In recent years, wellbeing has been a topic of much debate in schools as well as in society in general. I liked the Victorian Government鈥檚 Better Health website description: 鈥淲ellbeing is not just the absence of disease or illness. It鈥檚 a complex combination of a person's physical, mental, emotional and social health factors. Wellbeing is strongly linked to happiness and life s ...

School uniform is a controversial thing. It brings out strong emotions in people. New Principals are always advised, 鈥淒on鈥檛 go near the uniform policy in your first year!鈥 and told that if they brave the world of wholesale uniform change, it is at their own peril.听 听When I was in the upper sixth form at school (the equivalent of our Year 12) I was the Deputy Head Girl (note us ...

Teamwork is all about collaborating and co-operating with others to work towards a common goal. It may not be difficult to define, but it is one of those hard-to-measure skills regularly described as essential for an effective workplace. Many schools include teamwork as a focus for development in their students and in the workplace, employers see it as a highly desirable attrib ...

I met with Lyla this week to hear about her Bat Mitzvah celebrations.听 Due to the PHC Shule renovations, Lyla held her Bat Mitzvah at the Breckler Troy Hall at 六合彩投注网. Inspired by her name meaning 鈥榥ight鈥 in Hebrew, Lyla chose not to read a dvar torah, but to talk about what happens when you go to sleep and dream. She described to me the Jewish interpretation of dreams ...

I was very pleased to meet Kamali, the first bat mitzvah student I have had the opportunity to meet and chat to about their experience. As well as all the reading about Judaism that I have been enjoying, being able to talk to students about this special rite of passage was an excellent learning opportunity for me. I learnt about how Kamali will need to act in a slightly more ma ...

School is all about boundaries. In fact I am so old that I have realised that life is actually all about boundaries. I am regularly amused when students leave school at the end of Year 12 and return, some months later, to report that they are surprised that there are actually more rules and boundaries and restrictions in their subsequent places of work or study than they ever e ...

鈥淪o what does a Principal actually do?鈥, I was asked in December, by a friend who does not work in a school. I replied that a Principal does a huge variety of things and I even tentatively named a few of those tasks, but my response was evidently deemed unsatisfactory and I ended up having to assure them that I would let them know when I鈥檇 started my new job.听 It鈥檚 now February ...

六合彩投注网 warmly welcomed back primary and high school students on Monday 31 January 2022. The first day was a hive of activity and filled with smiles, positivity, and excitement. Primary School students couldn鈥檛 wait to get started in their new classrooms and the new Year 7s were made to feel right at home by their friendly high school community. Incoming Principal, Dr. Ju ...

It is with immense pride that we congratulate our graduating class of 2021. We congratulate our Dux of 2021, Aidan M who achieved an ATAR of 99.75, one of two Carmel students who achieved a score in the top 0.5% of the State. We also congratulate two Carmel graduates who achieved a perfect score of 100%, one for the combined moderated subject mark in Human Biology and another ...

It is with a tinge of melancholy that I write my last Kesher article. I am thinking about all Perth has given me and my family, recognising and celebrating the gift that the past six years have been. I am going to really miss Perth, especially Carmel and the Perth Jewish community. This week鈥檚 Parsha is all about the redemption of Judah 鈥 Yehuda, the brother who instigated the ...