NESWEC - Steiner Early Years Training

Spring cleaning time is here! We know how much young children love to be involved in tasks around the house, from cooking, to pairing socks, to drying a floor which you have just washed (with towels tied on their feet). Spring cleaning adds the bonus of moving furniture to clean behind it and looking for all the things of a certain colour for the laundry, activities which encourage play as children see things in new ways. It can be as simple as giving a child a cloth wrung out in warm lavender-scented water with which they can wipe chairs and tables. In this video, it is a reflected in a simple ring time for the kindergarten.
To find out more about how you can train as a Steiner Waldorf early childhood educator, go to our website: www.neswec.org.uk. We are enrolling now for our October intake this year.

Here is another taster from our course. Are you thinking about enroling for the coming academic year? Do visit our website, www.neswec.org.uk, and contact me with any questions: [email protected]. There are very good interest-free loan options with long repayment times.

Our short online introductory course is on 10th and 11th July (Friday evening and Saturday morning). There is a valuable option for finding out more about the Waldorf approach to education and care and what it would be like to take a training.

We have been busy with our new students, getting the year off to to a good start. But now we are starting to think towards the next academic year and the new students we would like to attract for our intake in October. Here in this video is just a little taste from a recent discussion with our Year 1 students.
Our well-known online introductory sessions will be on 10th and 11th July this year and we will be putting out plenty of publicity for those soon. Find our website: www.neswec.org.uk. Contact me: [email protected].

Now we have met our new Year 1 students and started a journey together. One of the aims for our induction residential is to support them in becoming a well integrated social group who will cherish each other over the next two years and beyond. Eurythmy, a very special movement art, is a great help in that process. At the induction, we were lucky enough to have eurythmy with a pianist and here is a taste of that in the video. Find out more about us here: www.neswec.org.uk

In a few days time we will be meeting our new Year 1 students for our induction residential. They will have time to get to know us and each other, receiving intriguing introductions to the various sections of our early childhood programme. And they will enjoy some relaxing artistic activities including singing, painting, eurythmy (an art of social movement to words or music) and making pictures out of dyed sheep's wool. Here are a few slides from previous induction residentials to give you a taster. There is still time for you to enrol, if you want a to seriously explore the Steiner Waldorf approach to early childhood education and care. See our website: www.neswec.org.uk. Contact me with your questions: [email protected]

We are in a time of completions and new beginnings. Our Year 2 students are completing their Level 4 accredited qualification. Our Year 3/Level 5 are starting their programme towards an accredited diploma qualification in Waldorf education, leadership and management. Our new Year 1 group is preparing to start with our Induction residential in the autumn half term.

Here are some photos and news from the beautiful Resource Books made by our completing students as part of their assessed work.

Find our more: www.neswec.org.uk There is still time to join our new Year 1. Contact [email protected] with any queries.

Here is a final instalment of games for the very young from Sam.

We shall be starting a new Year 1 cohort in October. We have a viable group of strong and diverse applicants, and we are looking forward very much to welcoming our new students to our Induction Residential at Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School, 26th – 30th October.

If you know anyone you would like to encourage to apply, there is still time. We are happy to take further applications in advance of our start on 26th October. Further details on our website: www.neswec.org.uk. Click on the practical details tab and there are details of how to apply, fees and dates, among other things. Don’t forget that there are loan funding options available from The Godparents Anthroposophic Training Fund (www.gatf.org.uk). There are very good arrangements possible for schools and settings.

Contact for any questions: [email protected]

Lovely lap games for the very young, from Sam, one of our Core Tutors. Apply for our full training (starting in October) before the end of August and receive an earlybird discount of £100. Pathways are available for those with and without prior early childhood qualifications. See our website for more details: www.neswec.org.uk. Contact me with any questions: [email protected]

Here are two more of Sam's lovely games, and more coming soon. These are so good for parents to use! We are enrolling for our full accredited Level 4 programme now. Apply before the end of this month for an earlybird discount of £100. Find details on our website: www.neswec.org.uk. Contact me with any queries: [email protected].

Here is a short clip from one of our Core Tutors. Sam Greshoff is the early childhood representative for Waldorf UK (our national organisation) and we are very lucky that she is part of our core team. On the NESWEC course, Sam specialises in working with very young children and with parents/carers (as in this clip) and supports our students in understanding and working with statutory rules and regulations, from a Waldorf perspective.
For more information, visit our website: www.neswec.org.uk