From the Principal

Anne Hastings

From the Principal

On Monday of this week I attended the AHISA (Australasian Heads of Independent Schools Association) Term 1 meeting at Kincoppal, Rose Bay. All of the NSW Principals of independent schools meet once a term, at a different school each time. We had a presentation from Dr Paul Browning from the Centre for Research Innovation & Future Development, who has researched the factors relevant to Principals in developing trust with their staff and within their communities. We also heard from Michael Carr, the Deputy Head of the Association of Independent Schools, about recent developments in funding (not much has changed) and about the demographics for Non-government schools.

It’s interesting to note that in relation to demographics they are predicting a considerable increase in the numbers of school-age students in the next 15 years in Australia. For independent schools they see the growth as 2.1% in Primary Schools, 2.5% in High Schools and overall a growth of 2.3%. That will mean 135 000 additional students in non-government schools, with 3760 additional classrooms needed across Australia.

Jazz on the Hill

This event has become a wonderful inclusion in our annual calendar – our very own afternoon of good music and good company on the lawns in front of our beautiful sandstone Saunders building, with your children being entertained elsewhere on site at the same time. Make sure that you book in for this afternoon very soon, as time is running out!

It’s on Sunday 26 March here at school from 2-5 pm and the booking link is http://tinyurl.com/JOTH2017

Purim Disco

A huge thank you goes to our P & F parents and the High School volunteers who ran the Purim Disco for the Primary School students last Sunday. An exciting time was had by all the children as they continued the celebration of Purim craziness. You’ll see a gallery of photos with this bulletin on the Purim page which shows just how much fun was had by all.

Year 12 Three-way Learning Conversations

The previously titled Parent Teacher meetings have been rebadged as 3-way learning conversations between students, parents and teachers to reflect our aim of ensuring our students are thinking about and assessing their own learning effectiveness and being proactive about identifying improvements they need to make. Students will initiate these discussions with comments about how they are progressing and lead a discussion around some of their recent learning products. Our first evening will be for Year 12 students on 22 March, from 4-6 pm.

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Student success

Mazal tov to:

• Hannah Adler (Year 10) for her amazing photos from the High School Swimming Carnival – she did a superb job as our photographer for the day
• Ronan Collins, Mikayla Sacks, Chloe Corne, Aarin Regan Lacey and Jordana Blackman (Year 12) for creating the colourful Purim mural nearby the Primary School Library. This was featured on the front cover of the Australian Jewish News this week, along with four Emanuelites, dressed as the Super Mario Brothers.
• Koby New (Year 6) for his continued initiative in collecting soccer boots for children whose families can’t afford them
• Aron (Year 6) and Raphael (Year 4) Harpaz for their work with the Plant Earth shoe collection
• Genna Radnan (School Nurse) for her successful fund-raiser this week that raised $5000 for her Kenyan community
• Cedric Amoils (grandfather of Ashne, Joshua and Sienna) for his wonderful efforts in cleaning up Bondi Beach each day.  

Coming up

• SRC Fete for High School, Monday 20 March
• Year 12 Three-way learning conversations (previously Parent/Student/Teacher meetings) 22 March, 4-8 pm
• Jazz on the Hill, 26 March, 2-5pm, book at http://tinyurl.com/JOTH2017
• Year 11 Three-way learning conversations (previously Parent/Student/Teacher meetings) 30 March, 4-8 pm
• Year 10 Three-way learning conversations (previously Parent/Student/Teacher meetings) 3 April, 4-8 pm

Quote of the week

‘Innovation is a state of Mind’. [James O’Loghlin]

Best wishes for a restful and reinvigorating weekend.

Shabbat Shalom

Purim Photographs

Kornmehl

Primary and High School

Purim Mural

Our Jewish Life Madrichim, Jordana Blackman, Chloe Corne and Aarin Regan-Lacey, led by Mikayla Sacks and Art Madrich Ronan Collins, produced this joyful and colourful Purim mural for our school campus.

Ronan and Mikayla about to put on the finishing touches of our first Emanuel Holiday Mural.

Rabbi Daniel Siegel

Devar Torah

Rabbi Daniel Siegel

Purim and Possibility

Friday past, our school community celebrated Purim together, with masquerading and costume that spoke to difference, diversity, individuality and uniqueness. Yet, there was one element that marked the day that was not at all unique, I kept hearing it again and again, the same question, the same three words: “Who are you”?

Who of us might still recall the adventures of Alice in Wonderland? I would like to share the passage when Alice meets up with the Caterpillar:

“‘Who are YOU?’ said the Caterpillar…
‘I – I hardly know, Sir, just at present – at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.’
‘What do you mean by that?’ said the Caterpillar sternly. ‘Explain yourself!’
‘I can’t explain MYSELF, I’m afraid Sir,’ said Alice, ‘because I’m not myself, you see.’”

Purim reminds us that the Me you see may not be the Me I be.

The caterpillar has yet to be the chrysalis and then the butterfly it may be and so it is missing the wonderland of us for the “Who are you”?

In this week’s Parashah, Moses asks God “Who are You”? The response is: Know that becoming is who I am.

Purim reminds us that we all live in the spectrum between the caterpillar and God. The wonder of being is becoming, otherwise we crawl along rather than take flight.

On Purim we are commanded to celebrate to the point of not knowing who we are (ad lo yada). It is a time to glimpse who we might be.

Who of you has heard of the rock band The Who? I leave you with their signature song: “Who are you”? www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdLIerfXuZ4 

“You see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.”

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Ma Koreh

Adam Carpenter – Primary Head of Jewish Life

Weekly Torah Portion

Parashat Ki Tissa Exodus 30:11 – 34:25

This week’s parashah תשא כי – Ki Tissa, is filled with drama as it contains the infamous episode of the Golden Calf.  The Torah reminds us about the Israelites, waiting at the base of Mount Sinai, while Moses was at the top communicating with God for 40 days and nights. Upset at Moshe’s delay, the Israelites approach Aaron to make them an idol, just like they would have done in Egypt. Aaron, a man of peace, complies, and facilitates their building of a golden calf. When Moshe finally returns to the base of the Mountain, he is furious with the people, their lack of faith and patience. Moshe throws the stone Tablets to the ground, smashing them. The Torah later describes Moshe’s consequence, which is to return to the top of the mountain and rewrite the tablets, in his own hand.

Family Discussion

* What are ‘golden calves’ (that which people value above all else) that people worship in our world today?

* The Israelites built the golden calf when they became impatient and frustrated at Moshe’s absence. When is it hardest to wait? What helps you when you are waiting? Why is patience important?  

Yiddish Phrase of the Week

Yiddish is an expressive and colourful language that developed a rich and vivid tradition of insults, some simple and some more elaborate and sophisticated.

Hebrew Words of the Week: דבר

This week’s Hebrew word is one of the most common words that occurs in the Torah in multiple forms and variations.

Year 6 Purim Poetry and Raps

Year 6 students worked in groups to write an original poem or rap to reflect the values and qualities of one of the Purim characters. Here is a sample of their creativity:

Ester Poem

Who am I?

I saved my people

To prove my loyalty

So Haman wasn’t able

To kill the Jews,

I wasn’t very stable

But I pushed on through

And that is how I saved you

I was sweet, loyal and smart

Which helped me play my part

I began to talk to the king

And he was listening

He began to see Haman’s plot

So he immediately put it to a stop

Haman was hung by his own plan

And that is how I saved my clan

Now can you guess who I am?

By: Arielle Melamed, Ella Hart and Ally Cane

Shalom peers I’m Mordechai

I support Jewish people.

From the Primary School

Natanya Milner – Head of Primary

I was recently reading an article by Michael Grose about the rules we should have around digital devices. There were some valuable ideas worth sharing:

“Children’s digital technology needs to be managed and monitored by parents. That means we need to have some rules and guidelines in place. Each family makes up their own rules to suit their circumstances but the following suggestions will help you put some order into the digital devices that come into your home.

1. Be prepared to learn

Giving a digital device to a child has more parent strings attached to it than say, giving a box of Lego or most other items of play.  With most toys you can leave them to their own devices to play by themselves, which is the basic point really. It’s not so simple with a digital device. Be prepared to learn some new games and stay up-to-date with social media trends.

2. Put rules in place first

This is an interesting one. If you give your child a device, then later place restrictions on when it is overused or used poorly then there’s every chance that you’ll be seen as the bad guy/gal. Better to put restrictions on in the first place and loosen them later, or better still reward their responsible use with greater freedom. Timing is everything.

3. Change rules if need be

Most families seem to have a child who thinks that rules are made to be broken so they always push boundaries, limits and parent patience. Parents, on the other hand, should work from the notion that rules are made to be changed. Be prepared to change your rules based on your child’s behaviour, maturity, sleep patterns, incompletion of homework, bullying or other issues that will invariably crop up and cause you to realise that the rules you set just aren’t working.

4. Keep digital technology out of bedrooms

If there was one rule that you should stay firm on, then this is the one. Many of our children are in sleep deficit as it is, without bringing digital devices into the frame. They may say they want to charge their device in their room.  It is better to keep the charger in a public place. They may even want to use their mobile or tablet to wake up in the morning. I applaud them for taking on this task but insist they use an alarm clock instead.

Digital technology is now an integral part of our lives, but it’s not the only option we have to be entertained, informed and to communicate with others. Before we help our children, it’s best to look at our own digital habits to make sure we are providing them with what they need – that is, the provision of balanced role models who know when to use and when not to use technology. They are more likely to walk our walk than follow our talk. I hope for you that’s not a scary proposition.”

ASISSA Swimming

Mazal tov to all the children who represented Emanuel at this week’s ASISSA Swimming Carnival. I believe there were some fantastic swims and the children showed wonderful sportsmanship and enthusiasm. Congratulations to the children who have made it through to the next level at the CIS carnival. I would like to thank Stuart Taylor for organising our team and participation on the day.

Camps (and other excursions)

It has certainly been a busy week for camps and excursions. On Wednesday Year 3 braved the weather to visit Taronga Zoo. They had a wonderful time learning about ecosystems, investigating animal enclosures to learn more about dependence and interdependence and learning about the ways zoos assist to protect endangered animals. Thank you to Emma Hill and Julia Tritsch for organising the excursion. Thanks to Adam Carpenter, Lior Misrachi, Jodie Gien, Yael Barnett, Valerie Smaller and Masha Yakubson for their amazing help on the day.

Welcome back to Years 5 and 6 who both went on camps this week. Year 5 visited Bathurst for 3 days, where they learnt about the Gold Rush and experienced a little of outback NSW. Year 6 went to Canberra to learn about Australian History and Government as well as some of the other wonderful sites Canberra has to offer. Thank you to the teachers who gave up their time and attended these camps to look after the children. Thank you to Rebecca Gaida, Adam Ezekiel, Tanya Jeckeln, Sophie Poisel, Tali Silberstein and Gabi Wynhausen for your efforts on Year 5 camp. Thanks to Hugo Adrian, Diane Clennar, Anna Economou, Helen Maynard and Karon Rom for your wonderful contributions to Year 6 camp. I look forward to reading their reports in an upcoming Ma Nishma.

Upcoming Dates

• 22 March: Primary Open Day for prospective parents
• 23 March: Y6 Jilkminggan Information Evening, Millie Phillips Theatre 6:00-7:30pm
• 23 March: CIS Swimming Carnival
• 23 March: Y3 Swimming, Allsorts Fitness Centre 1:15-2:45pm
• 24 March: YK Pathways Ceremony, MPH 8:20-9:30am
• 24 March: Primary Anti-Bullying Day
• 27 March: Parent Teacher Interviews, MPH 4:00-9:00pm
• 29 March: Parent Teacher Interviews, MPH 4:00-6:30pm
• 30 March: Y3 Swimming, Allsorts Fitness Centre 1:15-2:45pm
• 31 March: Y1-2 Swimming Carnival, Des Renford 10:30-2:15pm
• 31 March: YK Back to Preschool Day
• 3 April: Y6 Seder (students only)
• 4 April: Y5 Seder 8:50am Theatre, Y3 Seder 11:10am Angles Leadership and Learning Centre (LLC), Y4 Seder 2:00pm Y4 classrooms
• 5 April: Y2 Seder 8:50am LLC
• 5 April: Y6 Gratitude Day
• 6 April: YK Seder 9:30am LLC, Y1 Seder 2:00pm LLC
• 6 April: Y3-6 Cross Country, 10:00am-1:00pm Queens Park
• 7 April: Last Day Term 1
• 27 April: First Day Term 2, Primary Lice Check

K-2 Assembly 2:00-2:50pm in Millie PhillipsTheatre

Term 1

• 24 March (Week 8): Y1 Hebrew
• 7 April (Week 10): 2Y Mrs Esra

Term 2

• 5 May (Week 2): eActive Dance Group
• 19 May (Week 4): Y2 Hebrew
• 2 June (Week 6): Shavuot, school closed
• 16 June (Week 8) 2T Mrs Strub
• 30 June (Week 10): Music Assembly

Making Hamentashen

Jacki Cohen – Hebrew Teacher

Making Hamentashen Years 9 and Year K

There are moments when one realises how lucky we are to be a pre-K to 12 school. During the week leading up to Purim, our Year K cohort and a group of Year 9 students were able to savour one of those moments when we collaboratively baked a delicious batch of אוזני המן  — Hamentashen!

With their art smocks on and an excited spring in their steps, Year K students, led by Mora Cohen and Mora Bar-On, climbed the stairs to the top of the Brender-Moss building to join Year 9 Design & Technology students. The Year 9 group, led by Mrs Ephron and Mrs Bloom, had pre-prepared the dough. Now it was time to roll, cut and fill the Purim treats.

Hands were washed and sleeves rolled. It didn’t take long for the students to jump in and revel in the collaboration. Year Ks were propped up on milk crates, so that they could reach the tall benches. Older students helped to make sure that the dough was rolled perfectly thin. Rolling pins were shared around so everyone could have a turn.

Puffs of flour rose in the air as little hands worked. The students were quick with the circular cutters and then unstoppably keen to get sticky with spoons of jams. Corners were pinched, scraps were re-rolled and the process began again. 

Some of the Year K students dragged their milk crates over to the ovens, to watch the magical transformation through the glass. They were mesmerised.

When the trays came out of the oven, we were overwhelmed with what seemed like a mountain of golden אוזני המן . The students were treated to two (or more!) each, and there were plenty left over to distribute to teachers as a special treat. Mrs Ephron was inundated with requests to share her secret recipe – a very good sign!

Soccer and Football Boots

WE NEED YOUR OLD SOCCER AND FOOTBALL BOOTS!

Coby New

Years K – 12

My name is Coby New and I am in Year 6 and play in the U12 Hakoah soccer team.  In 2015 and 2016 I set up a collection of everyone’s old soccer and rugby boots to send to kids who can’t afford them or have no means of buying them. This includes both remote Indigenous communities and vulnerable Australians.

Receiving a pair of boots means so much to these kids. Most can’t afford or live too far from any shops and it really can change their life. It gets them out of the house and helps them connect with other kids.

When I see everyone’s fancy new boots on the field at the start of the season I can’t help but think about all of the old boots stored away that are better off with these kids who really need them.

The not for profit group ‘Boots for All’ are again very excited for me to keep collecting this year. I have sent over 100 pairs of boots to them over the past two years.

‘Boots for All’ break down barriers to sport. The barrier is the expense of equipment and we can help with this. Sport is something that all children should be able to participate in. If you have a pair of boots instead of runners or nothing at all you feel more like part of the team and the feeling of belonging extends way further than the field. ‘Boots for All’ clean, polish and pack the boots we send to them and they are then transported to remote Indigenous communities and vulnerable Australians.  

I am passionate about sport and in particular soccer and would love to give so many other children the same opportunities that we have. I feel like we can change lives, one pair of boots at a time, so I say don’t store them send them!

If you are interested in having a look at the videos about the campaign or showing your kids how they are helping, here is a link www.bootsforall.org.au

There will be two drop-off locations, and they will only be there for 2-3 weeks because as you can imagine, it will get very smelly! We will begin collecting from Monday Week 8.

Please drop them into the box in Mrs Rom or Ms Hynek’s classroom.

Thank you in anticipation of your support.

Coby New

Shoes for Planet Earth

Raphael and Aron Harpaz packing boxes of shoes

Thank you to the Emanuel community for your generous response and contributions to the shoe collection.  We managed to collect approximately 2700 pairs of used and sometimes brand new shoes to send to communities in Tanzania.

Last week, a volunteer from the organisation Shoes for Planet Earth, drove from Melbourne to Sydney to collect the truck load of shoes, which will be added to the collection in Melbourne, and finally sent off to Tanzania.

On behalf of Shoes for Planet Earth, we would like to express our gratitude to the Emanuel families and to let the community know that a smaller collection is now taking place for school age sized shoes, to be sent to Stewart school in Sydney. We would be grateful for donations of school and sport shoes, in good condition, clean and tied together. The school requires 300 pairs of shoes to distribute to local students.

Please email Simone at simonejoffe@gmail.com to arrange collection.

Simone Joffe

Mother of Aron in Year 6 and Raphael in Year 4

Writing Competitions

David Camp – Head of English

Writing Competitions 2017

Do you love writing stories, opinion pieces or poems? Well, this year there are a number of exciting writing competitions that you can enter! Details are below. See your English teacher if you would like to enter any of the competitions.

Name: Write4Fun

Who: Years K-12

What: Write a poem (16 lines) or short story (500 words)

Enter by: 31 March

Prizes: $1000 cash, Xbox One, Playstation 4

Details: www.write4fun.net

Name: What Matters?

Who: Years 5-12

What: 400-600 word opinion piece on what matters to you and why

Enter by: 5 May

Prizes: $350

Details: http://www.whitlam.org/the_program/what_matters_writing_competition/what_matters_2017

 Name: Future Leaders Writing Prize

Who: Years 11 and 12

What: An 800 to 1000 word piece of fiction or non-fiction writing on any topic

Enter by: 31 May

Prizes: $1000 and your piece will be published

Details: http://www.futureleaders.com.au/awards/Writing_Prize_2017.pdf

What: Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards

Who: Years K-12

What: A poem of no more than 80 lines, optional theme of ‘All Over the World’

Enter by: 30 June

Prizes: $300-$500 depending on age category

Details: www.dorothea.com.au/How-to-Enter-2017-awards

From the Head of Music

David Gwilliam

Deadline – Private Music Tuition and Infant Strings Program

The due date for new enrolments, notification of changes or intention to discontinue private tuition or Infants String Program for Term 2, is the end of Week 7 (Fri 17 March). All students currently receiving private music tuition and students participating in the Infant Strings Program will be automatically entered into tutor schedules for next term and committed to the full term of lessons. Please advise discontinuations or register new enrolments using one of the online forms which can be accessed from the links below.  If your child intends to discontinue, formal notification must be given using the online discontinuation form, otherwise parents will be liable for fees for next term.  Please contact David Gwilliam, Head of Music, by email to music@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au if you have any questions.

Links to online forms  

New enrolment requests for private tuition: http://tinyurl.com/PrivateTuitionEnrolment

To discontinue private tuition: http://tinyurl.com/PrivateTuitionDiscontinuation

New enrolment requests for the Infant Strings Program: http://tinyurl.com/InfantStringsEnrolment

To discontinue Infant Strings Program: http://tinyurl.com/InfantStringsDiscontinuations

EMANUEL SCHOOL MUSIC CAMP 2017

Please see last week’s edition of Ma Nishma for full details of our annual Emanuel School Music Camp for students in Year 4 to Year 12.

To attend Music Camp two actions are required. The first is to register and pay online via TryBooking by Friday 24 March. The second action required is to complete the online permission form by Friday 31 March.  The cost of Music Camp 2017 will be $486. You can pay in full, OR in two instalments of $243.

To register and pay for Music Camp 2017, please paste the following link into your internet browser:   www.trybooking.com/PBPZ

To complete the online permission note, please paste the below address into your browser: https://goo.gl/forms/IVsKejmwo8M9hUZK2

If you have any questions regarding Emanuel Music Camp 2017 please contact David Gwilliam, at dgwilliam@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au  

Student Wellbeing

Tina Greenhill – Head of Szenes House

Generation Next: Leadership and Wellbeing of Young People Livestream Webcast

On Friday 17 March our High School students attended various age appropriate presentations to enhance their leadership skills and wellbeing.

Diversity Day

Cleo Woolf with Laura Sweeney and Daniel Van Sluys Erlich

Diversity Day at Emanuel School

Our annual Diversity Day Assembly was held on Tuesday 7 March, in the Lehrer Family MPH.

Diversity Day supports Emanuel School’s ethos where we value egalitarianism, co-existence and acceptance of diversity.

Our guest speaker was Laura Sweeney, Specialist LGBTI Adviser from the Human Rights Commission. In her role, Laura provides advice to the Commission about the human rights issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender diverse and intersex (LGBTI) people in Australia.

Laura holds a First Class Honours degree in Law and a Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) from the Australian National University. She is especially interested in discrimination law and the intersection of the rights to equality, non-discrimination and religious freedom.

A Year 11 student wrote: ‘We celebrated Diversity Day at Emanuel School during our High School Assembly. Diversity Day acknowledges that every individual has the right to be themselves. Our guest speaker spoke about the acronym LGBTI. She told us that every person that falls under this acronym is unique. One message from Laura’s presentation was that people who identify as LGBTI should have equal rights as everyone else in our community.’  

After the assembly Laura spoke with Year 10 students about changes in the law over their lifetime (up to 18 years), that have made a difference for the LGBTI people, as well as the areas of the law that still represent inequality. Laura also spoke about influential people in the LGBTI Community and their impact on those who identify with the Community. The students were engaged in the presentation, they asked excellent questions and responded with maturity to Laura’s questions.

A Year 10 student commented: ‘We were all enlightened and had the privilege to be spoken to by Laura Sweeney, a Human Rights Activist, about the history of LGBTI community. We learnt a great deal about past laws regarding the LGBTI community and the laws that still need to be changed. There is still a long way to go but it is also amazing how far we have come.’

Another Year 10 students wrote: ‘Laura Sweeney spoke to Year 10 about issues that members of the LGBTI community face in Australia. It was interesting to hear about the problems that people in the LGBTI Community face besides same sex marriage, including issues around adoption and being unable to undergo gender reassignment surgery if you are under 18. I really enjoyed her presentation and thought it was important to hear about the laws affecting LGBTI people.’

This presentation complemented the Year 10 Tutor Program topics on Personality and Maturity, Values and Purpose, Relationships and Conflict Resolution.

Emanuel School is a Safe School and supports the LGBTI Community here and Australia wide.

‘Safe Schools Coalition Australia is a national network of organisations working with schools to create safer and more inclusive environments for same sex attracted, intersex and gender diverse students, staff and families.’

For more information on the Safe Schools Coalition Australia, click on the link below.

www.safeschoolscoalition.org.au/who-we-are

Cybersafety Workshop

Natalie Lijovic – Head of Rashi House

Emanuel Says No to Bullying: Cybersafety workshop

On Thursday 2 March students in Years 7, 8 and 9 participated in a program called Project Rockit.  The workshops explore themes of diversity, belonging, respectful relationships, values and ethics, building student voice, leadership and empathy. They address cyberbullying and digital citizenship, developing a real understanding of current social networking sites and online youth culture. The program also makes students aware of how their online identities can have an impact on future opportunities, respect from peers and personal relationships in real life.

The workshop has been planned to supplement the module on Relationships (Loose Connections / Recognition/Building Bridges / Trust) outlined in the Year 8 Tutor Program.

Students in Year 8 said “Project Rockit gave us an insight on how we judge people without even thinking, especially on social media. They showed us photos of random people on social media and asked us for our honest opinions on them. In total, out of all the words that we used to describe them, 85% were negative and this didn’t really bother us until  they told us that the people were their family members and friends. It made us think twice about what we are going to say before we comment on a photo or judge someone. It also made us think twice about the photos we post on the internet. All in all, Project Rockit was extremely interesting and necessary”.

“Project Rockit was a really interesting educational experience. It encouraged us to think deeper about how and why we stereotype and what some of the terms we use actually mean. It got us to think more deeply about our first impressions of people, how we judge without context and automatically label strangers. I know that now I’ll be careful not to judge people too quickly and I enjoyed the way we were free to say what we thought without feeling like we were wrong, or unjust”.

“I thought it was really interesting as we learnt to not judge other people at first glance, think about the effects it will have and how we would feel if it was happening to us. I also found it was very helpful to have young people teach us this sort of thing”.

The overall goal of Emanuel School is to create and maintain a cyber-safety culture. We aim to open the mind, awaken the spirit and engage the whole being by valuing respect, responsibility, integrity and justice.

For more information, please visit the Project Rockit website www.projectrockit.com.au/

High School Sport Next Week

High School Sporting Events Next Week

Monday

Morning

Year 7/8 basketball development squad

14s boys basketball training

Year 8-12 girls touch football training

Afternoon

Pilates

Beach volleyball

Tuesday

Morning

Running group

Year 8-10 boys touch football training

Girls football training

Afternoon

Sydney Schools Cup Interschool futsal competition

Sydney Schools Cup netball competition

Open boys basketball training

Touch football competition – semi finals and finals

Wednesday

Morning

Boys fitness

Sydney Schools Cup futsal training

Afternoon

Cricket development squad

Open boys basketball competition

Thursday

Morning

Girls fitness

Year 11-12 boys touch training

Afternoon

Rockclimbing

Year 9/10 girls netball competition

Friday

Morning

Swimming squad

16 boys basketball training

Surfing

Sydney Schools Cup netball training

Sunday

14 boys basketball competition

16 boys basketball competition

Open boys basketball competition

CDSSA Swimming Carnival

CDSSA Swimming Championships

On Tuesday, the Emanuel Swim Team competed at the Combined Districts Secondary Sports Association (CDSSA) Swimming Championships at Warringah Aquatic Centre. The team was comprised of forty of the School’s best swimmers who were selected following the Emanuel carnival. It was fantastic to see such dedicated swim squad attend this representative event, which included many students who were new to the representative pathway.

Gabriella Goodridge, Jade Berson, Jared Elbourne and Jacob Rose all had very busy programs, swimming in multiple events on the day, including a number of relays.

Gabriella swam a fantastic race in the 50m butterfly, not only winning the vent but also setting a new CDSSA record of 30.87s. Jared also had a successful day after competing in ten events he was once again awarded the CDSSA Age Champion prize.

Congratulations to all of the students who competed at the carnival and in particular to the twelve swimmers who have been selected to represent the CDSSA at the AICES Swimming Championships, which will be held on 30 March at Sydney Olympic Aquatic Centre.

Gabriella Goodridge

Jared Elbourne

Jack Smagarinsky

Jade Berson

Matthew Lowy

Conduct on School Buses 

Maxine Chopard – Assistant to the Deputy Principal

Conduct on School Buses and student bus travel

 Revised guidelines:

Transport for NSW has released revised guidelines for managing student behaviour while travelling on buses.
The Guidelines for Managing School Student Behaviour on Buses and associated NSW School Student Code of Conduct, originally published in July 2006, are requirements published under the Passenger Transport Regulation 2007. The Code of Conduct applies to all school children enrolled in government or non-government schools, whether they use a government or private bus, and irrespective of whether they travel under the School Student Transport Scheme.

All students are reminded of the following:

To tap their Opal Cards when boarding school buses.

To give preference to students who live furthest away from school on the bus route.

To give Primary students precedence, care, and seats on the buses.

To inform me if the Opal card does not arrive to the home address after two weeks from lodgement of the application.

Maxine Chopard

International Women’s Day

Amber Sawicki and Hannah Shteinman Year 11

Hannah Shteinman and Amber Sawicki attended the International Women’s Day Price Waterhouse Cooper (PwC) function at the new offices at Barangaroo. They were awarded a “dream” diary and flowers for their video contributions that responded to various questions about friendships and the future. They heard several female PwC speakers discuss their role in the business and their vision.

Rashi Times

Hey Rashi, Eden and Liv here!

High school students have certainly been very busy during the last two weeks with the Swimming Carnival results coming out, CDSSA swimming, Purim, International Women’s Day and Diversity Day taking place.

Unfortunately our Rashi spirit wasn’t enough to push us over the line at this years Swimming Carnival but we placed a solid second behind Rabin and some pretty impressive records were broken by our Rashi swimmers as well as some wonderful age champions. They are listed below:

Rashi Age Champions

12 years girls age champion – Deborah Winter

13 years girls age champion – Gaija Avshalom

15 years boys champion – Jared Elbourne

17 years boys champion – Joshua Amoils

New Records in Rashi

13 yrs Girls 100m Freestyle – Gaija Avshalom

We’ll just have to give it more next time Rashi but Liv and I still know we can get that Ezekiel Cup. Let’s just say that the Athletics Carnival is ours!

Purim at Emanuel this year was an amazing day full of crazy costumes and an extraordinary amount of ruach. Seeing the teachers getting up on stage during the annual parade is always a plus as well. Both Eden and I could tell from the smiles on everyone’s faces that the day was a success.

International Women’s Day was on 8 March and it set out to celebrate the advances of women and the effort towards equality within today’s society. Amazing programs were run for all of the year groups in P0 where we were given opportunities to voice our opinions on women’s rights and discuss issues for all genders within the world today. All the money raised on the day went to the Malala fund which helps pay for women’s education in developing countries and opening schools in places where women do not have the right to education. Thanks so much to Yael Grunseit for making this a day to be remembered.

Diversity Day was also last week, on Tuesday 7 March. We were lucky enough to have a brilliant speaker, Laura Sweeney, come in to speak at the High School Assembly about some of the troubles that the LGBTI community in Sydney face, but also the things they have accomplished over the last couple of years. Year 10 was lucky enough to have an extra 40 minutes with Laura where we used the time to ask questions and dig deeper into the issues that she mentioned to the whole High School. It was really interesting to hear her views and I know we would have all loved to have even more time with her.

Happy Birthday to Rashi March babies!

Tomer Belkin                   Year 11

Adam Shul                       Year 11

Maya Armstrong              Year 8

Sarah Armstrong              Year 8

Samuel Bloomfeild           Year 11

Chloe Ben-Mayor             Year 10

Yakir Sadra                       Year 7

Cassandra Woods            Year 10

Deborah Winter                Year 7

Sacha Rosen                    Year 7

Oscar Morgan                   Year 8

Matthew Bozic                  Year 9

That’s it from us this week, have a great weekend.

Liv and Eden signing off.

Gesher – connecting our Community

ONLY NINE MORE SLEEPS

2017 Jazz on the Hill is just over a week away – Sunday 26 March, from 2pm to 5pm here at School.

We look forward to seeing you and your families here for a fabulous afternoon of music and relaxation.  Alum jazz group “33 Degrees” will be performing as will a number of our own very talented High School musical ensembles and our staff jazz band. Alumnus Justin Moddel, owner of MuggShot will be our barista again this year. 

Bookings are online and here is the link:  http://tinyurl.com/JOTH2017

BYO picnic rugs and picnic hampers – please remember our kashrut policy (no meat/seafood).  Better still, purchase yummy food prepared by our Year 11 Hospitality students, seen here in the Design and Technology (D&T) kitchen.

Here is their menu:

Savoury

Sweet

Primary-aged children will be entertained by supervised activities, including a fabulous science show, razzle-dazzle craft, Lego, puppet-show and cartooning, all of which will allow the adults and older children the opportunity to relax and enjoy the music in peace and quiet!

We will also have some seating available for older members of our community who don’t think they are agile enough to sit on a picnic rug! We look forward to seeing you all at this wonderful afternoon of Jazz and fun.

Don’t forget the dates for our upcoming ‘Breakfast with Emanuel’

• Wednesday 17 May – The Little Space, Oxford Street Bondi Junction
• Wednesday 24 May – PricewaterhouseCoopers, Watermans Quay Barangaroo 

Choose one of these dates and come along to hear about new initiatives at the School and meet other like-minded parents at the same time.

Invitations will be out soon.

Careers

Claire Pech – Careers Advisor

UTS Update Part 1

Last Thursday I was out at UTS at their annual Careers Advisors Day. Just like I have reviewed the University of Sydney days and UNSW days, this is a highlights reel of UTS (part 1). I have to say the vibrancy, proximity to city-based partnerships, the new buildings, and the energy of the staff, not to mention the creation of degrees to meet the future workforce needs, make it such a desirable place to study. Last year we had our highest ever UTS preferences, with 24% of our Year 12 cohort choosing UTS.

Speaker 1 – Dr Wayne Brookes – New Bachelor of Technology and Innovation (BTi) 

“New faculty of Interdisciplinary Innovation”  – this was developed throughout 2016 and launched this year. It is a new broad range of disciplines with a real breadth of exposure. They developed this to address the future of the work situations for new graduates, which is affected by:

• Extreme longevity
• Living in a Computational world
• Super-structured organisations
• Rise of smart machines and systems
• New media ecology
• Globally connected world.

 So what skills do we need?

1. Sense making
2. Trans disciplinary skills
3. Social intelligence
4. Computational thinking
5. Cognitive load management – how to manage
6. Visual collaboration
7. Design mindset

So what is the BTi  (Bachelor of Technology and Innovation)?

The following are features of the new degree:

• Small cohort – 35 students this year
• 100 or more next year
• Three year degree, and stand alone unlike the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence (BCII) which is a combined degree.
• ATAR of 84.8 cut-off this year
• No lectures!!! (only workshops)
• No exams!!! (only projects)

What careers can you do with this?

Possible careers are: Technology Fusionist, digital experience curator, intelligent system designer, innovation change manager, augmented reality designer, social entrepreneur (preparing for jobs that have not been developed yet). This degree does not replace the Bachelor of Information Technology (the BIT) – it is a generalist degree with a future thinking approach.

A Diploma of Innovation is also something that students can do without adding any additional time to their degree.

Speaker  2 – John Chalmers – Head of Marking & Communications

John spoke about the UTS rankings. For a very young University (29 years old) they are ranked 1^st in the Young Universities sector.

• In the Times rankings UTS has jumped up by 64 places
• UTS has been awarded 5 stars for excellence across all 8 categories
• They have the second highest completion rates of degrees after University of Sydney
• The only University in 2016 to grow in the 1-3 numbered preferences through UAC.

 They predict that in the future 40% of all current jobs are going to disappear, with 50% of jobs that are around in 2030 having not been developed yet. UTS is addressing this by introducing:

• New degrees such as the BTi, the MBA (Entrepreneurship), the Diploma of Innovation and the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation
• The new Hatchery Program of start ups and innovations
• A revised Careers Service
• Partnerships with new and growing businesses such as Animalogic (http://www.animallogic.com/)
• UTS and Moore Park Precinct with the SCG, and Australian Rugby Union – a whole sport specific precinct
• UTS Central open in 2019 – with an amazing new library and teaching space.

 UTS – New Course Updates

 Bachelor of Management (new major in Digital Creative Enterprise) ATAR 85.2

The digital space is now worth $19bn in NSW alone. They already run a B. Management in Events/Tourism/Sports and this is their new major. Careers for graduates include:

• Creative technologies enterprises
• Digital marketer
• Digital strategist
• Channel manager.

Bachelor of Computer Science (new in 2017)

Aspects of this new course are:

• 40 students intake this year
• Focus on high tech companies
• Careers as a software developer, researcher, computer scientist
• Jobs earning $60k – $110k
• The earning in Data Science is nearer to $130k a few years out from University
• They aim for a IT/Computer Science and Maths underpinning
• There are not enough computer science graduates in Australia currently.

There is a stronger focus on Mathematics relevance to computer sciences and greater focus on understanding computing and algorithms. Assumed knowledge is 2 Unit Mathematics.

Notices

 UNSW Medicine open evening

Please register at  whatson.unsw.edu.au. These nights tend to book out early so I advise all students to book in early. This is on March 23, 6.30pm – 8.30pm, and is held in the Sir John Clancy Auditorium.

Notre Dame: Medicine Information Session

This will be held on 26 March 2016, 12pm, 160 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst for those interested in studying medicine in 2017. Information will be provided on the admission process and an overview of the course. There will be tours of facilities and an opportunity to speak to current students.
www.nd.edu.au/events/2017/medicine-information-session

 UTS Bachelor of Accounting (BAcc) Co-op Scholarship – Information Evening

This will be held on Tuesday 16 May, 6.30 – 7.30pm, at the Aerial Function Centre, UTS Building 10 (level 7), 235 Jones Street, Ultimo. Closing date for Round 1 applications is Friday 2 June 2017.

Closing date for Round 2 applications is Friday 20 October 2017. (Places for Round 2 applicants will be limited)  www.bachelorofaccounting.com

Primary School Open Day

Sibling Enrolments 2018

Deborah Beder – Enrolments Manager

Sibling Enrolments 2018

If you have a child you wish to enrol for 2018 and have not yet submitted a registration for him/her, please contact the Enrolments Office by email on enrolments@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au or call via the switchboard on 8383 7333 as a matter of urgency.

We will shortly start contacting those on the waiting lists for 2018 and would like to ensure we have included all siblings of current students.

From the Parents and Friends

Ruby Berkovic and Jennifer Opit

Purim Disco

Photos: Keren Rockman Sawicki and P&F

 

Challah Orders

Michael’s Wedding Gift