With Bush Kinder (Gan Tevah) being such a highlight this year for our Senior Kinders, our educators initiated a wonderful end of year celebration there. The children and their families spent the morning in the Urban Forest, singing well-loved songs learned during the year and exploring the beauty around them. Thanks to the recent rain, […]
In our lead up to Rosh HaShanah our ELC children have been engaged in a range of fun experiences to extend the children’s learning and understanding about this Chag. Some of the activities include making our Rosh HaShanah cards, our own shofar to blow, Eldad from JNF visit, and getting hands deep in themed art
Our adorable Senior Kinder children celebrated Kabbalat Shabbat today with grandparents and special friends. A penguin and some dinosaurs made special appearances, chicken soup was “prepared” and joyous Shabbat songs could be heard throughout. The children made beautiful gifts for their families which were presented to them with a massive hug before saying their goodbyes.
As part of our Sustainability Unit, we will be appointing a daily Sustainability Officer. This person of responsibility in Gan Rimon will be responsible for: Ensuring all children use the correct bin when disposing of rubbish That the heating is turned off when we go outside Watering the plants That the lights are switched off when we leave the room
In Gan Zayit for over two years now, we have been collecting bread tags… and this has now turned into a class Mitzvot to support Aussie Bread Tags for Wheelchairs. One of our class programs this term is on Tikun Olam, Mitzvot, sharing ‘good deeds’ with others. We have been having lots of discussions about
As part of our Sustainability unit in Junior Kinder, we aimed to encourage the children to be creative and use their imaginations to create new things, from old things. This week, we read a book called Not a Box by Antoinette Portis. Not a Box tells the story of a rabbit who is asked what he’s doing in
One of the programs that we will be implementing this term, is Caring for Our Country and the things that we can do to be sustainable including conserving water, turning the lights off, only using one piece of paper towel and recycling. If you wander around the Gan Rimon kinder room, you will see an
This week Gan Zayit, one of our ELC classes, enjoyed our first Gan Tevah bush kinder adventure! Nature play is an indispensable element in promoting holistic children’s development in early childhood, ranging from physical, social and emotional, cognitive, aesthetic to overall wellbeing (Chawla, 2015; Wilson, 2018). Understanding what’s in nature, such as plants and animals,
This week and last we’ve been busy preparing and learning about the upcoming Jewish Festival of Chanukah through art, drama, music and of course food! We practised drawing and crossing the mid-line through drawing and painting a Chanukiah for a classroom wall display. Crossing the body’s mid-line is the ability to reach across the middle of the
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The King David School is a forward-thinking school that fosters a love of learning, egalitarianism and a proud connection to Jewish identity.
The King David School acknowledges the Bunurong/Boon Wurrung and the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin nation as Traditional Owners of the land on which we are fortunate to teach and learn. We also acknowledge Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. In the spirit of tikkun olam, we seek to ‘learn and understand’ the history, struggle and culture of our First Nations People. We pay our respects to them and to their Elders past and present.