It has been a difficult past couple of weeks for the school and community. We have experienced the loss of great friends of the school and Jaffa community.
Firstly, we heard about the sad passing away of Mr. George Baird in Scotland. Mr. Baird was a great friend and supporter of Tabeetha School. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this time.
Also, the entire Jaffa community was shocked to the core by the news of the sudden passing away of Mr. Joseph Deek, a great friend and family member of many people in Jaffa. His funeral witnessed literally thousands of attendees in procession along Yeffet street in Jaffa, on the way to the Greek Orthodox Church, where the ceremony took place. The procession was led by the scouts of Jaffa, Muslims and Christians, many of whom attend the school. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends.
The general school family is beginning to feel the bite of the winter cold and flu bug, with many teachers away from school.
The Muslim community is celebrating "eid al adha" this weekend. We wish them eid mubarak.
Of course, the rest of the school is continuing on as usual with teaching and learning, preparing for exams in January and planning for Christmas celebrations happening at the end of the school term.
We have a representative from the Israel Cricket Association coming into the school next week Wednesday to introduce the game of cricket to our pupils during PE lessons. Hopefully this will lead to some after school cricket activity.
To end with some good news...One of our grade 4 pupils, Jessica Bekkerman, has been selected to move to the next round of a dance competition towards appearing on the Israeli version of "Dancing with the Stars". We are all very proud of you, Jessica! Well done!
Firstly, we heard about the sad passing away of Mr. George Baird in Scotland. Mr. Baird was a great friend and supporter of Tabeetha School. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this time.
Also, the entire Jaffa community was shocked to the core by the news of the sudden passing away of Mr. Joseph Deek, a great friend and family member of many people in Jaffa. His funeral witnessed literally thousands of attendees in procession along Yeffet street in Jaffa, on the way to the Greek Orthodox Church, where the ceremony took place. The procession was led by the scouts of Jaffa, Muslims and Christians, many of whom attend the school. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends.
The general school family is beginning to feel the bite of the winter cold and flu bug, with many teachers away from school.
The Muslim community is celebrating "eid al adha" this weekend. We wish them eid mubarak.
Of course, the rest of the school is continuing on as usual with teaching and learning, preparing for exams in January and planning for Christmas celebrations happening at the end of the school term.
We have a representative from the Israel Cricket Association coming into the school next week Wednesday to introduce the game of cricket to our pupils during PE lessons. Hopefully this will lead to some after school cricket activity.
To end with some good news...One of our grade 4 pupils, Jessica Bekkerman, has been selected to move to the next round of a dance competition towards appearing on the Israeli version of "Dancing with the Stars". We are all very proud of you, Jessica! Well done!
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