From the Principal

Andrew Watt

Recognising 10 years of service: Keeping us safe

The distinguished and ongoing service of Tom Hagl was celebrated at our High School Assembly. Whilst not a member of the Emanuel staff team, Tom has been an integral member of the Emanuel community, seeking to protect us from danger. His commitment, efficiency and sense of humour are sincerely appreciated, and we hope that he will continue to serve our community for years to come.

Careers Space – sharing university and career experiences 

On Tuesday, our Year 11 and 12 students participated in a special interactive and informal careers forum, involving over 30 of our alumni. Each student selected three sessions to attend from a range of diverse careers (not just Law and Medicine), and this was followed by a networking session that allowed students to introduce themselves to, and converse with, the presenters. Our Year 12 students also had the opportunity to hear from a LinkedIn professional (also an alumnus), about how LinkedIn can be used to create a profile and develop a network. Our Careers Forum sought to normalise career journeys for our current graduates. For many, this journey no longer follows a linear path, but rather a winding path that involves changing courses, changing directions and changing careers, some realising later in life that their chosen degree and career was not for them. Interestingly, many of our alumni also expressed how “good they had it” at Emanuel! It is hoped that Careers Space provided a wealth of information and ideas, motivating our students to explore a range of career avenues. Many thanks to our Careers Adviser, Claire Pech, for her organisation of this event and Sonia Newell, for her work in getting alumni involved. The next opportunity for our students to continue their exploration will be the HSC and Careers Expo, to be held next week at Moore Park.

CDSSA Cross Country Championships

Back row (left to right): Jade Berson, Shai Farhy, Aiden Poswell, Coby New, Sienna Poswell. Front row: Victoria Miller, Samara Trenaman, Brody Elbourne

I had the pleasure of watching our Emanuel cross country team perform, on a challenging track, within Centennial Park. Emanuel has performed consistently well over the last four years at the CDSSA Cross Country Championships, placing 1^st in 2016 and 2017, and 2^nd in 2018 and 2019. These are great results in an association of 11 schools and are a reflection of the quality training program delivered by coaching staff in the lead up to the event and the talent amongst Emanuel students. Many thanks to Kristy Genc, Sharon Fairfax, Heath Morley and our specialist coaches for their support and development of our squad.

Policy reviews

Our Executive team continues to review our suite of policies on an annual basis. For those policies that relate directly to our parents, we will notify you and provide links to the revised policies for your perusal.

Mazal tov

• The following students cut a combined total of over 2 meters of their hair and raised over $3350 which they donated to Children with Hair Loss: Ella Hart, Adena Sheps, Lucinda Labi, Brooke Rosen, Jayda Abrahams, Lani Israel, Talia Blackman, Milla Silberman and Megan Finn. Thanks to Rachel Jammy, Asha Friedman, Sasha Baskin, Tallulah Stein, Talia Blackman and Isabella Reichel for organising the event.
• Gabriella Goodridge was selected for the New South Wales Combined High Schools Swim Team
• At the CDSSA Cross Country Championships held on Monday, Brody Elbourne and Victoria Miller came 1^st  in the 15 years group, and Aiden Poswell and Samara Trenaman came 1^st in the 16 years events
• Alexandra Machlin (Year 7) had a double victory at Competition Day at the prestigious Sydney Show Jumping Club last weekend with 1^st place in both the 65cm (Junior) and 75cm (U18) events
• Year 9 students who were such good representatives of the School on Tuesday at the PowerHouse Museum excursion. Their teacher said this was probably the best behaved group of students she has ever taken on an excursion! 
• Our Junior High School Chess team won 4-0, the Primary A team won 3.5-0.5 and the Primary B team won 4-0

Quote of the week

“Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of the car is separate from the way the car is driven.”

Edward De Bono

From the Head of Jewish Life

7^th Heaven

7th Heaven was the most watched TV series ever on the Warner Brothers Network. Analysts suggest that it was the wholesomeness achieved by one family in the challenging circumstances of everyday living that enticed its audience to tune in to this hoped for heaven.

Our Jewish tradition proffers a 7^th Heaven as well, which is a central focus of last week’s and this week’s Torah reading.

Parashat Emor, spoke of the Omer count, “sheva shabbatot”-seven sabbaths, meaning seven times seven days. This week’s parashah, BeHar, which follows Emor, likewise focuses on seven and shabbat.

After speaking about the Sabbatical year (“shana hashevi’it, shabbat shabbaton”), which is the Shabbat of the seventh year, reflective of the Shabbat of the seventh day, BeHar, echoing Emor, says you shall count “sheva shabbatot shanim”, seven sabbatical years, bringing us to the Jubilee, upon the conclusion of the forty-ninth year.

Shabbat and seven are intertwined. They both spiral together from the seventh day, to the seventh year, to the forty-ninth year. Each connotes rest, for humans, animals and the land upon/ by means of which we live. A 7^th heaven on earth.

The Sabbath, the Sabbatical, the Jubilee are all described with words connoting restoration and returning, (veshavta, veshavtem, tashuvu) which are linked to the word shabbat.

Shabbat and sheva conjure, completeness and fullness. Thus, Shabbat is called Kadosh, holy in the sense of wholeness. Likewise, completion of the seventh cycle of shabbatot, “is the Jubilee, Kadosh/holy, shall it be to you”.

Today, many of our students take a “gap year”, a “sabbatical”. This is often a time to recalibrate,to reclaim oneself, to seek a more profound and expansive perspective as to how one might want to journey on in life.

Our Bible reminds us of the importance of these times of self-reflection and reclamation.

The Hasidic tradition tells tales of individuals seeking to expand the Shabbat into the weekdays, perhaps reminding us of the ultimate shabbat for which we strive, which is not only a gap day or even year but realising the fullness of living throughout each day of our lives.

On Shabbat we pray for “yom she-kulo shabbat”- a day that is fully shabbat. The Rabbinic tradition associates this “day” with the Messianic period- a time of wholeness of our being and our earth.

The Midrash teaches that the wholeness of divine being once present within the Primordial world has progressively become estranged from us and now resides in the 7^th heaven.

The sole work not only permitted but prescribed for shabbat-every seventh day, every seventh year and upon the culmination of every seventh seven year cycle is this lifetime endeavour of creating/recovering and experiencing a longed-for wholeness. Shabbat, alone, should we seek to make it so, is a “taste of the world to come”-where seventh heaven and earth become one (again).

Primary News

Natanya (Tany) Milner – Head of Primary

Holly Dillon

For those of you who aren’t aware, Holly has made the wonderful and brave decision to return to study to become a teacher! Due to the workload, she cannot manage to study and work and has therefore resigned from her position at Emanuel in order to focus on her studies. Holly has worked as my personal assistant and in the Primary office for six years. Over this time, she has been an incredible professional and an outstanding colleague to us all. She is much loved by the children, staff and parents and is known for her warmth, dedication and attention to detail. At this stage, I am consoling myself about Holly’s resignation because I know that the world of teaching will gain monumentally once she graduates. I know you all join me in wishing her all the very best throughout her studies and our gratitude for her contributions over the years. Holly will leave Emanuel School at the end of Term 2.

Colleen Elkins | Gifted and Talented Co-Ordinator K-6

K-6 Gifted & Talented (G&T) Department

Term 2 has started off with a bang, with Year 5 and 6 students preparing for the Academic Da Vinci Decathlon which occurs on 30 May. Chess season has also begun and all of our teams played commendably in the first round of their Inter-schools’ Chess Competition last Friday.

Our High School Junior Team, Primary A Team and Primary B Team scored 11.5 points out of 12. A great start to the season!

Our students in Years 3-6 G&T Mathematics lessons have just embarked on the Mathematics Challenge for Young Australians (MCYA) this week, pitting themselves against their national peers, to see who can solve highly challenging word and reasoning problems, either as an individual or in small groups. There is no adult intervention involved and students have already become passionate about sharing their answers and explaining their work to their peers. This is a 4 week project and students are awarded a Distinction, Credit, Merit etc at the end of the process.

The Mathematics Olympiad Challenge also began this week, targeting G&T Mathematics students in Year 5 and 6. Once again, it is a wonderful opportunity to participate in externally set competitions and measure oneself against the wider community.

In the Humanities area, we have a Year 4 Reporters Club, catering to the budding literary talents in Middle Primary, as well as an embryonic Year 3 Debating Club, being championed by a Year 3 student and an older mentor.

Along with this, students showing a passion for particular disciplines are partaking in individual or partnered projects replacing content in the classroom that they may have already mastered. For example, we have a small group of Year 2 students who are working with a G&T staff member during class time on the National History Project, which culminates in submission of a final product to the National History Organisation.

Providing opportunities for students to ensure that they are challenged within the classroom and beyond, is of highest priority for the Gifted and Talented Department at Emanuel School.

Holiday news

Several of our Year 1 and 2 students (as nominated by the school) participated in the Brainwaves Academicus Program during the April holidays. This program involved activities such as investigating Science, Maths and Physics through roller-coaster Science and Board Games. The students were enlivened by the learning involved and the feedback from parents was very positive. I would recommend future workshops for parents looking for engaging pursuits for their highly capable child.

Congratulations to Asher Levin who was selected at this program to progress to the next level of competition.

All teachers at Emanuel are committed to providing learning at the correct challenge level for students. Staff undertook G&T Professional Development on the pupil free day at the end of Term 1 and the receptiveness of staff to implementing best practice is to be applauded.

Please be in touch if you have any questions or comments regarding Years K-6 G&T at Emanuel.

Shoah Commemoration

Daniel Samowitz

Some Emanuel School Year 11 students attended the NSW Council of Christians and Jews Shoah Commemoration on Tuesday 14 May 2019 at the Great Synagogue. We were able to commemorate together as a wider community. The students found the commemoration really meaningful and took part by lighting candles on behalf of our school and also read out a poem in the service.

Here is the link to the video

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1oUQ066JnqwI2n65p8JLUz1hODloqR3Er

March of the Living

Miriam Itzkowitz – Year 11

My Experience on March of the Living

Jews were murdered. Millions of Jews, ruthlessly slaughtered as though they were nothing. As though they meant nothing to the world. Their existence wasn’t important, in fact, it was more of a nuisance than anything else.

Claudia Burman and I participated in March of the Living, a two week programme in Poland and Israel to learn about the Holocaust, and see first-hand the atrocities that occurred just over seventy years ago. We, along with three students from Melbourne, two students from Auckland, and seventeen students from America’s East Coast, as well as an amazing group of staff and adults, explored our collective history and heritage as a people.

We went to different concentration camps while on March of the Living: Treblinka, Majdanek, Auschwitz, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Plaszow and  the Warsaw Ghetto, all of which gave us a lot of insight into different aspects of the Holocaust and the Polish experience.

The trip was highly emotional, as we traced the paths that many of our family members took before being led to their certain death. It is impossible to write a short enough article to fit everything I want to say into it, so I would like to focus on one of the many places we went to in Poland; Majdanek.

For me, Majdanek was by far the most overwhelmingly conspicuous place we went to, as it was extremely unique, but also greatly defined the immense brutality and inhumanity of the Nazis. Majdanek wasn’t originally made for Jews, and only a third of the people murdered there were Jews. It was an extremely graphic place, and what I found hardest to cope with was the fact that the ovens in which the corpses were being cremated, were heating up a sauna for the Nazis to use while they waited for the bodies to be completely turned to ash. At the end of Majdanek, there is a mound of ash. It’s massive and it isn’t even all of it. A lot of the ash was used as fertiliser for the Nazi’s farms and a lot of it has spread across the camp over time. I feel as though that sums up the entirety of human brutality. One thing which also struck me at Majdanek was how, out of the black soil, coloured by human ash, grew very pretty flowers. While the people murdered at Majdanek didn’t necessarily have human offspring, they still produced life.

The March itself was truly amazing, as we marched in pride of being Jewish in solidarity with Jews from all over the world, and going to Israel at the end reminded me of how lucky we are to be alive, and how far we’ve come as a people. March of the Living was a very important experience and it really gave us an extra layer to our already extensive knowledge of this darkest of periods in human history. Being there and seeing everything first hand was incredibly surreal and put a lot of things in perspective for me.

While on March of the Living, we were encouraged to keep a journal every day. If you are interested in our journal reflections and experience kindly contact Rabbi Siegel who can provide you with the electronic link.

Ma Koreh

Adam Carpenter | Head of Jewish Life Primary

Limmud Oz is just around the corner, with an exciting program of Jewish learning and experiences for adults and children.

Limmud Oz is one of the largest, most diverse and dynamic events in the Sydney Jewish community and will be held between 15 – 17 June 2019 at UNSW.

Limmud Oz is an immersive three day festival that will take you one step further on your Jewish journey. The upcoming program is filled with numerous choices – insightful panels, powerful talks, hands-on workshops, revealing interviews, moving performances and more – delivered by international and Australian presenters.

The curated program is grouped under the following themes:

Text and Tradition

History and Memor

Society and Politics

Arts and Culture, Israel

Mind, Body and Soul.

The program can be found here

Book Tickets here: www.shalom.edu.au/event/limmud-oz-2019/#_book

From the Head of Music

Diana Springford

Music Camp Talent Quest

Show off your secret, or not so secret, talent at the Music Camp Talent Quest on Tuesday evening. Students who wish to participate should have a well-prepared act that is appropriate for Music Camp students from ages 9-18. It could be serious or funny. Students who would like to participate must register their interest with Mr Burley by the first Monday of camp. They should bring whatever gear they need and, if using a backing track, should have it fully downloaded and given to Mr Burley by the last Friday before camp.

Further information about Music Camp (Week 10)

Our participants list for Music Camp has been finalised, with over 130 students attending.  For parents who opted to pay by instalments, you will receive a reminder this week with instructions how to pay the second (final) instalment by 1 June 2019.  A detailed information letter with a packing list will be sent out to attendees in Week 7. 

Kornmehl Gate & Music Room Door open for musicians from 7.00 am – 7.45 am daily

Due to feedback about the effect on musicians of closing the Kornmehl gate and Music door, Mr Watt is willing to trial allowing musicians who have early morning rehearsals and/or have heavy instruments to enter via the Kornmehl gate and Music door between 7:00 am and 7:45 am sharp. From 7:45 am students will need to walk through the Avoca or Waxman gate to come to rehearsal and/or bring their instruments down to the M Rooms.

In the afternoon, musicians should please continue to take their instruments with them out of the Avoca or Waxman Gates.

Night of Song (information for soloists)

Please mark in your diary that Night of Song is on Thursday 22 August 2019. This very popular concert is our main annual event for choirs as well as a number of vocal soloists.  Aspiring soloists who are planning to audition for Night of Song, please note that this year our theme is Musical Theatre, so we are giving you plenty of advance notice that you will need to prepare a song from a musical.

CDSSA Cross Country

Kristy Genc | Head of Sport | PDHPE Teacher | Year 11 Tutor

CDSSA Cross Country Carnival

On Monday the Emanuel School Cross Country Team competed at the Combined Districts Secondary Schools Association (CDSSA) Cross Country Championships at Centennial Park. These students had engaged in a comprehensive training program for the eight weeks leading up to the event, training twice a week with the Emanuel running coach Jordan Williams.

The running conditions were perfect early in the day and the team appreciated the support of Mr Watt and the many parents who attended. Outstanding results included:

Brody Elbourne: 1^st place 15 years boys

Victoria Miller: 1^st place 15 years girls

Aiden Poswell: 1^st place 16 years boys

Samara Trenaman: 1^st place 16 years girls

Sienna Poswell: 2^nd place 12 years girls

Shai Farhy: 2^nd place 13 years boys

Aaron Harpaz: 3^rd place 14 years boys

Jade Berson: 3^rd place 16 years girls

Aiden Kanevsky: 5^th place 12 years boys

Georgia Kahane: 5^th place 16 years girls

The Emanuel 16 years divisions dominated their races, with five girls and four boys placing in the top 10.

As a result of such a successful carnival, twenty five of our best long distance runners have now qualified for the Association of Independent Co-educational Schools (AICES) Cross Country Championships to be held on 4 June 2019. I wish all of these students the best of luck. 

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Jared Elbourne CDSSA Cross Country 2019

Hannah Kim and Eden Levit CDSSA Cross Country 2019

Sienna Poswell and Aiden Kanesky

Victoria Miller and Chloe Miller CDSSA Cross Country 2019

Aron Harpaz, Coby New, Julian Baruch, Jonah Trope, Solly Pager

Samara Trenaman, Danielle Rutstein, Georgia Kahane, Jade Berson

Rebekah Goldsworthy, Jonathan Schach, Jacob Rose, Tal Boskila and Aiden Poswell

Toni Amsalem, Anton Blair, Eden Glass, Gidon Grunseit, Noah Dawson Kelly, Brody Elbourne and Josh Hirst

Representative Sport News

Kristy Genc | Head of Sport | PDHPE Teacher | Year 11 Tutor

Swimming

Congratulations to Gabriella Goodridge on her selection in the New South Wales Combined High Schools Swim Team. This level of representation is the highest school representative honour that a student can attain in New South Wales. The abundance of hours of training each week that are required over many years of training to reach this level of achievement require significant dedication and hard work, and I look forward to recognising Gabriella at an upcoming assembly.

Football

Ethan De Melo, Danielle Rutstein and Jordan Weizman recently competed at the AICES Opens Football Championships at Valentine Park. These students had previously been selected for the CDSSA football team following their outstanding performances at the gala day at the beginning of term. They continued this great performance whilst playing with other representative players in the association. The CDSSA teams proved to be very strong, with both teams progressing to the grand final. The CDSSA girls team were victorious, whilst the boys narrowly lost in penalties. Congratulations to Ethan and Jordan who have now also been selected in the AICES Football Team to compete at the upcoming CIS Championships.

Danielle Rutstein, Jordan Weizman and Ethan De Melo

Year 9 East Timor Trip

Eleven students in Year 9 returned from East Timor last Wednesday. They had an eye-opening and meaningful educational journey to one of Australia’s closest but poorest neighbours. Their supervising teachers Mr Bell and Ms Korotkov ensured that the group had the trip of a lifetime. Here are a few reflections written soon after returning home:

The trip to East Timor was such a massive, new and exciting step in my life and it really helped me to think and connect with the world and people around me. It made me consider how lucky I am to have an education and even just to have a clean bathroom. Not only that but it also made me fall in love with East Timor’s culture and Gildapil’s charm and beauty. Teaching the kids was a highlight of my trip and it was amazing to not only teach them about the English language and life back in Sydney, but also to learn from them about Tetum (their native language) and also how valuable education is to them and to hear about their hopes and dreams for the future. Coming home after the trip I felt both refreshed from the trip and overwhelmed by how busy and rushed our lives in Sydney are. Overall this trip is an incredible, motivating and refreshing experience that you really will always have a special place in your heart for.

Bella Filipczyk

My trip to East Timor taught me so much about both the amazing country of Timor Leste and about myself. This trip made me think a lot about my core values and beliefs, in comparison to Australia’s core values and beliefs. I loved the whole journey because I learnt something new every day and I was always having an amazing time. Being with the kids in Gildapil made me think about how important a quality education is and also how important it is to have strong connections with the people in your life and the environment around you. I think that coming back from the trip I am going to think a lot more about the environment and my connections with the people around me. I am going to have a more positive outlook on my education and on life. I think this trip is a once in a life time opportunity because you get to experience life as a local Timorese person, instead of just being a tourist. You also get to delve deeper into the Timorese culture, and learn firsthand about people’s stories and experiences.

Eden Grynberg

East Timor was a ten day trip that truly changed my life. We learnt about the history and culture – the fact that Australia (one of Timor-Leste’s closest neighbours) wasn’t there to help Timor-Leste when they needed us the most (1975 to 1999). I specifically noticed how people with so little material wealth in their lives seem to live with such pride and happiness. We experienced this by immersing ourselves in their lives while we were there and the enormous difference was very clear. We went into one of the local houses and personally saw what it was like inside. The way they live is cramped with no privacy. The Timorese always have massive smiles on their faces no matter what and have a positive outlook on life. East Timor was an experience that will never be forgotten and one with many memories and stories to last a lifetime.

Layla Goldberg

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Meir Advocate

Meir Advocate

Hi Meirian’s we hope you are having a great Term 2 so far, we are nearly half way through and have lots of things happening in Meir right now! Here’s what’s up…

Finding your Inner Child

Last week’s House Assembly theme was “‘your inner child.’ It focused on Meirians connecting with their childhood selves and remembering that the little simple things really do make people happy. The amazing Year 11 leaders set up different activities for us all to complete including: painting, making paper aeroplanes, building lego, forts and bridges. Though at first we were a little suspicious about these seemingly childish activities, by the end of the assembly we were more relaxed, happy and in a positive headspace.

A big message that we took away from this was that we don’t need electronics or screens to be happy and entertained. In a world where everything is now focused on screens we found it very beneficial to step away for just one hour and act like kids, relying on our own imaginations and creativity to keep us entertained.

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Inner Child – Leah Wolf

Dean Reuveny, Elia Gil-Munoz, Mia Gold

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Critical Inner Voice

This week’s House Assembly theme was about managing your ‘critical inner voice.’ Everyone doubts themselves in some way and a person’s critical inner voice can lead to nerves, stress and potentially anxiety. For some people this can result in the inability to take risks, start a conversation or try new things. In order to manage our critical inner voice, every Meirian listed their own strengths and abilities in House Assembly.  By focusing on the our strengths and abilities we can be more confident and comfortable with who we are and learn to manage our critical inner voice.

Term 2 Motto – ‘Stars can’t shine without darkness’

This week we linked our Term 2 motto to mental health. Angel Mitrani (Year 12 Meirian) spoke at both High School Assembly on Tuesday and House Assembly on Wednesday about the upcoming fundraiser on Friday for the Black Dog Institute. Angel spoke about the importance of each person looking after themselves and reaching out to a friend, family member, counsellor or professional if they need any help. This can be done through any of the following links:

• Beyond Blue
• Headspace
• SANE Australia
• Black Dog Institute

Cross Country

The CDSSA Cross Country race was held on Monday. Everyone who was competing put a massive amount of effort in to get ready for the race, training twice a week for the past term. We would like to congratulate all the Meirians who participated and for giving it their best shot.

Meirians in East Timor

Welcome back to the six Meirians who had an amazing time on the school’s East Timor trip. Luca Calderon Havas, Isabella Filipczyk, Samuel Moliver, Joshua Moses, Eden Grynberg and Ethan Trenaman returned to school this week after an amazing trip. Thank you to these students who all shared their incredible experience with the rest of Meir House in the ‘On The Couch’ segment of House Assembly.

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Timor

Timor Joshua Moses

Timor Eden Grynberg

Congratulations

Congratulations to Alan Drannikov (opposite) who has recently been selected in the AICES Rugby Team to compete at the Combined Independent Schools (CIS) rugby carnival. Everyone in Meir would like to wish Alan the best of luck at his upcoming competition.

We hope you have had a great start to Term two!

Love your Meir Editors, Charlotte Lyons and Tara Israel

Rabin Bugle

Shabbat Shalom Rabinites!

Welcome back to what has already been an exciting term. As acting Head of Rabin, I am looking forward to supporting all Rabinites throughout Term 2. Please feel free to come to the Wellbeing Centre to say hello during the day or alternatively I can be found in the PDHPE staffroom.

This term we are all looking forward to the upcoming School Athletics Carnival which will be held at Hensley Athletic Track and Field at EastGardens in week 6 on Friday 7 June 2019. Rabinites are encouraged to enjoy the day by cheering loudly for their follow housemates in all events and by entering as many track and field events as possible.

Congratulations to our Year 12s on completing their half yearly assessments in week 3 and to all Rabinites for successfully managing a series of difficult and at times stressful online NAPLAN examinations.

The Year 11 students are to be commended on running a very enjoyable House assembly in week 3. A special congratulations go to Simone Rappoport, Lachlan Corne, Talia Sinia, Amber Langman, Ryan Rubinstein and Rachel Zwarenstein for taking the time to plan a well thought out and engaging House assembly. The students participated in a variety of interactive games which tested their knowledge of the current Year 11 group and put their acting skills on display in a game of Hosting for Dinner.

Sporting achievements

It is very pleasing to hear many Rabinites are engaging in the extra curricular sporting activities Emanuel School has to offer and achieving success.

Well done to Gabriella Goodridge who competed and achieved an outstanding result at the CIS swimming championships at the NSW All Schools Championships.

Another big congratulations goes out to our Rabinites, Ben Torban and Ari Karjalainen who proudly represented CDSSA at the AICES Rugby Carnival in Week 2. Jordan Weizman and Vicky Miller are also to be commended on their outstanding achievement of winning the NSW Regional Schools Open Girls Futsal tournament.

I encourage all Rabinites to follow in their footsteps by looking to join a winter season sport or an EActive recreational activity for the term. Further information can be found on the parental portal and the try booking registration link located on the parent portal.

That’s the Rabin Bugle for this week and remember your Rabin Tutors and I am are here to support and help you throughout the term so please feel free to reach out.

Reminders: We would love to acknowledge your achievements or celebrations. So, if you’ve noticed a Rabinite achievement has not been mentioned please let us know. You can email Mr. Morley or our House Captains – Adam Riesel and Tia Mallinick, if you would like a mention or to make an announcement. Thank you.

Primary Library News

Ginnette Cameron-Gardner | Primary Teacher Librarian

NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge 2019

Another student has completed the Challenge since last week. Ashley Cohn, Year 6. Congratulations and mazal tov.

New books in the Primary Library

The Primary Library has an exciting new treasure hunt/time travel series by Chris Blake.

In the ‘Time Hunters’ series, ten-year-old Tom accidentally smashes a statue in a museum and releases Isis, a young Egyptian who has been imprisoned for thousands of years in a mummy. To break an ancient curse, the duo must travel back in time to find six hidden amulets – battling Gladiators, Knights, Greeks, Vikings, Pirates and Egyptian Warriors!

They do not find an amulet in each book in the series, sometimes they need to find something that helps them move on to find the next amulet.   For more adventures and competitions there is a QR code in the back of the books to scan.

On Tom and Isis’s first adventure they arrive in Ancient Rome. To find the amulet they will have to fight the fiercest gladiator who ever lived!  Read Gladiator Clash.

In Book 2 Knight Quest Tom and Isis meet the legendary King Arthur’s heroic knights and must bravery in a race to find a legendary golden sword and continue on in the next book to find the next amulet.

Viking Raiders (Book 3 in Time Hunters series.)

On their third journey, Tom and Isis set sail in the freezing cold on a Viking longboat. Will they succeed in their treasure hunt before the terrifying Vikings begin their next raid?

Book 4 Greek Warriors has Tom and Isis becoming Spartan soldiers in a fight against the Trojan warrior. They fight clashing swords and dodge flying arrows in their quest to find the amulet.

The series continues with:

#5 Pirate Mutiny

#6 Egyptian Curse

#7 Cowboy Showdown

#8 Samurai Assistant

#9 Outback Outlaw

#10 Stone Age Rampage

#11 Mohican Brave

#12 Aztec Attack

Another new series is Dotty Detective by Clara Vulliamy

A young girl Dot sets up a detective agency with her school friend Bean. Dot loves super-sour apple sherbets, running fast, and puzzles – especially if they’re really tricky. She and Beans enjoy using codes, secret messages and special signs. With the help of Beans and her trusty dog, Top dog McClusky, Bean is always ready to sniff out a mystery. So, when a mean girl Laura seems set on sabotaging the school talent show, Dot is determined to find out how, and somehow save the day…

A warm-hearted book written in the first person – full of fun and freshness.

Years K – 6 BBQ Day

What: BBQ Day 

Why: to acknowledge Reconciliation Week

When: Tuesday 28 May 2019

How: Wear red, black and yellow

Cost: $3.50 for the sausage sizzle plus a gold coin donation for The Indigenous Literacy and Numeracy Foundation.                  

Booking: On the day, students need to bring a sealed envelope with the exact money inside. On the front, please write your child’s name and his/ her order. The options are listed below:

1. Sausage sizzle $3.50
2. Gluten free sausage sizzle $3.50
3. Vegetarian sausage sizzle $3.50

Please note that the canteen will only be open for recess on the day.

Reconciliation Week is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures and achievements and to explore how each of us can join the national reconciliation effort.

Poem in my Pocket Day

Careers

This week we were delighted to welcome back over 32 guest speakers all of whom were alumni of Emanuel School. They were involved in panel discussions in a variety of rooms and Q&A sessions for our Years 11 and 12 Careers sessions.

Many vibrant and enthusiastic conversations were had between students and alumni and I was delighted to hear students ask insightful questions whilst mingling and networking with alumni. We also had a LinkedIn Professional, Marc Shneier, Class of 2011, who spoke to students about the importance of using LinkedIn once they get out into the world outside the Emanuel School gates.

People Professions Room: Talia Hynek, Abigail Smith and Sam Koslowski

Tertiary Study Q&A Panel: Ronan Collins, Mikayla Sacks, Nadia Coburn, Rikki Stern and Oscar Moses

STEM Room: Sarah Kummerfeld, Simone Nerwich, David Mizrahi and Ari Shammay

Creative Professions Room: Sarah Beder and Adam Chimes

David Mizrahi, speaking with Samara Trenaman, Jonathan Sebban, and Rachel Jammy

 Cloe Woolf, Cassie Woods and Genna Radnan

Joel Aaron, Matthew Gitli, Gabriela Amoils, Shaun Greenblo, Avi Orski and Kessem Turner

We look forward to inviting more alumni next year to engage with our student body!

HSC and Careers Expo 2019 – Moore Park – Thursday 30 May  2019 – Sunday 2 June 2019

Next week is the Annual Careers and HSC Event held at Entertainment Quarter Moore Park – a must-see for all Year 12 students and I would recommend Year 11s also attend.

Every tertiary provider of education in NSW attends the event as does the Defences, private colleges, universities, TAFE, the ambulance services, and a whole host more. Please see the timings for the events but the weekends are busy and pass outs allow you to visit on multiple days between Thursday to Sunday. For more details: www.hscandcareers.com.au/

They also run seminars and lectures and I encourage everyone to attend some of these. Subject based lectures are run, but also lectures on the ATAR (from UAC) and a variety of career – specific lectures. Here is the full seminar list with about 20+ lectures per day: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YGvXn0qS-90y08arunsbnG8pm8uK5hmq/view

Connecting our Community – Gesher

Sonia Newell – Development Officer

Careers Space 2019

Tuesday morning this week saw 29 past Emanuel students join us for this year’s Careers event, where the Year 11 and 12 students heard about these graduates’ many varied work and study experiences and journeys after leaving school, along with amazing advice and hints about opportunities awaiting the students after HSC. Following the Q&A style sessions, where presenters were grouped into six ‘like-professions’ including STEM, Business, Creatives and People Professions, all the students and presenters met up in the MPH for informal chats and a wonderful morning tea provided by our fabulous Canteen.  

Breakfast with Emanuel

We hope you will join us for one of our two Breakfast with Emanuel sessions next month, when you will hear about our plans to drive deep and authentic learning, whilst supporting and promoting the wellbeing of our students. These sessions are also a great opportunity to meet and chat with other parents over a light breakfast. Please see details on the invitation here and RSVP by 7 June 2019 to: snewell@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au 

Jordana (Jordi) Blackman (Class of 2017) is one a number of Emanuel School graduates who are now Habonim leaders. For parents of children in Years 3 and 4, you might like to know she is leading an information night on 3 June 2019, about their upcoming holiday camp:

Jordi says “Nervous to send your child on their first Habo camp? Unsure if they’ll enjoy? Have more unanswered questions? Please join us on Monday 3 June 2019 to have all your questions answered regarding habo camp for Years 3 and 4! We understand that it can be difficult sending a younger child on camp and we’d like to help in any way that we can. Please RSVP to Jordi on 0449 100 067.” 

UIA Israel Updates in June 2019 – choice of three sessions: 4 and 5 June 2019 (morning) and 12 June 2019 (evening), where Adi Gefen-Adler, UIA Shaliach will discuss the latest news from Israel and the region.  If you are interested in attending one of these sessions, please call 9361 4273 or email to: israelupdates@uiansw.org.au

If you missed the sell-out screening of the movie My Hero Brother last month, Friendship Circle will have a second screening of this fabulous movie on the 13 June 2019.

Friendship Circle is looking for teen volunteers for their Day Camp, which will run during school holidays from 8 to 12 July 2019: https://portal.sydneyfc.org.au/daycampvolunteering

Save the date

Archibald Exhibition Private Tour at the Art Gallery of NSW on Tuesday 13 August 2019 at 10.15 am

This event is open to all members of our Emanuel School Community.

More details will be out soon.

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