After coverage in The Age, 9 News, 3AW and more, we are incredibly proud to launch the School’s bold new wellbeing program, Ctrl Alt Del. This innovative program is aimed at giving parents a strength-in-numbers approach to “taking back control of their kids’ childhoods”. Families listened to a stellar panel comprising Charlie Pickering and […]
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This week Gan Seorah went on another exciting Bush Kinder adventure—and what a magical day it was! The children were bursting with curiosity as we explored the natural environment. We climbed over logs, balanced on rocks, and discovered all sorts of hidden creatures in the bush. One of the highlights was when the children worked
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The Year 4 students at Sandringham Yacht Club enjoyed their second sailing experience of the year in fantastic conditions. With good wind filling the sails and clear stretches of water, it was an ideal day for learning. Although the water was a bit chilly, the students eagerly continued to build their sailing skills, getting the
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Years 6-12 students honoured our ANZAC legacy with an assembly on the first day back of Term 2. Students read the poem ‘For the Fallen’, by Laurence Binyon. They also spoke of the disparity between the benefits that were given to non-Indigenous soldiers returning from the Great War and Indigenous soldiers who served alongside these
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Years 6-12 students and staff marked Yom HaZikaron this week in an assembly that honoured Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terror. Director of Jewish Life and Learning Ilan Bloch shared how Rabbi Yisrael Salanter, the founder of the Mussar movement, stressed that if a fellow Jew is in pain, we are all in pain.
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We celebrated the State of Israel’s 77th birthday yesterday with fun activities across our campuses. Junior School and ELC students started the day with a moving tekes where they were fortunate enough to be addressed by both Ben Gurion and Golda Meir! Year 4 students enacted their traditional flag parade with precision and commitment, and
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The symbols, tastes, songs and stories of Pesach came to life this week in our Junior School s’darim. Students sang together, acted out the story of our exodus from Egypt and searched for the Afikoman. Our Prep – Year 2 students shared their s’darim with family members and special friends. At our Years 3 to
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As Yom HaShoah falls during the school break, we commemorated it today with a moving ceremony at our Magid Campus. Students lit candles dedicated to Chelmo, Bergen-Belsen, Sobibor, Majdanek, Treblinka and Auschwitz-Birkenau. After a minute’s silence, teacher Geoff Garber recited El Maleh Rachamim and students said Elie Wiesel’s Kaddish. We heard from school grandparent and Holocaust survivor Peter
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From Money, Money, Money to I Do, I Do, I Do, our students danced and sang their way through the ABBA catalogue and into our hearts. Director Eli Erez and musical director Matan Franco (Class of 2010) expertly made this iconic musical come to life on Orrong Road. They were wonderfully supported by choreographers Eden
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Woof mail is a wellbeing initiative in the Junior School whereby students can write to Gunther for advice and connection. Woof woof, everyone! Gunther here, reporting from Woof Mail headquarters (under Janice’s desk). I have some tail-wagging news to share — I’ve been getting lots of letters and emails! It’s been about six weeks since
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