Katie Brody – Director of Studies K-6

World Expo

This week a wonderful display of the children’s creativity and thinking was showcased in the 6H World Expo presentation evening. This is a culmination of many hours of thought, study and creative exploration. The students used their geographical knowledge to invent a new country that was realistic enough to emulate a true place and society. The creation of the map, the population distribution, climate, animals and a system of government etc. were all part of the comprehensive brief followed by the students. Most importantly they had to make it realistic enough that it was believable and they had to showcase the depth of their understanding of real places. In addition, students had to justify their creative choices. Congratulations to all for your hard work.

ICAS Results – International Competitions and Assessments for School

ICAS Assessments are designed to recognise and reward academic excellence. The assessments are based on the curricula for the relevant year. Students are asked to demonstrate a deeper, integrated, and thorough level of learning. For many years, Emanuel School has been involved in ICAS competitions organised by the University of New South Wales. Results are awarded using the following scale:

All students deserve commendation for taking the time to participate in the competitions.

In the coming weeks, every student who entered an ICAS competition will receive a certificate for each of the disciplines they entered.

The following students have achieved higher levels and will be awarded a Merit Certificate, Credit Certificate, Distinction Certificate or High Distinction Certificate:

Digital Technologies

Distinction: Year 3: Theo Salek, Elah Sharabi Year 4: Gil Banna, Micah Esra, Jonathan Igra, Noah Revelman, Brandon Shevelev

Credit: Year 3: Olivia Byrne, Mia Goodridge, Rafael Kuper Year 4: Eli Jocum, Seth Nachman, Isaac Shammay Year 5: Shay Camiller, Suzanna Garbuz, Jonathan Goldberg, Jake Isenberg, Gabriel Pozniak Year 6:  Ariel Bloom, Ashley Cohn, Liam Danon, Elias Davis, Niek Nathan.

Merit: Year 3: Maia Sharabi Year 5: Declan Christie, David Li, Gideon Owen Year 6: Aaron Berkowitz

Science

High Distinction: Year 4: Isaac Shammay

Distinction: Year 4: Gil Banna, Noah Revelman Year 5: Asher Flipczyk, Lia McLellan, Oscar Salek, Dylan Vitek

Credit: Year 3: Mia Goodridge, Lara Isenberg, Theo Salek Year 4: Micah Esra, Eli Jocum, Leah Joshua, Seth Nachman Year 5: Joseph Becker, Akeisha Kantor, Amelie Mueller, Gideon Owen, Boaz Simhi, Ari Smaller, Jessica Smith

Merit: Year 5: Kira Levin-Kahn, Gabriel Pozniak

Mathematics

High Distinction: Year 4: Gil Banna, Micah Esra, Noah Revelman

Distinction: Year 3: Rafael Kuper, Theo Salek Year 4: Isaac Shammay and Brandon Shevelev Year 5: Joseph Becker, Asher Flipczyk, Gideon Owen, Boaz Simhi, Dylan Vitek Year 6: Ashley Cohn

Credit: Year 3: Lexi Butt, Olivia Byrne, Mia Goodridge, Elah Sharabi, Kayla Strous Year 4: Eli Jocum, Leah Joshua, Seth Nachman, Emily Seeman Year 5: Shay Camiller, Avalon Gold, Kira Levin-Kahn, David Li, Lia Mclellan, Amilie Mueller, Noa Rosenzveig, Oscar Salek, Ari Smaller, Jessica Smith Year 6: Daliah Smagarinsky, Gabriella Solomon

Merit: Year 3: Cooper Adler Year 6: Liam Danon, Joshua Ottaviano, Gemma Wainstein

English

High Distinction: Year 5: Avalon Gold, Lia Mclellan, Noa Rosenzveig, Gabriella Solomon

Distinction: Year 3: Tamar Granot Year 4: Micah Esra, Leah Joshua, Isaac Shammay, Brandon Shevelev Year 5: Shay Camiller, Jessica Hart, Akeisha Kantor, Oscar Salek Year 6: Joshua Ottaviano, Daliah Smagarinsky

Credit: Year 3: Cameron Barel, Lexi Butt, Mia Goodridge, Rafael Kuper, Zachary Salamon, Theo Salek, Elah Sharabi and Kayla Strous Year 4: Amali Allul Orozco, Gil Banna, Benjamin Freed Year 5: Declan Christie, Ezra Glover-Sanders, Jake Isenberg, Kira Levin-Kahn, David Li, Amelie Mueller, Gabriel Pozniak, Boaz Simhi, Ari Smaller, Jessica Smith, Dylan Vitek Year 6: Ashley Cohn

Merit: Year 4: Eli Jocum, Sanne Nathan Year 5: Jemma Adler Year 6: Gabriella Dyce, Arielle Sharp, Gemma Wainstein

Feedback – Wellbeing Parent Information Sessions

Thank you to those of you who were able to attend any or all of the Wellbeing Parent Information Sessions over the past two terms. We welcome you to share your feedback and experience using the survey link: https://forms.gle/xHogesfWaPbuwhgk9

We value your feedback so please ensure your responses are recorded by 3:30 pm on Friday 15 November 2019.

Katie Narunsky – Maths Support K-6

Primary Bank Incursion

This week Years 1-6 took part in The Commonwealth Bank’s Start Smart Primary program. The Start Smart program is a series of fun and engaging workshops that equip students with key money management skills, encouraging them to be ‘smart’ with their money.

We asked the children what they learnt from the Incursion:

“You should find the best purchase option to buy, not the first thing you see. You should save 70% of your money and have 30% of your money to use as fun money. Be careful what you buy because when you use a credit card you have to pay back the money.” Sofia Berkovic (Year 4)

“Buy what you want and wait for what you need.” Artiel Efrta (Year 1)

“Be smart with your money.” Liam Gross (Year 1)

 We asked the children why is it important to be financially literate:

“I think that it is important to be financially literate because if you spend all your money you would run out very quickly and you would never be able to buy things later in life.” Isaac Shammay (Year 4)

“Because if you aren’t financially literate you’ll end up with no money And no food or anything when you get older and it’s very hard to get out of this difficulty with no money and sometimes your parents can’t help you.” Jacob Zyl (Year 4)

The students overwhelmingly loved the guest speaker  and took away many key concepts.