From the Principal

Andrew Watt

Nominations for 2019 HSC Showcase

We were delighted to receive notification from NSW Education Standards Authority that the Visual Arts Major Works of Saachi Owen and Sarah Sharwood have been nominated for consideration for inclusion in ARTEXPRESS 2020. Additionally, Saachi Owen’s Design and Technology Major Works has been nominated for possible inclusion in Shape 2019. These significant achievements follow on from Joel Ehrlich’s nomination for possible inclusion in ENCORE, a selection of performances and compositions from Higher School Certificate Music students. Mazal tov to Sacchi, Sarah and Joel, along with their teachers, Danny Burley and Eytan Messiah. We will notify the Emanuel School community of the details of the exhibitions, should the Major Works be selected.

In memory of Alexi Bader ^z”l

When a person passes away, we say “May their memory be for a blessing”. Lexi will live on through our many memories of him as well as through a number of commemorations:

• Lexi loved playing Futsal and was an accomplished player. The Alexi Bader Perpetual trophy will be awarded annually at the Emanuel School Inter-House Futsal Competition.
• The P & F Committee has donated the Alexi Bader Year 8 Mensch Award, in perpetuity, to be presented at each High School Speech Night.
• Our Year 8 parents have donated funds for an Olive Tree, with commemorative plaque from Lexi’s peers, to be planted in our school garden.

Zichron livracha – may his memory be for a blessing.

Farewell to our departing staff

Towards the end of each year, I announce in assembly those staff who will be departing Emanuel when Term 4 concludes. Our students were reminded that, whilst we are always sad to see members of our community depart, we must bear in mind that their decision is the best decision for them and their families. Some have been promoted; some have moved to a school closer to home; some have moved interstate; and some have retired, to enjoy a more restful existence with trips overseas, long breaks in coffee shops and no marking!

• Adam Ezekiel (PDHPE) is taking a year off, to enjoy a tree change in the country… we hope that he does not enjoy it too much!
• Hannah Chedzey (English) is returning with her husband to England, her home country;
• Murat Korkut (Mathematics) departs after completing a one-year contract;
• Michele Frank (English) is retiring to enjoy a slower pace of life, but will return as a relief English teacher when we need classes covered;
• Chris Maker (Computing) is moving interstate with his family to start an exciting new adventure;
• Alex Hone (Music) went to school at Barker and is returning to a very familiar setting;
• Leisha Strub (Primary) will be enjoying 12-months of maternity leave;
• Emma Clemens (Primary) will also be enjoying maternity leave, returning in Term 4 2020;
• Diane Clennar and Karon Rom (Primary) are looking forward to a peaceful, enjoyable retirement;
• Melanie Horin (Primary) departs after completing a one-year contract;
• Anna Economou (Primary) has resigned, to focus on her family for the time being; and
• Darryl Bourke (my PA) will be retiring to enjoy a quieter life, after serving three Emanuel Principals.

We will miss each of these staff members, and we recognise their valuable contributions. And most of all, we wish them every success and happiness in their new adventures. They will always welcome at Emanuel.

Emanuel School Writers Awards

It was wonderful to see so many of our students engaging in their writing and presenting with confidence at our Writers Awards. Parents and students alike enjoyed reading and hearing about a wide range of works, from different genres. The quality of the writing on display was outstanding, and we are very proud of each and every one of the creative works. It is common amongst aspiring writers to feel that they are never fully satisfied with their work. Many feel that they can do better and that their best piece is yet to be written; and that is the motivation that keeps them going. Recognising our students who are producing quality writing has become increasingly important, in a world where it is increasingly devalued. The award winners have consistently displayed a talent for expressing themselves through the written word – and I hope that they never lose their love of writing!

Twilight Concerts

Our two annual Twilight Concerts were held in the Millie Philips Theatre yesterday afternoon. These enjoyable performances showcased the instrumental playing and singing of many of our students across the Primary School and the High School, from ages 7-18. Mazal tov to the students who bravely shared their work. Thank you to the team of tutors who prepared their students so beautifully, and to Danny Burley who not only accompanied many of the students but also organised the concerts.

Emanuel makes The Educator’s 2019 List of Innovative Schools

Emanuel School is one of only 11 schools in NSW to be selected for The Educator Magazine’s prestigious List of Innovative Schools making “the most profound and exciting impact in K-12 education” in 2019.

Being independently recognised by a leading education publication confirms what we already know – that learning at Emanuel is different. Our School’s learning program is focused on creating authentic opportunities that future-proof our students for an ever-changing, unpredictable and complex world.

Innovation at Emanuel encompasses a wide range of technologies and disciplines: Our K-12 framework is developed to help realise ICT capabilities and skills with digital learning technologies. Students in Years K-9 create and showcase creative sustainable solutions to real-world problems at the Annual Innovation Festival. We foster the interest, confidence and aspirations of Year 4-5 students in STEAM learning in the Imaginarium After Hours Program. Our Years 9-10 Business Creators students engage with brand development projects that build entrepreneurialism, critical, creative and innovative thinking.

Our culture of innovation doesn’t stop at our students. Teacher professional learning at Emanuel is hands-on, collaborative, exploratory and designed to shape the role of our teachers as ‘architects of learning. It’s built on the principle that in order for our students to grow into life-long learners, the School must also create this same environment for teachers.

We are thrilled that our School has been recognised as one of the most innovative in the country. Our vision is to be a place ‘where the individual excels’ and a future-focused teaching approach does just this, equipping students with the capabilities to thrive for life.

View The Educator’s full Innovative Schools List here

Quote of the week

“What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.”

Joseph Addison

Mazal tov

The Year 8 girls Oztag team was undefeated in the Jewish Day Schools Oztag Gala Day on Monday, beating Moriah in the grand final 3-2.

Primary News

Meghan Carroll – Deputy Head of Primary

Gennarosity Abroad Fundraiser

The Year 6 Fundraising Team ran a fundraising day on Tuesday 12 November 2019 to help support charities in parts of Kenya, where centres have been established for people in need. Some of these centres are: an orphanage, a school and a centre where women learn life skills. Students donated gold coins and wore plain clothes on the day. We are excited to have raised $619.60 for this important cause! Well done to the Year 6 Charity Leaders and thanks to Diane Clennar and Karon Rom for their support.

 Trivia-A-Thon

On Wednesday 13 November  2019 students from Kindergarten to Year 6 participated in an exciting day that raised money for the School where dollar for dollar raised was matched by the JCA. This year’s A-Thon  focused on Trivia, presenting opportunities for students to test their knowledge in a variety of categories while working collaboratively to answer questions and find solutions to a series of fun-filled problems. Teams also enjoyed eating lunch and icy-poles together. Thank you to Katie Narunsky and Stacey Rosenfeld for coordinating our A-Thon. We are so lucky that the JCA matches this money dollar for dollar. Could I please ask all families to support the school by returning any sponsorship money as soon as possible? Historically, our A-Thon funding has allowed us to initiate so many wonderful projects including the Chill Zone and table tennis tables.

 2020 Kindergarten finish time

Next year we will adjust the Kindy to end at 3.30 pm (end of Period 8) which will match our current Years 1-6 model. After surveying parents and many discussions, we have decided to extend the Kindy day by 30 minutes. This change will begin at the start of Term 1, 2020.

Deborah Blackman Parent Information Session – NEW DATE

On Wednesday 27 November 2019 (Term 4, Week 7) we welcome Deborah Blackman presenting on the topic ‘Talking To Children About Difficult Topics’. We highly recommend this session to parents who have not attended this talk in previous years.

In the parent presentation, Deborah will explore how to talk to your children about feelings, secrets, good touch and bad touch, and teach them some useful skills for child protection. We think that it is essential that home and school provide the same message about this very important topic. The presentation is from 8:30 am – 9:15 am in the Millie Phillips Theatre.

Please RSVP by clicking here no later than Friday 22 November 2019. If you have any questions please contact Meghan Carroll (mcarroll@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au).

From the Head of Jewish Life

Rabbi Daniel Siegel

The Divine-Human Encounter

Have you ever been in a situation in which you are speaking with someone and suddenly someone else appears and your friend quickly disappears and goes to speak with him/her.

It is said this most often happens in the workplace when someone else more important, or with greater authority, becomes present so that your friend or peer suddenly is no longer present, for you.

But, in this week’s parashah, we have the exact opposite occurring.

Our parashah begins: “And God appears to Avram as he is sitting at the entrance of his tent”.

The very next sentence says: “And Avram, looked up and saw three people passing by. And Avram ran, from his tent, to greet them”.

Here, is it is God that is literally “left in the dust”. God comes to pay a visit to Avram and is quickly abandoned as three travelers, whom Avram does not know, immediately and completely occupy his attention.

Now, if we were having a visit from God, even if the most respectable of individuals were to pass by, I dare say we would stay for a conversation with God, and perhaps pay a visit, or send regrets, to this honourable individual at a later time.

This surprising text led the Rabbis to make the equally surprising statement: “Welcoming guests is greater than welcoming the Divine presence”.

But, perhaps our parashah is making an even more radical statement.

The Torah is not saying welcoming guests is greater than welcoming God, but that welcoming guests is welcoming God. That is why the text says God appeared to him and, in looking up, Avram sees the presence of three individuals. The divine presence is appearing to Avram through the three individuals.

God is always present in our fellow human beings, but most of us don’t see them and, therefore, don’t see God. So Avram is not abandoning God for a passing stranger, but discovering the divine through truly seeing another and bringing him/Him into his tent.

Not long ago, a renowned Rabbi in Israel wrote a book entitled “Putting God Second”. In his book, he laments those who use religion to make God everything and thereby make humanity nothing. He contends we must make God second if we are to again see our fellow human beings.

Our parashah teaches that eclipsing the human being is eclipsing God, one is present only through the other. When we create a world of first and second, both humanity and divinity become devoid of each other.

It is perhaps ironic that Christianity, Islam and Judaism all see Abraham as the first one to truly encounter God. Yet, many adherents of all three of these religions believe God truly sees them alone, and to keep faith with God the other must be kept second.

Perhaps, we need a visit from Abraham.

Kristallnacht – Student reflections

Kristallnacht (Crystal Night or The Night of Broken Glass), refers to the night of the 9 November 1938 when thousands of shattered windows littered the streets after violent anti-Jewish demonstrations and attacks broke out across Germany, Austria and the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. Together with arrests and deportations to concentration camps, synagogues, Jewish schools, homes and shops were looted and burned.

Kristallnacht was a turning point, marking the shift from antisemitic rhetoric and legislation to the violent, aggressive anti-Jewish measures that would culminate with the Holocaust.

In each of our Tefillah groups, students wrote and shared prayers and poems in commemoration of Kristallnacht. We share our students reflections, responses and questions below.

Rabbi Daniel Siegel

God without form 

All knowing

All powerful 

God the creator 

Of the universe 

Of opposites 

Man exists 

To exercise his free will 

Out of evil comes good 

Out of darkness comes light 

From winter comes spring 

From death comes rebirth 

By Hannah Corke 

If the Shoah was a punishment from God,

Then let us refrain from further transgression,

And remain good people, ethically and spiritually

But if it was a product of man,

Then let us learn, and use this as an example,

To encourage future generations to be sympathetic and understanding of each other’s differences.

If it is God who has given me free will,

Then let it be God who inspires me to do good by my fellow Jews and my fellow people.

But if it is me,

And everything is my choice,

Then let me have the strength to make good, fair, kind decisions.

If God is at the root of my Judaism,

Then let God remain a figure to which I can turn for inspiration, education and guidance.

But if it is care for people and for the world,

Then never let me lose sight of my roots, and let me stay a good person and a good Jew.

By Lara Fosberry

God, please answer me

Belief, faith, hope, happiness and safety. 

Words that we as people, as a community, want to live by each and every day. 

Not tragedy, fear, lost hope and terror. 

Where was our God to protect us? Why was he hidden through it all? 

There is no real answer for it, it is a question that will be forever asked. 

So, how can one lose hope in something we don’t know the answer too. 

The tragic history, the time that is mourned, it was the Shoah that tested the Jewish people’s survival. We made it as a strong community, one that is guaranteed to fight and survive through any strong battle. Yes, we lost millions, but we can say we won due to the land we call our home and the millions of people that are part of our community today. 

So maybe God did help us. Maybe he wanted to teach us as people how to fight our own battles, to show that we are capable of keeping our religion alive through anything. 

Through the Anti-Semitism, the torture, the beatings, the murder, the loss of our loved ones. 

God, please answer me. Tell me where you were. 

The human race turned against each other, they turned on our religion. 

Why didn’t you come? 

Or did you? 

I don’t know what to believe, although, I haven’t yet lost faith. 

But please, answer me, give me a sign. 

The Jews were promised showers, and they were given death, it’s not fair.

Promises were broken and lives were stolen. 

Humanity just turned its back on itself. 

It makes no sense, how one can feel that murder was the solution. 

God, I still believe, I still hold faith, I still hold hope. 

Your existence may have been inevitable 

And I may never understand why, 

But please God, just answer me. 

Give me some closure, help me understand, 

Where was man during the Shoah? where were you? 

Loyalty, support, safety and faith, is what I hope you can still provide for me. 

If so, God, please, just answer me. 

By Alexis Joffe

God who gives light in the darkness,

God who created our universe,

Our nature, our creatures, our home,

We shall love Adoni our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our might

For it is God who will direct me in my path and protect my ancestors and children

However, why have you created so much darkness?

Where were you Adoni when millions perished?

Where were you Adoni through the pain?

Where where you Adoni when you were needed the most?

Where where you Adoni?

Yet, you heard all our cries and brought to us our Israel

Bless you Adoni who brought the light

The redemption of the holy land 

Strengthen the hands of those who protect the holy land

Grant them with your loving-kindness and bestow them of our prayer

Bless you Adoni,

The one who has guided us victory and happiness

Bless you Adoni,

The one who brings light 

Bless you Adoni 

אלוהים שנותן אור בחושך,

אלוהים שיצר את היקום שלנו,

הטבע שלנו, היצורים שלנו, הבית שלנו,

אנו נאהב את אדוני אלוהינו בכל לבנו, בכל נפשנו, בכל כוחנו

כי הוא אלוהים אשר יכוון אותי בדרך שלי להגן על אבותי וילדים

עם זאת, מדוע יצרת כה הרבה חושך?

איפה היית אדוני כשמיליון נספו?

איפה אדוני?

איפה היית אדוני כאשר היה צורך ביותר?

איפה אתה אדוני?

עם זאת, שמעת את כל הצעקות שלנו והביאה לנו את ישראל שלנו

יברך אותך אדוני שהביא את האור

גאולת הארץ הקדושה

לחזק את הידיים של מי להגן על ארץ הקודש

תן להם את חסדך האדיב ולהעניק להם את תפילתנו

יברך אותך אדוני,

מי שהנחה אותנו בניצחון ואושר

יברך אותך אדוני,

זה שמביא אור

יברך אותך אדוני

By Jade Berson

Thank you, God

Thank you, our caring and loving God, for providing us a world with endless possibilities;

Thank you, our caring and loving God, for providing challenges which can overcome and learn from;

Thank you, our caring and loving God, for seeing the good within every individual;

Thank you, our caring and loving God, for letting us express our individuality;

Thank you, our caring and loving God, for providing with a perfect world full of miraculous wildlife;

Thank you, our caring and loving God, for believing in the power of humanity;

Thank you, our caring and loving God, for allowing us to learn and grow;

Thank you, our caring and loving God, for allowing us to appreciate the world we live in;

Thank you, our caring and loving God, for being rewarding and not punitive;

Thank you, our caring and loving God, for teaching us that a perfect world is an imperfect world;

Thank you, our caring and loving God, for listening to us and caring about every person;

Thank you, our caring and loving God, for allowing us to get the most out of life

By Zac Levenson

Ma Koreh

Adam Carpenter | Head of Jewish Life Primary

Bat Mitzvah celebrations and Torah reading

Last week during our Years 2-6 Torah Service tefillah, Daliah Smagarinsky and Liberty Waldner were called to the Torah to celebrate their becoming Bat Mitzvah. They had prepared their Torah reading as part of their celebrations at Emanuel Synagogue and they beautifully chanted the first reading from Lech Lecha – לך לך, describing the Abram and Sarai’s covenant with God and the origins of the Jewish people. Sara Manoy, who also celebrated becoming Bat Mitzah last week and participated in the Torah Service.

Below are extracts from Daliah and Liberty’s Dvar Torah on the parasha לך לך.

In summary, Abram went on this incredible journey to find acceptance and be his own unique self, even if it meant being “different”. He had to trust in G-d to guide him to the land that had been promised to him and his descendants, B’nai Yisrael; the Children of Israel. We learn that sometimes you have to move away to grow. Abram left his home to go and find this foreign land that G-d told him to find and guided him to do so. He did all this just so that he could be himself. Also, there is a comparison that I can draw between Abram’s journey and the journey of my family. They both took journeys to a new, foreign land to find acceptance and be Jews without being persecuted. Some of the takeaways of this parsha for me are: to always be yourself, even if it means going a little beyond your comfort zone sometimes, to trust one another and to do whatever it takes to do what you think is right.

Daliah Smagarinsky

I would like to discuss is the spiritual journey that Avram makes. When looking closely at the Hebrew words לך לך – this can also be understood to mean ‘going to yourself’ or  ‘going for yourself’- in the sense of a spiritual journey. Avram leaves his previous religion and steps out into the unknown open world to discover and explore.

Avram made the decision to follow the words of G-D. He decided this for himself, choosing to be this different person. This connects to our present world and the idea of diversity, being who you really are. In our world, there is a lot of pressure to be seen as something, act a certain way or look a certain way. At the time, Avram was thought of as a radical and was not accepted by the people around him. Yet, he kept moving forward, both physically and spiritually. Avram defied the stereotypes of being ‘normal’ or ‘the same’. This can be a very hard thing to do. It is often called ‘stepping out of your comfort zone’, meaning stretching out your feelers and having a look outside of your shell. In this case, Avram’s shell was his previous life, he showed his true colours to his community and began the Jewish people.

Liberty Waldner

Liberty Waldner holding the Sefer Torah

Daliah Smagarinsky and Liberty Waldner

Daliah Smagarinsky, Sarah Manoy and Liberty Walder

Emanuel Portraiture Prize – Art Competition

Daliah Smagarinsky – Year 6

The Emanuel Portraiture Prize, this year’s Primary School art competition, has been running over Terms 3 and 4. There have been many entries to this competition from Years 3-5. All the children have enjoyed taking part, or even just taking a look at the display up next to the primary art room. 

Now for the winners!

1st Place – Phoenix Gien

2nd Place – Chloe Opit

3rd Place – Jessica Hart

A special mention goes to:

Akeisha Kantor

Grace Lyons 

Jessica Smith

Mr Lukins

Thank you to all those who participated:

Mia Goodridge

Tamar Granot

Leah Joshua

Samantha Lyons

Julia Manoy

Rebecca Salamon

Noaa Smily

Leah Stiassny

Hopefully, you can all come up to the art rooms and have a look at the display of the artworks over the next week!

From the Primary Library

Ginnette Cameron-Gardner – Primary Teacher/Librarian

It is Term 4 and the end of the school year is drawing closer! What have you read, what have you learned, what skills and knowledge are you striving to gain? The students, the teachers and other staff, the parents and carers, the whole school community, are all striving as one to be the best we all can be.

Find time to rest and relax, to enter the world of books – whether it be to gain academic knowledge or to increase our understanding of the world and our place in it. We are custodians of this place for the generations to come and when we leave we need to be able to say: “I made it a better place than I found it”.

So many students are asking for advice on fantasy novels to read. The new books shelves have many new fantasy books: some are continuations of series already held, others are the first and even the second in new series or stand alones to tempt you into a world of wonder. One of these is Shadow magic by Joshua Khan. Rick Riordan has his opinion of this book on its cover “I defy you not to love this story”. This is high praise from this renowned author.

Rick Riordan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over twenty novels for young readers, including: the Percy Jackson series, the Kane Chronicles, the Magnus Chase series and the Trials of Apollo. He is also the author of the multi-award-winning Tres Navarre mystery series for adults. (rickriordan.com/about/)

Shadow Magic by Joshua Khan

384 pages of fast-paced adventure set in a time when men, women and children can be sold as slaves. Thorn, an outlawed woodworkers son, wasn’t supposed to be a slave. He’s been captured and now, at twelve years old, muscular and strong with thick blonde hair and green eyes he is manacled and offered up for sale in the slave market.

Thorn is sold to Tyburn, the executioner who serves the House of Shadow. What does he want Thorn for? Will Thorn ever get home to Stour?

Lilith Shadow, following the murder of her father, mother and brother is now ruler of Gehenna. Thirteen years old with long silky black hair, she is to be married to Duke Gabriel, the apparent heir of a neighbouring kingdom. The aim is to bring peace between the two nations. She dislikes him on sight and the longer she spends in his company the greater her distaste for him grows. What can she do? Her people need peace and they would be defeated if war commenced.

How do their lives become entwined? Lilith is targeted by a ruthless assassin – can she and Thorn join forces and find the hidden enemy? Can she find happiness and rule her people? Will they both get sucked into the dangerous world of dark magic?

Marge in Charge by Isla Fisher

A completely different read to the book just reviewed, but a light-hearted read especially for those who like humour – the Marge series.

Isla Fisher, the actress, has commenced writing a fun series of Children’s fiction featuring Marge, an eccentric babysitter. Reminiscent of Mary Poppins she brings unpredictability to the children’s lives. Readers will find themselves laughing out loud on occasion when reading this series. The first in the series is Marge in Charge. The books are about 50 pages each and are suitable for ages 6-12.  

Review by David Walliams: “Isla Fisher is hilarious.” 

Review by David Baddie: “Charming, funny, delightful. Marge is the babysitter all children would wish for.”

We hold the first four books. Order of reading: Marge in Charge, Marge and the Pirate Baby, Marge and the Great Train Rescue, Marge and the Secret Tunnel.

If you need help finding a new book, check out the titles displayed on the noticeboard on the left as you enter the Primary Library and you can always ask myself or Mrs Singer at the Circulation Desk. Happy reading!

Primary Trivia-A-Thon

What is red, green blue, white and maroon, has about 800 legs and 400 smiles……….yep, you guessed it – around 370 happy Emanuel School students participating in the Trivia-A-Thon!

The students were challenged with questions from a variety of categories including: History, Science, Jewish Studies, Creative Arts and General Knowledge. There were collaborative puzzles in between each round and a guessing competition where students had to guess the voices of people from the Emanuel community. They were led by our wonderful MCs who had boundless energy and enthusiasm keeping our students motivated and on track to complete each round.

The festivities continued at lunchtime with a ‘picnic-style’ lunch on Waxman Drive. Prizes were awarded to the top teams.

Now is the time to collect money from sponsors. Please bring in monies to classroom teachers by Wednesday 20 November 2019. Remember the JCA matches us dollar for dollar!

The Trivia-A-Thon Committee

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Holiday Code Camp

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

What:

Two to three days of coding fun in the Summer holidays – see the website below for more details.

Who and When:

5 and 6 years old (Monday 11 December 2019 and Tuesday 12 December 2019)
7-12 years old (Wednesday 11 December 2019 and Friday 13 December 2019)

Where:

Emanuel School with outdoor breaks at Randwick Peace Park

Website:

Emanuel Holiday Code Camp

From the Head of Science

Jennifer Selinger – Head of Science | Year 12 Tutor

View from the Kleinlehrer Family Science Building

The Connected Learner

(The names have been changed to protect the innocent, and because I might not have quite got the conversation 100% verbatim!)

Michelle came to see me in the lead-up to the Chemistry HSC. She had a few questions, she said, and needed a hand. It came as a big relief to me, as I had not seen or heard from any other students up to that point and had the feeling that they must all be watching endless episodes of Grey’s Anatomy or playing endless games of Magic the Gathering.

The reason for the lack of contact rapidly became clear as the tutorial progressed. It began as normal; we flipped to the marked pages in the various tests and textbooks and got ready for our work.

“This question came from a paper on the internet. We couldn’t get the answer – is it us or is the answer incorrect?” As it turned out, it was the answer. How lucky that these students could access questions from across the state and around the world to help them to study for their HSC. This was just the beginning to the connectedness of this group of learners.

“Evan put this up on the chemistry group chat (on Whatsapp]) and we all had a big argument about which answer was correct. Please tell me it is answer C, since David said it was B and I disagreed. Who’s right?”

David was right, much to Michelle’s dismay. However the subtext to this was what thrilled me. Behind the scenes, connected by 0s and 1s, the students were arguing about chemistry. They could do so because their devices connected them up into a Group that could dip in and out of the conversation between other commitments, they did not have to be attached by a cord, talking in real time, their individual contributions could be made at any point that they had something to say and there is no doubt that the sum of all these arguments was much greater than any one student would have been able to think up on their own. The Whatsapp group allowed real, just-in-time learning, directed by the students with absolutely no input (or even awareness) from me.

The next question was a mathematical one. “Emily and I were doing this one on Facetime and we got to this point and then got stuck. We tried looking it up but we couldn’t figure out what to do next.”

They had missed one important piece of implied information. With this, Michelle could easily answer the problem. I remember doing geometry problems with my cousin, who was a year ahead of me at school, over the telephone. Without any way of sending images to each other, I had to painstakingly describe the diagram before she could help me work out what I had missed. How much better when the device essentially brings the learners into the room with each other!

Overall the impression I got was of my little group of students busily learning, discussing, commiserating, struggling and solving problems with each other on a variety of platforms, all humming with good collaboration. Phew – I felt much better! And a little jealous that I was missing out on the fun…

Music Matters

Diana Springford – Head of Music

Twilight Concerts

Last night, our Twilight Concerts provided a performance opportunity for students receiving tuition on voice or an instrument.  The two concerts featured 34 solo or duet performances.  Our thanks to Mr Danny Burley for organising this informal and enjoyable showcase for the benefit of our students and their parents as well as rehearsing and accompanying some of the students.  Thank you also to all music tutors who prepared their students to perform and those who attended to support them.  

Students of all levels are warmly encouraged to perform regularly and should express their interest via their music tutors to participate in future concerts.  More Twilight Concerts will be in Term 2, 2020.

End of Year 6 IP (Instrumental Program) and continuing Music Tuition in High School

For parents of Year 6 students who are coming to the end of their compulsory Instrumental Program, you will have received an email about the return of your School-loaned instrument in Week 8 and your intentions regarding private music tuition in High School.  Thank you to all those parents who have responded.  If you haven’t yet done so, please reply to jdearaujo@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au

Private Music Tuition and Infant Strings Program for 2020

Please note that from 2020, the cost of individual private music lessons will be charged at a rate of $45.00 per half-hour lesson (plus GST, if the tutor is registered to pay GST). This is the rate advised by the NSW Music Teachers Association. Lessons shared in pairs are only available in special circumstances and would cost $24.00 per student per half-hour lesson (plus GST where applicable).  The Infant Strings Program (ISP) for students in Years K-2 will be charged at $257 per term on school fees, which includes the loan of an instrument.

Thank you to those who have already advised us of changes to private tuition and Infant Strings Program enrolments for next year.   The deadline for new enrolments, notification of changes or intention to discontinue for Term 1, 2020 is Friday 22 November. All students currently receiving private music tuition and students in Years K-1 who are currently participating in the Infant Strings Program will be automatically re-enrolled into tutor schedules for 2020 along with students commencing lessons for the first time.  Parents should enrol or discontinue using one of the online forms accessed from the links below.  If your child intends to discontinue, formal notification in advance must be received by the end of term to avoid being committed to the full term of lessons and liable for fees.  If you have any questions please contact Matilda Grieve by email to music@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au

The schedules for Term 1, 2020 will be created at the end of term and emailed in late January.

Links to online forms  

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

To discontinue private tuition for 2020: http://tinyurl.com/PrivateTuitionDiscontinuation

To enrol into the Infant Strings Program: http://tinyurl.com/InfantStringsEnrolment

To discontinue Infant Strings Program for 2020: http://tinyurl.com/InfantStringsDiscontinuations

Forthcoming performances this Term and the ensembles featured, are:

Week 6

• Tuesday, 7.30am: IP Information morning for Year 2 students plus anyone new to the school in 2020 Years 3-6
• Tuesday: High School Assembly – Senior Stage Band and Senior Girls Vocal Ensemble

Week 7

• Tuesday: High School Assembly – Guitar Ensemble
• Tuesday and Wednesday: Instrument Allocation Trials for IP for Year 2 and students new to Years 3-6 in 2020

Week 8

• Tuesday: Volunteers Assembly – Junior Jazz Combo, Junior Choir, Junior Stage Band
• Tuesday: Instrument Maintenance Check Day If you are borrowing a school instrument (for IP, for ISP, or for your ensemble playing) please bring it in today to get it checked and serviced by our team. Please pick it up on Thursday unless you get an email from us.

Week 9

• Presentation Day (K-2) – Infants Choir, Infants String Program (ISP) and all Infants classes will sing!
• Presentation Night (Years 3-6) – Bernstein Concert Band, Korngold Strings, Junior Choir, Junior Chamber Choir, Primary School Chamber Trio and everyone in Years 3-6 will sing!
• High School Speech Night – Green Man Band, Mendelssohn Chamber Strings, Copland Concert Band, Senior Stage Band, Senior Chamber Choir and Etéro Ensemble.

Representative Sport

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

It has been an action-filled few weeks of sport at Emanuel School.

On Monday, four Emanuel teams competed at the Jewish Day Schools Year 7/8 Oztag Gala Day at Queens Park. This day is an excellent introduction to the sport of Oztag for the younger students in preparation for the CDSSA carnivals in future years. All students had a fabulous day, developing their skills under the guidance of the Emanuel coaching staff.

The Emanuel girls Year 8 team was undefeated on the day, beating Moriah in the grand final 3-2. Congratulations to: Allie Armstrong, Alexis Demos, Lucy Klein, Lucinda Labi, Eden Levit, Ava Rose, Mischa Spielman and Brooke Rosen. A special mention also goes to: Mariah Lewy, Talia Rabin and Coby New for their outstanding performances on the day.

The senior boys cricket team played in the first round of the Douglas Shield cricket competition last week. This tournament involves schools from across the state and Emanuel students have always been keen to participate in this great opportunity. Captain, Jake Greenberg, led the team well, both on and off the field and is to be congratulated for all of his hard work in the lead up to the match against Moriah. Congratulations also to Jonah Trope and Zac Sidley on their solid batting performances. Despite a great effort and positive spirit by all, the team were unfortunately defeated on the day. Thank you to Mr Ezekiel and Mrs Fairfax for supporting the team in this competition.

Congratulations to the following students who have been selected for the Emanuel Boys Football Squad: Julian Baruch, Matthew Bozic, Reece Carr, Ethan De Melo, Benjamin Dyce, Dorian Dyce, Isaac Grove, Gidon Grunseit, Michael Heymann, Benjamin Horwitz, Leo Latter, Aaron Lemberg, Cooper Levit, Coby New, Cohen Nguyen, Toby Port, Aiden Poswell, Ryan Rubenstein, Jamie Schneider, Jonathan Sebban, Nathaniel Spielman and Adam Winter. This team will now start preparing, under the guidance of former Socceroo Aytek Genc, for the CIS Competition which commences in February 2020.

Emanuel Senior Cricket Team 2019

Emanuel Year 8 Boys Oztag Team

Emanuel Year 7 Boys Oztag Team 2019

Inter-House Drama

Rabin Bugle

The tragic passing of Alexi Bader has affected all of us and our heartfelt sympathy, thoughts and prayers are with Alexi’s parents, his brother Teoh, extended family and relatives and friends in this difficult time. Alexi was a wonderful young boy who brought joy, friendship, kindness and care to all those around him. He was an amazing young student who touched so many and gave so much to his friends, our school and community and he will be so missed by us all.

This is a difficult time for all of us and we join as a community to provide comfort and care to the family and to support each other.

יהי זכרונו לברכה

Yehi Zikhrono Livrakhah

May Alexi’s memory be a blessing

Lexi and his Tutor Group

Kol Szenes

Announcements

• The commemoration of our namesake, Hannah Szenes, will be held on Monday 18 November 2019 during prayers, where a candle will be lit in her honor. Her yarzheit was 7 November 2019.
• The Inaugural House Drama Competition is on Monday 18 November 2019 in the Millie Philips Theatre from 4.00 pm – 5.30 pm. You are invited to attend to support our fellow Szenesians and watch some impressive performances. If you have any questions, please e-mail our House Madricha, Tali Blackman: blackman.talia@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au
• Inter-House Futsal Competition will take place over the next two weeks on Thursdays (we already had one yesterday). If you have any questions, please e-mail Jesse Waller: waller.jesse@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au
• High School Speech Night  will be held on Tuesday 10 December 2019 at the Hordern Pavillion, Errol Flynn Boulevard in Moore Park. There will be parking available via the Entertainment Quarter on Lang Road. 

Students are to arrive by 6.30 pm for roll marking. Remember to wear your ties and blazers and kippot for boys!

• Chavayah 2019 – we wish Year 10 and staff, including our Year 10 Tutor, Mr Bell, a safe and inspirational time in Israel.

The week that was…

• Years 9 and 10 completed their examinations this week. We hope that your results reflect your effort in class over the semester. 
• The Year 12 Class of 2019 have completed their HSC Examinations – CONGRATULATIONS!

Mazal Tov

•  Szenes Peer Support Leaders 2020:

• • Max Kidman
  • Chloe Miller
  • Tara Linker
  • Lexi Joffe
  • Romi Lapidge
  • Jesse Koslowski
  • Liat Granot

Honoring Alexi Bader

Last Saturday, a valued member of our Emanuel School Community and student body passed away tragically. Our School grieves for the loss of Lexi, and our thoughts and prayers are with his brother Teoh and family. Thank you to all the students and members of the Emanuel Community who wrote in Lexi’s Memorial Book. As a school, we have embraced his memory and honoured him; aside from writing in his Memorial Book, we have been incredibly respectful and diligent in enabling his legacy to remain forever: we will be planting a tree in the school gardens with a plaque, naming the annual futsal competition ‘Alexi Bader Futsal Competition’ due to Lexi’s love of the game, and naming the annual Year 8 Mensch Award after him, due to the amazing and kind person he was. The current Year 10s on Chavayah will be planting a tree in his memory in Israel, and when the current Year 8s go on Chavayah, they will visit Lexi’s tree. Lexi’s funeral was last Thursday, and I was so impressed and proud of our Emanuel contingent who all formed the Guard of Honour. I had never felt so proud to be an Emanuel student, as we all stood in solidarity to honour Lexi, all in our full school uniforms.

By Miriam Itzkowitz

Birthday wishes

Happy Birthday to these Szenesians who celebrated their birthdays this term thus far:

• Beau Glass (Year 12)
• Solly Pager (Year 8)
• Josh Aronov (Year 10)
• Tali Blackman (Year 12)
• Jono Sebban (Year 12)
• Aden Cohen (Year 10)

Quote of the week 

“True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.”
Edith Wharton

Shabbat Shalom and have a fantastic weekend!

Szenes House

Meir Advocate

Hi everyone,

Thank you Meir Advocate Editors

As Charlotte and Tara prepare for Chavayah next week, I thank them for being AMAZING Meir Advocate Editors since the inception of Meir a year and a half ago. Charlotte and Tara have written every Meir Advocate, covering student achievements, upcoming events and Meir House information. My sincerest thank you goes out to both Charlotte and Tara for their amazing work.

New Meir Editors

“As one chapter ends, another begins.”

Any Meirian that would like to be one of the new Meir Editors please notify Mr Ezekiel.

Mr Bloom

New Head of Meir

It is with great pleasure that I introduce the new Head of Meir while Mr Ezekiel is away next year. Meir House will be in good hands with Mr Bloom leading the House in 2020.

Inter-House Drama 

On Monday 18 November 2019, the Inter-House Drama competition will take place in The Millie Phillips Theatre from 4.00 pm – 5.30 pm.  We are looking forward to seeing the High School drama performances, in particular the three Meir performances:

• Year 11 Boys
• Maayan Granot
• Charlotte and Dean

Please come along and support your peers!

Farewell Year 10

Next week Year 10 head off to Israel on the Chavayah trip. In House Assembly this week Year 12 students gave the Year 10 students some small bits of advice for their trip. These included:

• Essential items to pack – Lip balm, neck pillow, ear plugs and lots of socks.
• Things you must do – Write in your diary, sleep on the bus and take photos.
• Things you must not do – Don’t stress the little things and don’t live on social media.

Meir flag – thank you Ethan

Thank you to Ethan Moliver (Year 10) who has designed a Meir flag that will be sent off for production in the coming weeks. We are looking forward to displaying this flag at Inter-House events in the future.

Congratulations to Year 9 and Year 10 on finishing exams and I hope Year 10 have a wonderful experience on Chavayah – we are looking forward to hearing all about it.

Shabbat Shalom and have a wonderful weekend.

Mr Ezekiel

Maccabi National Swimathon

Jesse Waller in Year 11 spoke to the High School about the upcoming Maccabi MS National Swimathon this week at assembly. Emanuel School will once again be entering a team into this annual event. The Swimathon aims to raise funds for Multiple Sclerosis and to also support the Maccabi sporting association, of which many Emanuel students are part. This team is open to all members of the School community and there is no minimum amount of time or distance that each person is required to swim. Each participant is able to nominate a block of time throughout the day in which they will swim for the Emanuel team and does not have to commit to the whole day. Each registration requires a small donation of $30/$40 (child/adult). Once registered, each participant can start to raise funds for a great cause. Our goal is to raise $1000 in 2019.

When: Sunday November 24 2019, 7.00 am to 7.00 pm

Where: Moriah College

Emanuel School Team registrations: www.msmegaswim.org.au/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=5901

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

Primary Ukulele Club

At Kabbalat Shabbat last Friday we had our debut performance of Lecha Dodi to the tune of Halleluyah from our Ukulele Club. Our performers can be very proud of their efforts as they have learnt ukulele from scratch – teaching each other the chords and working together in such a beautiful way.

So much nachas to: Phoenix Gien, Noaa Smily, Mahli Olian, Chloe Opit, Mia Chester and Sami Lyons 

Morah Gaida

High School Speech Night and Years 3-6 Presentation Evening

Donating prizes

The awarding of prizes to students is a highlight of our calendar. As has been the custom at Emanuel School, we invite parents and community members to contribute to the life of the School by donating prizes.

If you would like to be involved, you are welcome to specify an area of endeavour to endow with your prize and, where possible, we will accommodate this. You may wish to dedicate the prize in memory of someone.

You may choose to donate a one-off prize ($65), an ongoing prize for five years ($325) or an ongoing prize for ten years ($650). All donations are tax deductible.

If you are already a donor of an ongoing five or ten year prize, this will be awarded again this year.

Please contact Chelsea Trotter: ctrotter@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au if you would like to donate a prize for Years 3-6 and Darryl Bourke for all High School prizes: dbourke@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au

Careers

Claire Pech – Careers Advisor

Anyone interested in Medicine?

I was at a Get into Medicine workshop last week. This is the Doctor Life Cycle below… 

How to get into Medicine? 

Australian Medical Association: https://ama.com.au/

Training pathways: https://ama.com.au/careers/becoming-a-doctor

Undergraduate pathways: https://ama.com.au/careers/becoming-a-doctor

Fifty nine institutions offer Medicine training programs in Australia. Once you are in the medicine pathway ask yourself what interests you the most? It is a competitive landscape. What would you be most interested in…?

• Then apply to speciality training colleges
• Spend time getting experiences out of College
• Increasingly colleges are limiting the number of attempts– students can try and get onto training programs and places are becoming very competitive.
• Medicine is an incredibly rich, diverse and interesting career path with lots of choice and options.

Careers in Medicine

What should students expect when they become a doctor? How many places are there?

Undergraduate Medicine – there are 1,600 places in total for Medicine. These are at three Universities for Undergraduate Medicine in NSW: 

• 1. UNSW
  2. Newcastle University
  3. University of Western Sydney (WSU)

As these places are incredibly competitive, more candidates consider Postgraduate Med.

Postgraduate Medicine has 2,200 places (Monash reserve places generally for Monash undergraduates). Sydney University also takes in students from a broad range of Undergrad degree backgrounds.

Three requirements to get into Undergraduate Medicine:

1. Academic (ATAR). The Doctor who gave this talk felt the ATAR requirement was way too high, with demand skewing the ATAR requirements.
2. Psychometric results (UCAT, GAMSAT etc) (https://www.ucat.edu.au/)
3. Personal assessment (Interviews, References, Personal Statement, Portfolio etc) – this will continue to grow in its importance as the need for Emotional Intelligence becomes stronger.

There are finer details with all of this, so thorough research by the applicant is needed. Use great organisational skills to keep these processes on track.

Offer of an interview suggests students are in with a chance and this can then move to an offer of a place. There are three undergraduate medicine Universities in NSW:

UNSW Medicine (The odds) https://med.unsw.edu.au/

Local Applicants       2021 applicants in total

Interviews                   400     1 in 5              20%

Places offered            143                             7%

Rural Applicants       218 applicants in total

Interviews                   150      2 in 3               69%

Places offered             55       1 in 4               24%

Newcastle Medicine: https://www.newcastle.edu.au/joint-medical-program

Western Sydney University: https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/medicine/som

Postgraduate medicine is the alternative path: https://ama.com.au/careers/becoming-a-doctor

Connecting our Community – Gesher

Sonia Newell | Development Officer – Alumni & Community Relations

Seeking your help

As our thoughts are with the many people affected by the horrendous bushfires, the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (NSWJBD) has launched an appeal for victims of these catastrophic fires in NSW. See here for more details: www.facebook.com/NSWJBD/posts/1704639299668832

Funds raised will be distributed on advice from the NSW Premier’s Office. The campaign will conclude on Friday 6 December 2019 at 12.00 pm. Some of us have a personal connection with families who have lost everything – our prayers and thoughts are with those who have been affected as well as the amazing fire fighters, both volunteers and professional.

Mazal tov

We congratulate alumnus Joel Adler (Class of 2011) whose sculpture titled Viewfinder won the People’s Choice, Children’s Choice and Artist’s Award at this year’s Sculpture by the Sea. Read more here: www.facebook.com/sculpturebythesea/posts/10157642031398764

A very busy weekend ahead

Shabbat Project 2019: 15 -16 November 2019: keeping it together

Tonight and tomorrow, the Sydney Jewish community will join 1,000,000 Jews from around the world in celebrating Shabbat: www.shabbatproject.org.au

Art Hop 2019: 16 to 17 November 2019, 10.00 am to 5.00 pm

“What is this?” you ask. This event is free but artwork will be for sale. It allows us to go to various homes or galleries in the Eastern Suburbs…from Bondi to Vaucluse, looking at diverse art, engaging directly with each artist. Past parent Lia Klugman, a ceramicist whom many of you may already know, often returns to school to work with our children to create their own ceramic masterpieces, has been part of Art Hop for many years as has another past parent Ruth Levine, a Sydney based mixed media and textile artist. Ruth’s son, Toby Evans (Class of 2006), has done all the photographic promotion for this event. Here is a message from Lia “we hope members of Emanuel School, along with friends and family, will come visit us over the weekend for this very exciting exhibition”.

Ruth Levine

Call-out for volunteers for Friendship Circle Summer Camp

It is now that time of year where Friendship Circle starts recruiting volunteers for the summer holiday Friendship Circle Day camps. Please see details on the poster below.

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

Kornmehl

Terry Wizen – Director Kornmehl

Transition to school

Starting school is a significant event in the life of children and their families. We know that strong relationships and information sharing between families, early childhood settings and schools help support a child’s successful transition to school. It is a period of change that can be both challenging and exciting.

At this time of the year we focus on the children’s transition to school. We believe the more we discuss ‘going to school’ and the feelings and emotions associated with starting school, the better prepared and equipped the children are. For this reason, a lot of focus is being given to the children’s transition to school this term. We spend time talking about what to expect, how we are feeling as well as go on walks with the children through the campus.

The transition from Pre-school to school offer opportunities and challenges. We acknowledge that different places and spaces have their own purposes, expectations and ways of doing things. For this reason, we aim to build on the children’s prior and current experiences to help them feel secure, confident and connected to familiar people, places, events and understandings. We are all important contributors (the children, families and early childhood educators) to a successful transition to school (EYLF, 2009). 

We need to think about giving children a positive understanding and experience of school as a safe, enjoyable place. We need to acknowledge that children have individual needs, interests and skills and allow and encourage positive communication between children, families, child care professionals and school educators.  

We asked the children how they are feeling about starting school:

Leo – What if you fall over cause everyone comes out the classroom at the same time?

Jade – I feel scared of being with a new teacher for the whole day.

Kobe – I missed my old school when I came here. I’m scared of going up here and growing.

Samara – I feel excited that I have my sister there to play with.

Josh – I’m excited to meet my new teachers.

Leo – I’m excited to do new stuff like reading, learn really high numbers.

Will – Same as Leo.

Bianca – I’m excited to see the new school.

Tom – I’m excited to do homework.

Ben – I’m excited of playing.

Amalia – I am feeling nervous about starting school because I won’t know the children. I will need to ask them what is your name?

Eliana – I was feeling happy, nice and calm when I went up to the big school.

Saphira – I was feeling shy at big school. I read a book..

Eve – I was feeling excited because I wanted to go up to big school.

Halle – I was feeling happy. The happiest I could ever be.

Eva – I was feeling happy because I will make lots of new friends.

Jack – I was feeling shy because it was a bit different to my home and my pre-school.

Gidon – I am feeling happy. I learnt about frogs and met my teacher.

Volunteers Thank You tea

We held an afternoon tea on Tuesday to thank all our wonderful and amazing parent and grandparent helpers this year. Each one of you have contributed in so many special ways to ensuring the success of our programs and making sure everything runs smoothly.

One Mum said to me in the afternoon that she is so happy that Kornmehl creates many opportunities for parent engagement at many different levels and what a special and valued community it was. She feels privileged to be a part of such a caring, warm and inclusive environment, that makes parents feel valued, involved and appreciated in their child’s Pre-school journey.

From our side as the Educators, we too feel so lucky that we have the support from parents and we love the happy, warm feeling our Kornmehl family creates.

A big thank you must go to Mrs Gail Stein for her input this year to ensure all events ran smoothly, our Kornmehl Karnival was a great success and of course the incredible thought and energy that went into the planning of the car park project was a huge undertaking. We appreciate deeply your unwavering support, commitment and dedication to the Pre-school.

New Parent Information Night

We welcomed all our new families for 2020 into the Pre-school on Thursday. We spent the evening discussing our values, philosophy, what makes Kornmehl special and how we engage and learn together with the children. We discussed a few housekeeping points and how to settle children into their new space. We hope parents enjoyed the evening. We look forward to welcoming all our new little Kornmehl kids on Wednesday 11 December 2019 for an orientation visit from 9.30 am to 11.00 am.

PJ Library Concert – Rebecca Schoffer

Rebecca is the Director of Jewish Family Engagement and Shababa at the 92nd Street Y NYC. In addition to being an experiential educator, singer and songwriter, she is also a playwright.

Rebecca uncovers the connection between physicality and spirituality, and guides participants through music, movement and soulful play! Using fundamentals of improv and theatre, Rebecca weaves imagination and ritual together in the Jewish space.

On Tuesday morning forty excited Kornmehl children made their way by bus to join Mount Sinai and Emanuel Woollahra children for a forty five minute interactive concert. The children enjoyed the singing, dancing and Jewish links that Rebecca showcased in her concert. It was also lovely to be a part of such a great community event. Many thanks to PJ Library for organising the concert.

In the evening five Kornmehl Educators attended an Educators workshop run by Rebecca, where we learnt lots of new songs and dances to share with the children in our care. What a special opportunity to engage in a Jewish concert of this nature for both children and teachers.

A special Shabbat

Last week Friday Rabbi Ninio brought in a beautiful Torah to show the children for Shabbat. We got to see the all the parts of the Torah up close – the yad, the keter, the parachot, the breast plate and of course all the beautiful letters carefully scribed by a Sofer telling the stories of the Jewish people. Rabbi Ninio and Rabbi Kamins read the parsha of the week from the Torah to us all. It was a special and meaningful Shabbat.

Shabbat Project

On Friday morning this week, Kornmehl was a hive and buzz of activity as children and parents engaged in a shared Challah bake as part of the Shabbat Project weekend. The Pre-school smelt delicious as the Challot baked in the oven, ready to go home with the children to enjoy at their Shabbat tables. Thank you to Jesse’s bakery for donating the challah dough for us to use for our Kornmehl challah bake.

Happy Birthday

We wish a very happy birthday to Amanda Schrock and Justine Robertson, who both celebrated a very special birthday this week and to Terry Aizen who celebrated her birthday on Saturday. We also wish a very happy birthday to Avital Levy (5) and Saphira Davis (5). We hope you all had a great day.

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From the Parents and Friends

Ruby Berkovic and Jennifer Opit

Hi Everyone,

The Family Meal: Emanuel Cookbook

The Emanuel School Cookbook, The Family Meal is ready! The book is amazing – it is full of a variety of delicious and treasured recipes kindly submitted by all of you. There are beautiful photos taken by the wonderful Ofer Levy, as well as illustrations by our primary students. Books cost $45 and are a must-have (and a great gift as well). 

Order your copy now so you don’t miss out at www.trybooking.com/BFSUL
Books will be distributed from next week.

Friday Chill Out

We hope to see you all after school today on the Basketball Courts for an icy-pole and a chance to mingle. **Please note, parents must supervise and be responsible for their kids at all times in the designated Friday Chill Out area.** 

P&F Camping Trip 

Last week’s Camping Trip at Bielany was a wonderful success. A huge thanks to Lindi Bloch for organising the event.

“We got dirty and didn’t have showers and then the river was fun to swim in. I had fun racing my friends on my bike. The marshmallows were yummy toasted on the fire!”  By Tom and Jake

Have a nice weekend,

Jen and Ruby

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Parent Safety Group

Thank you to our volunteers last week: