Bruchim haBaim, Welcome and G’Day Mate! This week we warmly welcomed our Israeli Madrichim, Aviv, Avital and Gavriel to KDS. Greeted especially by our Year 3 representatives who have been learning about the middah of Hachnasat Orchim (hospitality), the students were thrilled to meet them and start the amazing activities they have planned. The tzevet […]
In Gan Zayit for over two years now, we have been collecting bread tags… and this has now turned into a class Mitzvot to support Aussie Bread Tags for Wheelchairs. One of our class programs this term is on Tikun Olam, Mitzvot, sharing ‘good deeds’ with others. We have been having lots of discussions about
Our Year 9 Nitzan students shared their social action projects with their families at the Social Action Expo on Wednesday night. Throughout last term, students explored big concepts such as homelessness, food insecurity, gender equality, human rights, and sustainability. The Expo was their chance to share their artistic responses to the social issue that means the most
In the coming weeks we will celebrate what is a very special time for many children at the School with our Grandparents and Special Friends Shabbatot. Across the School, our children mark Shabbat every week. While it is a part of our normative practice, inviting grandparents along makes the occasion far more significant. While the
As part of our Sustainability unit in Junior Kinder, we aimed to encourage the children to be creative and use their imaginations to create new things, from old things. This week, we read a book called Not a Box by Antoinette Portis. Not a Box tells the story of a rabbit who is asked what he’s doing in
Mazal tov to Noah Spitz who has been honoured this week with a Premier’s Award for his outstanding 2021 result in VCE Physical Education! Noah has told us that he is “humbled” that he has received this Award, “despite the challenges of last year.” Noah also said that he “could not have achieved this without
On Wednesday afternoon we were treated to poetry performances by our Year 3 Poets. Year 3 shared different styles of poems. From rhyming to describing, students’ words wove magnificent images through their clever use of adjectives and metaphors. This was the first time Year 3 have presented their poetry. Student Jordan said “I was shy
This week the Australian Government released its long awaited State of the Environment Report. This is a follow up report to the previous one which was published in 2016 and is stark in its detailing of the dire circumstances for our environment. The report found that Australia’s environment is in “a poor and deteriorating state”.
Year 10 student Livia was one of four chosen from Victoria to undertake work experience at Parliament. Kol HaKavod! Livia writes about her experience below: I have always been interested in civics and citizenship but never imagined I would have a front-row seat to history being made. I also never thought I would spend the
One of the programs that we will be implementing this term, is Caring for Our Country and the things that we can do to be sustainable including conserving water, turning the lights off, only using one piece of paper towel and recycling. If you wander around the Gan Rimon kinder room, you will see an
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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.