This week in Szenes House

House assembly

This week Szenes, Rashi and Rabin joined together for an incredibly fun and exciting Inter-House karaoke competition to end the term and 2016 off with a loud bang! The participation levels over all three Houses were amazing, creating an entertaining morning for everyone.

 Farewell

• Ms Nickcole McGlinn, our Year 9 Tutor, is leaving Emanuel School at the end of the year. We wish her every success and happiness on her move interstate. We have valued Ms McGlinn’s contribution to Szenes House over the past 3 years, and her dedication and enthusiasm to all things Szenes. She will be sadly missed by not only her Tutor Group but also Szenes House.
• Aviva Weisner (7) joined us for the semester but will be returning to the US at the end of the year. We thank her for her positive contribution to Szenes House and wish her every happiness in the future.

Mazal tov to

• Beau Glass (8) who wrote this week’s D’Var Torah. This week’s Torah portion was Vayetze. Beau spoke about the story of Jacob and how it related to school life, in the sense of students being determined and motivated to achieve their goals, or to overcome challenges, which they may be presented with.
• Our Szenesians who were involved in the MS Swim-a-thon fundraising event: Paris Freed (12), Jake Hyman (9), Erin Nabarro (9), Milla Kern (9), Jacob Rose (7), Ms Reed (Year 8 Tutor) and Mr Ezekiel (Year 9 Tutor).
• The team of 4 students who won the HICES Hard Core Mathematics Day, which tested the students’ mathematical skills. Special mention to Szenesians Jessica Lowy (7), Beau Glass (8) and Sasha Baskin (8). They beat 26 other schools in the competition!
• Oskar Beck (9) who was awarded a certificate during the High School Assembly for achieving 6^th place in the CIS Javelin event.
• Year 9 students who attended the Duke of Edinburgh’s Bronze Award qualifying camp. We hope that they found the experience rewarding.

Important dates for term 1, 2017

• Summer uniforms and hats to the ready for the start of Term 1
• Year 7, 2017 Orientation Day will be held on Monday 30 January
• The rest of High School will start the Term on Tuesday 31 January
• Dylan Kramer, our Szenes House Sport Captain is looking forward to Term 1, 2017. He said: “Get ready for the Swimming Carnival!” Lock in Friday 3 March, Week 5 for this.

End of year quotation

“Rest and be thankful.” — William Wordsworth

To everyone in Szenes House, relax and enjoy the summer holidays.

Szenes House