Volume 29 Issue 34 06 Nov 2020 19 Heshvan 5781

Kol Szenes

Ashley Cohn – Year 7

Welcome to Term 4

We have now entered the final term of the year and what a year it has been. 

Hannah Szenes

This week we commemorated the yahrzeit of our namesake, Hannah Szenes. During her time, she was not too well known, but now, we protect her legacy and fight for what she believed in. Szenes was faced with anti-semitism from an early age, but that did not stop her from learning more about her Jewish heritage and ancestors. Her whole life was dedicated to helping others like her, who were faced with anti-semitism during the Holocaust. Szenes fought for her life full of bravery and courage, and her story has since been a crucial part of Zionist history. 

From our House Madrichim – Jess and Lexi 

The Lexi Bader Futsal Competition has begun and so far, Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 have taken part. The Year 7s and 8s were absolute superstars and won all of their games! Their participation was amazing and they were all having so much fun, which was really great to watch. The Year 9s and 10s put so much spirit and an amazing effort into all of their intense and very close games. They finished with smiles on their faces, sweating and laughing, and we are so proud of their contribution. Overall, Szenes has shown unreal participation and we have definitely brought the joy and spirit to the competition so far. We are going strong and putting in huge amounts of effort and can not wait to see how the Year 12s go next week! 

Our Week 3 House meeting

Szenes House had a COVID-19 safe House meeting last week in the MPH. Tutor Groups were spaced around the MPH, as were Szenes Tutors.

Jesse Koslowski from Year 11/12 wrote an account of our House meeting:

On Thursday morning, the Social Action Va’ad (committee) wrote a peulah (activity) for all the Tutor Groups in High School. Facilitated by a few Year 12 students in each Tutor Group, the peulah was on gender equality in a school setting, and aimed to get the students, in all Year levels, to engage with each other’s experiences regarding sexism and gender standards and pressures. We started with a true or false game that offered trivia around key gender statistics, such as the gender wage gap, and the fact that there are more CEOs named Andrew than there are women CEOs. We then moved on to the main activity, which involved each student receiving a coloured piece of paper based on their gender, and answering a series of yes or no questions based on their experiences and opinions. After the votes were counted anonymously and separated into gender, the results showed distinct differences between the experiences of sexism between males and females, and were the source of a discussion on gender equality, using the physical male dominance of the basketball court in the playground as a symbol of the possible gender issues in our Emanuel community. Overall, it was a very productive session, and it sparked discussion and discourse that could be heard in passing conversations throughout the day, and hopefully will continue into the future, as we as a community make an effort to achieve gender equality.

Our Week 4 House meeting – in Tutor Group rooms

This week our Year 11/12 Szenes Leaders conducted a Gender Equality activity with each of our Tutor Groups to raise awareness around this societal issue.  An interesting fact was that there are more male CEOs named Andrew than female CEOs and males earn 15% more in some industries than females doing the same job. Other disparities were also highlighted.

Mazal tov

To Year 12 2020 who have completed or nearly completed their HSC Examinations. Well done!

Announcements

  • Be in your Period 0 activity or class by 8.20 am
  • Hats to be worn whilst outside in the sun
  • Summer uniform is worn Term 4
  • If you are not wearing the correct uniform, please ask your parent to email: uniform@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au 
  • Be responsible – lock your locker
  • COVID-19 current information – Department of Health 
  • Follow @szeneshouse on Instagram for some wellbeing and study tips, memes and just general Szenesian spirit.
  • Also follow your madrichim on @es.madstagram for some updates, challenges, wellbeing and overall fun times.

Birthdays

Happy Birthday to the following Szenesians who have recently celebrated their birthday or celebrated it over the break:

  • Jess Linker – Year 7
  • Sarah Manoy – Year 7
  • Levi Pager – Year 7
  • Jayden Segal – Year 7
  • Jasmine Melnikoff – Year 7
  • Dean Klugman – Year 8
  • Boaz Hadad – Year 8
  • Meika Laishevsky – Year 8
  • Sari Laishevsky – Year 8
  • Solly Pager – Year 9
  • Lexi Joffe – Year 11
  • Joshua Aronov – Year 11
  • Tara Linker – Year 11
  • Issy Reichel – Year 12
  • Claudia Burman – Year 12
  • Beau Glass – Year 12
  • Tali Blackman – Year 12
  • Jonothan Sebban – Year 12

Quote of the week

“One needs something to believe in, something for which one can have whole-hearted enthusiasm”.
Hannah Szenes

 

Enjoy your weekend