High Holyday Children's Services

There are a variety of services available for children and their families over the High Holydays:

Toddlers' Services: Join us for festival songs and stories for pre-schoolers. On Rosh Hashanah Day 1 and Yom Kippur we are running 2 services to ensure we have enough space for everyone, at 10.30 and 11.20. Due to limited space, please can just 1 parent attend per child.

Children’s Services: These services combine High Holyday activities with our favourite festival prayers and songs. Just for children who are able to attend without a parent.

Family Services: Enjoy an abridged child-friendly service together with your family. This is aimed at Primary School aged children up to Year 4, and will include all the High Holyday prayer highlights and a Torah service. Please sign up in advance.

Explanatory Services: Recommended for pre-Bnei Mitzvah families (year 5 and above) where we enjoy an abridged service with deeper explanations of specific prayers on these special days. Please sign up in advance. 

Sunflower Services: Relaxed inclusive services for our neurodiverse children and their families. These will start at the earlier time of 10:30am to avoid the 11:00 am rush. Please sign up in advance. 

A quiet breastfeeding space is available during the High Holydays in Room 1 in the Manor House at the Sternberg Centre, but you are welcome to breastfeed wherever it is comfortable to do so.  

There will also be a quiet space for neurodiverse children and their families (Room 2, Sternberg Centre, Manor House).

Yom Kippur: Monday 25 September
10.30am (also at 11:20am) Toddlers' Service (Sternberg Centre, Akiva Classrooms - First Floor)
10.30am Sunflower Service* (Sternberg Centre, Drawing Room) - book here
11.00am Children’s Services, Reception-Year 6 (Sternberg Centre, Akiva Classrooms - First Floor)
11.00am Family Service*, Reception-Year 4 (Sternberg Centre, Beit Tefilah) - book here
11.00am Explanatory Service*, Year 5+ (Sternberg Centre, Beit Midrash) - book here
11.20am (also at 10:30am) Toddlers' Service (Sternberg Centre, Akiva Classrooms - First Floor)

*We are asking members to please sign up in advance for our Family, Explanatory and Sunflower Services. Links can be found above. Other services do not require sign up.