It’s so hard to believe that another whole year has gone by. It feels like only yesterday that Mr Shadgett and I stood at the front gate in the sunshine and welcomed the students back after their long summer holiday, but here we are again with a series of ‘lasts’ – the last exams marked, the last board games at lunchtime, the last gate duty, the last article of the year … At t ...

Our Year 11 Shorashim travellers returned late on Tuesday evening last week, tired and happy to be home after the fabulous trip Mr Lawrence had organised for them. I understand Tasmania was beautiful and the conference with four other schools’ Jewish students in Sydney was a great learning experience. So much of what we do successfully hinges on connectedness and being able to ...

From the Principal

There is definitely an end of year feeling starting to creep in, as the weather warms up, the exam season is upon us and we experience the “last” of a number of activities for this year. As I write, the Year 11 students are enjoying their alternative Shorashim tour in Tasmania, the Year 12s are writing their final exams and the Year 10s have started their exam period, with Eng ...

From the Principal

Perseverance This week we saw the result of great perseverance. In 2002, I was lucky enough to teach the Year 5/6 L.E.A.P. class (Learning Enrichment Activities Program). It involved a small group of students and the exciting brief to challenge and enrich their learning with whatever projects we wanted to work on. Our ‘Playground Project’ was an authentic learning experience ...

From the Principal