Ma Koreh – Pathways
Adam Carpenter – Head of Jewish Life Primary
Year 6 Pathways Shabbat and Graduation Ceremony
Last Friday afternoon, Year 6 students and their families gathered together for a special Pathways Shabbat ceremony to mark the students’ graduation from Primary School.
During Jewish Studies this term, students familiarised themselves with the Friday evening prayer service by learning new songs and prayers. Each student was given responsibility to master a specific prayer to lead during the prayer service and created their own commentary and response to the prayer, which was incorporated into student created Pathways Siddur.
The Shabbat service was beautifully led by the Year 6 students and was filled with prayer, ruach and singing, often to the beat of bongo drums. The graduation ceremony included speeches by Head of Primary, Mrs Milner; Head Madrichim, Ashley Cohn and Max Salamon; and Gabi and Rob Salamon (Max and Sam’s parents). The speeches expressed gratitude to all those involved in supporting, nurturing and guiding the students to this point. They included fond memories and experiences of Primary School and words of advice and wisdom for the students as they move to the next stage of their learning journey.
In addition to receiving graduation gifts of Shabbat items and a Pesach Haggadah, students were presented with their Yearbook.
כל הכבוד to all Year 6 students on their work in preparation for Pathways.
מזל טוב to the students and their families for reaching this stage in their learning journey and in graduating Primary School.
תודה רבה to all the Emanuel School staff involved in the Pathways event.
