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Calderwood’s Chanukah Disco

December 21, 2015 Gayle Santi

Every year I’m extremely excited to attend the Chanukah Disco and this year was no exception.

Most of my class were able to come along. This was my last disco at Calderwood Lodge and I really didn’t want to miss out. I was there to celebrate with my friends, my class and the rest of the school.

At the disco we all danced and enjoyed the sweets from the stall. I played and laughed my friends all night. There was prizes to be won from the DJ and a few of the younger stages won them and looked extremely happy with themselves.

The Chanukah disco was very fun and our class loved it. It will be sad to think that we will never get to go again but I hope that the tradition is carried on, and that the next classes continue to go along and celebrate.

Lyla Gaizely-Gardiner

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Shabbat U.K.

October 26, 2015 Gayle Santi

On Friday 23rd October 2015 it was Shabbat UK.

Shabbat UK is part of the Shabbos project. The purpose of the Shabbos project is a project that is made to call on all Jewish people and encourage them to celebrate Shabbat together. This project is celebrated all around the world and Shabbat UK brings lots of people together in so many different ways.

Our school celebrated Shabbat UK at our Kabbalat Shabbat Assembly on Friday. We started off with our normal Kabbalat Shabbat routine, with a few surprise changes in between. We also got to listen to a video message from the Chief Rabbi.

In this Kabbalat Shabbat we learned that it is important for all communities to work together in unity.

By Iman Rasool

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Rosh Hashanah

September 17, 2015 Gayle Santi

Rosh Hashanah Assembly

Welcome to our class blog. Today I will be writing about our Rosh Hashanah Assembly that the Primary 7 successfully led.

Having put in lots of preparation and effort, we were excited to welcome the parents in and all of the other classes. We started with lots of songs to show off our Rosh Hashanah spirit.

All of the classes had something prepared for our Assembly. The Nursery had pre-recorded some songs and we were able to listen to them in the hall; the Primary 1 class sang beautifully; the Primary 2 boys and girls showed us the Rosh Hashanah cards which they had decorated with apples, since we traditionally eat apples to celebrate Rosh Hashanah; the Primary 3 class stood up and told us lots of interesting facts about Rosh Hashanah; the Primary 4 pupils had prepared fresh challot and walked around the hall allowing us all to see their finished products; the Primary 5 class, along with the Primary 6 class introduced some news songs that they had been learning.

Lots of efforts from all the classes!

At the Shabbat table, Josh and Gabby from Primary 7 were Ima and Abba. They both did a great job saying the bracha for the apple, honey and the wine.
Near the end the whole school had been learning a song with Mrs Rosenberg that we all preformed together for the parents. Afterwards, we put on one of the famous videos for Rosh Hashanah and Gabby and Lilah performed a wonderful dance on stage, in front of the whole school. They did a great job.

Shana Tova everybody!

Susie Tenby