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This week, audiences were treated to three outstanding performances by the VCE Theatre Studies class of Yasmina Rezas’ play, ‘God of Carnage’. Teacher and director, Phoebe Witts, adapted the play-script to engage with a modern Australian audience, expertly casting the play to elicit the very best from our students. Charley Cowen gave an exhilarating performance […]

Year 7 Food and Society students explored South Melbourne Market today. They identified a variety of products sold in the market and its origins. Students visited the Deli Hall, candy shop, patisserie, cheese, and fresh produce, butcher and the fish shop, and many more. They had to figure out what products represent which cultures and

This week, 26 of our finest long distance runners from Years 4-6 participated in the Balaclava District Cross Country Carnival. The sun was shining on Dendy Park ensuring a great day for running. The students performed at their best with some excellent results. Our best result for the boys was an 11th place finish for

Shavuot (meaning ‘weeks’) was known as one of the pilgrimage festivals, on which people brought their spring offering (‘bikkurim’) to Beit HaMikdash in Yerushalayim. Eating dairy food is also favoured during Shavuot. This week Hebrew sessions were all about fruit, vegetables and especially dairy! Across the School, Shavuot was celebrated on Thursday with craft activities

The Prep students were excited to welcome parents and family members to present at our inaugural Prep Job Expo last week. Our visitors discussed the jobs they did and the contributions they made to the community. The Prep children have been learning this term about what a community is and the many communities they belong

This week we celebrated our Bnei Mitzvah in style with students and families gathering for an evening that recognised these young people’s coming of age. The aim of this signature Jewish Life event in Year 7, Kabbalat Mitzvah (Receiving of the Commandment) is to provide opportunities to engage meaningfully and practically with what it means

The King David Foundation hosted this week’s Business Breakfast, with the theme being innovation and entrepreneurship. Our school is acknowledged as a leader in this space, being recently honoured with an Innovative Schools Award by the Educator online magazine, recognised as “making a profound and exciting impact in education today” and also “a pioneer in

Students were feeling HOT-HOT-HOT by the Lag BaOmer bonfire today! Marking the 33rd day of the Omer, we listened to stories of Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai whilst tucking into delicious baked potatoes and sticky toasted marshmallow treats! Each of us had a turn to show off our archery skills as well as

What a busy and exciting two weeks we had in Prep. For the last two weeks in Hebrew, we learnt about fruit. We learnt the Hebrew name and colour of each fruit. We also created a memory game to play with our friends and family. At the end of the week, we enjoyed eating all

The Year 4s have had a busy start to Term Two! They’ve explored poetry and even attempted to co-construct a definition of what a poem is. Mika’s definition was appreciated by all (and even sparked a debate as to whether her definition was a poem in itself!):Some poems are scary. Some are beautiful.There are even