Shabbat Shalom

Time has flown by and we hope everyone is making the most of the last couple of weeks of this busy but very rewarding term. Try to be patient and effective and don’t forget that we have two weeks of holidays, just around the corner!

Martin Rembson – Head of Rabin House

From the Head of House

It has been a pleasure to serve as Head of Rabin over the last four years and to have been with Emanuel School, as a teacher for close to a decade. Working at Emanuel School and taking on the role as Head of House has been a privilege and an experience that I value dearly. It has been rewarding to assist and encourage the Rabin family to make the most of their journey through High School. I have enjoyed working with a wonderful team of dedicated Tutors and our Executive to help each student grow and achieve their personal goals.

I will be on leave from next term to the end of the year and my partner and I look forward to spend time with our families overseas. This is a privilege and I thank our principal Mrs Hastings and the Board for granting the leave and giving us the possibility to make the most of this opportunity. I will miss our House spirit and being a part of this great community but I will follow Rabin House’s adventures and successes from a distance while overseas, and I look forward to coming back at the start of the next year.

Adam Ezekiel, will be acting Head of House for Rabin in Terms 2, 3 and 4 and we have throughout this term worked closely together to ensure an effective handover process. Mr Ezekiel’s contact details are:

Phone (02) 9398 8388 – Extension 338. Email: aezekiel@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au

House Assemblies

Ronan Collins – Year 12

Rabin House Assemblies have over the last two weeks had an artistic flair and we have all enjoyed the creative challenges. Ronan Collins, our Art Madrich, has together with our House Captains and Mr Rembson organised a series of artistic challenges. Everyone had fun learning how to draw cartoon faces in five quick steps and the theatre, with its cinema-sized interactive screen, is an amazing venue to host these team building and learning opportunities. The Pictionary team challenge was another highlight and we especially commend Eitan Vaknin, Adam Riesel and Gabriela Amoils who showed artistic talent and thought quickly on their feet to win the challenge.

Rabin House commends the Intermediate Jazz Ensemble B who gave a beautiful performance in the whole School Assembly this week. Several members of this ensemble are Rabin students and we congratulate Samara Trenaman, Lachlan Corne, Talia Sinani and Adam Cranko on their fine performance.

Sport Achievements

Rabin House has over the last couple of weeks had several students who have achieved sporting success. We commend the students on their commitment and congratulate them on their fine results!

Rabin Students – Touch football grand final winners

• Tia Mallinick
• Sienna Meyer
• Ashlee Orleow
• Chelsea Rutstein
• Lara Rutstein
• Sarah Sharwood
• Danielle Rutstein. Danielle was presented with the Best and Fairest Player of the tournament award and she will represent Emanuel School at CDSSA Touch Football Representatives.

Danielle Rutstein recently competed in the Regional Athletics Championships. In the long jump event she came second and third in high jump. She also competed in the Australian Athletics Championship coming seventh in the high jump.

Rabin Students – CDSSA swimming representatives

• Jordan Behr
• Jade Berson
• Gabriella Goodridge, who set a new 50m butterfly CDSSA record!
• Jack Smagarinsky
• Daniel Van Sluys Erlich

Rabin Students – Cross Country Age Champions

• Hunter Weinberg – 13 Year Girls
• Samara Trenaman – 14 Year Girls
• Gabriella Goodridge – 14 Year Girls

That’s the Bugle this week. Make the most of the last week of term and enjoy the holidays!