Kornmehl

Terry Aizen – Director of Kornmehl

Purim

On Monday morning, we had an amazing turnout of parents, grandparents, and special friends for our Purim celebration. It was wonderful to see families get into the spirit of Purim and dressing up too. The children all 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, clowns, builders, pirates, astronauts, policemen, tigers, cats, and so much more. The teachers all looked great as different coloured Crayola crayons.

The children were all super excited and loved having all their special visitors at Pre-school. The talented Philip Einfeld, from Puppetoons, delighted the children with his animated Purim story and magnificent hand-made puppets. The children participated enthusiastically in the show, they laughed, danced, and had the best morning.

During the week, the children learnt about the four Mitzvot for Purim:

Reading the Megillah.
Giving gifts to friends or neighbour.
Eating a special meal.
Giving support to those who need help, by giving tzedakah.

We practiced the art of exchanging Mishloach Manot bags with friends.

Itamar shared his knowledge and thoughts: “It is called Mishloach Manot. It is a delivery… a delivery of food to give to someone.”

Thank you to Jessica Ivany, Leia Lewis, Janine Silver, Sarah Schneider and Lana Davis, who came in to bake Hamantaschen with all the children on Thursday and Friday. This was a mammoth task, and we really appreciated your help.

We asked the children to share their thoughts about our Purim celebration:

Samara: Everybody loves Purim. They like it because you eat yummy food.
Ruby: It was special because we danced, and we swapped bags.
Gabriella: I liked it that we got to have treats. We danced, and we dressed up.
Alita: I like singing and holding hands with Aria.
Juliette: I liked this celebration because Haman’s hat is in the shape of a triangle and that’s why we have hamantaschen.
Tamar: I like that hamantaschen are in the shape of Haman’s hat. I liked that Marlene made a bag for my sister, because she’s nearly coming, and it had hamantaschen inside.
Gigi: I liked the puppet show. It was funny when Queen Esther popped up on the roof.
Noah Y: I liked the Puppet Show. I liked it when Haman banged his head.
Jude: I liked the Puppet Show. I liked the man talking. He was funny.
Amelia L: I liked the Puppet Show. Haman was being so silly. He made up a new rule. He made up lots of new rules. Queen Vashti told the King that Haman made up new rules.
Milo: I liked my family being here.
Connor: I liked the Puppet Show. I like Haman, the really big one.
Liev: I liked that my mum came. I liked how I dressed up.
Nellie: I liked saying Boo and protecting the Jewish people.
August: I liked getting treats and dressing up.
Alfie: I liked the triangle cakes. I also like the puppet show and I liked my face paint.
Evie: I liked swapping bags with Ruby.
Goldie: I liked the puppet show. It was funny, there was a dog.
Elton: My favourite part was when Haman was on the roof.
Harley: I liked King Vashti.
Oliver: I liked dancing with my mum.