Nipakawa Steiner School is an emerging independent school based in Carlton on Hobart’s Southern Beaches in Lutruwita/Tasmania.
Nipakawa means ‘wave’ in palawa kani, the language of the Tasmanian Aborigines. It’s pronounced ‘nip-a-cow-wa’.
We were given this word to use by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre from the palawa kani language.
Our name grounds us in the beautiful Southern Beaches east of Hobart in Lutruwita/Tasmania and represents the waves of learning and rhythms of childhood and nature that our school will embody for our whole community.
“Our highest endeavour must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives.”
We offer children a gentle, flowing and intimate approach to education with small class sizes and lessons guided by Rudolf Steiner’s philosophy where there is learning for the whole child.
Nature plays a large part in our school with an on site vegetable garden and adjacent bushland offering a beautiful outdoor classroom.