From the Principal

Andrew Watt

Our Years 3-12 students commenced the new term with a reflective and respectful ANZAC Commemoration Assembly. Despite the absence of our Primary School student and parent team, who have embarked on their Jilkminggan adventure, the remainder of our School community have settled down quickly into the familiar rhythms of lessons, rest breaks and co-curricular activities.

Launching our Strategic Roadmap 2019-2021

Following on from an Executive and Board Strategic Workshop late last term, our P-12 Strategic Roadmap for the next three years was released and unpacked at our Staff Development Day. Strongly aligned to our mission, core values and ethos, we seek to:

• Cultivate highly adaptive students who can thrive in a changing world;
• Foster curious students who dig into questions, challenge assumptions and learn deeply;
• Improve teaching and learning through the way in which we collect and apply data;
• Inspire our students to experience and express their Judaism as personally and communally meaningful and transformative; and
• Ensure that every student engages in powerful learning that is suited to their unique selves.

The process of developing our Strategic Roadmap has involved significant input from our Board, Strategic Advisory Team, Executive, Middle leaders and our teaching staff. Sitting beneath the Strategic Roadmap, we have developed a set of detailed action plans to address each of the strategies. The Strategic Vision document can be accessed here, and I would encourage you to take the time to read through the strategies under each of the five strategic pillars. Our Strategic Roadmap does not, however, cover all that we are currently working on. For example, we are enhancing the profile of both sport and community engagement at Emanuel, and we will continue to pursue other worthwhile projects that are not part of the roadmap. Our key focus will remain on enhancing our teaching and learning, our wellbeing programs, and meaningful connections to our Jewish heritage and identity. We can look forward to exciting times ahead!

Giving back to our broader community

A number of our students represented Emanuel School at several community events over the non-term break. By all reports, they were proud and outstanding ambassadors, and we thank them for sacrificing their time in their holiday break to attend and contribute:

• The Jewish Community ANZAC Day event was attended by (Madrichim) Oliver Evans, Matthew Joffe and Eden Sadra.
• The Maccabi Memory Jog Event at Centennial Park was attended by Georgia Kahane and Joseph Fonteyn (Year 10); and
• The Communal Yom Hashoah Commemoration was attended by (Madrichim) Greg Allen, Oliver Evans, Isabella Flax, Dylan Herdan, Noah Klein, Mia Port, Adam Riesel, Lara Rutstein, Eden Sadra, Mia Shapiro and Rachel Turtledove.

Reminder of new measures to ensure a better traffic flow

Our traffic issues can be largely resolved if, at the morning or afternoon times, all parents or grandparents refrained from:

• Getting out of their car to assist their child;
• Double parking;
• Stopping for more than 90 seconds (after child arrives at car), in GWTF; and
• Stopping in a designated bus zone.

If there is no space in the designated GWTF area, parents are strongly encouraged not to stop, but rather to complete a second loop. Parents with older children are also encouraged to park some distance from the campus and enjoy the walk.

CSG App

A user account has been created for every parent, and it is our aim (and the aim of CSG) that all Emanuel School parents have downloaded and signed in to the app within the next two weeks. Thus far, only small numbers have downloaded the app. In the coming weeks, you may receive a further reminder from CSG.

The CSG app is an important tool for you and your family to contact CSG should you require, and for CSG to contact you in the event of a security emergency or incident of relevance to the Emanuel School or wider Jewish Community. I recommend that you download the app ASAP, log in, and familiarise yourself with the features.

• Download the app;
• Log in using the following credentials: your username is your mobile phone number (no spaces, starting 04) and your password is the first four letters of your name and last four digits of your phone number;
• To reset your password, click on ‘forgot password’ in the app.

Please familiarise yourself with the CSG through liking their Facebook page (search: Community Security Group NSW), and by joining their closed Facebook group (search: CSG NSW). Additionally, you may wish to save their 24-hour phone number in your phone: 1300 000 CSG (274) or visit their website: www.csgnsw.org.au. Emanuel School Board joins me in supporting the following important safety and security platform for our staff, parents and students: The CSG Alert App.

Mazal Tov

This week, Jared Elbourne and Gabriella Goodridge competed in the CIS Swimming Championships with the following results: Jared Elbourne: 4th place in 50m breaststroke. 

Gabriella Goodridge: 

Quote of the week

Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?

Cesar Chavez

Primary News

Natanya (Tany) Milner – Head of Primary

Welcome to Term 2. I hope everyone had a lovely break and a meaningful Pesach. Over the holidays, I spent time listening to some wonderful podcasts. I thought I would share two of these with you. Interestingly, the one about boys is from a woman’s perspective (Maggie Dent) and the one about girl’s is from a man’s perspective (Steve Biddulph). Perhaps this highlights that not only are there some key differences in raising boys and girls but that there are also some interesting insights when analysed from parents/adults of the opposite gender. I found these perspectives helpful to remember common behaviours for boys and girls and some of the suggested ways to approach these. Feel free to take a listen as you head off on a walk or a drive sometime…

Raising Boys With Love with Maggie Dent

www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/maggie-dent-2018/10340232

Raising Girls with Steve Biddulph

https://player.fm/series/the-parents-show-on-radio-verulam/the-steve-biddulph-on-raising-girls

Google Grant

We are excited to announce that we are a recipient of a 2019 Google Computer Science Educator Grant.  Our school will develop and host a professional learning opportunity for primary teachers in June. International experts in the field will guide teachers in a deep dive into the concepts that drive the Digital Technologies curriculum. There will also be a chance for our teachers to share best practice and network with colleagues from other NSW schools. This is a particularly exciting opportunity, as in past years universities and professional associations have been awarded this grant. There have only been a few schools selected across Australia and New Zealand. Thank you to Sophie Poisel for her outstanding submission that led to us being awarded this substantial grant.

ANZAC Day

We returned this week to a Years 3 -12 ANZAC Commemoration. It was a meaningful way to begin the term with some reflection on the importance of life and the contributions and sacrifices people have made for our freedom.

Northern Territory Trip

We currently have a group of 42 Emanuel students and parents in the Northern Territory visiting the Jilkminggan community. I believe they have had a wonderful experience filled with adventure, connection and learning. Thank you to Hugo Adrian, Lara Kepitis and Genna Radnan for leading this trip and thank you to Holly Dillon for the countless hours of organisation that she puts into making these trips such a success.

Jo-Anne Dooner Visit – Get Reading Right

This week’s parent information session by Jo-Anne Dooner was both informative and entertaining. Jo-Anne created the Years K – 2 phonics program used at Emanuel School and shared her insights about the best ways to support reading and writing development in the early years. Thank you to Katie Brody and Carrie Grieve for organising this presentation.

Yom Ha’atzmaut

On Thursday 9 May 2019, we will be celebrating Yom Ha’atzmaut. Students are invited to come to school dressed in blue and white, with a gold coin contribution to the UIA to celebrate the State of Israel’s 71^st year. During the day there will be activities for students to celebrate Israel and to learn and experience aspects of Israeli society and culture. To mark the day, falafel can be ordered from the canteen for lunch.

There will be no before school sport training or interschool sport that day. Students in Years 3 – 6 will have the opportunity to participate in a sporting activity based on popular sport and activities in Israel.

Mother’s Day

Next Friday, we look forward to the Mother’s Day breakfast and the stall. Thank you to the P&F in advance, for their efforts to create these beautiful events. The gifts will sold for $10 each so please send your child to school on Friday with the correct amount of money for the number of gifts desired. Thank you all for your support.

From the Head of Jewish Life

Rabbi Daniel Siegel

Blood Brothers

This week’s parashah, Acharei Mot, “After the Death” is awash in blood, signifying life.

We are repeatedly told in this Torah reading that blood is the “life force” and, therefore, not to be consumed.

This parashah and its focus on blood, representing life amidst death, follows upon our Pesach celebration which, likewise, presents blood as a prevalent motif. In recalling the ten plagues, the first of which is “blood”, we sprinkle 10 drops of red wine from our cups noting that our ancestors lives were saved only by the death of other human beings – life for life.

Similarly, in our “After the Death” parashah, the blood of the sacrificed animal, atoning for the purified human and safeguarding its life, is sprinkled upon the altar.

The passage from Ezekiel, read at the seder, “And when I passed over you, and saw you wallowing in your blood, I said ‘By means of you blood live, by means of your blood live’ is seen as referring to the blood of the Paschal lamb on the doorpost, signifying the national birth of our people as the Israelite first born were spared when God passed over their homes.

This week is also Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Yiddish writer and Holocaust survivor, Leib Rokhman, entitled his book, recounting life in death,  Un in Dayn Blut Zulsu Lebn. By Means of Your Blood, You Shall Live.

In the face of death, Jews affirm life. Blood does not betoken superiority, but makes us akin.

As we commemorate Yom HaShoah this week, may we pray that our world would more fully recognise that the blood of all humanity is a life force not to be consumed or denigrated, but honoured and celebrated.

Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer…? If you prick us, do we not bleed?

Merchant of Venice, Shylock

Yom HaShoah

Holocaust Commemoration – Memorials and Memories

On Sunday last week, our Emanuel High School Madrichim participated in our community’s Yom HaShoah commemoration, “Memorials and Memories”, organised by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies.

Below are some of their reflections:

Rabbi Daniel Siegel

Noah Klein

Coming together as a community, we heard from a range of speakers who spoke about the horrors of the Holocaust and how we can make sure that this will happen ’Never again.’

We heard musical performances which moved us deeply, and we ended the ceremony and commemoration with the Israeli anthem “Hatikvah.” The whole room rejoiced and belted out the words of Hatikvah and truly gave us ‘Hope’ for the future generations of Jewry around the world. 

Lara Rutstein

The Yom HaShoah commemoration was an inspiring event. Being part of hundreds of people, coming together as one community, was a truly moving experience and one I will not forget. I felt incredibly proud to represent not only our School but to be present for our ancestors who suffered through this dark period of our history.

Rachel Turtledove

It was inspiring to hear the stories of Holocaust survivors, as well as how we, as the next generation of Australian Jews, can continue to honour and commemorate those who lost their lives during the Holocaust. Being surrounded by hundreds of other members of our community, singing Hatikvah together and commemorating the precious lives lost, was an experience I will not forget and one that I was very proud to be a part of. 

Isabella Flax

Attending the community Yom HaShoah commemoration was a truly inspiring and important experience. It was fascinating to hear from a range of speakers, each of whom addressed various aspects of the Shoah. These all revolved around the theme of the event, which was ‘Memorials and Memories.’ It was an incredibly meaningful and moving evening and taught me a lot about the Shoah.

Mia Port

The Yom HaShoah commemoration was an emotional and respectful memorial of both those who perished and survived the Holocaust. The lighting of the candles in memory of the survivors’ families that perished was very moving.

Mia Shapiro

During this event, we listened to community representatives and Holocaust survivors talk about the horrors  of the Shoah, as we paid respects to the 6 million Jewish people who perished. This somber event, allowed  me to feel the support within the community and helped me understand how incredibly lucky we are to be able to speak to and hear from survivors. This was a very meaningful event and I was proud to represent our School.

Eden Sadra

Sunday’s Yom Hashoah ceremony was both solemn and incredibly moving. With hundreds of people sitting together, listening and singing, it became apparent to me, how truly important it is to never forget. We hear it over and over, and we learn about it throughout high school, but the immense significance of it had never been so apparent to me as I sat there in awe, actively listening and appreciating such incredible stories. I was honoured to have our amazing Madrichim body by my side as we furthered our understanding and appreciation of one of the most devastating events in human history, and one that moves us to strengthen our Judaism to make it something very special.

Anzac Commemoration and Wreath Laying Ceremony

On Sunday last week, Emanuel School students paid tribute to Jewish servicemen and women who have served in the Australian Defence forces. They joined Sydney community members at the wreath laying and ANZAC Day Service hosted by The NSW Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women at the Sydney Jewish Museum.

Rabbi Daniel Siegel

Below are some reflections from our students:

Matthew Joffe – Year 12

NAJEX’s ANZAC Ceremony this past weekend was a fitting commemoration for Jewish soldiers who have served and sacrificed their lives at war for the protection of Australia. The Governor of New South Wales, His Excellency General David Hurley attended, along with his wife, Mrs Linda Hurley, forming part of the audience hearing an interesting historical recounting of the Jewish impact in World War I, from acclaimed psychiatrist and past Governor of New South Wales, Professor Dame Marie Bashir. The service also included various Rabbis and other esteemed individuals from the Eastern Suburbs Jewish community, who have served in Australia’s army, and who spoke about what the ANZACs mean to the country of Australia and the Jewish people. I found the ceremony a respectful commemoration of the soldiers who sacrificed themselves for the betterment of our nation and I will attempt to continue to attend such ceremonies to remember the fallen soldiers.

Oliver Evans – Year 12

The ANZAC ceremony at the Sydney Jewish Museum was truly a beautiful commemoration. In the past, I have been to a few ANZAC services, however I had never been to a Jewish one, where fellow members of the Jewish community were there to remember those we lost. It was unlike anything I had ever been to and I was deeply moved by the speakers such as Professor Dame Marie Bashir. The most impactful moment for me, was when the room filled with everyone saying the mourner’s Kaddish. The heartfelt prayer reflected everyone’s emotion, and I felt not only connected to my country, but also to my religion. I greatly encourage everyone to go to this service as it truly was a meaningful experience.

Eden Sadra –  Year 12

The special ceremony was beautiful and very meaningful. It was such a pleasure to be able to go and represent Emanuel School and have the honour of laying a rose down in remembrance of those Australian soldiers who gave up their lives for all of us. We learn about it at school, and we have ceremonies as well, but when you voluntarily take the time out of your day to come to a commemoration like the one that was so beautifully put on, it becomes so much more meaningful. I am proud be part of a country that regularly recognises their fallen soldiers in such beautiful ways. In honour of our fallen Australian heroes … Lest we Forget.

Communal Commemorations and Celebrations for Israel

From the Head of Music

Diana Springford

All music ensemble rehearsals have now resumed for Term 2.  

Final call for Emanuel School Music Camp 2019!

We have had a wonderful response and a large group of talented students from Years 4 – 12 are registered to attend our annual Emanuel School Music Camp in July.  It is not too late to sign up but we cannot accept bookings for much longer.  Our participants list is being finalised and a detailed information letter with a packing list will be sent out to attendees mid term.  If you are unsure whether you have registered or not, please check that your name is on the list on the noticeboard in the Music Department.

Music Camp is a wonderful celebration of our vibrant music culture and the talents and hard work of our young musicians. Each camp is a special experience for students as they unite in a shared love of music and work together in the pursuit of excellence. Emanuel School music staff join with a team of highly – skilled professional musicians to develop and hone students’ musical skills in preparation for an exciting showcase concert.

This three – day residential camp will take place from Monday 1 July, returning on the evening of Wednesday 3 July 2019 and continue with an all – day rehearsal on Thursday 4 July. The Music Camp Showcase Concert will be held in the MPH on the Thursday evening.

All members of participating ensembles in Years 4 – 11 are expected to attend Music Camp at a cost of $496.  Attendance for Year 12 students is optional.

The cost of Music Camp will be $496. You can pay in full, OR in two instalments of $248.

To attend Music Camp two actions are required:

• First, register and pay online via TryBooking
• Secondly, complete the online permission form 

Register and pay by pasting this link into your internet browser: www.trybooking.com/BBYQS This will take you directly to the TryBooking website where you can follow the prompts to register your child’s full name, school year and to pay either the first instalment OR the full amount by credit card. You will be notified by email when the second instalment can be paid.

Complete the online permission note by pasting this link into your browser: https://forms.gle/w5BznZgDtZJUChDT8

If you have any questions, please email Joanne at jdearaujo@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au   

Musica Viva “Zeeko” Primary School incursion – ‘Music Inspired by the Environment’

On Monday 6 May 2019, the musicians of Zeeko will visit us to perform for Years K – 6 students.  Over the course of an hour, they will transport students on a journey across the earth’s ecosystem. This eclectic rock band – with male and female voices, guitar, bass and percussion – compose original songs about fast food, golden frogs and the deep ocean, with influences ranging from bluegrass, the Caribbean, jazz and ambient music. With glass bottles, squeaky toys and body percussion, students are able to engage their own creativity to explore a fundamental message: nature is calling to us, and it’s time to listen.

From the Primary Library

Ginnette Cameron-Gardner – Primary Teacher/Librarian

Welcome back, I hope that you all had a wonderful vacation.

Kindergarten, Year 1 students and students who are new to the school since September 2018 have now been allocated NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC) ID and passwords. I will be giving these to their class teachers, along with a copy of the information on how to enter their reading which they will be passing on to the students. 

Students who have previously been entered in the NSW PRC have already received their ID and password in previous years and are to retain and use them until the end of Year 9. Those students are able to enter what they have read since September 2018. Details of how to enter students reading online is included in this Ma Nishma edition.

 Walking the Boundaries by Jackie French

If you are looking for an Australiana fiction book that also includes time travel, this is an intriguing book by master story teller Jackie French, former Australian Children’s Laureate.

A story of friendship, adventure and the past. Martin lives in the city with his mother. His father lives with his new family in Adelaide.  Martin has never met his great grandfather. His parents are both surprised when an invitation for Martin to come and visit his great grandfather arrives.  He is encouraged to accept Old Ted’s invitation as it includes an offer for Martin to inherit the property if he comes and walks the boundaries of the farm that’s been in his family for generations.

The farm is estimated to be worth about a million so both parents are at last united in something when they agree to Martin going. Martin’s great – grandfather, Ted, doesn’t even want him to walk around the farm’s fences, just up the gorge and along the hills. Martin thinks about what he will do with the land, the money he may get from selling it and what he would do with that money.

Martin begins his trek which becomes more adventurous than he had expected. Up in the gorge Martin meets Meg from about seventy years ago. They journey on together and after further adventures, they meet Wullamudulla from thousands of years in the past.

The bulk of the story is about the relationship between the individual people and the land.  Despite their differences they discover that they’re all on the same journey … and that walking the boundaries means more than following lines on a map.  This is not just a time travel novel,  they are each walking the boundaries of time, of culture and of the land, and they are each coming to know themselves.  Read the book, enjoy the detailed adventures and see if you have correctly predicted the ending.

Recommended reading ages: 10-14. A copy is located in the Primary Library at JF FRE and also the High School Library has one at F FRE.

NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge

It is the responsibility of the student and their parent to keep the student’s ID and password safe as they use it until the end of Year 9.

The school’s PRC coordinator will issue new students with their account details once they have created an account for them in the PRC website. The student, and their parents can keep this safe to use each year until the end of Year 9.

Students who have participated in the Challenge previously at the same school can log in to the PRC website using their existing PRC username and password which they keep safe and use each year until Year 10. 

Students who are attending a new school but have previously participated in the Challenge, need to notify the school’s PRC co-ordinator.

Careers

Claire Pech – Careers Advisor

This week I have launched how to apply to UAC via their website, which is now open for business. 

UAC, different from previous years, is open much earlier in the academic calendar, and so students have been advised not to feel pressured to apply now, but they can set up their account if they like, and enter in preferences, if they are ready.

This is a great video about how to run through the process. It is very straightforward and after 4 minutes watching this you will know exactly what to do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hZapVNXwDw

This is also a great article below, produced by University of Sydney, about what to consider when deciding on how to choose a University degree that is suitable. https://sydney.edu.au/campus-life/student-news/2017/09/13/why-all-of-your-uac-preferences-matter.html

I have told Year 12s today that Term 2 tends to be the researching term, so I would advise students to increase the amount of research they have done to make informed choices and be prepared for Open Day Season later in the year.

I would like students and parents, to put the HSC & Careers Expo dates into their diary (between Thursday 31 May 2019 and Sunday 2 June 2019) and attend with friends and/or family. All NSW higher education institutions and Universities attend this huge career affair and each year. Emanuel students find it a very valuable experience to attend. https://www.hscandcareers.com.au/

UNSW Information Evenings coming up:

UNSW Degrees and Scholarships Info Evening – Law & Arts and Social Sciences
UNSW Degrees and Scholarships Info Evening – Science, Engineering & Medicine
UNSW Degrees and Scholarships Info Evening – Business & Built Environment
UNSW Degrees and Scholarships Info Evening – Art & Design

LAT Information Evening – Thursday, 9 May

Students are encouraged to attend at UNSW campus to find out everything they need to know about applying to study Law at UNSW. 

Optional Theatresports Drama – Years 7, 8 and 9

A group of Emanuel School Year 9 students will be competing in the Impro Australia School Theatresports competition on the 16^th May 2019 at Sydney Girls High School. This is the first year Emanuel School has entered a team. We wish them the very best of luck and we look forward to celebrating their results with you. The creative and enthusiastic members are Mirabelle Mirvis, Eden Glass, Myles Cohn, Ilan Meshel and Jesse Keyser.

From Theatresports Coach, Brooke Oldfield

Primary Optional Drama

Connecting our Community – Gesher

Sonia Newell – Development Officer

Mazal Tov to one of our parents, Sarah Kummerfeld, who is also an Emanuel School graduate (Head Madricha, Class of 1997).

A recent post on the Garvan Institute Facebook page announced: “A/Prof Sarah Kummerfeld, Head of Science of the Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics at The Garvan Institute, was part of a team to publish a study in the prestigious journal, Science. While working at @Genentech in the US, she helped reveal how variants in the gene BAP1 predispose individuals to certain types of cancers. 
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/364/6437/283

Sarah says “I am thrilled to have this work published in Science. It was a huge team effort over more than five years and a fair share of challenges along the way making it all the more exciting to see it finally out in print.” The paper, “Intrinsic apoptosis shapes the tumor spectrum linked to inactivation of the deubiquitinase BAP1” as Sarah says, is not the catchiest title, but with a few definitions it may be less cryptic? 

“BAP1 is the gene we were studying, it encodes a protein that we knew was important for stopping cancer. People without a properly working BAP1 gene develop cancers in their 20s (especially some Melanomas and Mesothelioma). Apoptosis is a type of cell death, it can be a good thing when it kills off cells that would have become cancers. Deubiquitinases are proteins that take ubiquitin molecules off DNA which then turns the genes nearby on.  We were trying to understand what it is that BAP1 is doing to stop cancer cells from growing and why it works so well in some types of cells but not in others.”

Sarah is not the only Emanuel alumn involved with research work in the field of cancer.  We are also reminded about “Remember September”: https://rememberseptember.gofundraise.com.au started by Ben Wilheim (Class of 2008) to raise awareness and much needed funding towards finding a cure for pancreatic cancer, and also David Mizrahi (Class of 2005) who heads off to Tennessee soon on his Fullbright Commission Postdoctoral Fellowship Award to further investigate exercise in the management of oncology (cancer) patients. 

YOU could be the one to give the GIFT of LIFE to a blood cancer patient: www.giftoflifeaustralia.org.au

The late Shula Endrey-Walder OAM

As announced on their recent Facebook post, “Join the Aussie stem cell and Bone Marrow Donor Registry as a potential life-saving blood stem cell donor at the Yom Ha’atzmaut carnival to celebrate Israel’s 71^st birthday on Sunday 5 May @ Moriah College from 4pm to 7pm.” All it takes is completing a medical questionnaire and giving a 6ml blood sample.  You need to be healthy, 18 to 45 years old, 50+kg, neither pregnant nor breastfeeding, and be willing to save a life!  “Let’s do this in honour and memory of Shula Endrey – Walder OAM, through whose passion and dedication many lives have been saved.”  Shula who sadly passed away in January this year, was an Emanuel grandparent.

If you cannot attend on Sunday, testing is also available at The Wolper Jewish Hospital in Woollahra.  Please phone 9328 6077 for more details.

Max Guerry (Class of 2008) with Garry Case, Natalie Lijovic and Tina Greenhill

We are always thrilled to see alumni back at Emanuel School, even if it is only for a short visit.  Max Guerry (Head Madrich, Class of 2008) who now lives in Canada, was back in Sydney visiting family last month and he attended our Primary Pesach celebrations on 11 April  2019 with his nieces Lily Foltyn (Year 4) and her sister Matilda (Year 1),  whose mother Eve Guerry is also an alumna and Head Madricha, Class of 1998.  Max managed to also catch up with some of his teachers which was a nice surprise for them all.

Save the Date

Breakfast with Emanuel – 12 June 2019 in Bondi Junction, and19 June 2019 in the CBD, hosted by KPMG.

Time: 7:30am to 9:00am

Topics: Driving for Deep Learning and welfare and well-being of our students.

More details out soon. 

If you have photos and/or news to share, please send it to me at: snewell@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au

From the Parents and Friends

Ruby Berkovic and Jennifer Opit

Hi Everyone,

We hope you enjoyed the term break.

Challah Orders Term 2

This is the last week that we will be taking challah orders for Term 2! Delivery begins in Week 1 of this term (today).

You can eliminate the hassle of having to pick up your weekly challah and support the P&F at the same time. We will be selling freshly baked challah every Friday at the cost of $4.50 and you can pick it up on a Friday afternoon at the same time that you collect your kids. (Gluten free challah is available at an increased price). The challot must be pre-ordered. Please register your interest by emailing: kendrey@bigpond.com

Mother’s Day Breakfast and Stalls

It is an Emanuel School tradition to celebrate Mother’s Day with a beautiful breakfast for mothers, grandmothers and special friends. 

Our annual Mother’s Day breakfast will be on Friday 10 May 2019. 

Time: 7:00am – 8:20am in the MPH 

Cost: Adults $15 ($20 on the day), Children $10 ($15 on the day)

Bookings: www.trybooking.com/BBWYB 

To assist us with catering, please be sure to book early. 

We have also organised a wonderful Mother’s Day Gift Stall on Friday 10 May and we will be selling special gifts for your Primary School children to give to you on Mother’s Day. Please be sure to send your child along with $10 per gift on the day and they will bring the gift home with them that afternoon. The correct money would be greatly appreciated and if you would like to purchase more than one gift perhaps for a grandparent, just send extra money. 

P&F Theatre Fundraiser: School of Rock the Musical!

Join us for the Emanuel P&F theatre outing to see School of Rock the Musical! at 6:00 pm on Sunday, 17 November  2019 at the Capitol Theatre! Tickets are selling fast so don’t miss out!

There are limited tickets to this performance. Get the best priced A-reserve tickets available for $94.90 and a free program per booking donated by Playbill, plus a chance to win 2x $100 merchandise packs!

This works as a group booking, so individual tickets will be allocated after the sale period is completed and the P&F receives the tickets. Tickets are allocated based on date of purchase. If you have a large group and you want to sit together you need to purchase all the tickets in one booking. Book now: www.trybooking.com/BBAKH

Entertainment Books

Emanuel School is fundraising with Entertainment Books!

Your support really helps our fundraising.

Order Now:  www.entbook.com.au/200508p

See you all around the school soon.

Jen & Ruby

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