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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,

While there was plenty of kachol ve’lavan (blue and white) visible at Yom HaAtzmaut – everyone dressed in it, flags flying high, decorations and even blue sky with white clouds (until they turned grey!), much of the educational part of the day was devoted to offering students insights into the many ‘shades’ of Israeli life

On Monday this week, Years 6-12 students participated in the Inter-house Athletics carnival. For the last six years, Negev has had a strong hold on the Carnival trophy, but it’s time for a change! Students ran and threw themselves into many events on the day. Discus was brought back into the event list and the

Hineh ma tov u’ma naim shevet achim gam yachad(How good it is for brothers and sisters to sit together), King David is believed to have written in the Tehillim (Psalms). We certainly felt the joy this week of sitting and being together through the multiple sedarim held across the ELC and Junior School. Run by

Yesterday, our Year 8 History students experienced the past when they welcomed a troop of knights and squires complete with armour, weapons and torture devices. It was Medieval madness as students participated in an archery tournament and explored the development of weapons and medieval clothing. Students also learned about the system of crime and punishment

This week, we, the Year 7s went on camp to Anglesea. The camp was centred on aquatic sports. The aquatic sports were as follows; surfing, boogie boarding, and stand up paddle boarding. We went to local beaches and rivers, specifically Anglesea main beach, Urquharts Bluff beach and Coogoora Reserve (Anglesea River way). It was an

Year 11 media students are currently involved in an investigation into photographic portrays of gender across time and history. They have studied artworks from many photographers, including the well renowned Julie Millowick. To complement this in-class study, the students visited a gallery of her works at the Footscray community arts centre, where they were exposed