The late, inspirational educational thinker, Sir Ken Robinson posited in his world famous TED talk, ‘Do schools kill creativity?’ that “creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.” Over the last few weeks we have seen some wonderful demonstrations of the power of the application […]
This week has been filled with activities for ReGen Week, push-starting King David’s efforts to reduce our impact on the climate as a community. On Wednesday we had our Ride to School day, with students and staff biking, walking, catching public transport or even scooting to school. We were rewarded for our efforts with a
The Rebecca Magid Centre buzzed on Wednesday night as students shared their creativity with friends, family and our wider community. Audiences were treated to short films by our Year 12 Media Arts students; phenomenal monologues from our VCE theatre students; a lively performance from our Year 9 acting ensemble; and a visit to the galleries
What is the special ingredient that bonds a group of similarly aged students into a cohort? A gathering of individuals into a community and turns a school into a home? I suspect that the answer lies in the series of shared experiences – successes and failures on the sporting field, memories of creative assembly dances
This week KDS had a sports assembly to celebrate all of our sporting and athletic achievements. Run beautifully by our sport captains Adam Bentata, Juliette Majman, Amiel Selzer and Yoni Ringelblum, all of the winning teams and most valuable players were honoured for the excellent seasons. We were also able to secure special guest Jye Caldwell from
With blue skies finally shining upon us, our Junior School students spent time learning in the Sukkah and celebrating one of Shloshet haRegalim, the three Pilgrimage Festivals, together. As we participated in Kabbalat Shabbat, we had the opportunity to fulfill the mitzvah of eating in the Sukkah. Students then enjoyed taking turns bringing together the
Our Spring Concert was a phenomenal showcase of our student musical talent. Our community was treated to flute, cello, string ensemble, piano, choir, wind ensemble, and band performances by our student musicians. It was particularly moving to hear our Year 12 students perform their last Spring Concert, with highlights including Yoni Ringelblum’s moving rendition of
Last term I shared with you the significant goal that the School has established to reduce our emissions footprint. There is nothing more important than preserving life and quality of life, so we are determined to strive to be part of the solution regarding climate change, rather than the problem. We also see great opportunity in
This week, Year 8 students participated in a Passion for Thinking Evening to mark the completion of the term’s work. Year 8 students Emily and Asher summarised the night below: We presented our Passion for Thinking (P4T) projects to our families after several weeks of preparation, research, and online portfolio design. Click here to see
On Wednesday our Years 2 and 5 students experienced an interactive and enjoyable learning session with Rabbi Yossi and the Shofar Factory. We learned the steps to making a shofar: sourcing the horn of a kosher animal in line with the restrictions of tza’ar ba’alei chayim, the Jewish imperative to limit the suffering of animals,
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