Adam Carpenter – Head of Jewish Life Primary

Year K Pathways

On Thursday we welcomed Year K parents to join our Kindy students for their first Pathways ceremony. This was an opportunity to welcome the Year K students and their families to the Emanuel School community and to celebrate the Jewish learning journey of the students. The theme for this Pathways ceremony was the importance of names, and the meaning and stories behind our names. Rabbi Ninio shared a lovely story about Adam naming animals in the Garden of Eden and I spoke about what the students can do to create a שם סוב – a good name, for themselves.

In preparation for the ceremony, Year K students traced their hand, which was then given to their parents to write a special blessing or message for their child. The hamsa inspired artwork was framed and presented to the children during our ceremony. Year K students received a special blessing from their parents, the ברכת בנים – blessing over children.

Year K students received a special gift of delicious Aleph-Bet shortbread biscuits to symbolise the sweet taste of Jewish learning which they have started to experience at Emanuel School.  

תודה רבה to Morah Martine and Morah Shirley for teaching the Year K students and preparing them and the hamsa frames for the ceremony. Thank you, Ms Ephron and her team of Food Technology students, for making the Aleph Bet biscuits.

A big thank you to Ofer Levy who so generously shared his time to take beautiful photos to record this event for the School and our families.