Youth News

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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Braiding with bobba at Chabad Sandton

Nov 08, 2018 Go comment!

In a nachas-filled morning
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KDVPHS one of Wits’ top feeder schools

Nov 08, 2018 Go comment!

Sershin Naicker, the University of the Witwatersrand School Recruitment Manager recently visited King David Victory Park High School. This school has been identified as one of the university’s top feeder schools, based on undergraduate first-year enrolments in 2018.
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Sydenham Pre-primary School book reading causes jumbo excitement

Nov 08, 2018 Go comment!

Elaine Macdonald and Vanessa Mearns, a mother and daughter, author-illustrator team, delighted the children of Sydenham Pre-primary School with a book reading of their recently published book, I See an Elephant.
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Torah Academy boys become Hugo’s Heroes

Nov 08, 2018 Go comment!

Four Torah Academy Boys’ High School students, Avi Cobb, Akiva Rosen, Dani Schwartz, and Avi Smith, graduated as Level 3 first-aiders last week. They became known as Hugo’s Heroes, which is the title of the training course that was named after the late Hugo Paluch. Hugo died in a tragic accident at Yeshiva College in 2017.
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Tykes with toiletries

Nov 01, 2018 Go comment!

Mina Lopato Nursery School Grade R pupils in special graduation T-shirts pack boxes with toiletries brought in by parents
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Grade 5 does Sandton Sinai proud

Nov 01, 2018 Go comment!

Sarah Orkin, a pupil at Sandton Sinai Primary School, made the school proud by winning the Grade 5 section of the Malcolm Gooding Speech Competition on 16 October.
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Challah and choc chips at Torah Academy

Nov 01, 2018 Go comment!

The children of Torah Academy Nursery School baked challahs to take home and enjoy in honour of this year’s Shabbos Project last Friday.
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