Mazal Tov to the following Szenesians

Eden Levit – Year 6 and Ellie Morris – Year 7

KANGA Cup

Congratulations to Ellie Morris (7) whose team capped off an excellent season by winning the KANGA Cup, which is the biggest soccer tournament in the southern hemisphere. The team was also awarded the Maccabi best team of the year. Ellie now plays for UNSW. Well done Ellie!

 Cross Country Age Champions

12 Years girls Olivia Beinart (7)

16 Years girls Cleo Woolf (10)

16 Years boys Jake Hyman(10)

Touch Football Grand Final winners including Year 10 students:

Tasha Lapidge, Zoe Miller and Alexa Narunsky.

CDSSA Touch Football Representatives

Jared Kleviansky (10), Elijah Grynberg (9), Jake Kurlansky (11), Jake Hyman (10)

 CDSSA Swimming Representatives

Mark Kang (7), Max Leveton (11) and  Matthew Lowy (7)

From our House Captains, Isabella Kidman and Charlie Wrublewski

Welcome to the last week of school Szenesians!! After a long 10 week term, we are finally approaching holidays. Here is a brief update of what happened this term!  In House Assemblies, we have been heavily focusing on mediation for the last two weeks of term. The Szenes Leadership team wanted to advocate mindfulness and a calm approach to school life, especially when the last weeks of term can often induce excess stress, given that important assessments and Performances of Understanding are due. We have also focused on happiness and taking a holistic approach to stress and life itself. We hope you have enjoyed the Assemblies as much as we have and taken something form the activities to contribute to your everyday life.

During the holidays, we will celebrate Pesach. This is an important festival in Judaism to evaluate how lucky we are and appreciate what we have, whilst we speak about our ancestors. This week the High School prepared for Pesach. On Friday morning, Years 7-11 participated in a Seder. Each Year Group were with another Year Group as they focused on an important element of the Pesach story, facilitated by our Jewish Life Leaders. Year 12 participated in their chocolate Pesach Seder at the end of the day, whilst discussing contentious issues including slavery and oppression. We hope everyone will enjoy their Seders and Pesach celebrations, a great way to end a busy term.

We wish safe travels to all the Year 11s including Szenes students Sara Bortz, Jake Kurlansky, Max Leveton and Liron Smith who will take part in a once in a life-time experience whilst on the March of the Living program. They will leave for Poland and Israel on 19 April. We are sure it will be an amazing and insightful trip, enjoy!!

Liron wrote about the impending program: ‘my motivation in attending on this trip is to experience a wonderful change within myself to open my horizon to the world outside the Eastern suburbs ‘bubble’. Thank you Ms Hastings for the wonderful gifts of a diary and candle.’

To everyone in Szenes House, we hope your holidays are an opportunity to reflect on the School term, relax but most of all have fun!! We wish all the Year 12s good luck when studying for Half-Yearly Examinations during their holidays as well. Thank you for being the best House this term, we cannot wait for another great one!!

Tashi Gering updated us on some recent Year 10 Activities

Last Friday, Year 10s had the wonderful opportunity of participate in the Five Pools Challenge. This was a PDHPE expedition where we walked from Malabar to Bondi, stopping at swimming destinations in the pools and on the beaches. The weather started off seeming abysmal and high-tide prevented us from swimming in some pools, but the sun came eventually came out turning into a beautiful day. The swimming not only helped us de-stress and build up fitness, but many students used it as an opportunity to raise money for a fundraiser called Swim Safe. Swim Safe teaches young Ethiopian children how to swim to lower the risk of drowning. Not only was Friday lots of good fun, we managed to raise money for each lap we took.

On Thursday, The Night of Science and Wonder was held and parents, teachers and students alike were baffled with the creativity displayed and the sheer scientific talent of the Year 10 students. Each student had the opportunity to investigate and research a topic that they were interested in, designing an experiment based around that topic. The students then presented their findings on posters and displays that proved to be motivational in furthering and nurturing future scientific interest and motivating others.

Coming Up

Many Emanuel School students will be participating in the Maccabi Games, including the following Szenes students:

Junior Netball – Gina Seligsohn (11) and Shai Stern (11)

Junior Basketball – Amy Collins (11) and Jake Hyman(10)

Futsal – Joel Epshteyn (11)

Soccer – Justin Sarif (10) and Oscar Beck (10).

Reminders

Next term is winter uniform which includes blazers and ties.

Quotation of the Week

Passover is one of my favourite times of the year. This is when the whole community and family gets together to remember who we are and why we are here.

Jennifer Wagner

Chag Sameach

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