WE ARE HERE! spreading its wings
December 13, 2024 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The WE ARE HERE! Foundation has been awarded a fourth Community grant, this time from the City of Stirling, following grants from the cities of Belmont, Swan and Vincent.
Jill and Eli Rabinowitz with Tanja Colgan, German teacher Goethe Institute
In My Pocket is a two-hour workshop of a book reading with a creative art activity for upper primary classrooms (Years 5 and 6). The story links with HASS units on civics, migration and refugees. Intercurricular learning opportunities promote values of empathy, kindness and inclusivity in the multicultural classroom.
This project is a stepping stone to the study of the Holocaust, refugees and anti-Semitism in high school. The project is unique at the primary school level.
The WAH! Foundation provides the calico pockets, art materials and paints together with a free mini copy of In My Pocket for each student. In My Pocket is Dorrith Sim’s true account of her escape from danger on the Kindertransport.
The Project is supported by the German Embassy in Canberra and the German Hon Consul in WA. The German version of the book, In Meiner Tasche, is promoted by the Goethe Institute in Australia.
Zoom/Teams training is available for teachers.
The project was first launched at Jewish Day schools around Australia and South Africa in 2023. Since then, it has been successfully extended to state, private, Catholic and Independent schools as well as to public libraries.
For more, visit https://elirab.au/
AMAZING! Kol hakavod to Eli & Jill Rabinowitz!!!