From the Principal

Anne Hastings – Principal

Foundation Dinner

The Emanuel School Foundation held its annual dinner in our old High School Library on Tuesday evening. With over 70 people in attendance and the venue beautifully presented, guests enjoyed a wonderful evening. Special guests included His Excellency Shmuel Ben-Shmuel, Ambassador of Israel to Australia, Bruce Notley Smith, Member for Coogee, The Honourable Walt Secord, MLC, recipients and families of our Ambassadors’ Awards and benefactors and supporters of our School. The President of the Foundation, Charles Aronson, was the MC for the evening. Bruce Notley Smith gave an engaging speech about his own mixed education in Sydney’s east and awards were presented to a number of individuals and families to recognise their significant support of the School over the year.

We congratulate and thank the following Ambassador’s Award recipients:

• Aron Kleinlehrer
• Dr Millie Phillips
• Emery and Anne Angles
• The late Anita Kornmehl
• Grant McCorquodale
• Harry Triguboff in absentia

We are very grateful to Isabelle Anne and Michelle Favero, our Communications and Marketing team, for their excellent organisation of the evening, to members of the Foundation Board and the School Board for their support, and all who contributed to the evening’s success.

Emanuel School Board

The AGM of the Emanuel School Board was held on Wednesday evening of this week. Grant McCorquodale, who has been the President of the Board for the past five years, retired from his position and the Board. Grant was honoured with a Life Membership of the School at the AGM, to recognise his significant contribution to the school over his time as President. He was one of the key drivers of the very successful 2013 Capital Appeal and has been instrumental in garnering great financial support for the School’s building initiatives. Grant’s ability to develop and maintain very positive relationships has been key to the School’s success over recent years and his representation of the School in the community has been exemplary. We are very grateful for Grant’s significant devotion to the School and our community over this time and also thank Grant’s wife Ilana for her support of him in this role. We are pleased that he will remain on the School’s Investment committee and closely connected to the School through his involvement in his children’s education for years to come.

Adam Blackman, who has been the School’s Treasurer for five years, was nominated and accepted the role as President of the Board. We welcome Adam to the role, knowing that he will ensure the continued great support of the School that the Board provides. A new Board member, Daniela Freed was elected and welcomed to the Board.

The 2017/2018 Emanuel School Board members are:

Adam Blackman – President and Treasurer

Rebecca Lacey-Ehrlich – Vice President

Shira Sebban

Daniel Knoll

David New

Daniela Freed

Ian Berson

Ashley Rockman

Alan Obrart

Reports

Years 9, 11 and 12 academic reports have already been sent to parents in recent weeks. The remainder of Years K – 12 reports will be sent either today or in the next few days. Student academic reports, including past reports, can also be accessed via the Parent Portal. Please take the time to read carefully and discuss these reports with your children, helping them to identify areas of focus for their action plan for next semester. If you wish to discuss your child’s report with one of their teachers or the relevant Head of Department, please contact the School early in Term 3, or email the person directly.

Mazal Tov to

• Ellie Morris (Year 7) and Ethan De Melo (Year 9), who represented the Combined Districts Secondary Sports Association (CDSSA) at the AICES Football Championships on Wednesday 21 June at Valentine Park. These students played in the 15-years division, in what was a very successful day for our sporting association
• The new High School Madrichim and House Captains for 2017/2018 (see the list in the separate article).

 Coming up

• Staff Development Day, Monday 17 July
• First day of Term 3 for students, Tuesday 18 July
• Year 9 Ski Camp, 23 – 28 July
• East Timor Trip, 30 July – 9 August
• HSC Trial Examinations 31 July – 11 August.

Quote of the week

‘We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action’. [Frank Tibolt]

Best wishes for very enjoyable holiday with your children. We look forward to welcoming them back for Term 3 on Tuesday 18 July.

Shabbat Shalom

New High School Leadership Team

2017/2018 Madrichim and House Captains 

This week we announced our new High School Madrichim and House Captains. We congratulate the following students on their appointment and look forward to seeing them take on the mantle of student leadership of the school for the next 12 months. The Leadership Induction Assembly will be on Tuesday 25 July at 8:20 am.

Anne Hastings

Principal

House Captains

Legally Blonde photos

For complimentary copies of these photos, please visit Ofer Levy’s website at www.oferlevy.com.au

Click ‘client access’ and enter the password ‘EMANUEL’. Email Ofer at levy@optusnet.com.au with the numbers of the photos you would like for your mantlepiece.

Ofer is a parent and wonderful photographer who volunteers his time to take and share photographic memories for you. We are so grateful to him for his generosity of spirit.

Rashi Times

Hey Rashi, Eden and Liv here

What a term it’s been, and still so much more to come!

Last week the final performances of Emanuel School’s incredible production of Legally Blonde took place. With only 4 shows and ticket demand so high, the cast’s final dress rehearsal was also opened to High School students who missed out on tickets. All 5 performances were a huge success, full of laughter and exceptional reviews to follow. The 6 months of hard work and dedication of so many students certainly payed off last week and on behalf of Rashi we want to wish a HUGE congratulations to our very own Elle Woods, Genevieve Goldman! What a talent! The show would not have been nearly as exquisite with anyone else in the role.

On Monday and Tuesday all the elective Art students in Years 9-11 spent their time at the National Art School learning skills from experienced artists. It was an amazing experience to learn hands-on techniques in the intensive 2-day course and to come away with a finished product that displayed the hard work we put in.

In terms of the Athletics Carnival, even though Eden and I thought we had this one in the bag, sadly Rashi placed third. It was still amazing to see the participation and sportsmanship that came from everyone in Rashi throughout the carnival regardless of the outcome. The spirit that came from our House as we all cheered each other on was a force to be reckoned with. Better luck next time!

This Wednesday our Year 12 Madrichim ran their Harry Potter Themed Mad event with House dress up and a thrilling game of Inter House Quidditch at lunch. As well as that everyone in the High School was given the opportunity to send their friends ‘spells’ which was a lot of fun and an amazing thing to receive from your friends. The magical event was a great way to end the school term and transition into the holidays.

With that in mind, rest up Rashi because we have a big term ahead. As Ms Hastings said in assembly, take time out for yourself but also take the time to help out the people around you. Use your reports (which Year 7-10 will be getting very shortly) to do some independent learning to give you a good head start as you enter Term 3.

That’s it from us this week, have a great holiday!

Liv and Eden signing off

From the Head of Jewish Life

Rabbi Daniel Siegel – Head of Jewish Studies

Madrichim

Partnership in Leadership

Coinciding with our reading of parashat Chukat, which speaks of the end of the tenure of Israel’s three leaders, Miryam, Moshe and Aharon, this week we announced our new madrichim (מדריכים), who will take the mantle of leadership from their peers, whose term of service has come to an end.

After learning of the death of Miryam, we encounter the episode which leads to the end of her brothers’ leadership, as well, the “striking of the rock”. This incident, generally, known by this name as it is believed that “striking” the rock, rather than “speaking” to it, was the cause of Moshe and Aharon’s leadership being terminated. As commanded by God, Moshe takes his staff and, together with Aharon, assembles the thirsty congregation before the rock. However, instead of speaking to the rock, as requested by God, he addresses the people: “Listen you rebels (מורים/morim), shall we get water for you from this rock?!” Moshe then “raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff”. And,“out came copious water”.

We encounter a different redaction of this episode in the Book of Exodus. Moshe is commanded to take his staff and “strike the rock and water will issue from it”. Was striking the rock in our parashah, appearing in the Book of Numbers, truly the trespass that terminated Moshe and Aharon’s leadership? The alternate redaction suggests that striking the rock would not be the issue. Indeed, here too Moshe is commanded to bring his staff, with which he strikes the rock, the same staff that struck the Reed Sea and the Nile.

It appears that it is his words to the people which are of consequence. The Book of Psalms provides insight into the significance of the words “listen you rebels (morim)”: “They angered Him at the waters of Merivah and it went ill with Moshe because of them; for they embittered (המרו/himru) his spirit, and he spoke rashly with his lips”. The root word for ”rebel”, מרה/marah brings to mind the word for “bitter” מרה/marah. The harsh words speak to a more serious concern, Moshe has become embittered with and by his people. “Therefore”, Moshe and Aharon are told: “You shall not lead this congregation into the Land…”.

To be a madrich (מדריך) is to be a moreh derekh (מורה דרך) -“One who shows the way”. The word for parent/horeh (הורה), for teacher/moreh (מורה) and for Torah (תורה) all share the common root word for “showing the way”.  At Emanuel, we ask our madrichim (מדריכים) to “show the way” by being a dugma (דוגמא), an exemplar.

In responding to the negativity of rebelliousness with that of bitterness, Moshe and Aharon cease to be moreh derekh   (מורה דרך) -“One who shows the way”. Showing the way through personal example develops and requires partnership in leadership. Moshe devolved into a complainer with his people even as they became divorced from securing their own future.

One can best show the way by sharing the way. It is perhaps noteworthy that the loss of leadership in our parashah occurs immediately after a parashah in which the people call for more partnership in power.

Together with hadrakhah (הדרכה), “showing the way”, Jewish youth movements centre upon the word hagshamah (הגשמה), actualisation or realisation. As our new student leaders (to be) assume their roles, we remind them and ourselves that for hadrakhah to meet hagshamah, it must be understood and lived as a process in partnership. For all our students and staff, we must walk and work with our madrichim  (מדריכים). To show the way is to share the way. As our Jewish tradition teaches: “As the leader so the generation, as the generation so the leader”.

Devar Torah

Parashat Chukat

Zac Levenson – Year 8

The Israelites are in the wilderness of Zin. They are severely dehydrated. Moses asks God what to do and God tells him to speak to a rock and ask it nicely for water. Moses however, angry at the unco-operative Israelites, whacks the rock with his staff.

This is the most discussed and most important aspect of the parashah as the Israelites get the water, but Moses is punished and is told that he will never see the promised land. After everything that God did for Moses, he couldn’t complete a simple task correctly.

It’s a harsh punishment for what seems like a small wrongdoing, but when we think about it, we realise that it related to a very common saying – “don’t bite the hand that feeds you”.

Moses and all of his people needed something from the rock, but instead of using his words, he hit it. God could easily have stopped the rock from giving water, because Moses was violent. He didn’t because all the Jews needed water, but he could have.

Two lessons can be learnt here:

1. When asking for something, you should use words, rather than violence.
2. Don’t self-sabotage. Moses made a mistake and ruined his chance at living in the promised land.

So if your parents do something nice for you and then ask you to do a chore, will you do what they say or will you ignore them and hit the rock?

Chukat

Mikayla Sacks – Year 12

After 40 years of journeying through the desert, the people of Israel arrive in the wilderness of Tsin. Miriam dies, and the people are thirsty for water. God tells Moshe to speak to a rock and command it to give water. Moshe, however, gets angry at the rebellious Israelites and strikes the stone. Water issues forth, but Moshe is told by God that neither he nor Aharon will enter the Promised Land. Aharon dies and is succeeded in the high priesthood by his son Elazar.

Venomous snakes attack the Israelite camp after yet another eruption of discontent in which the people “speak against God and Moshe”. God tells Moshe to place a brass serpent upon a high pole, and all who will gaze heavenward will be healed. The people sing a song in honour of the miraculous well that provided them with water in the desert.

So, I think the overall message here is about the importance of words. Perhaps Moshe’s punishment from God for striking at the rock rather than speaking to it was harsh, but perhaps it was necessary. Moshe took violent actions rather than using his words. I mean, it sounds cheesy, and we’ve all heard it before in Primary school, yet it is an important issue to be raised. We should be thinking and using our words before taking actions that we’ll regret.

Looking at this message from a sibling’s point of view, I’m sure all of us have lashed out at our siblings before, rather than having a calm discussion about our issues. So the fact that God has punished Moshe so harshly that he is unable to enter the Promised Land, a goal that was so important to the Israelites, not to mention the fact that he punished Aharon along with him, may now seem like a relatively fair punishment.

I personally hear a lot about the negative effects of gossip in Jewish morals. In this week’s parashah, the Israelites are punished after speaking against God and Moshe – it’s yet another demonstration of the destructive effects of gossip between people. To this day successful television shows and movies are founded on gossip; think about it – ‘Gossip Girl’, ‘Mean Girls’, ‘Easy A’…and each one is repeating the same message – gossip spreads and everything falls to pieces.

Interestingly, the aspects of speech that I’ve just spoken about bring to mind both the positive effects of speech and the negative ones. Freedom of speech and our ability to communicate are a gift that we should not be abusing. I guess our freedom and abilities can have both positive and negative effects on people; it’s just about the way in which we decide to use them.

Ma Koreh – Don’t hit that rock!

Adam Carpenter – Head of Jewish Studies K-6

Weekly Torah Portion

Parashat Chukat Numbers 19:1 – 22:1

This week we read of the death of Moshe’s siblings, Aaron and Miriam. The Israelites are given additional purity laws, relating to the unblemished red heifer and contact with the dead. The Israelites are again thirsty in the wilderness and assemble against Moshe and Aaron to complain about why they have been bought here to die. God instructs Moshe to speak to a rock to provide water to the people. However, Moshe chastises the Israelites and in anger hits the rock with his staff, showing a lack of faith in God in front of the people. As a consequence for his poor judgement, Moshe is told he will not lead the Israelites into the Land of Israel.

Family Discussion

Moshe loses control of his temper, with anger and frustration driving his words and actions. Discuss what can happen to others and ourselves when we speak and act out of anger or frustration. What are some ideas you can share for managing emotions when feeling angry or frustrated?  

Students teaching students

During our final weeks of term, students have been busy sharing their learning with other students in the Primary School. This semester Year 4 students have spent time learning about Jewish stories – exploring the Purim and Pesach story, Jewish short stories and writing their own short story to teach a Jewish value. Last week, Mr Carpenter’s class paid a visit to Morah Erika’s Year 1 Hebrew class to read and share Jewish short stories with the Year 1s. Year 4 students read and acted out a variety of stories to the Year 1 class, reading published Jewish short stories or sharing their own stories. Both Year 3 and Year 6 have been learning about Israel this term. Morah Gaida’s Year 6 students created a variety of games based on their learning about Israel and visited Year 3 students to have them play their games. Year 5 learning in Jewish Studies has focused on Jewish concepts of time and on Shabbat. This week they have been busy creating ‘how-to’ explanations and video guides for a variety of Shabbat rituals that contain not only practical information but also explanations of some of the deeper meaning and significance of these rituals. Some of these videos will be shared with Primary students next term during our Friday Shabbat celebrations.

B’nai B’rith/JNF Jewish Changemaker Awards

The Jewish Changemaker Awards 2017 have recognised two of our students as emerging young leaders within our community.  We are proud to share with you the acknowledgement of their contribution to our community which was accorded Chloe and Sage as nominees for this year’s Awards. Below is the information shared with the Award’s selection committee.

Rabbi Daniel Siegel

Chloe Corne – Year 12

Chloe is a young woman who cares deeply and passionately about her Jewish heritage and Jewish continuity. Her personal commitment to Jewish learning and Jewish living is expressed and reflected in her significant contributions to and engagement with our Jewish community.

Chloe leads communal tefillah for Emanuel School and leads their daily birkat hamazon.

She helps plan and run the School’s weekly kabbalat shabbat service and is also a central contributor in envisioning, organising and running the School chagim programs and special commemorative events and celebrations.

As early as Year 9, Chloe was teaching Hebrew as a volunteer at JEMS (Jewish Education Matters), volunteering for JNF Green Sunday and an active member of the Emanuel synagogue. Chloe often leads the congregation in conducting the service and in reading the Torah and is a registered Bar and Bat Mitzvah teacher on the Emanuel synagogue list.

Sage Ziman – Year 12

Sage is engaged in educating herself and others on the challenging conditions of refugees’ lives.

Sage had visited the Villawood Detention Centre where she dedicated herself to meeting with and learning about the personal stories of refugees in both the medium- and low-risk centres. Sage shared her experiences with her peers at Emanuel School and participates in a weekly discussion group regarding refugees. She has connected with refugees recently released from detention and with speakers from a variety of organisations, Australian and Israeli, investigating what can be done to assist refugees adapt to Australian society. Sage has become personally involved in helping a refugee woman by procuring for the baby, clothing, bedding and essential equipment for new borns. On her trip to Israel, through Chavayah, Sage learned of the living conditions of Eritrean refugees in the community. She hopes to visit the community again and contribute to the education and creative children’s programs for them.

Sage has volunteered at JEMS after school program, teaching primary school children Hebrew. At Emanuel School she has promoted sustainability education by planning and holding an Environmental Awareness Night, including the showing of the documentary The 11th Hour.

Year 11s Contemplate ethics through Judaism

Daphna Levin-Kahn – High School Jewish Life Co-ordinator

Contemplating ethics through Judaism

The Year 11 Jewish Studies Seminar Speaker Series

The Year 11 Speaker Series in Jewish Studies was a resounding success this term with over 10 presenters, both local and international, inspiring our students to consider a variety of ethical dilemmas from a Jewish perspective.

From a FaceTime session with Robert Berman in New York, founder and CEO of the Halachic Organ Donors Society, who helped students grapple with issues from whether organ donation is forbidden, permitted or obligatory in Halakhah (Jewish Law), to exploring stem cell research and fertility treatment with Rabbi Jaqueline Ninio of Emanuel Synagogue.

Other sessions included Rabbi Ben Elton, Chief Minister of The Great Synagogue, who posed the question, “What does Judaism say about treating a terrorist at the scene of his own attack”; Yigal Nisell (JNF Shaliach), who explored the complexities of using torture to save lives; and Rabbi Rafi Kaiserblueth, who provided insights into a Jewish understanding of the ethics of warfare.

Rabbi Jeffrey Kamins had our students contemplating the idea of kashrut in the 21^st Century as potentially including Kashrut Tzedek – ethical and even eco-Kashrut. He guided students’ thinking about where our animal products come from, how the animals and people involved in the process have been treated and how our ethical decisions in this regard reflect the core of kashrut and our moral obligation to improve the world and the necessity of avoiding Tzar Ba’alei Chayim (Cruelty to Animals).

This course (Ethics & Judaism) has brought a lot of insight into my Jewish learning, starting with all of the speakers that have come in to talk to us a about the variety of issues to do with ethics in Judaism… The speakers have really enlightened my Jewish learning and have made me think about so many new and different things on which I never knew Judaism had an opinion.                                                               Jade Reuveny

We also had the special opportunity to meet the inspirational Rabbi Steve Greenberg, the first openly gay Orthodox Rabbi, author of Wrestling with God and Men: Homosexuality in the Jewish Tradition and co-founder of Eshel (www.eshelonline.org/ ) who had been brought to Australia by Limmud Oz. Staff and students enjoyed hearing his story and learning from him in the short time he had with us.

I was lucky enough to meet Rabbi Steven Greenberg and discuss my HSC oral in-depth research topic with him – the controversy around homosexual relationships in Judaism. Throughout researching this topic, my opinion has changed a number of times, based on the various individuals I have interviewed. The one thing that Rabbi Greenberg stated that really resonated with me was that “God is more colourful and diverse than many people believe.” This cast a new light on something that I had been struggling to understand, because as Jews, we are all made in God’s image, whether we have different colour skin, originate from different countries, or are of a different sexual orientation. However, although my opinion on the issue is not cemented, I feel that it is important for people to remain open-minded and tolerant of the numerous differences between individuals and the various polarities of interpretations in Judaism. I feel blessed to have been able to meet with Rabbi Greenberg and discuss this topic, as it was truly insightful and has forced my opinion on the issue to shift once again.                                                       

Chloe Corne

These lectures and workshops offer Emanuel students an opportunity to be guided by Jewish experts in their fields who guide the students on contemporary dilemmas concerning real-life issues.

From Primary School

Emma Clemens – Deputy Head of Primary

Paws b Mindfulness – part 3

Throughout this term I have written about the Paws b Mindfulness course that is currently being taught to Year 2 students. Amidst the busyness of life, it is rare to be aware and present. We are often not even aware of our body, eating or breathing. The present moment is squeezed out and we are captivated by our past or future rather than enjoying the blessings of the present. “If you’re not mentally present in the small moments, you could be missing half of your life” (John Kabat-Zinn).

Two key concepts taught in Paws b are Our Storytelling Mind and Learning to Grow Happiness. These are explained below.

Storytelling Mind

Our mind is constantly plagued by thoughts about the past, present and future. Some of these thoughts are positive. They can be exciting, happy, creative and curious. Some of these thoughts are negative. They can be sad, angry and worrying. Thoughts that are worrying can grow, just like a snowball rolling down a hill. Our mind can play tricks on us and tell us stories that aren’t based on reality. When we don’t have all the information that we need about a situation, our mind fills in the gaps. However, when we fill in the gaps we are often guessing and therefore have a tendency to draw on worrying thoughts. To quote Mark Twain ‘Most of the worst events in my life never actually happened’. Our story telling mind often snowballs into a more worrying outcome than what happens in reality.

We need to act like a detective to ascertain if our storytelling mind is playing tricks on us. This involves being aware of our thoughts, feelings, body sensations and actions. These four elements can feed the snowball of worry. Sometimes our mind runs away with stories and we can feel like we are on a hamster wheel going round and round. In Paws b we encourage the students to use a mindfulness breathing exercise to help them stop the hamster wheel of over worry. Rather than being trapped on a hamster wheel, we need to picture our worries as a kite. The worries might tug and pull like a kite flying in the wind. It’s important to notice the tugging of our worries, but to stay strong and not let this pull us off balance. Mindfulness helps us to pause and recognise our thoughts clearly in order to remain grounded and strong against worries that might cause us to fall.

Growing Happiness

We can all recall special moments or celebrations that make us feel happy. Examples might include giving and receiving presents, sharing a special meal, watching a funny movie or going on a fun holiday. Like worrying thoughts, our happy thoughts are influenced by our thoughts, feelings, body sensations and actions. We can grow happiness in the same way we can grow flowers. As water and sun help to grow a flower, we can water and nourish positive thoughts in order to grow happiness in our lives.

Gratitude is a key factor in growing happiness. When we feel happy, it is important to connect to a feeling of thankfulness or gratitude. A happiness or gratitude journal is a wonderful strategy to focus on positive emotions. Research has demonstrated that those who savour happy experiences are able to grow happiness. Another strategy is to take time to thank people for the positive impact they have had on your life. In Paws b Mindfulness we call this a Gratitude Gift.

In my next Ma Nishma article I will write about breathing meditations and how students can use these to help them to be mindful and present when they are feeling anxious or worried.

Years 5 and 6 Science explorations

Year 5 and 6 students had a very exciting time of scientific exploration. Each grade had a particular focus and project-based learning activity. Thank you to the Year 5 and 6 teachers for organising such exciting and engaging learning experiences for the students.

Year 5 students culminated their Science unit with a collaborative challenge. Throughout the term, students had been investigating the question ‘How do we use the properties of liquids and gases in machines?’ Year 5 worked in groups to build a hydraulic or pneumatic machine. In the lead-up to the challenge, the students discussed the skills and dispositions associated with effective teamwork. Following the challenge they reflected on what they learnt about teamwork, the construction process and themselves as learners.

Students first built their machine using instructions and a prototype. Then they innovated on what they’d built to make their machine stronger, more effective or more user friendly. There were three categories for the challenge:

• Catapult that launched a Lego piece the greatest distance
• Robotic arm that could lift the heaviest mass
• Pneumatic device with the best innovation on the original model.

The activity ended with a competition to see which hydraulic arm could lift the heaviest weight and which catapult could send a Lego block flying the furthest.  This tight contest was extremely exciting!

Year 6 students were asked to create a presentation using an aspect of light for the inaugural Emanuel VIVID show. Students could create dioramas, experiments, optical illusions or videos. Each presentation had to explain the use of light transfer, reflection, refraction or absorption and explanation about the properties of materials and how these affect light transfer. Students then voted for the winners across a range of categories such as most creative, most scientific, most complex and best presented.

Chess success

The NSW Junior Chess League Schools Championships competition concludes at the end of this term. All students have played incredibly well throughout the competition. The Emanuel A team won their division and will proceed to the next round that commences in Term 3. Congratulations to the Emanuel A team on an outstanding result. Thank you to Michael Todd for his coaching expertise and to Colleen Elkins for supporting the team.

Handball and Ping Pong competition

Over the last two weeks the Primary Madrichim have been running a Year 3 Handball and Year 4 Ping Pong competition. The students have really enjoyed the opportunity to play in a House-based competition refereed by the Madrichim. The finals for both competitions was held this week. In Year 3 handball the finalists were Orlando Gien and Declan Christie playing against Jacob Solomon and Ari Smaller. Both teams were from Cowan. The winners were Orlando Gien and Declan Christie. In Year 4 ping pong Liam Danon was the winner and Zack Gerber, runner-up. Thank you to Ruby Miller and Aaron Khedoori for organising the competition.

Aaron Khedoori, Zac Gerber, Liam Danon and Ruby Miller

Ruby Miller, Orlando Gien, Declan Christie, Ari Smaller, Jacob Solomon and Aaron Khedorri

Year 6 Interrelate presentation

On Monday the parents and children in Year 6 attended the Interrelate presentation. There were two talks ‘Where did I come from?’ and ‘Preparing for Puberty’. Students learnt about how their bodies work, the differences between males and females and how a baby is created and born. This is one of our many Wellbeing programs run in the Primary School. Below is a summary of other programs that we offer.

Calendar Links

Next Week’s Calendar Link

2017 Calendar Link

Upcoming dates

• 18 July: First Day Term 3, Primary lice check
• 19 July: SRC Pancake Fundraising event
• 20 July: Y5 Protective Behaviours presentation
• 25 July: Y6 Project Heritage interview 1
• 25 -27 July: YK, Y3 and Y5 Protective Behaviours presentation
• 27 July: Y5-6 Australian Mathematics competition
• 1 August: Y3-6 Tisha B’Av ceremony
• 1 August: ICAS English competition
• 1 August: Y6 Project Heritage interview 2
• 1-3 August: YK, Y1 and Y3 Protective Behaviours presentation
• 2 August: State Futsal championship
• 4 August: Primary Athletics Carnival, Hensley Athletic Field
• 7 August: Y1 Protective Behaviours presentation
• 8 August: Project Heritage Interview 3
• 9 August: YK Protective Behaviours presentation

 Term 3 K-2 assembly Items

• 28 July (Week 2): Puppet club
• 11 August (Week 4): 1B Miss Hynek’s class
• 25 August (Week 6): YK Hebrew
• 8 September (Week 8): KH Ms Yunis’ class
• 22 September (Week 10): School closed for Rosh Hashanah

Pirate Day in the Primary Library with Kornmehl

Ginnette Cameron-Gardner – Teacher/Libarian

Pirate Day in the Primary Library 

On Tuesday,  Pirate Norman complete with Pirate hat, eye patch and parrot visited the Primary Library.

Pirate Pete, called out “Yo ho ho”, “Ahoy there me hearties” and “Shiver me timbers” and the children from Kornmehl joined in the spirit of things and started chanting. They were then were asked, “Who will join my crew?” They eagerly surged forward to collect a pirate hat and join the crew.

To great hilarity he read the story Pirates don’t babysit by Melinda Long, illustrated by David Shannon.

In this amusing story babies sneeze their strained spinach meal all over the pirates and the pirates have great difficulty changing dirty nappies. The children joined in calling out “yuck!!”

The treasure map was greeted by lots of comments from the children who are VERY keen on treasure, “Is it gold?”  “What is the treasure?”

Unfortunately, we first had the complication of the baby having eaten part of the map.

As you can see from the final picture the Pirates found the treasure.  The children cheered.

We all had a fun time on Pirate day.

The Primary Library follows the interests of the children from Kornmehl and they have been interested in rocks, crystals and jewels which led to Pirates and treasure.

We will continue to include theming in the Library periods to stimulate their participation.

Language Perfect World Champs

Language Perfect Awards 2017

Congratulations to all participants in the Language Perfect World Championships 2017. The following students were awarded prizes:

Gold awards

Sarah Armstrong

Aden Hoenig

Romi Lapidge

Tasha Lapidge

Tara Linker

Arin Miller

Rebecca Nebenzahl

Silver awards

Maya Armstrong

Maxwell Keyser

Bronze awards

Jade Berson

Jordan Fleischer

Aaron Goldberg

Miriam Itzkowitz

Madeleine Liger

Cayla Miller

Tallulah Stein

Credit awards

Jayda Abrahams

Tara Israel

Alexis Joffe

Ethan Moliver

Emily Rubin

India Sacks

Jemma Salamon

Daniel Vaknin

Special prize – Bronze draw winner ($20 iTunes voucher)

Maya Armstrong

Félicitations à tous!

Madame Whateley

Primary EActive for Term 3

Bookings are now OPEN for Term 3 Primary EActive! 

High School Visual Arts

Sarah Clark – Visual Arts Teacher and Art Administration

Visual Arts after-school

An after-school class is available for students who would like to enrich their practice in Visual Arts. The class will provide the opportunity for keen students to develop their artmaking skills in clay, sculpture, lino printing and more.

Extra-curricular Visual Arts

Who: Years 7-10

When: Tuesday 3.45 pm – 4.45 pm

Where: Visual Arts rooms

Commencing term 3:  Weeks 2-9

Cost: $110 (all materials provided)

Booking Link: www.trybooking.com/QLMR

Run by: Visual Arts Teacher, Sarah Clark

For all enquiries please contact: sclark@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au 

Limited spaces available.

Representative sport singlet and EActive

New representative sport singlet

Midfords has developed a new representative sport singlet for High School athletes to wear when representing Emanuel at school sporting events. The multi-purpose singlet is available in both a boys and girls’ cut and it is the new official representative uniform piece for a variety of sports including cross country, athletics, AFL, touch football, oztag and volleyball.

The singlet will be worn at CDSSA events, Sydney Schools Cup and during training sessions for selected sports. They are now available in the uniform shop for purchase.

High School EActive for Term 3

Bookings for Term 3 are now open. Places are expected to fill quickly so it is important that registrations are completed at www.trybooking.com/FNNJ

Activities offered in Term 3 include:

• 14 boys basketball training and competition
• 16 boys basketball training and competition
• Open boys basketball training and competition
• Girls netball competition
• Girls fitness
• Boys fitness
• Rugby development program
• Swim squad training
• Gymnastics
• Tennis
• Roller skating
• Year 7/8 boys and girls basketball development squad
• Pilates
• Running group

If you have any questions please email Kristy Reed (High School Sports Co-ordinator) on: kreed@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au

Football Championships

Association of Independent Co-educational Schools (AICES)

Football Championships

Following selections earlier in the year, Ellie Morris (Year 7) and Ethan De Melo (Year 9) represented the Combined Districts Secondary Sports Association (CDSSA) at the AICES Football Championships on Wednesday 21 June at Valentine Park. These students played in the 15 years division, in what was a very successful day for our sporting association.

The CDSSA boys team went through to win what was our first victory at these football championships, being the undefeated team on the day. Ethan played a very significant role in the victory, displaying excellent skill and teamwork throughout the tournament.

The CDSSA girls team finished in third place, only one goal behind the tournament champions. Ellie was outstanding, playing goal keeper for the team. She has definitely left her mark for the many years ahead of representative football. Congratulations to both of these athletes.

Kristy Reed – Sports Co-ordinator & PDHPE Teacher

High School Basketball news

Sydney Schools Cup News

It has once again been an exciting term of the Sydney Schools Cup interschool sports competition. The Year 7/8 boys have had a busy term playing basketball at Alexandria each Tuesday afternoon. The 3 Emanuel teams have been playing well and have shown great commitment to their team and their sport. This tournament currently has 70 teams participating, with some very competitive school groups. The boys’ competition continues in Term 3, returning to Tuesday afternoons in Week 2.

The Year 7/8 Emanuel girls basketball team has also played in the Sydney Schools Cup this term. Emanuel has hosted the competition involving Moriah College and International Grammar School and the tournament has been a great success. The Emanuel team won the overall championship title and the competition has certainly sparked some great interest in the sport. Many of the students in the team were new to basketball and were well guided by Tori Shapiro and Amanda Bozic who have proven to be excellent players. Congratulations to Matthew Joffe who coached the team and also to Aidan Zlotnick and Blake Nixon for refereeing all of the games throughout the tournament.

In Term 3, Sydney Schools Cup will be offering an interschool girls volleyball tournament for any Year 7/8 student. I look forward to convening this event at Emanuel and seeing our girls get involved in more great interschool sport.

 Kristy Reed | Sports Co-ordinator & PDHPE Teacher

Kol Szenes

As Term 2 draws to a close we reflect on the term:

Inter-House Athletics carnival

Congratulations to Rabin House who won the carnival.  Szenes House came a creditable close second! Unfortunately, several of our students were ill, affecting our participation points.

Well done to all Szenes students who contributed to our success on the day.

Special mention to age champions:

• 14 years: Nathaniel Speilman
• 17 years: Madeleine Weinstein
• 17 years: Jake Kurlansky
• 18 years: Aidan Satz and Arin Regan Lacey

Pantene Beautiful Lengths fundraiser for cancer

Again this year, Isabella Kidman (12) cut ‘8 inches’ off her hair. Other students were also encouraged to participate in this worthy fundraiser. Their hair was donated to make wigs for cancer patients. The photo to the left shows Isabella’s mum cutting her hair. 

Madrichim elections

The Madrichim elections took place recently and the Szenes leadership team was announced.

Congratulations to the newly elected Madrichim, including our House Captains:

Allegra Goldman
Michal Wolstein
Danielle Kramer – Music

Maccabiah Games

We wish every success to Szenes students who will represent Australia at the Maccabiah Games:

• Year 11 students Amy Collins, Joel Epshteyn, Gina Seligsohn, Shai Stern

• Year 10 students Oskar Beck, Jake Hyman and Justin Sarif

Legally Blonde school production

The musical was a resounding success. Many talented Szenes students committed to the school production, with many standout performances, especially Year 11 students Gabriel Wolf, Sonia Redman, Danielle Kramer, Liron Smith, Jonathan Sebban; Year 10 students Angel Mitrani, Erin Nabarro and Joshua New. Also noteworthy were Jade Reuveny (11), Sara Bortz (11), Alexa Narunsky (10), Beau Glass (9) and Year 8 students Saskia Auerbach, Charlotte Lyons, Jessica Lowy and Liat Granot.

March of the Living program

During the Term Year 11 Szenesians Sara Bortz, Jake Kurlansky, Max Leveton and Liron Smith, along with students from other Houses, participated in the March of the Living journey to Poland and Israel. The students gave a presentation during High School assembly, which gave a glimpse into the personal experiences of those who attended the program. The students returned with a greater commitment to remembering the Holocaust, to strengthening their Jewish identity and practice, and to becoming involved in their local Jewish communities.

Year 12

We wish Year 12 a productive break as they continue to prepare for their impending HSC Trial Examinations.

Term 3 information

Term 3 commences on Tuesday 18 July

Students are required to wear formal winter uniform including blazers and ties.

Quotation of the term

“Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.”

Mahatma Gandhi 

We wish our Szenesian families and friends a safe, happy and relaxing winter break.

Hogwarts School of Wizardry

“You’re a Wizard, Harry!”

On Wednesday the High School Madrichim and House Captains transformed Emanuel into a world of wizardry and wonder.

The students entered Platform 9 ¾ into the Hogwarts School of Wizardry, which looked remarkably like the Kleinlehrer Family LINC Building. After a variety of activities including a Harry Potter-themed Snapchat treasure hunt, and Hogwarts ‘Perfect Match’ where Erik Unger, as the most eligible Bachelor, asked Moaning Myrtle, played by Charlie Wrublewski; Isabella Kidman as Luna Lovegood and Sophie Lew as Hermione Granger, three romantic questions to determine his true sweetheart.

The Spell-ing Bee was won by Sophie Lew with her impeccable spelling of the silencio spell. It was a truly magical and mystical day.

Spells were shared and Quidditch played to end a very fine day of magic. As the Harry Potter-themed school bells marked the end of the school day, the Madrichim of 2016/7 concluded their final event.

Max Woolf, Head Madrich and Mikayla Sacks, Jewish Life Madricha, waved their magical wands as they farewelled Hogwarts for the final time.

In the words of the great and revered Professor Albus Dumbledore: “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if only one remembers to turn on the light.” 

By Max Woolf and Mikayla Sacks

Dylan Kramer striking down his classmates with the Avada Kedavra spell

Charlie Wrublewski on Platform 9 3/4

Gesher – Connecting our Community

Sonia Newell – Development Officer

Gamechangers

The annual B’nai B’rith/JNF Jewish Changemaker Awards recognise emerging young leaders within our community and this year’s ceremony was held last Sunday evening at UNSW. Year 12 Emanuel School students Chloe Corne and Sage Ziman were both nominated by Rabbi Danny Siegel, Head of Jewish Life, in the Youth: Age 14 to 18. Although neither were winners in their respective categories, they were both very worthy nominees.  Alumnus Daniel Brockwell (Class of 2015) was nominated for the B’nai B’rith Award for Leadership in the Young Adult: Ages 18 to 35. We wish them all Mazal Tov and Kol Hakavod for the volunteering work they all do.

I know we have many more students and alumni who volunteer their time for so many very worthy causes and I strongly recommend you nominate for these awards next year.  Anyone can nominate – you can even nominate yourself!

Competition for all ages

Sean Bloch and family

As I am sure you are all aware by now, we have 18 current Emanuel students who have just headed off to participate in the upcoming 20th Maccabiah Games in Israel next month. Perhaps what you do not know, however, is that we also have a number of parents and alumni as members of the various sporting teams as well.

The Australia Team Captain and Flag Bearer is Emanuel parent Sean Bloch. Mazal Tov – what an honour and how proud are we of Sean and the whole Australian team!  Did you know that Sean competed in two track cycling events at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona representing South Africa, before emigrating to Sydney? Sean is also Team Manager for the Cycling Team for Maccabiah.

Other Emanuel community members in the Australian contingency include:

Parents: Mike Evans (Football – Masters), Trevor Sidley (Golf – Open Men), Phillip Behr (Swimming – Masters, Men), Daniella Goodridge (Swimming – Masters, Women);

Alumni: Satchel Kolt (Football – Open Men), Robbie Ezekiel and Bradley Sarif (Futsal – Open Men), Shaun Jankelowitz (Rugby) and Joshua Zwi (Swimming – Open Men).

Emanuel parent Adriano De Melo is Coach, Futsal – Junior Boys, 2001-2002. This is his son Ethan’s team along with fellow Emanuel student member Joel Epshteyn, whilst parent Karen Spielman is Team Manager, Football – Junior Girls (1999-2002). This team includes her daughter Lara Joffe and other Emanuel students Nadia Coburn, Lara Rutstein, Isabella Schulz and Jordan Weizman. Anthony Goodridge is junior swimming coach!

In case you missed seeing the names of our 18 students participating in Maccabiah listed by Anne Hastings in her report in last week’s Ma Nishma, here they are again:

Oskar Beck, Nadia Coburn, Jared Elbourne, Amy Collins, Lara Joffe, Gabriella Goodridge, Ethan De Melo, Jake Hyman, Gina Seligsohn, Isabella Shulz, Danielle Rutstein, Joel Epshteyn, Lara Rutstein, Shai Stern, Jordan Weizman, Reece Berelowitz, Justin Sarif and Leo Lipman.

We look forward to hearing Maccabiah news and hope the Australian contingency comes home with lots of medals!

Breakfast with Emanuel  

Wednesday 2 August, The Little Space, Bondi Junction

Wednesday 9 August, KPMG, Barangaroo

Join us for one of these sessions where you will meet other like-minded parents and hear from presenters including our new High School students leaders as well as David Camp, Head of English who will speak about teaching English at Emanuel.

If you have news to share with our Community, please send to: snewell@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au

Wishing you all a safe and happy term break and look forward to an exciting Term 3.

Gesher Breakfast with Emanuel

Escape during the holidays

Suzanne Plume Gifted and Talented Co-ordinator 7-12

Holiday suggestions: Escape Rooms, museums and libraries …oh my!

Unless you are in Years 11 or 12, or have been booked on a fantastic overseas trip, the holidays often stretch ahead as 17 long days of self-determination, leisure and freedom. After the initial blissful opportunities to ignore the alarm clock and sleep in, we often end up spending most of our time checking our social media status, reading, coding, gaming or binge-watching movies and TV series. The initial novelty of having nothing scheduled gradually gives way to the dawning realisation that the days are slipping away from us and that we won’t really have a satisfying answer to that ubiquitous question, “What did you do in the holidays?”

Research tells us that we enjoy our holidays more when we plan some activities, anticipate them, share them with someone whose company we enjoy and check them off our schedule once completed. Reflecting with a friend or with family after a fun-filled adventure is good for our mental health as well as our relationships.

To this end I suggest that you get together a group of friends or family and plan a visit to one of Sydney’s Escape Rooms.

An Escape Room is a challenging, fun and interactive way to spend fifty minutes. It is a real-life puzzle experience where a small team of 4-6 people is locked in a themed room and must work together to escape. You must find clues and hidden objects, solve riddles and puzzles and try to beat the clock. Some rooms include actors, which intensifies the immersive experience. The briefing usually takes 15 minutes beforehand and extra hints are available to the truly baffled.

How to choose from the plethora of escape rooms across Sydney? There are a number of blogs which review these rooms regularly, the frontrunner being Scott’s Blog a highly readable and up to date series of critiques which sometimes gives codes for reader discounts.

The holidays also provide opportunities to learn more about topics in which we are passionately interested. The Nicholson Museum What’s on at the Nicholson Museum? at Sydney University or The Australian Museum What’s On at the Australian Museum? both offer a number of holiday activities for younger students as well as public lectures. The State Library too, offers a number of interactive and learning opportunities as well as a quiet spot to sit, work or enjoy the free Wi-Fi.

Remember that a ferry ride or any trip undertaken using public transport can also be a good way to discover new places and to consolidate your cognitive map of our city.

Whatever you do, make the most of the break and come back refreshed and eager to learn.

School bags and important traffic information

Maxine Chopard – Assistant to the Deputy Principal

Emanuel School bags are a compulsory school item

A reminder all Emanuel students are expected to carry an Emanuel School bag. We will be focusing on this early next term.

The Uniform Shop has stocked up and have shared their hours for the first week of Term 3 to enable all our students to own and use an Emanuel School bag.

The only exception, for obvious reasons, is the present Year 12 students who will be leaving school by the end of Term 3.

Uniform shop hours

First WeekTerm 3:

Monday 17 July (Staff Development Day): 9 am-4 pm

Tuesday 18 July (first day for students): 8 am-12 noon

Thursday 20 July: 12 noon – 4 pm

Important changes to Kingsford Nine Ways roundabout

From Friday 30 June, the Kingsford Nine Ways intersection will become signalised with traffic signals, as part of work to prepare for the CBD and South East Light Rail. The removal of the Nine Ways roundabout will also result in a number of traffic changes. 

Please note: Buses on Anzac Parade will continue as normal during this phase construction. There will be minor impacts to some buses on Gardeners Road that use Nine Ways to access Anzac Parade southbound. Services affected are Route X93 Central to Little Bay Express (PM peak only) as well as a small number of school specials from Randwick Boys High, Randwick Girls High, Brigidine College, Marcellin College and Waverley College, who we are speaking directly with regarding specific details.

Below is a link re-notification of construction work including a traffic map showing the associated traffic changes to Nine Ways Intersection. If you would like further information about the project, please don’t hesitate to get in contact with me direct or please visit the website below.

http://sydneylightrail.transport.nsw.gov.au/news/nine-ways-roundabout-changes

Careers

Claire Pech – Careers Advisor

UAC updates

Last week I spoke to Year 12s about the updates that were taking place for the 2018 intake. It is worth sharing these updates here so parents can keep up to date, as the changes that are coming in are new.

This will be the first year group who are only able to choose 5 preferences (unlike the previous 9). This will not have a big influence on the majority of students but students who want the more competitive courses are very likely to fill up five choices, easily. It also leaves the options of the back ups, the Plan Bs and the ‘just in cases’, to maybe just a singular choice, rather then two or three. Other updates that will be of significance:

• The UAC application cost will be $58 from 1 August – 30 September
• This cost will increase to $180 after 30 September 
• There will be a large offer round after the ATAR release but before the end of December. This will be the most significant change to previous year groups. Come the end of the year most of our students will have offers.
• There will also be a mid January round but no ‘Main’ round as per previous years.
• Some offers for very competitive courses may not be out until the January round (due to Interstate and International Baccalaureate students’ results)
• The January offers will not have higher cut offs than December offers
• SRS (Schools Recommended Scheme) will be released in mid November – you need to research the conditions for this (www.uac.edu.au/srs/). This is an early offer system which have conditions attached so you need to read the small print for each university that is involved.
• Make sure your email address is up to date with Board of Studies (NESA). Use own private email address as opposed to your school account.

All of these updates can be seen officially from the UAC website and it is worth clicking on receiving permanent updates for this.

www.uac.edu.au/documents/schoolink/Changes_2018_admissions.pdf

ANU update

Last Tuesday I arranged for the ANU (Australian National University) to speak to our Year 12s. When I arrived at Emanuel School 4 years ago, I had little interest in ANU and the idea of going to Canberra seemed very remote to our Year 12s then. Since then I have been celebrating the benefits of the Number 1 University in the country, and it has gained traction. Last year we had a lot of interest in ANU and again this year. The QS World rankings came out 2 weeks ago and ANU has now made it into the Top 20 World Universities (www.smh.com.au/national/education/global-university-rankings-one-australian-university-makes-the-top-20-20170607-gwm52t.html).

I encourage anyone (where it suits their family and financial situation) to pursue a world class education, in a vibrant university city, to become part of this great institution. Our ANU rep, Frances, spoke about educating world leaders and their ranks as the best in the country in Politics, Economics, Philosophy, Arts, International Relations just to name a few. If anyone has any questions, please come and see me and I have brochures in my office.

Macquarie University

This week we had our last university speakers. Macquarie University gave us a great talk about all the options of studying at Macquarie University including their access to industry at Macquarie Park, their PACE community engagement programs and their vibrant campus. It was great to talk to a current Arts/Law student about her timetable, the expectations of a double law degree and the diversity in her studies. We were very grateful for her time and energy.

Relocation

As of Week 10 onwards I have relocated to X03 as the builders plan to demolish the Old High School Library during the holidays. Please pop down and see me to book in an appointment or for any questions you may have. Wishing everyone a restful holiday break.

Kornmehl

Terry Aizen – Director of Kornmehl

Year 7 music stories

We were very lucky to be able to listen to the Year 7 music stories on Monday. All the Kornmehl children sat beautifully and were a most appreciative audience.

The Year 7s performed confidently, telling their stories with the accompaniment of musical instruments. Some of the stories we heard were: The Three Cows, The Wolf and the Lamb, The Monkey and the Crocodile, The Duck Pond, The Camel, The Elephant, the Goat and the Peacock and How to Catch a Fish, to name but a few.

Thank you to Mrs Longney and the Year 7 students for the lovely performances.

Crystals

The Dolphins have been interested in learning about crystals and rocks.

An interesting conversation about the crystals having powers took place. We closed our eyes and tried to feel the power emanating from the crystals. Some of us could feel it.

We wondered where crystals get their power from.

Jordan: They get them from caves and rocks

Nathan P: Electricity

Eli: The Ice King a long, long time ago, the Ice King gave them powers

Miri: From light

Ryan: I think they just had powers

Toby: When they were making the world they already had powers.

Henry: They got hit by lightning.

What kind of powers do crystals have?

Jordan: Stickiness

Sienna: Magic powers, they can take you where you want to go

Toby: To keep them stuck together so they can’t break

Alfie: Disguise themselves and disguise people

Henry: Transforming power so they transform to another type of crystal

Renee:  Some people say crystals have the power to heal. Who can explain what healing means?

Toby: It means getting your skin back on. When you hurt yourself and your skin falls off, your body has to put your skin back on so you can be normal again.

Nathan S: It also means getting your blood away, band aids can do it

Miri: Getting better

We used amethyst and agate to inspire our work with clay and crystal chips. The children were very engaged and this activity called on their fine-motor skills. They created some beautiful pieces, some children spending almost half an hour working on their 3-D installations with clay.

The children have also spent time looking closely at the shapes and colours in the crystals and visually representing them through their art work. This experience has also incorporated literacy and given the children the opportunity to express themselves in many languages.

We were also lucky enough to have Susan Sweller, Nathan Shammay’s very knowledgeable Nana come in to talk to the children about crystals. She showed the children her rock collection and set up an experiment with the children to grow their own crystals. It is going to be fascinating to watch this process over the coming weeks.

The children are learning to appreciate the beauty of nature and what the earth gives us through their investigations about crystals and rocks.

Maddy: They are made of beautiful things and lots of shines. Mother Earth made those shines inside them.

Yoga

Jory and Savannah’s mum, Janice Eliovson, came in to teach the children yoga last week and this week. The children enjoyed the classes very much and responded and listened so well. Janice took us through a series of poses and exercises. Yoga truly engages the body, mind and spirit and teaches the children about inner harmony. Yoga enhances physical flexibility, balance and co-ordination. It develops focus and concentration and boosts self-esteem and confidence. Thank you, Janice, for sharing your skills so generously with us. We look forward to more yoga classes next term.

Farewell

Sadly, we have to bid farewell to Lior, Michael, Eitan, Maayan and Lital Mizrachi. We wish you much success and happiness as you make Aliyah in July. We will miss you all very much and hope we can all stay in touch.

Happy Birthday

We wish a very happy birthday to Ryan Miller (5), Ellie Becker (4) and Nathan Prosser (5) We hope you had a special day.

Mazal tov

This week we had a double mazal tov in the Pre-school. Marlene Einfeld became a grandma, when her daughter Della gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on Tuesday morning and Terry’s son Jarron got engaged on Sunday.

We wish you all a safe and restful holiday. We look forward to seeing you all back at Pre-school on Tuesday 18 July.

Kornmehl thank you

Emanuel Uniform Shop

From the Parents and Friends

Ruby Berkovic and Jennifer Opit

Comedy for a Cause line-up

Challah for sale