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
Earlier this week, the our Junior School students had a special, ‘once in a lifetime’ report LIVE from Israel with David Opat. David took the Year 5 students up close and personal to The Kotel, where he spoke of its history and also said the Shema. It was a truly remarkable experience as most of
Knock, knock! WHO’S THERE?… One of my great joys in life is attendance at our Junior School creative assemblies. Throughout the course of a term we rotate opportunities for year levels in the Junior School to host an assembly. The structure of these assemblies focuses on initially providing an opportunity for the students to share
Yesterday, the Year 5 Tzedakah (Charity) Committee ran a Movie Night Fundraiser, raising money for the charity they chose, Children’s Ground. This First Nations-led organisation provides education and community support, making lasting change for First Nations children and their families. Students in Year 5 (and their families) generously baked yummy items to sell before the