Volume 24 Issue 26 - 26 Aug 2016

From the Principal

Anne HastingsFestival of Instrumental Music

On Tuesday evening we held our first ever Festival of Instrumental Music. This combined the Night of Strings and the Night of Instrumental Music, and featured all of the K – 6 students in the Instrumental Program, along with the High School students in the extra-curricular music programs. We saw the range from the smallest beginners with their tiny instruments right through to the most accomplished musicians, our senior students, in a display that was a wonderful demonstration of how skills develop over time. The culminating performances of ensembles such as the Copland Band, the Clarinet quintet and the Stage Bands were examples of the power of collaboration, persistence and rehearsal under the guidance of inspiring teachers and tutors. 

I congratulate our Music Department, under the leadership of David Gwilliam, on the success of the evening and particularly for their patient encouragement of the students over time as they move from beginner to expert on their instruments. 

Networking Breakfast

We held our first of these for Semester 2 this week on Wednesday at Bondi’s Little Space. This is an opportunity for parents to meet members of the community, discover connections and learn about others’ careers and work lives, as well as to hear about some of the School initiatives. This round of breakfasts focuses on careers and our outreach programs, particularly our students’ trips to Israel, the Year 10 Chavayah and Year 11 March of the Living (see page 21 for more on this). 

There’s one more opportunity for a Networking Breakfast this year – this coming Wednesday morning at KPMG in their new office block at Barangaroo. Please email Sonia Newell urgently (snewell@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au) if you would like to join this event.  

New Counsellor

We are very pleased to welcome Belinda Gold to our welfare team for students. Belinda has started with us as our new part-time Counsellor, assisting Kim Slender. She is a qualified and experienced Counsellor who most recently has been working in this role at Kesser Torah College. She has also worked at Mandala and Jewish Care. Belinda will be working mainly with our K – 6 children on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. 

Canteen

Our new canteen is working very hard to bring students the range of variety, as well as freshness and great taste, in the food they sell. Please read the Canteen Corner on page 34 that outlines some of their products.

Mazal tov to:

  • Brandon Kaye (Year 10) who won the essay competition conducted by the Australian Jewish Historical Society (NSW) which used a theme focused on Jewish servicemen and women from the First World War. Brandon is one of five winners of the competition (all equal first) who each received a monetary prize.
  • Our Middle and Senior Debating teams in the HICES Debating competition, who have reached the semi-finals. Good luck to them for their next round this week!
  • The junior boys futsal team who won the final of the Jewish Schools Gala Day (see page 15)
  • Our Science staff who brought amazing things to the students for Science week last week, inspiring students to learn more about how things work and creating much interest and enjoyment (see page 13).

Coming up

  • Year 11 Examinations 29 August to 2 September
  • Year 10 Zionist Camp, Tuesday 30 August to Sunday 4 September
  • Years 7 and optional   Year 8 parent teacher interviews, Tuesday 30 August, 4 – 8 pm, MPH
  • Gesher Networking breakfast, Wednesday   31 August, CBD, 7:30 am
  • Fathers Day Breakfast, Friday 2 September, MPH, 7 am
  • P & F Trivia Night, Saturday 3 September, MPH, 7 pm
  • Senior Chamber Choir and Alumni Concert, Sunday 11 September, 5 pm

Quote of the week

‘The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one’. [Malcolm Forbes]

Best wishes for a wonderful weekend.

Anne Hastings

Ma Koreh

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From the Head of Jewish Life

מדריך/Madrich

Rabbi Daniel SiegelLeading by Example

This week’s parashah, Eikev, is replete with the root word /דרךderekh, ‘way’, particularly in reference to the ‘way of God’.

The ‘way of God’ is understood here as the ‘word of God’. Thus the people are being admonished for having abandoned God’s way, meaning God’s command: “You have quickly abandoned the way the Lord had commanded you”. At the same time, Moses implores the people to walk in ‘God’s ways’, meaning to heed His commandments: “Keep the commandments of the Lord, your God; walk in His ways”.

If these ‘stiff-necked people’ as Moses calls them, have not heeded the ‘word of God’ since their inception as a nation, why persist is asking them to follow the ‘way of God’.

The Rabbis here introduce a radical understanding of the ‘way of God’. Commenting on the closing words of our parashah, “To walk in all His ways”, they explain: “As God is gracious and compassionate, so should you be, as God is just and loving so shall you be…”. The Rabbis proceed to provide biblical examples of God’s actions:

As He clothes the naked, for it is written: And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skin, and clothed them, so should you clothe the naked. The Holy One, blessed be He, visited the sick, for it is written: And the Lord appeared to him (Abraham recovering from his circumcision) by the oaks of Mamre, so should you visit the sick. The Holy One, blessed be He, comforted mourners, for it is written: And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son, so should you comfort the mourners. The Holy one, blessed be He, buried the dead (Moses), for it is written: And He buried him in the valley, so should you bury the dead.

For our Rabbinic tradition, the divine ‘way’, more than the divine ‘word’, exemplifies Torah.

As parents and educators, we know that our actions speak louder than words. Significantly, it is in this parashah, upon whose words, ‘God’s ways’, the Rabbis are here commenting that Moses says to God if You fail to bring these people into the ‘promised land’ your ‘way’ will undermine your ‘words’.

In our High School we engage our students in a program called hadrakhah, from the word derekh, meaning ‘way. As they become madrichim, guiding their peers along the ‘way’, we ask them to ‘lead by example’.

The word ‘educate’ comes from the Latin root word meaning ‘to lead’. The word Torah, horah (parent) and morah (teacher) share the same root word meaning to instruct, in the sense of demonstrating, ‘showing the way’, through example.

We cannot ask of our children and students what we ourselves do not do. And, it is in walking the talk rather than talking the walk, ‘way” more than ‘word’, that they, like we, become moreh derekh – showers/teachers, ‘exemplars of the way’.

 

Devar Torah

Sacks Mikayla

Mikayla Sacks

 Blackman Jordana

Jordana Blackman

The following Devar Torah, written by Year 11 students, Jordana Blackman and Mikayla Sacks, was presented by them during our High School Tefillot

Rabbi Siegel

Mikayla: This week’s parashah is called Eikev. The word eikev is used, say the Rabbis, because it has a numerical value of 172—the number of words in the Ten Commandments and Ekeiv is asking the Israelites to abide by God’s laws. The parashah is about Moses giving the Israelites a ‘pep talk’ about their future living in the land of Israel without him: cautioning them not the fear the Canaanite armies, and that God will protect them in battling these armies. Moses also tells the Israelites that they should not think that they are entering the Promised Land due to their own virtues and good deeds, but rather that God has promised them this land and that God keeps the promises that he makes. 

Jordana: Moses continues to tell the Israelites that if they follow everything that God tells them to do and if they remain faithful to God, God will reward them in a multitude of ways including obliterating and demolishing the Canaanite army. He also tells them that when they arrive in the Promised Land they have to destroy every idol that they come across. This part of the parashah is a little odd, because aren’t we supposed to treat our neighbors the way we want to be treated? Moses tells them that they have been through many experiences in the 40 years that they were wandering the desert, and have done many things that angered God. With an emphasis on the building of the golden calf, Moses recounts the Israelite sins against God, and if it wasn’t for Moses calming God down, God would have killed all of them for these sinful acts, and now they should learn from their mistakes and do what God says. 

Mikayla: Towards the end of the parashah, Moses scolds the Israelites, knowing their past ways, and tells them that these wonderful things which they will receive once they have entered the Promised Land should not lead them to forget the One who provided them with the wealth; such a blunder would lead to their destruction and ruin.

Jordana: This part of the parashah is confusing, the fact that God is rewarding the Israelites with a wonderful new life in the Promised Land is all well and good, but the fact that God says He will kill off the whole Canaanite people to save the Israelites and to bring them home seems a little bit extreme, especially when God says that if the Israelites slip up once again, he will leave them and not help them for the rest of the generations or worse. It seems as though the whole parashah is filled with a multitude of double standards and varying extremes. I mean, aren’t we taught to give people second chances as the Israelites are given, let alone first chances which the Canaanites are not given? 

Mikayla: Moses says for us to love and fear God but most of all to serve God. He explains God’s greatness, and impresses on the Israelites their great fortune – that God has chosen them to be His ‘treasured nation’. He again reminds them of the many miracles God had performed on their behalf since they left Egypt. If they serve God, he will create rain to fall on the land, harvest and fertilise the land of Israel for the Israelites to live and prosper, as we say in the Shema prayer, every day.

Note that the obligation to bless the Lord after eating comes from the verse, “when you eat and are satisfied, you must bless the Lord your God”. This is why we recite Birkat Hamazon after eating. Lastly the Israelites are commanded to wear tefillin, place a mezuzah on the door of their homes and teach the new ways of life to their children, which we also remind ourselves when saying the Shema. Moses informs the Israelites that if they follow God’s ways and love Him, they will easily occupy the land of Israel, and no man will stand up against them.

Jordana: The final section in the parashah is what has become the second paragraph of the Shema, which talks about the rewards for doing mitzvot and the punishments for not doing them.

Mikayla: This parashah is about appreciating God and what he has done for the Israelites, our ancestors. Something that we can take away from this is the notion to stop and appreciate the world around us. We are all so busy in our everyday lives; studying, seeing friends, working, and more studying. So sometimes, we should all just stop for a moment, and take the time to appreciate the great things in your life, like friends, family, being able to attend a really good school, health and happiness, even nature. Our challenge for you is to go and watch the sunset, at least once in the next week, and really appreciate the beautiful colours of the world. 

March of the Living

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From the Deputy Head of Primary

Emma ClemensAnxiety

On Monday 15 August we were privileged to have our School Counsellor Kim Slender present at one of our Parent Information Sessions on the topic ‘There’s Nothing Wrong With Us, Please Fix Our Kids’. The focus for her presentation was how to parent anxious children. Anxiety is a fear, worry or dread which is out of proportion with the actual circumstances and therefore interferes with daily functioning. Anxiety can be divided into emotional, cognitive, behavioural and physical symptoms. Emotional symptoms include persistent worry or fear, increased irritability and sadness. Cognitive symptoms include difficulty paying attention and being easily distracted. Behavioural symptoms include avoidance, social difficulties, excessive shyness and inability to relax. Physical symptoms include sleep difficulties, somatic complaints and lack of appetite.

 

Risk factors for anxiety include genetic vulnerability, temperament, being female and environment. Research in epigenetics shows us that environment and genes can lead to inherited stress or trauma. The home environment can switch this gene on or off. Therefore, anxious parents are more likely to have anxious children. The Family Systems Approach looks at the functioning of the family and how patterns develop over generations. This philosophy stipulates that current levels of external stress within the family can determine the degree of anxiety in a child. Therefore, parents must act as co-regulators in order to reduce anxiety by remaining calm and helping their child self soothe. Kim used the illustration of an oil filter to demonstrate how parents need to assist children in filtering anxiety. The way a parent reacts to any event or circumstance acts as the filter for a child. Therefore, as a parent it is important to know about your own anxiety so that your child can helpfully filter their anxiety through you. 

Multigenerational transmission process is the way in which family emotional traits are transferred and maintained over the generations. Research has shown that patterns of anxious thoughts and ideas are easily transmitted within families. Secondary traumatic stress highlights the interpersonal nature of trauma, stress and anxiety passed from generation to generation. Again this highlights the vulnerability of children to their parents’ anxiety. A child’s response to an event is more determined by the parent’s attitudes, than by the intensity of an experience.

 It is critical for children experiencing anxiety to work on developing resilience. If a child always has their needs met, they are not equipped to develop independence and inner strength. The first step in developing resilience is acceptance of anxious feelings and thoughts. We need to teach our children that it is okay to have anxious or upsetting thoughts, this is a natural survival response. Children must learn to self soothe, knowing that they can grow through difficult experiences.

 The second step is commitment to goal setting. When a child is anxious about an upcoming event or experience, the parent and child together should agree on a manageable goal to commit to. This should involve encouraging the child to step out of their comfort zone and face their anxiety. When the event or activity takes place, the child and parent must stay committed to the agreed goal. Anxiety is often irrational and unfounded. When a child is anxious their pre-frontal cortex is flooded with cortisol, which reduces their capacity to think cogently. In the moment of anxiety, it is critical to commit to the agreed goal in a calm and rational manner. 

Kim described how authoritative parenting is most effective in managing the dance of anxiety. This approach makes the child feel valued, promotes high self-esteem and rewards to positive behaviour. Authoritative parenting also has clear boundaries and logical consequences for poor behaviour. Authoritative parenting is different to a controlling authoritarian approach or a dismissive approach where there is lots of love but little discipline. Research has shown that authoritative parents raise children who are more independent and self-reliant. 

Mindfulness and meditation is an effective strategy to calm anxious children. In our PAWS and .b mindfulness programs children have learnt about neurological responses to stress and anxiety. Our amygdala scans the environment for danger. A fight, flight or freeze response causes our pre-frontal cortex to shut down limiting our ability to make logical decisions. However, we can down regulate and train or amygdala through being mindful. Training our minds helps create a relaxation response so that stress responses don’t take over. Below are listed a number of apps that can be used to support mindfulness and meditation at home.

Kim concluded her presentation with an appeal for parents to honestly consider what they bring to their family situation. She asked a number of questions including:

  • How much pressure do you put on your child to perform?
  • What message do you give your child about the world?
  • Are you a helicopter parent?
  • Do you overprotect your child?
  • Do you fight your child’s battles for them?
  • Do you allow your child to avoid tough situations?

As you reflect on your child and family environment consider strategies that you can impart to mitigate against anxiety. 

There are two more parent information sessions this term:

  1. ‘7 Habits for Families’ Monday 29 August and Monday 5 September presented by Tany Milner, Emma Clemens and Kim Slender  7:00-9:00pm in the Angles Leadership and Learning Centre
  2. ‘7 Habits for Jewish Parenting’ presented by Rabbi Gourarie on Thursday 8 September 7:30-8:30am in the Primary Library

To sign up to any of the Parent Information Evenings go to: http://bit.ly/1gN3frc

 Recommended Reading

  • The Price of Privilege by Madeline Levine
  • The Blessing of a Skinned Knee by Wendy Mogel
  • Parenting Your Anxious Child with Mindfulness and Acceptance by Christopher McCurry

Meditation and Anxiety Apps

Smiling Mind

Mood Meter

Worry Box

ReachOut Breathe

Instrumental Music Festival

On Tuesday we held our inaugural Instrumental Music Festival. It was a tremendous night of performances from students in Kindergarten up to Year 12. There were three parts to the evening. Part 1 involved the strings concert including all IP and extra curricular ensembles. Part 2 was the Jazz Club with outdoor dining and entertainment from Primary and High School jazz ensembles. Then Part 3 was the wind and percussion concert which involved all the IP and extra curricular ensembles. The students are to be congratulated on such an incredibly diverse and successful concert. Thank you very much to all the IP tutors who have been working with the Primary students in preparation for the concert. Thank you also to our brilliant music staff David Gwilliam, Diana Springford, Susan Longney and Joanne De Araujo for organising such a fantastic evening. 

Year 2 Make A Difference (MAD) Project

As part of our The Leader In Me (TLIM) program each grade has a collaborative project where they focus on putting the 7 Habits into action in order to make a difference in the world. These projects are focused on a range of different needs in our local and global community. This week Year 2 made a tremendous impact through their MAD project. On Thursday the students baked challah which they sold to the Emanuel community in order to raise money for Our Big Kitchen. Thank you to Roslynn Pardy and Nicole Esra for organising the excursion and supporting the Year 2 students with their MAD project. 

ASISSA Athletics Carnival

On Thursday 35 Years 3-6 students competed in the ASISSA Athletics Carnival at ES Marks. The students represented Emanuel with great enthusiasm and commitment. Congratulations to all of the students who achieved a new personal best and improved their record from the school carnival. Thank you to Stuart Taylor who organised the ASISSA carnival. Thank you also to Adam Ezekiel and Sharon Fairfax for supporting the children on the day. 

K-2 Play Equipment

Any Kindergarten children who are playing on the K-2 play equipment before 3:30pm must be supervised by their parents. It is very important that the children keep their noise to a minimum as there are classes taking place near to the equipment. The K-2 play equipment is also closed before and after school as there is no staff supervision at these times. 

Upcoming Dates

  • 29 September: Parent Information Session – 7 Habits For Families Part 1, 7:00-8:30pm Angles Leadership and Learning Centre
  • 31 August: Year 6 Excursion Sydney Jewish Museum, 10:30am-1:00pm
  • 2 September: Year 5 Interrelate ‘Minding Me’ program
  • 2 September: Father’s Day Breakfast and Stall
  • 5 September: Parent Information Session – 7 Habits For Families Part 2, 7:00pm-8:30pm Angles Leadership and Learning Centre
  • 6 September: Years K-6 BBQ 
  • 6 September: Year 4 James Roy Author Presentation
  • 6 September: HJEI Chess, 8:30-3:00pm Mount Sinai
  • 8 September:  Parent Information Session – 7 Habits For Jewish Parenting, 7:30am-8:30am, Primary Library
  • 9 September: Year 5 Interrelate ‘Minding Me’ program
  • 9 September: Years 5-6 IPSHA Debating versus St Spyridon College
  • 16 September: Project Heritage, 11:15am-1:10pm MPH
  • 22 September: Years K-2 Gala Day, Centennial Park
  • 23 September: Rosh Hashanah and Grandparents and Friends Day, 9:30am-11:45am MPH

K-2 Assembly Term 3

  • 2 September Week 7: Year K Hebrew (both classes)
  • 16 September Week 9: 1 Be’er Sheva (Talia Hynek’s Class)

BBQ Day

When: Tuesday 6 September

Why: Indigenous Literacy Foundation

Cost: $3.50 for sausage sizzle

Booking: On the day, students need to bring a sealed envelope with the correct money inside (no change will be given). On the front, please write the child’s name and the order. The options are listed below:

1. Sausage sizzle $3.50

2. Gluten free sausage sizzle $3.50

3. Vegetarian sausage sizzle $3.50

Canteen: The canteen will be open, but Primary children will not be allowed to order or purchase food at lunch time. It is requested that students do not bring dairy on the day.

From the Director of Studies K-6

Maynard HelenFostering a Growth Mindset in the Home – Part Two 

There has been much research and talk around the education circles lately on the impact of praise. Much of the literature has concluded that with our push to raise children’s self esteem we have created ‘praise junkies’. Credible research reinforces the notion that we should be praising effort rather than the product or end result.  Therefore ensuring that students will put in effort to ensure success rather than focusing on the end goal. We all know that the ventures that have required the most effort from ourselves have often been the most rewarding and beneficial in our own learning. 

Following on from last week’s article regarding Mindset and parents working towards fostering this in the home, here are some further insights into ensuring that praise and feedback are meaningful for your children. 

  • Praise what your child does and the effort they put in rather than who he or she is. Instead of saying “You are so smart/clever/brilliant,” say “I can see you really worked hard/tried hard.”  Praise the disposition of perseverance and resilience when you see your child struggle or face challenge. Avoid praising grades. Focus on praising work ethic and effort – not achievement. 
  • Adopt the word ‘yet’ into your vocabulary. If your child states that she/he doesn’t understand a concept, cant perform a sporting move, or learn an instrument/song, remind her/him that she/he can’t ‘yet’ but with hard work she/he is more likely to have success. 
  • Avoid comparing your child’s success with siblings or friends – achievement is not a competition. There is enough success for everyone but it can often look different. 

Primary Debating

Impromptu

Our debating season is going so well, with us learning new skills every Friday morning and debating against schools every second Friday.

We held an Impromptu Debating Gala Day on 9 August. Four schools came to visit (Moriah, Kesser Torah, Mount Sinai and Masada). Students were combined into mixed-schools, giving us a chance to socialiseand meet new friends. In total, there were five debates. Every group had an hour of preparation time to write a speech on their particular topic. There were topics like ‘We should change the Australian Flag’ and ‘Homework is necessary’. 

Every debater’s speech had to be at least two and a half minutes, even though not many people managed! Three debates were held before recess and two were held afterwards. Everyone from each school did an amazing job and I’m sure they were proud after an incredible effort.

In the end, Mrs Milner handed out certificates to everyone including the timekeepers and chairpeople. Thank you to Ms Werner and Miss Wigan for organising the day!

Samuel Garvin and Jake Sharp

Year 5

Primary Musical

Longney SusanVOLUNTEERS REQUIRED FOR SEUSSICAL

We are looking for people who would be willing to help with the following tasks for the Primary School musical: Seussical 

1. Costume: sourcing and/or sewing 

2. Make-up application for dress rehearsals and performances 

3. Props/set pieces, sourcing/making

Please contact Susan Longney by email slongney@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au if you are able to assist us in any way. 

Thank you. 

Susan Longney

From the Head of Science

Selinger JenniferView from the Kleinleher Family Science Building

Science Week

Take toilet roll cores (lots). Calcium carbide. Two large watermelons (scooped out). Assorted items of glassware. A wire waste paper basket and a lazy Susan. A large dewar of liquid nitrogen. Two bunches of cheap roses. A large quantity of cream and sugar. Several packets of tissue paper, some spaghetti, a roll of washi tape and some cotton. Some old hanging files. 12 boxes that once held photocopy paper, Twelve marbles and about 150 paper cups. Copious amounts of masking tape. Way too many lollies and chocolates. Quite a number of prizes. Heaps of ingenuity, time and patience. A terrific kahoot for the trivia quiz.  Add to the mix seven excited members of the Science Department and a hundred or so enthusiastic and creative students. Stir well and enjoy every lunchtime for a week. An excellent recipe for a good time with Science!

As has been the case for a number of years, I was blown away by the students’ participation in this week-long event. While making bath bombs or kites, designing wacky and intricate machines out of paper cups and toilet tubes, racing around collecting samples of C12H22O11, cheering on the Science staff as they blew things up and huddling heads down around their device at the trivia quiz, there was a buzz in the air and a real sense that at Emanuel, Science is seen as something you go out of your way to do, even in your lunchtime.

I overheard one student say to another, as they wandered off down the stairs after a successful attempt at creating a marble run “I wish we could have Science Week more often!”

I’m not sure the Science Department would survive! Many thanks go to Sarah Jenkins and Miranda McMahon for their vision and organisation, to Rochelle Hunter for all the hard work she put in getting the equipment and chemicals ready for us (and there were many more than in my opening paragraph!) and to Tina Greenhill, Natalie Lijovic and Joseph Peacock for their wonderful showmanship and participation over the week. We had a wonderful time and we think the students did too!20160818_135756 20160816_134429 20160816_132013

High School Sport


Francis Raymond 13707Year 10 learn to ‘b street smart’.

Year 10 PDHPE students attended the ‘b street smart’ road safety forum at Homebush last week. The interactive forum allowed students to see a re-enactment of a road traffic accident, where speed and alcohol were contributory factors. The event aims to show young drivers the consequences of poor decision making. Victims of road traffic accidents talked about how their accidents had affected their and their families lives. The Forum made all who were there think carefully about their behaviour behind the wheel.

Ray Francis

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High School Sporting Events Next Week

Monday

All Day

  • CDSSA Football Gala Day

Morning

  • Running Club
  • Years 7 and 8 basketball skills
  • 14s boys basketball training

Afternoon

  • Pilates

Tuesday

Morning

  • Girls fitness
  • Junior boys rugby union Training

Lunch

  • 16s boys basketball training

Afternoon

  • Open boys basketball training
  • Kickboxing/Box Fit

Wednesday

All Day

  • AICES Athletics Carnival

Afternoon

  • Tennis
  • Ice skating
  • Karate

Thursday

Morning

  • Intermediate rugby union training
  • Boys fitness

Thursday Lunch

  • Open boys basketball training

Afternoon

  • Trampolining and Dodgeball at Skyzone

Friday

Morning

  • Swimming squad
  • Senior girls touch football training
  • Netball training
  • 16s boys basketball training
  • Senior boys rugby training

Sunday

  • 14 boys basketball competition
  • 16 boys basketball competition
  • Open boys basketball competition

Raw Challenge

2016 is the Year of the Emanuel Muds

Join us for our inaugural outdoor obstacle event,
a 6km course with more than 50 obstacles, designed to test strength, stamina and mental toughness in a fun and collaborative way.

What:                 The Raw Challenge

Where:              110 Pacific Highway, Doyalson

When:                Sunday 25th September

Wave Time:      11:30am

Who:                  Anyone aged 13+ years old

Website:            www.RawChallenge.com.au

Cost:                   $48 per person (use promo code gag48)

School-arranged transport will be provided for Emanuel Muds team members, departing the school on Sunday morning and returning in the afternoon.

If you want to be part of the fun, simply visit the Raw Challenge website to sign up as part of the Emanuel Muds team and enter promo code gag48 to get a massive discount on your entry fee.

PDHPE Team

Jewish Day Schools Futsal Gala Day

Fairfax SharonFantastic results

Last Wednesday Emanuel School entered a Junior boys and girls team into the now annual Jewish Day Schools Futsal Gala Day which was held at Curl Curl.

Competing schools included Masada College, Kesser Torah and Moriah College. This small but tight tournament breeds fierce competition.

Congratulations to our victorious boys team who blitzed their way to the final usurping the Moriah team in an exciting final that finished with a penalty shoot out to win 3-2. The entire team played extremely well with an absolutely outstanding performance from Ethan De Melo aptly supported by the courageous goalkeeper Mathew Bozic. It is with great pride to note this team last year did not win a single game and to show such enormous improvement is a credit to the boys and Kristy Reed’s futsal program.

The girls also thrilled on the day winning their way to the final to also meet Moriah College going down gallantly 2-0. They all showed great team work with Kaia Ziman and Jamie Orleow leading the way.

Mazal tov to all!

Sharon Fairfax

 

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Girls Futsal Team. Left to right back row, Mia Gold, Jamie Orleow, Megan Finn, Danielle Rutstein and Isabella Schulz. Row row, Zaia Ziman, Gabriella Goodridge and Claudia Burman

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Winning boys team. The winning boys team. Left to right back row, Jonathan Sebban,  Ari Karjalainen, Adam Winter and Isaac Grove. Front row, Mathew Bozic, Ethan De Melo and Elijah Grynberg

 

Rashi Times

As we approach Week 7, there is a lot is going on around the School. Next week the Year 11 students will be completing their examinations and Year 10 will be leaving for Zionist camp on Tuesday. Last week a few students went on HICES music camp – Aron Jaffe from Year 10 wrote us a summary of his experience.

HICES Music Camp

From 14 to 17 August, six Emanuel students – Amber Langman (Year 8), Talia Blackman (Year 8), Rebekah Goldsworthy (Year 8), Nathaniel Spielman (Year 8), Matthew Doust (Year 10) and I, participated in the HICES Music Festival after a successful audition. Accompanied by Mr Burley, we were able to make it to ‘The Tops’ safely and in high spirits for the coming camp. 

Our days were full-on. Despite arriving at around 5:00pm we still ended up doing two hours of rehearsing on the first night. I was falling asleep as I was playing! Our schedules briefly went like this: breakfast, rehearsal, rehearsal, lunch, rehearsal, rehearsal, dinner and then some sort of evening activity. These evening activities ranged from an amazing talent show to an incredibly challenging trivia contest. The entire time we were all exhausted, mostly due to the limited sleep (usually five hours) and our rigorous rehearsal schedule. From my view, the pieces that we played weren’t excessively challenging, but the camp enabled me to develop the ‘quality of my sound’ and resist dropping off note lengths. The food at camp was consistently delicious and never seemed to disappoint me. 

My favourite part about HICES is being able to have the experience of performing with people outside of Sydney, for example, there were six trumpeters and each one of them was from at least four or five hours outside of Sydney. This idea of mingling with people outside of our suburbs helped me get an understanding of what life without a city is like. One of the trumpeters next to me lives in Orange. I don’t know how we came to it but we ended up discussing property sizes. So whilst he was talking about how small his land was and I was saying that I think that I have a decent sized house, he eventually said that his land was only 11 acres, compared to mine which is significantly smaller. Overall the whole experience was fun and enriching. I recommend this camp to any musicians looking to further excel at their discipline. 

Aron Jaffe

Birthdays

Happy birthday to the following students who celebrated their birthdays this week or this weekend!

Eden Sadra (Year 9)

Lauren Sussman (Year 11)

Timothy Steiner (Year 12)

Olyvea Akres (Year 9)

Noa Blair (Year 10)

Have a great week!

Lara Joffe, Sienna Amoils and Josh Amoils

Kol Szenes

The week that was in Szenes House:

  • Mazal tov to Zane Voloshin (10) who wrote, directed and filmed a short story on Bullying, which he entered into the Interrelate NSW Film Festival for High Schools competition, and WON! Zane spoke at assembly on Tuesday.
  • Congratulations to Ricky Studencki (12) who is the founder of the Emanuel School Entrepreneurship Club, which has just celebrated its ten week anniversary. Students are working on pitching their ideas to fictitious investors. Ricky said: “Tt is very exciting to see the students enjoying being entrepreneurs”. The Club runs every Wednesday at lunch in the High School Seminar room and interested students are welcome to attend.
  • Well done to the Emanuel School debating teams, which are comprised of many Szenesians. Reports from the Senior and Middle debating teams below.
  • Year 10 is preparing and looking forward to Zionist Camp, which occurs next week. Ruach will abound in the weeks to follow.
  • Next week Year 11 students will sit their Preliminary HSC Examinations. We wish them every success.
  • Gemma Beinart (10) surprised her cohort when she paid an unexpected visit to Emanuel School on Tuesday. Gemma has spent several months in America. We welcome Gemma back to Emanuel School and Szenes House officially on Monday.

Debating Review

Last Monday the Emanuel senior debating team consisting of Lara Joffe, Isabella Flax, Noah Solomon and I competed in the senior devision preliminary finals of the HICES competition. We drew affirmative on the topic, “That all high speed police chases should be outlawed”. The debate was of a very high standard and Pittwater House put up a great fight but we were able to secure victory and progress through to the quarter finals of the HICES competition. We are looking forward to going further and hopefully winning the competition this year. 

Report from Liahm Simon (10)

Thursday a fortnight ago, the Emanuel Middles debating team was victorious over Broughton Anglican College in what was a very high quality debate. The topic was that Reality TV shows should be voted off the island of Australia. The team had all Szenes speakers with Chloe Miller in Year 7 as first, Rebekah Goldsworthy in Year 8 as second, Beau Glass in Year 8 as third, and Lara Fosbery from Rashi as Team Advisor. The team won convincingly, arguing the benefits of reality TV such as inspiration, the cost of the industry, and that we have more important matters on our hands than abolishing a great entertainment source. With this win we advance to the quarter finals of the competition. We had lots of fun and overall it was a great experience. 

Report from Beau Glass (8)

Quotation of the week

10 ways to lift your spirits. quotesgram.com/img/inspirational-quotes-mental-health/156059/

Enjoy the weekend.

Rabin Bugle

Hi Rabinites

Term 3 is well on its way and we have already enjoyed Inter-House competitions and a range of fun events! Camps have been a highlight across the Year Groups and next week it is Year 10s time to have some time to bond and do fun activities at Zionist Camp in the southern highlands. 

X-Factor

Rabin House has certainly got talent and we would like to take the opportunity to commend all the students who auditioned to be Rabin House’s representatives at the Inter-House Music Competition next term. All performers gave their very best and the audience really enjoyed the performances. It takes courage and skill to go on stage and those students performing can be very proud. 

Chloe Corn, Jake Harpaz, Rachel Turtledove, Lara Rutstein, Amber Langman, Chase Weinberg and Samara Trenaman all inspired our House and their performances were amazing. 

Fundraiser

The charity fundraiser for research and treatment of Multiple Myeloma was a great success. Our guest speaker, Tracy King, captured our School with her talk and we learnt a lot about the important work that the medical staff at Royal Prince Alfred carry out each day. The raffle and lunch pizza offer went very well and we thank Ms King, staff and students for their support on the day. Rabin House would also like to thank all the generous donors who helped make this fine event possible:

Mr Ram Stein, Mr Saul Berkowitz, Mrs Mandy Meyerowitz, Mrs Sonja Newell, Mrs Michelle Favero, Mr Jeremy Faul and Mrs Danni Faul, Mrs Shula Endrey-Walder, Mrs Simone Joffe, Mrs Shirley Jenner and Pita Mix restaurant who all donated generously – our school and community are so fortunate to have their support. Thank you so much for your kindness and assistance. 

Rabin House would like to praise Lauren Faul, Year 10 Rabin, and her band of helpers who worked hard over several weeks to make this event happen. Lauren’s enthusiasm and engagement set a fine example and it was great to see students across the Year Groups join the effort, in the weeks leading up to the event. Together we can make a real difference. 

Have a wonderful weekend everyone. Do remember to email Mr Rembson or the Bugle Reporters, Gabriel Jammy and Jenna Kaplan if you would like a mention or to make an announcement.

Senior Chamber Choir and Alumni Concert

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Careers

Claire Pech

Claire Pech

E-Zone 

Last week we held our annual Careers E-Zone event. We were lucky enough to have fabulous speakers, most of whom were alumni giving up their valuable time for our Year 11 and Year 12 students. The point of this day was to sow seeds in the minds of the senior students, answer some career specific questions and to choose areas of interest that students could then pursue in an informal Q&A style setting. 

Our feedback from the event has been very positive, with 91% of respondents saying they found the day excellent/good and 78% finding the day inspiring and giving them answers to some career questions they had. We sincerely thank all those who gave up their time and we hope to build on this initiative for next year. 

 

Jason Schulz and UNSW Engineering students copy pic

Aarin Regan-Lacey and Sophie Lew with parent, Jason Schulz and Tom Perfrement and Edbert Chung from the UNSW Engineering team

Open Days

As open day season is upon us, I really hope students are attending the busiest open day weekend coming up. UTS, ANU (Canberra) Notre Dame, TAFE and University of Sydney all host their annual open days and I cannot emphasise enough how important it is to get out to these institutions to see and hear more from faculty members, current students and so on. Each open day usually has its own separate website with running sheets so that you can either pre-select or plan your day around events. 

Preferences

As I have launched the UAC process over the last few weeks and handed out all of the UAC Hard copy guides the UAC process should be underway for your Year 12. They have until 30 September before the prices hike up to $188 so well worth getting in before this deadline. Students have until after they get their HSC results, and ATAR until early January before the official closing date kicks in. Below is a great article on preferences and how to structure them with lots of helpful FAQ’s.

www.gooduniversitiesguide.com.au/Latest-news/Getting-into-university/A-practical-guide-to-university-preferences#.V7pjF5N96u4

And finally here is another part of this article with finer details on change of preference tips.

www.gooduniversitiesguide.com.au/Latest-news/Getting-into-university/Change-of-preference-tips#.V7pyI5N95-U

UNSW: Next week – Art and Design Open Day

This will be held on 3 September, from 9am until 4pm at the Paddington Campus, Corner Oxford Street and Greens Road, Paddington.

As part of UNSW’s Open Day, the Paddington campus will also be open to showcase their range of facilities. Those who attend will be able to participate in a portfolio entry workshop, and speak to staff and students about course options. 

www.artdesign.unsw.edu.au/whats-on/events/open-day-2016-unsw-art-design

Gesher

Sonia NewellWHAT A BIG WEEK FOR GESHER ACTIVITIES!

Wednesday last week saw the third annual Emanuel E-Zone careers event for our Year 11 and 12 students organised under the banner of Gesher with Claire Pech, Careers Advisor.  This year for the first time, we trialed a new format whereby the students selected four out of ten different career choices, with each presenter giving a brief overview of their journey and current professional life, followed by a Q&A session. It was amazing to see the caliber of all the speakers, seven of whom are Emanuel graduates – some had not been back on campus since leaving Year 12 but they were all keen to ‘give back’ to the School that had given them so many opportunities when they were students here. 

For more details on this event, see Careers report.

On Wednesday this week, we held our Bondi Junction Networking Breakfast at The Little Space.  This event, attended by close to 30 parents and grandparents, was an opportunity to meet other like-minded members of our School community as well as hear Claire Pech speak about career opportunities for our senior students, whilst current Year 11 student Ari Regan-Lacey then gave a very moving and emotional account of the March of the Living (MOTL) trip earlier this year followed by Pnina Hagege on her experiences on the 2015/2016 Year 10 Chavayah trip to Israel.

Next Wednesday, 31 August we will be holding our CBD Networking Breakfast with the same format.

Ari Regan Lacey, Pnina Hagege, Dan Glass, Nicki Pittorino and Peter Goldberg

Shaun Greenblo

Yael Grunset and Shaun Greenblo

David Mizrahi

Mikayla Sacks, Sophie Doctor and David Mizrahi

Simon Masnick

Max Woolf, Head Madrich, Simon Masnick and Jordana Blackman

More Community Announcements

A community exhibition co-presented by Jewish Arts Inc and Shir Madness Jewish Music Festival includes a number of Emanuel families. Titled “my place + your place = a better place”, Tikkun Olam a multicultural exhibition, is on until 7 September at the Waverley Library Gallery, 32-48 Denison Street, Bondi Junction. Free admission. 

Curator of this event Estelle Rozinski, is a past parent.  Other Emanuel School Community members involved in this exhibition include alum Anastasia Uricher (Class of 2015 and Estelle’s daughter), alum Jean Kearney (Class of 2011) and her father Keith Kearney; past parent Lia Klugman and alum David Asher Brook (Class of 1998).  You may recall David and his wife Hanna were the instigators of the beautiful collaborative artwork created by the individual brushstrokes of Emanuel School’s staff and students in celebration of the opening of the Kleinlehrer LINC Building just over a year ago!

Alum AJ America (Class of 2012) would like to thank everyone who supported her recent Sydney concert with Luminescence Chamber Singers. AJ is also passionate about music education for young people and is in the process of establishing a children’s choir.  She would love to see members of our community at the Sydney concert on 21 September, which will probably be at Paddington Uniting Church (venue to be confirmed).

Luminescence Chamber Singers launched in 2013, with a goal to provide Canberra with its first professional chamber choir. Channel J met the group and talked to their director, AJ America:

www.facebook.com/utschannelj/videos/1037517339675058/

Luminescence is touring with acclaimed artistic director Gordon Hamilton (of The Australian Voices) in September to Sydney, Port Macquarie and Newcastle.  luminescencesingers.wix.com/luminescence

Alum Ben Wilheim (Class of 2008), one of our recent nominees for the B’nai B’rith/JNF Jewish Changemaker Awards has just finished designing the new website for ‘Remember September’, to raise awareness and funds for pancreatic cancer, the dreaded disease that took the life of his father and his 32 year old cousin: rememberseptember2016.gofundraise.com.au/

Fully endorsed and supported by Cancer Council of NSW, Remember September is now in its third year, with an ever-growing team of supporters, many of whom are Emanuel alumni. Ben would love more members of our Emanuel Community to join them.  He says: “Amazingly we have already raised $900 and September hasn’t even begun!”

Fathers Day Warrior Run

Let’s Celebrate Dad

Join the Emanuel School Striders at the Father’s Day Warrior Fun Run at Centennial Park on Sunday 4 September 2016.
Choose to run/walk 2, 5 or 10km with your family.
It’s a fantastic way to celebrate Father’s Day while also helping
to provide life-changing opportunities for Indigenous Australians. Entry fees differ based on the distance you chose.

To enter visit http://tinyurl.com/GesherWarriorRun
Our team name is Emanuel School Striders and password is Gesher.

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Canteen Corner

Music Evening Counter Music Evening Counter 2 Brownie

The Festival of Instrumental Music on Tuesday evening saw plenty of music-goers enjoy freshly baked hot and cold dinner options whilst enjoying the jazz. With the rather cool evening, it was not surprising the soup was a sell out!

We use Velluti’s for our fresh fruit and vegetable deliveries. It’s a family business that prides itself on delivering the finest fresh and local produce. 

The survey feedback brought up the issue of variety, but did you know that the canteen has a daily special and daily soup that is made fresh out of the canteen every morning?

Our birthday cupcake trees are made to order, we just require 72 hours notice, to ensure the birthday boy or girl can be catered for, we also do a lamington cake as a second birthday option.

From the Parents and Friends

IMPORTANT TRIVIA NIGHT INFORMATION

PLEASE NOTE NEW START TIME OF 7PM

ENTRY VIA AVOCA STREET GATE ONLY

Date: Saturday 3 September.

Time: 7.00 – 10:30pm

Cost: $45 per person (this includes dinner and munchies) 

Venue: MPH Building

Booking:  www.trybooking.com/LQOL

Questions: Please contact us at emanuelp&f@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au

SILENT AUCTION TEASER

Would your Primary school child like to be Head of Primary, Mrs Milner, for a day?

If the answer is YES you can make their dream come true. Silent Auction program will be available next Monday.

P&F Trivia Night Raffle

All primary children would have received a raffle book today. Prizes will be drawn on the Trivia Night so please return all raffle book stubs and monies back to school by 31 August to ensure you are in the running to win.

Fathers Day Breakfast 2 September  – Bookings Close 30 August 

Date: Friday 2 September
Time: 7.00am – 8.20am in the MPH
Cost: $10 Adults ($15 at the door), $7 children ($10 at the door) Bookings : Now open: www.tinyurl.com/es-fathersday

Please be sure to make payment immediately after booking. Details for payment are on the booking form. Bookings are not confirmed until payment is made.

Fathers Day Gift Stall 2 September

Please send $10 along with your child on the day so they can get a gift which they take home on the same day for that special someone.

Trivia Night

POSTER FINAL

Parents and Friends Camping Trip

P & F Camping flyer October 2016

Fathers Day Breakfast and Gift Stall

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Fathers Day Breakfast and Gift Stall

Friday 2 September 2016
Breakfast is served between 7:00 am (for early risers)

and 8:20 am in the MPH.

$10 per adult ($15 at the door), $7 per child ($10 at the door) To reserve your place, please book & pay online
at http://tinyurl.com/es-fathersday

Please send $10 along with your child on the day so he/she can choose a present which will be brought home on the same day, just in time for Fathers Day.

This is an Emanuel School P&F initiative.

Kornmehl Care Pack Project

Care Pack Poster[1]

Midford Emanuel School Uniform Shop

 

TRADING HOURS FOR TERM 4

The Emanuel School Uniform Shop will be closed for the School holidays from 4pm Thursday 22 September and will re-open on Monday 10 October at 9.00am

(Students return to school Thursday 13 October)

Opening Times – first week of Term 4:

Monday 10 October                 Open 9.00am to 4.00pm

Tuesday 11 October                   Open 9.00am to 12.30pm

(School closes 1.10pm Erev Yom Kippur)

Wednesday 12 October  CLOSED – Yom Kippur

Thursday 13 October                  Open 8.00am to 4.00pm

(Students return Thursday 13 October)

Friday 14 October             Open 8.00am to 12 mid-day

 

Normal trading:

Monday 8.00am to 4.00pm

Tuesday 8.00am to 12 mid-day and Thursday 12 mid-day to 4.00pm

Phone enquiries please contact Sue

Phone:            9398 6937

Email: emanuel@midford.com.au