This week, Year 8 students participated in a Passion for Thinking Evening to mark the completion of the term’s work. Year 8 students Emily and Asher summarised the night below: We presented our Passion for Thinking (P4T) projects to our families after several weeks of preparation, research, and online portfolio design. Click here to see […]
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On Wednesday our Years 2 and 5 students experienced an interactive and enjoyable learning session with Rabbi Yossi and the Shofar Factory. We learned the steps to making a shofar: sourcing the horn of a kosher animal in line with the restrictions of tza’ar ba’alei chayim, the Jewish imperative to limit the suffering of animals,
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This week, as part of learning about Rosh HaShanah, the ELC had a bee incursion with Fiona Marantelli. Fiona is a Bee Keeper of five hives, and she engaged us with an interactive program. She showed us her uniform, the tools she would work with at her hives, and real bees in a hive. We
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Throughout the Hebrew month of Elul we have enjoyed the morning ritual of the shofar being blasted throughout the school. Hearing the ancient notes being sent through a 21st century speaker system is somewhat incongruous but speaks to the longevity and continued relevance of the practice. The three notes – tekiah, shevarim and t’ruah – are said to each serve
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In our lead up to Rosh HaShanah our ELC children have been engaged in a range of fun experiences to extend the children’s learning and understanding about this Chag. Some of the activities include making our Rosh HaShanah cards, our own shofar to blow, Eldad from JNF visit, and getting hands deep in themed art
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Year 5 struck gold last week when they travelled up to Sovereign Hill in Ballarat. Confectionery making, gold pouring, a tour of a mineshaft and the opportunity to role play historical gold miners was on offer. We even got to experience the weather of the time – wet, soggy and freezing! But, much like the
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In a playful and fun-loving play, our Years 3 to 5 students performed Aebsolutely Fable-ulous this week. The students were extremely excited and fully engaged in this production, being the first live performance opportunity for many of them. Based on Aesop’s fables The Ants and The Grasshoppers, The Kid Who Cried Wolf, The Lions and the Mice and The Tortoise and the
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Groucho Marx is said to have written a resignation from his membership at a private Beverly Hills Club, hilariously stating that: “I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.” This is the opposite of how we aspire to be at King David. We truly believe that everyone has
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As part of our Beit Knesset (Synagogue/Shul/Temple/Congregation) unit, the Year 1 students went to visit TBI and St Kilda Shul. Please see photos from the excursion here. Students had a chance to consolidate their learning and make a connection to what was discussed during our Jewish Studies lessons. We had the opportunity to look inside
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The Year 9 students recently went to an Israel camp. We were fortunate enough to be joined by 3 Madrichim from Israel. During this amazing camp we were able to immerse ourselves in the rich history of Israel, and discover connections between ourselves and such a wonderful part of the world. We learned about the
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