Issue 36
1st Adar 1 5765
9th February 2005
Teaching
Awards - Deadline 18 March 2005
Pre Pesach - Childrens' Service Leaders Seminar
AJE
'10/10, ten years of excellence'.
AJE National Jewish Studies Teachers Conference
Jewish Virtual Library
Purim
Pesach
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Shalom and welcome to JEDmail 36! Its nearly Half-Term and without the urgency of Purim following hot on the heels of Tu B'Shevat, we've all had some time to dedicate to other topics, or go into greater depth than we would otherwise have time for. The extraordinary responses to the Tsunami have been one of those features of the past few weeks. If you have something to share with the JED community about how your school got involved, or is continuing their involvement, we'd like to tell everyone. As we close this half-term, momentous events in Israel are an important focus. We will know doubt have much explaining to do on our return. This edition of JEDmail includes an online opportunity to nominate a member of staff for the Teaching Awards. We know that you are all terrific so why not tell everyone else as well. you will also find the date of the Jewish Studies Teachers National Conference, which promises to be an incredible day, not to be missed. Make sure that your department has already organised to be there. Enjoy the Break JEDMASTER |
Tuesday 15th - 10am
- 4pm
Wednesday 16th - 10am - 4pm
Thursday 17th - 10am - 4pm
Friday 18th - 9.30 - 12.30
Pre
Pesach - Childrens' Service Leaders Seminar
7.30 - 9.30 pm Wednesday 6 April 2005
@ LSJS campus, 44a Albert Road Hendon NW4.
Age appropriate sessions for early years, primary school age and teens.
Subjects will include:
- Storytelling
skills
- 'Puppets,
poems and story sacks'
- Using
resources
- Tefillah
techniques
- Behaviour
management
- And lots more
There will also be a chance to browse the new Education Resource Centre
and buy
new materials for Pesach and through out the year. Call Ilana on 8457
9713
to book places.
This year sees the tenth anniversary of the AJE. There will be many
opportunities to celebrate our work with you over our first decade, under
the general title '10/10, ten years of excellence'.
Look out for more information in the next edition of Jedmail.
14th November 2005
The first National Jewish Studies Conference will be this coming November 2005.
Keynote address by the Chief Rabbi and many top class UK and Israeli speakers and practitioners. There will also be seminars and workshops, resources fair...
Schools are already booking up, making that day their InSeT - 14th November 2005
To find out more and book your place
call 020-8457-9712 or email corrinnevc@aje.org.uk
Nominate Now http://www.teachingawards.com/
We all know
that teachers are inspirational people who change lives for the better
so help us celebrate their achievements and reward their dedication. The
Teaching Awards are open to every education establishment in England,
Wales and Northern Ireland.
Nominations can be made online until 18 March, so make sure the teaching
profession gets the recognition it deserves and make a nomination today
at www.teachingawards.com
TEACHING AWARDS NEWS
NEW CATEGORIES FOR 2005
The Trust has announced three new categories for the Teaching Awards 2005.
The categories will be introduced in two English regions and Wales and
aim to reflect each area's own specific educational priorities. Category
Winners will be announced at the local Ceremonies in June.
The new categories include:
The Welsh Assembly Government Award for the Promotion of the Welsh
Language in a School
The North West Regional Development Agency Award for Enterprise in
Schools
The South East England Development Award for Enterprise in Schools
Nominate
Now http://www.teachingawards.com/
This article talks through six projects done with a variety of age groups in Jewish primary schools. They show a great deal of imagination and appllication, without needing too much technological know-how. Why not show it to your ICT co-ordinator and choose one to have a go at for Purim or Pesach!
Although not strictly "online", Teachers TV promises to be a great opportunity for heads, teachers, learning assistants and governors to access professional development opportunities for free.
Available on the following cable, satellite and digital television channels:
Sky 686,
Telewest 240, ntl 803, Freeview 47, HomeChoice 845 and KIT 70
Although a frequent feature of internet searches on Jewish topics, few people actually visit the Jewish Virtual Library as a first port of call. It actually contains a great collection of maps, biographies, Jewish history, Holocaust history and much more.
http://www.holidays.net/purim/story2.htm
Mask template-King Achashversosh
http://www.holidays.net/purim/king.htm
Mask template-Esther
http://www.holidays.net/purim/esther.htm
Mask template Haman
http://www.holidays.net/purim/haman.htm
Hand-made gregger instructions
http://www.holidays.net/purim/craft01.htm
The Story of Purim is comprised of a scene-by-scene audio play, with accompanying pictures in colouring book form. You can download all of the pictures for use as colouring sheets, to create a wall display with pupils writing the appropriate sections of text for each picture in their own words. You could then use the audio play as either a trigger to the writing or as a fun review on completion. Well worth a listen
http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/purim/purim_play/index.htm
This is the zip file for the colouring bookpictures. See above.
http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/purim/purim_play/purim-bk.zip
Illustrating connections between Chanukah and Purim - between the Gregger and the Dreidel, between the story of Joseph (that we read at Chanukah time) and Purim. For a class who already have the basics firmly cemented,this makes for an interesting bit of analysis, centring on the balance between prayer and action.
http://www.wzo.org.il/en/resources/view.asp?id=118
Analysis of characters in the story - an in depth view, using some midrash and a little logical deduction, gives us a little more understanding of the characters and their motivations, eac in their own context.
http://www.wzo.org.il/en/resources/view.asp?id=127
Understanding Purim as a point of change in the way that the Jewish people would relate to Hashem in the future. Although this begins by comparing Chagei Tishri with later festivals, the main sections dealing with Purim give us yet another insight into what is hidden behind the mask of Purim.
http://aishdas.org/asp/purim.html
Purim Syllabus Checklist
http://www.jajz-ed.org.il/festivls/purim/pusyl.html
Teaching units for Purim - a collection of texts as background to topics and suggested exercises and activities. The age range is really quite broad so choose with care.
http://www.jajz-ed.org.il/festivls/purim/
Online Purim Quiz 10 noisy Questions - good, online fun. Takes a little time for the quiz to appear.
http://www.jajz-ed.org.il/50/act/quiz/purim.html
60 Second Megillah
http://www.aish.com/holidays/purim/60_second_megillah_overview.asp
Jokes on Audio
http://www.aish.com/holidays/purim/jokes_you_can_tell.asp
A good collection of Purim songs . The texts include English translation and Ashkenazi transliteration (some teachers may need to make small adjustments to these. There are accompanying audio files using Real Player. Again these are in Ashkenaz pronunciation so may be appropriate for you or maybe just as a guide for teachers to remind them of how the tune fits the words prior to teaching it.
http://www.aish.com/holidays/purim/songs.asp
A host of different Purim articles for many age-groups, linked to the quiz. See below.
http://www.ou.org/chagim/purim/default.htm
This Purim quiz provides basic, intermediate and advanced levels. The answers can all be found amongst the articles in the Purim section of the OU site. Could be a good exploratory semi-web-quest activity.
http://www.ou.org/jewishiq/purim/enter.htm
From the OU Page. A well-written piece on this idea, that could be adapted for class discussion or other activity
www.ou.org/chagim/purim/everyday.htm
This is a good summary of this concept and an interesting direction to take pupils in, discussing their outward behaviour versus inner thought, motivations and feelings.
www.ou.org/chagim/purim/disguises.htm
This
sitemap shows the subjects covered in the study area. Each section examines
an aspect of Pesach (and later Lag B'omer and Shavuot) in simple, informative
language. The activities are ideas for teachers.
http://www.bus.ualberta.ca/yreshef/pesach/sitemap.html
The playroom features games including a Pesach quiz based on the study
area, find the Afikoman and hit Pharoah
http://www.bus.ualberta.ca/yreshef/pesach/playroom.html
A group of Pesach quizes and brain-teasers to print out or work out on
screen
http://www.torahtots.com/holidays/pesach/pesgames.htm
A fun multiple choice quiz on Pesach. Although this is a competition,
you could get pupils to answer the questions and then highlight the quiz
section only. By Going to the Print menu and choosing "Selection",
only the quiz and answers will be printed. Remember to tell them to put
their name in and include it in the highlighting process.
http://www.kosherzone.com/kidtrvia.htm
Jewish agency Lesson units on Pesach-includes an interesting simulation
game
http://www.jajz-ed.org.il/festivls/pesach/index.html#dept
Songs
reggae songs about Pesach. Worth reading through and maybe adding one
to this years Pesach songbook.
http://www.reggaepassover.com/songs.html
Pesach songs, based on Beatles songs
http://www.lehrercommunications.com/pesachsongs.htm
Pesach songs based on some old favourites
http://www.sfjcf.org/jholidays//holidayinfo/passover-songs.html
Some Pesach songs - transliterations and translations. This could save
you a lot of typing. Highlight, copy and paste into your wordprocessor.
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Bistro/1150/lyrics/j-pesach.html
Aimed at foundation stage / KS1teachers, these pages include the song
lyrics and an accompanying sound file to hear how the song is sung.
http://www.jcca.org/thisnewmonth/nisanact.htm
In case you missed it, click here to download this song that was popular(?)
a couple of years ago
http://www.fruitfull.com/matzah5.wav
In case you missed this, here are the words to the song above
http://members.tripod.com/~jewishjokes/matzah-mambo-5.htm
Fantastic poems in rhyme about each section of the Haggadah. Excellent
for foundation, KS1 and lower KS2
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/Uncle_Eli/Eli.html
Plays
A group of intersting plays that could be used in class, on syage, as
part of the model Seder…Some editing may be necessary so highlight
the play and paste it into your Wordprocessor. (You will need to open
your wordprocessor before you copy.)
http://www.jkador.com/haggadot.htm
Video
Study guide for using "The Prince of Egypt". This guide is under
no illusions that there are major differences between the film and Torah
versions. In fact it capitalises on them to inspire and trigger discussoin
on a range of important issues. Ideal for upper primary and Secondary.
http://www.princeofegypt.com/en/study/htmls/pdf/dorff.pdf
In-Depths
An analysis of Chad Gadya. Intersting stuff about the last song of the
seder
http://www.ohr.org.il/special/pesach/kidstuff.txt
Shiurim on Pesach at the Virtual Beit Hamidrash of Yeshivat Har Etzion
http://www.vbm-torah.org/pesach.htm
Choose basic, intermediate or advanced, to see articles that pupils pupils
could use for research on topics. Every level has an accompnyingquiz.
See the link below.
http://www.ou.org/chagim/pesach/default.htm
Quiz on three levels, to accompany the OU articles above
http://www.ou.org/jewishiq/pesach/enter.htm
Audio Shiurim on Pesach, mostly for teacher research
http://www.613.org/pasclass.html
Games
Ten plagues relay races
http://www.uscj.org/usy/pb/kten.htm
Foundation stage games/activities for Pesach, including making a package
to act out all 10 plagues, building the pyramids game…
http://www.jcca.org/thisnewmonth/nisanact.htm
A selection of print and play mazes and games for Pesach
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/pesach/pesach.htm
Art
and images
A selection of artwork representing the Four sons as discussed in the
Haggadah. Taken from the "A Different Night" Haggadah.
http://www.haggadahsrus.com/4childrenGallery1.htm
Some free Pesach clipart
http://www.bitsela.com/passover.htm
coloring sheets
http://www.coloring.ws/passover.htm
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