Akiva School

Parent Consultations will be held on 14th September 5-8pm and 16th September 4-7pm.

Come enjoy apple and honey with us at pickup time on Wednesday 8th September (1.30pm) as an opportunity to wish each other a sweet and good New Year!

We are beginning our school year looking at Jewish Beginnings and the link with Rosh Hashanah which is coming up so soon. Click here for details about what we are covering in school for 'Jewish beginnings' and here for details about the 'High Holydays'.

If you would like to see the songs that the children will be learning for Rosh Hashanah then please click here.

The Israeil Dance Institute Children's Festival will be held this year on Sunday 27th March 2011 at the Harrow Leisure Centre.

The festival is a highlight of the year for the Jewish schools and youth movements and is attended by participants from as far away as Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow. The festival is a happy family event.

During the year the children learn the dances in their weekly lessons at school then come together to dance them with all the other participants. There are performances by Israeli dance troupes and a highlight of the event is community dancing, when parents, grandparents and younger siblings also have the opportunity to participate.

At Akiva we value the role of Israeli dance as a lively way of nurturing a love of Israeli culture, familiarising the children with Jewish and Israeli music and songs and supporting their learning of Hebrew.

For more information on the Israeli Dance Institute, click here.