Ruby Berkovic & Jen Opit

Hi Everyone,

Online Family Trivia 

Get ready for some Trivia Fun! This Sunday, 30 August 2020, at 4.00 pm, the Parents & Friends and Gesher are holding the School’s first ever Online Family Trivia event. We can’t wait to see you all there!

Parents & Friends meeting

Our next Parents & Friends meeting is this upcoming week on Tuesday 1 September 2020. The meetings are being held on Zoom until restrictions are lifted. Everyone is welcome – the more the merrier! If you are interested in attending let us know so we can advise of the Zoom link on the day and send you the agenda: rubykb@gmail.com

Rosh HaShanah Pen Pal initiative

Emanuel and King David School have combined for various events in the past. We wanted to reach out to the King David School in Melbourne and send their students a message of support as they have been in lockdown and home learning for months. What better way than in time for Rosh HaShanah! A box is being sent to the King David School with an envelope for every student from Years 2 – 6, including a card from one (or two) of our Years 2 – 6 Primary students as well as Rosh HaShanah themed activities. We are hoping the King David School students will write back to our students. Thanks to Justine Hofman for spearheading this incredible initiative and the Emanuel parents who volunteered to stuff envelopes.

Entertainment Books

In case you want to order an Entertainment Book, you can do so here. 

Father’s Day

Our Father’s Day celebrations are always a highlight of the year. Unfortunately, we can’t celebrate in the usual way (Coco Pops and Coffee Carts) but we are still hoping to celebrate together, while apart. On Father’s Day (Sunday 6 September 2020), take a photo with your family (breakfast in bed, a BBQ, going for a walk…anything you want) and email it to us at rubykb@gmail.com by Monday 7 September 2020 so that you can be part of our Father’s Day @ Emanuel celebration video!

Weekend brain teaser

This is one of our all time favourites!

Question: A farmer needs to take a fox, a chicken, and a sack of grain across a river. The only way across the river is by a small boat, which can only hold the farmer and one of the three items. Left unsupervised, the chicken will eat the grain, and the fox will eat the chicken. However, the fox won’t try to eat the grain, and neither the fox nor the chicken will wander off. How does the farmer get everything across the river?

Have a great weekend.

Jen & Ruby