Raphaeli Waldorf School

We are the only Waldorf School in the Garden Route, South Africa. We are registered as an independent school and we rely only on tuition fees, fundraisers and donations to keep us running and to provide a quality and creative education for children from all walks of life.

Our goal is to develop strong and healthy individuals who have a will to work; who are inspired to learn, explore, understand and create; and who have a strongly anchored sense of responsibility for themselves and others.

As a Waldorf School we are committed...

• To work out of Anthroposophy
• To provide Waldorf education for children of all ages;
• To enable children to develop their full potential and meet their destiny as creative, free and responsible individuals, who stand strong in themselves;
• To put special emphasis on quality in all our activities and provide a natural, enlivening and enriching learning experience for all involved;
• To infuse academic work with life through the incorporation and development of all the arts into curriculum themes;
• To foster reverence, respect and responsibility for the whole Community and Nature;
• To encourage and facilitate conscious relationship to one’s self and others;
• To establish a strong, self-sustaining School and strive to be affordable to those requesting our education;
• To play an active role in the ongoing research and development of Waldorf Education in South Africa, preparing children and adults for the economic, ecological and social changes of our time;
• To research and implement ways to make Waldorf education accessible to rural communities in South Africa and Africa;
• To increase environmental awareness and the preservation of all natural resources;
• To provide ongoing teacher training in Waldorf methodology;
• To enable cultural exchange programs with schools of other nations;
• To be surrounded by children learning to love learning.