These days, most people I know consider themselves a photographer. Using a smartphone, every person is now able to snap a moment in time that captures a feeling, or an image that, once taken, becomes a piece of documented history – a marker, a piece of evidence, an anecdote. The quick and effortless no-fuss tap … Continue reading Looking beyond the immediate view

While I don’t have or use TikTok, living with two teenage daughters, I am very familiar with what it is and how it works. There is a not a day that goes by when TikTok is not mentioned or referred to, and I have no doubt that this is not a phenomenon unique to my … Continue reading Time to disconnect and reset

Research in the field of neuroscience relating to development in children aged 0-12 years old reveals the positive impact of nature play and brain development. It highlights the associated benefit of interacting with open-ended provocations in a natural non-specific environment. A series of branches or wooden uprights with protrusions which connect with a suspended platform could be any number of things for different children as they imagine themselves in a … Continue reading Powering Up Our Young Brains with Play

Welcome to Term 4! I trust that you had some glorious R&R and family time. We are so lucky to live in Australia, and in particular NSW. We were one of the few Jewish communities in the world that were able to celebrate Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, as well as Sukkot, by going to … Continue reading Remembering our “Why”

(inspired by and based on The Gift by Edith Eger) Last week we re-lived and remembered the six days of creation, from Monday, 4 September, 25 Elul, straight through to Shabbat, 1 Tishrei, the first day of Rosh Hashana, Adam and Eve’s (Chava’s) Birthday. Hashem set the stage and laid the table during the first … Continue reading The Gift to Choose – Real Freedom