Students studying A Level Drama, recently had the privilege of having the Director and Writer, Patrick Marber, visit JFS. This was organised for us by Michael Pollack (JFS Philosophy teacher), in his capacity as Advisor/Dramaturg on this production, who also arranged for us to have wonderful seats at the Wyndhams Theatre for the incredible production...
Last week, Aaron Toubian in Year 11 attended the Football Content Blogging Awards where he was nominated for two awards for his YouTube channel ‘Toubian Talks’. Unfortunately, he was not successful this year, but we are very proud of him nonetheless!
This week we hosted our Prospective Parents Evening as well as an Open Morning. More than 1500 people visited our school and we have received a tremendous amount of emails with very positive feedback. Here is a typical type of email received: “We came to visit the school yesterday and had preconceived ideas from recent...
Jonah Marks in Year 11 recently came 13th in his age category, and was the second Brit, in the European Triathlon competition in Valencia. His next challenge is the World Duathlon Championships back in Spain in November, while also training hard to be part of the British Triathlon Development Squad – the first step on...
Moadim Lesimcha to our JFS Family! Our students are in school for Chol Hamoed enjoying the Succot experience in Shul, with Arbah Minim and special treats in the Succah!
We are delighted and proud that Susie Fox, ex History teacher of longstanding at JFS, was the recipient of a certificate of excellence for lifetime achievement in this year’s Pearson National Teacher Awards. You can read the full article HERE in the Jewish Chronicle: Photo from school trip to Ely – Susie Fox third from...
Students from our new Year 7 cohort had the privilege of helping Mr Rinkoff (Acting Assistant Head – Jewish Life and Ethos) to put up a Mezuzah on one of the doorposts in the Dining Hall.
Welcome to our new JFS cohort! Ahead of Rosh Hashanah, each student heard a presentation in their welcome assembly and had a visit from our Jewish Informal Education department (JiEP) where they received special JFS honey pots. Wishing you all a Shana Tova Umetuka – a happy and sweet new year!
After more than a year of Zoom events only, JFS and PAJES organised a live Philosophy Day attended by over 30 Year 12 students from JFS and Immanuel College. The day started with a breath-taking and radical survey of Jewish Philosophy delivered by the polymathic Professor Anthony Julius. Arguing that for many thinkers, himself included,...
