PHONE: 021- 797 9728 FAX: 021-797 1207
EMAIL: info@michaeloak.org.za
Michael Oak Waldorf School was started in 1962 through the initiative of parents who wanted Waldorf education for their children. The School provides a creative child-centred education at Nursery, Primary and High school levels up to and including Grade 10. The School occupies one hectare of rambling grounds in quiet surroundings, close to Kenilworth station in Cape Town.
Michael Oak is a registered independent school and a member of the Independent Schools' Council. There are sixteen Waldorf schools in South Africa registered with the S.A. Federation of Waldorf Schools, and well over 1000 of these schools throughout the world, with many opening every year.
Our Goals are...
- To provide an education for boys and girls that embraces every race, colour, creed and class bringing together a healthy cross-section of South African society.
- To maintain a warm and supportive learning environment.
- To educate each individual child in a holistic and caring way to realise his or her own full inborn potential.
- To send out into the world well-rounded individuals able to meet the challenges of tomorrow, with particular emphasis on the following essential lifeskills :
- self-confidence, enthusiasm, curiosity;
- clear and creative thinking;
- social awareness, a sense of responsibility;
- ability to forge relationships in a spirit of reconciliation and co-operation;
- reverence for life, love of learning, faith in the future.
- To develop further the art of education within the school and in the wider community.
- To provide a community centre for cultural activities and continuing education for life.
Michael Oak Waldorf School educates the whole child towards creative responsibility, developing confident individuals empowered to work with the challenges of tomorrow.
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