From the Principal

Andrew Watt

Reflections on my trip to Israel

My wife, Cath, and I have recently returned from a two-week trip to Israel, where we travelled across the country, experiencing firsthand the geography, culture, history, religion, politics, arts and cuisine. We hosted an alumni lunch in Tel Aviv, with graduates from 2005, 2015 and 2017 attending. The alumni spoke fondly of their time at Emanuel.

Throughout my time in Israel, I was struck by how similar and yet how vastly different Israel and Australia are. Similarities include our shared love of hiking and the outdoors, and of BBQs. Both countries enjoy our beaches, fishing and surfing, and we both have strips of fertile land, surrounded by desert. Water is therefore a precious commodity. Australia and Israel both enjoy good food and boast a big café and restaurant scene. We are both multicultural societies, seeking to peacefully integrate different cultures, races and religions, with mixed success. Israel is seeking to integrate Jews, Muslims, Druze and Bedouins. We are both democracies, with opposition parties trailing the government by only a few votes. And finally, we both have some breathtakingly beautiful spots, historical and cultural landmarks that make us who we are; for example, Ularu and the Dead Sea.

As you would expect, when traveling thousands of kilometres from Australia, I was also struck by some marked differences between the two countries, including Israel’s borders with hostile countries and their compulsory enlistment in the armed forces. Israel actively encourages Jews from the Diaspora to make Aliya, and thus needs to constantly build and expand. Claims to their religious sites within Jerusalem are disputed by Christians and Muslims. Israel is unique, in that it has Kibbutzim dotted across the countryside that have become self-sustaining and shared communities. Israel has also carried the burden of the Holocaust, in which millions of lives were lost and countless lives were changed forever, whilst dealing with the remaining anti-Semitism. All of this has shaped Israel to what it is today. I enjoyed my visit to Israel and understand more fully why our Year 10 Chavayah experience is so special.

 Our best wishes to Year 12 (2018)

The first HSC Examination (English) took place on Thursday, in our Innovation Centre, without mishap. By the time that you will be reading this, the English 2 paper will also be completed, with the Music 1 and Music 2 exams due for completion this afternoon. Managing the time between exams can be tricky, particularly when students either have back-to-back exams or large gaps between. Maintaining a consistent focus, completing draft responses of past papers under timed conditions and revising through a comprehensive set of study notes will be important. Our students have worked hard to prepare for their final examinations and we wish them every success, as they reap the rewards of their efforts.

Be part of our Innovation Festival

On Friday 26 October, Professor Toby Walsh and Associate Professor June Andronick, will officially open our festival Imagining the Future, at 9.30 am, by having a Nan robot cut the ribbon! This celebration of innovation and futures thinking will run from 8.50 am to 10.50 am and will highlight Years K-6 projects within and beyond the curriculum. The festival will also include an exhibition, Spotlight on Primary Artwork. We hope that you can join us.

Our new solar system is now live and online!

With the activation of our new 92kw solar panels, Emanuel will now be able to reduce our carbon footprint and significantly reduce our overall running costs. It is estimated that these energy savings will be around $18 000 per year. Our new solar energy system, coupled with our existing 8kW system, is set to use 83% of the energy produced by the solar energy system on site, with only around 17% exported to the grid. As part of our installation, we were provided a live link to monitor the system’s performance, and we are happy to report that our first 4 days of activation has produced 1418.0 kWh and has reported a saving to Emanuel school of $425.39 (that’s enough to bake 1,251 pies in a fan forced oven! )

Recognition of staff extended service

On Monday we recognised 27 loyal staff members, almost 20% of the staff body, who have been at Emanuel School for a combined total of 275 years! This annual event is one of the many ways that we say “thank you” to our staff and I look forward to my five-year award in only four years’ time! See article and more photos on Michelle Favero’s article, Staff Long Service Leave.

Andrew Watt and the 20-year Service staff recipients, Elena Rosin, Lara Ephron and Esti Lipson

 Citizenship Project

The Business Office extends its thanks to all the families who provided copies of student birth certificates and passports to fulfil the government funding requirements. It was a mammoth administrative task ably assisted by the admin team who contacted parents for the documents. The School is grateful for the co-operation of all the families contacted and appreciates the inconvenience such a request can cause.

Mazal tov

• Aidan Sheps in Year 7, has been shortlisted for two awards: the Lionel Bowen Young Writers’ Award 2018 prize in the Years 7-9 category for his poem – I Often Walk Along the Pier and the Write 4 Fun 2018 Schools Poetry and Short Story competition for his poem, Behind the Legend, The Man from Snowy River Sequel.
• Benjamin Torban, in Year 9, competed in the Southcoast Spectacular Ballroom dancing competition on Sunday. He came second in the Rising Star Junior Latin event and will be competing in the national competition in December.

Quote of the week

“You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.”

Abraham Maslow

From the Head of Jewish Life

Rabbi Daniel Siegel

In the last week of Term 3, we celebrated Sukkot in our Emanuel sukkah. This week, with parashat Lekh Lekha, we begin reading about Avraham and the beginning of his journey, “going forth” into the world, bringing others into his tent (hachnasat orchim) and working for justice (tsedek) for all.

We hope you enjoy these photos of our students and invited guests in our School Sukkah.

From the Primary School

Natanya (Tany) Milner – Head of Primary

Welcome to Term 4

Welcome to Term 4. I hope you have all had a wonderful return to school and that everyone has settled in smoothly. At the moment, I am in the Northern Territory at Jilkminggan School with 21 Emanuel Year 6 students as well as their parents. We have had a wonderful week meeting people and developing deeper understandings of Aboriginal Australia whilst also gaining a greater appreciation for the beauty of this incredible country.

Q&A Education Special

I am not sure if you watched the Q&A Education Special on the ABC during the holidays. It offered some interesting insights into current educational issues. I do recommend that you look online and watch it if you have not had a chance. Here are some of the interesting themes that were discussed:

The importance of embedding learning in relevant contexts and ensuring students apply their skills and understandings – an indigenous educator spoke about teaching Mathematics through relevant cultural contexts such as the angles required to successfully throw a boomerang. Other panelists reinforced this through additional examples including suggestions such as sports statistics and economics. As for my thoughts on this…I couldn’t agree more! This is something we work very hard at and strive for wherever possible. Our Teaching for Understanding platform reinforces these principles and guides teachers to have students apply learning in various ways and in authentic settings wherever possible.

The role of testing in the education system – both NAPLAN and the HSC were discussed at length. There was discussion about the Australian school system and that we have more hours of mandatory schooling than many other countries. There was some criticism that our mandated curriculum requires specific content to be taught at certain ages, irrespective of individual student readiness and that this makes no sense when it comes to effective learning. The impact of public reporting and league tables on NAPLAN and HSC results and the competitive marketplace created can have a negative impact on schools being about learning rather than succeeding at single and narrow assessments. A little word on my thoughts here: NAPLAN itself is not a problem…it can provide us with valuable data about individual student knowledge and progress as well as teaching effectiveness and patterns. My issue with NAPLAN is that the results are presented to the broader community in a competitive manner that has schools judged against each other without all the information being presented. This has led to a range of questionable techniques in schools to try to appear in a positive light. I have been shocked by some of the different strategies that I have heard over the years. At Emanuel, we are committed to the following approach – we teach each child in the best ways we can, all the time. NAPLAN comes along and gives our students practice in formal testing and also provides us with the snapshot of student achievement. We teach well, not for NAPLAN but for the students’ learning and progress. We take the NAPLAN information and analyse it in order to inform our teaching in the areas it assesses, as we do with any other useful data that we collect.

The value of teachers – there was discussion about teacher demoralisation and the negative impact on the profession if teachers are not trusted and respected by the community. Over-crowdedness of the curriculum and unreasonable pressure on teachers were also acknowledged as significant issues in education. Pasi Sahlberg, originally from Finland, discussed comparisons to the Finnish model in terms of teacher education and value. Perhaps I will add a little note from me here too. We are incredibly lucky to have outstanding teachers at our School. I have no doubt that our teachers have our children’s best interests at heart. What I feel most strongly about, is that every interaction we ever have is more productive and more likely to bring positive outcomes if it is done respectfully. Gabbi Stroud and Jennifer Buckingham gave very powerful insights into ways to reconsider the parent-teacher relationship. I will take this opportunity to thank the vast majority of our parents who adhere to maintaining respectful relationships with the school staff at all times.

Needs based funding – there was discussion about targeting funding to the students who need it most and building more equity into our education system. This led to a discussion about indigenous education and the impact of teachers lacking confidence to teach indigenous perspectives and culture and the students lacking engagement in classrooms. Cindy Berwick offered some inspirational ideas about building relevance and rich experiences for Aboriginal students.

Eddie Woo ended by mentioning that a teacher’s job is “to guard hope” and be “a professional not giver-up-erer”. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our wonderful teachers for taking on this job with their minds and their hearts.

Term 4 calendar

I look forward to returning to Sydney next week. I would like to remind all parents to check the school calendar on the parent portal to be aware of all of the important upcoming dates in Term 4. There are some compulsory events outside normal school hours that require attendance including The Lion King musical and Years 3-6 Presentation Evening. Please ensure these are in your diaries.

Innovation-athon sponsorship and the Innovation Festival

I would like to offer a final reminder about our Innovation-athon sponsorship. This is our main fundraiser for the year as the JCA matches our fundraising dollar for dollar. You have all been emailed the sponsorship form. Please return it to school as soon as possible. We are so grateful for your support. Thank you!

I would also like to invite you all to be a part of our Innovation Festival on Friday 26 October. It begins with a beautiful Shabbat service to celebrate the Shabbat Project at 8.20 am and then continues at 8.50 am with the Innovation Festival. Please feel free to join us.

Spotlight Exhibition

We are also excited to announce that Spotlight – an exhibition of selected primary artwork – will be running concurrently with the Innovation Festival on Friday 26 October. To round off a year of artmaking and a series of exhibitions, the Visual Arts Department is proud to present Spotlight. This exhibition brings together a small selection of artworks from Years 1-6. Works range from Year 1 still life drawings, Years 2, 4 and 6 ceramics and Year 3 monoprints and weavings. This is our third Spotlight show. It provides a unique opportunity for the school community to engage with a broad range of Visual Arts learning across our Primary programs.

Interrelate Year 5

In Weeks 7 and 8, the Year 5 students will be participating in the Moving Into Teen Years Interrelate Program. This program will be run during school hours by external presenters with the support of classroom teachers. The program covers the following topics:

• Acknowledging personal differences and promoting respect for and acceptance of others
• Increasing awareness of personal safety and protective behaviours
• Developing students’ understanding of physical development at puberty, and providing strategies for managing these changes
• Discussing different types of relationships and strategies for managing conflict.

If you have any questions please contact Meghan Carroll via email (mcarroll@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au).

Well done, Sophie, Nava, Sam, Jess and Ben!

I was very proud to receive emails about Benjamin Diamond, Samuel Dworkin, Jessica Dworkin, Sophie Masnick and Nava Weiss participating in Kids Giving Back programs over the holidays. Sophie and Nava were part of a team of volunteers who unpacked, organised and hung clothes at Thread Together’s pop up shop. Thread Together is a charity that distributes new clothing to those in need and relies on the work of volunteers to operate. Sophie also made soft toys for refugee children at  the Asylum Seeker Centre in Newtown, an organisation that provides numerous services to refugees when they first arrive in Australia. Sam, Jess and Ben were part of a team who cooked, packaged and delivered nearly 400 warm, nutritious meals to local shelters and individuals in need today as a part of the Community Cook4Good Program. Thank you for your marvellous efforts!

Scholastic Bookclub

If you are awaiting an order from Scholastic Bookclub, please contact Tanya Jeckeln tjeckeln@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au as she has your books.

Innovation-a-thon

Sophie Poisel – K-6 Innovation Leader

Thank you for your support of our fundraiser this year, our Innovation-a-thon. If your child/ren have not yet returned their sponsorship forms, please do so asap. This week during lunch time, students and teachers have continued to construct our city. Here is a summary on the two days of thinking and making from last term.

On 27 and 28 September, Years K-6 students used Design Thinking to develop solutions to problems associated with population increase, urbanisation and the environment. They worked in teams to develop their ideas and collaboratively built a sustainable future city. Each grade was offered a provocation to respond to which connected to an area they had investigated in 2018. Year 1 students reflected on their experience highlighting the learning dispositions such as imagination and their enjoyment of learning new skills and content.

I enjoyed bringing out my creativity – Gem

I enjoyed that we got to create imaginary animals. I learned you don’t have to always use glue or sticky tape to connect things – Tal

I enjoyed making my creature because the materials gave me ideas of other things I could do – Liam

Animals are in trouble and we need to save them by making more parks to save them, put them in the right habitats and not taking their homes. I enjoyed the Innovation-a-thon because it didn’t have to be real – Neve

Kindergarten students learnt about how the environment needs protecting and how conservation areas and marine parks protect animals and plants. The students built the conservation area and marine park after experimenting with a variety on materials. They focused on the dispositions “play to learn” and “collaborate”.

Year 1 students also learnt about how the environment needs protecting and how plants and animals may become extinct. The students thought about the creatures that could live in the conservation area and marine park and those that might live in the city. Some students imagined new creatures that might exist in the future. They focused on the dispositions “look closely” and “imagine and wonder”.

Year 2 students had been learning about sound and had created musical instruments. After learning about how a MakeyMakey works, students imagined what devices might be able to make sound in the future. Some students created interactive underwater scenes and explored the conductivity of materials. They focused on the dispositions “play to learn”, “collaborate” and “communicate”.

Earlier in 2018, Year 3 students had been investigating how they could make a garden in our school thrive. Students learnt that as the population continues to rise, farmers will have the challenge of producing more food with the same amount of land. Students learnt about urban farming and aquaponics and needed to develop a solution to produce the most amount of food possible to support the people living in our future city. Some students developed underwater seaweed gardens, vertical greenhouses, rooftop farms and planter boxes on the buildings that Year 4 had created.

Year 4 expertly designed the plans and vision for the city earlier in the Term using urban design principles. Students had been learning about sustainable design and architecture and collaboratively designed and created a sustainable building to improve the lives of the people who live in our future city. Some students designed cultural centres, spaces for innovation and research, high density and medium density housing and education facilities.

Year 5 had been learning about the way natural disasters and extreme weather affect people and communities, and thinking about how we plan for the future. Students developed a product or service that will help people prepare for, survive or recover from a natural disaster or extreme weather event. During their -athon time, students were able to prototype their designs and think about how they might be used in our city.

Year 6 students learnt about the future of medicine and healthcare, systems thinking and sustainability from sessions with our CSIRO mentors Elizabeth Hannah (MSD), Oliver Gordon (UNSW) and Dr Ned Western (UNSW). Students selected an area of interest and developed a healthcare, transport or energy solution for our future city.

Even the teachers were inspired to imagine and create.

Primary Musical – The Lion King

ROAR and hello from the Pridelands!

Our Lion King Junior cubs have been working furiously behind the scenes, rehearsing, singing, acting, organising and planning!

SAVE THE DATES

• Sunday 25 November at 4.00 pm
• Monday 26 November at 6.30 pm
• Tuesday 27 November at 6.30 pm

Tickets will go on sale soon so keep your eyes peeled.

We would also like to give an awesome African applause to the winning entries in the Lion King Jr poster competition.

• Amelie Mueller – Year 4
• Maddison Green –  Year K

WELL DONE!

Also, a reminder for parents, that costumes are due to class teachers by Week 3 Friday 2 November. If you have any questions, please contact your class parents.

Years K-6 Musical production team, Emma Buzzo, Stacey Rosenfeld and Diana Springford

Primary Spotlight Showcase

Extra-Curricular, including EActive Term 4

Emma Hill -Primary Teacher and Co-ordinator of Extra-Curricular Programs

New extra-curricular club – Code Camp

Code Camp has been running sessions with Years 2 – 6 at Emanuel as part of our curriculum this year. We are excited that Code Camp are now offering an after-school program on Mondays. This club is open for students with coding experience in Year 2, as well as Years 3-6 students.

New EActive activities:

• Beach volleyball Years 3-6
• Futsal Years 3-6

 The final date for booking into the activities below is Week 4, Friday 2 November.

 Club information, including enrolment and booking details, are now online on the Parent Portal: https://myportal.emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au/parent/extra-curricular/

Please note clubs have minimum enrolment numbers.

Term 4 extra-curricular clubs (including EActive schedule)

High School Mathematics

Michelle Lyons-Zwarentstein – Head of Mathematics

ICAS 2018 competition results

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
Dr Seuss

The International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) are independent skills-based assessments with a competition element. Commonly referred to as the UNSW tests, ICAS is unique, being the most comprehensive generally available suite of academic assessments and school tests for Primary and Secondary school students.

Congratulations to the following students:

YEAR 7

Distinction: Jesse Gothelf, Aron Harpaz, Noah Klisser

Credit: Julian Baruch, Ethan Berkovic, Sol Biton, Toby Danon, Alexander Itzkowitz, Aaron Khedoori, Joshua Leslie, Claire Madziar, Ruby Miller, Jake Newfield, Solomon Pager, Jake Sharp, Aiden Sheps, Jett Sher, Jack Simon, Leah Wolf

Merit: Toby Akres, Alix Cane, Ashley Goldman, Ella Hart, Aiden Merten, Adam Rothchild

YEAR 8

Distinction: Myles Cohn, Eden Glass, Jesse Herdan, Matthew Lowy, Samuel Moliver, Isabel Sarraf, Zac Sidley, Amadeus Tjanaria, Remy Waller

Credit: Lily Berger, Luca Calderon-Havas, Anna Davis, Daniel Melamed, Joshua Moses, Debbie Winter

Merit: Ethan Trenaman

YEAR 9

Distinction: Liam Engler, Aaron Goldberg, Zachary Gothelf, Jesse Koslowski, Eleanor Labi, Jessica Lowy, Chloe Miller, Ethan Moliver, Jacob Rose, Jonathan Schach

Credit: Kai Biton, Shane Doust, Lara Fosbery, Ruby Hurwitz, Zac Levenson, Harry Schulz, Jordy Stein

YEAR 10

Distinction: Beau Glass, Rebekah Goldsworthy, Samara Trenaman

Credit: Sasha Baskin, Matthew Bozic, Ethan De Melo, Mia Gold, Isaac Grove, Jake Lewitton, Jemma Salamon, Jonathan Sebban

Merit: Elijah Greenberg, Chenyao Qu

From Music Department

Diana Springford – Head of Music

Emanuel School/King David School Music Exchange

On Sunday, a group of 11 High School student musicians will be travelling to King David School in Melbourne for our annual Music Exchange. This is an intensive couple of days of music rehearsal and performance experience, culminating in a concert on Tuesday afternoon which we hope will see the beginning of new friendships.

We are extremely grateful to our host families for their hospitality to our students. Thanks also to all the staff involved from both schools.

Night of Instrumental Music:  Tuesday 6 November

Our instrumental ensembles have been working hard to prepare for the annual Night of Instrumental Music (NOIM) in Week 4 this term. This wonderful concert showcases the skills of hundreds of young instrumentalists performing in a range of ensembles, from concert bands to string orchestras and small ensembles. Parents have received a request to grant online permission via the Parent Portal. The concert is in two halves with a brief interval in the middle. The first half, from 6.00 pm to 6.50 pm is for every student who plays a string instrument (violin, viola or cello). The second half, from 7.05 pm to 8.20 pm is for all the other concert band instruments (flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, baritone, euphonium, tuba and percussion) and all our Concert Bands, Stage Bands, Jazz Ensembles and the Flute and Clarinet Ensembles.

It is important that all members of participating ensembles perform in this event. Years K-2 students in the Infant Strings Program will be performing. NOIM is also a compulsory component of the Primary School Instrumental Program. All students from Years 3-6 will perform at the concert in their year group ensembles. Please encourage students to practise their parts at home to ensure the event is satisfying and enjoyable for them.  

All parents and friends are welcome to attend this free concert. Please note that siblings of performers are most welcome but should sit quietly with their parents and should not roam around during the performance.

High School ESport and EActive news

Kristy Reed | Head of Sport | PDHPE Teacher

The Term 4 High School ESport program is already underway. This weekly competition sport program includes netball, basketball and touch football this term.

The netball tournament commenced this week at Heffron courts, Maroubra. These students, who are coached by our highly experience coach, Cathy Birrell-Evan from Randwick Netball Association, train each Wednesday morning and play on a Thursday evening. I wish these girls the best of luck in the season.

The Easts Basketball League competition commences this Sunday. We welcome new Emanuel coach, Indiana Faithfull, to our caching staff. Indiana brings a wealth of experience to the School basketball program, with a strong playing history in the National Basketball League. Indianna has also led school basketball programs in the Eastern Suburbs and has experience coaching high school students.

The Easts Touch competition commences next Tuesday afternoon. This weekly competition includes many of the local schools and has been a successful competition for a number of years. All Emanuel teams commence training next week, according to their team’s schedule.

If your child is taking part in any of these ESport activities, it is a requirement that they are registered prior to their first game. There is still limited availability in the Year 7 touch football teams. All registrations can be completed at this link:  http://www.trybooking.com/YJFS

It is also an expectation that students have the correct uniform. The onsite uniform shop has developed an excellent range of sports uniform and all uniform requirements can be accessed in the ESport information letter link:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IlfgDuaoTvTbS0fpTIXc_p3YjGAWAHZMBnlpDQnA_os/edit

All activities in the EActive program will commence next week. There are still limited places available in the activities below:

• swim squad
• pilates
• beach volleyball
• girls fitness
• boys fitness
• gymnastics.

All registrations can be completed at this link:  www.trybooking.com/FNNJ

Any further enquiries can be directed to kreed@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au

Representative Sport

Kristy Reed | Head of Sport | PDHPE Teacher

High School Representative Sport selections

This term there will be a variety of sport trials and selections for various upcoming events. All activities are advertised to students at school via email and the Sports noticeboard.

Oztag

I am fortunate to once again be convening the CDSSA Oztag Gala Day on 7 November. Trials will be held for each of the following Emanuel teams:

• Junior girls (years 7/8/9)
• Junior boys (years 7/8/9)
• Senior girls (years 10/11/12)
• Senior boys (years 10/11/12)

Emanuel will also be competing at the Years 7/8 Jewish Day Schools Gala Day on 12 November. This gala day is open to any student in these year groups who would like to attend.

Cricket

Each year Emanuel enters the Wiburd Shield and Douglas Shield cricket competitions. These tournaments are played in a full day format and involve schools from across the State. The Wiburd Shield caters for students who are 15years or under, whilst the Douglas Shield is an opens division competition.

CIS Football

Emanuel will once again be taking part in the CIS Football Competition in 2019. Due to the very early start to the season next year, all trials and selections will occur this term. Team trainings will always commence later this term under the guidance of Emanuel coach Aytek Genc and his team of coaches.

Beach Touch

On the 30 November Emanuel will compete at the NSW Schools Beach Touch tournament at Maroubra Beach. The following teams will be entered:

• Year 7 girls
• Year 7 boys
• Junior girls (years 8/9)
• Junior boys (years 8/9)
• Senior girls (years 10/11/12)
• Senior boys (years 10/11/12).

If your child is interested in competing in any of the representative sport events, please encourage them to express their interest on the Sports noticeboard for further information.

Staff Long Service Awards

Michelle Favero- Marketing and Communications Manager

On Monday we recognised 27 loyal staff members, almost 20% of the staff body, who have been at Emanuel School for a combined total of 275 years! This is an impressive tally considering our School’s size and tender 35 years.

Our School’s success is as a result of the combined effort of each of our staff. Their enthusiasm, passion and motivation are also a testament to their dedication to the School, the students, parents and colleagues.

The following staff were recognised this year for five years of service:

Eliah Dean, Adam Ezekiel, Michelle Frank, Talia Hynek, Jackson Lee, Karen McAndrew, Jillian McCormick, Heath Morley, Maria Moses, Joseph Peacock, Kristy Reed and Norman Stein.

If you have visited reception in the past few years you will notice the Staff Appreciation Tree outside the Principal’s office. Each staff member who has worked at Emanuel for 10, 15 or 20 years receives an engraved leaf which they attach to the tree. It is growing at a rapid rate and soon we’ll have to ‘plant’ a new one!

Mazal tov to the following five staff members with 10 years of service, who received their bronze leaf: Maxine Chopard, Ruth Harvey, Miranda Minton, Martin Rembson and Rolene Silver.

Fifteen years is a long time to dedicate to a single employer and shows exceptional commitment and loyalty. The following staff collected their 15-year silver leaf to add to their growing collection:

Julie Bowman, Lisa Dobrin, Neil Furman, Rebeca Goldberg, Louise Heilpern, Stuart Taylor and David Whitcombe.

It is with awe that Andrew awarded Lara Ephron, Esti Lipson and Elena Rosin with a 20-year award. This is an exceptionally long time to give of oneself. Each of them received a memento tree and a gold leaf.  

Dramatic Action for Years 7-8

School Photo Week

Maxine Chopard | Assistant to the Deputy Principal | Maths Teacher

Week 2 is School Photo Week

On Wednesday 24 October we will be taking music, extra-curricular and House photos.

Uniform requirements:

• Years 5-12 students involved in the various photos will be expected to wear their blazer and tie on the day.
• All other Primary students who may be involved in a photo will wear summer uniform.

On Friday 26 October we have the Emanuel Representative Sport photographs

Uniform requirements:

• Students will be advised as to which sports ‘kit’ they are to bring for the shoot on the day.

Gifted and Talented parent workshops

Careers

Claire Pech – Careers Advisor

Welcome to the Class of 2019

It was great to welcome in the new Year 12 students this week. It made me reflect on how quickly time flies at Emanuel! I would like to reiterate some points I made this week.

Please can all students complete the Year 12 questionnaire, if they have not done so already:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQjCOWG5cZU_je8o0eK-1VJoVBsugaijoDdVW1Zv719hB9_g/viewform

Please can all Year 12s (and any other students too) register with jobjump if they have not already done so:-

https://www.jobjump.com.au/

This site can tailor information directly to your inbox based on your career preferences and subject choices, so it can take a lot of research time off your hands.

This is the 2018 timeline to help with planning:

Below is the careers jigsaw for students to pick a piece if they do not know where to begin in this process. There is no right or wrong place, and a variety of these pieces can make up the puzzle.

And finally, I wanted all students to be aware of the variety of options that are out there if they do not get in to their desired course – a reality for some students. I emphasised the list of options, sometimes taking longer, but moving forward, and I feel having this knowledge early on can really help with stress and anxiety levels.

Notices

Sydney Design School Open Day: Join them for their open day to find out everything about studying to become a professional Interior Designer. Explore the design studios, meet passionate educators and get creative building a moodboard. Register online for their November day at https://bit.ly/2A3wROg Level 2, 40 Oxley St, St Leonards, Sydney.

The UNSW and PPE

The UNSW is about to launch the (highly acclaimed PPE degree), Politics, Philosophy and Economics. Typically this has been studied at ANU (Australian National University) and holds a lot of prestige mixing three faculties, with many interest in the past from Emanuel students. Find out more at https://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/future-students/undergraduate/degrees/bachelor-of-politics-philosophy-and-economics/

Connecting our Community – Gesher

Sonia Newell – Development Officer

Bridge across the generations

Sonia Newell, Carolyn Bromberger, Syd Cohen and Barbara Cohen