FESTIVAL FUN FLASHBACK - Purim

 CRAZY HAT DAY

We started off the month of Adar with a Crazy Hat day assembly and parade. It was great to see all the cool and creative hats across the  school. We even kept our hats on for lessons and activities. There was a raffle and some k2 friends even wone prizes!!! So much fun!!

The PURIM STORY

Telling the story of purim was such a blast. We used puppets, and interactive castle and lots of props to bring the tale to life. K2 friends had a chance to participate and the whole saga was completed over 2 weeks of lessons. We couldn't wait to get to the next part of the story!!

MISHLOACH MANOT - sorting by small, medium & large

Morah Dawn has been focusing on sorting sizes small, medium and large. We sorted mishloach manot items into 'ready to eat' and not ready. we only use foods which are 'ready to eat' in mishloach manot.

See below pictures on our size sorting lesson

First we started with a mixture of items, both ready to eat and not ready to eat.
None of the items were sorted by size. The first task was to REMOVE all items which are NOT ready to eat right away.

Flour isn't something you can eat right away. Well spotted Aiden!

Ariella placed the items we can't use,  aside on a table 

That's right Mariella, uncooked beans are not ready to eat

Ella noticed a bottle of oil. We can't just drink that right away, so it doesn't belong. 

Rachel is sorting the citrus fruits into size order.
Small on top, medium in the middle and large on bottom.
She noticed something wasn't right and took the fruit down to have a better look.

Rafael is sorting the water bottles he found into small, medium and large. 

Now Ashlee has found corn snacks which need to be added to the correct sized basket

Our size sorted mishloach manot baskets are filling up, thanks to everybody's help!!

FESTIVAL FLASHBACK Tu B' Shevat

Tu B Shevat Spectacular!!

K2 participated in a whole-school fruit feast for the Festival of Trees (Tu B Shevat). We prepared a song to sing in front of the whole school. We made special hats themed on the 7 fruits of Israel (wheat, barley, grapes, figs, olives, dates and pomegranates). So many of the friends were brave and tried new fruits they have never had before. It was so fun, not to mention delicious

FESTIVAL FUN FLASHBACKS - Chanukkah

So just before the winter break, we celebrated the festival of Chanukkah.

Each student made their own menorah, we learned the story of the Maccabees, sang songs, prepared our amazing debut stage performance 'Those Were The Nights', went to visit an old age home, played dreidl and participated in a fabulous chanukkah carnival.

We talked about how oil is lighter than water
and would float on top

We learned about the golden  menorah
in the Mishkan and the Beit Hamikdash

We had a chance to light the Menorah
in school every day with real olive oil

 

 See below our adorable costumes for the Chanukkah Recital. We sang 'Those Were The Nights' By the Yeshiva Boys Choir

 CARNIVAL FUN

The middle school ran stalls for all of the Mazel students to enjoy. After a quick orientation, the K2 friends paired up and explored the stalls at their own pace. They got to dress up as Maccabees and ancient Israelites, get their faces painted, and much much more!! Even Morah Sharon joined in the fun

 

Racing to eat the doughnut on a string. No Hands!!

Find the Chanukkah gelt pennies hidden in the flour!

OLIVE OIL PRESS

Mazel was lucky to host the OLIVE OIL PRESS once again. Kindergarten had a chance to see and participate in the process of making olive oil. We then lit the menorah with the oil we helped to create. We were such pros!