Ma Koreh
Adam Carpenter | Head of Jewish Life Primary
Dressed in blue and white, students entered through a blue and white balloon tunnel to celebrate 71 years of Israel’s Independence. Our day of celebration included the following activities:
- A whole school Yom HaAtzma’ut ceremony filled with music, ruach, singing and special messages from Israel
- A shuk experience where students could interact with stall owners from Year 6 in Hebrew, to taste and experience foods of Israeli including cherry tomatoes, olives, Bisli and halva
- Singing Israeli songs – שירים and experiencing Israeli folk dancing – ריקודי עם
- Learning about their class name and creating posters representing its people and places
- Faint painting and biscuit decorating with the Israeli flag
- Creating video clips to various traditional and contemporary renditions of HaTikvah
- Learning about the meaning and symbolism of the Israeli flag then designing their own flag for Israel
- Creating a tourist campaign for a place or region in Israel
- Researching an aspect of Israeli culture and creating presentations to share with their peers
- An Israeli sports carnival, where students where placed into teams with names of Israeli sport teams, such as like Maccabi Tel Aviv and HaPoel Haifa, and competed in popular Israeli sports such as:
football – כדורגל
basketball -כדורסל
volleyball -כדורשת
matkot –מטקות
Thank you to the canteen for providing delicious falafel for lunch and for the ruach of our teachers and students in creating a day of learning and celebration about Israel.
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