While there was plenty of kachol ve’lavan (blue and white) visible at Yom HaAtzmaut – everyone dressed in it, flags flying high, decorations and even blue sky with white clouds (until they turned grey!), much of the educational part of the day was devoted to offering students insights into the many ‘shades’ of Israeli life […]
At King David we move to the rhythm of the Jewish calendar and this has been especially the case this week as we commemorated Yom HaShoah and Yom HaZikaron and celebrated Yom HaAtzmaut. Anne Frank wrote that “We can never become just Netherlanders, or just English, or representatives of any country for that matter; we
On Monday this week, Years 6-12 students participated in the Inter-house Athletics carnival. For the last six years, Negev has had a strong hold on the Carnival trophy, but it’s time for a change! Students ran and threw themselves into many events on the day. Discus was brought back into the event list and the
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Hineh ma tov u’ma naim shevet achim gam yachad(How good it is for brothers and sisters to sit together), King David is believed to have written in the Tehillim (Psalms). We certainly felt the joy this week of sitting and being together through the multiple sedarim held across the ELC and Junior School. Run by
Why is this seder like no other? At many of the sedarim throughout the KDS community this year there will be a new addition to the seder table – an ice block. Our school has joined the Jewish Climate Network (JCN) in promoting and supporting the Pesach Ice Block Challenge. This involves including an ice
Yesterday, our Year 8 History students experienced the past when they welcomed a troop of knights and squires complete with armour, weapons and torture devices. It was Medieval madness as students participated in an archery tournament and explored the development of weapons and medieval clothing. Students also learned about the system of crime and punishment
This week, we, the Year 7s went on camp to Anglesea. The camp was centred on aquatic sports. The aquatic sports were as follows; surfing, boogie boarding, and stand up paddle boarding. We went to local beaches and rivers, specifically Anglesea main beach, Urquharts Bluff beach and Coogoora Reserve (Anglesea River way). It was an
This week we conducted a Parent Information Evening on the topic of “Social Media and Mental Health – Time to Get Serious”. We were privileged to hear from Dr Jeremy Blumenthal, adolescent psychiatrist, and David Opat, Vice Principal Student Wellbeing and child psychologist. Jeremy and David explained that they were not going to focus on
Year 11 media students are currently involved in an investigation into photographic portrays of gender across time and history. They have studied artworks from many photographers, including the well renowned Julie Millowick. To complement this in-class study, the students visited a gallery of her works at the Footscray community arts centre, where they were exposed
Learning is experience. Everything else is just information Albert Einstein In the lead up to Pesach, Junior school students are getting their hands dirty with avoda kashah, hard work! Prep, Year 2 and 5 students are enjoying incursions by the Matzah Factory and relishing in the opportunity to bake their own shmurah matzah, a hand-made, ‘guarded’
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