Nursery World - Steiner reaches into the woods

Outdoor sessions are bringing the Steiner Waldorf approach to education to families across Kent.

Canterbury Steiner School, which caters for children from three to 16, set up Brambles Outdoor Group in 2011 as part of a community outreach programme, attracting up to 25 families for a weekly two-hour session at the nearby Blean Woods in the Kent Downs.

As part of the school’s recent restructuring programme, it has appointed Ms Danika MacLellan, a Kindergarten teacher, to expand the Brambles programme across Kent with the intention of opening another five groups in Sturry, Faversham, Whitstable, Aylesham, Ashford and Deal over the next 12 months.

Martyn Nicholls, the school’s marketing and communications manager, said, ‘Initially, the plan is to expand the programme across Kent, in areas that are densely populated and within reach of our school, so that we may attract a flow of young children that go on to attend our kindergarten.

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