Primary News
Natanya Milner – Head of Primary School
B’Yachad
WE ARE IN!!!! I am so excited that we were able to welcome our community into the B’Yachad Building this week. After much patience and anticipation, it was an honour and joy to show the children and teachers this wonderful new learning space. I would like to say a HUGE thank you to the incredible community support from our recent Capital Appeal that allowed us to create this space. The name B’Yachad (Together) truly encapsulates this building from beginning to end. The community worked B’Yachad to raise the funds. The Board, Building Committee and School teams, together with our amazing architects and builders worked B’Yachad to create the vision and make it a reality. I am so excited to know that the children, and teachers will now work B’Yachad to ensure it is a centre for learning, collaboration and growth. As you will see, the building is themed around stories and books and I couldn’t be prouder to be a part of the next chapter in Emanuel’s story as we enter the B’Yachad Building.
Northern Territory
There is currently a group of 40 people from our Emanuel community in the Northern Territory. This Year 6 parent and child trip is a unique opportunity to experience the Top End of Australia and spend time visiting Jilkminggan School. We are so lucky to have this special relationship with Jilkminggan School and are grateful to them for hosting us so generously this week. I look forward to hearing more when the group returns.
Leave
I will unfortunately need to be on leave for most of Week 4 and Week 5. During this time, please contact Stevie Levenston if you need anything as she will be Acting Head of Primary. Her email address is slevenston@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au.
Katie Brody – Director of Students K-6
Celebrating the 2023 Primary ICAS results
For many years, Emanuel School students have opted in for the ICAS competitions, facilitated by the team at Janison Education. Participants from schools in over 40 countries choose ICAS Assessments as they are an enjoyable opportunity to strive for academic excellence and receive recognition. Students are assessed on their ability to apply classroom learning to new contexts, using higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills.
It is a great pleasure to showcase the achievements of the participants whose results are being awarded with Merit, Credit, Distinction or High Distinction and it is hoped that this will inspire experienced and new participants to join this opportunity again next year.
Below is the scale that shows the distribution of awards allocated. This may vary depending on the number of students per competition and the distribution of their scores:
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Award |
Each year level in each state or country |
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High Distinction Certificate |
The top 1% of participants |
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Distinction Certificate |
The next 10% of participants |
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Credit Certificate |
The next 25% of participants |
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Merit Certificate |
The next 10% of participants |
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Participation Certificate |
All remaining participants |
Congratulations to all those students who participated in one or more ICAS competitions in 2023. This comprehensive list of students should feel very proud of their efforts, as should all students who took part.
ICAS Science Competition Awards – 2023
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Year 3 Certificates ICAS Science |
Credit: Katya Sandy Distinction: Talia Cromerwong, Leo Marishel and Abigail Romain |
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Year 4 Certificates ICAS Science |
Merit: Jemima Shraibman High Distinction: Abbie Shnapp |
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Year 5 Certificates ICAS Science |
Merit: Jacob Weinstein Credit: Joa Israelstam, Samuel Jaku, Isaac Struggles and Harry Wine Distinction: Judah Olian and Nathan Shammay |
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Year 6 Certificates ICAS Science |
Merit: Oscar Glikin Credit: Sophie Kirievskaya, Ariel Melman and Mai Oken Distinction: Benjamin Pellow and Tomer Simhi |
ICAS English Competition Awards – 2023
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Year 3 Certificates ICAS English |
Credit: Alice Friedlander, Emily Greenfield, Joshua Kaplan, Leo Marishel and Katya Sandy High Distinction: Talia Cromerwong |
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Year 4 Certificates ICAS English |
Credit: Jemima Shraibman Distinction: Zella Benko and Abbie Schnapp |
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Year 5 Certificates ICAS English
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Credit: Levi Brody, Claudia Kaplan, Miri Kuper, Ava Lotkin, Judah Olian, Zen Roffe-nassi, Nathan Shammay, Alana Sharp, Isaac Struggles, Jacob Weinstein Distinction: Samuel Hart, Isabella Lotkin and Juliet Salek |
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Year 6 Certificates ICAS English |
Credit: Oscar Glikin, Jemima Hockley, Judd Karro, Ivy Kery, Mai Oken, Tomer Simhi, Nava Weiss Distinction: Mia Selby High Distinction: Benjamin Pellow |
ICAS Writing Competition Awards – 2023
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Year 3 Certificates ICAS Writing |
Merit: Joshua Kaplan Distinction: Emily Greenfield and Alice Friedlander High Distinction: Talia Cromerwong |
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Year 4 Certificates ICAS Writing |
Merit: Leia Pager and Jonah Vitek Distinction: Zella Benko and Abbie Schnapp |
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Year 5 Certificates ICAS Writing |
Merit: Alana Sharp and Toby Stein Credit: Noam Greenberg, Miri Kuper, Isabella Lotkin, Judah Olian, Isaac Struggles and Jacob Weinstein Distinction: Levi Brody |
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Year 6 Certificates ICAS Writing |
Credit: Judd Karro, Mai Oken and Nava Weiss Distinction: Jemima Hockley and Mia Selby |
ICAS Digital Technologies Competition Awards – 2023
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Year 3 Certificates ICAS Digital Technology |
Merit: Guy Oken Credit: Bowie Berger Distinction: Leo Marishel |
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Year 4 Certificates ICAS Digital Technology |
Merit: Jonah Vitek |
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Year 5 Certificates ICAS Digital Technology |
Credit: Isaac Struggles Distinction: Joa Israelstam and Aitan Marks High Distinction: Samuel Hart |
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Year 6 Certificates ICAS Digital Technology |
Merit: Judd Karro and Ariel Melman Credit: Oscar Glikin and Gem Roffe-nassi Distinction: Benjamin Pellow |
ICAS Mathematics Competition Awards – 2023
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Year 3 Certificates ICAS Mathematics |
Merit: Leo Marishel Credit: Goldie Israelstam Distinction: Bowie Berger, Talia Cromerwong, Alice Friedlander, Emily Greenfield and Joshua Kaplan |
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Year 4 Certificates ICAS Mathematics |
Merit: Jared Stein Distinction: Abbie Schnapp |
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Year 5 Certificates ICAS Mathematics |
Merit: Isabella Lotkin and Toby Stein Credit: Samuel Jaku, Jared Kery, Aitan Marks, Ryan Miller, Nathan Shammay, Simon Smagarinsky, Elliot Torban, Jacob Weinstein and Harry Wine Distinction: Joa Israelstam, Miri Kuper and Isaac Struggles |
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Year 6 Certificates ICAS Mathematics |
Merit: Ivy Kery, Ryan Kuperman, Noah McGee, Mia Selby Credit: Judd Karro, Alexandra Kirievsky, Idan Shalem and Tomer Simhi Distinction: Oscar Glikin and Benjamin Pellow |