Leibler Yavneh College

Leibler Yavneh College
Location
Elsternwick, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
Coordinates	37°53′34″S 145°00′24″E
Information
Type	private comprehensive co-educational primary and secondary Jewish day school
Motto	Hebrew: תורה ועבודה, romanized: Torah V'Avodah (Torah and Work)
Religious affiliation(s)	Modern Orthodoxy
Denomination	Jewish
Established	1961 (1961)
Principal	Shula Lazar
Years	K–12
Number of students	c. 700
Colour(s)	Yellow and blue
Website	www.yavneh.vic.edu.au

Leibler Yavneh College is a private, Modern Orthodox Jewish comprehensive co-educational primary and secondary day school, located in the Melbourne suburb of Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia. The school currently has over 700 students enrolled from Kindergarten to Year 12. As of 2021, the principal was Shula Lazar.

Curriculum

The secondary school curriculum includes English, Halacha / Mishnah / Gemara, Hebrew, French, Mathematics, Health and Physical education, Dance, Science, History, Tanakh, IT/Multimedia and Robotics, and The Arts including Music, Artistic/Jewellery and Technology design, and Drama.

Year 12 curriculum

The College offers an extensive range of subjects available to all students participating in years 11 and 12. These include English, English Literature, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Psychology, Further Mathematics, Maths Methods, Specialist Mathematics, Legal Studies, Accounting, Hebrew, History, Business Management, Drama, Music, Art, Health and Physical Education, Texts and Traditions, Visual Communication and Design, Media Studies, and Studio Arts

Community service

A core principle to Judaism is Torah, Avodah and Gemilut Hasadim. These principles are intertwined in the core beliefs of the college. Therefore, a compulsory extra curricular activity for students in Years 7–10 is the commitment to community service. All students are expected to give a minimum of 20 hours per year to a range of organisations or individuals. Some take part in cross-age tutoring (working with younger children to assist teachers in class), others are involved in fundraisers. Some visit the elderly on a regular basis while others help to form a minyan at one of the homes for the care of the elderly. The activities are varied and students have an opportunity to give their own time to causes that are linked to the Jewish community in Australia and Israel, as well as the broader Australian community. As the concept of giving becomes part of their lives most students continue their community service in Years 11 and 12 and beyond, on a voluntary basis.

See also

• List of non-government schools in Victoria
• Judaism in Australia

External links

• Yavneh College Website