We joined the upper school for a whole school Kabbalat Shabbat on Friday to celebrate the total amount raised for JNF through coin wars, donation boxes and our Tu B’Shevat dress as you please day.
The whole school raised over £400 and each class got a certificate showing that trees h e been planted in Israel in our name.
We were very proud of our fundraising efforts in Primary 1!
We had a lovely Kabbalat Shabbat today in the infant department.
Listen to our views below:
“I love singing the songs where we think about what should be on the Shabbat Table” – Lori
“I like it that we all say the words to the bracha” – Toby
“When we hear what all the other boys and girls have been learning about like the Parsha it helps us too. My brother Harry told us the prayer he wrote today and I was proud.” – Lucy Vallance
The children in Calderwood Lodge Nursery class have noticed a lot of special food appearing in shops, houses and on TV at this time of year.
One of the most exciting items of food we have noticed and wanted to explore further was gingerbread.
Karen introduced us to the story The Gingerbread Man in the book corner and we used musical instruments to add sound effects to the story.
We looked at pictures of gingerbread houses online and the Blue group worked with Nicole to decorate a beautiful gingerbread house. 
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Miss Dunn also shared a gingerbread recipe and we all got our hands messy mixing the dough and rolling it before using fancy cutters to make our shape. We iced and decorated our gingerbread biscuits in nursery and took them home to eat. We bet the biscuits didn’t make it past the front door before there were only crumbs left to be seen!
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The nursery class, primary one and primary two performed our fantastic Chanukah Show ‘The Sad Little Sevivon’. The nursery sang our favourite song Eight Little Candles and gave everyone a wave on their parade around the hall.
‘We were the candles, and we got on fire! But just pretend, that’s what you do in a show’ – Freddie
‘The singing was the most exciting part, lots of singing and the parents said well done’ – Becca
All the nursery staff were very proud of the excellent performances of all the children.
Many of our families celebrated Eid ul Adha in September. Children who were celebrating Eid ul Adha shared experiences of buying new clothes and visiting relatives for the celebration. Miss Rasul, who teaches in the school, also celebrates Eid ul Adha and popped into nursery to help explore henna patterns and Eid celebration cards.
We wish all our families celebrating Eid Mubarak!
In early September many of our families were celebrating the Jewish festival of Rosh Hashanah, the celebration of New Year. Jewish families celebrate Rosh Hashanah with sweet foods, like apples dipped in honey and honey cake, as a wish for a sweet year. Some families also celebrate with symbolic foods like the head of a fish, pomegranates, and carrots.
In nursery we used our creative skills to make lots of craft apples and bumblebees. We got noisy learning songs about Rosh Hashanah and accompanying them with percussion instruments. Some of us even dressed up as bumblebees and buzzed around the playroom floor!
We wish all our Jewish families Shanah Tovah.
