Birthright visit

I found out about ITF when I came on Birthright/Taglit last year (the free 10 day trip that gives you a snapshot of Israel by taking you to all the best places).  We spent one morning of our trip at the school I now teach at playing with the kids and doing an art project.

Being an ITF means I now get to help organise Birthright visits!  

Yesterday, a Birthright group from America visited one of the schools in Rishon to take part in an English carnival.  We had six different stations (ranging from sports to art to basic English games) and the kids and Birthright participants rotated through four of them.  There was also an amazing opening ceremony where the kids danced, sang a song and gave brief presentations on themselves.  

Opening ceremony

My station was called 'sort the words' (I wanted to call it words with Mona but they wouldn't let me).  There were 3 or 4 teams and each round they got given a small bag with words in it and they had to sort them correctly into a sentence and then draw a picture to represent that sentence on the board.  The teams also had to come up with a team name, with Team Mouse being the best one I heard all day.  Aaaaaaaand it was super competitive meaning every time I said go, kids and Birthright participants alike would be screaming and jumping up and down to make sure they won.

My favourite sign

Flag art station

Balloon preparation

All in all, an absolutely amazing day!

MM x