Our Year 11 and 12 students were afforded the opportunity to hear from former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at a combined event for Melbourne’s Jewish schools. Mr Bennett spoke to the students of his varied life, growing up in Haifa to parents who had made aliyah from the United States, his distinguished service in the […]
Our Year 7 students have enjoyed building their water skills with body boarding, surfing and paddle boarding activities on camp. Please read an update from two students currently on camp.
This week was Leadership Week for our Year 5 students. They heard from our school leaders, David Opat and Janice Shearer, as well as from Melbourne Demons players about what makes a good leader. Our students came up with their own list of characteristics of what makes a good leader, and they practiced leadership through
Our Dandenong Rd campus was buzzing this week as Melbourne Demons players Christian Petracca, Bayley Fritsch, Joel Smith, Jake Bowey and Judd McVee visited the School to speak to our Year 4 and 5 students about leadership. The team members stressed that regardless of official role or position, everyone – including all of our students
What a great way to spend some quality family time on a Sunday! Our Parents’ Association hosted a picnic for our Early Learning Centre (ELC) families where the ELC children and their siblings (and of course parents!) could enjoy some fun and fresh air together.
Science fiction has often presented new technology as something with both great promise and the capacity for menace. Whether it was Hal 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey, the replicants in Blade Runner or the Terminator, we have often seen depictions of what might happen when artificial intelligence grows to match the capacity of humans.
This week the Tzev Lev (Jewish Life) team hosted Amit Ben-Ami and Ahlam Kasem Ali as part of the Year 12 Ofek program. Amit is a leader of the Tzedek Centre movement while Ahlam is the CEO of Ajyal, Shared Society Partnership, which works to help establish Tzedek Centres in Arab-Jewish cities. Tzedek Centres bring
“…imrei fi v’hegyon libi…” These words towards the end of the Amidah, perhaps encapsulate the essence of t’filah: “the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart”. This week our Year 3 students warmly welcomed their families to join in their t’filah and learning as they received their new “grown-up” siddurim. The students
Over the past weeks a debate has resurfaced regarding the merits of the ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) as a measure of student attainment in the final years of schooling. Last week, a group of principals from both the independent and public systems wrote to the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) and the Victorian
Run by our Year 12 Hanhagah student leaders as well as our outstanding Tzev Lev (Jewish Life) team, our annual Back to School Service was an uplifting start to our school year. With a superhero theme connecting our tradition to our students’ interests, we enjoyed song, prayer, reflection and some dance! Among many of the highlights,
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The King David School is a forward-thinking school that fosters a love of learning, egalitarianism and a proud connection to Jewish identity.
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.