We had a great team of Years 7-12 students compete at the EISM Athletics carnival this week. Three students excelled in their competition and qualified for the champions round: Sam Lazarow, 1st place in the discus and Teal Komornick, 1st place in shot put. The most outstanding performance was from Ruby Page who was awarded […]
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Earlier this term our Year 9 Nitzan students were enormously privileged to be able to meet with a panel of individuals involved in the world of politics in order to expand their understanding of the political process and to launch their deep investigation of social justice issues and involvement in changemaking. The panel was attended
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Two King David students are featured in this year’s Archibald Prize finalist lineup. Evie Orsillo, Year 7, is a finalist in the ‘Young Archie’, the portraiture award for Archibald Prize entrants under the age of 18. Evie’s work, of her brother and fellow King David student Aurelio, is currently on display at the Art Gallery
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This Wednesday, we held an assembly at the Senior School to commemorate Yom HaZikaron. On this day, we remember, honour and mourn those who have lost their lives defending the state of Israel and in terror attacks. The moving and meaningful ceremony was a collaborative effort, planned by the Hebrew teachers and run by the
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This week we celebrated 74 years since the establishment of the modern state of Israel with a full day of activities and fun. After transitioning from Yom HaZikaron at the Junior School, there was dancing and a flag parade before students engaged in activities including creating a huge puzzle that formed the map of Israel,
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This week, the entrance to the Senior School was transformed into a Tel Aviv nightclub, a Mediterranean beach setting and a downtown Israeli shuk. Meanwhile, the Junior School explored meaningful Israeli inventions and unique icons, was buoyed with communal singing and the incredible Year 4 Israeli flag parade – not once, but twice – as
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On Wednesday, we honoured both the ANZACs who fought so valiantly during World War I, and those who have fought in wars since. Students and staff shared stories of their family members who fought in WWI, personalising their sacrifice for us. We heard about life at the Western Front, the Be’ersheva campaign, and what life
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The Junior School commemorated Yom HaShoah with Year 3-5 students lighting candles in the memory of the 6 million lives lost. Students learnt about what life was like before the Shoah and the vibrant Jewish community we lost to destruction and hate. There was a moment of silence and we spoke about survivor legacy and
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The start of Term 2 is replete with a series of moving commemorative assemblies in which we reflect on grief, tragedy and hope for a better future. These themes came through strongly in this week’s ANZAC Day and Yom HaShoah assemblies and will be again emphasised in our Yom HaZikaron Tekes next week. Our ANZAC
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The iconic Elle Woods story, primarily of ambition and determination, was brought to life in three sublime performances of Legally Blonde by our Years 9 to 12 students. The unwavering enthusiasm and dedication by the cast, musicians and backstage crew was evident and the result was spectacular. Legally Blonde is the last KDS musical for
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