The Silver Tree Steiner School (Est. 1997) is located in a natural bush setting in the hills area 40 minutes east of Perth. We offer a mothers group through to grade 7. To cater for ongoing expansion, in 2011, the school will relocate to a nearby site with new buildings. The school is registered by the State Government and meets all requirements. The Curriculum: The Steiner curriculum is well documented and is taught in schools all over the world. Children are not able to 'do their own thing' but are led by a teacher through the curriculum in a well managed way. The content and approach of Steiner education aims to meet the development phases of children. Academic subjects are taught using periods in human history as a backdrop. Presenting narratives and ideas from those periods leave the children with a rich grounding in the stages of human development starting with traditional folk tales and fables, then Hebrew stories, Norse, Indian and Greek myths, Egyptian and Roman history through to the present including the leaps in scientific understanding, the opening up of the world through trade, the renaissance period, the industrial revolution and modern times. Australian and Western Australian history as well as indigenous culture are also covered. All children learn a string instrument from grade four. The Teaching Style: All instruction is presented in an artistic way by the teacher and involves and develops the creative capabilities of the child. This approach promotes creative and flexible thinking. In kindergarten and pre-primary, extensive literacy groundwork is done through listening and speaking and then reading and writing are formally taught from grade 1 when quality research indicates children are developmentally ready and mature enough to make progress quickly without unnecessary struggle. The children write words and read their own writing before working with printed literature. In the same way, mathematics ability is built up from experiential learning. In both literacy and numeracy, Steiner..