Rumors Shake Moriah College as Six Year 10 Students Expelled Amid Police Investigation

Rumours of expulsions are swirling at Sydney’s most prestigious Jewish day school – just days after students at a Catholic girls’ college made headlines for muck-up day mayhem.

Concerned chatter among Moriah College parents is threatening to become a headache for the $40,000-a-year institution, whose alumni include musician Ben Lee, fashion designer Josh Goot, and broadcasters Sharri Markson and Linton Besser.

I first caught wind of the controversy when screenshots from a private Facebook group for independent school parents landed in my inbox. One member, a former parent, vented their outrage at reports that Moriah had expelled six Year 10 students – though the alleged offence was left unsaid.

That post was quickly deleted. However, I was soon alerted to claims of juvenile mischief in the Queens Park area, home to Moriah’s main campus. Suddenly, the pieces of the puzzle began to fall into place…

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Rumours of expulsions are swirling at prestigious Jewish day school Moriah College. Daily Mail’s Lucy Manly was refused entry when she tried to ask school authorities about whispers that six Year 10 students had been expelled – allegedly for being part of a ‘waterbomb’ gang

Apparently, the school opted for the most serious punishment after eastern suburbs police became involved following reports of students pelting cars with waterbombs.

I understand several parents are up in arms over the heavy-handed decision, with one former school parent accusing the school of bowing down to ‘political correctness’.

‘It is unacceptable that Moriah has expelled six Year 10 students,’ they raged in the Moriah Parents and Friends Association Facebook group, which has 938 members.

‘Shame on you, Moriah. You are a school that has disappointed our community every year for the last decade.

‘Your decisions are not in the best interests. Yet another sad day for what was once a reasonable Jewish school.

‘Being politically correct is a road to the demise of a once legendary school for Jewish kids.’

The alleged expulsions followed reports from locals of being targeted by students hurling water balloons around the Queens Park, Rose Bay and Bondi areas.

‘My car was hit with what I can only assume was a waterbomb – luckily the window did not get smashed,’ one motorist said.

Concerned chatter among Moriah College parents is threatening to become a headache for the $40,000-a-year institution. (Pictured: a street view of Moriah College on Queens Park Road)

This deleted comment from the Moriah Parents and Friends Association private Facebook group alerted me to six alleged Year 10 expulsions. The school has yet to respond

‘Police have informed me that this is going on a lot with kid gangs on e-bikes at night.’

Another said the waterbombers’ antics had become increasingly brazen.

‘I saw them tonight around 9pm in Bondi. They threw something at a car then took off laughing,’ one resident posted.

One driver, who said their vehicle was also targeted, wrote: ‘It happened to me, and if you look on the road where it happened there’s a huge trail of balloon debris.

‘Police really should be driving past at night.’

I contacted NSW Police for comment – and learned that the cops have launched an investigation into the waterbomber incident.

‘Just after 8pm on Wednesday 17 September 2025, police were called to Queens Park Road, Queens Park,’ a spokesman said.

‘Officers attached to Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command were told a group of people were seen throwing objects – believed to be water balloons and eggs – at parked vehicles on the street before they left the scene.

‘The vehicles were not damaged and there were no injuries reported due to the incident. Inquiries continue.’

Moriah College did not respond to my emails and I was not granted entry when I visited the Queens Park campus on Monday afternoon.

Pictured: A teen cuts an unidentified white powder on a Bart Simpson dish during a Zoom class

The alleged waterbomb expulsions follow an incident in 2021 when students were expelled after appearing to ‘use illicit substances’ during online classes in full view of teachers and students.

The acts were caught on camera during a Zoom lesson and widely shared among students.

One video showed a Year 12 student crushing a white powder – believed to be flour – with a bank card, while another showed a student who was previously expelled lighting up a bong during Jewish studies class.

In a letter to parents, Moriah’s then-principal Rabbi Yehoshua Smukler said the college ‘identified the individuals in the videos, those who recorded them, as well as the trespassers into our lessons’.

‘This has resulted in serious disciplinary sanctions and terminations of enrolment. All actions taken have been consistent, and in line with our core values,’ he added.

In response, the school’s systems were updated with stronger security measures.

Meanwhile, over on the Lower North Shore, students and teachers at Loreto Kirribilli are said to be hunting for the ‘snitch’ who leaked footage of an out-of-control ‘rave’ on muck-up day

Girls barricaded themselves in the bathrooms, damaged toilets, and later mocked the teachers who tried to stop them using crude AI -generated imagery that was circulated on Snapchat

Deputy Principal Romalina Rocca (left) is filmed by a student trying to restore order during the ‘rave’. Frantic teachers decamped to the adjacent disabled toilets and urged the girls to stop

Meanwhile, over on the Lower North Shore, students and teachers at Loreto Kirribilli – a Catholic school where fees reach $35,000 – are said to be hunting for the ‘snitch’ who leaked footage of an out-of-control ‘rave’ on muck-up day last week.

Last Thursday, we published extraordinary photos and video of Year 12 students going wild during their end-of-year party.

The girls barricaded themselves in the bathrooms, damaged toilets, and later mocked the teachers who tried to stop them using crude AI-generated imagery that was circulated among students on Snapchat.

About 130 girls were sent home in disgrace – a move that upset some parents who found the punishment to be excessively harsh, especially given Loreto’s strong anti-suspension and expulsion policies in previous years.

There was even talk of cancelling last Friday’s graduation ceremony, though school authorities later backed off this alleged threat and it went ahead as scheduled.