| Raphael House Rudolf Steiner School | |
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| Raphael House Rudolf Stenier School | |
| Location | |
| 27 Matuhi Street, Belmont, Lower Hutt, New Zealand |
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| Information | |
| Type | State integrated, composite (Years 1-13) |
| Established | June, 1979 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 133 |
| School Coordinator | Karen Brice-Geard |
| School roll | 322 |
| Socio-economic decile | 10 |
| Website | typo3.raphaelhouse.school.nz |
Raphael House Rudolf Steiner School is a coeducational, state integrated composite school in Belmont, Lower Hutt. It provides a Waldorf education for Years 1 to 13. Matriculation starts when children are 7 years of age.
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The school follows Rudolf Steiner's 3-stage pedagogical model of child development promoted in Waldorf education. The Raphael House Rudolf Steiner/Waldorf curriculum is cross-referred to the National Curriculum. Currently students are solely offered qualifications centred on the NZ Steiner Certificate, from 2012 NCEA credits will be issued.
Foreign languages currently taught include:
Most overseas student exchanges are with students from German Waldorf schools.
Raphael House offers evening adult education courses on subjects such as health, anthroposophy, and self-development, and provides a small number of rooms for community activities. The school issues a printed and online weekly newsletter to parents which disseminates pertinent community information and also offers advertising space.
Raphael House celebrates a number of Christian festivals, namely Easter, Advent, St Nicholas, and Christmas, as well as Midwinter and St Michael's day, as cultural experiences for students and their parents. Preparation for the feast days is considered an important part of the students' experience; for example, the students learn songs and make their own colourful lanterns in the days leading up to the Midwinter festival.