The German Embassy in Australia
The Goethe Institute
Jill & Eli with Tanya Colgan, German Teacher & Goethe Institute Representative
The King David School
Melbourne
Wesley College Perth
60 Kelvin Street, Maylands WA 6051
maylandspeninsula.ps@education.wa.edu.au
To Whom it May Concern.
My class has been fortunate enough to have had Jill and Eli come in and share the story In My Pocket with them. We have now done the workshop for two years and have just made a booking for 2025. The story aligns perfectly with our curriculum and engages the students considerably in many ways.
Having them create their own art piece and given a free copy of the book is something you don’t often receive with incursions.
I would fully recommend, and constantly do to my teaching friends, having this incursion come to a school and help further consolidate the students learning of the various situations and stories of immigration.
This is an enjoyable, engaging and very valued resource and the fact that they volunteer their time and resources, makes it accessible to more students.
Regards
Bec Turvey
Year 6 Teacher
Maylands Peninsula Primary School.
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The City of Belmont – Representative
Dear Eli and Jill,
The students completed an extremely successful and heartfelt Project Heritage at the end of last term. Each one of them shone and I was and still am extremely proud of them all!.
Please find attached some of the snippets of Year 6 students’ thoughts of the ‘In My Pocket’ project – they absolutely loved everything about it and gained so much knowledge because of it.
In fact, many of the students included aspects of Kindertransport and Righteous Amongst the Nations in their work.
I myself loved this simple, yet intricate project. I too learnt a lot and I would really like to use this again. I also want to thank you so much for all the inspiration and help.
Warm regards,
Mrs Renee Levy
Year 6 Teacher and Team Leader
Dear Eli and Jill,
Today we ran the program in our school. Phyllis Jowell JDS joined us and the program was an immense success! The students were all so engaged and involved in the presentation and in the pocket artwork. They asked great questions and had beautiful reflections at the end!
We were even pleasantly surprised to see students who normally are not interested in art being so engaged in the pocket and the painting.
Thank you so much for this beautiful story to share with the children. There was such a beautiful lesson to impart and I think the kids really took it to heart!
Thanks again!
Chanee Shlomo
Last Shabbat we were blessed to have Jill and Eli Rabinowitz join us to share with us the wonderful program and story In My Pocket by Dorrith M Sim in Temple David Religion School (TDRS). It was a beautiful and meaningful Shabbat morning, especially as it was the Shabbat that falls prior to Yom HaShoah. Our families, those that attend TDRS regularly and those that came especially for In My Pocket found the morning to be profound and meaningful. Students asked thoughtful questions and joined in creating their very own pockets. I know that my daughter Noa and I are richer for having participated in the program, as are our families and our congregation.
Rabbi Kim Ettlinger Temple David Perth
In My Pocket Project
In My Pocket is supported by the Ambassadors of Germany, Israel & Lithuania in Australia, the German Hon Consul in WA, the Goethe Institute, the Indigenous Friends of Israel International, and the city councils of Belmont, Swan, Vincent and Stirling.