Jackie Ellis

The power of passion

There is a Japanese proverb which reads “Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.” Perhaps this year – more than ever before – the enormous value of our teachers has been made apparent to us all. Throughout the lockdown period there have been countless episodes of parents […]

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Talking about body image

The KDS Parent Education webinar, Let’s Talk Body Confident Children and Teens, held last night, provided invaluable insights and strategies to families for promoting positive self image in their children. Facilitated by David Opat, Vice-Principal Wellbeing, the guest speaker was Nicki Lefkovits who has worked with the Butterfly Foundation for the last 5 years and

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Noach and the Ark

In Jewish Studies, the Year 1 students learnt about Parashat Noach as part of their Torah unit. Today the students were involved in a ‘Noach and the Ark’ experience. Students arrived at school dressed up as one of the animals that boarded the ark. The day started where we all received our boarding passes and

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Emerging Jewish identity

Our goal at King David is to provide our students with a meaningful, holistic Jewish education that feels relevant and provides a positive connection with their emerging sense of identity. In the areas of Jewish life and learning this is done through providing a mix of explicit, implicit and experiential models of education which allow

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