From the Primary School

Natanya Milner – Head of Primary

School Community Partnerships

Parent-School partnerships are such an important part of the success of schooling. We value opportunities to collaborate with our community and share information about the children and our programs. It has been wonderful to welcome so many parents to this week’s Parent Teacher Nights. Thank you for coming along. I would also like to thank the teachers for preparing for their interviews so thoroughly.

We are also thrilled to invite you to two upcoming parent conferences. In the past, we have presented parent information in various ways. In recent years, we have offered sessions each week throughout Term 3. This year, we are trialling a different model and have created two parent conferences. Please see the flyers in this Ma Nishma and booking details below. The curriculum conference targets Years K-12 parents and the wellbeing evening is focused upon Years K-6 parents. Having said this, all parents are welcome (including Kornmehl parents) if the topics are of interest.

K-12 Parent Curriculum Conference on Wednesday 13 September at 6.30 pm
K-6 Parent Wellbeing Conference on Monday 16 October at 7.00 pm.

These will be conference-style events with a range of engaging speakers covering different curriculum and wellbeing topics for parents. We look forward to sharing perspectives from external presenters and school staff.

Please use these links to see the speakers and register.

Curriculum Conference – https://goo.gl/forms/PxPjVoLLWzZEv0eg2

Wellbeing Conference – https://goo.gl/forms/NvhliushjismC7d62

TIGS Trophy Soccer Competition

TIGS Trophy is a soccer competition for Primary School boys and girls and is hosted by Illawarra Grammar School. This week, Emanuel entered two teams into the competition. The children thoroughly enjoyed participating in the event and the boys’ team did very well to make it into the quarter finals. Thank you to all the children who participated so enthusiastically and skillfully and to Mr Taylor and Mr Ezekiel for their efforts to include our children in so many different sporting opportunities.

Friendship Circle

Thank you to the Charity Committee, Karon Rom, Diane Clennar and Renee Levenson for organising this week’s ‘purple fundraiser’. This event was to build awareness of the Friendship Circle and its upcoming fundraising walk on 10 September and to raise money from the Emanuel community. Almost $600 was raised by Emanuel School students. Well done!

Chess

In the NSW Primary Schools’ chess competition, our Primary A team has entered the knockout rounds of the Sydney East Regional Finals. On Monday, they played Strathfield South Public School in the semi-finals and won the match. Well done to all our players: Jesse Gothelf, Sol Biton, Joshua Leslie and Daniel Zipser. We are proud of their tenacity and expertise. The team will now proceed to the Eastern finals against Sydney Grammar Edgecliff next week. We wish the team the best of luck.

Fathers Day

I would like to thank the P&F for their incredible efforts for Fathers Day. The breakfast was delicious and such a beautiful opportunity to celebrate our fathers, grandfathers and special friends and thank them for their contributions to our children’s lives. I would also like to thank them for the gift stall. The children were so excited to be able to choose gifts for Sunday. I would like to wish you a happy Fathers Day and hope you enjoy a lovely weekend together.

Years 3-5 Camp

Next week, students in Years 3, 4 and 5 will be heading to Myuna Bay for our annual Sport and Recreation Camp. This is always a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the outdoors, explore new activities, develop skills and relationships. We are excited to spend the week with the children and look forward to sharing our adventures with you upon our return. As you can imagine, our staff love spending time on camp but it is an additional commitment away from their families and lives. I thank them in advance for their dedication, care and energy.

A reminder that children need to be at school by 7.30 am on Wednesday morning.

Challah Bake Sale

Year 2 will be organising a Challah Bake Sale on Friday 8 September. It will begin at 3.15 pm and each challah will cost $2. All proceeds will go back to Our Big Kitchen as a part of Year 2 students’ Make A Difference (MAD) Project. Challot will be on sale on the blue ocean outside the Year 1 classrooms and in the Triguboff Courtyard.

Mazal Tov, Jono

Congratulations to Jono Reisel who has been cast into a production at the Australian Theatre for Young People. The play is called Wonderfly and it is recommended for children aged eight+. All the very best, Jono!