It's all over!

We have reached the end of another fantastic and amazing school year! What a way to end another rich and rewarding year at Tabeetha. We had our Grade 12 Graduation  on Thursday night (external link to a local news website), followed by a wonderful Secondary Prize Giving Assembly on Friday morning. Pupils were dismissed after receiving their reports, Yearbook and class photos, midst tears of sadness,  as we have 17 Secondary pupils who will be leaving us and moving on; many of them from embassies who will be either going back to their home countries or moving to another post in a different country. We will miss all those who are leaving us!

We have some videos  on YouTube from the Graduation: Grade 12 performing a Salsa Dance and also singing their Final Song at the end of the ceremony.

Thank you to the whole Tabeetha Community - Parents, Staff and Pupils - for your continued love and support of our unique and exceptional little school! I wish you all a very happy, restful, safe and blessed Summer.

Now, we start with the summer work and renovations....watch this space for progress.

Grade 5 Graduation 2013

With a positive atmosphere and excellent turnout of families and friends, our Grade 5 class took to the stage in what was their Graduation Ceremony. Set to music of the Beatles, the children sang and danced their memories of Primary and expectations of Secondary. 

Thank you to drama teacher Karine Hoffman and music teacher Alexis Gitman, who helped prepare the children. Also thank you to Grade 5 class teacher Eve Singerman, who has done amazing work in laying a solid foundation, ready for the Secondary School.

Trips

Today we had three of our classes out on trips. Grade 6 enjoyed the annual surfing trip at Top Sea Surfing school. Grade 9 returned from Neve Shalom, where they had a great time. Grade 10 spent the day on Kibbutz Nir David in the North, where they were involved in water activities, including raft building. All our pupil's were well behaved and were perfect ambassadors for our school.

 

 

So much to be excited about!

With the year rapidly drawing to a conclusion, we have so much to be excited about, as well as being extremely proud of the accomplishments of our wonderful pupils!

The 90th Birthday Party for Shimon Peres was wonderful to watch and our children did an excellent job of holding Tabeetha's name high. In case you missed the live TV broadcast, it can be viewed here.

Also, we have nearly completed our green-green-greenhouse, made from recycled metal and plastic bottles.

The green-green-greenhouse will be used as an educational tool for learning about recycling and the environment, as well as growing herbs, vegetables and other plants, like orchids.

The project was birthed by Antony Short, Principal of the school, after seeing something similar in Scotland, and helped along by Marc Lewis (in the picture below - center), a past teacher of Tabeetha, who is an excellent metal sculptor and Linda Rosenthal (below right), Art teacher and Albert Odeh (below left), our maintenance man. Thank you, Marc and Albert, for your many hours of cutting and welding metal! The end product is going to look beautiful!

There are a few trips taking place over the next week before we break up for the summer holidays. Tomorrow Grade 6 are going on their annual surfing trip at Top Sea Surfing School and Grade 10 are going to a kibbutz in the south of the country, where they will participate in all sorts of adventures. Grade 9 are currently at Neve Shalom where they are learning about how to handle conflict through various workshops and counseling sessions. All in all, a very busy but very rewarding time!

Amazing children!

Our Tabeetha pupils did a great job tonight at the 90th Birthday Party for Shimon Peres. There was great footage of the many languages at Tabeetha, as the children sent Birthday greetings in their mother tongue.

90th Birthday Party for Shimon Peres

We are all waiting with great excitement for the live coverage of the birthday party for Shimon Peres, President of Israel. The show will be televised live in a few hours, where some of our children will be part of a song, as well as sending greetings to President Peres.

 

Exams

With two weeks to go, grades 6 to 9 are writing exams. These will continue for most of this week. Grade 9 will visit Neve Shalom on  Wednesday and Thursday; grade 6 have their annual surfing trip on Thursday and grade 10 have a day trip to the desert.

Tabeetha pupils live on TV!!

A few weeks ago we had some visitors from "Nohar Event Planners" (Luminosity Productions) who are managing the 90th Birthday event of President Shimon Peres later this month. 

Our grade 6 pupils sang the verse from the song "Give Peace a Chance" by John Lennon. They also wished Shimon Peres best wishes in English, Hebrew and Arabic as well as the many other languages we have here at school. This was all captured on video, which will be played at the Birthday event on 18th June. 

Soon after this we were contacted by a representative of the company who invited us to perform the song, live on stage, with about 50 other children from all over the country. Last week, we were invited to a recording studio in Tel Aviv to record the track. We chose 12 grade 5 pupils to go along. It was an amazing experience and our children acted like professional singers! 

Many thanks to Alexis Gitman, our music teacher, for preparing the children so well, and also thanks to Eve Singerman, grade 5 class teacher and Raeda Girem who helped with the Arabic singing. We look forward to the actual event on 18th June, which will be televised live on all the major Israeli channels! The event will be attended by many dignitaries, including foreign presidents and other famous celebrities, like Barbra Streisand.

Visit by South African Embassy

We had a visit today from a Professor from UNISA and some representatives from the South African Embassy. They visited our grade 3 class and spoke about life in South Africa.

 After a discussion and PowerPoint presentation (with lots of questions from our pupils!) the children were given paper and pens and crayons to illustrate life in Israel. These drawing will be taken back to South Africa and will be shared with other children as they continue learn what it is like to live in a diverse culture, where respectful tolerance is part of everyday life.