At one of our mat sessions discussing what songs to sing at our end of the year Shabbat, the Junior Kindergarten children chose ‘Chicken Soup’. We then decided the best way to learn this song is to experience it by actually making a chicken soup. Before our excursion, we brainstormed together what ingredients we would […]
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Our Junior School students sure know how to maximise friendly sport competition! They had a ball at our annual Prep to Year 5 Inter-House Athletics Gala on Monday. From discus, long jump and shot put, to the hula hoop flip and egg and spoon race, our students showed excellent skills, ruach (spirit) and fair play.
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Recently, there have been numerous reports in the print media regarding Victoria’s relative drop in performance in the annual NAPLAN testing conducted across Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 in May this year. There is speculation that the periods of extended lockdowns over the past few years have contributed to a decline in standards. An
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Mazal tov to Year 12 student Sienna Burrows whose film Quotidian has won ‘Highly Commended’ (Year 11) in the Independent Schools Victoria 2022 Student Film Festival Awards. Sienna’s film can be viewed online here.
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A fascinating lineup of speakers contributed to our excellent Business Breakfast on Thursday, hosted by the King David Foundation. With the theme ‘Pathway to Zero’, the panel discussed how businesses can take advantage of the transition to a carbon-free economy. From updated building standards for new builds, to utilising bacteria in new ways, to the
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Today our Prep to Year 2 students welcomed Shabbat together with their parents, bubbes, zaidas, saftas and sabas and special friends at our Grandparents’ Shabbat. Each year group gave tzedakah, lit candles, welcomed Shabbat through song, and of course, ate challah and drank kiddush grape juice. Our students were incredibly proud and excited to share
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The late, inspirational educational thinker, Sir Ken Robinson posited in his world famous TED talk, ‘Do schools kill creativity?’ that “creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.” Over the last few weeks we have seen some wonderful demonstrations of the power of the application
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This week has been filled with activities for ReGen Week, push-starting King David’s efforts to reduce our impact on the climate as a community. On Wednesday we had our Ride to School day, with students and staff biking, walking, catching public transport or even scooting to school. We were rewarded for our efforts with a
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The Rebecca Magid Centre buzzed on Wednesday night as students shared their creativity with friends, family and our wider community. Audiences were treated to short films by our Year 12 Media Arts students; phenomenal monologues from our VCE theatre students; a lively performance from our Year 9 acting ensemble; and a visit to the galleries
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What is the special ingredient that bonds a group of similarly aged students into a cohort? A gathering of individuals into a community and turns a school into a home? I suspect that the answer lies in the series of shared experiences – successes and failures on the sporting field, memories of creative assembly dances
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