This week King David School proudly sent 60 students to compete in the EISM Athletics Carnival, showcasing their athletic prowess on the track. We were awarded the prestigious ‘Most Improved’ award, surpassing last year’s performance by an impressive 689 points. Throughout the day, our students demonstrated exceptional talent and determination as they ran, jumped, and […]
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Each year at King David, it has become a tradition for students across Years 10-12 to volunteer their time to write, organise and present the school’s annual Yom HaShoah commemoration. From writing the script, to teaching the Year 6 cohort the Partisan Hymn, this group of students demonstrate a serious commitment to preserving and teaching
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After our break for Pesach, we had a packed T’filah at the Magid Campus this morning! Students from across the school crowded into the Tzev Lev Jewish Life space as we sung, davened, and listened to two drashot. Year 12 student Maddy gave a drash on ‘M’tzora’, which was one of the Parashiyot in the
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This week marks (excuse the pun!) 10 years since Marc Light was appointed Principal of The King David School. He followed Michele Bernshaw, who as Principal for over 15 years, made a significant contribution in shaping the School. Marc came to King David after several years as an educator at both Mt Scopus and Bialik
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There was no shortage of talent as our audience delighted in watching our Senior School musical, ’13’ as Evan Goldman (aka our mesmerising Year 11 student Jules S) mastered the complex social circles of his new school as his Bar Mitzvah approached and he ‘became a man’. There were rabbis, jocks, cheerleaders, geeks and goths
Across the Junior School the sounds of Pesach are in the air as children explore, sing and act their way through the Haggadah. On Seder night we will position ourselves in the footsteps of our ancestors, retelling the story of yitziat Mitzrayim. Prep and Year 3 students enjoyed incursions by the Matzah Bakery and delighted in
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Our Year 7 students had an excellent time camping at Anglesea.Here are two student reflections: “In the last week of March, we went to surf camp. I loved surf camp because it was near the shore and we got to spend a lot of time doing fun activities there. As soon as we arrived at
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As Year 5 gets to the end of their long journey through the solar system, we are finishing our unit with a Big Bang! In groups, we have been researching a planet of our choosing and learning about what life would be like like on a brand new planet. With a much shorter orbit around
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This week our Year 8 and 9 students enjoyed a trip to IKON Park, home of the Blues. Year 9 student Ethan S. reports: On Monday, the Year 8s and 9s went on an excursion to IKON Park to watch the Carlton Blues train. We started off with a tour of the Carlton FC Museum,
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What an amazing day of Purim celebrations! The school was a whirl of colour, costumes, and music as we celebrated the bravery of Esther and the triumph over Haman (booo!). We had a incredible day of activities and food, including a fun fair at both campuses, delicious mishloach manot (food baskets), and the enactment of