Author: Esther Bharier (Esther Bharier)

We are very proud of Max Morris in Year 10 who represented JFS at the finals of the Brent Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge where he spoke about disability and the consequences of being ‘side-lined’ as a result.

This week Baroness Doreen Lawrence visited JFS to speak to our Year 12 students on the subject of anti-racism.  In addition to speaking at a Year 12 assembly, Baroness Lawrence met with a smaller group of students over lunch at which she shared her experiences. Baroness Lawrence is the mother of teenager Stephen Lawrence who...

The Year 12 student cohort visited the Harrow Arts Centre last week to watch a performance of ‘Safe Drive Stay Alive’ organised by the Brent and Harrow Road Safety Partnership as well as involved representatives from the Police, Fire and Ambulance Services, TFL and the Council. The key aims of this performance were to make...

To celebrate Rosh Chodesh Shevat on Monday, all of the Year 7 cohort took part in a fun activity organised by the JiEP Department and run in their Jewish Studies lessons, with the assistance of Bradley Kaye and Thomas Belovski from Tribe. Students first learnt about Rosh Chodesh; understanding what it is, why we celebrate...

Last Friday we hosted our well anticipated annual Brent Holocaust Memorial Day Seminar. Students from Alperton Community School, Newman Catholic College, St Gregory’s School, Kingsbury High School, Queens Park Community School, The Crest Academy joined together with some Year 10 students from to learn about the Holocaust and subsequent genocides. Students were privileged to hear...

The Israeli U16 Netball Youth Team visited JFS on Thursday and Friday this week. The team are using JFS as their training hub due to its excellent facilities. With students ranging from Years 8-10 the Israeli team are playing various matches over the two days against the Year 7 – 9 JFS teams. The JFS...