The 2019 Chanukah Party, organised by Hooray Cheder, was held on the first night of Chanukah, Sunday 22 December. Proceedings started at 4 o’clock with games organised by Gilbert Giggles, our regular entertainer, and involving a large multi-coloured canvas,...
The traditional prizegiving at the end of the Cheder year took place on Sunday, 30 June. Before the main prizegiving event at the Cheder assembly a small graduation ceremony was held in the Gan, where two of the children...
Good morning everyone. What a privilege it is to be able to tell you my story here today. Today we are commemorating Yom Hashoah, an inconceivable event. 140,000 Jews lived in the Netherlands before the war: 70% of them...
The Yom HaShoah service was held on Sunday morning, 5 May, at 11.00 a.m. as a way of involving the Cheder children fully in the event, while also ensuring that there was a good attendance of adult members of...
The Cheder celebrated Tu B’Shvat (the New Year of Trees) on Sunday, 20 January by tasting the customary seven fruits from the Land of Israel and by attaching leaves to a tree on the wall of the synagogue foyer...
The annual Chanukah Party, organised this year by the Cheder parents – Hooray Cheder – was held on the first night of Chanukah, Sunday, 2 December, and was well attended by the children of the Gan and Cheder, their...
On Sunday, 8 July the Cheder marked the end of the Cheder year with a visit to Sadeh Jewish Farm on the borders of Orpington. Nearly the whole of the Cheder ateended, together with teachers, helpers, parents and (some)...
Cheder prizegiving took place at assembly this year on Sunday, 1 July. This was not the actual end of term as the whole of the Cheder will be visiting Sadeh Jewish Farm at Orpington on the actual last day...
Sunday 15 April was the first day back for the Cheder after the Pesach breakand it was also the date of the Synagogue’s annual Yom Hashoah service when the Cheder and the adult members join in remembering the 6...
Hayley Preston reported on Sunday, 4 February: Just finished another youth group…today we did table tennis and made ice cream sundaes – as pictures below show. Next month (4th March)we have RSY coming in to do games and activities with...