Breaking news: Negev are the winners!
This just in: Negev have taken top spot at the Years 6-12 Athletics Carnival, after previously winning the Swimming Carnival earlier this year! Kol HaKavod Negev!
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A Carnival fit for a King
What a day! Our KDS family came together at King’s Carnival for the first time since 2019, showcasing the warm community spirit of our school. Heartfelt thanks to the KDSPA, Carnival Committee and the army of parent, staff and student volunteers who made this day happen. With delicious food, rides, sideshow games, fun arts and
Year 4 Stop Motion productions
On Wednesday was the Stop Motion Expo in Year 4 classrooms. The students got to show off their actualising of their unit Habit of Mind: Creativity, Imagination and Innovation. Every student had built their own set, characters and props. In addition to this they had written a script for a short story, fit for Stop
Dayenu! Our delightful ELC S’darim
It’s that wonderful time of the year again – Nisan – when we get to join b’yachad (together) to celebrate being b’nai chorin (free people) at our Pesach s’darim. Parents, grandparents and special friends joined our Prep to Year 2 students at each of their s’darim, and our Years 3 – 5 students loved being together as a cohort
Matzah in 18 Minutes!
Across the Junior School the sounds of Pesach are in the air as children sing and act their way through the Haggadah. Positioning themselves in the shoes of our ancestors, the Year 3 students were thrilled by a visit from Rabbi Yossi and his travelling Matzah Factory.
EISM Swimming Success
Our strongest Years 7 to 11 swimmers competed in the EISM Swimming Carnival this week. The Carnival featured 16 schools from all over Melbourne. We are so proud of our students for their great display of fair play and team spirit. Some highlights were the performances of the Senior Boys’ Medley Relay, u14 Girls’ Relay
Our sustainable mural at our Dandenong Rd campus
Last year the Sustainability Committee (Year 5 students) Va’ad Echut HaSviva created a beautiful mural out of recycled bottle caps. The Va’ad collected the bottle caps, designed the mural and helped drill, stick and paint them onto the wall. The mural, titled ‘Outcap Sunset’ is of an Australian outback sunset and has two koalas sitting
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Lesley Sachs visits our Religion & Society class
Lesley Sachs is the former director of Women of the Wall and vice-chair of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism. She is currently in Australia as a guest of the UIA Progressive Appeal and came to speak to our Religion and Society Unit 1 class. As part of Area of Study 1.2, Religion through the
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Celebrating diversity at the Chinese Museum
Dragons, Chinese New Year, origins of the zodiac and Chinese culture, tradition and folklore were all discovered by our Year 2 students during our visit to the Chinese Museum. This excursion was part of our inquiry into Celebrating Differences. Students had the opportunity to hear of traditional Chinese stories such as ‘The Emperor and the
Chag Purim Sameach!
Our campuses were filled with colourful costumes and joy as we celebrated Purim on Wednesday. We had an exciting Purim here in the Junior school, full of celebration, food and fulfilling many mitzvot. We were able to show off our costumes at our Purim Parade in front of the whole school and many parents. We