History of Tauranga Rudolf Steiner School

In 1986 a group of parents started a Kindergarten in rented premises in Welcome Bay, Tauranga. In 1988 this evolved to the purchase of a house in Churchill Road Tauranga which remained the base for the small Kindergarten and School until the purchase of the rural land at Welcome Bay , 16 acres of beautiful rolling land bounded by a wetland area housing ducks and pukekos . 1992 was the start of the School and Kindergarten on the present site. The12 years between 1992 and today have been marked by continual and steady progress in the development of the land , buildings and the school itself. Now in 2004 we are one year away from the full primary school. In fact our Class 6 this year will be the first students to have gone right through the school to the Class 7 next year. We are blessed with a wonderful College of Teachers all committed to educating their charges through the hands, the heart, and the head, and equally committed to their own professional development. We are also blessed with a body of committed parents who enliven and support the school. We are blessed again with an active governance body, the Waldorf Schools (BOP) Trust and have the strong support of the Rudolf Steiner Trust in an ancillary role. Below is a short photo history of the development of the school.