From the Principal

Andrew Watt – Principal

As next week quickly moves towards Pesach, this will be the final edition of Ma Nishma for the term. From the view from my top floor office, the Waxman Gates and from the assembly stage, it has been a time of renewed connections, of expressing joy for the small things, and a slow return to our pre-COVID standards of behaviour and appearance. We have much to be grateful for, not the least of which is our energetic, creative and inclusive school community. Wishing you a special time with your friends and family. Chag Pesach Sameach.

Reflections on the NAPLAN debate

As the dust settles after the recent National Assessment Program for Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) testing regime, it is a good time to reflect on both the benefits and the drawbacks of this annual standardised test of literacy and numeracy capabilities. First and foremost, we see NAPLAN as but one small part of the picture. The tests are not designed to capture the personality, character or skills of our students – nor their strengths in performing arts, sport, creative arts or languages. The value of NAPLAN lies in its provision of national data, to track progress on a national level, in addition to school data that can provide feedback on our teaching and learning programs. The data on each individual helps to assess their progress and diagnose learning needs. NAPLAN also provides data that can encourage student improvement (this is why it has been conducted earlier in the year). It offers teachers insights into how students can perform independently and it can allow young students a chance to experience working under test conditions.

The NAPLAN data for each school is placed on the MySchool website. Sadly, this website can become a one-stop shop for parents, who compare the results of various schools, and base their decisions on where to send their child on this fairly blunt assessment tool. As the entry point into many schools coincides directly with the Year Groups tested by NAPLAN (Years 3, 5 and 7), the irony is that the initial results may actually showcase the educational outcomes of their previous school.

The shortcomings of NAPLAN include that:

• The data becomes outdated, due to the long time between testing and receiving the results.
• The classroom culture can change from a focus on creativity and deep learning, to a “teach to the test” approach.
• The time taken out of a normal classroom routine to prepare for and administer the tests can be viewed as excessive.
• The School’s performance profile can be manipulated, by removing weak students from NAPLAN testing.
• Standardised testing can be viewed as ‘high stakes’ and generate anxiety in some students.

At Emanuel, the NAPLAN data is but one valuable piece of the jigsaw that allows us to build an accurate picture of the strengths and weaknesses of each of our students. Our Allwell testing and our ongoing formal and informal assessments also serve to guide us in making data-informed decisions as we design our individual learning plans and our differentiated lessons.

Life is a cabaret, old chum – Come to the Cabaret 

The Millie Phillips Theatre was filled with the sounds of music, as our talented vocalists, supported by our piano accompanists, performed to a rapt audience. It was a wonderful, thoroughly entertaining showcase of our performing arts talents, with 10 solo and duet pieces, from well-loved musicals. Performances included You’ve got a friend in me, My Grand Plan and At Last. No one left the evening disappointed!

Putting on a Cabaret is no small feat, and we are grateful for the tireless work of our Head of Drama, Samantha Bauer, who organised the entire program. Thank you also to Adam Majsay, our accompanist, to Ben Marshall, who looked after the light and sound and to Ofer Levy, for his outstanding photography. And of course, mazal tov to our Cabaret performers! For more details and photos, please click here.

Pesach celebrations 

Primary and High School students took part in a number of activities and events in preparation for Pesach.

Primary celebrations took place on campus on Friday, ranging from demonstration Sederim to interactive classroom activities. You will find more details on this in Ma Koreh and Primary News.

Years 8, 10 and 11 participated in Pesach peulot (informal classes) during Jewish Studies, led by the Informal Jewish Life Team. Years 7 – 9 will have a joint Pesach Seder on the last day of term and the Year 12s will have the traditional Chocolate Seder celebration, to explore the themes of fair trade and modern slavery.

More swabs
More matches
More hope for Murray

Murray Foltyn, a loving husband and father of two young children, is battling a rare blood cancer. He is URGENTLY seeking a matching blood stem cell donor. However he does not currently have a match in his family or the worldwide registry.

IF YOU ARE 18-35, REGISTER NOW. YOU MIGHT JUST SAVE A LIFE.

Here’s how:

1. Head to the Strength to Give website and click on the ‘register now button’
2. Click ‘I have an appeal code’
3. Follow the prompts, and when asked, enter the code matchformurray
4. That’s it! You’ll be sent out a swab kit in the mail.

Swab your cheek, send it back and you might just save a life.

Firsts Basketball team with Head of Basketball and coach, Aidan Zlotnick and assistant coach, Jesse Koslowski

Alumni – A to G and end at B

We tell our Year 12 students that it’s OK not to know exactly what your five year plan is or even what you want to do when you put your pen down at the end of your last HSC exam. Some graduates’ journeys are quite linear, while others start at A, go to G and then end at B. 

We’re looking for Emanuel Alumni to share their study and career experiences with our Senior students in an informal Q&A style setting. Our Careers Space event is on Friday 19 May 2023 from 8.30 am – 11.00 am at school. If you’re an Emanuel graduate and are happy to share a few hours of your time, please complete this short form and our Careers Advisor will be in touch.

Mazal tov

Our Firsts Basketball team defeated Reddam in overtime, to take out the 2023 CDSSA Basketball Championships. A magnificent effort from both the starting five and the bench! Well done to all these players and their coach Aidan Zlotnick.

Quote of the week

“If the purpose of learning is to score well on a test, we’ve lost sight of the real reason for learning.”
~ Jeannie Fulbright

From the Head of Jewish Life

Adina Roth – Head of Jewish Life

Parshat Tzay, a lesson in innovation 

This week’s parshah, Tzav, takes us into the difficult and vegan-unfriendly terrain of animal sacrifices. While these sections of the Torah may rightfully offend our modern sensibilities, they give me pause for thought to consider how much has evolved in Judaism since the year 70CE and the destruction of the Temple, when temple worship and animal sacrifice came to an end.

Many years ago, I heard a story about a Jewish educator in New York City who was given an audience of four minutes with the Dalai Lama. He was more than thrilled at the opportunity to ask the Dalai Lama some of life’s most pressing questions such as “what is the most effective spiritual practice?” and “what is the meaning of life?”. However, he was caught off-centre when as the Dalai Lama laid his kind and crinkly eyes on him, he asked the Jewish educator, “And who are you?” The man proceeded to tell the Dalai Lama about himself, his studies and his aspirations and suddenly the four minutes were almost up and the opportunity was gone. Desperate for something, he turned back to the Dalai Lama and said, “And, who are you?”. The Dalai Lama looked at this educator directly in the eyes and said, “I am Rabbi Yochanan the son of Zakai”.

It would not be untoward to describe the Dalai Lama’s answer as unexpected! How could the Dalai Lama claim to be one of the oldest Rabbis of the Talmud?! What did he even mean? Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakai had been the great innovator of Jewish practice and worship after the destruction of our Temple in Jerusalem. He left Jerusalem in flames and, with his students, set up a house of study in Yavneh. There he came to terms with a colossal Jewish loss, that the world of sacrificial worship in a centralised temple was over. He also grappled with a new reality, the Jewish people living in exile, in diaspora. However, Rabbi Yochanan was innovative (not unlike an Emanuel student), and he said instead of temple service, we will evolve and create service of the heart, also known as tefilah or prayer.

With this, Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakai and the wise people who came after him established the concept of Jewish prayer, corresponding to the sacrifices of the Temple. Importantly for the Rabbis, prayer is meant to be a heart experience, heart worship if you will. For 2000 years, Jewish people have built community around gathering at shul, singing holy words, expressing our deepest most personal longings, practising gratitude and awe and coming to moments of stillness and calm (in between schmoozing).

The Dalai Lama was not joking when he said he was Rabbi Yochanan the son of Zakai. Responsible for keeping Tibetan Buddhism alive in exile, he felt the same weight our Rabbis felt 2000 years ago; how to perpetuate a religion that is decentralised and diasporic, how to evolve while remaining strong.

When I read about the Temple Sacrifices in this Parshah, I marvel at how far we have travelled. I also wonder how we will continue to evolve and innovate our prayer and spiritual practices in these complex times! Rabbi Yochanan’s agility is always with us – and so is his offering, avodah she’balev, service of the heart.

Primary News

Natanya Milner – Head of Primary School

Somehow the term has flown by and we have found ourselves in Week 9. I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the success of Term 1 and I wish you all Chag Pesach Sameach and a wonderful, safe holiday break. Pesach is such a special time and I find myself reflecting on some of the important messages that we can share with our children. These include being grateful for our freedom, being curious and the value of asking questions and the importance of embracing challenges and working together. I hope you enjoy working your way through the Haggadah and perhaps highlighting some of these themes and messages.

P&F

I would like to thank the P&F, led by Justine Hofman, for their amazing support this term. In just the past week, we have been grateful to the volunteers who did the cooking for BBQ Day, helped prepare for our Pesach events and also began organising the wonderful second-hand uniform initiative. Thank you to everyone who has taken part in these initiatives!

Please take note of the second hand uniform sale that will be taking place on campus on Monday 24 April 2023, 1.00 pm – 5.30 pm. This is a wonderful, sustainable initiative and all proceeds go to the P&F to fund projects that benefit our students and Emanuel community. Please see the P&F section for more details.

Years 1 and 2 Swimming Carnival

We look forward to next week’s Year 1 and Year 2 Swimming Carnival, which is being held on Tuesday 4 April 2023 at Des Renford Leisure Centre. The event will commence at 11.00 am and conclude at 1.30 pm. We hope you are able to join us!

Cross Country Carnival

Apologies for the date changes with the Years 3-6 Cross Country Carnival. I am confirming that it will take place on the morning of Monday 1 May 2023. Let’s hope, after all this, that it doesn’t rain! More details will be shared via the Sport Department.

Pesach

Pesach celebrations took place all over campus today and our students all participated with much enthusiasm! I would like to thank the team who prepared for this event. A huge Todah Rabah to Hagit Bar-On, Adam Carpenter and Stacey Rosenfeld for all their organisation, as well as to the entire Hebrew, Jewish Studies and Music teams. We are grateful for the support of our Innovation team and technical support from Josh Aghion and Ben Marshall.

Thank you to Danny Burley for his wonderful musical accompaniment and the D&T team for baking for the Kindy Pathways. Thank you to both the P&F and maintenance crew for all the help to prepare and set up.

Finally, a huge thank you to Ofer Levy for generously sharing his time and expertise with us by taking beautiful photos of the morning. What a team!

Yom Ha’atzmaut

We are excited that we will return next term by celebrating Yom Ha’atzmaut on Day 1 (Wednesday 26 April 2023). Further details will be shared by the Jewish Life team but a heads up that the children will be asked to dress in blue and white on this day. 

Uniform

Students are asked to return to school next term in their winter uniforms. Of course, given that the first day is Yom Ha’atzmaut, this will begin on Day 2 (Thursday 27 April 2023). Uniform details can be found on the Parent Portal.

Co-ordinator of Gifted and Talented

I am thrilled to welcome Sabrina Hards to Emanuel as our Co-ordinator of Gifted and Talented. Sabrina has ‘hit the ground running’ and is already making a wonderful impact by sharing her ideas and expertise.

Here is a message from Sabrina:

“My name is Sabrina Hards and I have just started at Emanuel School as the new Coordinator of Gifted & Talented K-6. I am very excited to be joining the Emanuel School community to continue to foster the programs and provisions for our high potential and gifted learners. I have really enjoyed getting to know the students across the Primary School, staff members and the wider community over the past few weeks. While I enjoy teaching all subjects, I have a strong passion for Mathematics and Science. I look forward to having the opportunity to meet with families next term to further discuss the Gifted & Talented Program.”

Parties on Shabbat

Birthday parties are wonderful, special opportunities to celebrate with friends. As an inclusive pluralist community, we respectfully encourage families not to hold their parties on Shabbat or on Chaggim (Jewish festivals), as this may exclude some children who are invited, due to their family’s observance. Chaggim dates and Shabbat starting and finishing times can be calculated using the following website. Out of sensitivity to all families within our pluralistic school community, and as an effort to celebrate as Klal Yisrael, a community of togetherness, please seek to ensure that the food being provided at your simcha will be considerate of the diverse religious dietary observances (kashrut) of our families. Thank you in advance for your support of our community.

Hagit Bar-On, Head of Primary Jewish Studies

Celebrating tradition and creativity

Did you hear about the amazing Pesach event that took place at our school? It was a total blast! Students from Years K-4 participated in all sorts of fun and exciting activities that helped them learn about and engage with the story and symbols of Pesach.

The event started with Years K-2 performing a cool and funky dance to some modern Pesach music. It was so awesome to see all K-2 students filled with energy and enthusiasm, dancing and singing Pesach songs with such passion. It was enough to make anyone smile from ear to ear!

Next up, the Year K students and parents headed to the Theatre to celebrate their Pathway ceremony. Led by Mr. Carpenter and Morah Shirley, they sang the Shehecheyanu blessing (which we say when we start new things) and danced a cute Uga Uga dance, marking the start of a new journey. They even received a special gift from their parents – a blessing for their future which was presented to them inside their traced hand in a frame. How cool is that?

Meanwhile, the Year 3 students were hard at work creating their own Miriam cups for their Seder table. They made their own clay cups and decorated them, together with their parents, learning about the significance of Miriam in the Pesach story. Over in Year 4, students explored the concept of the number 4 in the Haggadah. They were divided into four groups and researched and presented on the four children, four questions, four names of Pesach, and four cups of wine. They even made Afikoman bags and decorated them with pictures related to the number four concept.

The creativity, knowledge, and teamwork demonstrated by all of the students throughout the event were simply amazing! And let’s not forget about the hard work put in by the school’s maintenance, music, and innovation teams, as well as the support of parents and community members. It truly was a group effort.

As the event came to a close, we were all left with a sense of joy, connection, and gratitude. We want to thank everyone who contributed to the success of this event and to the ongoing celebration of Pesach at our school. 

Chag Pesach Sameach and enjoy the holidays!

Important Dates

What’s happening next week

High School

Monday 3 April 2023

• RSL and Schools Remember ANZAC Commemoration 
• Inter-school Sustainability Symposium
• Mock Mediation Competition
• K-12 Music Performance and Composition Competition Finals Concert

Tuesday 4 April 2023

• Year 9 Just Be the Change 
• Year 7 Seder
• Year 12 Chocolate Seder
• HS Yom Hazikaron
• Last day of Term 1 for students and staff 

Wednesday 5 April 2023

School closed – erev Pesach

Primary School

Monday April 3 2023

• Year 6 Gratitude Day 
• K-12 Music Performance and Composition Competition Finals Concert

Tuesday April 4 2023

• Years 1-2 Swimming Carnival
• Last day of Term 1 for students and staff

Wednesday 5 April 2023

School closed – erev Pesach

Kornmehl

Tuesday 4 April 2023

• Last day of Term 1 for students and staff 

Wednesday 5 April 2023

School closed – erev Pesach

Save the date

High School 

Monday 24 April 2023

• P&F Second Hand Uniform Sale on campus FAQ Uniform Sale 

Tuesday 25 April 2023

• Anzac Day – School closed 

Wednesday 26 April 2023

• First day of Term 2 for all students P-12
• Year 12 Examinations
• ANZAC Day Ceremony

Thursday 27 April 2023

• Year 12 Examinations
• Year 9 Duke of Edinburgh Camp

Friday 28 April 2023

• Year 12 Examinations
• Year 9 Duke of Edinburgh Camp

Monday 1 May 2023

• NSWCIS Swimming Championships
• 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
• CDSSA Football Championships
• Year 12 Examinations 

Wednesday 3 May 2023

• CDSSA Rugby
• Year 8 Israel Expo

Thursday 4 May 2023

• AICES Rubgy Championships
• Year 7 3WLC (On-line)
• Year 12 Camp

Friday 5 May 2023

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

Saturday 6 May 2023

• Year 12 Camp

Monday 8 May 2023

• CIS Boys Basketball

Tuesday 9 May 2023

• HS Athletics Carnival

Wednesday 10 May 2023

• CIS Opens Rugby League
• Year 8 3WLC (on-line)

Thursday 11 May 2023

• AICES Opens Football Championships

Friday 12 May 2023

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

Primary School

Monday 24 April 2023

• P&F Second Hand Uniform Sale on campus FAQ Uniform Sale 

Tuesday 25 April 2023

• Anzac Day – School closed 

Wednesday 26 April 2023

• First day of Term 2 for all students P-12

Thursday 27 April 2023

• Year 5 Excursion to NSW Museums of History

Monday 1 May 2023

• Years 3-10 Cross Country (Queens Park)

Friday 5 May 2023

• CIS Primary Netball (Sydney Olympic Park)
• IPSHA Primary School Debating 

Monday 8 May 2023

• Year 5 Information Evening

Tuesday 9 May 2023

• Lag BaOmer activities 

Friday 12 May 2023

• Mother’s Day Breakfast and Stalls 

Kornmehl

Tuesday 25 April 2023

• Anzac Day – School closed 

Wednesday 26 April 2023

• First day of Term 2 for all students P-12

Monday 1 May 2023

• Playball commences for Dolphins/Seashells/Starfish

Tuesday 9 May 2023

• Lag B’omer (potatoes and marshmallows)

Ma Koreh

Adam Carpenter – Head of Jewish Life Primary

Our focus in Jewish Life this week turned into preparing for Pesach.

We were busy in the kitchen, with some wonderful P&F helpers, preparing food for the various seders; preparing karpas and hazeret as well as making two types of charoset, a Sephardi version (a selection of dried fruits, seeds and spices that is cooked) and a more familiar Ashkenazi version (grated apples and cinnamon).

Year 5 and Year 6 had Seder experiences in their classrooms, going through the Hagaddah, discussing symbolic foods, singing Pesach songs and engaging in discussion around deeper themes and meanings connected to Pesach.

On Friday, we welcomed Years K-4 families to school for a range of Pesach activities. The Print 35 stall provided parents with the opportunity to purchase Pesach items, whilst enjoying the opportunity to shoomze and nosh between the various events.

We celebrated our Year K Pathways ceremony with parents, presenting their child with a decorated and inscribed hamsa frame, celebrating the meaning and symbolism of their child’s names.

Year 1 and Year 2 held a demonstration Seder with their parents, filled with traditional and modern Pesach songs, dancing and blessings.

Year 3 students and their families learnt about the modern Pesach ritual of Kos Miriam (Miriam’s cup) and created their own clay cup to use for a future Pesach Seder.

Year 4 students shared their learning on the meaning and symbolism of the number four in the Seder – the four names for the festival, the four questions, four children and four cups before creating and decorating an afikoman bag. 

These multiple Pesach events took place on top of our regular school teaching and activities, requiring a team effort across the School.

Eliyahu HaNavi visits the Years 1 and 2 Seder

A big Todah Rabah to everyone involved in making these events happen, including:

• Justine and all the P&F helpers who helped in the kitchen and setting up the seders
• Maintenance Team who prepared the various rooms and campus for our events and guests
• Danny Burley for his musical accompaniment at the Seder
• Ben Marshall for his AV skills and set ups
• The whole Jewish Life Department, Hebrew teachers and informal educators for planning, preparing and running the events.
• Stacey Rosenfeld for all her amazing organisation, support and attention to detail.
• Ofer Levy for giving his time and expertise to take beautiful photos to record these moments for our community.
• Primary staff teachers and students for their support and involvement.

And a huge thank you to the families who joined us to celebrate. 

Wishing you and your family a festive, meaningful and happy Pesach.

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Year 5 Information Evening

Primary Extra-curricular for Term 2 2023

Emma Hill – Primary Teacher and Coordinator of Extra-Curricular Programs

Extra-Curricular Term 2 2023
Including Music, Sport, and Recreational activities

Upcoming holiday program

Lisa Starkey, our High School Technologies teacher, is running a ‘Kids in the Kitchen’ Cooking Club on Friday 14 April 2023. Students from Years 3-6 are invited to join. Please click here for more information. 

New Extra-Curricular Club

We have a growing number of students interested in furthering their Debating Skills and we are so pleased that Mrs Butler has created a before-school Debating Skills club. This will be held on Friday mornings in Term 2. Please click here for further information and to book (there is a fee to participate in this club). We continue to offer IPSHA debating at school for selected students and are in the process of setting up our Emanuel Debating Cup which is an informal opportunity for students to learn and practice debating skills during lunch times. Both of these clubs are free.

We know students missed our Cooking Club in Term 1. Lisa Starkey will be running the Cooking Club on Thursdays for Years 5-6 students. Please book in via the Parent Portal for this club. The Cooking Club often sells out quickly, so book in early to secure your spot.

Term 2 Extra-Curricular schedule

All Term 2 Extra-Curricular activities, including descriptions, can be found on the Parent Portal. It would be great if you could spend some time with your child/ren identifying Extra-Curricular opportunities they might like to participate in. 

The Extra-Curricular schedule on the Parent Portal is regularly updated throughout the term, so please refer to this if you have any questions about the scheduling of activities. There are email links on each activity to help direct you to the relevant person if you do have any additional questions.

The Extra-Curricular Schedule is available via the Parent Portal.

Primary School Student Leadership

School spirit 

Hello, we are the School Spirit Leaders for 2023! Our job is to make sure that we spot and recognise students in our School that are representing us amazingly and make our life at school shine!

We are always on the look out for students who are wearing their full school uniform and playing with each other and including everyone. We also check for people cleaning their playground areas because we are so passionate about saving the environment 

Every two weeks we make a video highlighting all the amazing students who have shown school spirit by keeping their playground clean, bags neat and tidy and who are representing Emanuel School proudly by wearing full school uniform.

So keep a look out for us and do your best to show school spirit and you could be featured in our shout out video next assembly!

By Ben Pellow, Gideon Cohen, Reina Steiner-Carrion and Arya Cohen
Year 6 School Spirit Leaders

Gross Motor 

This year, as Gross Motor leaders, we are excited to teach the younger years about all of the sporting activities and movement games we can. Throughout 2023, we are planning to create new and fun sport related activities that the younger kids can develop whilst having a fun time. Every week on Tuesday and Wednesday we have Gross Motor in Pizem or the Basketball Courts. 

Even though we are only a few weeks into our Gross Motor program for the year we are excited to work with the younger students each day. We hope that we make better connections and friendships with students in Kindy, Year 1 and Year 2.

We asked the younger kids about what they enjoyed in Gross Motor and this is what they said:

Oliver: “The running activities on the Basketball Courts.”
Ben: “Everything”
Zara: “The skipping in Pizem.”

By Jesse Same, Liam Gross, Amelia Samuel and Judd Karro
Year 6 Gross Motor Leaders

Primary Sport

Stuart Taylor – PDHPE Teacher

CIS Swimming Championships

Congratulations to Ryan Miller, Sierra Miller, Alessia Frankham, Zella Benko, Liam Frankham, Dan Kalinko, Courtney Kadish and Dan Garfinkel who represented ASISSA at the CIS Swimming Championships at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on Wednesday 22 March 2023.

Against incredibly tough opposition our swimmers competed well in their respective events. A special mention to Sierra Miller who qualified for the final of the Girls 9 Years 50m freestyle, finishing in 6^th position.

Thanks are also extended to Dan Kalinko who stepped into the Senior Boy’s Relay Team at the very last minute replacing the injured Dylan Pal. The Emanuel School spirit is definitely alive and well!

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ASISSA Netball Gala Day

This annual event took place on Thursday 23 March 2023, at the Perry Park Recreation Centre in Alexandria. 11 girls, including 2 as members of the Barbarians, pitted their netball skills against teams from IGS, Moriah, Mt Sinai, SACS, Reddam, Arkana, Kesser Torah, Emanuel and the Barbarians.

The aim of the day was twofold. The first was to win as many games as possible in the round robin format to be crowned gala day champions. The second was to gain selection in the ASISSA representative team.

In the games that they played, Emanuel achieved the following results and finished in equal second place overall:

• Emanuel 14 defeated Barbarians 4
• Emanuel 9 defeated Mt Sinai 1
• Emanuel 19 defeated KTC 0
• Emanuel 12 defeated SACS 0
• Emanuel 9 drew with Reddam 9
• Moriah 12 defeated Emanuel 9

Frankie Paez, Shayna Abitz, Akira Aronstan and Talia Gellert were all chosen to participate in the Possible v Probable games used to select the ASISSA team. Congratulations are extended to Shayna Abitz and Akira Aronstan (Shadow) who were selected to represent ASISSA at the CIS Netball Championships. This prestigious event will be held at Netball Central at Sydney Olympic Park on Friday May 5 2023. The team will be coached by Erin Archer, Head of Netball at Emanuel School, and myself. We wish the team all the very best.

High School Sport

AICES Touch Football 

On 14 March 2023, Eli Jocum (Year 8) and Lucinda Labi (Year 12) represented CDSSA in the AICES Touch Football Carnival. Seven associations across NSW participated in this event, putting forward their strongest U15 and Open Age teams to progress to CIS. Eli and Lucinda both played crucial roles for their teams; On the day, Eli managed to score an amazing eight tries while on the wing, and Lucinda set up multiple tries through the middle as well as her notable efforts stopping tries in defence. I’m proud to announce that both Eli and Lucinda took home 2^nd place medals! It was a very successful day for our Emanuel students.
By Ariel Schonberger, Strength & Conditioning Coach

Eli Jocum – Runner Up award

Lucinda Labi Runner Up award

Basketball success

Aidan Zlotnick, Head of Basketball

Firsts Basketball 

Every Wednesday in Term 1 our Firsts Basketball team has competed in the CDSSA Firsts Basketball Competition. Last week the team won the semi-final with an impressive score of 55-46 in a strongly contested match against SEDA College. SEDA had beaten Emanuel in their previous three encounters across all competitions so this was a huge effort that reflected a lot of growth from the Emanuel boys in lifting their level of competition and chemistry on-court. This meant that Emanuel were set to play Reddam in the Final which was hosted this past Wednesday 29 March.

Reddam had handily beaten Emanuel 71-55 just two weeks prior and late in the fourth quarter of the final, with 90-seconds remaining and Emanuel down 81-68 it was looking like a repeat of their previous encounter. However, the momentum suddenly shifted in favour of Emanuel with the boys bringing the game back to 82-79 with just six seconds left. Jake Sharp nailed a buzzer-beating three to tie the game and send it to overtime. In overtime, the Emanuel boys continued to play off the back of their positive energy and won the game 95-91 winning the competition for the first time. It was a spectacle to all observers and a great display of resilience and playing till the final whistle by the students. 

AICES Basketball

Alex Kirievsky and Marcus Tsimbler were selected to represent AICES against the CAS and ISA representative teams. Alex was selected to play in the Firsts and Marcus in the Seconds.

While both AICES team lost their respective exhibition games both players represented their school and association well. Marcus’s performance against CAS must be commended. AICES Seconds were down by 24 points at one stage and mounted a comeback to lose by just five points, with Marcus top scoring and rallying his teammates to keep competing despite the lop-sided score at that point. 

Erin Archer – Sport Administrator | Head of Netball

CDSSA Netball

Three teams competed for Emanuel School in the CDSSA Netball Championships on Monday; Under 15s, Opens and Mixed. All three teams finished 3^rd overall on a very competitive day. A special mention to Hayley Kanevsky and Ashley Urbach who were selected in the Under 15s CDSSA team, to Layla Aronstan who was selected as a shadow for the Under 15s team and Amelie Trope, Brooke Rosen and Mariah Lewy who were picked as shadows for the Opens CDSSA team.

Congratulations to all players on a very successful day for Emanuel Netball. Good Luck to the girls competing at AICES.

Emanuel Opens Netball Team

Emanuel U15’s Netball Team

Emanuel Mixed Netball Team

All sport will conclude by this Friday 31 March 2023 on their respective days. There will be no sport in Week 10.

High School Cabaret

Samantha Bauer – Head of Drama

Sometimes I wish, life really was a CABARET!

The Cabaret event at Emanuel School is always a fabulous evening and this year was no exception!

Congratulations to all the wonderful performers who entertained the audience so beautifully on Monday night. Your passion for musical theatre was evident last night and the audience loved it! Your incredible courage to get up on that stage is so inspiring.

Just seeing the joy on your faces made me so proud of you… Well done.

A thank you to:

• Adam Majsay (Accompanist)
• Novak Manojlovic (Accompanist)
• Ben Marshall (Sound and Video Technician)
• Lara Ephron and Year 12 Hospitality
• Ofer Levy (Photography)
• The Maintenance Team

TARBUT VA’AD:

• Ma’ayan Granot
• Ella Kirschner
• Noah Klisser
• Daniel Langman
• Ruby Miller
• Adam Rothschild 
• Jake Sharp

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Kornmehl

Terry Aizen – Director of Kornmehl

Pesach

We all participated in our interactive Kornmehl Pesach Seder on Thursday. The children arrived at Pre-school dressed in their best Shul clothes and were eager to participate in this long-awaited Chag. The tables looked beautiful, and the food was delicious. Each child participated in dressing up and dramatising the story. We had King Pharaoh’s and Moses characters, Yocheved, baby Moses in the basket and lots of slaves. What a triumph it was when Moses led us to the Red Sea, and it parted, and we were all led safely to freedom and the land of milk and honey. We sang, rejoiced, and ate delicious matzah ball soup, lots of matza and all the traditional foods found on the Seder plate too. We had a wonderful time. Our Seder ended with the children all going on a hunt to find the Afikomen.

Thank you to all our wonderful parent helpers: Yahav Vidor, Sharri Markson, Lisa Greenberg,  Rachel Cohen, Laura Gordon, Jessica Ivany, Hilary Ezekiel and Melissa Varejes. Your help is very much appreciated by all the teachers and the children.

Pesach comments

Dylan: King Pharaoh did not want to let his people go. He made all the Jewish people go but he did not want to. 
Drew: King Pharaoh was evil. He did not let the people go. They had to work harder and harder and harder every day. 
Dylan: Wild beasts came and bugs and frogs.  
Allec: They could not make bread. They had to hurry up. No more Jewish people needed to work for King Pharaoh. 
Juliette: The slaves were sad because they worked so hard. Pharaoh was mean, he made the Jewish people work so hard.
Noah D: King Pharaoh is mean because he is a bad man!

What do you remember from Pesach last year?

Lulu: We eat matzah.
Dylan: When someone breaks up a piece of matzah, sometimes they eat it and other times we hide it, find it and get a prize.
Edison: You put matzah in a kind of bag, and you have to find it.
Noa: My sister found the matzah at Bubba’s daddy’s house.
Aimee: I didn’t find it because I was too busy talking. It was too hard. My cousin found it behind the pillow.
Ali: We drink grape juice and dip that green thing in water, salt water.
Aimee: You put something inside the lettuce and wrap it up and eat it. Grated carrot and chilli.
Allec: It’s about Grandma Moses.
Aimee: Actually, it’s about Baby Moses.
Noa: A naughty mum put the baby in the water and the Pharaoh’s daughter picked her up with a teddy bear.

Back to Pre-school visit

A large group of very excited Year K students returned to Kornmehl for our back to Pre-school visit on Friday. Everyone was so happy to see each other – teachers and children. We divided into two groups – Starfish and Dolphins and our Year K students each had a turn to share something special with us that they had learnt at “Big School”. We sang familiar songs and enjoyed seeing each other again.

The real highlight of the afternoon was time to play in our beautiful outdoor setting with friends past and present. We all enjoyed afternoon tea together and then it was time to say goodbye. This is always a special time to reconnect with the children and to make sure that the foundations and bonds formed at Pre-school remain a special part of each child’s time with us.

Happy Birthday

We wish a very happy birthday to Oscar Cohen (5), Ziggy Rosenberg (5), Sofia Solomon (5), Teya Weiner (4), August Wheeler (4) and Tamar Stuhler (4). We hope you all have a beautiful birthday celebration this term and in the holidays.

We look forward to seeing you all back at Pre-school on Wednesday 26 April 2023. We wish you all a Chag Sameach and a happy Pesach with your families.

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March of the Living

Sonia Newell – Development Officer – Alumni & Community Relations

Today is the final issue of Ma Nishma for Term 1. It feels like just yesterday we welcomed everyone back to school for the start of 2023, along with a warm welcome to all our new families to the School on their first day, as members of our amazing Emanuel family. Thank you to the many readers who have allowed me to share their news to our wider community and I look forward to continuing to do so next term. As we prepare to celebrate Pesach next week, we wish you and your family Chag Pesach Sameach, wherever you are.

Flashback Friday

Not long after the School opened in 1983, they employed George (Hersz) Fried, a Holocaust survivor, to drive the school bus. George was the father of Jeanette Streimer, one of the original teachers at the School. George was always thought of fondly and in one report we are told Since the beginning of the school, George has been driving Emanuel children to and fro. George has often come to the assistance of a teacher in distress in need of excursion transport. Nowhere could be found a more patient man – a much valued member of our community. Tom Wiedenman, founding Principal of the School, is quoted as saying in 1984 “George you are indeed a magician as well as a fine gentleman. I hope we will soon have a bus for you that you don’t have to push start!” We are also told that he outlasted two school buses. George passed away in July 2019, aged 94. 

George Fried – school bus driver

School bus 1983 – student drawing

March of the Living (MOTL) 2023

Some of our readers may have been on MOTL to Poland and Israel in past years and/or know of others who have. This amazing program is back after an absence of three years due to COVID, starting in Krakow, Poland on Sunday 16 April 2023. Here is a short video from previous MOTL trips to give an insight into the program – it features past Emanuel grandparent and Holocaust survivor, Judy Kolt, plus alumni Sam Koslowski (Class of 2012) and Julia Sussman (Class of 2014).

I was in Poland in 2004 on a family trip to trace my family roots. I am going on MOTL 2023 looking at the Holocaust through different eyes this time, having completed the Sydney Jewish Museum Volunteer Guide Course last year. I am now one of the many volunteer guides who take groups of school students from all across NSW around the Museum, retelling the stories of the Holocaust and of our amazing survivors. Now I want to learn more about it, to reflect on and to never forget the Holocaust – what it all means to me as the child of Holocaust survivors, to learn more about my family I never knew and to help give an understanding to as many others as I can, no matter who they are, where they live, their nationality or their religion.

Emanuel parent Kevin Smaller is also one of this year’s participants and he says “MOTL has always been a bucket-list item for me. Hearing the story direct from a survivor will give more meaning, especially with so few survivors remaining. I am also hoping that engaging our non-Jewish participants in our view of tolerance will expand the view of the broader community”.

Another Emanuel connection to the program is past parent Gavin Rubenstein, who is the current Treasurer of MOTL Australia, and will also join our group.  

This week’s Australian Jewish News features a story on the upcoming MOTL Program and three well-known non-Jewish people, including Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe, who will be joining us. 

Gardening Australia goes to Adamama Farm

If you missed Gardening Australia to see Costa Georgiadis visit Adamama Farm and interview Farm Manager, alumnus Mitch Burnie (Class of 2011), you can watch it on iview. The farm, located at 27 Munda Street Randwick, is a wonderful place to visit for you and your children to partake in the many activities they organise. You can also order fresh horseradish and parsley for Pesach and you can book for amazing sessions they run at the Farm.

Gardening Australia

Sydney Writers Festival (SWF) 2023 
Stories for the Future – Monday 22 May 2023 – Sunday 28 May 2023

Emanuel great grandparent Olga Horak OAM and grandparent Paul Drexler, both Holocaust survivors, are part of this year’s SWF and will talk about the books they wrote. Grandparent, Johnny Weiss will tell the story of his late mother Lotte Weiss, also a Holocaust survivor.

Aside from these three sessions at SJM during SWF, there are many lectures and exhibitions that may be of interest to you and your family at the Museum. If you have never been to the Museum, I highly recommend you book a guided tour – your guide might even be one of our Emanuel grandparents. The amazing interactive high-tech exhibition “Reverberations: A Future for Memory” is a must. This exhibition shines a light on the humanity and life experiences of 43 Holocaust survivors who have shared their stories with visitors to the Museum in recent years – many of them are Emanuel great grandparents and grandparents.

SWF 2023 – Olga Horak

SWF 2023 – Paul Drexler

SWF 2023 – Johnny Weiss

Friendship Circle (FC) Walk 
Save the date – Sunday 27 August 2023

FC creates inclusive friendships between people with and without disabilities through fun opportunities, for a community where everyone is included and celebrated for their unique abilities. This year’s FC Walk, the major fundraising event for the year, that allows these special projects, camps and day activities to take place will be on Sunday 27 August 2023. Please diarise this and join FC for a morning of fun and a little exercise at the same time. FC produces a monthly newsletter to which you might like to subscribe. 

FC Walk 2023 – Save the Date

Maccabi LIFE and Maccabi All Abilities

There is still plenty of time for grandparents and friends who like to be active and meet new people to sign up for the next Maccabi Life Senior Walkie Talkies event for over 60’s on Tuesday 18 April 2023. This is a wonderful opportunity for them to enjoy meeting new people over a walk and a talk.

Maccabi Life Seniors Walkie Talkie

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 it to Sonia Newell.   

Shabbat shalom, stay safe, have a wonderful Pesach and term break. See you next term.

Music Matters

Diana Springford – Director of Music

Welcome to our Music Matters page! 🎶

Jesse Barel performed his own composition “Time” at the High School assembly this week. This was a very entertaining and stylish performance and an amazing composition (complete with persistent ear worm), with touches of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tim Minchin.

Last Friday’s performance by the Infants String Program was, as predicted, totally charming. If you are in Years K-2 and wondering if you’d like to start playing violin or viola in small groups, watch this performance. Information on how to join the ISP is on the  Music Portal Page. This performance was, for most of  the students, their first public performance.

Congratulations ISP and thank you to Monique Turner for her wonderful teaching and to Novak Manojlovic for his lovely piano accompaniment.

We are very much looking forward to the Finals Concert of the Years K-12 Music Competition 2023 to be held in the Theatre on the evening of Monday 3 April 2023. 

The Senior Choir will sing at assembly on Tuesday morning.

Members of Emanuel’s Junior Chamber Choir and Klezmer Ensemble will perform at the Community Yom Ha’atzmaut Concert and Carnival at the Sydney Entertainment Quarter on Sunday 30 April 2023 between 2.00 pm – 6.00 pm. This promises to be a fun event to which everyone is invited.

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 enrolments for next term via the online forms on our Music Portal Page.  All students currently receiving private music tuition and students in Years K-2 who are currently participating in the Infant Strings Program will be automatically re-enrolled into tutor schedules for Term 2 along with students commencing lessons for the first time. Please contact music@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au if you have any questions. The deadline for new enrolments, notification of changes or intention to discontinue for Term 2, was last week but a limited number of places are still available for enrolments in private tuition and the Infants String Program so please access the forms on our  Music Portal Page immediately if you have intentions to enrol for Term 2.

The schedules for Term 2 will be created at the end of term and emailed during term break.

Term 2 dates 

Weekly ensemble rehearsals and Private Music Tuition and IP resume as normal on the first day of Term, Wednesday 26 April 2023.

The Instrumental Program (IP) for Years 3-6 will resume on these dates:

•   Wednesday: Year 4 and Year 6. They have IP on the first day of Term 2, Tuesday 26 April 2023.
•   Tuesday: Year 3 and Year 5. They have IP on Tuesday 2 May 2023 (Week 2)

Music Camp 2023

Look out for an information note which will only be sent to parents of all eligible students in the coming days. Please see our separate article for information.

Music Camp 2023

Diana Springford – Director of Music P-12

Coming soon 
Emanuel School Music Camp with Mount Sinai College 2023!

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 and work together in the pursuit of excellence. 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 at Lake Macquarie Outdoor Recreation Centre in Balcolyn and the final day is held at School. Students return to Emanuel on the evening of Wednesday 21 June 2023, to be collected by parents in the early evening. Camp continues on Thursday 22 June 2023 with an all-day rehearsal, a BBQ dinner for students and our Music Camp Showcase Concert in the MPH on the Thursday evening.

All members of participating ensembles and choirs in Years 4 – 11 are expected to attend Music Camp at a cost of approximately $580. 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 communicated via Ma Nishma and an information note will be sent to parents of eligible students in the coming week, including the procedure for registering to attend.

To be eligible for Music Camp, a student must have been a committed member of a core ensemble for Terms 1 and 2 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.

I’m delighted to announce the exciting news that once again we will be joined for the full duration of this year’s Music Camp by a group of Primary School musicians and supervising staff from Mount Sinai College.

Careers

Claire Pech – Careers Advisor

This week the Year 10s had their Career Avenues appointments with a team of advisors. This was the third part of their Careers Avenues processes, where they had their testing day, then they received their Profiles and now we debrief them with the team at Career Avenues. Along with parental input, this can kick start some wider conversations about this next exciting phase – thinking about some options, and actions for life after Emanuel School.

Last week Ronny Schnapp – an Emanuel Parent – gave a talk to some of our students in Year 10, 11 and 12 about his career as an Electrical Engineer. He has done this for over 12 years and talked to the students about how he made the choice to become an Engineer, what he was interested in at school, what he does for the majority of his day now, and what the best parts of his career. These conversations are always helpful for students to hear what a job entails, from a day to day perspective, the pitfalls and the highlights.

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There is a fascinating article here about an Electrical Engineer who got involved in a murder mystery by using his problem solving skills to piece together the missing links in a murder story of a bygone era.

As someone who is a big fan of the power of travelling, and even more so if you are a student, this article will do wonders to convince anyone on the power of travelling overseas when you are a student, from cultural immersion, expanding horizons and also network development.

Notice, dates, events

ANU is open and ready for business and any students wishing to apply for 2024 (or beyond if they want to defer for a GAP year) must get their applications in before mid May. I usually suggest these upcoming holidays are a good time to put an application in – even if you are not convinced Canberra is for you, simply applying, and getting a spot can open up a whole new way of thinking. You can apply here.

Notre Dame Early Offer session is hosting a webinar on Wednesday 17 May 2023 from 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm. This University is always popular for courses such as Teaching, Nursing, the Allied Health area and especially if students like a more personal touch where class sizes are small, and pastoral care is viewed highly. This year, applications for the Early Offer program will be accepted from Monday 1 May 2023 – Saturday 30 September 2023. Find out more here

How to become an Interior Designer? Here is a job spotlightcexplaining what the job entails, how to become one, what types of skills you need and how to progress your career.

If you have an interest in all things to do with a library – or you love the quiet, the solitude, the amount of information to access or the simply community feeling your local library can provide, there is a great article here highlighting the various careers and jobs that the local library provides.

Finally TAFE is the way to go if you like learning, by doing, if you like learning practically and if you have a vocational interest that you feel is best taught at TAFE. Each year I see students taking up University places, when I imagine they would much prefer and enjoy the TAFE environment. I encourage students to take a look at this long list of information sessions that are coming up about all things from Business, Accounting, ICT, Security, Horticulture, Early Childhood, Design, Nursing and many more.

© www.studyworkgrow.com.au March 2023

Pre-loved Uniform Sale during the holidays

Justine Hofman – Head of P&F

What a Term! I personally want to wish everyone a wonderful Pesach and may we all enjoy the comfort in our tradition of gathering around a table and storytelling with family, friends and people we love.

Help save a life this Pesach

As many of you know, Toffee Folyton’s family is still seeking a donor match for brother Murray who has a rare blood cancer. Good news is that swab testing is now available to test for the Bone Marrow Donor Registry. While you are gathered together with 18-35 year old cousins and friends, it’s an opportunity to ask them to get tested.

There’s no blood involved in the test, it’s just a simple cheek swab. Swabs can be ordered here.

Second Hand Uniform Shuk at school
Don’t miss it!

Our second hand uniform sale on campus is going to be a cracker. We have collected so many good quality uniforms from Primary and High school families this week. It means our community can benefit while we get reasonably priced, pre-loved uniforms – while being environmentally friendly. Uniforms will be priced from $5.00 – $80.00.

The sale is on 1.00 pm – 5.30 pm, Monday 24 April 2023 (2 days before Term 2 starts) at the PAC.
Enter via the Stanley Street Gates.

Fiesta Di Mama Mother’s Day morning
Save the date

Let’s Zumba, laugh, dance and sing along to a Carnivale/ Latino vibes inspired class for all ages. There will (of course) be coffee, some nibbles and time for long-overdue catch ups with other mums, grand-mums and special friends. Join us on Friday 12 May 2023 (Week 2 of Term 2). Gates open at 7.00 am, Zumba starts at 7.30 am.

Go into a raffle to win 5 x $100 Metro60 vouchers. Best dressed mum wins a $250 gift to Honor in Bellevue Hill and best Zumba dancer wins a free term of dancing at 100 Percent Dance valued at $210. Our coffee cart is proudly brought to you by 1st Street Financial.

Book now for early bird pricing. Purchase raffle tickets at the same time.

Mother’s Day stall charity gift
Seeking a matching donor

This year we will be offering all Primary students the opportunity to purchase a charity gift with proceeds going to Be Centre to send out play therapy packs for children affected by trauma. We are looking for a matching donor who will help us to double the money raised by this initiative. If you are interested in this beautiful opportunity please contact Carli Rothman

Term 2 Friday Challah subscription
Order Now

Don’t miss out on getting your Jesse’s Bakery challah from school each week (starting Week 2). It’s only $5.00 per week and is super convenient as your child can collect it each Friday between 3.15 pm -3.45 pm from the walkway above the Basketball courts.

Order now (before Monday 8 May 2023)

Dates for the diary

Monday 24 April 2023: Second Hand Uniform Sale on campus
Friday 12 May 2023: Mother’s Day morning
Wednesday 24 May 2023: P&F Termly General Meeting 
Friday 25 August 2023: Father’s Day morning
Early September: Second Hand Uniform Sale on campus 
Friday 3 November 2023 – Friday 5 November 2023: Spring Family Camping Weekend

PSG

Thank you to our volunteers for last week 
(Monday 20 March 2023 – Friday 24 March 2023)

Benjamin Opit, Rob Davis, Daniel Malki, Paul Filipczyk, Yossi Bitton, David Vitek, Benjamin Zipser, Steven Durbach, Roy Leibowitz, Mia Kalinko, Sarah Kummerfeld, Yaron Allul, Craig Forman, Ana Zuccarino, Elan Miller, Phil Paez, Paul Hamor, Sol Caganoff, Peter Nothman, Ron Efrat, John Salamon, Lisa Bognar, Kim Borovik, Gary Nissim, Martin Becker and Leon Kantor.

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

Community Notices

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