Adam Carpenter | Head of Jewish Studies Primary

Year 6: Cooking and eating during עברית/Hebrew

Year 6 have been studying the topic of אוכל/food in Hebrew. Students learnt vocabulary related to food as well as different recipes of special dishes. One of our recipes was chocolate balls. In class, students discussed the ingredients needed to make chocolate balls and the methods of how to make them. After writing recipes, students practised what they had learnt and made their own chocolate delights in class. They did a great job and the chocolate balls were טעים/ ta’im – tasty.

Student clay creations from our פסח/ Pesach Family Workshops

Students and their parents/grandparents in Years 1 and 5 created clay Judaica for their homes and the School as part of our Pesach Family Workshops during Term 1. Our artist, Lia Klugman, took the students work to fire over the holidays and they are now ready for the students to bring home to add to their family’s Judaica collection.

Year 1: Women in the פסח/ Pesach story, clay cup creating a clay

In learning the Pesach story, students focused on the important and often overlooked role played by women in maintaining and saving the Jewish people, such as Yocheved (Moshe’s mother) and Miriyam (Moshe’s sister), before learning more about a contemporary סדר/ Seder ritual, כוס מרים/ Kos Miriyam – Miriam’s Cup. Students created a clay kos that can be included in their own סדרים/   sederim.

Year 5: Clay מזוזות/ Mezuzah making

Participants explored the connection between the מזוזה/mezuzah and the פסח/Pesach story, where the Israelites painted their מזוזות/mezzuzot (doorposts) with the blood of a sacrificed lamb to ensure the 10^th plague פסח/Pesach (passed-over), the homes of the Israelites. Participants then worked with clay to create beautiful and unique mezuzot for their homes and for the School.