Dragons, Chinese New Year, origins of the zodiac and Chinese culture, tradition and folklore were all discovered by our Year 2 students during our visit to the Chinese Museum. This excursion was part of our inquiry into Celebrating Differences. Students had the opportunity to hear of traditional Chinese stories such as ‘The Emperor and the […]
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Our campuses were filled with colourful costumes and joy as we celebrated Purim on Wednesday. We had an exciting Purim here in the Junior school, full of celebration, food and fulfilling many mitzvot. We were able to show off our costumes at our Purim Parade in front of the whole school and many parents. We
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This week our school community was very fortunate to hear from Asha and Tanya Mendel as part of our Parent Education series. They very bravely shared their experience of Asha’s eating disorder. They talked us through the onset of the illness, the daily experience, the assistance they received, and the impact on family and friends.
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Our Year 11 and 12 students were afforded the opportunity to hear from former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at a combined event for Melbourne’s Jewish schools. Mr Bennett spoke to the students of his varied life, growing up in Haifa to parents who had made aliyah from the United States, his distinguished service in the
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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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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
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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
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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
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“…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
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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,
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