The Greek word egersin (ἔγερσιν), translated from the
Greek in the Gospels as ‘resurrection’, is the common
word for ‘arising’ or ‘getting up’ in the morning. Easter,
as a celebration of one ‘arising’ or ‘awakening’ is aptly
celebrated in Spring in the northern hemisphere, that
time of the re-awakening of nature. Autumn – a season
appropriately named ‘Fall’ in North America – is a time
when the life of nature is retreating into the ‘darkness’ of
the earth, albeit taking with it the superfluous fruits and
seeds of Summer.
Our challenge in Autumn is to awaken ourselves, to take
our selves in hand despite the forces of nature all around
us succumbing to pleasant slumbers. If we allow our
selves to fall asleep along with nature we cease to be
ourselves. This manifests as undue anxiety for our own
well being, irritability with others and reactionary,
ill-considered thoughts, words and deeds.
While the seasonal changes throughout the course of the
year are largely determined by the relationship of the
Sun’s motions with the path and inclination of the Earth,
the determination of the date for the celebration of Easter
draws our attention to the motions of the Moon and its
relation to the Earth and Sun. Easter Sunday is the first
Sunday after the first full Moon after the Spring equinox
(in the northern hemisphere).
discernible terrain. Over subsequent evenings the waxing
moon allows us to experience that it is our warmth of
heart and the light of wisdom that increasingly
illuminates what previously could only be dimly-divined
in our children.
So we in the southern hemisphere are celebrating the
mystery of an archetypal being’s apotheosis and ‘arising’
out of the tomb of the earth at a time when nature all
around us, is descending into the darkness of the earth.
As Physicists discovered in the twentieth century there is
no greater stimulus to creative thinking than the
confrontation with contradiction and paradox.
Interestingly, nature evolves and is enriched by
complexity while our thinking always seeks the simplest
distillations. However you choose to celebrate this time of
the year, may it further enrich your lives and your
understanding of your selves and your children. We wish
you all a happy and fulfilling Easter break.
At the Vernal and Autumnal equinoxes in both
hemispheres, the Moon’s and the Sun’s paths coincide
most nearly with the Earth’s ecliptic with the
consequence that the closest waxing crescent moon to
either equinox appears above the horizon a couple of
days after the New Moon in a striking bilateral symmetry.
The crescent appears like a thin dish of light cradling the
luminescent disc of the ‘dark’ side of the moon.
Esoteric Christians refer to this phenomenon as the ‘Grail’
Moon. As a teacher and a parent this is the Great Symbol,
the reminder that what is immediately perceptible in the
world, our selves and the child contains a vaster, barely
Thursday 13 April
Thursday 13 April
Monday 1 May
Tuesday 2 May
Wednesday 3 May
Wednesday 3 May
Thursday 4 May
Tuesday 9—Friday 12 May
Friday 19 May
Friday 19 May
3:00pm-5:00pm
9:30am
9:00am—11:00am
6:30pm
2:00pm—4:30pm
TBC
Easter Market
Last Day of Term 1
Student Free Day
First Day of Term 2
School Tour
Heartwarmers Café
P&F AGM
NAPLAN
The Inaugural Outdoor Gear Sale
Early Childhood Centre Lantern Walk
Hall
Hall Foyer
Honeysuckle Room
Hall
Class 2 have been working through a main lesson on
Tasmania's coastal areas and on Monday we spent the
whole day at Blackmans Bay Beach. We spent a good
part of the day looking for, and finding, some of the
animals we have been learning about, including sea
anemones, sea snails, pipis, oysters, mussels, sand
worms and spider crabs.
As part of their Botany main lesson, Class 5 visited
Miellerie to find out some more about bees and
blossoms. The children learnt about the nature of bees
and their relationship with flowers and fruit. Yves and
Sam showed us how to extract honey by hand and of
course we tasted the difference between honey varieties.
We completed the day with a sunny picnic on the
Woodbridge foreshore.
While we were there we were fortunate enough to be
visited by Craig Everett, a Tasmanian Aboriginal man,
who taught us how to make string and shell necklaces
and showed us some of the stone tools he has been
making. He also shared some stories and taught us a
dance. Overall it was a wonderful day - one we won't
forget in a hurry.
We have had a great start to the year in craft and
Classes 7 and 8 participated in an orienteering activity up
cooking. This term the Class 8's had a cooking
and down dale in the Waterworks Reserve. In small
intensive and made 12 different dishes, culminating in
groups they had to locate very small objects over a wide
making pasta from scratch! The Class 6's did 2D and 3D
area (needle in a hay stack). At lunch time the students
needle felting, and the Class 7's are doll making and will
cooked gourmet lunches on their trusty trangias.
continue next term. The Primary School have also made a
great start with their projects, with our newest members
(Class 1) accomplishing knitting on needles!
Kaara Tilasmi
Craft and Cooking Teacher
Their orienteering experience revolves around map,
terrain, distance and orientation...compass work comes
much later.
John and Frank
News and Events
there is little advice and parents are left fending for
themselves.
On Wednesday 29 March,
Kaara Tilasmi
Griffin from Class 8 and
Sarah,
ou r
Teacher
Librarian, attended a book
p resentati on
at
the
Kingborough Council Civic
Centre.
Tarremah
was
presented with a copy of
local
historian
Roger
McNeice’s book ‘Flames By Fear’. A fascinating look at
Tasmania’s bushfire history which is now available in the
High School section of the Library.
The Tarremah Parent Survey of 2016 revealed some
interesting statistics regarding the importance of
environmental issues for parents. We already knew that
our parent body values Environmental Sustainability, but
it was heartening to read that between 70% and 91% of
respondents (114 individuals in total) indicated that it was
extremely important or very important to them that
Tarremah takes action in the following areas: reducing
waste (eg. paper, water, power, other resources);
re-using resources; recycling; use of products that are
free of harmful chemicals/non-toxic where possible; ethi-
On 30 March Lisa Devine (psychologist, priest) visited our
cal decision making; integration of the above areas into
school and spoke to parents in a talk titled, ‘ A healthy
the curriculum. 56% of respondents indicated that it was
relationship with adolescents in the 21st century- what
does this look like?’ She brought us common sense and
extremely important or very important to them that
practical advice on how to respond to often challenging
reduction of Electro Magnetic Radiation.
issues and situations, and reminded us of the needs of
As we mentioned in early March, the Committee has been
young people at this time in life. Through her 25 years’
experience working with youth, and her understanding of
child/human development through psychology and the
work of Rudolf Steiner, she gave us a very full and rich
Tarremah takes action to explore safe levels and possible
acting on many of the above concerns. One of the areas
we are currently focussing on is to have recycling bins in
every classroom, with a central repository for recyclables.
picture of both the parent/guardian and the adolescent
Please remember that Rubbish Free Lunch Day is every
working together.
Tuesday from Term 2 onwards. That includes the first day
Lisa spoke of the child at 13-14 years leaving the views,
of Term 2, Tuesday 2nd May.
lens of the family to develop their own relationship to the
Please come and see us at our stall at the Easter Market,
world, requiring examples of adults around them who
where we be glad to chat with you about possibilities for
have said yes to their destiny, as they themselves move
the Committee.
towards theirs. She encouraged us to relate to the
adolescent out of love and trust, but standing as steadfast
adults in a place of unreactive honesty and integrity. So
often we can feel on the back foot or caught off guard by
situations and she reminded us to take a moment, move
off the back foot into a centred clear space, to respond.
I found this talk an invaluable reset and reminder of what
is really required to be in relationship with adolescents
and am very grateful for Lisa’s depth and clarity of advice,
at a stage in parenting where it can sometimes seem that
If you are interested in being an active member of the
Environmental and Social Responsibility Committee,
please
contact
Robyn
[email protected].
Our
Harper
next
at
Committee
meeting is on Tuesday 2nd May in the Honeysuckle Room
at 6pm.
Parents and Friends
Want to sell? Put items aside over the holidays, and we
will give you more info in the coming weeks.
What a success pizza and slushies were! We made over
150 pizzas every Thursday and the students and teachers
loved them! A big thanks to the parents who signed up to
Gear includes: thermals, waterproof jackets, fleeces,
backpacks, walking pants, walking boots/shoes, down
jackets, and anything outdoorsy!
volunteer, and to Alex and Hayward from Class 6 who
helped us out with set up of tables and chairs, greenery
for vases, and prep for pizzas.
Did you know that the P&F have their own Classifieds for
parents to advertise things to buy/sell, or promote their
The profits made from the tuckshop has bought extra
business or upcoming workshops?
accessories needed for our school kitchen. These include:
The Tarremah Grapevine is published monthly by
3 big pots, 2 quality knives, 4 big oven trays, a BIG food
processor, and excess banked with the P&F for future
community activities.
the Tarremah Steiner School Parents and Friends
Committee and mastered by Peter James, a parent at the
school.
The Tuckshop is on again in Term 2 where we will be
serving Nacho bowls and fruit crumble. More details
soon!
Please see the volunteer sign up zone below for Term 2:
The classifieds are sent out via email to the school
community or you can pick up a copy from the Office.
Advertising is accepted from Tarremah students, parents
and staff only, with the exception of Anthroposophical
and steiner specific events or items. Advertisements must
https://signup.zone/xDWmhgHwnSq4mnMDT
Only available for Classes 1-10, teachers and admin staff.
be received by the 14th of each month for inclusion.
For any information about the Tarremah Grapevine or
payments please email the Grapevine team on :
The P&F have a bundle of second hand uniforms: shorts,
fleeces, rugby tops and pants and they all need to go to a
[email protected].
good home!
Gold coin donation.
Every Thursday they will be available in the Hall Foyer
from 8:45am—3:30pm.
Our meetings for 2017 have changed to a Thursday night
at 6:30pm in the Honey suckle Room. We always welcome
new members, so feel free to come along and join us.
Next meeting will be our AGM on Thursday 4 May at
6.30pm.
Tarremah Times Newsletter is published fortnightly
during term times. For further information please contact
the school office or visit http://www.tarremah.tas.edu.au
Friday 19 May from 2:00pm - 4:30pm in the Hall.
Come
along
and
buy/sell
good
quality
outdoor
clothing and great gear for family camping or upcoming
school camps.
Tarremah Times is published by Tarremah Steiner School
email: [email protected]
http://www.tarremah.tas.edu.au
PO Box 494 Kingston 7051
ph: 03 6229 7007 fax 03 6229 7708