September/October

In this post I just want to give you an idea of what has been learned up to this point. A Cole's notes version.
In the coming weeks, I want to put into more detail what has happened in class while studying these topics, and post some photos of work.

JS 2 - Studied Parashat Bereshit up until the creation of Adam and Eve, participate in Shabbat services every Friday, learned about Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and are learning about Channukah.

Art 2 - painted beautiful landscapes learning to use watercolors, have learned drawing techniques for different animals, and different techniques for drawing humans.

JS 3- Studied Parashat Noach, Lech Lecha, and Vayera, participate in Shabbat services every week with Shoshana, learned about High Holidays, and are studying about Chanukah.

Art 3 - Learned about drawing still life for Rosh Hashannah, painted geometric patterns, learned different techniques for drawing realistic animals, and learned about using negative space to create pieces.

JS 4/5 - Studied parashat Toldot, Vayetze, and Vayechi, and are working on Vayeshev, Miketz, and Vayigash, and participate in Shabbat every Friday. Right now studying Channukah.

Art 4/5 - created watercolor paintings to represent the blowing of the shofar, created stamps, and are learning to do graphic illustration. They also have sketchbooks to work on drawing techniques when they finish other work.

Art 6 - created watercolor paintings to represent the blowing of the shofar (displayed in the hall), learned to resize images using graphs, ending up with painted Torahs, and are working on pastel resist watercolor paintings of cityscapes.

Gym 6 - learned techniques and participated in games of soccer, volleyball, and gymnastics, including creating their own gymnastics routines with the skills practiced

JS 7/8 - studied parashat Bereshit, Noah, and Lech Lecha, currently studying Channukah. In History learned about the beginning of Monotheism. They also work on a "Genius Project" where they give their interests a "Jewish flavour," creating board games, magazines, and art related to their Jewish studies. Finally, they participate in Shabbat services every Friday.

JS 9 - Studied Herzl and Zionism, and Israeli current events, as well as Yom Kippur and Brit Milah. They also work on a "Genius Project" where they give their interests a "Jewish flavour," creating board games, magazines, art, and music related to their Jewish studies. Finally, they participate in Shabbat services every Friday.


Options 7/8/9 - In monthly units, they learned painting techniques in watercolor and tempra in September/October. For three weeks they learned and performed monologues, and after that learned one act plays and presented them. In December and January they will be split into two groups, with one learning music with Ben, and one participating in an artificial stock market simulation... more on that next week.

Gym 7/8/9 - as with grade 6, the students learned skills and participated in games of soccer and volleyball, and learned skills of gymnastics. They are not creating their own routines, but are having a field trip to the Gymnastics Center this Friday.

So: if you want to know a little more, please shoot me an email and I can fill you in! If you come in and see me, I can even show you some work that has been completed.