Our school President, The Lord Levy, visited JFS last week for his traditional annual talk to the outgoing Year 13 students in a special assembly. Having shared some anecdotes of his life experiences, Lord Levy encouraged students to ask questions. The students asked some insightful questions about political colleagues as well as topical current news...
Y13 students enjoyed a wonderful Jewish Studies lesson this week led by their teachers, University Jewish Chaplaincy, Tribe and US Chesed. In the lead up to Purim next week, the students enthusiastically made over 500 Hamantashen and 220 Mishlochei Manot to donate to Chai Cancer for distribution. The sense of camaraderie and fun was palpable,...
Years 7 and 9 students were treated to performances of ‘The Reduced Jewish History Project’ this week, an original concept devised by Mr Rinkoff, Head of faculty for Jewish Education. This is a cross-curricular event between the Jewish Education and Drama departments featuring the Year 10 Drama students ably lead and directed by Mrs Sloane,...
We were honoured to have Professor David Latchman visit the Science Department this week to deliver two wonderful and most engaging lectures on DNA, to our Sixth Form students, as part of Science Week. David Latchman CBE is a British geneticist and university administrator. Since 2003 he has been Master of Birkbeck, University of London,...
The Year 9 rugby team have yet again displayed their increasing prowess on the field by defeating The American School London (ASL) for a second time, after having won their initial meeting 36-10. This time however, after having some intensive training sessions with the Saracens outreach team for 5 weeks, they stormed to a massive...
A number of Year 12 JFS students joined together with Year 12 students from the Kantor King Solomon School to spend the day at the Emirates Stadium. They were tasked to prepare and deliver sessions to two groups of primary school students relating to six different faiths and their major festivals. With thanks to Rabbi...
The JFS Fem Soc (Feminist Society) has been doing amazing work recently collecting funds for ‘Bloody Good Period’. This is a charity that donates sanitary and hygiene products to refugees who cannot access these basic items that are so necessary for everyday living. The students managed to promote and raise much awareness for this cause...
In honour of International Women’s Day, JFS hosted a variety of successful women from the community to discuss the paths they took and the obstacles they had to overcome. We are grateful to Suzi Woolfson, Dr. Charlotte Benjamin and Chaya Coleman, our visiting panellists for this event. The students and panellists discussed how Jewish identity...
Drama Students in Years 12 and 13 went to see a production of ‘The American Clock’ by Arthur Miller at The Old Vic Theatre. The trip was to support the A Level Drama Curriculum and to further experience Theatre. It was a production with added song and dance with a band throughout. Our Drama students...
The JFS Charity Committee attended the WE Day Event this week, a platform for promoting social action initiatives in schools, empowering young people to change the world by making a difference in their local and global communities. It was a very inspiring and powerful event where the students heard from other schools about what volunteering...
