Alder Tree Is Closing
Sadly we have now made the decision that Alder Tree cannot continue in September 2023 in its current form. This is mainly because we have too few children currently signed up to be financially viable. Also it appears that we would have to change our offering in order to operate legally without registration as a School.
A group of parents have now just started looking at whether an alternative provision can be developed for September, which would be financially viable and legally compliant. It’s likely that this will be some sort of hybrid offering, aimed at families who are looking at combining home education with part time formal education.
If you are interested you can complete a survey they have put together:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2WT8QLP
Welcome to
ALDER TREE
a Steiner Waldorf Inspired Home Education Centre
The Co-creative Alder Tree Elective Education Project has been established to meet the needs of families in West Berkshire and adjacent areas who have decided to home-educate their children and want to provide them with opportunities to experience Steiner education in a collaborative home education community.
Activities are provided primarily for members of the project. This takes the form of a regular group of children of similar ages working with a main teacher and a range of curriculum activities decided upon collectively and paid for equally by parents.
This initiative is being developed by a group of teachers, parents and others from Alder Bridge Steiner-Waldorf School, which sadly closed down in December 2022. We now have a lease for use of the classroom building previously used by Alder Bridge at Aldermaston Wharf. We have set up up a Community Interest Company to run the project. We opened our doors as planned on January 10th 2023 to 16 former pupils from Alder Bridge, and we are now offering tuition 3 days a week.
We are receiving much interest from local families who are home educating, and hope that many new children will be joining us soon.
How does the centre support you:
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Three days of lessons with colourful timetable containing academic subjects, arts and sports -
Professional guidance for the rest of the week -
Strong sense of community where everyone is welcome to contribute -
Festivals – celebrated together in beautiful ways -
Forest school days
Our objectives
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Awakening child’s interests and love to the world -
Letting the pupils be discoverers -
Building sense of esthetics – poetry and literature, handwork, art -
Building social skills – orchestra, class theatre plays, trips -
Building moral chore – carefully chosen stories that are age appropriate -
Raising interest in other cultures – international dances, foreign language from early age -
Creativity – through painting, clay modelling, creative writing, woodwork -
Ecological awareness – hands on activities in our woods and forest classroom
come and meet us at one of our open events
May Fair
Join us at this wonderful event coming up on Friday the 19th of May at 3pm at Alder Tree Home Education centre.
The May Fair with our traditional Maypole dances that both adults and children love ❤!
Everyone is welcome to spend time on Alder Tree grounds, dance and chat. Bring your own picnic food and a mat. Homemade cakes and drinks are going to be available for a little fundraising.
Tutors will be there to show you around if you wish.
Parking is available at Aldermaston station.
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Friday 19th May 2023 -
3pm -
Alder Tree Home Education Centre, Mill Lane, Reading RG7 4JU -
0118 357 9212 -
info@aldertree.org.uk
We also have informal ‘Coffee & Chat’ open events. And the upcoming Open Day on the 10th of June, details of which will be available shortly.