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Yom Hashoah Activities
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Yom Hashoah Activities

This week Years 9 and 10 had special assemblies to help mark Yom Hashoah. Year 9 watched an inspirational presentation by Mizrachi UK and Year 10 heard Hephzibah Rudofsky speak about her mother’s experience. Both presentations were highlights of the day, which deeply impacted the students who attended. All students and staff observed a minute...

JFS Yom Hashoah Commemorations
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JFS Yom Hashoah Commemorations

Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, will take place this Thursday 28th April. The day commemorates the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, the heroism of survivors and rescuers, and the theme of genocide in general. Leading up to the day, Years 7 and 8 assemblies are featuring guest speaker Laurie Rosenberg, speaking about the...

Dyson Foundation Workshop
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Dyson Foundation Workshop

A group of 20 Year 12 students took part in a Dyson Foundation workshop recently, to find out more about engineering and apprenticeship opportunities open to them through The Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology. They also had the chance to try their hand at some robotics when they took on the ‘Robot Challenge’, in...

Yom Iyun Challenge for KS3 Students
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Yom Iyun Challenge for KS3 Students

The Jewish Studies Department ran a Yom Iyun (Deep-learning) programme this week for all KS3 students. Approximately 150 students came together per session working in small groups, analysing a selection of Jewish texts from the Talmud and its commentaries to resolve an ethical dilemma based on a scenario from an episode of Grey’s Anatomy. There...

Raffi is a Junior Squad Champion!
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Raffi is a Junior Squad Champion!

Congratulations to Raffi Masters in Year 10 for winning four out of the five Junior Club competitions at Verulum Golf Club, during the 2021 season. Raffi is a keen golfer with a handicap of 10.8. He plays regularly and is in the Junior squad. He won the Oliver Trophy, Inter-Sport Trophy, Junior Club Championship (he...

Student Led British-Ukrainian Aid
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Student Led British-Ukrainian Aid

Year 10 student, Freddie Silver, together with two of his good friends Jacob Leon and Charlie Rosenberg also in Year 10, have decided to do a charity run for Ukraine and signed up to British – Ukraine aid. All three boys chose to participate in this cause after reading and seeing the atrocities that are...

Jonah Wins the Hillingdon Duathlon
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Jonah Wins the Hillingdon Duathlon

Jonah Marks in Year 11 has won the Hillingdon Duathlon. It is a race he has been taking part in since he was 8 years old and a good opener ahead of the British Triathlon Performance Assessment Weekend next week. That will determine whether he has qualified to race at an elite national level for...