Professional Development Day ~ November 7 2011

Looking for some inspiration this November 7 PD Day?

Join us for a day of adventure, creativity & fun!

Workshops run from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

At The Toronto Heschel School

Before and after care available

Cost $50 includes a kosher lunch

Heschel students $45

Grades 1–3 ~ Arts and the Environment

Join Ellen and Daniel on a full day adventure!

Explore the garden, listen for bird calls and observe and identify the birds that call our garden home. Build bird feeders and bake bird food. Help construct a water feeder for the Heschel Garden using cement and found objects.

Grades 4–6 ~ Social Justice and the Arts

Using the Jewish text from the "Akedah", we will focus on the word "Hineni".

What does this text mean to you? After critically examining it, students will convert the text into film script, interpret it dramatically and create their own film. At the same time, students will compose a soundtrack interpreting the film's message.

The film will be entirely student-produced with guidance from a professional musician and a film maker.