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UKMT Team Maths Challenge
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UKMT Team Maths Challenge

Four students from Years 8 and 9 were selected to represent JFS in the Regional Final of the UKMT Team Maths Challenge, hosted by Preston Manor School. Benjamin Diamond, Zoe Burr, Daniel Frankl and Amy Shapiro were delighted to finish in fifth place having competed against 26 other schools. Their teacher, Mr Ahmed, was very...

JFS Shabbat UK
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JFS Shabbat UK

This week has been a fun-packed week of exciting activities around the school in preparation for Shabbat UK. Students in Years 7 and 8 made their very own Havdala kits. They all made Havdala candles, Kiddush cups and Besamim. Years 9 – 11 all made their own challah which they can bake at home also...

Grandparents Tour and Tea
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Grandparents Tour and Tea

This week we welcomed another group of grandparents through our doors. They were treated to a personal tour round the school with their grandchildren, followed by tea and musical entertainment. Thank you to Leora Wilson in Year 11 and Benjamin Morganstein in Year 9 who have performed at the Grandparents Tea both this week, and...

Astronomical Success
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Astronomical Success

Year 11 student Natalie Shapiro not only achieved an A* in her Astronomy GCSE, but was awarded a special certificate from the Royal Astronomical Society for achieving one of the top 12 highest marks in the UK. These 12 students were then invited to an exclusive competition where they had to produce a scientific poster...

Young Author
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Young Author

Charlie Waldman in Year 7 has a great passion for writing stories and is particularly interested in WWII. He has recently published a book comprising three of his stories that he wrote entirely on his own. As he is entering his Barmitzvah year and wants to do something charitable, he has been selling copies of...

Safe Cracking Competition
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Safe Cracking Competition

The Weizmann Institute in Israel is one of the highest ranking multidisciplinary scientific research institutes in the world.  One of the initiatives they offer is to facilitate educational programmes to encourage UK school students aged 16-18 to participate. One such programme is the Weizmann UK Physics Safe Cracking Competition which took place recently at the...

A Celebration Of Excellence
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A Celebration Of Excellence

With an opportunity to celebrate the excellence in teaching as well as the contributions of non-teaching staff, PaJeS , which is part of the Jewish Leadership Council, received over 350 nominations from Jewish schools.  JFS has had success over the years but this year even more so as we had two winners and two finalists....

BTEC Business Super Cars Event
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BTEC Business Super Cars Event

The much anticipated ‘Super Cars’ event, run by a team of BTEC Business students, took place this week.  Preceded by a few weeks of promotion, and with minimal teacher assistance, they organised 7 Super Cars to be brought to the school grounds, where a paying ticket holder could have their photo taken in the driver’s...

BTEC Business Football Tournament
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BTEC Business Football Tournament

Last week one of the BTEC Business teams ran an incredible Football Tournament open to Year 7 and Year 8 students. With the potential for snow, it was a tense lead up to the event, not knowing if it would be successful.  But in true JFS style, the students who signed up came kitted out...