"Ofarim" - School for Autistic Children

Hello friends

The Ofarim school for students on the autistic spectrum in Haifa continues its daily routine. The school adds 3 new first grades and expands to total of 10 classes in the 2017-2018 school year.

We had several celebrations towards the end of the year. For example: we were celebrating with joy and studying the Shavuot holiday. At the end of the year, we also celebrated together with the parents in a performance and dancing.

The sixth grade of the Nirim School (regular education), were constantly volunteering and working closely with our students. Now that that go up to junior high-school, we need to say goodby. The farewell party was very moving.
We will continue to colaborate with Nirim school next year. It is very important for us to interact our special education students with regular children.

As known, a school for autistic students does not go on vacation and continues to study until 15.8 as a summer camp program. During the summer camp, we tried to give the students as many activities as possible such as summer trips and continuing studies to advance thier skills as much as we can.

In the photos, there are a number of events that the school participated in during the summer.

We went out to Ha-Shofet creek, we explored nature and walked on the river paths in Yokne'am and the Valley of Peace. The students enjoyed the special trip and experienced nature closely.

In addition, we went to a sports day for special education students in Haifa, our students proudly represented the school, as appropriate to each sports team we came with uniforms and a special flag we prepared.

To enrich the summer activities we took the students to the climbing wall, and to our great surprise, the students actually enjoyed climbing the wall and did it quite easily.

Later, we discovered a police car and a police motorcycle driving to the school. The students observed the car and the motorcycle and learned the policeman's secrets from close quarters.

We enjoyed a number of plays and special education shows that we brought to school during the summer, . Shows and cultural performances along with trips to parks in the neighborhood and the sea with various volunteers, enrich the summer camp for students and give students an enjoyable summer experience.

We would like to raise a personal request for you amazing people who help us throughout the year: We have a hall where the students play during the day, especially in summer and winter. Our hall is very empty and without play structures or games. You can see the hall in the picture.

We are looking for donations who can contribute to our game room, so that students will be use during thier breaks.

Many thanks and great friendship

Nahum

Links:

• School website