This service meets the National Quality Standard and provides quality education and care in all seven quality areas.

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Samford Valley Steiner School Early Childhood Centre

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Samford Valley Steiner School

In  response to Tim Leicester's review, I truly hope he has found the right school for his child as yes, we are a school that values table manners and the kindergarten children are asked to sit in a quiet manner when sitting at the beautifully set table to eat the wholesome food the children have helped to prepare. We certainly value creativity and freedom, this is the essence of our education; but at our school freedom slowly unfolds along the child's educational journey when they have the capacity to self regulate and make choices that are well considered. Creativity thrives in our school, but yes, children learn first the quality of colour through well planned colour exercises. The arts curriculum is sequential as are all subjects, therefore paintings may be all the same as techniques are explicitly taught, especially in the younger years, but then the child's freedom and unique creativity unfolds and blossoms as their skills develop.  The school values parents as partners in education and we listen to all concerns, however we do not change our philosophy to suit parents, we trust that parents choose us because they have made a well informed decision about what they are looking for in their child's education. I would encourage anyone wanting to know more about our school, to come along to an Open Day or School Tour.

We sent our kindergarten aged child here believing it was "a gentle bridge" only to find it is actually the opposite of this. The children are taught to be compliant from the start via emotional control, shaming and being ostracized if they question anything.  There are many rules the parents are not told of at any stage including the children being forbidden to talk or drink water until they have eaten their food (which is served to the silent children sitting well, or those with their hands out in an Oliver Twist pose). The freedom and creativity which led us to Steiner is actually non existent and they may only draw and paint how they are instructed (e.g. this is the reason that all the rainbows are identical as they may only do it the correct way) . In these early years it has been torturous to see my child being treated in such an authoritarian manner and I was absolutely appalled to find this to be the case. When issues have been raised, the parent is dismissed and then also ostracized. Since leaving, I have found there is a "Samford steiner survivor support group" for the families who's children and then parents have been bullied by the teachers there. This is a very concerning institution from my experience.

A quintessential Rudolph Steiner schooling where every day in every way the 'head, heart and hands' are inspired and our children bloom.

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Samford Valley Steiner School Early Childhood Centre Rudolf Steiner Education Group - Brisbane (Inc) Australia 5 Narrawa Drive  QLD  4520

Welcome to Samford Valley Steiner School Early Childhood Centre.

Located at 5 Narrawa Drive, Wights Mountain, QLD 4520, this centre is licensed to provide Centre-Based Care for up to 100 children and received service approval by ACECQA on 16 June 2011.

This centre has a current KindiCare rating of 9.1. This compares to an average KindiCare rating of 8.4 for the area.

Samford Valley Steiner School Early Childhood Centre has received a National Quality Standard (NQS) rating of Meeting NQS under the National Quality Framework, and had its most recent NQS review, assessment and rating given by ACECQA on 01 December 2023.

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