Insights

At the conclusion of his documentary Blue Planet II, Sir David Attenborough famously explains that: “we are at a unique stage in our history. Never before have we had such an awareness of what we are doing to the planet, and never before have we had the power to do something about that. Surely we […]

On tours with prospective King David families I often state that when accepting a place at our school, one does not merely enrol, one joins a community. Similarly, when we meet with our new parent cohorts we implore them to model for our students what looking out for one another genuinely looks and feels like.

This year will mark five years since the release of the final report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. The Royal Commission was a watershed moment which saw Australian institutions being held accountable for a litany of failings that compromised the safety of children. Sadly, there was also a deep

In the coming weeks we will celebrate what is a very special time for many children at the School with our Grandparents and Special Friends Shabbatot. Across the School, our children mark Shabbat every week. While it is a part of our normative practice, inviting grandparents along makes the occasion far more significant. While the

This week the Australian Government released its long awaited State of the Environment Report. This is a follow up report to the previous one which was published in 2016 and is stark in its detailing of the dire circumstances for our environment. The report found that Australia’s environment is in “a poor and deteriorating state”.

Knock, knock! WHO’S THERE?… One of my great joys in life is attendance at our Junior School creative assemblies. Throughout the course of a term we rotate opportunities for year levels in the Junior School to host an assembly. The structure of these assemblies focuses on initially providing an opportunity for the students to share

“If these students represent the future, then we have nothing to worry about.” These were Head of Junior School David Opat’s closing words at the recent Year 3 Term 2 assembly. The theme for the assembly was inclusivity and the students shared with us how they had been studying this topic this term. They had

I would like to share with you the content of my speech at this morning’s KDSPA Breakfast: Hinei matov u’manayim shevet achim gam yachad. How good and pleasant it is to be able to sit together again! It is a great honour to speak with you today and especially to be at our first KDSPA

When I was studying education, I recall a particular lecturer sharing the statement that in education “we assess what we value and we value what we assess”. Assessment is a crucial aspect of the education cycle. When performed in a considered manner it can be used to guide teaching direction, to test for understanding and