From the Principal

Andrew Watt – Principal

Introducing Deep Democracy

Our Primary School Jewish Studies team are trialling the Deep Democracy Program, a world-renowned conflict resolution methodology. The program, adapted for children, introduces activities aimed at giving all students a voice, encourages them to listen deeply and to work through the tension that can arise from differences of opinion. Deep Democracy also encourages our students to value diversity and gain insights into how they relate to themselves and each other, based on the assumption that no one has a monopoly on the truth.

Myrna Lewis has been working with Adam Carpenter in the Primary School on the educational version of the program, called Shift-Ed. Myrna has visited the students on a number of occasions to teach and mentor Adam in the methodology, demonstrate the methodology by delivering several classroom sessions with students in Year 4 and Year 5. During these lessons, students have been developing their skills in listening to others and sharing thoughts, feelings and ideas connected to their Jewish Studies learning and working towards personal growth and development.

Keeping our students safe

The traffic around our school each morning and afternoon is congested – and on a bad day, can be a source of frustration for drivers and neighbours alike. Over the past two years we have sought to ensure a safe and orderly process for the drop off and collection of students, and we are very grateful for the support of the vast majority of our community. Despite the challenges of our building construction, we have maintained an effective process, requiring drivers to comply with our Traffic-and-Parking-Policy

Unfortunately, we have received reports that a small number of parents and grandparents are not following our Go With The Flow (GWTF) guidelines. Their responses to both our Traffic Wardens and our neighbours have been upsetting and not reflective of the values that we hold dear. Perhaps the greatest gift that a school community can impart to our neighbours is to show consideration and respect. Equally, we can gift our children by being caring and polite role models. Each reported incident, where the TPP and the Parent Code of Conduct are breached will be followed up by the School. Parents are requested to inform grandparents of our policies and processes in relation to traffic management.

Remembering Lexi Bader

It has been three years since we lost Lexi Bader in a tragic accident. At this time we reflect fondly on his life and his memory, and wish his family continued strength and peace. Lexi’s year group recently received their senior jerseys and every jersey has Lexi’s initials on the sleeve. The family will be presented with a jersey in memory of Lexi. Lexi is remembered at Speech Night with the Year 8 Mensch of the Year Award and during the year with the Lexi Bader Cup. We continue these traditions alongside tending to his olive tree.

Farewelling and celebrating our departing staff

It is always difficult to farewell members of our experienced, caring and high performing staff team. The feeling of loss is, however, most often accompanied by both gratitude and excitement about the next step in their professional journey. Emanuel teachers enjoy a high profile within our profession. Our staff depart secure in the knowledge that they made a difference and that their contribution was sincerely appreciated. This week, I want to recognise and thank four valued members of our leadership team, in order of length of service (see below). We wish each of them Kol Tuv, Hatzlacha Raba and Mazal Tov!

Ruth Harvey

For the past 13 years, Ms Ruth Harvey has served our School with distinction, as Head of the High School Hebrew Department. Over this time, she has focused unswervingly on maintaining the high quality of our Hebrew Programs and developing a lifelong love of Hebrew in our students. Our Hebrew students have benefitted greatly from her commitment to providing activities and camps that facilitate the learning of and engagement with the Hebrew language. Ruth is an untiring and enthusiastic advocate for Hebrew and we are grateful for the strong legacy she will leave.

Daphna Levin-Kahn

Ms Daphna Levin-Kahn will be departing at the end of term to embark upon the next step of her career adventure. She planned to leave earlier in the year but was kind enough to take on the role of Acting Head of Jewish Life in addition to Head of Jewish Studies, until Adina Roth arrived. Daphna has juggled the demands of the two roles with both panache and professionalism. Over her 10 years of loyal service, she has made a genuine difference to the culture and the standard of Jewish living and learning. We are grateful for Daphna’s commitment to developing high quality Jewish Studies Programs and for her input into our Jewish life initiatives.

Kristy Genc

Ms Kristy Genc has made a significant contribution as Director of our K-12 Sport Program over the past 8 years. Her diligent, professional and strategic approach to developing our Sport Program has reaped rich benefits for the School. It is within this culture of continuous improvement that many advances have been achieved – in terms of participation rates, recognition systems, quality of coaching, competition results – and most importantly, the enjoyment of sport. As she looks back over her time at Emanuel School, Kristy should feel proud of her strong legacy; Sport now enjoys a strong profile and is highly valued as an integral part of school life.

Christian Bell

Mr Christian Bell has been a dedicated and highly competent teacher within our High School HSIE Department for the past 7 years. His input into the programming of our History courses and his delivery of engaging and well prepared lessons have been greatly appreciated by staff and students. Christian recently took on the role of Year 12 Co-ordinator, contributing significantly to the academic and wellbeing support for our students in their final year. He is a highly valued member of a high performing HSIE team.

Mazal Tov

• To Willow Gelin, Ashley Cohn and Dalia Smagarinsky on their participation and prizes in the ‘Suzanne Rutland Foundation & JNF Australia 2022 Hebrew Writing and Recording competition’. This achievement is testament to these students’ commitment to Hebrew and a celebration of their effort and skills. Kol HaKavod! 

• To the following students, in addition to Ella Millner in Year 4, who came 2nd place in the Years 3-5 age group of the Ripple Effects Australia Photo Contest, who placed in this national competition:
  • Reina Steiner, Years 3-5 age group, honourable mention
  • Elke Selinger, Years 6-8 age group, 2nd place
  • Leah Joshua, Years 6-8 age group, 3rd place
  • Elise Kitchener, Years 9-12 age group, 1st place

Ella Millner Year 4

Reina Steiner Year 5

Eleke Selinger Year 8

Leah Joshua Year 7

Elise Kitchener Year 10

Each of their photographs symbolised something personal and meaningful to them – congratulations!

• To Jordan Williams, Head Coach of Athletics and Cross Country, on being awarded 2022 Randwick Coach of the Year by the Randwick City Council.

Quote of the Week

“The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don’t have to explain things in words.” Elliott Erwitt

From the Head of Jewish Life

Adina Roth – Head of Jewish Life

“There are two kinds of people’ she once decreed to me emphatically. One kind, you can just tell by looking at them at what point that congealed into their final selves. It might be a very nice self, but you know you can expect no more surprises from it. Whereas, the other kind keep moving, changing…they are fluid. They keep moving forward and making new trysts with life and the motion of it keeps them young. In my opinion, they are the only people who are still alive. You must be constantly on your guard, Justin, against congealing.” Gail Godwin, The Finishing School

In Godwin’s novel The Finishing School, Justin Stokes’ teacher and mentor Ursula taught her invaluable lessons about how to remain ‘fluid’ and not become overly rigid and stuck in life.

Two lessons about how to do this are found in this week’s parsha, Lech L’cha:

In Bereshit Chapter 12, God challenges Avraham to leave everything he has known behind and step into the unknown: ‘Lech l’cha me’artzecha u’mi’moladetecha, u’mi’beit avicha, el ha’aretz asher arekha’ ‘Go for yourself from your land, from your birthplace and from the house of your father to a land that I shall show you.’

Avraham is told by God to leave everything familiar behind and simply, to leave. The Midrash Tanchuma tells us that Avraham was living among idol worshippers and God felt his growth was limited there. What’s more, God also felt Avraham needed to spread his good works abroad. In other words, Avraham was encouraged to go global and spread the light and his teaching about ethics and Monotheism. Before we think of this as glitz and glamour, our rabbinic tradition expresses compassion for Avraham exclaiming that traveling around the world and spreading ethics and ideas about God was difficult and, in some ways, degrading. The Midrash writes, ‘Look at this old man, traveling through the country, looking like a madman.’ Leaving one’s familiar surrounds is difficult, perhaps even involving a loss of a known self. The very act of leaving somewhere, unleashes a spiral of struggle and yet we know that struggle always has the potential to lead to growth and development. The Rabbi’s point to Avraham’s own enlargement as a human by saying that in his local town, Avram was Av-Aram, the Father of Aram, his local village. When he left, he soon becomes Avraham (with the additional letter ‘hey’ or ‘h’ inserted in his name) to signify that he was now ‘Av hamon goyim’, the ‘father of many nations.’  Avraham’s leaving his familiar life and familiars must have been excruciating but it ultimately helped to grow him and expand him to make a larger contribution to the world.

It is fascinating that the overarching theme of the Parsha is about ‘leching’, meaning ‘going’, ‘leaving’ and spreading your wings in order to stretch. Yet, nestled within the portion, is an invitation to do the very opposite of ‘leave’. Towards the end of this portion, Sarai and Avram have still not succeeded to conceive and have a child and so Sarai invites her husband to marry her maidservant Hagar and have a child with her. As soon as Hagar falls pregnant, the relationship between Hagar and Sarai sours. Hagar develops attitude towards Sarai, assuming she must be a better person than her as she is about to bear Avraham’s child. In response, Sarai becomes a cruel mistress to Hagar, so much so that Hagar flees to the desert. In the desert, an angel approaches Hagar and says to her, ‘Where have you come from and where are you going?’ Hagar responds, ‘from my mistress Sarai I am fleeing.’ Immediately, the angel says to Hagar, ‘return to your mistress.’ The Hebrew word for ‘return’ is ‘shuvi’. At first it may seem disturbing to think that God’s angel is sending Hagar back into a conflict situation where the power dynamic is not equal. Why must Hagar be forced to return? However, I was once teaching this portion to a Batmitzvah student and we looked at how Hagar was running towards Shur, a place in Egypt. According to the Midrash Hagar had originally come from Egypt. My Batmitzvah student exclaimed, ‘Hagar is finding it hard with Sarai and she wants to go back to mummy and daddy, but this is her Batmitzvah moment, she can’t run away, she needs to GO BACK to Sarai and face her problems.’ My student’s fresh response opened the story for me.  According to her the invitation from the angel to Hagar to ‘shuvi’ was tough but not cruel! The angel was interested in the growth and development of Hagar’s character- and the enlargement of her story. The angel understood that Hagar and her son had a large destiny and it needed to be fulfilled. This is perhaps why at the end of the dialogue with the angel Hagar says that she feels seen by the angel and she can summons the strength to return to Sarai and ultimately, to grow.

Sometimes when we leave somewhere it can be about expanding, and sometimes, it can be about running away. Sometimes returning to a place that is familiar is about playing it safe and remaining stuck in a comfort zone, and sometimes it is about ‘leaning in’ to a difficult situation and confronting the harder stuff. These stories suggest that to grow as a human being we are not encouraged to take the easier paths, we are invited to travel or to return in order to grow, stretch and ultimately be of service.

When things get difficult, it might be worth asking, is this a ‘lech’ moment? Is it time to leave? Or is this a ‘shuvi moment’, time to stay, lean in and face the current challenges?

Each situation in our lives will require different answers, but we can take strength and courage from both Avram and Hagar, who both must have faced enormous fear and angst in leaving or returning and who both ultimately became founders of great nations and lived their full destinies.

Shabbat Shalom

Celebrate One Shabbat Together

Adina Roth – Head of Jewish Life

An Emanuel DIY Shabbat Project

The Shabbat Project is a wonderful annual Shabbat extravaganza seeking to unify Jewish communities across the world to celebrate one of the greatest gifts of the Jewish people to the planet; the concept of a weekend!!

Shabbat is connected to two fundamental Jewish ideas, the first is ‘zecher le’ma’aseh Bereshit’, Shabbat as a memorial to the act of creation. The narrative describes how God toiled for six days in labour and acts of creativity and then rested and replenished on the seventh day. Similarly, we are invited to ‘copy God’ and incorporate rest and rejuvenation, soulfulness and connection on the seventh day. From a Jewish point of view, life is not meant to be bound by some kind of endless workload where we ceaselessly roll the ball up and down the hill. By aligning our weekly sense of time with the rhythm of Shabbat, we align with the deeper intent of Creation and see ourselves, human-beings, as part of the wider cosmos every week. We have a chance to connect to ourselves, our families and the wider planet. It is no wonder that Israeli poet Achad Ha’am wrote: More than the Jews have kept Shabbat, Shabbat has kept the Jews.

The second idea of Shabbat is connected to ideas of freedom and equality for all, ‘zecher le’tziat mitzrayim’, ‘as a memory for our Exodus from Egypt.’ According to this idea, Shabbat is a fundamental assertion that all human-beings, and animals for that matter, should live with the freedom of being able to take a break, should not be bound by the tyranny of time, should not be bound by a human master who controls our time. Through Shabbat, we are meant to undo the shackles of being slaves to a fast-paced life. Shabbat is a weekly meditation that reminds us to be conscious of our relationship to time.

Emanuel is a pluralistic school and celebrates that there are many ways to enjoy Shabbat, and many ways to protect the sanctity of the day. A weekend like the Shabbat Project is a beautiful opportunity to draw on some of the tools of Shabbat that you might not ordinarily do.

Here are some suggestions:

1. Plan a special candle lighting with your children. We are meant to light candles to bring in the Shabbat, a few minutes before actual sunset. On the Shabbat Project, candle lighting in Sydney takes place at 7.14 pm. Some people light two candles per household and others light two candles for the parents and additional candles for every child. Some people light additional candles for anyone who is sick or who needs some extra strength. Before lighting candles, it is customary to give tzedakah. Talk with your kids about which cause you want to donate to or keep a charity box close to your candles and pop some coins in just before you light. Gather your children and light the candles. Afterwards, spend a few moments reflecting on the week, feeling grateful and hugging your children.
2. One of the most precious aspects of Shabbat is spending quality time with friends and loved ones. Plan a meal with friends for Friday night or Saturday lunch. Invite people you love spending time with, and perhaps invite someone you imagine might not have a place to go. Have fun with the menu because on Shabbat we are supposed to eat our favourite foods. Think sushi, or chicken or a vegan delight. Think cake! Remember to include Shabbat grape juice or wine for the Kiddush and two challot for the  blessing on the bread. Set the table with a beautiful cloth, welcome the angels with the song Shalom Aleichem and bless your children before reciting the blessing on the wine.  
3. Choose a shul you don’t normally attend and go for Kabbalat Shabbat on Friday night, the beautiful service filled with Psalms and singing that brings in the Shabbat. Or, plan a visit to the beach at sunset and bring this Emanuel Kabbalat Shabbat Service to sing your own Kabbalat Shabbat into being. If you use instruments on Shabbat, consider bringing a guitar or a bongo drum with you, or enjoy the harmonies of everyone’s voices. There is an idea in Jewish mysticism that Shabbat ushers in the feminine consciousness of God, known as the Shechinah and that an extra special peace pervades the world. The Friday night service of Kabbalat Shabbat is designed to welcome this energy into the world and to connect with Her.
4. Go for a walk. This might be something you do anyway on Shabbat but you can designate it as a Shabbat walk. Maybe with your kids, maybe with a friend. See if you can enjoy the slower pace and use it as a chance to explore deeper levels of conversation.
5. Conclude Shabbat with the Havdalah Ceremony. At the end of Shabbat, when there are 3 stars in the sky or at sunset on the 12 November 2022, we usher Shabbat out using the beautiful ceremony of Havdalah. For this, we need a special Havdalah candle which is multi-wicked. If you don’t have a multi-wicked Havdalah candle, you can just as easily hold two candles together to produce a bigger flame. We also require sweet-smelling spices such as cinnamon and cloves and  grape juice/wine. Interesting fact: if you don’t have grape juice in the house, you can also make Havdalah on whiskey or beer and some say even on tea or coffee. I am sure Ozzies would agree that coffee is as good as wine!!  To begin Havdalah, we sing  a song to express that God is with us, even as Shabbat and the warm embrace of the Shechinah  leaves and then we recite four blessings; one on the wine, one on the spices which we then inhale, one on the flame  of the candle (and we hold our fingernails towards the flame to see the dance of light and shadow on our hands) and one on the blessing of Havdalah itself which means Distinction (between Shabbat and the week). There are beautiful tunes for Havdalah so feel free to use the attachment and look at the Youtube link to follow the famous Debbie Friedman tune. 
6. After Havdalah, extinguish the candle and wish your family a Shavua tov, a Gut Voch, a Good Week! Consider calling grandparents or other loved ones to wish them a Shavua Tov.  

Wishing you all a meaningful Shabbat and Shabbat Project (Friday 11 November 2022- Saturday 12 November 2022).

May you all feel rested, replenished and re-ensouled. If you enjoy any of these rituals, (candle lighting, special meals with loved ones, a special Shabbat cake, prayers and song, walks, Havdalah) consider including them in your weekly Shabbat practice.

Ma Koreh

Adam Carpenter – Head of Jewish Life Primary

Year 5 students are reflecting on the qualities of Prophetic Leadership and their own leadership journey as they look towards Year 6 and being the leaders of Primary School. A prophet, in Hebrew נָבִיא is connected to ideas of calling our, announcing or proclaiming. We have learnt that prophets are leaders who ‘call out’ injustices in the word and ‘call upon’ people to act and change. Prophets speak truth to power and are the changemakers of their time.  

In addition to learning about some of the prophets of ancient Israel, students will be making connections to our world today and contemporary issues. In thinking back to last term’s project Knowing You Changes Me, students identified the following people as displaying prophetic leadership – ‘calling out’ injustices and ‘calling upon’ people to act:

• Adam Goodes
• Martin Luther King Junior
• Greta Thunberg
• Rosa Parks
• Malala Yousafzai
• Emma Watson
• Ruth Bader Ginsberg

In thinking about issues in our world today that prophets may identify as requiring urgent action, students identified the following:

• Climate change
• Racism
• Gender equality
• Poverty
• Homelessness

הִגִּיד לְךָ אָדָם מַה־טּוֹב וּמָה־יְהֹוָה דּוֹרֵשׁ מִמְּךָ כִּי אִם־עֲשׂוֹת מִשְׁפָּט וְאַהֲבַת חֶסֶד וְהַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת עִם־אֱלֹהֶיךָ׃ 

“You have been told what is good and what Adonai requires of you
Only to do justice
And to love goodness
And to work modestly with your God”
Micah 6:8.

Primary News

Katie Brody – Director of Students K-6

Smooth School Transitions By Design

Throughout these last few weeks of Term 4, a range of orientation programs are taking place for our Kindergarten students of 2023, our Year 2 students and our Year 6 students. The team has planned a range of opportunities for the youngest students to come up from Pre-school into our Kindergarten classrooms to meet the teachers and see what ‘big school’ might feel like. Similarly, we have begun the transition program for our Year 6 students, who will move from the familiarity of the Primary into High School. This will continue in January 2023 as the academic year begins. Year 2 students are coming to terms with moving out of K-2 (known as Infants) and into the Primary (3-6), using their very own pencil cases and learning to manage and maintain their own belongings during lessons.

Every one of our students is obviously heading towards a transition into the grade above and given this is the case, our teachers are mindfully preparing for each of the moves by consolidating learning, familiarising the students with all that they can expect and preparing to lovingly ‘hand over’ students to the next teacher/s. Transitioning into Year K means students will move from the Early Years Pre-school Program and into NESA’s (NSW Education Standards Authority) Early Stage One curriculum. This essential stage results in students becoming a young person who can read and write. Year 1 and 2 comprise the Stage One curriculum, so a move within this stage refines and consolidates the foundational Literacy and Numeracy skills and knowledge. Moving into Years 3 and 4, means a student is moving into or within the Stage Two curriculum, so this requires some careful preparation and teaching. Next is the move from Year 4 into Year 5, meaning a transition into the increasing complexity of Stage Three. Finally at the end of the Primary School curriculum, Year 6 students make the leap into their first year of High School (Stage Four). Year 7 is another large step up where the curriculum is delivered by a much larger team, where students move between lessons and where these capable young people have to organise their own equipment and requirements more independently than ever before. 

Being proactive and purposeful about teaching children of all ages to manage transitions assists them greatly. It builds predictability, familiarity and alleviates their fears. Having a plan eases the cognitive, social and emotional pressure on children as it allows them to be prepared for the change and develop the skills and confidence that maximises the chance of success in the new grade level. In addition, children’s questions about where, who and when can be answered upfront instead of having the uncertainty whirl anxiously around in their minds in the lead up to the change. Children may be worried about the complexity of the work in the grade above, about making new friends as social groups shift, about not knowing the expectations of the next teacher/s or even a lack of certainty that they’ll know what to do if they are stuck in a challenging situation. When parents remain actively engaged and work with the school in partnership, students flourish. 

Here are some hints and tips to consider:

• Validate your child’s worries or concerns as a normal part of change and encourage them to understand that uncomfortable feelings do go away in time.
• Talk through all the positive and exciting aspects about school that your child will experience in the coming year and the comfort they can take in knowing there is help along the way if needed.
• Remind your child that they already possess a range of help seeking strategies or teach and practice actions such as; check to see what other students are doing, look for picture cues in the room, ask a friend or seek guidance from a teacher. 
• Plan and discuss the way you will travel to and from school, practising the route in the car, on foot (if relevant) or in a bus (if this is how your High School child will travel)
• Create a visual schedule for the new term and have this visible.
• For the younger students – have them practise dressing themselves for school, tying their laces and packing their own bags.
• Year 6 parents – with your child, read and discuss the transition emails arriving each Friday in Term 4, actioning the suggestions and tips.

For more information, visit the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) 

Natanya Milner – Head of Primary School

Staffing News 

We are thrilled to share the news that Annie Turrall and her partner, Chris, are expecting their second child next year. Annie will be at school in Term 1 2023 and will then begin her maternity leave. We wish her a healthy and happy pregnancy and look forward to sharing her news in the future.

Barnaby Wilbury has resigned and will be leaving Emanuel at the end of this year. We thank him for his care and effort during his time with us and wish him all the very best for the future.

I am excited to announce that Stevie Levenston will be joining the Primary School team in 2023 as the Director of Primary School Operations. She currently works at Masada College as a teacher, Head of Educational Operations and Head of Academic Care. She holds both a Bachelor of Psychology and a Diploma of Education. Stevie has worked at both public and independent schools and we are looking forward to welcoming her to Emanuel next year.

End of Year Events 

As the busy end of the year rolls around, I thought it would be helpful to remind you of the timing of the major, compulsory events coming up:

Aladdin Show 1
Sunday 20 November 2022 – 4.00 pm start
Students who are not in the main cast are asked to be at school at 3.00 pm. The doors open at 3.45 pm.

Aladdin Show 2:
Monday 21 November 2022 – 6.00 pm start
Students who are not in the main cast are asked to be at school at 5.00 pm. The doors open at 5.45 pm.

Aladdin Show 3
Tuesday 22 November 2022 – 6.00 pm start 
Students who are not in the main cast are asked to be at school at 5.00 pm. The doors open at 5.45 pm.

Year 6 Pathways and Graduation
Wednesday 2 December 2022 – 8.10 am start
Students are to arrive at 7.50 am and parents asked to be seated at 8.00 am
Full school uniform to be worn by all Year 6 students.

K-2 Presentation Day
Wednesday 7 December 2022 – 8.45 am start
Students arrive at school at the usual time in full school uniform. Please ensure long hair is tied back. School shoes are a part of this uniform and boys should wear a kippah.
Parents are invited to be seated at 8.30 am and the event will begin at 8.45 am.

3-6 Presentation Evening
Wednesday 7 December 2022 – 6.00 pm start
Students arrive at school at 5.40 pm in full school uniform. Please ensure long hair is tied back. School shoes are a part of this uniform and boys should wear a kippah.
Parents are invited to be seated from 5.40 pm and the event will begin at 6.00 pm.

Carrie-Anne Thomas – Acting Deputy Head of Primary

Warmer Weather 

With the weather (finally) warming up, students have been reminded of the ‘No Hat, No Play’ rule when outside. If a student is not wearing a hat they will be required to sit in an undercover area. School hats are available to purchase from the school uniform shop.  

We also encourage students to apply sunscreen before school each morning. If they need to re-apply during the school day, sunscreen is available in the classrooms and from the Health Centre. 

Kornmehl

Terry Aizen – Director of 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 and visits to the Year K classrooms.

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, Pre-school professionals and school educators.  

This week, the first two orientation visits began for the children going up to Year K at Emanuel School. These took place on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. The children were both nervous and excited. We hope that all the preparation and discussions we have had will alleviate some of the anxiety the children may have as they start to prepare and move into this next phase of their educational journey.

Calmsley Farm Excursions

All three groups visited Calmsley Farm over the past week on an excursion.

The build-up to the excursions consisted of discussions, sharing of ideas and thoughts about what we might see and do as well as involvement in making beautiful creative art works based around farm life.

We travelled on the Emanuel School bus, which was a huge highlight of the trip.

Our excursion began with a tour of the farm nursery, where the children got to pet and look at lots of different baby farm animals. We had a go at milking a cow. We learnt about different kinds of cows, such as Brahman, Jersey and Highland. We visited the sleepy pigs and went on a very bumpy tractor ride around the farm. What can compare to boarding a giant tractor and bumping along, seeing the gorgeous countryside. Other animals we saw were a camel, donkey, lama’s, koala’s, wallaby, wombat, turkey’s, ducks and chickens. After a morning of fresh air and excitement everyone was very hungry. We all ate lunch before watching the farm shows. We enjoyed a stockwhip demonstration, followed by a working dog show, that herded all the sheep into an area and a sheep shearing show. Wow – so much in one day! The children were engaged, enthusiastic and involved.

Many thanks to all our wonderful parent and grandparent helpers. We really appreciated you joining us on these excursions.

Teya: I liked milking a cow.
Raphael: I was very gentle with the animals and didn’t hurt them.
Joseph: I liked patting some of the animals.
Gigi: I liked being with mummy at the farm.
Allec: I was gentle with the animals, and I liked seeing cows and pigs and going on the bus.
Luc: I liked going on the tractor ride and seeing the cows.
Aimee: I liked the tractor ride. It was very bumpy.
Asher: The tractor went really fast.
Joshua: I liked the tractor and the moose.
Freddy: My favourite part was seeing the tractor and going to the shows. The sheepdog ran to get the sheep and he was really fast.
Winnie: I loved patting the animals.
Lexi: I liked the horses.

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National Recycling Week

National Recycling Week is coming up from Sunday 6 November 20222- Saturday 12 November 2022. During this week our aim will be to create further awareness for the children and families on the importance of recycling. We have invited all Kornmehl families to be a part of this process by joining us during Recycling Week and the week after in the Pre-school, to work together with your child to make and create a Chanukiah using recycled materials. We hope you enjoy the time to construct something creative together. We are looking forward to displaying all the amazing Chanukiot during our concert weeks.

Playball

Playball this term has continued to provide the children with many different gross-motor activities and ball skills. The coaches, Al and Cara, are able to challenge the children physically and extend their skills. The children look forward to Playball on a Monday and enjoy their time very much.

This term parents are invited to an open session of Playball; to observe what their children have been learning:

Monday 14 November – Starfish – Open Session for Playball – 8.50 am
Monday 21 November – Seashells– Open Session for Playball – 9.30 am
Monday 28 November – Dolphins – Open Session for Playball – 8.50 am

Shabbat Project at Kornmehl

The Pre-school will be celebrating the start of the Shabbat project on Friday 11 November 2022. We have invited parents to join us on Friday morning to bake a challah with their child. 

We will also be involved in a project looking at special Shabbat Judaica objects that the children bring in from home. The children will be discussing, sharing and drawing their special family Shabbat object at Pre-school. We are looking forward to connecting with families through the Shabbat project.

Sunrise Walks

Sonia Newell – Development Officer – Alumni & Community Relations

It’s been a busy week and it’s going to get even busier with so much on in Sydney!

Sculpture by the Sea 
Ends this Monday 7 November 2022

Sunrise is a great time to walk the famous Bondi to Bronte route and see all the sculptures at the same time, without the crowds. If alumnus Joel Adler’s sculpture “Lens” (sculpture #24) is your favourite, or likewise for your children, please vote for it for the EY People’s Choice Award or the Kids Choice Award or on the Sculpture by The Sea App.

Shabbat Project Sydney 
Friday 11 November 2022 – Saturday 12 November 2022

The Shabbat Project Sydney is the local organising committee for The Shabbat Project global initiative. Founded here in 2015, they have been creating an annual program engaging the community building unity, identity and continuity through the common thread of Shabbat, with opportunities for all levels of religious observation or affiliation. There will be a number of communal Challah Bake events next week, including at Coogee Synagogue and Maroubra Synagogue plus “After Glow – the biggest Havdalah in the Southern Hemisphere”:

Art for all ages – Head On Photographic Festival 2022 
Opens this weekend

Founder and Creative Director of this international photographic festival now in its 13^th year, Emanuel parent Moshe Rosenzweig OAM, and his wife Anita Schwartz, would love to see members of our School community young and old, come visit the festival which starts this weekend.

Venues for this festival include Bondi Beach Promenade and Paddington Reservoir Gardens as well as numerous other sites across Sydney. 

…and he taught the canaries to sing
Waverley Library Gallery, Bondi Junction

On until Wednesday 16 November 2022, this is a project of animated vignettes celebrating Jewish life in Poland before 1939. Curator and artist, past parent Estelle Rozinski together with artists, current parent Steven Durbach and alumnus David Asher Brook, provide a series of engaging animations to explore the normalcy, fun and poignancy of everyday life before the Holocaust. Check out here for opening hours or phone 9083 8777.

A reminder about Kristallnacht Commemoration
Wednesday 9 November 2022

Kristallnacht – The Night of Broken Glass – marked the onset of the Holocaust. On 9-10 November 1938, Nazi forces set fire to or destroyed over two hundred synagogues, damaged 7,000 Jewish-owned business arrested 30,000 Jews, and murdered 91 Jews in Germany, Austria and the Sudetenland.

The Sydney Jewish community’s annual ceremony commemorating Kristallnacht will be held on Wednesday 9 November at 6.45 pm for a 7.00 pm start (in person only). The theme for the event is Nazis Uncovered, and the keynote speaker will be Nick McKenzie, award-winning investigative journalist who uncovered the inner workings of Australia’s biggest neo-Nazi cells. McKenzie’s investigation was featured on 60 Minutes and the Stan documentary Revealed: Among Us – Neo Nazi Australia.

The commemoration will also honour Michael Samaras – the former Wollongong councillor who uncovered Wollongong’s major art donor as a Nazi collaborator.

Book your seats.

You will receive confirmation of the venue closer to the event.
Enquiry here. 

ARTHOP 2022 
Saturday 19 November 2022 – Sunday 20 November 2022

Emanuel past parents Ruth Levine and Lia Klugman are joining forces again with some other local artists for this year’s ARTHOP.

Lia has come back to School on numerous occasions over the years to supervise ceramics activities with our Primary students, including to help create the mezuzzot on some of the classroom doors in the LINC building.

ARTHOP 2022

Lia Klugman – ARTHOP 2022

ORAH 2022

Emanuel alumna and current parent Emma Grojnowski says “together with three other Emanuel mums Andy Aronstan, Simone New and Jackie Elias, we are experiencing the trip of a lifetime. We are currently in Israel on a journey that empowers Jewish mums to connect and engage with Israel and 600 other Jewish mums from around the world. We are pinching ourselves!”. This heavily subsidised program includes nine days in Israel followed by a year of monthly face-to-face inspired learning sessions, community volunteering and social activities. A number of other Emanuel mums have participated in this program over the years too, with the last one held in 2019, before Covid. If you are interested in participating in next year’s program, you can check it out here.

ORAH 2022

Boxing Competition

Don’t be fooled that boxing is for men only. Emanuel alumna Jade Gomez (Class of 2009) whose day job is a Social Worker with Spinal Injury patients, took up boxing to improve her fitness and she loves the opportunities that have come her way since doing so. She competed in an event a few months ago raising funds for Camp Quality, an organisation that gives kids facing cancer the chance to be kids again, providing them, their siblings and their parents with fun experiences, education, specialised cancer care, counselling and a supportive community.

Jade came back to Emanuel last year as part of our Careers Space event, to talk to our Years 11 and 12 students but boxing was not part of that conversation at the time. She is training hard at the moment, as she prepares for her upcoming fight at The Paddo Punch-On5, Amateur Fight Night in mid-November.

If your children are interested to know more about boxing, Jade is happy to have a chat with you and/or them and I can pass on your contact details: snewell@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au.

Jewish Food and Farm Festival 
Sunday 27 November 2022

This inaugural event at Adamama Farm will include workshops, food stalls as well as a cooking demonstration by Monday Morning Cooking Club (MMCC) members Lisa Goldberg and Emanuel past parent Merelyn Frank Chalmers. See the full program and register here. 

Call-out for Volunteers

In a message from Emanuel past parent Vivienne Radomsky, Marketing Manager B’nai B’rith NSW, she has asked if any members of our School community might have some time to spare and would like to volunteer to join their in-store Bargain Bazar team at the new site recently opened in Maroubra, which raises funds for local charities. If so, please call on 9321 6300.

We look forward to sharing our news and yours, so if you have photos and/or news you would like to share with us, please send to Sonia Newell.   

Shabbat shalom, stay safe and have a great weekend.

Music Matters

Diana Springford – Head of Music

Welcome to our Music Matters page! 🎶

Night of Song

Over160 students from Years K-12 performed in our Night of Song on Wednesday. We were thrilled to see the return of this beautiful annual choral concert as a live performance, as the last time we were able to hold this event was back in 2019. The Night of Song showcases all our choirs and chamber choirs as well as featuring several solo performances from students in Years 3-12.

We commend all the performers, conductors and accompanists for their hard work and enthusiasm. Special thanks to Mr Burley for organising the event and to everyone who worked behind-the-scenes to produce this wonderful evening.

The photographs of the concert were once again taken by Mr Ofer Levy who always does such a wonderful job of capturing these superb images of our performers.

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Dates and Events

Week 6

• Twilight Concerts (tutor-nominated performances) on Wednesday 16 November 2022
• Aladdin Jnr performances on 20 November 2022, 21 November 2022, 22 November 2022 

Week 8

• Instrument Stocktake and Maintenance Days on Tuesday 29 November 2022 and Wednesday 30 November 2022 (all instruments to be returned for checking and servicing).

Week 9

• Primary and High School end of year Presentation events.

Private Music Tuition and Infant Strings Program

Thank you to those who have already advised us of changes to private tuition and Infant Strings Program (ISP) enrolments for next year  via the online forms on our MusicPortal Page. The deadline for new enrolments or intention to discontinue for Term 1 is Friday 18 November 2022 (end of Week 6).  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 along with students commencing lessons for the first time. Formal discontinuation notice must be received to avoid being committed to the full term of lessons and liable for fees. 

Please email music@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au if you have any questions.  

The schedules for Term 1, 2023 will be created at the end of term and emailed in late January.

IPSHA Gymnastics Carnival

Sharon Fairfax – PDHPE Teacher Aide, Gymnastics Co-ordinator

Independent Primary Schools Heads of Australia Gymnastic Carnival (IPSHA)

Our Emanuel Gymnastic team made the annual trip to SGAC (Sydney Gymnastics Aquatic Centre) for the annual IPSHA Gymnastic Carnival last Thursday. We had not competed since 2019 due to COVID.

The spirit and excitement was evident amongst the 28 schools that competed, it was good to be back.

Our gymnasts rose to the occasion to attain fantastic results, particularly recognising this was their first gymnastic competition.

Level 1 MG (Mens Artistic Gymnastics)

Jason Likht
1^st place
Individual all around
Floor, Pommel, Rings, Vault, Parallel Bars, High Bar

Jason Likht

Level 2 WG (Womens Artistic Gymnastics)

Claudia Hochroth, Tabitha Masnich, Talia Gellert and Ella Cohen-Peace
2^nd place
Team
Bars, Beam, Floor, Vault

SRC BBQ Day

We are trialling an online pre-payment system for our fundraising BBQs for High School students at Emanuel School. The online pre-payment will be the only way that students can purchase food and drinks for the BBQ Day.

Our next BBQ Day is on Monday 14 November 2022, and will be raising funds towards our School’s contribution to White Ribbon Day.

Please note that the School Canteen will be closed on the day.

Hot dogs will be available for $4.65 each. Drinks will be available for $2.55 each, plus a small transaction fee.

Here is a link to the pre-payment website and a step-by-step process for ordering:

Step 1:   Click link above
Step 2:   Click Book Now
Step 3:   Select quantity of roll / sausage combination and drink
Step 4:   Click Next

(Selected items can be removed from the ‘shopping cart’ by clicking the cart icon in to top right corner of the screen and clicking remove against the unwanted item).

Step 5:   Enter Student Name and Year for each BBQ item

(Multiple family members can purchase BBQ items within the one payment transaction by entering different Student Names for each BBQ item)

Step 6:   Click Next
Step 7:   Enter payment details
Step 8:   Click Purchase

Orders for the BBQ must be submitted online by Wednesday 9 November before 9.00 am. It will not be possible to purchase BBQ or drink items for cash on the day. 

We look forward to trialling this online pre-payment for the upcoming BBQ Day.

We welcome your feedback on the process as we plan for our 2023 BBQ Day events.

Year 10 Drama Showcase

Book now for Aladdin Jnr!

Parenting Ideas

Helping your young perfectionist

There’s a perception in our society that perfectionism is a good thing, akin to ‘being perfect..’ That it’s something we should strive for or drop into conversation in job interviews… Yet the reality is quite different.

Perfectionism leads us to place unreasonably and often unrealistically high expectations on ourselves. Essentially, it causes us to raise the bar so high, that we frequently wind up feeling like failures, consumed by frustration and self-blame.

Of course, this can be very unsettling to witness in our kids and it can be hard for us to know how best to help. It can start when our children are very young and grow with them in intensity and impact. Perhaps you have a young child who refuses to draw because her drawings don’t look exactly like those of an adult artist. Or maybe your little guy becomes so distressed by a small mistake in his homework, that he insists on starting all over again in his unhealthy quest for perfection.

If you have older kids, perhaps they refuse to submit an assignment because it’s not perfect, or they won’t run the cross country because they know they won’t win.

While it’s great for our kids to hold high expectations of themselves, aiming for perfection actually sets them up to fail. Their habitual ‘all or nothing’ thinking leads to the unhelpful belief that if they don’t achieve 100%, they’ve as good as flunked. Their focus on their mistakes rather than on their successes often affects their self esteem, fuelling a vicious cycle that can lead to stress, depression and anxiety if left unchecked.

The sooner we help our kids break this unhealthy habit, the better. So let’s look at a few tips for doing just that.

Reduce your praise

There are two ways in which we tend to praise children. ‘Content praise’ often draws attention to the end product, for example, “What a fantastic drawing!”, or to a fixed quality in a child, such as “You’re so clever”. In contrast, ‘process praise’ focuses on how your child got there. When we use process praise, we draw attention to their good ideas, problem solving approaches, effort, persistence, concentration and enthusiasm.

While it’s helpful for all children to experience more process praise than content praise, this is particularly true for children with perfectionistic traits. This allows us to draw the focus away from how impressive the end result might (or should) be and instead highlight the importance of having a go, trying their best and learning along the way.

For example, rather than saying, ‘What a fantastic drawing! You’re an amazing artist – what were you worried about?’, it’s more helpful to say something like, ‘It’s great to see you having a go at drawing. I love watching you try new things’; or, ‘I love seeing the ideas you come up with when you draw’.

Of course, most of the time we needn’t praise children at all. Saying simply, ‘Drawing is fun isn’t it?,’ is often enough to provide children with that all important sense of connection.

Model making mistakes

At my children’s school, they’re taught to embrace ‘flearning’ – learning through failure. Admittedly, my children witness me ‘flearning’ all the time at home, but in the eyes of your child, you might seem perfect. It’s helpful for your kids to see that you make mistakes too, and importantly to learn through your modelling how mistakes can be managed.

Look for (or create!) opportunities to do this. When you’re planning on bringing some spoons to the dining table, you could bring knives over instead and say, ‘Oops, my mistake. Not to worry. I’ll just go back and swap these over.’ Or, perhaps you could draw alongside your toddler and deliberately keep from drawing inside the lines, commenting to your little one as you go, ‘I love drawing with you’. By doing so, you model for your child that mistakes are okay, that they needn’t hamper their enjoyment of a task and importantly, that the end result isn’t all that matters.

Teach your child to speak to themselves as a friend

How does your child talk to themselves?

Would they speak to a friend in the same way?

No? Then what might they say instead?

We all know how much our inner voice can affect how we feel. Teach your child to be kind to themselves. To be supportive, forgiving and encouraging, even when they make mistakes.

Consider how you react when your child behaves in an ‘imperfect’ way

Do you respond calmly when your child accidentally spills cereal all over the kitchen bench or do you tend to overreact? It’s important when we’re teaching our children that they needn’t be perfect, that our responses back this up.

By accepting our children as they are – wonderful, ‘good enough’ young learners – we teach them to do the same. And that’s so much better than perfect.

By Dr Kaylene Henderson

Dr Kaylene Henderson is a trusted Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist and one of Australia’s leading parenting experts. She’s also a grateful mother of three. Find her online ‘advice packs’, free website resources, social media channels and popular seminars at www.drkaylenehenderson.com.

You can also watch Dr Kaylene Henderson’s free video tip for tackling perfectionism here. 

Head On Photo Festival Finalists

Head On Photo Festival Finalists

Congratulations to Dylan Vitek and Daniel Zipser (Year 8), whose photograph was selected as a finalist in this year’s Head On Photo Festival.

‘Find My Heart’, has been shortlisted for the Landscape Prize, with winner’s announced this Friday 4 November 2022, 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm at the Bondi Pavilion. 

Find out more details here and secure a free ticket to the opening night.

‘Find My Heart’ will be on display at Bondi Pavilion until Sunday 4 December 2022.

Get down there to support this talented duo!

Who is Mr Camp?

David Camp – Head of English and Library

Each month, we find out more about a nominated staff member. 

SPOTLIGHT ON … DAVID CAMP

What is your role at Emanuel School? 
Head of English

What roles have you held before that you enjoyed/ led you to this point?
I have mostly taught English here and at other schools. I did enjoy a brief stint as Acting Director of Studies, but I much prefer Head of English!

What inspired you to become a teacher? 
I had some wonderful teachers when I was in High school and they showed me the importance of passion for helping others and for your subject area. As someone who has loved reading and writing for my whole life, I found myself gravitating towards trying to share that passion with others.  

Is there a lesson/s that a student taught you in the past you feel you have carried forward/ currently apply in your teaching or every day life? 
Many students have taught me that we need to look past our preconceptions about others. We don’t know what they’re capable of until they show us. I try to keep that in mind with my students every day.  

Do you have a favourite memory from teaching? 
I have many favourite memories of teaching, from small moments when a student finally ‘gets it’ to helping a student find a passion for reading or writing. A couple of ex-students have connected with me to let me know that their career in writing was inspired by my teaching of English, and those moments are a real joy. It is nice to feel that I have made an impact.  

What are your impressions of Emanuel School? 
I have been here for 15 years and find that Emanuel School is a warm and caring community, filled with people who are looking out for each other. There are so many wonderful teachers here, who always offer to help each other out, not to mention the students and their families. Emanuel to me is a place of caring and nurturing, with a real focus on ensuring students can develop as people, not just in their academics.  

What do you do to unwind/ what do you enjoy doing outside school hours?
 I am an avid reader, of course! I also love to watch movies and play video games. I have been a Crossfitter for 10 years and absolutely love working out (something I never thought I’d say!). Mostly, though, I love to spend time with my family. 

Mr Camp’s family selfie 

What song do you know all the lyrics to? 
Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice – It was the first cassette tape that I owned… 

Do you have a hidden talent and, if so, what is it? 
Not really! I can touch my nose with my tongue – does that count?

What do you wish you could tell your 12- year-old self? 
He was a pretty chill guy, so I don’t think he’d need any life advice. Maybe just remind him to appreciate his youth – it passes way too quickly! 

If you could pass on any wisdom to your students, what would you share?
 I think our students need to remember to follow their hearts. They are often led astray by doing what they think they should be doing and forget to ask themselves what they would like to do.

Find the passion within you and work hard at that – then you will find success!

Mr Camp at CrossFit

Holiday Trading Hours

The Emanuel Uniform Shop will close for the school holidays from Tuesday 13 December 2022 at 3.00 pm and will re-open for Term 1 on Monday 16 January 2023 at 9.00 am

All families must make an appointment to visit the Uniform Shop.

Extended Trading Hours 

Term 4 2022

• Friday 9 December 2022           9.00 am – 3.00 pm
• Monday 12 December 2022       9.00 am – 3.00 pm
• Tuesday 13 December  2022     9.00 am – 3.00 pm          

Term 1 2023

• Monday 16 January 2023 – Friday 20 January 2023          9.00 am – 3.00 pm
• Monday 23 January 2023 – Friday 27 January 2023          9.00 am – 3.00 pm
• Thursday 26 January 2023                                                  Closed (Australia Day)
• Monday 30 January 2023                                                     9.00 am – 3.00 pm
• Tuesday 31 January 2023 – Friday February 2023             8.00am – 5.00pm

Normal trading hours resume on Monday 6 February 2023

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

You are welcome to place an online order, passphrase is ES1983. Orders will be processed when the store re-opens on Monday 16 January 2023 at 9.00 am.

Contact details:

Phone: 9326 5445
Email:  emanuel@midford.com.au

PSG

Thank you to our volunteers for last week
(Monday 24 October 2022 – Friday 28 October 2022)

Paul Berkovic, Nadine Yamen, Nicky Abitz, Darren Isenberg, Ian Doust, Jerry Solomon, Yossi Biton, Alan Epstein, Peter Freed, Florette Ickowicz, Peter Nothman, Paul Biller, Barry Sherman, Yury Glikin, Adam Tsipiris, Wayne Rubin, Brandon Gien, Doron Kalinko, Anthony Milner, Dmitry Gorelik, Natalie Cromer, Kirsty Greenfield, Sol Caganoff, Tanya Liebovitch, Zev Friedman, Danny Fleischer, Daniel Greengarten, Greg Judin, Leon Kantor and  Fred Linker

Help keep our kids and community safe: sign up to PSG here

Important Dates

What’s happening next week

High School

Monday 7 November 2022

• Year 9 HSIE Field Trip to Botany Bay

Tuesday 8 November 2022

• Year 9 Examinations

Wednesday 9 November 2022

• Year 9 Examinations

Thursday 10 November 2022

• Year 9 Examinations
• Year 7 UTS STEM-X Day

Friday 11 November 2022

• Years 7-10 Project Based Learning Day
• Remembrance Day
• Volunteers Thank You Event

Primary School

Friday 11 November 2022

• Volunteers Thank You Event 

Save the Date

High School

Monday 14 November 2022

• BBQ and non-uniform Charity Day
• School Canteen closed 
• Year 10 Drama Showcase

Wednesday 16 November 2022

• Twilight Concert
• Year 7-12 Writers’ Awards

Tuesday 29 November 2022

• Sport and Extra-curricular Photo Day

Wednesday 30 November 2022 – Tuesday 6 December 2022

• Project Based Learning Days

Thursday 8 December 2022

• High School Speech Day
• Last Day of Term 4

Primary School

Monday 14 November 2022

• BBQ Day
• School Canteen closed 

Sunday 20 November 2022

• Aladdin Jnr Show 1

Monday 21 November 2022

• Aladdin Jnr Show 2

Tuesday 22 November 2022

• Aladdin Jnr Show 3

Friday 2 December 2022

• Year 6 Pathways and Graduation

Tuesday 6 December 2022

• Year 6 Gratitude Day – Sydney Aquatic Centre

Wednesday 7 December 2022

• Years K-2 Presentation Day
• Years 3-6 Presentation Evening

Thursday 8 December 2022

• Last Day of Term 4 

Kornmehl

Thursday 10 November 2022

• Parent/Teacher Meetings 

Friday 11 November 2022

• Volunteers Thank You Event

Monday 14 November 2022

• Playball – Starfish Open Session for Parents 

Thursday 17 November 2022

• 2023 New Parents Orientation/Information Evening 

Monday 21 November 2022

• Playball – Seashells Open Session for Parents

Thursday 24 November 2022

• Parent/Teacher Meetings

Thursday 1 December 2022

• Dolphins/Starfish Concert & Graduation 

Friday 2 December 2022

• Seashells Concert

Monday 5 December 2022

• Playball – Dolphins Open Session for Parents

Thursday 8 December 2022

• Bush School Family Picnic in Centennial Park
• Last Day of Term 4 

Community Notices