In this final newsletter of the term we would like to thank you all for your support this term and wish you all the very best for the Easter break.

Festivals are important markers of the rhythms of the year. Easter and autumn tunes have been ringing through our kindergarten and school for some weeks now. 

In the Christian tradition, Easter is a celebration of rebirth and hope. Rudolf Steiner described Easter, with its contrast between death and resurrection, essentially as a festival that is a call to humanity to overcome the ever increasing materialism of the world - probably as relevant a point to make today as it was back then. 

This coming Thursday morning, our school children will celebrate the festival in a special assembly, with waiata, Easter song, special Eurythmy performance and the planting of spring bulbs as a symbol of hope (and the anticipated rebirth of the flowers that will spring after the winter months).

On the same day, on Thursday, our kindergarten ākonga will be celebrating their Ngāhuru festival.Our kaiako are working to create a simple yet meaningful experience for the tamariki, with a table of harvest offerings to choose from as they go home at the end of their kindergarten day.

Regardless of how you and your whānau celebrate this time of the year, whether this is a festival of the changes in nature, a festival of your respective faith or spirituality, a time of coming together with loved ones, or perhaps all of the above: our best wishes go to you all.Ngā mihi o te Aranga ki a koutou katoa.