Ma Koreh
Adam Carpenter – Head of Jewish Life Primary
Last Friday our Year 2 students and their families participated in the Pathways Shabbat and Siddur Presentation Ceremony.
Following a musical and ruach filled morning shabbat celebration, Year 2 students and their accompanying adults engaged in a workshop to personalise and decorate a siddur. The siddur included a blessing of gratitude written by each child and added to this was a special blessing for each child written by their parents.
After sharing these blessings, families worked together to design scrapbooking pages with Jewish symbols and values, making each siddur unique. Parents presented their child with the siddur and recited the Birkat Banim (Blessing of the Children) and then students shared their developing siddur reading skills in a morning tefillah.
It was a special moment to celebrate with the Year 2 families and we thank them for their beautiful blessings and for making the time to be with us. As always, school events involve many people, so Todah Rabah to:
- Morah Martine who planned and designed the creative scrapbook elements
- Morah Bar-On for leading the K-2 Shabbat and a workshop
- Ms Wynhausen and Ms Esra the amazing Year 2 class teachers
- Ms Rosenfeld for preparing the siddurim and organising the morning tea
- Informal Jewish Life leaders Noah Klein and Lyv Akres and our Teaching Assistants being helping out with the workshop.
