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Yom Hashoah

The Yom Hashoah Project

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The Primary 7 class has been working on a project led by Mrs Hyman (Freddie’s mum!). We were all given the task of going away and creating our own ICT collages based on a person who lived through World War II.

We have been learning about Ben Helfgott and ‘the boys’. Many of the people that we have chosen to work on were children in the Holocaust and separated from their families. Many now live in the U.K and we have looked at and learned a little about what their lives are like now.

With the people we have chosen, we have selected pictures and words that link to them and help people to learn more about them.

When we had all finished our collages, we had them printed on to fabrics which are now going to be sewn onto a cloth which we will keep, as a pillow or a tea towel.

Our collages will also be shown at an event for people to see them. Ben Helfgott is also going to be coming to the Yom Hashoah event at Giffnock Synagogue to speak. He was actually in the Olympics as a weightlifter and even won a gold medal!

In these lessons with Mrs Hyman, we have put colour on to the cloth to brighten it up, we have also been stitching the fabric into the cloth and some of us were just learning how the stich.

The people we have chosen, we have picked because there was something about them or their story that stood out to us and inspired us.

By Susie Tenby

Literacy and English, Religious and Moral Education

Rabbi Rubin and Primary 7

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Recently our school’s Rabbi, Rabbi Rubin, visited the Primary Seven class to answer any questions linked to Judaism that we had before leaving for High School.

He answered many of our questions that we were desperate to know the answer to. None of the pupils in Primary Seven will be transferring to a Jewish High School because there is not a High School like that in Scotland. Therefore, we will no longer be taking subjects such as Kodesh and Ivrit.

His visit was very educational and helpful for the Jewish and non-Jewish children in our class. All pupils got something out of the visit, including our class teacher, Mrs Santi. Even if we thought we already knew the answer to a question he expanded our knowledge on it.

We had lots of questions and we didn’t get through all of them. Luckly, we have the advantage of having a monthly visit from Rabbi Rubin where we will be able to ask more questions and receive more answers.

This means, that when it is time for us to go to High School, we will remember all the fascinating facts that Rabbi Rubin told us during these visits in Primary Seven and we hope that this will help us to carry on with our own traditions and faith even once we leave Calderwood Lodge.

By Maddie and Amy

Expressive Arts, festival, Literacy and English, Religious and Moral Education

Chanukah Assembly

Madeleine and Hassan have been telling you all in earlier blogs about Chanukah. As part of our celebrations, we went to see the Primary 4 class performing a Chanukah Show.  The parents all came along to watch.

 

There was a short play that included songs and the story of Chanukah. The story talks about the Maccabis and how they went to war with the Greeks because the Greeks said no to Shabbat. They only had enough oil to light the candle on the Menorah for one night and miraculously, it lasted for 8 days.

 

The choir completed the show with the traditional Chanukah songs. There was a lovely electric atmosphere and all the children were excited for the celebrations. It is a special assembly every year.

Class Trip, Religious and Moral Education

Chanukah

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Every year, Calderwood Lodge celebrates the Jewish festival of Chanukah. All of the world Jewish communities celebrate this festival and in Calderwood Lodge we feel that it is a great time to show how much we appreciate everything we have in life.

In our school, the primary four class preformed The Story of Chanukah at the school Chanukah Assembly. Other performances included:

  • A group of primary sevens preforming the Chanukah story by taking song lyrics from the well-known musical “Les Miserable” and turning them into Chanukah related lyrics,
  • Children playing Chanukah songs on the violin or viola,
  • The school choir preforming their Chanukah songs to the whole school.

We also go down to our school hall each afternoon and watch a selected child from each class say the brachot and light the Chanukah candles.

This year, all the classes have had the opportunity to visit Shul and light the cnadles there. You can read more about that in Hassan’s blog entry.

Chanukah is about rededication and remembering the great miracle that happened many years ago. It is also about showing thankfulness to the people around us that we sometimes forgot and also forget how much that person has helped us. It is also about having fun and continuing the Chanukah traditions that are carried out every year by people all over the world.

Happy Chanukah Everyone

By Madeline Friel