From the Principal

Andrew Watt – Principal

Benefits of expressing gratitude throughout the COVID-19 journey

As we cautiously emerge from COVID-19 restrictions, we will face challenges relating to rebuilding our economy and regaining our confidence in returning to school and re-engaging in social events and sport. For many of us, the journey over the past three months has been stressful, isolated and fear-laden. Some of us have fared better than others and perhaps there are lessons to be learned, as we move forward towards a rebuilding phase. The power of gratitude, for example, should not be underestimated as a protective factor for our mental health. Research had revealed that expressing gratitude on a daily basis can improve sleep, lower blood pressure, reduce stress, depression and increase levels of optimism. Mira Goldstein, a 15-year-old cub reporter in the USA, shares her experiences of practising gratitude.

Gratitude, in its simplest form, is taking stock of what we have and being grateful for it. It involves focussing on silver linings and counting our blessings. This practice of noticing and being thankful for what is valuable and meaningful to us is especially important in the midst of our current uncertain future. Like most things, expressing our gratitude becomes easier with practice. Over the past 12 months, our staff have been encouraged to engage in mindfulness and the discipline of expressing gratitude. Our weekly staff briefings have concluded with several staff members sharing ‘gratitude points’. Some strategies to get started include:

1. Set aside time each day: make a habit of intentionally reflecting on the positives;
2. Jot down your joys: make a list and challenge yourself to identify and name your gratitude;
3. Count blessings not sheep: think of positive things that have happened before sleeping each night;
4. Pass it on: expressing gratitude towards others can make a difference.
5. Don’t force it: If you are struggling to feel grateful, don’t beat yourself up, rather practise self-compassion;
6. Don’t minimise to your own struggles: there is room for conflicting emotions; and
7. Keep it simple and uncomplicated: capture what makes you smile or be happy.

According to the Talkspace website, the bottom line is to be gentle with yourself during one of the most stressful times in human history. When it comes down to it, you deserve as much gratitude for yourself as you give everyone else.

Launch of Emanuel School Instagram

I am delighted announce the launch of watt.s_up_at_emanuel, where the latest news around our campus will be posted to members of the Emanuel School Community. This will provide an opportunity for special moments in the life of Emanuel School, big or small, to be shared on a regular basis. The Principal and the Marketing and Communications team will be on the lookout for breaking news, interesting activities, personal interest stories and special moments, across our Kornmehl, Primary School and High School. Please sign up for access to regular highlights of life at Emanuel School. We request that for safety reasons, please ensure that your instagram page is ‘private’.

Yasher koach (translation: great job/more power to you)

• Two Year 9 students have had particularly bad internet issues this term. Lucy Menczel, also in Year 9, took the initiative and always made sure that her two friends were on a phone call with her throughout class so that they could hear the High School Jewish Life Zoom sessions, respond to questions and participate in Breakout Room activities.  

Poem of the week

Education

Teachers are not private chefs
Preparing knowledge
Just how you like it
They are not farmers
or food trucks
Seeds are being dropped all around
You, the earth 
Must be a place for growing
And your teachers,
Bless them,
Are the rain
By bentlily

From the Head of Jewish Life

Rabbi Daniel Siegel – Head of Jewish Life

The Book of Ruth

Personal, national and universal redemption

We ended last week’s Devar Torah with a question: Why is it that on Shavu’ot, Zeman Matan Torateinu/The Time of the Giving of our Torah, we read a biblical story, the Scroll of Ruth, that subverts a biblical law (“A Moabite can never enter the Community of the Lord”) and celebrates the Moabite Ruth as the quintessential convert to Judaism?

The book of Ruth is noteworthy for the most excluded becoming the most included.

The Bible tells us that we must never allow a Moabite to enter our Jewish community, because the Moabites “did not meet you with bread and water when you came forth from Egypt” and “because they hired Balaam to curse you”.

When the Judahite, Naomi, leaves the famine of Beit Lechem/Bethlehem, “The House of Bread”, she finds sustenance and succour in the fields of Moab where she is looked after by Ruth the Moabite. Even upon returning to Bethlehem, we are told that Naomi is being provided for by Ruth, through the barley and wheat harvest.

Far from abandoning the Jewish community in need, this Moabite, Ruth, provides for the immediate survival of the Jewess Naomi and preserves her entire “house and lineage” in marrying her kinsman Boaz, thereby continuing this Jewish family’s name in Israel.

Moreover, rather than bringing a curse upon the Jewish people, Boaz says of Ruth: “Blessed be you of the Lord, for your kindness is ever-increasing”. Her goodness makes her worthy to be as one of the Jewish matriarchs, as we see in the blessing given to Ruth, which brings to mind the blessing Jewish parents give to their daughters: “The Lord make this woman (Ruth) like Rachel and Leah”.

The very reasons given for excluding a Moabite from the Jewish community are those which enable us to understand why we celebrate Ruth’s inclusion into our community.

Remarkably, in reading the scroll of Ruth on Shavu’ot, the holiday celebrating revelation of Torah, we are asked to consider that, at times, subverting a commandment is fulfilling and preserving the Law. Revelation is ongoing and, as the Rabbis point out, the children should not be punished for the transgressions of their parents. The Rabbinic tradition had a powerful and purposive message in making the scroll of Ruth the biblical text to be read on Shavu’ot. Anyone who is committed to and whose life is reflective of the values and practices of our Jewish tradition is welcome into our community.

With Ruth’s inclusion into the Jewish community, not only are the names and future of Naomi’s family upheld and made secure, but the entire national collective of the Jewish people is advanced. This is the final message of the Book of Ruth, as the text ends letting us know that Ruth the Moabite became the progenitor of David, the most celebrated king of Israel.

From being most excluded from the Jewish community, this Moabite Ruth became central to its present and future continuity. She is most included for all posterity, as her entry into the Jewish community not only brought about the birth of King David but will lead to the Messiah who will arise from the House of David.

Primary news

Natanya Milner – Head of Primary School

I would like to thank everyone for their patience as we have returned to school. We look forward to Monday, when we will have almost all of our students on campus. I realise this has been a tumultuous time and I am sure you all join me in thanking the teachers who have gone above and beyond in terms of working in new ways and with new systems in such a short time. Similarly, you have all been stretched and involved in a multitude of new tasks and the success of this time has relied heavily on your support and energy. Thank you for all that you have done – our children are so very lucky. 

Interesting article about possible student responses to the return to school

I read an interesting article about returning to school written by Dr Tara Quinlivan from Raft Psychology. I would like to thank Kim Slender, our School Counsellor, for assisting me to adapt the article to focus on the main messages for our parents. Our thoughts are here:

Quinlivan notes that most children will be excited to return to school but, for some, the change may be unsettling. Some students may experience increased anxiety as they return back to their usual routines after a time of uncertainty. This may look like extra clinginess in the morning or reluctance to come to school, unsettled sleep or feeling sick (especially with stomach aches or headaches relating to muscle tension). Teachers will also be looking out for these students and may notice clinginess, distractibility and a change in behaviour at school.

We encourage parents to let us know if your children are experiencing any of these feelings in a way that requires our support. Sometimes it can even just help that we know and can keep an extra eye out. In general, some additional understanding and compassion can assist so that the children know that we understand that the change is significant and may take some time to adjust. Reassuring children of their safety and your confidence in their return will also help. It can be comforting to explicitly return to previous routines and highlight these as steps to get back to ‘normal’ as well as reassuring children who are worried that there are additional measures and rules in place to keep people safe. Sometimes it can be helpful to remind children of the strategies they have to manage unsettled feelings – whether these are breathing techniques, talking to an adult or finding a caring friend, it is good to be reminded of some helpful ideas.

Our teachers have a number of ways to resettle the children back at school. With a mixture of excitement, anticipation and a few nerves, we will all be sharing the experience together and will support each other.

Advice for parents from the eSafety Commissioner

The eSafety Commissioner produces excellent information that we use to guide our online practices. I have taken a look at this publication called Online Safety Advice for Parents and Carers. I highly recommend that you take a look.

Reminders

As we return, we ask you to refer to the document that we sent earlier in the week entitled, Information for our K-6 Return. It outlines the changes for the coming weeks including the altered morning and afternoon routines.

Morning routines

Week 6 (1 June 2020 – 5 June 2020)

Surnames A-K arrive between 8.00 am – 8.20 am

Surnames L-Z arrive between 8.25 am – 8.45 am

Week 7 (9 June 2020 – 12 June 2020, Monday is a public holiday)

Surnames L-Z arrive between 8.00 am – 8.20 am

Surnames A-K arrive between 8.25 am – 8.45 am

Every student must arrive with a book as we will have all years reading in their classrooms when they arrive at school. If work commitments do not allow you flexibility for a later drop off, you are still welcome to drop your children earlier as needed.

Afternoon routines

We will be staggering GWTF at the end of the day. Please display your child’s name clearly on a piece of paper. GWTF will take place on Avoca Street.

3.00 pm: All K-2 students with their Y3-12 siblings

3.15 pm: All Y3-6 students with their Y7-12 siblings

3.30 pm: The remaining High School students

We ask parents to remain in their cars. Parents who have walked to collect their children (and are using the ‘in-person’ queue on Avoca Street), please use the witches hats to indicate the spacing needed for physical distancing.

Canteen

Years K-6 students will only be able to access the canteen by pre-ordering their recess and lunch. For now, Years 3-6 students will no longer be able to line up and use the canteen in person.

Pyjama Day

We will all be getting used to wearing school uniforms and proper shoes everyday. As a way to ease back in, we will have a Primary School Pyjama Day on Friday 5 June 2020. Children can wear PJs or tracksuits and dressing gowns. They must wear closed shoes such as sneakers. Children can bring slippers/Ugg boots for the classroom but must have sneakers for outside play times and movement around campus.

Primary Visual Arts

Louise Heilpern – Visual Arts Teacher

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Firstsite UK hits Emanuel School Primary Visual Arts classes working from home

Firstsite UK is a visual arts organisation based in Colchester, Essex, which launched in 2011. 

The COVID-19 lockdown initiated a response from the organisation to ask for contributions from renown artists such as Grayson Perry, Antony Gormley, Sarah Lucas and Cornelia Parker to create art lessons for kids of all ages. Titled, Art is where the home is, over 45,000 people have downloaded the artist activity packs to date. Short, snappy and accessible recipes for artistic success have included this set of easy to follow instructions devised by Cornelia Parker:

1. Find in your home 5-10 objects that are RED.
2. Take them to the kitchen table.
3. Create a still life by arranging the objects artfully in a creative display.
4. You can make a number of displays if you want.
5. Take a photo of your favourite arrangement.

As an extension to their art lessons on Stile, students from Years 2 – 5 jumped at the chance to artfully arrange objects of the same colour on their kitchen tables and documented the moment with a quick picture. 

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Kornmehl

Terry Aizen – Director of Kornmehl Pre-school

Shavu’ot

We celebrated Shavu’ot on Thursday with a Bikkurim parade and yummy milk lunch, consisting of macaroni cheese and ice cream. The children came to school dressed in red, orange, yellow or green and wearing flowers and leaf garlands in their hair. The staff and children looked very colourful and festive and we all sang and danced, celebrating this beautiful festival together.

We collected a generous supply of dried and tinned food to donate to Oz Harvest. A reminder that we are closed for Shavuot on Friday 29 May 2020.

We wish all our Kornmehl families a Chag Sameach. 

As the Jewish people received the ten commandments on the top of Mount Sinai, it creates a beautiful time of reflection and we have been given this opportunity to think about rules and what these mean for us at Pre-school. We spoke about what a rule is and where you might find rules… on the road… at school and at home.

Inspired by the Festival of Shavu’ot (Moses receiving the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai) we discussed the concept of rules. We have been focussing on outdoor rules. We encouraged the children to phrase the rules using positive language.

Some of the questions the children were asked were:

What is a rule? 

When do we have rules?

What rules do you have at home?

What rules do we have at Preschool?

Penny: The Jewish people said you must love your mum and dad.

Evan: My dad’s rules is you are not allowed to bite your nails at my house.

Uriel: You don’t smack.

Arabella: You have to say sorry.

Ava: You have to wash your hands.

Talia: We let people play with us.

Miles: We keep the sand in the sandpit. We put the dirty spoons in the water.

Alona: We can use a soft voice outside. We check out the table for rubbish.

Julian: We treat each other kindly.

Kirra: We include people when we play. We listen to the teacher when we need to go inside. 

Zola: Don’t pull the plants. We treat the plants with respect.

Sam M: We put the chairs back under the table. We keep toys at home.

Lev: Wash your hands. You don’t break toys and you don’t make too much noise.

Ethan: You don’t go with strangers.

Noa: You have to be nice to your friends.

Daisy: Keep your hands and feet to yourself.

Rafi: You don’t hurt anyone. You have to be nice and say we are your friend and we like you.

Cooper: You have to pack everything away.

Mili: Sand belongs in the sandpit and you don’t throw it. You can’t go down the side without a teacher and if there is a gate.

Archie: When a teacher says it’s lunchtime, you need to go.

There have been connections between keeping the ten commandments and mitzvot, as the children have been freely sharing mitzvot that they have done at home and things they have noticed others doing.

Sam: Can I please have some mitzvah notes to take home because my mum and dad always do mitzvot and I don’t have mitzvah notes at home to give them?

The children were shown a Torah and asked what is a Torah?

Ava: It tells us a story about Shabbat. 

Etta: It’s a book telling stories.

National Reconciliation Week

What is reconciliation? It is about two groups settling their differences so we can move forward together. In Australia, it is about Indigenous and Non-indigenous people learning from each other and building respectful relationships and working together. Early childhood settings and schools are ideal places to learn about and model reconciliation. They are places where people from different cultures come together and learn to communicate in a positive and respectful manner. Where children gain knowledge about the world and each other and learn to respect each other’s cultures.

We read Stories for Simon‘ to all the children – a book written by Lisa Sarzin, a past Kornmehl parent and now Emanuel parent. This outstanding book deals with The Stolen Generation and is written in a beautiful way that engages children and helps them to understand what happened to the Indigenous children of Australia many years ago.

As part of National Reconciliation week, the Pre-school children engaged in meaningful discussions within their groups, as well as all contributing to a lovely art installation around the theme for National Reconciliation Week: In this together. This reminds us that whether we are in a crisis or in reconciliation we are all #InThisTogether. “2020 also marks the 20^th anniversary of the reconciliation walks of 2000, when people came together to walk on bridges and roads across the nation and show their support for a more reconciled Australia. As always, we stand on the shoulders of those who came before us, and Australians now benefit from the efforts and contributions of people committed to reconciliation in the past. Today we work together to further that national journey towards a fully reconciled country.

“Reconciliation is a journey for all Australians – as individuals, families, communities, organisations and importantly as a nation. At the heart of this journey are relationships between the broader Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We strive towards a more just, equitable nation by championing unity and mutual respect as we come together and connect with one another. On this journey, Australians are all In This Together; every one of us has a role to play when it comes to reconciliation, and in playing our part we collectively build relationships and communities that value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories and cultures.” www.reconcilliation.org.au

Our Care Pack Project is well on its way and is another example of supporting and working collaboratively with Aboriginal communities in need. Our aim is to collect 500 Care Packs by the end of June.

Parent/teacher meetings

This term we will be conducting parent/teacher interviews via Zoom. These will be held on Thursday 11 June 2020 and Thursday 25 June 2020 from 3.45 pm to 6.45 pm. Please make sure you book a time for an interview using the link provided during the week.

Happy Birthday

We wish a very happy birthday to our wonderful educator, Julie Bowman. We hope you have a special day.

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Music Matters

Diana Springford – Head of Music

The Music teachers and tutors are looking forward to welcoming Years K-12 students back on campus full time next week. There will be many new protocols in place, some of which are outlined below. 

Ensembles and choirs for the full return to school

No choirs will resume rehearsals until Term 3. This is because of the science of the way aerosolised water droplets are produced and spread by singers and the fact that these linger in the air. Many ensembles will return to rehearsing in modified form and with specific protocols, from the 1 June 2020. Since the variables we must consider include: ensemble size, room size, whether the ensemble includes string, wind or percussion players, whether there are singers, and whether ensemble musicians share instruments or use microphones, each ensemble is in a different situation.

Conductors and band mentors will inform you of the situation for their ensemble. We ask students to pay particular attention to their conductor’s direction with regard to new rehearsal routines, as keeping to these new routines is the prerequisite for the resumption of rehearsals from Week 6.

Please check this spreadsheet which shows the basic intention for each ensemble and choir. Please note that some rehearsals will now start later so as to enable students and conductors to have their temperature checked before rehearsals. 

Private tuition and Infant Strings Program for the full return to school

All tuition will return to normal (the old normal!) with lessons live and onsite. There will be no more Zooming from Week 6 (1 June 2020).

Thank you to those who have already advised us of changes to private tuition and Infant Strings Program enrolments for next term. All students currently receiving private music tuition and ISP will be automatically re-enrolled into tutor schedules for next term along with students commencing lessons for the first time. The deadline for new enrolments, notification of changes or intention to discontinue for Term 3, is Friday 5 June 2020. 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 the term to avoid being committed to the full term of lessons and liable for fees.

Please contact Matilda Grieve: music@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au if you have any questions about private music tuition.   

The schedules for Term 3, 2020 will be created at the end of term and emailed in July.

Links to online forms for Term 3 enrolments and discontinuations 

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

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

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

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

Careers

Claire Pech – Careers Advisor

HSC and Careers Expo

This weekend would typically be the HSC Careers Expo at the Entertainment Quarter. I usually encourage all of Year 12 to go. This year there is digital access with a fantastic seminar series in all career areas, as well as in HSC areas. You can now access these videos until the end of June.

Log in at:         https://www.hscandcareers.com.au/seminars

Username:       seminaraccess

Password:        Euug853ux (case sensitive i.e. capital E)

If that isn’t enough information for you to browse through, there is also a Year 13 Expo put on with exhibitors from all career pathways and avenues.

UAC – Year 12 students

Please note that following the announcement from NESA, some of the UAC key dates have changed:

• HSC results released:  Friday 18 December 2020
• ATARs released: Friday 18 December 2020
• Deadline for changing preferences for December round 2: Saturday 19 December 2020 (midnight)
• December round 2 offers released: Wednesday 23 December 2020 (7.30 am)

No other dates in 2020 have changed and offers for Schools Recommendation Schemes (SRS) will still be released on 12 November 2020.

The timing of offers in January 2021 may change to accommodate results from other states; this will be confirmed as soon as possible. 

Macquarie University resources for students

School presentation and short videos
The Macquarie University school presentation will be offered on-demand for Term 2, 2020. 

2021 Course Guide
Their interactive 2021 Course Guide is available to download. 

Year 12 Information Evening
Wednesday 20 May 2020 at 6.00 pm (online)

Q&A Series
Every Tuesday and Thursday in Term 2 at 4.00 pm

Macquarie Leaders and Achievers Early Entry Scheme Webinar
Monday 1 June 2020 at 5.00 pm

UNSW news

The LAT (Law Admission Test) is now going to be held on the 29 September 2020. For more details access the website.  

Be the Change with the Good Box

The Year 9 Jewish Studies Be The Change students had a Zoom the other day with the co-founders of the Good Box, Maddi and Gali. They enlightened us with many not well-known facts about homelessness and a lot of us learnt things we never even though of about homelessness before. After learning all about their charity, we were given the opportunity to write a letter for a Good Box that was being donated in our names. I really enjoyed this workshop and learnt so much, I hope that our boxes make someone’s day a lot better.
By Clio Stockley

Listening to Gali and Maddie’s journeys on how they started the Good Box was just so inspirational and made me think about what I could do to help a social issue. We spoke about how people who are experiencing homelessness got to that stage. I learned that just starting a conversation or even just a smile can light someone’s day up who is doing it tough and that there are different types of homelessness such as:  

• improved dwellings, tents, or sleeping out
• supported accommodation
• staying temporarily with other households
• boarding houses
• temporarily lodges
• living in crowded dwellings.

Only 7% of homeless people actually ‘sleep rough’. And once again just listening to what they had to say taught me so much and has made me want to purchase a good box and brighten someone’s day with a conversation. 
By Mariah Lewy

I really enjoyed the Zoom with Gali and Maddi from the Good Box because it taught me a lot about what homeless people feel when receiving gifts and how happy they were, which made me happy to know that people are giving back to the community.
By Scott Reuveny

From the Good Box Co-Founder, Gali Blacher:

We absolutely loved sharing an hour with the amazing Year 9 students. it was incredible to see our youth think about the bigger picture and be so aware of those who are less fortunate. What compassionate, empathetic and incredibly smart students! We can’t wait to see the amazing things all these wonderful young people will achieve one day! Thank you to Ms Levin-Kahn for giving us this amazing opportunity. 

Interested in spreading the love and care? Buy, donate or even give your own in person at the Good Box. 

National Reconciliation Week

David Whitcombe – HSIE Teacher & Outreach Co-ordinator

This week is Reconciliation Week, marking the dates of the important and successful referendum in 1967 and the High Court Mabo decision in 1992.

This year the theme is In this Together which sounds like a COVID-19 slogan but was actually decided on last year.

There are many events taking place online (see below) and offline that we can all view and join but there is something else we can do. Every Australian should be aware of the Uluru Statement from the Heart. It is a call from the First Australians to hear them and to see them. If and when a referendum is called we should know about the statement and understand what a “Voice” to parliament means and does not mean. We should know what a “Treaty” might entail and know how a “Truth” commission might work.

At Emanuel next week every student in Years 7 to 10 (and some in Year 11) will view a student version of In my Blood it Runs. You’ll find out more about the film in this study guide. Please ask your child next week after they view the documentary what they got out of it. It is a contemporary story of a ten year old Indigenous boy, the life he leads and the issues he faces.

This week we also think our of dear friends at Jilkminggan School and hope they stay safe and healthy.

Voice. Treaty. Truth.

For more about Reconciliation Week please see:

https://nrw.reconciliation.org.au/events/

https://reconciliationnsw.org.au/national-reconciliation-week-2020-2/

https://ulurustatement.org/

https://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/news-events/what-role-do-you-play-in-reconciliation

https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/

Community Connections – Gesher

Sonia Newell – Development Officer – Alumni & Community Relations

Thea Riesel with grandson Jonathan

Chag Sameach – we hope you have a great Shavu’ot, celebrating this important festival with family and maybe some friends too, enjoying the delights of cheesecake and perhaps cheese blintzes as well. There are so many great cheesecake recipes in numerous fabulous cookbooks. One such book which has links to our Emanuel Community is Just add Love – Holocaust Survivors share their stories and recipes. All the photography in this delicious book was taken by past parent, David Mane, whilst some of the recipes are from present and past Emanuel grandparents including Thea Riesel, pictured here in the book, published last year, with her grandson Jonathan (Jono) Riesel, now in Year 9.

Also featured are recipes from past grandparents Judy Kolt and the late Lena Goldstein as well as from Eva Engel, a regular participant as a Living Historian in our Year 6 Project Heritage program.

Many of our graduates head off to Israel on various programs after finishing Year 12, and it was certainly no different for the Class of 2019. Shnat with Habonim and the other youth movements, plus Aardvark Israel, are just some of the many programs on offer. However, for some participants, COVID-19 sadly meant the early return to Sydney before international flights were suspended.

Others stayed in Israel to complete their programs including Sarah Sharwood, daughter of Miriam Belnick, who together with Gail Beinart, run our amazing Emanuel School Canteen. Sarah was recently featured recently as “Student of the Week”.

Alexa Narunsky, Sarah Sharwood, Ashlee Orleow, Sienna Meyer (Class of 2019)

As we return to a more ‘normal’ life, with social distancing still of great importance, a number of communal activities and businesses are also starting to reopen, including the B’nai B’rith Bargain Bazaar Charity Shop, whose proceeds support Jewish and local charities.

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

Have a wonderful Shavu’ot and Shabbat Shalom.

Year 5 Opportunity Class

Midford uniform store

The Midford uniform store is now open in Avoca Street 

Midford has opened its doors at its new premises at Shop 3, 155 Avoca Street, Randwick. The site is larger, air conditioned and close to our campus, with parking available at the nearby Royal Randwick Shopping Centre. 

The shop’s new trading hours are: 

• Monday:    8.00 am – 11.00 am 
• Tuesday:   1.00 pm –   5.00 pm
• Thursday:  1.00 pm –   5.00 pm

Considering the current social distancing requirements, you may wish to:

• order online at www.midford.com.au (password: ES1983)
• email emanuel@midford.com.au 

You can also call ahead to make an appointment for Winter uniform fittings on 9326 5445.

For security and hygiene purposes, the uniform shop is now cashless, so please be prepared when planning your shopping trip.

Canteen

We have launched our new take-home meals option from the canteen. We want to provide you with some of our popular items to enjoy at home. Our menu changes weekly, so remember to check flexischools.com.au for updates. 

We will be providing the take-home meals on the following days:

• Monday (order by previous Friday 4.00 pm)
• Wednesday (order by previous Monday 4.00 pm) 
• Friday (order by previous Wednesday 4.00 pm) 

Pickup will be from the Waxman Gate between 2.20 pm – 2.50 pm. For students of essential service workers and staff, we will be running a daily canteen with a limited menu. Should you need to contact us, please feel free to email canteen@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au.

Parents and Friends

Ruby Berkovic and Jen Opit

Parent and Friends meetings

Entertainment Books