Principal's Welcome
Bruchim Habaim - Welcome to the King David School
Our values of community-mindedness, equity, and social justice ensure that students develop emotional intelligence. Students are encouraged to use their achievements to create a better Australia.
From celebrating our Chagim (holidays) to debating Jewish ethics to researching Jewish history, our students experience Judaism as a rich and moving tradition that is relevant to their lives. Our Jewish Life team facilitates hands-on learning that strengthens our students' Jewish and Zionist identities.
As you look on the website, I encourage you to discover our educational philosophy and the extraordinary opportunities on offer both in and out of the classroom. From exceptional outdoor education, to musicals, debating, coding contests and more, our students are able to challenge themselves in a range of environments.
Our School's founders, Isador Magid AO and Rabbi Dr John Levi AC, stand as role models for our students and teachers alike by virtue of their dedication to learning and enlightenment. The school environment they created continues to this day, promoting critical inquiry, positive relationships and the embracing of difference.
It is a privilege to lead Australia's only Progressive Jewish school. I invite you to book a tour and learn more about the King David difference.
Marc Light, Principal
Insights - Principal's Blog
Each week our Principal, Marc Light shares his insights into current events and educational pedagogy, highlighting how these inform the educational programs and culture at The King David School.
Reimagining the mundane
It is a bitter-sweet time to draw the school year to a close. Sadly we do this in the shadow of last week’s terrible terrorist attack on the Adass Israel shule and the surge in domestic antisemitism. Yet we must also acknowledge the joy of our community and the blessings
Honouring Cathy Kaiserman
Next week we will farewell our longest standing employee, Cathy Kaiserman. Cathy began at The King David School in 1989 and has devoted the last 35 years of her life to giving her all for the achievements of our school, her colleagues and our students. Over her time at our
Community spirit soars at King’s Carnival
Like so many of you, I spent last Sunday at our famous King’s Carnival. Alongside the nervous members of the King David School Parents’ Association, I experienced a sleepless Saturday night with repeated checks of various weather apps looking for a second, third and fourth opinion in the hope that
Going into the world with integrity and care
I would like to share with you an extract from the speech I delivered to our Year 12s (Shichvat Lavi) at last night’s Graduation Dinner: So Shichvat Lavi, your time has come. You have reached graduation and are ready to be let loose on an unsuspecting world. Many of you
Addressing the challenge of social media
In his global bestseller The Anxious Generation, acclaimed American author and social psychologist, Jonathan Haidt, opens with a powerful hypothetical. Haidt offers a fictional scenario where the reader’s 10 year old daughter has been selected for a spot on an exploratory mission to Mars. The reader does not recall consenting to
A meaningful, uplifting and rewarding vocation
20 years ago at this time of year, I completed my teaching qualifications and embarked on what has proven to be a wonderfully fulfilling career experience. From the very beginning, I found teaching to be an enormously meaningful, uplifting and rewarding vocation. You will, no doubt, have read of the
Developing the art of teaching with WalkThrus
This week we were privileged to host renowned UK educator, Tom Sherrington, at our school. Tom is the author of the WalkThrus framework that we have adopted at Magid Campus. WalkThrus is a series of high impact, evidence-based teaching strategies that have been shown to increase the opportunities for learning for all students. Good
Celebrating our Class of 2024
Last week we conducted our Celebration Day in honour of the graduating class of 2024, who are also known as Shichvat Lavi. It was a very moving occasion where the staff and students of Magid Campus came together to acknowledge the significant impact that the cohort have made upon the
One year on
his week we marked the anniversary of the day that caused such devastation and has reshaped so much of the world. One year on from the tragedy of October 7 2023, we have a series of searing images scored into our collective psyche. The deliberate but indiscriminate slaughter of people
Answering the call of the Shofar
This week I had the great honour of being invited to sound the shofar for all of our ELC students. Experiencing their unrivalled delight in the ritual was joy enough, so too was their excitement in feeling the textures, chanting the notes and counting aloud as I performed the Tekiyah Gadolah.
Thriving in and beyond the classroom
Every now and then I walk around the School and am overcome with a mix of conflicting emotions. I feel such pride in the breadth of opportunities that we are able to provide for our students while simultaneously feeling jealous that these young people are so fortunate to have access
Unlocking another language through music
This week I had the pleasure of attending our annual Spring Concert. It was a delight to hear from 63 musicians across the School. I’d like to share with you the brief words I shared: It is so important and so precious to be able to come together to celebrate