Summer Activity Days @ Kildare Steiner School

Join us for fun and Joy!

Tuesday 14 July, 11am-3pm
Jam making with Caitilin (086 722 2058)
Bring: apron, clean jars and lids (5 or more if possible), tea towel, packed lunch, bread or scones, Age 6+, Max 14 people, Cost €20

Monday 20 July, 10.30am-3pm
Cob oven decoration with Kate (085 156 6339) & Angela
Bring: clothes that can be dirty, curving clay if possible, pizza dough and toppings for lunch, Age 6+, Max 16 people, Cost €10

Tuesday 21 July, 11am-3pm
Wet on wet painting with Mag (086 228 9237)
Bring: apron, wide paint brush and Steiner paint if possible, packed lunch, Age 4+, Max 14 people, Cost €5

Wednesday 22 July, 11am-12.30am
Tai Chi with John (086 813 1068)
Bring: Yoga mat, cushion, Age 10+, Max 12 people if rains – no limit if sun shines, No cost

Tuesday 28 July 11am-3pm
Cooking & Origami with Yuki (086 341 2006)
Bring: apron, knife, chopping board, ingredients of your choice, tea towel, Age 6+, Max 14 people, Cost €15

Tuesday 4 August 11am-3pm
Drum for fun with Ger (087 646 5465) & Kevin
Bring: Food to share, All age, Max no limit if sun shines, Cost: Donation appreciated

Monday 10 August 11am-11.45am
Yoga with Sinead Woods (085 102 7307)
Bring: Yoga mat or towel, Age 6+, Max 8, No cost

Saturday 29 August 11am-1pm
Polytunnel gardening with Liam (087 215 3332)
Bring: your favourite gardening tools, any home produce to share if available, All age, Max no limit, No cost

Terms and conditions

1. Summer Activity Days @ Kildare Steiner School is a series of self-organised activity occasions. All age groups including adults are welcome.
2. Booking needs to be done by texting to each activity leader one week before so that they know how many people are coming and they can contact the participants if necessary.
3. Toddlers and those who are younger than the suitable age are welcome with accompanying adults. Toddler playground is open during the time that the activity is going on.
4. People who are not currently with the Kildare Steiner School are also welcome.
5. Please note that the Summer Activity Days are based on friendship and not a part of the School's formal service. We are sorry that neither the Kildare Steiner School nor parents involved can accept any liability in relation to the activities.
6. Parents/guardian of children with specific health needs need to either accompany with the children or communicate clear instructions with the activity leaders of the day.
7. Rooms and equipment need to be cleaned and tidied up at the end of the day to restore the order.
8. Participants or their parents are liable for the damage to the School's property during the activity.
9. The activity leaders reserve the right to ask participants to leave the activity if they cause any destruction to themselves or the others.
10. The Allergen food policy needs to be respected by all the participants.

Cob Oven Building Workshop Announcement

Dear Parents,

I am writing to let you know about a cob oven building workshop that we are running on the school grounds on Saturday, the 26th of July from 10am - 4pm.

The objective of running the course is four-fold:

1. A potential revenue generating event for the school, depending how many attend 15 - 20 maximum.

2. To develop the outdoor facilities of the school and generate a focal point for some celebratatory activities run by the school.

3. To have some fun, get creative and get to know more parents.

4. To learn an ancient form of building that uses natural renewable materials.

The fee is nominal at 50 euros individual and 90 euros for a family. It is a kid friendly, community friendly activity with the purest of ingredients namely clay sand and straw.

The course instructors are experienced cob builders having trained with Yanto Evans one of the worlds most experienced cob builders and advocate, they have built their own cob house and done a series of cob building demonstrations including a permanent cob oven on site at the electric picnic venue last summer.

If you are not familiar with cob ovens or construction, please see the following link for cob construction in general: http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/cob.htm

...and cob ovens:
http://balinsky.com/gallery/coboven

If you have any friends who may be interested please let them know.

To introduce myself, my name is Kate Park and I have a daughter Aoife who is now going in to
class 1 and a son Kian who is attending the mother and toddlers group.

If you are interested don't hesitate to call so I have some idea of numbers to cater for on 05991 62867.

If you are really enthusiastic we will be doing some preparatory work building the foundations and laying down some stone work this coming weekend 12th and 13th of July. If you are coming ring, and I can confirm the times we will be there, and clear the area a bit. The site of the oven will be behind the prefab Gale has been using for 5th and 6th class this year.

Finally there is nothing to compare with the taste of home made pizza and bread that has been cooked in cob. You may well be tempted to build your own!