The Year 9 boys’ football team played an excellent game against a strong Chadwell Heath Academy team all the way from Essex. Both teams scored early goals and then continued to push the pace, looking for the breakthrough goal. After a penalty save in the first half from Tommy Canter, JFS looked the stronger of...
The JFS Science Department was delighted to have visitors from the world renowned Technion in Israel on Monday. They came to promote their highly successful FIRST Programme, which is aimed at encouraging young people to consider a degree in science and technology. It is also one of the main projects in which they are taught...
Year 13 physics students visited the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, Geneva, last week. After a quick visit to the United Nations plaza and Lake Geneva, they were given a tour of the control centre and the ALICE experiment, where they had a chance to meet and talk with some of the researchers working on...
JFS School was once again proudly represented at the annual AJEX parade on Sunday, with over 70 students (including our cadets) marching with staff and parents. Placards with names of Alumni lost to past wars were held up as we honoured their memory. They all made us extremely proud and brought light and honour to...
Students who form the writing team of the JFS Journal went to visit The Guardian Newspaper this week. There they learnt how to use specific software and ‘the wires’ to produce a newspaper front page. This was such a significant session that the Guardian rate it akin to work experience. Well done to all who...
Our students are making the most of Chol Hamoed Succot by making the blessings over the Arba Minim and the mitzvah of sitting in the Succah. With music and food there is a wonderful atmosphere for all to enjoy!
The BMW PGA Golf Championship at Wentworth wowed the crowds recently. Our Year 7 students that attended were able to see the greatest players in the world put their skills to the test against one of the best courses in the world. It was a fabulous trip and we look forward to seeing more golf...
Since 2021, Project ImpACT has engaged, inspired and empowered over 700 ImpACT teens from 30 communities to give 5,800 meaningful volunteering hours in support of 25 charities! Over 50 fantastic JFS teens, have been cooking for food banks and the homeless, packing donations for refugees, teaching English to underprivileged children, brightening the lives of sick...
Year 9 student, Rio Woolf, was selected by the England Amputee Football Association (EAFA) for the European Amputee Football Federation (EAFF) Junior Camp in Tbilisi, Georgia last week along with 11 other EAFA Juniors joining fellow amputee footballers aged 5-16. Participants hailed from Belgium, Costa Rica, Georgia, Germany, Poland and Turkey, all communicating through the...
Year 12 student, Zoe Burr, has recently won a Maths (Under 18) essay competition run by Oxford University, with the title ‘The Music of Maths’. The idea behind the competition is to give students experience in communicating complex ideas in an understandable manner, and to encourage them to engage with maths beyond the classroom. We...
