From the Principal

Andrew Watt – Principal

Welcome back to another action-packed term, in which we plan to engage our students deeply in both their academic studies and in the broader life of the School. Parents, staff and students will be encouraged to strap themselves in for the ride, as we launch into the many highlights of the term’s journey ahead. This commenced with an Anzac Day commemoration and Yom Ha’atzmaut celebrations, and will include an Israel Expo (Year 8), Entrepreneur Competitions (Years 9 and 10), Year 12 Camp, Athletics Carnivals (K-12), Mother’s Day events, Twilight Concerts, House Music Competition (Years 7-12), Jilkminggan Trips and the High School Production (The Addams Family).

Schools are busy places and we aspire to provide a learning environment that unleashes the potential of every student and supports them to be the best that they can be.

Welcoming our new staff members

I am pleased to announce the appointment of the following staff:

Mr Niall Brennan

Mr Brennan joins our HSIE department as an Economics teacher, replacing Mr Michael O’Neill. After teaching in Ireland for three years, Mr Brennan moved to Dubai, where he taught at both the School of Research Science and GEMS Jumeirah College. He brings a wealth of experience in global economics and has spent the non-term break researching both the Australian curriculum and economy.

Mr Hugh O’Neill

Mr O’Neill joins our Mathematics Department and will cover for Ms Eithne McNamara this term across both Primary and High School, whilst she completes her mandatory visa requirements. Mr O’Neill has taught both Mathematics and PDHPE for the past seven years, in both the United Arab Emirates and Ireland.

Ms Riki Druker

Ms Druker joins our Science Department, replacing Sarah Bishop whilst on maternity leave. She returns to Emanuel after completing one of her practicums with us last year. Ms Druker is an early-career teacher who also completed placements at Moriah and Waverley College. Prior to teaching, she has worked as a Scientist with Johnson & Johnson, and previously as a policy officer and a medical writer.

Ms Amanda Morehu

Ms Morehu joins our administration team as HR Coordinator. With over eight years’ experience working in administration and HR within the legal industry, her expertise will be valued highly.

Mr Ryan Brain

Mr Brain joins our Maintenance Department with three years’ experience working as part of a facilities team at an Independent School in Wales. He has also worked in the construction industry.

K-12 Anzac Commemoration Assembly

Our annual Anzac Day commemoration ceremony was held on Wednesday. During the assembly the importance of commemorating the fallen was emphasised, as soldiers in all conflicts were recognised for their contribution to the protection of our country. Our Year 10 students Liberty Waldner and Jamie Keyser stressed the importance of ‘commemoration’ as opposed to ‘celebration’ and the ongoing tension that exists between these two forces. In the assembly respectful recognition of the contribution of the 1000 indigenous soldiers who fought during WWI was raised. We were fortunate to have Rabbi Kaiserblueth attend the event and provide the guest address for the ceremony. His speech highlighted the role of duty in society and his own experiences and intentions after joining the Royal Navy as a Chaplain.

A special thanks to Max Salamon, Year 10, who played The Last Post before a minute of respectful silence. 

In other Anzac Day-related news, Head Madrichim Coby New and Ruby Brody represented Emanuel at NSW Association of Jewish Service & Ex-Service Men & Women ceremony on Sunday, where they paid their respects to fallen Australian soldiers and recognising the Jewish Australians’ contribution to conflict by reading the Ode at the event.

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Yom Ha’atzmaut celebrations 

After our annual Anzac Day commemoration ceremony the morning was spent celebrating Israel’s 75^th birthday with dancing, a performance from the School’s Klezmer Band, games in the MPH and a peulah discussing Zionism run by our Year 11 students. It was a full day of revelry with Israeli music and snacks at recess and lunch.

The Pathway for Curriculum Development

The current NESA Curriculum Reform is the first comprehensive reform in three decades. The (K-12) process commenced in 2022 and will continue until 2028. Each year, a range of courses transition through a comprehensive process involving:

1. Syllabus consultation and release
2. Schools plan and prepare
3. Syllabus is taught in schools

This year, no less than 20 of our courses are in the planning and preparation stage, with 26 courses entering this stage next year. As you would imagine our entire teaching team have worked hard to create new teaching programs, scope and sequence tables and assessment tasks aligned to the new syllabi. This work is completed on top of their current lesson preparation, assessment and feedback, student support and report writing. We are proud of the quality of programs developed thus far. To support our staff, we have adapted our Staff Development Days and Staff Meeting schedule to accommodate curriculum planning for those Departments with courses at the ‘Plan and Prepare’ phase.

Minor Change to Calendar:  Erev Shavuot Closing Time

We are seeking to introduce a consistent time for the School to close on the eve of Jewish Holidays. Thus, the School’s closing time for Erev Shavuot on Thursday 25 May 2023 has changed from 2.50 pm to 1.10 pm. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Mazal Tov

To Leah Grunseit, Aron Harpaz, Jake Newfield, Yasmine Fisher, Heidi Martin, Grace Lyons, Amelie Trope and Inez Calderon-Havas who participated in the Run2ure Charity run for Neuroblastoma, raising close to $2,000.00. 

To Dylan Pal for being part of the ASISSA primary boys team who drew against IPSHA in the final of the 2023 CIS Primary Boys Football Carnival/Trials. ASISSA were undefeated throughout the day and were crowned joint winners.

Quote of the week

“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.” – Oscar Wilde

From the Head of Jewish Life

Adina Roth – Head of Jewish Life

This is the speech I shared with High School students to launch Yom Ha’atzmaut this week. You may find some very interesting trivia in it concerning the Israeli Declaration of Independence. I chose to underscore this story and discuss the Declaration of Independence because of the current protests and uprisings around democracy in Israel. It’s a bit longer than my usual speech but I encourage you to pour yourself a glass of wine and read away:

On Friday 14 May 1948, David Ben Gurion, arguably the most influential Jewish leader since Moses, woke up feeling very nervous. Ben Gurion wasn’t nervous about what he was going to have for breakfast. You see, Paula his lovely wife forced him to eat apple sauce and sour cream for breakfast every day of his married life. She even gave it a special name, Kooch-Mooch. So he already knew what was on the breakfast menu. David Ben Gurion was nervous because he planned to establish a state for the Jews that very afternoon. It’s not every day you wake up, eat kooch-mooch in the morning and then declare a state in the afternoon. But that was this kind of day. At the same time as Israel was being born, the Jewish soldiers of the settlement were defending Israel from attacks from Arab people in the land of Israel. Israel was at war and Ben Gurion knew that after he declared a state all the surrounding countries would attack Israel as well.

And that is why Ben Gurion was nervous because by 4.00 pm that same afternoon, he needed to read out the Declaration of Independence for the State of Israel. And it hadn’t been finalised yet! It’s not that he was a last minute kind of guy. It’s just that 37 Jewish people needed to agree on the terms and sign it. And everyone had a different opinion. In the Declaration we sought to tell some of the Jewish story and history, we needed to explain why we needed a state of our own and we had to express some of the aspirations for and values of our state. There’s a joke that if you have two Jewish people in the room, you have three opinions. How would we get 37 strong minded people to agree on the Declaration of the State? And these people were different, there were secular and religious, communists, socialists and capitalists, people from kibbutzim and city folk, and men and women…In truth there was only two women, but still.

It was just three weeks earlier that a man called Mordechai Beham was tasked with putting together a draft for the Declaration. He was instructed to keep it clandestine. So Beham had ‘just’ told his family and a Rabbi Rabinovich who incidentally had translated Shakespeare into Hebrew. Together, they crafted a flowery expression of the Declaration including many ‘heretofore’ and ‘inasmuchs’ (much of this flowery language was cut out by Ben Gurion in the end).

While Ben Gurion was eating his kooch-mooch and mulling over the day ahead, another character woke up early and started to plan their outfit for the afternoon. This character had it on special advisement that they were going to be included in the Declaration of Independence. That character was God. What God didn’t know is that God’s presence in the declaration was somewhat contentious. Beham had worked on a draft which included God’s name as Elohei Yisrael. However, he and Rabinovich realised that among those 37 people some were devout while others were atheists. Not everyone wanted God in the declaration of the new state. So they decided to use a name for God that everyone would find agreeable, the Rock of Israel or Tzur Yisrael.  It isn’t God’s most famous name. But it meant the religious people would think God was ‘in’ and the atheists might think we were talking about the rocks of Israel. 

Another hopeful guest also woke up that morning singing songs and super excited about the Declaration of Independence. That guest was Democracy! ‘I want to wear my very best Blue and White for the occasion,’ she said. She was convinced that Israel, with its clear democratic aspirations, would definitely have the word Democracy in the Declaration. She imagined that as the word ‘Democracy’ was mentioned, she would strut out in her blue and white boa and bow before the crowd. Democracy was also in for a little bit of a disappointment. Many democratic ideas came into the Declaration but after Sheham the draft of the Declaration continued to do the rounds among Jewish leadership. Just two days before Friday 14 May, it went to a man called Moshe Shertok and he took out the word democracy. Gone!

Ben Gurion was especially nervous because he still had a meeting that Friday with those 37 signatories. They were declaring the State at 4.00 pm that afternoon and a couple of somewhat important things remained undecided, such as the name of the fledgling state!

Some people thought it should be called Judah. Some said it should be called Zion. Others advocated for Eretz Yisrael, harking back to the biblical Land of Israel. Ben Gurion was keen on Israel which eventually won with a vote of 6-3.  

It was all happening all at once. As Ben Gurion tried to generate consensus among this opinionated group, invitations were dispatched to important guests. Come to the Tel Aviv Museum at 4.00 pm this afternoon. The invitation added an amusing request. ‘Don’t tell anybody.’ Do you think anyone could keep such a thing a secret?  A crowd gathered on the Rothschild Plaza outside the museum. The declaration was finalised at 3.00 pm. There was not even time to write it on the official parchment. Everyone signed an empty page of parchment and rushed home to dress for the occasion.  

I mentioned there were two women who signed. One was Golda Meir, who was to become one of Israel’s Prime Ministers and one was a lady called Ruth Cohen Kagan. Ruth Kagan recalls that the invitation was addressed in the masculine, ‘Dear Sir,’ it said,  ‘Please come to the Tel Aviv Museum.’ Her name tag for the event said Mr on it and she had to cross it out and write Mrs in its place. The leadership of the new state may have cared about equality but it also had a long way to go.

At 4.00 pm everyone gathered inside the Tel Aviv Museum, while outside stood thousands of people who had heard via the grapevine about the occasion. Ben Gurion began by knocking a gavel and read out the Declaration. People in Israel and around the world listened on the radio to his crackly voice.

As David Ben Gurion spoke, God was waiting in the wings and Democracy was waiting in the wings.

And Judah and Zion were also waiting in the wings. As they listened, God didn’t hear God, Democracy didn’t hear democracy and Judah and Zion didn’t hear their names.

But as they listened, they felt a little better. They heard Ben Gurion say:

• By virtue of our natural and historic right we hereby declare the establishment of a Jewish state in the land of Israel, this is the State of Israel.
• The State of Israel will be open for Jewish immigration and the ingathering of the exiles, it will foster the development of the country for all its inhabitants, based on freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel, it will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants, irrespective of religion race, or sex
• It will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, language, education and culture
• It will safeguard the Holy places of all religions, and it will be faithful to the principles of the charters of the United Nations with the support of Israel…
• Placing our trust in the Rock of Israel, Tzur Yisrael.

The country of Israel, the modern state, was born 75 years ago, while Israel was already at war, a few years after the Holocaust, 2000 years after Jewish people had been waiting and longing in exile. God and religion made it into the Declaration of Independence as the Rock of Israel. Democracy made it in as freedom and equality for all.

Today we have a Jewish state, with religious people and secular people, with socialists and communists and capitalists, people from the farms and people from the city, with men and women and with rights for LGBTQIA+ people. Just as those 37 people signed it, it is up to us to keep its values alive and champion its assertions. And today, we care more about this document than ever before as Israelis, young and old, are marching and rising up to protect democracy in the land of Israel and to make sure that all the important words and values of our Declaration are alive in our Jewish homeland.

Ma Koreh

Adam Carpenter – Head of Jewish Life Primary

Following the whole school Anzac Day commemorations, Primary Students gathered on Wednesday for their own Yom Ha’aztmaut tekkes (ceremony). Our ceremonies shared songs and images about Israel and we had a special guest; the JNF Blue Box came and launched JNF’s My Israel Passport for 2023. For students in Years 3-6, our ceremony included singing Hatikvah and a moment’s silence and reflection for Yom Hazikaron, whilst watching a video of a Street of Jerusalem, with people pausing in remembrance whilst the sirens blare across the country. Primary students have been engaged in various activities this week to learn about Israel, including:

• Creating posters or slide shows to reflect the city their class is named after
• Israeli map, flag and symbol activities
• Israel themed quizzes

Students visited our ‘Israeli shuk’ to enjoy the following activities:

• Decorating biscuits with icing to represent the Israeli flag
• Ordering pita, humous, shoko spread, olives and pickles in Hebrew
• Playing shesbesh, Rumikub and matkot, favourite Israeli games
• Writing a blessing for Israel to stick
• Enjoying a taste of milk and honey, to symbolise Eretz Yisrael as the land flowing with milk and honey
• ‘Felafel and spoon’ races
• A chill out colouring and drawing zone 
• Israeli dancing

Todah Rabah to the Jewish Life Department and our informal educators for planning and running our Yom Ha’Aztmaut celebrations and activities

Happy 75th Anniversary Israel!

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Primary News

Natanya Milner – Head of Primary School

Welcome to Term 2. I hope you all had a lovely Pesach and a fabulous holiday break. As we begin this term, we certainly start with a busy and special week. It’s been more than a decade since Anzac Day and Yom Hazikaron have fallen on the same date. There’s something particularly meaningful about sharing these two events together in our calendar. I would like to pay my respect and give gratitude to all the soldiers who have sacrificed in so many ways as they have protected both Australia and Israel. As we think about the challenges in Israel at the moment, it was also very special to be able to begin the school week with Yom Ha’atzmaut and be able to share these celebrations with our community.

I would like to thank Max Friend, Eamon Lukins and Leisha Strub for organising our Anzac Day events. I would also like to thank Hagit Bar-On, Adam Carpenter and the entire Hebrew and Jewish Studies teams for coordinating our wonderful Yom Ha’atzmaut festivities.

Second-hand Uniform Sale

I know I speak on behalf of the whole community as I thank the amazing P&F team for this week’s second hand uniform sale. It has taken a lot of time, effort and organisation and I’m so grateful for the wonderful initiative. Special thanks also goes to the main organisers; Elly Berger and Rebecca Hardie.

K-2 Coordinator

We welcome Leisha Strub to the role of K-2 Coordinator for the rest of the year during Annie Turrall’s maternity leave. We are excited to work with Leisha in this role.

Dates

Please keep an eye on the School calendar for upcoming events. At this stage, I would particularly like to draw your attention to the following:

Monday 1 May 2023: Cross Country Carnival (Years 3-6) 
Friday 12 May 2023: Mothers’ Day Breakfast and Gift Stall 

I look forward to a wonderful term ahead.

Primary Sport

Stuart Taylor – PDHPE Teacher

Primary Boys CIS Football

The ASISSA primary boys played out a hard fought 0-0 draw against IPSHA in the final of the 2023 CIS Primary Boys Football Carnival/Trials at Valentine Sports Park on Thursday 30 March 2023. Undefeated throughout the day, ASISSA held their nerve to secure the result and be crowned joint winners. Congratulations to Dylan Pal for being part of this winning team.

Dylan Pal

Boys CIS Football

Years 1 and 2 Swimming Carnival

This was held at Des Renford Leisure Centre on the last day of Term 1. Students in Years 1 and 2 enjoyed a range of swimming activities at the annual carnival. Duck diving, 25m events, kickboard races, dog paddle and tennis ball scramble were all a huge success. Many parents were also involved in the action in the pool by way of the parent and child piggyback race and the highly competitive parent relay.

A huge shout out to the Year 6 House Captains who took on the running of the carnival as they marshalled the students, started events, did the announcing, and assisted in the pool. They also managed to get the parents and students grooving in the stands with a loud and enthusiastic war cry battle.

Thank you to the staff who encouraged and supported the students throughout the day and to Ofer Levy for taking amazing photographs throughout the day – here is a selection of these for you to enjoy:

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Run2Cure Charity Event

Run2Cure Charity Event

On Sunday 2 April 2023, eight students participated in the Run2ure Charity run for Neuroblastoma. Neuroblastoma Australia is a registered children’s cancer charity.

• Neuroblastoma claims more lives in children under five than any other cancer.
• The average age of diagnosis is just two years old.
• The average five-year survival rate for aggressive neuroblastoma is only 50%.

The Emanuel team endured the pouring rain to complete their run. Well done to the students below:

• Ran 21km – Leah Grunseit, Aron Harpaz and Jake Newfield
• Ran 5km – Yasmine Fisher, Heidi Martin, Grace Lyons, Amelie Trope and Inez Calderon-Havas

The Emanuel team raised close to $2,000 Neuroblastoma, which is amazing. Well done team!

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Sustainability Symposium

Lisa Starkey – HSIE and Design & Technology Teacher | Coordinator of High School Sustainability Programs | Tutor

The Emanuel School community is filled with passionate, caring, creative and generous people. We know that the current generation of young people have a strong awareness of environmental issues and many want to play their part in helping our planet thrive to ensure that future generations will also have an amazing Earth to call home.

It is vital for us to treat Earth with respect and careful consideration to maintain environments to enjoy and resources to extract sustainably. The opportunity for young adults to share their ideas, successes, and gain inspiration from each other can lead to environmental mindfulness and sustainable practices to be embedded in their daily lives. Providing leadership opportunities to senior school students will empower them to take action to make change.

With these thoughts in mind, at the end of Term 1, Emanuel School proudly hosted the first Inter-School Student Leadership in Sustainability Symposium. Senior student representatives, with an accompanying staff member, took time out from their busy academic schedules to join our Sustainability Va’ad members for what was an inspirational, thought provoking and valuable experience.

Students had the opportunity to take part in workshop activities and present their successes in implementing sustainable practices in their respective schools, whilst learning from each other. Students enthusiastically interacted and talked about their shared passion, forming new friendships. A guest speaker from Keep Australia Beautiful provided some great ideas and current programs which can be utilised by schools. Mitch Burnie from Adamama farm conducted a very well-received pickling session to conclude the day.

The day was a great success and there is already talk of a future event being hosted by one of the attending schools – this is very exciting and we can’t wait to see what more these inspirational students have planned for a sustainable future!

Music Matters

Diana Springford – Director of Music

Welcome to our Music Matters page! 🎶

Here and on our portal page, you will find announcements about our busy Music Program – please check in regularly.

Recent Student Performances

On the last day of Term 1 the Senior Choir performed Ain’t No Mountain High Enough at the High School assembly. It was a lovely performance! Thank you to Mr Danny Burley for his wonderful guidance of the choir. Thank you and farewell to Mr Steven Kramer who has been such a marvellous piano accompanist. Steven is off to be Musical Director of the forthcoming Beauty and the Beast. Here is a link to the video of that performance.

Klezmer Ensemble made a great contribution of a Hora set for the High School Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration and Max Salamon did a beautiful job with the Last Post for the Anzac Day Assembly.

Term 2 dates 

Weekly ensemble rehearsals and Private Music Tuition and IP resumed this week on the first day of term. The first day of IP (Instrumental Program) for Years 3 and Year 5 is Tuesday 2 May 2023. Don’t forget your instrument and music folder. Years 4 and 6 also had their first IP day.

For your diary

•   Twilight Concerts (tutor-nominated performances): Monday 15 May 2023
•   Music Camp: Monday 19 May 2023 – Thursday 22 May 2023

Don’t forget to book for Music Camp asap!

An information letter about Music Camp and how to book was emailed on Thursday 30 March 2023 to parents and students from Years 4-12 music ensembles and choirs. Thank you to the many parents who have already registered their child. A list of students already signed up will be updated regularly on the noticeboard in the Music Department hallway for students to double-check whether they are registered. If you are concerned that you have not received this information, please contact Joanne De Araujo.    

If your child is about to join an ensemble or choir on the promise of attending Music Camp, please ensure they join this week and contact Joanne De Araujo immediately to send you all the information. Please note that we will expect commitment for the rest of the year.

To be eligible for Music Camp, a student must have been a committed member of a core ensemble for Terms 1 and 2 of 2023 and undertake to continue their commitment for the whole year. Core ensembles include: Junior or Senior Choir; Gershwin, Bernstein or Copland Concert Band; Rubinstein, Korngold or Mendelssohn Strings and Junior or Senior Guitar Ensemble. We plan to timetable rehearsal sessions for the extension ensembles of chamber choirs and stage bands. For smaller ensembles such as Rock Bands and Jazz Bands, if the whole small ensemble is at Music Camp, we will do our best to allocate rehearsal time for them to work on repertoire for their small ensemble as well as the large, core, camp ensembles, but this can’t be guaranteed in advance.

Music Camp is a wonderful celebration of our vibrant music culture and the talents and hard work of our young musicians. Each camp is a special experience for students as they unite in a shared love of music for an exciting immersion in rehearsals, performances (some serious, some fun, some ensemble, some solo). It’s an opportunity to work together in the pursuit of excellence and engage with the work of some very special guest conductors and/or composers. Emanuel School Music staff join with a team of highly skilled professional musicians to develop and hone students’ musical skills in preparation for an exciting showcase concert.

Music Camp is a four-day camp from Monday 19 June 2023 – Thursday 22 June 2023. The first three days are held in the beautiful bush setting of Lake Macquarie Outdoor Recreation Centre in Balcolyn and the final day is held at Emanuel School. Students return to Emanuel on the evening of Wednesday 21 June 2023, to be collected by parents in the early evening. Camp continues at Emanuel School on Thursday 22 June 2023 with an all-day rehearsal, a BBQ dinner for students and our Music Camp Showcase Concert in the MPH at 6.00 pm on Thursday evening.

We are delighted that once again we will be joined for the full duration of this year’s camp by a group of Primary School musicians and supervising staff from Mount Sinai College.

All members of participating ensembles and choirs in Years 4 -11 are expected to attend Music Camp at a cost of approximately $580.00. Payment can be made in full or in two instalments, the first of which would be payable on or by Friday 28 April 2023. Attendance for Year 12 students is encouraged but optional. Year 12 students who are interested in attending should speak to Ms Springford. More details will continue to be rolled out via Ma Nishma and directly to the parents of those registered to attend camp.

School Vaccination Consent

Online Consent for School Vaccinations

If your child is in Year 7 or Year 10 this year, you can now provide online consent for their routine school vaccinations. 

In Year 7, students are offered free vaccines for diphtheria–tetanus-pertussis (dTpa) and human papillomavirus (HPV). In Year 10, students are offered the meningococcal ACWY vaccine. 

Vaccination will only be provided at school if consent has been received. 

How to provide consent

1. To complete online consent for your child’s school vaccinations, visit: https://nswhealth.service-now.com/school
2. Follow the steps to log in to your existing ServiceNSW account. This is the same account you may already use to renew your driver’s licence. If you don’t have a ServiceNSW account, refer to ServiceNSW to create one. 
3. Update or confirm your personal details in ServiceNSW as required. 
4. Complete the School Vaccination Consent Form for your child/ren. You will need to:  
5. Enter your child’s personal details 
6. Provide the Medicare card details for you and your child  
7. Read the linked Parent Information Sheet and privacy statement 
8. Provide consent  

If you or your child do not have a Medicare card, consent can still be provided by requesting a paper-based consent form directly from your child’s school.

The benefits of providing consent online

• easily update your child’s details
• receive SMS and/or email notifications when vaccinations are given 
• faster upload of vaccination records to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) 

For more information on routine school vaccinations, please go to www.health.nsw.gov.au/schoolvaccination.

If you require information in your language, please click here.

School Opal Card Compliance

Uniform Shop Trading Hours

Uniform Shop Trading Hours

Emanuel School Uniform Shop will return to normal hours on Monday 2 May 2023.

Please use this link to make your appointment:                                 

Throughout the school term our opening hours are:

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 purchase from the online uniform shop, passphrase ES1983. All orders will be completed when the store reopens.

Contact details

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

Early Bird Prices

Justine Hofman – Head of P&F

Welcome back everyone. Hope you all had a restful break and you are ready to join in on the many community centric initiatives planned for this term.

Second Hand Uniform Shuk Success

We’ve already been kicking some serious P&F goals with our first Second Hand Uniform Shuk sale on campus, raising more than $8,000.00. The sale has enabled our families to benefit from cheap, quality pre-loved uniforms, while supporting our ethos to reduce and reuse. This initiative worked because so many of you were willing to donate your uniforms. We are grateful to all who contributed so generously!

Thank you to committee leaders (aka legends) Rebecca Pal and Elly Berger. It’s a huge undertaking to get an initiative like this off the ground so kol hakavod for putting talk into action. You are amazing. Thank you to each volunteer who gave generously their time through literal rain, hail and shine to collect, sort and sell so many uniforms.

Thanks to the team of volunteers: Natalie Cohen, Vicki Liebowitz, Gail Eliovson, Sharon Arnott, Ben Opit, Mel Shilbury, Andrea Aschner, Jerry Frankel, Caren Ottaviano, Jo Britton, Anita Weinberger, Lisa Goodman, Naomi Shammay, Sarah Kummerfield, Tonja Nachman, Nivea Silberman, Leona McGee, Lucy Kennedy, Anna Lisa Palmer, Leona McGee, Gabi Salamon, Carli Rothman, Renee Levinson, Ari Shammay, Debra Meer and Kylie Owen.

We still have some uniforms left and we will be advising of a potential follow up sale in coming weeks.

Orders Close Monday 1 May 2023 for Term 2 Friday Challah

Join the 40+ families who get their challah through P&F (starting in Week 2). It’s $40.00 for the term and it blissfully ends your week with your delicious Jessie’s challah ready for collection each Friday after school.

Order now before this coming Monday 1 May 2023 order deadline.

Don’t Miss Early Bird Prices for Fiesta De Mama

Have you booked your tickets for The Emanuel P&F Fiesta De Mama Mother’s Day Morning on Friday 12 May 2023? Get ready for a morning filled with coffee, pastries and Zumba dancing. Come dressed with a Carnivale vibe.

Amazing prizes including a $250.00 voucher to the Honour Store for best dressed, a voucher for a Term of dance classes at 100 Percent Dance for the best Zumba dancer and an amazing raffle where you can win one of $100.00 Metro60 vouchers. Please book your tickets and raffle tickets before Monday 8 May 2023 so we know how many people to cater for.

Volunteering
40th Birthday, Father’s Day and support roles for P&F executive

We’ve had an incredible response to call outs for volunteers this year. Looking ahead to Term 3 (already!) we have two initiatives planned, namely Father’s Day and our Primary School community celebration of Emanuel’s 40^th.

To make these initiatives a success, we need dads and mums to join committees. Each committee will require a few hours of your time over 6-8 weeks. We try to run tight meetings on Zoom and divide and conquer on What’sApp. If you are interested in joining in, please register and bring along a friend (so it’s even more fun!).

We also need assistance with volunteer coordination and other administrative jobs for the P&F so if you are interested please contact Justine Hofman

Dates for the diary

Friday 12 May 2023: Mother’s Day morning and stall
Friday 12 May 2023: Second Hand Uniform follow up sale (7.00 am – 8.30 am)
Wednesday 24 May 2023: P&F Termly General meeting
Early August 2023: Primary School 40^th celebration
Friday 25 August 2023: Father’s Day morning
Early September: Second Hand Uniform Sale on campus 
Friday 3 November 2023 – Monday 5 November 2023: Spring Family Camping Weekend

PSG

Thank you to our volunteers for the last week of Term 1 
(Monday 3 April 2023 – Tuesday 4 April 2023)

Greg Chesler, Adam Symonds, Neil Levin, Tal Harpaz, Nicky Stiassny, Paul Berkovic, Eli Wine, Steven New, Lee-Anne Whitten and Avner Silberman.

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

Important Dates

What’s happening next week

High School

Monday 1 May 2023

• NSWCIS Swimming Championships (Day 1)
• Years 3-10 Cross Country (Queens Park)
• Year 12 Examinations
• Year 7 Butterfly Foundation Presentation
• Year 9 Butterfly Foundation Presentation
• Year 11 Butterfly Foundation Presentation

Tuesday 2 May 2023

• NSWCIS Swimming Championships (Day 2)
• CDSSA Football Championships
• Year 12 Examinations 
• Year 9 JST Be the Change – Thread Together Warehouse, Banksmeadow
• HICES Middles Team Debating – Round 2

Wednesday 3 May 2023

• CDSSA Rugby Trial Day 
• Year 8 Israel Expo
• HICES Open Team Debating – Round 2 

Thursday 4 May 2023

• AICES Rugby Championships
• Year 7 3WLC (On-line)
• Year 10 Generation Entrepreneur Competition 
• HICES Seniors Team Debating – Round 2
• Year 12 Camp

Friday 5 May 2023

• Year 12 Camp
• Year 9 Business Creators – Generation Entrepreneur
• Year 10 Jewish Studies to Sydney Jewish Museum
• Year 11 Studies of Religion to St Mary’s Cathedral and Mosque visit

Saturday 6 May 2023

• Year 12 Camp

Primary School

Monday 1 May 2023

• Years 3-10 Cross Country (Queens Park)
• Jilkminggan Parent Information Night 

Thursday 4 May 2023

• Year 6 Amazing Me (Parent talk via Zoom)

Friday 5 May 2023

• CIS Primary Netball (Sydney Olympic Park)
• IPSHA Primary School Debating – Ascham
• Year 6 Fun Friday
• K-2 Assembly 

Kornmehl

Monday 1 May 2023

• Playball commences for Dolphins/Seashells/Starfish

Save the date

High School 

Monday 8 May 2023

• CIS Boys Basketball

Tuesday 9 May 2023

• High School Athletics Carnival

Wednesday 10 May 2023

• CIS Opens Rugby League
• Year 8 3WLC (on-line)
• Year 11 Hospitality Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea

Thursday 11 May 2023

• AICES Opens Football Championships

Friday 12 May 2023

• AICES 15s/16s Football Championships
• Year 7 Vaccinations

Primary School 

Monday 8 May 2023

• Year 4 Pathways Information Evening
• Year 5 Information Evening

Tuesday 9 May 2023

• Lag Ba’omer activities 

Wednesday 10 May 2023

• Year 6 Amazing Me session 

Friday 12 May 2023

• Mother’s Day Breakfast and Stalls 
• Year 3-6 Assembly 

Kornmehl

Tuesday 9 May 2023

• Lag Ba’omer (potatoes and marshmallows)

Community Notices