The Traveling Teacher

06/11/2026

Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦

I am the principal teacher at Silvermist Academy

We have a small team of children who learn through projects and real life and we love welcoming traveling families.

We are a highly relational space and have an adult to child ratio of about 1:4.

We are situated on a w**e farm against Table Mountain, so much of our time is spent outdoors, in the forest class, vegetable garden or workshop.

We also have a designated tech learning space for our seniors who are self directed, managing their own curriculum and wanting to learn alongside other teenagers.

We volunteer our time in the community and go city schooling often.

We have some spaces for 6-15yr olds, for 2027.

Want to know more?
[email protected]

06/10/2026

I get to send children to swing in the forest, climb ropes in the dam, and build a base camp.
I get to be Mission Control. 💚

06/10/2026

Sometimes, you don’t realise what you’re building until someone else puts it into words. ❤️

A little while ago, a new international family joined us at the farm. They had come all the way from the USA and, like many families who move countries, they were finding their feet, looking for people, places and a sense of belonging.

I saw the family at our Heritage Day celebration on the farm. Her children were happily running around with their new friends while she sat chatting with people she hadn’t known just a few months before.

The next day, I messaged her to say how lovely it had been to see them so settled into our little community.

Her reply stopped me:

“I looked out and saw my kids playing with new friends and me sitting with people I didn’t know 2 months ago, and it does feel like we have found a little community. We’re definitely settling in and happy.”

And then she added:

“I’m so grateful to you for fishing me out of that worldschoolers Facebook group!” ❤️

This is one of the things I love most about what we are creating at Silvermist.

It isn't just a place where children come to learn.

It’s a place where families arrive from different countries, different backgrounds and different walks of life — and slowly, somehow, become part of something.

A little farm.
A bunch of children.
A few brave families.
And, if we’re lucky, a little community. 🌿❤️

Maybe that’s the real magic of a learning community.

Photo Caption: Stay calm, you are in Africa.

03/10/2026

Do you dream of creating your own Learning Community?

Perhaps you’ve wondered what education could look like if you stepped outside the traditional school model…

A small group of children.
A nurturing environment.
More freedom, but with real structure.
Strong academics alongside practical, meaningful learning.
And a community where children are genuinely known.

I’m looking for a small group of people who are interested in starting their own Learning Community (micro-school) and would like guidance, support and a practical roadmap for making it happen.

I’ll be sharing what I’ve learned from more than 20 years in education — including the things that work, the things that don’t, and the questions you need to answer before opening your doors.

🌿 If this sounds like something you’ve been thinking about, send me a message.

Let’s explore what might be possible.

📧 [email protected]

05/09/2026

🎙️Our learning community has limited space for 2027.

🐣The Little Farm School ages 3-6:
2 spaces

🐥The Big Farm School ages 6-9:
3 spaces

🪿Junior Academy ages 9-15:
waiting list

New Constantia Campus
Senior Academy ages 15+:
Currently interviewing.

💻“Our teens are looking for other teens, who are looking for a hot desk, to come and learn along side us.
Some of us are doing online curriculums, some of us bike, most of us game and all of us love horses.

We are .

🚴🏽We city school, engage in the community, have access to a workshop and explore beautiful places around Cape Town.

If you are looking for such a collaborative learning space, be in touch!

📌 Constantia Nek, Cape Town, South Africa
✉️ [email protected]

17/08/2026

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16/08/2026

11/08/2026

🌍 Hi everyone! I’m Anna — The Traveling Teacher.

Two things have shaped most of my adult life: travel and education.

My own journey has been a little unconventional.

After school I studied tourism and worked in the travel industry. In my early twenties, like many young South Africans at the time, I headed to the UK for seasonal work, travel and adventure. Four years later I came home and took a job on a dairy farm in rural South Africa.

And that’s where something unexpected happened.

I ended up in a classroom.

Five years later, I had completed my teaching qualification — and I discovered that I loved teaching almost as much as I loved exploring the world.

In my early thirties I left South Africa again, this time for a teaching position in the UAE. What was meant to be a 3 year adventure became 13 years of teaching, learning and living internationally, before I eventually returned home after Covid.

Today, I’m building something that brings all of those experiences together.

I am the founder of The Traveling Teacher and co founder of Silvermist Learning Community. A learning space on an organic w**e farm beneath Table Mountain in Cape Town. 🌿

I honestly think it is one of the most beautiful places in the world.

I currently work with a small community of 16 children and 4 facilitators, where learning looks very different from a traditional classroom.

We spend part of our day on the academic foundations children need, but much of our learning happens through real-world projects, practical skills, nature, problem-solving, making, building, growing, exploring and being outside.

And we don't stay on the farm.

We take city school adventures — using Cape Town itself as our classroom.

A museum becomes a history lesson.
A market becomes a mathematics and economics lesson.
A mountain becomes a science classroom.
A problem we encounter can become the beginning of a project.

This is what I’m increasingly passionate about: helping families turn travel into meaningful learning experiences.

Not adding worksheets to a holiday.

But asking:

What could your child discover here that they couldn't discover at home?

I’m looking forward to meeting other families who believe that the world is one of the greatest classrooms we have.