Our dynamic JiEP department delivered outstanding programmes in commemoration of Yom Hazikaron and in celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut this week. One Year 8 student commenting on Yom Ha’atzmaut said, “The atmosphere, the food, the fun, blue and white, Israel, the socialising, it was like a big birthday party!” HAPPY 73rd BIRTHDAY ISRAEL and well done...
Author: Esther Bharier (Esther Bharier)
Jewish Mathematics
Students in Mathematics have been using a lesser known formula of Gauss. Many mathematicians have heard of Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), a mathematical genius who had a significant influence in the fields of Mathematics and Science. Probably the most famous anecdote about Gauss is that at the age of only seven he took seconds to...
Bar Sagi Young Poets Competition
The Bar Sagi Young Poets Prize competition commemorates a talented young Israeli poet, Bar Sagi, who unfortunately passed away at the age of fifteen. The competition was established by Bar’s family and is administered by the Voices Israel Group of Poets in English, a non-profit organisation bringing people together through poetry. The 2021 competition is...
JFS Covid Testing Centre
The JFS Covid Testing Centre went as smoothly as could have been hoped for this week. A BIG thank you to all of our wonderful parent volunteers and staff who helped the students take their tests and log their results. A true example of Orah Viykar in action.
JFS Governor Greets Prince Charles
JFS Governor, Dr Charlotte Benjamin (a north London GP), welcomed Prince Charles to a pop-up vaccine centre in Staples Corner this week, as part of a drive to persuade people in ethnic minorities to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Dr Benjamin holds the role of Vice-Chair of the North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group, which looks...
Celebrating a JFS Musical Talent
Sara Golding in Year 10 was selected from over 600 musician applicants, aged 13 – 19 from all over the UK, to join the UK’s National Youth Orchestra’s NYO Inspire initiative in 2021. She will initially be joining and performing with the group digitally and eventually in person when they meet up later in the...
A Conversation With Lord Mann
Lord Mann, the Government’s independent anti-Semitism advisor, spoke to our Year 12 cohort in their assembly this week. He explained how his job works and what he sees as his three-fold aim, explaining our position against those in our community in Europe. It was clear, even virtually that our students were gripped, and the calibre...
Online Quiz Evening at Langdon Brady
Four Year 12 students, Phoebe Duke, Minnie Freed, Brandon Roach and Hannah Sugars, recently put on a spectacular online quiz evening for the young people of the Langdon Network. They ran a series of online games including ‘Spot the Difference’, ‘How’s Your General Knowledge’, ‘Where’s Wally’ and ‘Catchphrase’. This is the start of what we...
Planet Earth Reborn
Young Art 30th Anniversary Virtual Exhibition
YOUNG ART is an exhibition at the Royal College of Art for school students aged 4-18, raising funds for Research into Childhood Cancers. There were around 7000 entries nationally with over 80 schools competing. Two of our students, Ella Bennett (Y10) and Hannah Schogger (Y11), have both had their artwork chosen for the Exhibition. Hannah...