Shavuot (meaning ‘weeks’) was known as one of the pilgrimage festivals, on which people brought their spring offering (‘bikkurim’) to Beit HaMikdash in Yerushalayim. Eating dairy food is also favoured during Shavuot. This week Hebrew sessions were all about fruit, vegetables and especially dairy! Across the School, Shavuot was celebrated on Thursday with craft activities …
The Prep students were excited to welcome parents and family members to present at our inaugural Prep Job Expo last week. Our visitors discussed the jobs they did and the contributions they made to the community. The Prep children have been learning this term about what a community is and the many communities they belong …
This week we celebrated our Bnei Mitzvah in style with students and families gathering for an evening that recognised these young people’s coming of age. The aim of this signature Jewish Life event in Year 7, Kabbalat Mitzvah (Receiving of the Commandment) is to provide opportunities to engage meaningfully and practically with what it means …
The King David Foundation hosted this week’s Business Breakfast, with the theme being innovation and entrepreneurship. Our school is acknowledged as a leader in this space, being recently honoured with an Innovative Schools Award by the Educator online magazine, recognised as “making a profound and exciting impact in education today” and also “a pioneer in …
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Students were feeling HOT-HOT-HOT by the Lag BaOmer bonfire today! Marking the 33rd day of the Omer, we listened to stories of Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai whilst tucking into delicious baked potatoes and sticky toasted marshmallow treats! Each of us had a turn to show off our archery skills as well as …
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What a busy and exciting two weeks we had in Prep. For the last two weeks in Hebrew, we learnt about fruit. We learnt the Hebrew name and colour of each fruit. We also created a memory game to play with our friends and family. At the end of the week, we enjoyed eating all …
The Year 4s have had a busy start to Term Two! They’ve explored poetry and even attempted to co-construct a definition of what a poem is. Mika’s definition was appreciated by all (and even sparked a debate as to whether her definition was a poem in itself!):Some poems are scary. Some are beautiful.There are even …
These are some of the phrases that were heard on the Polly Woodside ship. Our Year 4s experienced first-hand what it would have been like to live as a crew member or passenger aboard the ship. This experience provided a newfound perspective for our students as they made connections to the voyages of studies of …
Today Senior School students attended a moving ANZAC Day ceremony in advance of this weekend’s commemoration. The theme for this year was First Nation ANZACS and students heard from Indigenous educator Aleryk Fricker, history lecturer from RMIT who belongs to the Dja Dja Wurrung people who spoke movingly about his own family’s experiences. Students learned …
On Monday this week, the School commemorated Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) with a moving and sombre Senior School assembly organised by our students, and included an address by child survivor, Danielle Charak. Ella Carmeli-Wolski (Year 10), Shana Epstein (Year 10) and Yoni Ringelblum (Year 11) sang the powerful and inspirational Partisan song in Yiddish, …