Kornmehl
Terry Aizen – Director of Kornmehl
Purim
Our Purim festivities culminated in a delightful celebration on Tuesday. The children arrived at Pre-school very excited and proud to show off their costumes. What a great variety of characters we had, from princesses, to kings, queens, butterflies, clowns, builders, pirates, astronauts, policemen, dinosaurs and so much more. The teachers all looked great as “the skater girls.”
We had a wonderful turn-out of parents and grandparents to support the children as they paraded around the garden. The children participated in the mitzvah of exchanging Mishloach Manot bags with a friend. We ate lots of yummy Hamantaschen, sang, danced, and had a beautiful morning.
Mr Phillip Einfeld, from Puppetoons, entertained the children with a delightful puppet show of exquisite Purim handmade character puppets. The story of Purim, came to life for the children, through this interactive show.
Purim comments:
Aria: I gave my bag to Samara and Samara gave her bag to me for Purim. We are going to shake our Purim shaker and say “Boo’ to Haman!
Amalia: Parties need treats. Is Haman going to be at the party?
Jordan: When it’s Purim we will come and eat treats, Oreos and Hamantaschen.
Arava Twining Program
The Pre-school has been participating in a twinning program with Gan Faran Warbler in the Arava in the South of Israel since 2021. This is a very exciting partnership, that connects our Pre-school in Australia, with children just like them in Israel. This past week, we introduced the children to this program. We have already received two beautiful and generous packages from the Arava this term. The first package introduced all the children in the Gan to our children at Kornmehl, through a book of photos and information, together with a wonderful puppet and some puzzles. The second package was a collection of recycled materials for us to each make a rashanim for Purim. We have set up an Arava corner in the classroom, to deepen the connection and to have a visual for the children to associate with the Arava and in particular Israel as a country for the Jewish people.
We are very excited to be able to extend our knowledge and association on a deeper level, by connecting with a Gan (pre-school) in the Arava region, as well as connecting the children to Israel in a meaningful and authentic way.
Open Day
The Pre-school will be holding an Open day next week Thursday 16 March 2023 for all prospective families who would like to visit our Pre-school to see what we offer, walk around our lovely classrooms, meet the Director and chat about our programs and philosophy. The morning will run from 9.30 am – 11.00 am.
Please book in to attend the Open Day.
