In the past month, across our country and across the world, we have seen millions of people experiencing terrible catastrophes in their lives - from the invasion of Ukraine to the floods in Northern New South Wales. Unfortunately, I feel that these catastrophes are happening more frequently and with increasing severity and devastating impact. However, … Continue reading The Catastrophe Scale

“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”E. E. Cummings (American poet 1894 – 1962) In … Continue reading Show me your friends and I will tell you who you are

This week, many of our students will be learning, listening to or singing the following ‘Mishenichnas Adar, Marbim BeSimcha’. We sing this song as a reminder that when we enter the month of Adar, we should increase our joy. In just three days, on Friday, 4 March, we celebrate the beginning of the new Hebrew … Continue reading Jewish Life is buzzing at Moriah College

Imagine being able to look into the minds of your children and discover what they’re thinking; what they want and need from three of the most important anchors in their lives – parents, school and friends.  On their recent Year 6 excursion to Canberra, surrounded only by trees, bushwalks, wildlife, and many insects with various bushwalks … Continue reading Kids Speak Out – and this is what they’re telling us they need

There’s a quote attributed to Mark Twain, "no good deed should go unpunished". Never has such a phrase been more pertinent than in the parent-child dealing with one’s children. This thankless role; of shlepping, buying, preparing and coordinating is too often met with ingratitude, entitlement and even resentment. It’s hard to be consistently loving when … Continue reading Rupture and Reconstruction *