"Ofarim" - School for Autistic Children

Hi dear friends,
During this period we celebrated Tu B'Shvat with a variety of activities. Planting vegetables and planting seedlings in the gardens of our school. We learned how the flower blooms on its different parts (root, stem and leaves), and we learned about the different types of plants and flowers.

We also learned about citrus fruits in class, we researched them in a tangible way according to color, size and taste. We made orange juice, tasted citrus fruits and learned the concepts of sour and sweet. We addressed other different topics such as: outer and inner fruit parts (peel, slice, sachets Juice and seeds), types of trees, trees with fruit (almond tree, palm tree, orange tree and grapefruit tree) and trees without fruit (pine tree, cypress tree and more ..)
We expanded our learning through games, saw various videos related to the subject, played educational games on the iPad, typed the words relevant to the lessons, and worksheets.

In February, we celebrated Purim at school for several days, each day we covered a different topic.
The variety of activities that were: a make-up stand where we face colored any student who wanted.  A pajama day together with the preparation of chocolate. A circus show by a teacher at the school. A movie and popcorn and creative activities by volunteers who came to run and make us happy. Activity breaks in the school yard. Parcel delivery that this time was different from any year that took place on the school grounds due to the Covid-19 challenge

Covid-19  we had the restriction to keep days while we tried to maintain a learning routine and still take care of the kids and help many families who needed it.

Thank you again for your continuing support.

Nachum Bloch,

School principal

Links:

• Global Giving Donation page for Ofarim

Dear friends,

We typically report our activities with the children. We chose this time to share with you the changes we were able to make to our facility.

At the begining of the school year in September, our school has expanded into a new adjacent building. This building was of a school that stopped operating. The facility was old an not well maintained, and with the help of good people like you that donated, we were able to make the building into a great school facility. Please check the pictures to see how far we've come.

The work with kid of special needs comes from love and dedication. At times it can be challenging and demanding. We believe that having the new facility will help a lot in overcoming some of the daily challenges that the teaching team faces.

Liat Simchi, a decorator has volenteered to help with the new facility design. We re-built the school entrance, the teachers room, the corridors and even built a new outside shade.

We like to thank all the great people that gave us our time and energy and volunteed to help us with the change we made to our facility,

We which you all a happy new year and health.

Sincerly,

Nachum Bloch

School principle 

Links:

• Global Giving Donation page for Ofarim