At our Early Learning Centre, the children are clearly very ready to participate in their family Pesach Seders. This week our Junior and Senior Kinder students showcased their Jewish learning to their adoring families during model s’darim, replete with songs, frogs, avadim (slaves) and pharaohs. Thank you to our ELC teachers and the Jewish Life […]
I have just returned from a visit to Israel where I participated in the Herzog United Fellowship program which involved 21 heads of Jewish schools from 13 different countries. The program aims to offer school leaders strategic support in managing change and addressing common challenges that occur in Jewish education. The program began in the
Across the Junior School the sounds of Pesach are in the air as children explore, sing and act their way through the Haggadah. On Seder night we will position ourselves in the footsteps of our ancestors, retelling the story of yitziat Mitzrayim. Prep and Year 3 students enjoyed incursions by the Matzah Bakery and delighted in
Our Year 7 students had an excellent time camping at Anglesea.Here are two student reflections: “In the last week of March, we went to surf camp. I loved surf camp because it was near the shore and we got to spend a lot of time doing fun activities there. As soon as we arrived at
As Year 5 gets to the end of their long journey through the solar system, we are finishing our unit with a Big Bang! In groups, we have been researching a planet of our choosing and learning about what life would be like like on a brand new planet. With a much shorter orbit around
This week our Year 8 and 9 students enjoyed a trip to IKON Park, home of the Blues. Year 9 student Ethan S. reports: On Monday, the Year 8s and 9s went on an excursion to IKON Park to watch the Carlton Blues train. We started off with a tour of the Carlton FC Museum,
What an amazing day of Purim celebrations! The school was a whirl of colour, costumes, and music as we celebrated the bravery of Esther and the triumph over Haman (booo!). We had a incredible day of activities and food, including a fun fair at both campuses, delicious mishloach manot (food baskets), and the enactment of
As Jews around the world marked the Fast of Esther, students and staff at Magid Campus remembered the 19 female hostages and 115 male and child hostages still in captivity. Director of Jewish Life and Learning, Ilan Bloch said today signifies a day of Jewish memory, identification and engagement. Students and staff gathered and said
Growing up as a King David student, Purim was the absolute highlight of my year. I have previously shared with the school community some of the more creative costumes that I wore. There was the year that my friends and I were Snap, Crackle and Pop – the characters that were used to advertise Kellog’s
We were delighted to welcome Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah MP, Member for Higgins, to officially open our Gan Chitah room at our Early Learning Centre this week. Chitah (wheat) is the seventh ELC room to be named after the seven species (wheat, barley, dates, grapes, pomegranates, olives and figs) which play an important role in Jewish