Kornmehl
Terry Aizen – Director of Kornmehl
Vivid
With the magic of Vivid returning to Sydney and the children sharing their light experiences, we decided to put on our own Vivid – Colourful Kornmehl.
And so, the scene was set. The light projector was introduced along with some coloured paper pieces and shapes for the children to use which were projected onto the wall. Classical music was played in the background.
Photos of Vivid were shown to the children to talk about and inspire their creativity.
Long sheets of paper were stuck to the wall and the children were invited to visually draw and represent the buildings in the city. A ladder was provided to enable the children to climb up and draw very tall buildings just like in a real city!
The children worked with intention and purpose placing lots of colourful objects on the overhead projector and watching as the colours magically projected onto the buildings they had drawn. The children loved watching the patterns and colours change as the objects changed. They were respectful and took turns with their friends.
Hudson: I went to see this last night! We went for dinner out there. Suddenly the lights turned on. We could see the Harbour Bridge as well.
Educator: How do these colours get from this table to the wall?
Freddy: By this light. I can see them (the colours) at the bottom.
Alma: By the projector. Rainbow on this side! The projector works by putting the light on there (the table) and goes to there (the wall).
Freddy: Because I see the parts on the bottom (mirror), and it projects it to there (the wall). Look, the Lego is black.
Educator: Why is that?
Freddy: Because it’s not see-through.
Refugee program
Our wonderful Starfish Educator, Lindi Bloch, has been working tirelessly for almost a year on the incredible refugee program called CRISP (Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot). She has been helping a family from Afghanistan via Turkey relocate to Australia, mentoring and supporting them as they settle into their new home and life.
This week on Thursday 22 June 2023, Lindi was asked to speak as a Community Support Group member at Parliament House in Canberra during Refugee Week. One of the theme’s this year is The role of the Australian community in welcoming Refugees.
Lindi spoke about the meaningful role community support groups and the broader community have in welcoming refugees and the impact and positive settlement outcomes for refugees arriving under the CRISP program, that can attribute to the role of the ‘community’.
We are very proud of the amazing dedication Lindi shows and her commitment to making a difference in the lives of others. True Tikkun Olam – Mazal tov Lindi! Go to this link for more information about this program.
Under the Sea
The Seashells are exploring the ocean and sea animals. As part of their learning and investigations they have been engaged in floating and sinking experiments. We learnt that the ocean is salt water and rivers are freshwater. Continuing from this, one container was filled with salt water and the other with plain water and we hypothesised what would float in which type of water and which would sink.
We wondered why the objects floated in the salt water:
Jordan: It has more air pressure.
Aria: It’s floating because it has more air in it.
Juliette: It floats, and it sinks. It floats in the salt water.
Gabi: The frogs sinked in the water because they don’t have enough air.
Daisy: The two of them were floating. The salty water was floating, and the fresh water was sinking.
The Seashells were very engaged and fascinated with this phenomenon. During outside play, the learning continued:
Alita: My frog is not floating.
Gabi: The lids are floating.
Aria: The starfish floats. The rock didn’t float.
Amalia: If you put water in the lid, it still floats.
Montefiore visit for Shabbat
We had a lovely visit from 12 residents from the Montefiore on Friday, together with their leisure and lifestyle therapist and co-ordinator, Rebecca Fardoulis.
On arrival our special visitors baked challah with us and while the challah was baking, we all enjoyed morning tea together on the deck, followed by a wonderful, spiritual Shabbat. This included lots of singing, joining in the brachot and eating challah together. Connecting with the elderly members of our community is something we value enormously and the benefits for both young and old are visible and rewarding.
