We are bursting with pride for our Year 12 student, Teige Cordiner, who received a Premier’s Award yesterday. These awards “recognise students who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in VCE (in 2022).” Teige’s award recognised excellence in his VCE Subject Applied Computing Software Development which he completed in Year 11. He was one of only three […]
In our School Vision we state that we aspire for our students to develop “a close and meaningful relationship with the land and State of Israel”. Balancing the building of a sense of identification, affinity and love of Israel with an age and developmentally-appropriate analysis of Israel’s complexities and nuances can prove challenging. To what
Although we are halfway through Winter, this week felt like the beginning of Spring with lots of ‘Shemesh’ (sun) to warm us up. Last term we started checking on the weather at the beginning of each Hebrew session and the children are trying to tell if there is Geshem (rain) or Shemesh (sun) in Hebrew.
Our Year 7 students have started Term 3 undertaking Project Slingshot, a Project-based Learning initiative with a focus on innovation. Over two days, students honed the valuable skills of creativity, collaboration, critical thinking and communication. One highlight was the Rube Goldberg challenge, where students worked in groups to make their own Rube Goldberg machines. RETURN
Educational expert, Professor John Hattie has identified that among the many variables that affect student learning, the one that has the most impact is teachers. In his new book Visible Learning: The Sequel, Hattie has explored 2100 meta analyses drawn from 130,000 studies which involved 400 million students. He found that a focus on impact
Over the last few months, local First Nations artist, Heather Kennedy, spent time as artist in residence at our Junior School, working with students to create a meaningful mural. Heather describes the newly installed mural at the Dandenong Road campus as representing the students’ “happy places, family and community”. At an assembly this week, the
King David VS Scopus. Wednesday. 8pm. June 21, 2023. This was a battle of ages, between two rival Jewish schools. The negative team, consisting of KDS students, was made up of Sophia B, Ebony L, and Zac Y. The debate began with a heated argument from the first Scopus speaker. However, Sophia was up next,
We had an extra special student-led T’filah this morning with a d’var Torah from our talented Year 6 students Lily, Milly, Mae and Emmy. Starting with a lively rendition of Modeh ani, the Tzev Lev J-Life space was filled with ruach as students from year 6 to Year 12 sung and played instruments together. Lily, Milly, Mae and Emmy then each took turns
Since the emergence of of the State of Israel 75 years ago, there has been a flux in the relationship between Israel and diaspora communities. The Diaspora used to be referred to in Hebrew as the galut which translates as exile. This was reflective of an Israeli view that the communities outside of Israel were lesser in
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This week Dr Megan Sebben from the CSIRO spoke to our burgeoning scientists in Year 2 who have been learning about the water cycle. Dr Sebben is currently an advisor to ‘kick start’ companies and she has particular expertise in the field of groundwater. Our Year 2 students were bursting with questions for Dr Megan,
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The King David School acknowledges the Bunurong/Boon Wurrung and the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin nation as Traditional Owners of the land on which we are fortunate to teach and learn. We also acknowledge Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. In the spirit of tikkun olam, we seek to ‘learn and understand’ the history, struggle and culture of our First Nations People. We pay our respects to them and to their Elders past and present.