As experiential learners, the Jewish people recreate scenes of hut-like dwelling throughout the chag of Sukkot. We build our shelters and ‘live’ in them for the week-long celebration, practising the mitzvah of hachnasat orchim, welcoming guests. Our youngest students in the ELC were tasked with decorating our school sukkah this year and enjoyed visiting, …
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This week our Year 8 students celebrated the culmination of their term’s work of ‘project based learning’ in a virtual Passion for Thinking evening. The cohort and their families gathered online to hear from several students about their learning journey and then explored each other’s websites. The diversity of passions on show was astounding, ranging …
Throughout Distance Learning, the Philosophy for Children Program (P4C) has been providing our students at the Junior School with opportunities for social interaction, critical reflection through the exploration of ideas. Our Philosophers have been investigating and discussing a variety of ethical based concepts such as lying, power, freedom, responsibility, stealing, cheating, honesty and prejudice. Students …
During the holidays, we were incredibly pleased to partner with Airlie Women’s Clinic to offer the Pfizer vaccine to King David students and staff. With many fully vaccinated staff volunteers on site to help, we efficiently vaccinated a significant number of our community. We are thrilled that we were able to contribute to safety of …
R U OK? Day is dedicated to inspiring and empowering everyone to meaningfully connect with people around them by asking the simple question “Are you OK?” It’s a day to remind us to offer support in an event that others are struggling, especially during these uncertain times. Gan Gefen and Gan Zayit students participated in activities encouraging kindness, empathy and love. Together we watched Yelena’s puppet …
King David students across the Junior and Senior schools are taking part in our ‘Eddie Jaku Happiness Project’, inspired by Eddie Jaku. Following Eddie’s insight that “happiness is the only thing in the world that doubles each time you share it”, students and their families are spreading happiness by doing something for others. To view …
KDS Students and staff joined Gideon Reisner from Stand Up for a lunchtime seminar to learn more information about the current situation in Afghanistan. Gideon placed the rise of the Taliban into historical context, starting with tensions between Great Britain and Russia in the 19th century. Gideon charted the interventions of Russia, Great Britain and …
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The great round challah bake In the lead up to Rosh HaShanah, Junior School students and their families joined in our virtual great round challah bake! Louise Lowinger taught students how to make round challah, and then amazed us with her variations: challah shaped like a flower, a pull-apart loaf, and challah braided like a …
A drum, a drum Shakespere doth come… Years 8 and 9 English students played the audience to performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Macbeth respectively. While Lysander cautions Hermia to remember that “the course of true love never did run smooth”, luckily for us the course of virtual live productions ran very smoothly indeed. From the drama and suspense …
Book Week at the Junior School has been in full swing. We started with KDS alumnus Steven Krygger reading his book I think that it’s a Monster to Prep students and KDS parent Sarah Krasnostein speaking to students about being a writer. After a big week of books large and small, students dressed up as their most …
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The King David School acknowledges the Boon Wurrung and the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation as Traditional Owners of the land on which the School operates. We also acknowledge Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to them and to their Elders past and present.