Staffing news

I am so pleased that we have finalised most of the roles in the Primary School for 2019. We have an outstanding team of teachers and I feel confident that our children are receiving the absolute best care and guidance. Next year, Roslynn Pardy and Leisha Strub will become permanent teaching staff at Emanuel. As previously announced, we have appointed Meghan Carroll as the permanent Deputy Head of Primary and Mrs Brody is joining our team as Director of Studies.

I am thrilled to announce that Emma Clemens will return to Emanuel next year as a two-day per week teacher in Technology. This year, we employed Code Camp to deliver coding lessons to our students. Next year, we will continue to offer coding and further develop and IT skills scope and sequence that will be taught by Emma Clemens. We are excited to welcome Melanie Horin to Emanuel next year. She will be taking the maternity leave position for Emma Hill. Melanie is an experienced and highly regarded educator who will begin with us from the beginning of 2019.

We are also introducing two new middle management roles into the Primary School next year. These Stage Co-ordinators will assist with the leadership of the Years K-2 and 3-6 teams. We are grateful to the Board for approving these positions and look forward to announcing them in the coming months.

Night of Instrumental Music

Tuesday evening’s Night of Instrumental Music was a wonderful showcase of the children’s instrumental learning through a variety of programs including Primary IP, Bands and Ensembles. There are so many people who work together to contribute to this success including all our music teachers, support staff and our music tutors. I would like to thank them all for their on-going commitment and many contributions. A special thanks to Diana Springford, who co-ordinated the entire concert and did an outstanding job including hundreds of children in the event. I would like to thank the music teachers, Ben Marshall and Jo De Araujo for their wonderful support of this event, Ofer Levy for the beautiful photography, and also to all the other teachers who were involved in supervision and organisation on the evening. Thank you!

Innovation-a-thon

I would like to thank all the students and families who contributed to this year’s Innovation Athon. Our grand total raised was $6987.25! This is a fantastic effort and gets matched by the JCA, therefore providing the School with significant funds for 2019 projects. We will keep you posted about what we select. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the teachers who were involved and in particular, Sophie Poisel, who co-ordinated this project for the School.  Please see Sophie’s article in this week’s Ma Nishma for more details.

The Lion King Jr

Tickets are now on sale for The Lion King Jr and are selling quickly. I hope to see you all at what promises to be an entertaining production. I would like to remind parents that all Years K-6 students are performing and required for all three shows:

Sunday 25 November – Show starts at 4 pm. Main cast promptly on campus from 2 pm, all other students on campus from 3 pm.

Monday 26 November – Show starts at 6.30 pm. Main cast promptly on campus from 4.30 pm, all other students on campus from 5.30 pm.

Tuesday 27 November – Show starts at 6.30 pm. Main cast promptly on campus from 4.30 pm, all other students on campus from 5.30 pm.

It is important for children to arrive promptly as make-up and accessories need to be applied. If you are interested in helping apply make-up before the show, please contact your class parent.