Margaret Lowe – Deputy Principal

Emanuel School continues to hum along combining excellent classroom teaching with a range of opportunities for students of all ages. Here are some of the highlights of the week:

• Congratulations to our Year 7 students for their excellent Shorashim projects, presented on Thursday night to their family and friends.
• Congratulations to our HICES Middles A Debating team who won the grand final.
• Years 3-5 enjoyed a fantastic camp experience this week.
• K-2 had a special Camera Word party.
• Our Year 12 Music 1 students performed for the HSC Showcase on Tuesday and then their actual HSC on Thursday.
• Year 12 student Aaron Ellis-Bloor performed his LMusA (Licentiate in Music, Australia) program for an appreciative and impressed audience.
• Dr Ella Dreyfus talked about Holocaust art as part of the Year 11 Speaker Series in Jewish Studies.
• Numeracy Week was exciting for our mathematically inclined students who enjoyed many activities including a STEAM challenge and a Sudoku challenge.
• Years 7 and 10 participated in Mifgashim with our Israeli madrichim.
• Our High School Madrichim hosted Dancing in the Dark, and raised almost $600 for beyondblue.
• Our Year 11 PDHPE students made it through the PDHPE Camp.
• Talia Rubinstein and Sally-Anne Janks organizsd a clothing swap for students and staff in aid of Lifeline.

Special mention must go to our Year 12 HSC drama students. Congratulations to Shoshana Blackman, Maya Buhrich, and Charlie Wrublewski for their Drama OnSTAGE nominations. OnSTAGE is a presentation of exemplary group and individual performances by HSC Drama students. Student selection is based on outstanding achievement in HSC Drama. This year Emanuel School is proud to announce that Shoshi, Maya and Charlie’s Group Devised Performance as well as Maya’s Individual Performance have been selected as examples of excellence in HSC Drama. OnSTAGE will be held at the Seymour Centre, Sydney from 3-9 February 2018.

Cherrywood Girls High – written and performed by Charlie, Maya and Shoshi

The HSC….. What is it? Is it a challenging year that inspires personal growth OR is it a stress-filled nightmare that catalyses the tragic downfall of Year 12 students? Follow the Cherrywood Girls High students as they encounter the trials and tribulations of their final year.

Doing it for the penguins – performed by Maya Buhrich                                                                                       

Alison, an enthusiastic young woman, tries to make a difference in the world. Instead of taking the car, she chooses to ride her bike to work. Can this one small gesture really make a difference to the bigger picture and save the penguins?

Coming up

The School’s Zero Robotics team is coming second in the NSW-wide competition (ahead of James Ruse High!).  They are competing against schools who have entered the competition before and against students who are as old as Year 12. The Emanuel School team is a made up of a small group of students from Year 8 and Year 10 who do all the work in their own time. We wish them luck in their competition on Friday 15 September.

 And…

• Hebrew Week
• Mifgashim for Years 8 and 11
• Official photos on Wednesday and Thursday
• Year 11 Drama Showcase, Monday 11 September, 7 pm
• Year 6 Project Heritage and Jewish Museum excursion
• Year 12 Music 2 Showcase, Tuesday 12 September, 7 pm
• P & F Monday Morning Cooking Club, Tuesday 12 September, 7.45 pm
• K – 12 Curriculum Conference for parents, Wednesday 13 September, 6.30 pm
• Grandparents Day, Friday 15 September, 9 am
• High School non uniform day, Friday 15 September –in aid of elephant awareness
• Year 12 Graduation Assembly, Tuesday 19 September, 8.15 am
• Year 12 Graduation Dinner, Tuesday 19 September, 6 pm
• Last day of Term 3, Wednesday 20 September (school finishes at 1.10 pm, Erev Rosh Hashanah)

Shabbat Shalom