This Week at Yavneh Academy!

This Week at Yavneh Academy - October 20, 2017/30 Tishrei 5778

פרשת נח

Early Childhood Department

All Mixed Up!

This week Gan Bet encountered several parashiyot; Bereishit from last Shabbat and Noach from this coming Shabbat. To experience the "real" Beginning, before anything was created by Hashem, we tried to experience the notion of "Tohu Va'Vohu." The children were blindfolded at their choosing and challenged to perform different tasks around the classroom. Their giggles and shrieks could be heard as they bumped, thumped, and stumbled around, their hands reached out in front of them to find their way. When they removed their blindfolds, they had truly experienced going from chaos, to the gift of light. As a follow-up activity, we did "Tohu Va'Vohu" painting by dipping marbles in paint and allowing them to roll around and collide on paper. The children can truly appreciate the purpose and order to the things around them after such hands-on experiences!

Learning About Parshat Noach

Parshat Noach gave the children of Ganon Gimmel many wonderful learning opportunities. After looking at all the beautiful colors in the rainbow we took time to learn all about primary and secondary colors. The children loved experimenting with the primary colors and were delighted to see many secondary colors emerge. In addition, the classrooms were filled with all the colors of the rainbow when the children dressed in all the colors during "rainbow week".

How was Noach's tevah able to float when it was so heavy? This was a question that was posed to the children. We discovered that an item can float when its molecules are not densely packed together. When they are closely packed together, an item will sink. We selected items from around the classroom and tested them to see if they would float or sink.

As the song goes, "the animals they came on by twosies." This led to talking about pairs. The children had a great time looking for and finding pairs around the classroom as well as on themselves.

Finally, all children in ECD had a terrific time when the petting zoo came to Yavneh. The children loved petting, feeding and posing with all the animals that came to visit. Click here for photos!

Lower School

Connecting with Global Read Aloud Friends

The students of 2C are back into the swing of things after the long Sukkot break! We are excited to be connecting with our Global Read Aloud friends across the country using a variety of technology, such as, Flipgrid, Padlet and Google Slides. Fenway and Hattie by Victoria J. Coe, is a story told from the point of view of Fenway the dog. Fenway names people and places using "dog language." The students had a wonderful time creating a Padlet in which they had to think like Fenway the dog and what he might name people and places in Yavneh Academy. We cannot wait to share our Padlet with other classes throughout the U.S. and see what they come up with!

Fourth Graders Begin Learning Navi!

We are excited to announce that Yavneh's 4th graders have begun their study of Neviim. This week we started learning Sefer Yehoshua, the first of the books of the Prophets. As the story opens Yehoshua is assuming the leadership of the nation, a month after Moshe passes away. It is the beginning of Bnei Yisrael's journey into the Land of Israel, fulfilling the promise which Hashem made to Avraham in Sefer Bereishit. Yehoshua is encouraged by the words of Hashem, Chazak VeEmatz!

We wish the 4th graders much Hatzlacha as they embark on their journey.

Middle School

"How Many Drops of Water Can Each Side of a Penny Hold?"
The 6th grade students observed a penny, generated a hypothesis, and conducted an experiment to see which side of a penny can hold more water. After analyzing their data, students communicated their results in the form of a bar graph.

Mitzvah Day Collection Drives and Programs

Please help us assist those who lost so much in the recent hurricanes. Beginning October 23rd, our 6th graders will be collecting new and used children's books for the Chabad of St. Maarten while our 8th graders will be collecting new clothing (for all ages) for the Chabad of Puerto Rico. Our students will also be in the building November 5th, during the YPAA Lower School Breakfast, to continue gathering the many products needed by St. Maarten and Puerto Rico.

As has become our tradition, we will also have a group of 7th grade students joining residents at the Jewish Home at Rockleigh to work on Arts and Crafts projects and engage in Bingo.

Be on the lookout for pictures and updates.

Open House

The Yavneh Academy Open House

for prospective families will take place on

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

6 Cheshvan 5778

at 7:30 p.m.

Help spread the word about our wonderful school!

Please ask your friends, relatives and neighbors, who may be prospective parents for next year, to RSVP at www.yavnehacademy.org/OpenHouse2017RSVP

Volunteer at the YPAA Book Fair

Thanks to our dedicated volunteers, planning for the YPAA Book Fair is in full swing. We are pleased to announce that the Book Fair will be held on Sun., 11/5, Mon., 11/6, and Wed., 11/8. Volunteers are needed for all three days of the fair as well as Thursday, November 2nd prior to the event for set-up. We invite you to use the link below to volunteer and sign up for a preferred time slot.

Click here to view class schedules so that your time slot can overlap with your child's visit.

To sign up to volunteer, click here.

75 and Still Running!

The 13th Annual Benjamin Schwartz Memorial 5K Run and 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk will take place on Sunday, November 12, 2017.

To register for the run, and to support Yavneh by sponsoring the event, please click here.

For additional event information, please click here.

All students who are registered by Tuesday, 10/31, will have their names printed on the dri-fit T-shirts (1 miler names on the Fun Run shirt and 5K runners on the 5K shirt)! Kids love seeing their names on the T's so don't forget to sign up before the printing deadline!

For more information, sponsorship opportunities, or to join our growing committee, please contact Robin Tare at robin.tare@yavnehacademy.org .