This week has been jam packed with amazing events, guest speakers, competitions and activities! Firstly a congratulations is in order for our great singing at prayers; remember to keep bringing your siddurim and kippot so we can keep winning House points.

Debating

In the past week the debaters in our School have been very busy competing in the HICES final rounds. After all Emanuel teams qualifying through the pool rounds and elimination finals, this week it was time for the preliminary finals. We have so many Rashi students in the debating teams and it is a great accomplishment to reach the final rounds. The middle and senior teams both won their debates and will progress through to the quarterfinals, however unfortunately the opens team was knocked out in a very close debate on Tuesday. Another well done to all the debaters and especially our own debaters from Rashi House!

Science Week

This week was National Science week! Science Week is Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology. Thousands of individuals – from students, to scientists to chefs and musicians – get involved, taking part in more than 1000 science events across the nation. It provides an opportunity to acknowledge the contributions of Australian scientists’ to the world of knowledge. It also aims to encourage an interest in science pursuits among the general public and to encourage younger people to become fascinated by the world we live in. The Emanuel science department ran lunch time activities every day this week. It was highly enjoyable and we hope you all got involved!

Science Facts For Science Week!

• There is enough DNA in an average person’s body to stretch from the sun to Pluto and back… 17 times
• At over 2000 kilometers long, The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth
• An individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body

Birthdays

The following students either celebrated their birthdays in the past two weeks or will celebrate their birthday this weekend. We hope you had/have a great day!

• Mimi Siberstein (Year 8)
• Matthew Gitli (Year 9)
• Daniel Radomsky (Year 12)
• Maggie Rosenwax (Year 10)

Signing off for another week,

Lara Joffe, Joshua Amoils and Sienna Amoils