From the Principal

Welcome back to what we hope will be a more settled term of on-campus learning, with restrictions gradually reducing. However, we are well prepared to pivot, if the situation changes!

Student leadership in the High School 

We enjoyed our first (albeit brief) assembly since mid-March, to welcome back our High School students and to impart some advice prior to the student leadership voting process. Students voted online, for up to eight leaders within our Madrichim team for 2020-2021. My single piece of advice was “to be careful what you wish for and think before you vote”. Students were encouraged not to base their vote solely on whether the candidate was popular; or a good public speaker; or confident; or extroverted; or good at sport; or a friend of their brother or sister; or whether they put together a funny video. Based on the above criteria, many quiet, ‘non-sporty’ people, who would be outstanding leaders, hard workers and who live their values, would miss out. Students were encouraged to reflect on what sort of a leader they want:

• If you want a kind and caring culture – vote for someone who has displayed kindness and care;
• If you want to feel more connected to your house – vote for someone who has been deeply involved in house activities and is proud of their House
• If you want our student voice to be strong – vote for someone who listens to you, and is willing to work hard to bring your issues to the table; and
• If you want to reduce bullying – vote for an upstander, who intervenes and supports you – and who calls out poor behaviour

Our students were also encouraged to vote for students with integrity; those who ‘walk the talk’ and ‘live’ their values, which are closely aligned to the School’s values. In small ways, integrity is shown when a student consistently:

• Arrives to class on time
• Wears our uniform neatly
• Behaves respectfully in class
• Doesn’t drop or walk by litter
• Behaves appropriately on the way to and from school
• Doesn’t join in when their peers are unkind or disrespectful.

In bigger ways, integrity is shown when a student

• Sees someone doing something wrong and has the courage to intervene; or
• Does not act inappropriately at parties; or
• Responds respectfully on the sports field when the referee makes a controversial call; and
• Does not backstab or gossip about people, but rather remains loyal, caring and respectful.

Student votes carry a great deal of weight in our leadership selection process. We therefore place a significant amount of trust in the ability of our students to choose effective leaders.

 Student leadership training program 

A group of over 40 Year 11 students, some who have nominated for a Madrich/a position and others who have not, volunteered to attend an intensive leadership training program on the Sunday and Monday prior to the start of Term 3. Whilst a much smaller number will be elected as our Madrichim team, the group worked closely together to reflect on how they would like to impact the culture and reinforce the values of our School, as part of a broader team.

Students spoke about their common history as a Year Group and the ways in which they can give back to the School that has given them so much. They discussed how to build community, how Jewish values are at the core of our School and how to continue to build Emanuel as an open and inclusive family with a culture of leadership. Finally, the students built their aims for the year and how to put their passions into action through Va’adot (student-run committees). Our sincere thanks to Mr Bloom, Mr Samowitz and Mr Bell, for their commitment to preparing and delivering an outstanding and engaging program.

Looking back and looking forward

Our Staff Development Day on Monday was themed Building Back Better. We commenced with a reflection on our wellbeing, teaching and learning programs throughout remote learning and moved on to explore what we must do to avoid experiencing a ‘snapback’ – a return to our ‘defaults’ and ingrained habits of practice. Our reflections covered the following areas: teaching and learning, assessment and feedback; student wellbeing and management; ICT and digital learning technologies; team planning and collaboration; parent and family engagement; and leadership structures and organisational design. The reflection was guided by the following questions:

• Do not let back in:
  • What have we discovered to be essential?
  • What things that we lived without can we avoid letting back in?
• Deepen the new:
  • What have we recently gained that we don’t want to lose?
  • What new ways of working do we want to keep and deepen?
• Restart from the old:
  • What have we deeply missed?
  • What things should we bring back in?
  • What have we lost that was valuable?

The outcomes of this session will be added to the MMG survey feedback we hope to receive from parents in Years 6, 9 and 12 later in the term.

Dropping off and collecting your children

Over the break we invited a Road Safety Officer to visit us and review our Go With The Flow procedures. In accordance with the advice received, we have made adjustments to our procedures, with the primary aim of enhancing safety. We are aware that changes to systems take time to gain traction and your patience is appreciated, as we review and tweak, if required. We hope that, over time, there may be additional benefits in reducing both congestion and time. With less students currently opting for public transport, there may be some value in parents of older children organising to pick up closer to 4.00 pm, thus reducing congestion.

Mazal tov

At Milsons Point, after five long and rainy days

• Year 11 students, Jayda Abrahams, Cayla Miller and Sophie Sawicki completed their Gold Duke of Ed Urban Challenge in the holidays, impressively hiking over 41km from Berowra Waters to Milsons Point over five rainy days. 
• Four students received awards for their participation in the French ImmerseMe Games for their proficiency in the language. Mazal tov to Luca Calderon-Havas (Gold award) and Ethan Berman, Teoh Bader & Tara Linker (Bronze award). Their teacher, Madame de Joux, was recognised for her excellence in teaching, receiving an Innovative Educator Award. 
• The Primary Clean Team who keep their eyes out for litter after recess and lunch everyday
• Seventeen students have completed the Premier of NSW Reading Challenge as at 22 July 2020:

Kindergarten    Jared Stein and Hannah Pellow
Year 1              Abbie Schnapp
Year 2              Toby Stein
Year 3              Benjamin Pellow
Year 4              Samantha Lyons and Jasper Shraibman
Year 5              Gil Banna, Sammi Epstein, Elise Goldberg and Isaac Shammay
Year 6              Ezra Glover-Sanders, Josephine Miron and Noa Rosenzveig
Year 8              Willow Gelin and Sophie Masnick
Year 9              Aidan Sheps

Quote of the week

“It’s fun to do the impossible.”
Walt Disney

From the Head of Jewish Life

Rabbi Daniel Siegel – Head of Jewish Life

Blind justice

The phrase blind justice is well-known, as is its depiction in Lady Justice found gracing courthouses and municipal buildings around the world. Lady Justice originates in Ancient Roman art representations of Justitia (Latin – Iustitia) – the Goddess of Justice. It was not until the 16^th century, however, that Lady Justice, was depicted as wearing a blindfold indicating that the scales she holds aloft can only be of true justice where non-prejudicial and non-tainted judgement has been rendered.

The call for blind justice, symbolised by Lady Justice, appears in this week’s parashah, “You shall show no partiality (literally “do not favour faces”) in judgement”. We must weigh the evidence alone without (undue) regard for the parties that appear before us. In the words of former Israeli Supreme Court judge Aharon Barak, “The judge must realise his role… impartially and objectively…Absence of bias is essential to the judicial process; hence the image of justice as blindfolded”.

Yet we might be bias in our very attempt to be impartial. In practising blind justice, we cannot allow blind justices to practise, according to Jewish law. In needing to hew solely to the dictates of law, the Jewish tradition avers that one’s physical blindness would render him incapable of rendering true blind justice based upon the evidence alone.

Yet, we find Jewish legal compendia, as early as the Talmud, noting several blind individuals serving as judges. Remarkably, Richard Bernstein, the first blind US Supreme court judge, was a Jew who won his bid for a place on the Michigan bench by campaigning under the slogan “Blind Justice”. Bernstein was arguing that perforce being dependant on his legal acumen alone he would be equal to the task of rendering true justice. Bernstein, one might say, best exemplifies the intent of the Talmudic statement “One may not judge except based on what one’s eyes see”.

As we must be blind to the blindness of capable judges lest we perpetuate the biases we seek to overcome in rendering true justice, so must we be alert against blindly upholding and applying a law that is in itself unjust. Justice must be blind but we cannot be blind to justice.

Primary

Natanya Milner – Head of Primary School

Welcome to Term 3 

Welcome to Term 3. It has been lovely to see the children settle back into school so smoothly and happily. There is definitely a buzz of joy and gratitude as we know that all being together is not something to be taken for granted. I am sure we are all watching cautiously as we make plans for the upcoming term. As always, we are taking advice regarding which arrangements are cancelled or altered and which can go ahead. We will keep you updated regularly as things change.

Go With The Flow (GWTF)

I apologise for beginning with such a blunt and confronting comment, especially to those of you who are consistently careful and follow the rules. My greatest general concern in both the mornings and afternoons is that I see many people who, in a rushed or busy moment, prioritise efficiency over safety. I do understand the temptation to speed things up (for example, by U-turning on Stanley Street, quickly pulling into a driveway and backing out of it in order to drop off or turn around, pulling into the GWTF queue part way through etc.) but I feel confident that if any of us ever injured a child whilst doing this, we would forever regret trying to save those few minutes. I ask you to always keep this in mind as you make decisions driving around the School.

As you may have noticed, the changes to GWTF have created additional congestion around the School. Whilst I understand that this is frustrating, we ask for your patience while we determine which are teething issues and which require change in the coming weeks. I assure you that all of our decisions consider efficiency but prioritise safety.

 I ask for your support in the following areas:

1. Please share the new GWTF information with whoever collects your children (grandparents, carers etc)
2. Please respectfully follow the instructions of any Emanuel staff
3. Please do not arrive early. There is a limited number of places and we are finding there is unnecessary congestion from 3.00 pm. The children will not be there until 3.30 pm and GWTF will not be closed if there are still a number of children waiting.
4. Do not wait in the area in front of GWTF which is designated for cars to pull back into traffic
5. Do not call your children from your position in the queue outside of the collection area. Only the staff are to call the children to the cars.
6. If you are on foot and arriving in person, please remain in the allocated area (socially distanced). We do not want to block the pathway for staff, children and the public.
7. It is important that you drive around the block rather than blocking the road or pulling into the bus zones.
8. If your children are using a car seat, please ensure you have taught them how to clip themselves into it.
9. If you need to get out of the car (e.g. to do up a car seat) or access the boot (e.g. to put in large musical instruments), please do not use GWTF but rather park in the surrounding streets and use the ‘in person’ queue.

Canteen closure

The canteen will be closed next Thursday 30 July 2020 due to Tisha B’Av. Please ensure your children bring all food and drink they will need throughout the day.

Years 3-6 Athletics Carnival

Unfortunately we have made the difficult decision to cancel this term’s Athletics Carnival for Years 3-6. We were hoping to go ahead, particularly because ASISSA was still planning to have their carnival and we wanted the children to be able to proceed to the higher levels. This week, ASISSA have cancelled their carnival and we have also decided to cancel ours. We are working to create some active and fun fitness and athletics related activities for the children to be involved in during the day/week of the cancelled carnival. Thank you for your understanding.

Protective Behaviours parent information event – survey

Deborah Blackman is a social worker with a background in Child Protection. She has been working with some of the classes in the Primary School (and does so every year) in order to ensure our community is well informed and proactive. We offer a parent session in Term 3 that focuses on ‘Keeping Our Children Safe’ and is open for ALL parents of Years K-6 children to attend.

We are looking to book in a session for parents with Deborah Blackman this term as a continuation of the learning happening in Years K,1,3 and 5. The parent session will be held virtually on Zoom this year. We recommend all parents join this as the information is incredibly valuable and important.

Before we secure a date and time, we would like to ask you for your input. Please complete this short survey by Friday 31 July 2020 8.00 am.

Once we confirm a date and the best time, we will send you some more information via email.

 Shabbat shalom and have a lovely weekend.

Primary School extra-curricular activities for Term 3

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

Extra-curricular activities for Term 3 

We are excited to announce that a number of extra-curricular clubs will resume in Term 3. Club information, including enrolment and booking details, are now online on the Parent Portal. 

Please note clubs have minimum enrolment numbers

Term 3 extra-curricular schedule (including EActive)

Mondays

 Tuesdays

 Wednesdays

Thursdays

Fridays

Raising Small Giants

Raising Small Giants

On Tuesday morning, Year 9 Be The Change students had a wonderful conversation with our Zest (Zoom Guest) Danny Almagor. Danny is the co-founder and Chair of Small Giants, which he started with Berry, who also happens to be the mother of his three children, and the Creative Director of Small Giants. Prior to Small Giants, Danny was the founding CEO of Engineers Without Borders and the CEO of Medivax. He loves reading non-fiction and jumping on the trampoline with his kids.

Danny shared wonderful nuggets of wisdom and personal stories, some of the inspirational books, TED talks, places and people in his life. He also answered questions posed by the students and asked some of his own.

What is most telling about the success of Danny’s ‘virtual visit’ is that when I asked the students to reflect on the one or two things that they took away from the session with Danny, almost every response had something different and meaningful to share:

“I took many things away from the Zoom session: not only did Danny teach us that when we have passion or see something wrong in our world, we should stand up for it and try to help or reduce the problem as much as possible.” Ella Engler

“One thing that I took away from the session today is that you can do anything with just a passion. Try to think about what you want to be, but also what you want to do.” Ruby Miller

“I took away the fact that everyone is unique and that’s what makes each one of us special.” Alexi Demos

“After this Zoom call it made me think about what my purpose was in life and how I wanted to contribute to the world.” Mariah Lewy

High School Library Services

David Camp – Head of English/Library and Year 11 Tutor

Library Services

The Maria Tirabosco Library offers a number of services and facilities to accommodate the learning and leisure needs of High School students and all staff. If your child is new to the High School or you are unfamiliar with our services, you might like to visit the Maria Tirabosco Library website here. This website offers access to digital databases, encyclopedias, newspapers and magazines, reading suggestions for Years 7-12, research tips and more.

Opening hours

• Monday 8.00 am – 4.00 pm
• Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8.00 am – 5.00 pm
• Friday 8.00 am – 4.00 pm

 
CBCA Book Week challenge

As part of the Wide Reading Program all Year 7-10 students were invited to participate in our Children’s Book Council of Australia Book Week Challenge and Competition. During Semester 1, students were encouraged to read, critique and advocate for one of the 2020 listed books. Details of listed books and a writing scaffold can be found on the 7 – 10 LibGuides iRead page.

Key information

• Students to write a 200 word review on their favourite listed novel using the writing scaffold provided on the 7-10 LibGuides iRead pages
• Submit their review to seniorlibrary@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au before Monday 10 August 2020 (Week 4 this Term)
• During Book Week, the winner from each Year Group will be presented with a book voucher

High School Sport

Kristy Genc – Head of Sport

Independent Schools Football Cup

The Emanuel Open Boys Football team finally played their scheduled match against St Joseph’s College, Hunter Hills this week at Heffron Synthetic Field, Maroubra. 

It was perfect conditions for football on Wednesday, in what was a home game for the boys. The team had worked hard in preparation for the match, training twice a week in the lead up to the knockout competition. 

Joey’s scored early, however with some solid defence later in the first half, the score remained 0 – 1 at the break. Early in the second half Emanuel equalised, with a fantastic goal set up by Coby New and finished perfectly by captain, Ethan De Melo. 

The majority of the second half was tight, with Emanuel creating some good opportunities. Despite the valiant effort by the team, Joey’s finished the match with a second goal in the final minutes of the game. 

Congratulations to all the boys, for representing the School in a what was overall a fantastic match and a great display of sportsmanship from all involved. 

The future of Emanuel Football looks bright, with many talented young players making their Independent Schools Cup Football debut and gaining great experience from the senior boys in the squad. 

Thank you to the Emanuel Football coaching staff, Aytek Genc, Jordan Kery and Nathan Hancock and I look forward to the upcoming match for the girls team. 

Emanuel Opens Boys Football Team

Back row (left to right): Aytek Genc (coach), Cooper Levit, Toby Port, Ryan Rubinstein, Matthew Bozic, Ethan De Melo (captain), Jonathan Sebban, Adam Winter, Ben Horwitz, Cohen Nguyen, Michael Heymann

Front row (left to right): Leo Latter, Reece Carr, Zachary Gothelf, Aaron Lemberg, Aiden Poswell, Julian Baruch, Jamie Schneider, Coby New

Premier’s Reading Challenge

Seventeen students have completed the Premier of NSW Reading Challenge as at 22 July 2020. Congratulations to:

• Kindergarten   Jared Stein and Hannah Pellow
• Year 1              Abbie Schnapp
• Year 2              Toby Stein
• Year 3              Benjamin Pellow
• Year 4              Samantha Lyons and Jasper Shraibman
• Year 5              Gil Banna, Sammi Epstein, Elise Goldberg and Isaac Shammay
• Year 6              Ezra Glover-Sanders, Josephine Miron and Noa Rosenzveig
• Year 8              Willow Gelin and Sophie Masnick
• Year 9              Aidan Sheps

Students have to log their reading for the Challenge by Friday 28 August 2020.

Years K – 2 need to have entered 30 books and Years 3 – 9, 20 books.

Books you read after the Challenge closes can count towards the next year’s Challenge so keep a personal reading log of them.

Music Matters

Diana Springford – Head of Music

Private tuition and Infant Strings program

The schedules for Term 3 have been emailed. All tuition and ISP lessons have resumed, live and onsite.

Please contact Matilda Grieve if you have any questions about private music tuition.   

Ensembles and choirs – please join us!

Now is a great time to join one of our ensembles or choirs. We always welcome new members after Music Camp in June, and even in the absence of Music Camp, we welcome new members now. We have core ensembles, which are a great start, and then we have extension ensembles for musicians who have shown great commitment and leadership in these core ensembles. If you have only done IP until now, it’s a great time of year to join Gershwin Concert Band or Rubinstein Strings. If you love to sing but haven’t yet sung in a choir, try Infants Choir (Years K-2) or Junior Choir (Years 3-6) or Senior Choir (Years 7-12). 

We have auditions next week (from Monday 27 July 2020) for Junior Chamber Choir, Bernstein Concert Band, Copland Concert Band, Junior Stage Band and Senior Stage Band. The audition requirements and sign on sheets are on the glass wall of M18, in the Music Block. If you are already a member, you do not need to re-audition. For all other ensembles or choirs, please email Ms Springford to register your interest.

Please check out our regular Term 3 Ensemble Rehearsal Schedule to see if you would like to become part of our Music program. This schedule has the rehearsal day, time, and location. It also includes information about the age range of students involved and whether or not the ensemble requires an audition for entry. 

COVID-19 and Music

All ensembles are now rehearsing according to the normal schedule and we have just begun to sing together in choirs again, with some new protocols to keep us safe. We will continue to take advice from the Department of Education and the Association of Independent Schools, and we will continue to maintain awareness of scientific advice with an ear out for our particular community, student and staff needs. The sands are always shifting, and we will shift accordingly when required. 

Night of Instrumental Music (NOIM) in Week 6

NOIM is scheduled for the evening of Wednesday 26 August 2020. It is very unlikely to go ahead as a proper concert on site, but we are exploring options for streaming the concert or making recordings available. These recordings will be made during the day of Wednesday 26 August 2020, so everyone should be practising their parts and attending rehearsals with a view to their big showcase performance in Week 6.

This wonderful and popular concert is our main showcase for all small, medium and large instrumental ensembles. NOIM is also a compulsory component of the Primary Instrumental Program (IP). All students from Years 3-6 will perform at the concert in their year group ensembles and we will also have a performance by our Years K-2 Infant Strings Program. 

Essentially, every student will perform who plays a string instrument (violin, viola, double bass or cello), concert band instrument (flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, baritone, euphonium, tuba and percussion) or is in one of our Concert Bands, Stage Bands, Jazz Ensembles or small Chamber Ensembles.

For many of our younger musicians it is their first performance for an audience other than their family. This is also a lovely opportunity to see both younger and older musicians perform in the same event. 

Francais Friday

Hilary De Joux – Co-ordinator of French

ImmerseMe Games

Recently Emanuel School French language students participated in the first international virtual reality language competition called ImmerseMe Games.

The competition was based around virtual reality language learning software developed by Kiwi company, ImmerseMe.

Competitors were dropped into a series of pre-recorded virtual reality situations in which they had to test their language skills with real native speakers, for example by ordering a baguette in a Parisian boulangerie, checking in to a French hotel, buying crêpes at the crêperie, visiting famous French monuments, chatting to a French native speaker about environmental concerns or describing our hometown and region to a French speaker. Students commented on how much they noticed an improvement in their confidence, their pronunciation improved and they learned a lot of new useful words and phrases. 

We received this lovely comment from ImmerseMe co-founder Scott Cardwell: “Huge congratulations to students at Emanuel for their French efforts in our ImmerseMe Games. We’ve implemented product updates thanks to their direct feedback and creativity. It’s fantastic to see students with a global outlook and working hard to improve their foreign language skills for the future.” 

The competition ran from 21-28 May 2020 and involved all students of French in Years 8-12. The competition was intense, and we congratulate all the competitors for their wonderful efforts and we look forward to even greater success and a podium finish in 2021. The competition may be over but the ImmerseMe program itself is available all year for students of French as they all have their own individual accounts and are free to practise whenever they wish. 

If you’d like to find out more, hop on to the Games website for further details here.  

Pictured above:

Luca Calderon-Havas,  Gold Fluency Award, coming in the top 5% of 47,594 competitors, for earning a staggering 1,389 points!
Ethan Berman, Bronze Independence Award, coming in the top 20% of 47,594 competitors, earning 297 points 
Teoh Bader, Bronze Independence Award, coming in the top 20% of 47,594 competitors, earning 278 points
Tara Linker, Bronze Independence Award, coming in the top 20% of 47,594 competitors, earning 267 points

Madame de Joux also won an Innovative Educator Award for Emanuel School during the Games.

What has been happening in France during this COVID-19 pandemic?  

During the lockdown period there have been some very quirky things happen in France. Did you know that a French cheesemaker has accidentally created a new type of cheese? Just when you thought France had all the cheese it could ever possibly need or wish for.  

Vosges cheesemaker Lionel Vaxelaire, who like so many small businesses suffered a severe lockdown sales decline, put much of his munster cheeses that were ready for delivery into storage and then during isolation he totally forgot about them.

When Lionel eventually returned to the cellar, he found they had developed a green-grey flowery rind. Like any proper fromager, he ate some and discovered it was just delicious! Le Confiné, as it has been named, is described as having notes of camembert, and has sold well enough that another batch is now maturing. 

You’ve probably heard of Eau de Toilette, but have you heard of Eau de Paris?  That is the name of the company managing Parisian water supplies. Since 2010 more and more free mineral water fountains have been added across the city and just to make it more exciting you can now access free sparkling mineral water une fontaine petillante as well.

Paris already had more than 1000 public water fountains, but now the council is adding more and more sparkling water fountains free to the public in an effort to reduce water bottle waste and promote the quality of Parisian water.  

Photo credits:
Cheese photo: Doris Henry, le Parisien
Spring water fountain: Four Square City Guide, Paris Facebook page

Artists amongst us

Sonia Newell – Development Officer – Alumni and Community Relations

We hope you all had a relaxing break as we welcome students and staff back for Term 3.

Hannah Beder

Gesher is all about keeping our community connected but as we cannot have any face-to-face events for now, we have a very exciting online Guest Speaker Series planned for this term. Our first event is on 6 August 2020 at 7.30 pm on Zoom.

Alumnus Hannah Beder (Class of 2012) 2020 NSW Young Woman of the Year, will be interviewed by Gesher chair, Natalie Ranki-Goldman on her journey since leaving School and her role in supporting young women in STEM whilst working as a Software Engineer.

To register, please email me at snewell@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au by 4 August 2020.

Artists amongst us

Lia Klugman with her daughter Keyla

I recently attended the opening of an exhibition by a number of local artists including past parent, ceramicist Lia Klugman. Lia has returned to school on numerous occasions since her daughter Keyla finished Year 12 in 2012, to help our students create amazing ceramic pieces including many of the Mezuzot on our classroom doors which were made especially for the dedication of the LINC Building in 2015.

Lia led our Year 5 students to make Mezuzot to take home as part of our Pesach 2018 activities and last year she guided our Year 3 students who made Kos Miriam during Pesach preparations. Lia, along with other Emanuel past parents, Ruth Levine and Nurit Ophir, are part of ART HOP Sydney.  

Friendship Circle (FC) Walk 2020 – 13 September 2020

Many Emanuel families past and present have strong connections to FC, either through their own volunteering efforts and/or they have children with special needs who attend the amazing events organised by FC for children and young adults of Sydney with disabilities. Given these ever-changing times we live in right now and as we ponder what the “new normal” will be like, FC is even more relevant than ever during COVID-19 lockdown and beyond – addressing social isolation with creativity and innovation. FC Walk 2020 is going virtual and they need our support.

In case you missed Ma Nishma at the end of last term, here is our latest Grandparents and Friends newsletter.

If your grandparents did not receive this newsletter either by email or post, it means we do not have their current contact details on our database, so please pass this newsletter on and let us know updated contact details for these grandparents who I am sure would also love to stay connected with our beautiful School, perhaps even more so now whilst they cannot come to visit the campus.

You might also like to see our bi-annual Alumni newsletters in a new format here. 

These newsletters and all past Grandparents & Friends newsletters are available on the School website .

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

Shabbat Shalom

Careers

Claire Pech – Careers Advisor

We are now in the busiest term for a typical school Careers Advisor, so I am preparing myself for the weeks ahead!

Usually we have a flurry of Open Days for students to attend and UAC notches up a gear, as students create and work through their preferences list. TAFE hosts their open days and the tertiary sector starts to pitch for students’ business. This is all before we tackle the COVID-19 repercussions on this industry, with changed delivery of their core business, the international fallout, and a change in funding structure, to name just a few issues.

In my meeting this week with Year 12, I have encouraged them to make contact with their preferred institutions to see what they are doing to engage with their students:

Sydney University: Student and Year 12 parent session on 4 August 2020, 6.00 pm – 7.00 pm  
UNSW: Open Day, 5 September 2020
Macquarie University: Open Day, 15 August 2020
UTS: Open Week, Monday 31 August 2020 – Saturday 5 September 2020  
ANU: Open Week, 22 August 2020 – 28 August 2020        
TAFE: No specific day planned, but their website provides extensive details of courses
Western Sydney University: Open Weekend, 14 August 2020 – 16 August 2020

Further information can be found here: Open-Day-Planner-2020

A lot of universities are hosting virtual open days, Q&A sessions online and webinars in faculty areas to counteract for not being able to meet face-to- face. Research is now key. Many students are also reconsidering a GAP year in light of uncertain travel plans, which will intensify the numbers attending universities and changing plans for 2021 (this will have no impact on competition, as students would still be acquiring places, but then deferring).

This non-linear pathway comes from a UNSW slide showing the varying pathways that the ‘typical’ student follows, which are usually interwoven and individual. I encourage all students to embrace the chaotic nature of this, and plan for it, as much as you can, but also know that chance, personal connections, new ideas, plans and interests will come into it too.

For parents who are wanting more support during these unprecedented times and how to support your children through this, a webinar will be held by the Career Industry Council of Australia on Thursday 30 July 2020 from 7.00 pm. Please register here.

Invitation – The Speaker Series

Kol Szenes

Miriam Itzkowitz, Year 12

Ashley Cohn, Year 7

Welcome to Term 3

We are back to school, and everything is almost back to normal. No more temperature checks in the morning, but we still have to sanitise our hands to maintain regular hygiene. Our 2019 YearBooks are out, so look out for yourself in there! Have a great term everyone, and good luck with your studies!

Madrichim nominations

Interested Year 11 students prepared videos for the Madrichim elections, which were held this week. Each year, many Szenesians run, and this year isn’t any different.

We have 11 fantastic Szenesians nominate themselves this year:

• Aiden Poswell
• Chloe Miller
• Hannah Lax
• Jesse Koslowski
• Jessica Lowy
• Lexi Joffe
• Liat Granot
• Max Kidman
• Michael Heymann
• Romi Lapidge
• Tara Linker

We wish them well.

Announcements

• Formal uniform is to be worn in Term 3, including blazer and a tie. 
• Blazers to be worn to and from school – not left in lockers.
• If you are not wearing the correct uniform, please ask your parent to email: uniform@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au 
• COVID-19 current information – Department of Health 
• Follow @szeneshouse on Instagram for some wellbeing and study tips, memes and just general Szenesian spirit.
• Also follow your madrichim on @es.madstagram for some updates, challenges, wellbeing and overall fun times.

Birthdays

Happy Birthday to these Szenesians who recently celebrated their birthday in the past few weeks:

• Niek Nathan – Year 7
• Josh Benchoam – Year 9
• Lewy Saul – Year 9
• Daniel Solomon – Year 9
• Ruby Miller – Year 9
• Zac Sidley – Year 10
• Arin Miller – Year 11

Quote of the week

“Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are a window through which you must see the world”.
George Bernard Shaw

Shabbat Shalom and have a fantastic weekend!

From the desk of Miriam Itzkowitz (Year 12) and Ashley Cohn (Year 7)

Parents and Friends

Ruby Berkovic and Jen Opit

Hi Everyone,

We hope you were all able to enjoy the Term Break.

Parents and Friends meetings

Parents and Friends meetings are held at 7.00 pm on the first Tuesday of every month. Our next meeting is 4 August 2020. They are usually held in the Boardroom at School but are currently being held on Zoom until restrictions are lifted. Everyone is welcome – the more the merrier! 

If you are interested in attending please let us know and we will provide you with the Zoom link closer to the date.

Entertainment Books

In case you want to order an Entertainment Book you can do so here.      

We are hoping to have some information for you over the coming weeks on some events where we can connect as a community, together while apart. Watch this space.

Stay safe and have a lovely weekend.  

From the Canteen

Welcome back to Term 3. We hope you had a wonderful break.

We will be continuing home meals this term on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Ordering and menu options are available through Flexischools.

A reminder for Primary parents that birthday cakes need to be ordered a week in advance and this can be done via email .

Find the full 2020 Winter Menu here        

From the Uniform Shop

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 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.

Recipe of the Week

Each week we’ll bring you a tasty recipe passed down by Emanuel families, from the Emanuel School Community Cookbook, The Family Meal. 

From the kitchen of Salina Keller
Roasted Cauliflower Soup 

Ingredients 

1 brown onion
olive oil (enough to cover bottom of pot)
1 clove garlic
1 small red chilli
salt and pepper
1 large cauliflower cut into florets
500ml chicken or vegetable stock
500ml water
shaved parmesan cheese

Directions

Pre-heat oven to 200^oC.
Cut cauliflower into large florets. Cover with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast in oven until slightly brown on top.
Meanwhile, in a medium pot, heat olive oil and gently fry onions until soft.
Add finely chopped garlic and chilli and cook for a further three minutes.
Add stock and water and simmer gently.
Add cauliflower and continue to simmer until soft.
Allow to cool slightly.
Puree soup.
Warm to desired temperature.
Serve with shaved parmesan cheese or a dash of olive oil if desired.

Serves 4 

You can order the Emanuel School Community Cookbook, The Family Meal by contacting rubykb@gmail.com