The Year 7 and Year 8 combined cricket team have made a really impressive start to the season so far this year and had an excellent fielding performance on Thursday against a very strong Wembley team. With the Ashes series under way, the boys are looking forward to a big game against Claremont on Thursday....
JFS was delighted to host 25 Year 5 students from Rimon Jewish Primary School, together with their teachers and some of the parents who kindly drove them to and from the school on Wednesday. Some JFS students were surprised to have their grandparents drop in on them as they were touring the school for the...
Maia Grant in Year 7, together with her mother and grandmother, walked six miles from Finchley to Primrose Hill recently. Maia suffers from the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS), a group of thirteen individual genetic conditions, all of which affect the body’s connective tissue. It is often known as an invisible disability. Their efforts have so far...
Over 100 JFS grandparents attended our Grandparents’ Tour and Tea event at JFS. They were taken on a tour of the school by their proud grandchildren and enjoyed a beautiful morning tea, with a most talented array of musical entertainment provided by Year 10 students, Shelly Chityat, Noah Bentley and Zac Cohen. With thanks to...
Year 10 students who are part of the Alan Senitt Leadership Award took part in the final workshop day hosted at JFS and run by Standup! We welcomed three schools, King Solomon, Copthall and Nower Hill, as well as the Chairman of Maccabi UK. The day was a great example of how strangers can come...
The PE department’s Sports Awards Assemblies held over the last few weeks were an overwhelming success, bringing together the entire student body to celebrate the achievements of our talented students in physical education. This special event not only recognised the outstanding accomplishments of our students within PE lessons but also provided a platform to showcase...
Students from all of KS3 came together over this week during one of their Jewish Studies lessons to experience a taste of the buzz of learning that will take place in Shuls across the world this Thursday night as part of the celebration of Shavuot, the Festival of the Giving of the Torah. Half year...
Rio Woolf, who made his debut last month for the Chelsea Pan-Disability Under 16s playing against the Wolverhampton FC Foundation squad at the Molineux Stadium, started training with the Chelsea FC Amputee Football squad last Autumn. We look forward to hearing more about his successes.
Our congratulations go to Charlie Mendoza in Year 10 who won a major British ranking Kickboxing tournament at the weekend. Only 52 kg in the 63 kg and under category, he won all five fights to get to the final and then dominated against a very strong opponent!
A selection of our top basketballers were privileged to meet Tamir Goodman, (known as the ‘Jewish Michael Jordan’), the American-Israel former professional basketball star. Tamir spoke to the students about how he overcame the challenges of playing professionally while maintaining his Orthodox Jewish life. He spoke about facing discrimination, the challenges of dyslexia, dealing with...
