Our Year 7 Camp Experience
Our Year 7 students have enjoyed building their water skills with body boarding, surfing and paddle boarding activities on camp. Please read an update from two students currently on camp.
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Our Year 5 Leaders
This week was Leadership Week for our Year 5 students. They heard from our school leaders, David Opat and Janice Shearer, as well as from Melbourne Demons players about what makes a good leader. Our students came up with their own list of characteristics of what makes a good leader, and they practiced leadership through
Demons Players share their leadership tips
Our Dandenong Rd campus was buzzing this week as Melbourne Demons players Christian Petracca, Bayley Fritsch, Joel Smith, Jake Bowey and Judd McVee visited the School to speak to our Year 4 and 5 students about leadership. The team members stressed that regardless of official role or position, everyone – including all of our students
Building Co-existence in Israel
This week the Tzev Lev (Jewish Life) team hosted Amit Ben-Ami and Ahlam Kasem Ali as part of the Year 12 Ofek program. Amit is a leader of the Tzedek Centre movement while Ahlam is the CEO of Ajyal, Shared Society Partnership, which works to help establish Tzedek Centres in Arab-Jewish cities. Tzedek Centres bring
Kabbalat Siddur Joy
“…imrei fi v’hegyon libi…” These words towards the end of the Amidah, perhaps encapsulate the essence of t’filah: “the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart”. This week our Year 3 students warmly welcomed their families to join in their t’filah and learning as they received their new “grown-up” siddurim. The students
A Super Back to School Service
Run by our Year 12 Hanhagah student leaders as well as our outstanding Tzev Lev (Jewish Life) team, our annual Back to School Service was an uplifting start to our school year. With a superhero theme connecting our tradition to our students’ interests, we enjoyed song, prayer, reflection and some dance! Among many of the highlights,
Negev Swims to Win
Always a highlight in our school calendar, the Years 6 to 12 Inter-House swimming carnival created a splash this week as students competed for House points in various races, both athletic and fun. Mazal tov to Negev, the winning House (very close runners up were Galil). RETURN TO SCHOOL NEWS
Year 4 are Prep Buddies
Today our Prep students met their new Year 4 ‘buddies’ for the first time. There was a lot of excitement in the room, and big smiles were seen all around when the Year 4 students walked in the room. The students played together, and sang the morning Tefillah. All students have been officially assigned their
Firsts and Lasts
The day before everyone returned to school for the year was particularly special for our brand new Prep students and our incoming Year 12 students. Our excited Preppies were finally able to put on their brand new school uniform for their Prep Orientation. The Preps spent time in their classrooms playing, drawing and listening to
Lifting off at Launch Week
Students in Years 6 to 8 have had an awesome start to the year with our Launch Week activities. Launch Week helps students build connections with their peers and teachers, set goals for the year, have fun and step outside of their comfort zones. It also helps our new students get to know each other