
The Inner Work of the Teacher: Educating Through Example
Education lives through human relationship. Teachers are lifelong learners who cultivate self-knowledge, mindfulness, and moral courage. We recognise that who we are educates more deeply than what we teach. By working inwardly — refining perception, patience, and presence — teachers become living examples of the whole human being in development.
A Community of Trust, Respect, and Shared Responsibility
Our school is a living community of teachers, parents, and children united by respect, openness, and cooperation. We seek dialogue, not division; collaboration, not control. Together, we nurture an atmosphere of inclusion, dignity, and positive reinforcement, highlighting solutions rather than problems. In this spirit of partnership, we grow as a community — each contributing to the harmony and wholeness of the school organism.
Connection with Nature and the Living Earth
To educate the whole human being, we must educate the child's relationship to the world. While children learn from firstly from parents and educators, secondly from their peers, we believe the environment as the third teacher. Through outdoor learning, contact with natural materials, biodynamic farming and sustainable practices, children experience the Earth as teacher and home. This relationship awakens awe, gratitude, and ecological responsibility. We care for the Earth so that the Earth may care for us — fostering reverence for all living beings and the interdependence of life.
Freedom, Responsibility, and Conscious Action
True education cultivates inner freedom — the ability to think, feel, and act with awareness and love. Within a framework of rhythm and responsibility, we guide with understanding rather than reward or punishment. We nurture freedom of thought, creativity, and discernment, helping children to act out of conscience rather than compliance. In learning to serve others, they discover that freedom and responsibility are two expressions of the same human strength.
A Living School: Growing with the Times, Rooted in Timeless Human Values
Our school is a living being, continually renewing itself through the dedication and inner strength of those who serve it. As times change — with new technologies, evolving consciousness, and increasingly diverse ways of learning and being — we stay awake to the world's transformation. We recognise that the education of the whole human being must evolve in rhythm with life itself, meeting each generation with fresh understanding and courage. While we embrace innovation, we remain firmly rooted in enduring human values: reverence, creativity, love for truth, and service to the good.