Insights

With an enormous flurry of activity, our school year is drawing to a close. Given the array of camps, drama festivals, graduation ceremonies, Kadima days and excursions that we are undertaking, I am sure that our students will be suitably exhausted by the middle of next week. We are very grateful that we have been […]

On December 6 1938, Yorta Yorta man, William Cooper, famously led a march from his home to the German Consulate in Melbourne to deliver a protest letter about the Nazi attrocities that occurred in Germany a month earlier on Kristalnacht.   This unprecedented and brave show of morality marks a model of mutual support that continues

There was a brief moment at a School Council meeting towards the end of 2020 when one of our Council members highlighted that we had not raised the COVID-19 emergency during our discussions that evening. It was a remarkable signal of the positivity and optimism we felt at the time and the naive assumption that

At the heart of King David’s curricular and co-curricular programming, our culture and our Jewish life experiences, lies a commitment to our core values of inclusivity, egalitarianism and social justice. This is exercised in myriad ways in our approach to school life. We have a strong commitment to empowering individuals, no matter their particular attributes

Joining under the banner of “Uniting the World to Tackle Climate Change”, delegates have been meeting in Glasgow over the last fortnight at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 26). COP 26 is billed on its website as “an event many believe to be the world’s best last chance to get

We are now half way through the end-of-year VCE examination period. In the lead up to the exam period I wrote to our Year 12s. Here is an extract: I want to let you all know that we are just so immensely proud of you. Year 12 is meant to be a high stakes and

“Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth.” This quote by renowned author and physician, Dr Helen Caldicott, expresses the incomparable esteem in which our educators should be held. Similarly, playwright George Bernard Shaw stated that “[t]o me the sole hope

“There are always miracles in the world, even when all seems hopeless. And when there are no miracles, you can make them happen. With a simple act of kindness, you can save another person from despair, and that might just save their life. And this is the greatest miracle of all.” These inspirational words come

Recently, Melbourne surpassed the unwanted world record for cumulative days in lockdown. This unfortunate milestone has been somewhat lightened by the first steps towards returning our students to their classrooms. This week we were thrilled to welcome our final year VCE students back for their classes and we eagerly anticipate the return of further year

We are well within the Days of Awe between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, where our tradition teaches that it is time to acknowledge past wrongdoings and look forwards with commitment to striving to be our best selves in the year ahead.  We all appreciate what a difficult year this has been. We have all