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.
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Baroness Lawrence Visits JFS
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...
Safe Drive Stay Alive
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...
Rosh Chodesh Bingo
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...
Brent Schools Holocaust Memorial Seminar
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...
Israeli U16 Netball Youth Team
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...
JFS Head Boy / Head Girl Team Announcement
Congratulations to our new Head Boy/Head Girl Team that was named today: Head Boy – David Levy Head Girl – Hannah Vogel Deputy Head Boys: Josh Graham Adam Sanders Deputy Head Girls: Jordana Schlagman Elli Minster
Student Empowerment
A number of students from our ‘Yad beYad’ Charity Committee had the opportunity to go to the Dove Summit Social Action visit last week where they had the opportunity to discuss issues related to self-esteem and body image in their local community. Trained Dove and WE facilitators worked with students to develop a tangible action...
JiEP ‘Lunch and Learn’ Programme
Our JiEP Department’s ‘Lunch and Learn’ programme was back on in the Shul after a three week hiatus with over 50 students attending. From learning how to light the Chanukah Menorah to studying for the Etgar Israel competition, students from Years 7-10 came to learn about various topics of Jewish interest. We were also joined...