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Birali Steiner School is located on 26 acres at Beachmere in the Moreton Bay Region of Queensland, Australia. The school is non-denominational, co-educational and currently offers classes Prep to Year Ten.
Birali Steiner School is fully accredited with the Non-State Schools Accreditation Board for Prep to Class 10. Our school is a member of both Independent Schools Queensland and Steiner Education Australia.
Birali Steiner Education encompasses a holistic educational approach, which balances academic, artistic and practical learning experiences. These are founded on the principles of anthroposophy set forth by Rudolf Steiner and adapted for our changing world. |
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Birali Steiner School’s Vision is to educate the whole child learning through head, heart and hands offering a curriculum responsive to the developmental phases in childhood ensuring a positive foundation for a purposeful and productive adulthood is cultivated.
Wellness: Our community values and fosters wellness in body, soul and spirit through providing a holistic education and environment that develops the whole child, and supports every community member, acknowledged through collaboration, tolerance and respectful inclusive engagement.
Creativity: A wide-ranging curriculum that includes a balance of academics and arts with physical, social and emotional development. By promoting creativity and imagination, students are encouraged to develop a capacity to think laterally in their later life.
Compassion: Our staff strive to enhance the development of students to become confident adults who care for others.
Wonder: A sense of wonder and reverence is cultivated in each child by encouraging the child’s innate affinity with the natural world. Our Birali learning environment stimulates curiosity and love for other beings and natural phenomenona.
Authenticity: Our Birali Steiner learning focuses on striving to encourage the child to value truth, individuality, integrity and authenticity. Our community provides guidance on moral courage to stand up for what is good, true and beautiful.
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At Birali Steiner School, we strive together to deliver an education that honours, nourishes, and develops the creative spirit of the child. We aim to kindle in young people, courage, determination, a sense for truth and beauty and a desire for lifelong learning, with an understanding of respect for the traditional custodians of the land on which the school is founded.
We do this by providing developmentally appropriate learning experiences that encompass and emphasise:
physical development and connection to the natural world
advancement of the social and feeling life development of artistic and creative capacity
cultivation of living thinking through engaging in academic studies.
Our educators bring the Steiner pedagogical approach to life, so that young people may develop a healthy and lively connection to others, their natural environment and their own individuality.
With this foundation, the young person can go forth into the world with a broad and deep knowledge base, a feeling of their own social competency and a benevolent sense of individual freedom. |
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Music is a key component of the Steiner pedagogy. Our music curriculum begins in Prep with the singing of simple pentatonic songs. Every note sung and rhythm clapped lays the groundwork for a lifelong appreciation of music.
As children progress to Class 1 and 2, they are introduced to the pentatonic recorder and in Class 3, they learn the diatonic recorder and embark on the Strings Program, beginning with violin lessons.
In Class 4 and beyond, students deepen their violin skills and some may also learn to play the cello within the strings program. Students begin to explore a diverse range of other instruments, including marimba, xylophone, ukulele, guitar, djembe drums, and piano.
And from Class 7 onwards, the school offers various instruments as elective programs, allowing students to further pursue their musical interests. |
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Primary and high school students participate in weekly lessons that foster an appreciation for cultural diversity. In primary school, the language taught is Japanese, while in high school, students learn AUSLAN (Australian Sign Language). |
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Eurythmy enriches our curriculum, offering students a vibrant experience that fosters growth, creativity, and connection. By integrating movement with language and the arts, Eurythmy equips children with essential tools for their educational journey.
Eurythmy promotes coordination of physical movements and cognitive processes, fostering complex neural development, helping students enhance their focus and attention in all subjects. |
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