Youth News

Yeshiva-Selwyn Segal soccer match embodies team spirit

Feb 14, 2019 Go comment!

The annual exhibition soccer match between Yeshiva College’s first team and the Selwyn Segal Eagles at Yeshiva College last week has been described as “the most important of human and educational experiences for our children”.
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Planting seeds of Zionism

Feb 07, 2019 Go comment!

King David Pre-Primary Linksfield children learned about Israel and nature at the same time recently by building and planting a garden bed in the shape of Israel.
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Reading aloud to promote literacy

Feb 07, 2019 Go comment!

Students from the writing club at King David Victory Park (KDVP) High School visited King David Ariel on 1 February to read aloud on World Read Aloud Day.
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STEM cell at Sydenham

Feb 07, 2019 Go comment!

Spending time in the STEM Room (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths) is always a firm favourite at Sydenham Pre-Primary School.
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Camp Kesher creates a fun, connecting summer

Jan 31, 2019 Go comment!

Most of us are aware of the huge Bnei Akiva, Habonim and not quite as large Netzer end of year Jewish youth movement camps, but few know of Camp Kesher.
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KDL cubs get to know the pack at orientation weekend

Jan 31, 2019 Go comment!

“You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery, and I promise you something great will come from it.”
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Camp Konka builds the KDVP Grade 8 team

Jan 31, 2019 Go comment!

The King David High School Victory Park (KDVP) Grade 8 orientation camp is an opportunity for new pupils to bond with each other, the staff, and the Student Representative Council (SRC). This year’s camp was held at Camp Konka in Rustenburg, where the challenging adventure-based programme brought out the true individual, and showed their ability to work with their peers.
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Sandton Sinai Primary appoints new principal

Jan 31, 2019 Go comment!

Sandton Sinai Primary School has appointed Lara Salkinder as the new principal of the school. In announcing the appointment, the school said Salkinder had the passion and charisma of a real leader, and embodied everything Sandton Sinai represented in the way she lived her life and her passion for education. It wished her every success in her new role.
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Beauty and the Beast perfect enchantment for the holidays

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

Jemma Cohen, a nine-year-old King David Linksfield Grade 3 pupil, is playing the part of Chip in Beauty and the Beast JR at the Peoples Theatre at the Joburg Theatre Complex in Braamfontein until 23 December.
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Dancers honoured with official SA colours

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

Five King David pupils have been awarded South African colours for dance by the South African Body of Dance, an associate member of DanceSport SA and the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC).
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King David Pre-Primary casts light on life’s miracles

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

On the first night of Chanukah, Jews around the world light the first candle of the chanukiah to commemorate the miracle of light in the Temple.
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More than ready for Chanukah

Dec 06, 2018 Go comment!

After a workshop on chanukiahs with the DIJE (the department of informal Jewish education) and the King David School Jewish Department, Grade 4s at King David Sandton were more than ready for Chanukah.
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Matric final gesture of generosity

Nov 29, 2018 Go comment!

Grade 12s at King David High School Linksfield have finished their final exams, but they still have the generosity and thoughtfulness to consider others.
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All lit up for Chanukah

Nov 29, 2018 Go comment!

King David Rosabelle Klein Nursery School in Waverley has spent the week preparing for Chanukah.
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Ariel outdoor day makes learning fun

Nov 22, 2018 Go comment!

King David Ariel recently took part in its second outdoor classroom day for 2018. Outdoor classroom day is a worldwide campaign to promote outdoor play and learning. More than 140 000 children in South Africa and 3.5 million children worldwide participated in the day as part of a campaign to introduce innovative ideas for learning and play that involve our natural environment.
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King David Linksfield brings Marimba magic to Israel

Nov 22, 2018 Go comment!

As part of King David Schools and Israel’s 70-year celebration, King David Primary School Linksfield’s marimba band departed last Thursday for a trailblazing trip to perform in Israel.
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International ORT summit an educational experience

Nov 15, 2018 Go comment!

Ariellah Rosenberg, the Chief Executive of Jewish educational NGO ORT South Africa, recently welcomed home 13 exhilarated teenagers from a week-long trip to the World Youth Encounter in Argentina, organised by World ORT and Scholas, an international welfare group promoted by Pope Francis.
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Panders: champs of Unity Soccer

Nov 15, 2018 Go comment!

There was a competitive air at the Jewish Unity Soccer event at Gemmel Park in Linksfield, Johannesburg, last Sunday. More than 80 players from Johannesburg and Pretoria took to the field on a sweltering hot day, the fourth annual event of its kind, sponsored by Blue Label Telecoms and Soul Workout. The action was enjoyable and fierce.
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Celebrating Sigd at King David Victory Park

Nov 15, 2018 Go comment!

Sigd, a celebration of the Ethiopian Jewish community known as “Beta Israel”, is held annually on 29 Cheshvan (7 November). The festival celebrates the renewal of the covenant between the Jewish people, G-d, and the Torah. For centuries, it also marked the Ethiopian Jewish community’s belief that they would return to Jerusalem. Today, because most members of the community have made aliyah to Israel, it is an opportunity to give thanks for that dream becoming a reality.
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Empowering teaching assistants at Torah Academy

Nov 15, 2018 Go comment!

Teaching assistants at Torah Academy Nursery School recently graduated from a five-week training course in child development.
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