12 Days of Christmas Tabeetha style

Our Student Council made this highly entertaining video showing their interpretation of the well-know Christmas song "The 12 Days of Christmas". It was screened at the Secondary Christmas Assembly on Friday and had the whole hall in stitches!

End of term

We are in the last days of the first term of this school year 2012-2013. Soon our focus will be on March 2013 when we will be celebrating 150 years of the school's existence, but right now our focus has been on Christmas activities and Grade 6 to 9 exams. The past few days have been filled with celebrations. On Tuesday we had the Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 2 Christmas Show which was all about the ABCs of Christmas. Yesterday Grade 3, 4 and 5 introduced us to "Joseph, the Joiner's Family". Both shows were really enjoyable and entertaining. Well done to teachers and pupils for all the great work you have done!

150th Anniversary Celebration Week

We have been hard at work preparing the program for our Celebrations in March 2013. We have a draft program of events for the week of 8th to 16th March 2013.

150^th Anniversary Celebration Week

Program of Events

Friday 8^th March

 9:00am – 12noon - Spring Fair

Monday 11^th March

10am – Tour of School for Alumni by current pupils

11am – Photo re-enactments by Alumni

12pm – Alumni welcome to participate in lessons

1:30pm – Dramatic presentation of Tabeetha’s History

Tuesday 12^th March

10am – Tour of School for Alumni by current pupils

11am – Photo re-enactments by Alumni

12pm – Alumni welcome to participate in lessons

1:30pm – Student talent show – Alumni as Judges

(1:30pm to 2:00pm Primary/2.00pm to 2:30pm Secondary)

Wednesday 13^th March

10am – Tour of School for Alumni by current pupils

11am – Photo re-enactments by Alumni

12pm – Alumni welcome to participate in lessons

1:30pm – Alumni talent show

(1:30pm to 2:00pm Primary/2.00pm to 2:30pm Secondary)

3pm – Tour of Old Jaffa by Mr D Glick

Thursday 14^th March

10am – Tour of School for Alumni by current pupils

11am – Photo re-enactments by Alumni

12pm – Alumni welcome to participate in lessons

1:30pm – Dramatic presentation of Tabeetha’s History

Friday 15^th March

No formal lessons

Tel Aviv Marathon – “Tabeetha 150” team

12pm to 1pm - Church Service to close the celebration week and to dedicate the 150^th the following day. (Venue to be announced.)

Saturday 16^th March

4pm – Tour of the school

7pm Alumni Dinner (Separate programme)

Christmas 2012

As usual the school takes on a different look and feel during this time. Christmas decorations adorn the hallways and classrooms and Christmas music can be heard wafting through the air as it is blasted through the school intercom system.

The festivities are enjoyed by both staff and pupils, as we are all preparing for the various Christmas shows and assemblies.

Staff are enjoying "Secret Santa". Secondary are preparing for the Student Council disco which will take place next Wednesday night. Primary will be having a Christmas Fair next Thursday morning. Midst all these festivities, Grade 6, 7, 8 and 9 pupils are busy writing their Winter Exams. Grade 10, 11 and 12 pupils will be writing their all-important trial exams in January.

Our Christmas holidays are from 22 December to 7 January 2013, and we return to school on 8 January 2013. On our return we will be full-speed into the preparations for the 150th Anniversary Celebrations which will be taking place in the week of 8 to 16 March 2013.

School continues

School will continue as normal tomorrow, Wednesday 21st November.

Mr Abou Kaoud's book

Mr Abou Kaoud, our Math teacher who has been associated with the school since the 1950s, has written a book on his life and experiences in Jaffa and the school. If you would like to order a copy of the book, please email the school at costab@zahav.net.il.

Tabeetha 150 Marathon!

As part of our celebrations of Tabeetha School's 150th anniversary, we are putting together a squad to run in the Tel Aviv Marathon race day on 15 March 2013!

Register to run here. 

Enter yourself as a Tabeetha 150 runner and you will get a discount! 

The name of the Running Team/Club is Tabeetha 150 (the box is case sensitive).

Be sure to check the box "I have a group coupon". The Group Coupon code is 05108.

There are several race distances. The 10% run, which is 4.2km, goes past the school. Pupils who aren't running will be there to cheer you on!

Age restrictions apply so check carefully.

Runners who are under 18 must have a parent's permission to enter, and you must pay by credit card.

Register before 15 December to get an early entry discount - so register now! And start training!

School as normal tomorrow

School will continue as normal tomorrow.

School continues

Until we hear official news from the Home Front Command school will continue as normal tomorrow.

School as usual tomorrow

Until we hear any further news, school will go ahead as normal tomorrow.
Thank you.

Exciting news!

We are very proud of Mrs Shereen Daniel, Joanna Daniel, Celena Girem and Karine Lubany as they are participating in the One World Concert at Syracuse University in America .

Inauguration Ceremonies

On Monday, 24 September at 4pm we will be hosting special inauguration ceremonies for the Jane Walker-Arnott Peace Garden, the Wedad Andraus Rose Garden and the Mosaic Peace Wall (inspired by CITYarts) This event will be officiated by dignitaries from the World Mission Council Church of Scotland.  All are welcome.

Back to school

On the first day of school, pupils, parents and staff were met with 150 blue balloons tied at various places around the school to mark the beginning of our 150th year. New T-shirts have been designed and every pupil and teacher received one of these shirts as a gift. 

We have been back at school now for two weeks. The dust has settled and the timetable is running smoothly. We have about 60 new pupils in the school, so we had a gathering at break time on Friday where new pupils had an opportunity to meet each other and share some snacks and drinks together with the management. It was a wonderful time and pupils were chatting away and interacting with each other and sharing stories. We have 329 pupils in the school, from over 30 different countries including Scotland!

 

We are all excited to be back and see the changes to the school - the new Jane Walker-Arnott Peace Garden and new entrance area into the Music Room, as well as the enlarged Art Room and the shading area over the basketball court.

Work continues...

The upgrading of the facilities continues with the foundations for the shading being dug today. Hopefully all the work will be completed by the end of August.

Summer work 2012

As usual, during the summer holidays we do some much needed work and upgrading around the school. This work includes a deep clean and painting of all the rooms. This year we are opening up another entrance to the "Music room" as well as making the Art room bigger. We will also be putting more shading up on the playground as well as have some of the gardens landscaped.

Tabeetha Reads

We are working on a project to raise the level of appreciation for reading in Tabeetha. This is being done in a variety of ways. See our Facebook page for more details and please take the survey.

End of year

We had many events marking the end of another amazing year in our little school. The grade 12 Graduation Ceremony on Thursday 28th June was a truly moving and magical evening. Links to local websites showing photos can be found through link1 and link2. Primary and secondary both celebrated successes at our respective Prize Giving Assemblies on Thursday and Friday. We are now on holiday until Monday 27th August (teachers return) and pupils return on Tuesday 28th August.

The school office will be open through the holidays at the following times:

2 July – 22 July

Monday – Thursday

9.00am – 12.00

Office Closed 25 July – 5 August

6 August – 24 August

Monday – Thursday

9.00am – 1.00pm

Friday

9.00am – 12.00

We wish all our friends and family a wonderful summer holiday. Be safe!

Grade 6 castles

Exams are over and the dust has settled from getting the results. Next we look forward to many different activities happening over the next two weeks as we head to the finish-line and closing of yet another school year. We have a surfing trip for grade 6, a visit to Ramat HaChayal school for grade 6 and 7, a beach party, and a visit to Neve Shalom. We also have graduation for grade 5 and of course graduation for grade 12.

Recently grade 6 built models of castles as part of their History course. These amazing works of art are on display in the school hall.

Many things happening...

Just before the Spring Holidays we had a few days of fun. We had Crazy Hair Day, Hats-and-sunglasses day and Pajama Day. Photos can be seen on our website.


Since returning from Spring Holidays there has been a lot going on in our little school. Grade 10, 11 and 12 pupils have started their final external exams. We wish them all the best and may they sow what they reap! We have had various trips and activities enjoyed by many of our pupils including grade 6 and 7 meeting up with grade 7 pupils from the Ramat Ha'chayal school from Tel Aviv, where they participated in music, sport and Hip Hop lessons together.

Grade 3 experienced a great trip to Jaffa today. The following is from a letter sent to the grade 3 parents today by their class teacher:

We had a terrific day today in Jaffa.  With Mr Glick guiding us, we learnt a lot about Old Jaffa.  We began the day at the clock tower then made our way to the American Colony to see the only remaining house made of wood.  We then saw some very old photos of Jaffa shown on a projector which was more than 100 years old.  The children had a great time with Johan’s father at his church.  They heard the organ and even got a chance to ring the Church Bells!  We enjoyed a break by the old train station and then ended the day at Jaffa port, enjoying a boat ride on the Mediterranean Sea! The children even had the opportunity to steer the boat!

Thank you to Finat’s mother and Liam’s father for coming with us today. Thank you to Johan’s Mother and Father for welcoming us into their Church.

I had a great day and am very proud of the Grade 3 class for behaving beautifully the entire day.

Spring Fair 2012