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...
Last week our first troop of cadets completed three days of Skill at Arms Training, one of the final hurdles towards completing their basic qualification. The cadets trained at ATC Pirbright with experienced army instructors in rifle safety, management, cleaning, maintenance and marksmanship principles, before completing a difficult Weapons Handling Test. They will soon put...
The Head boy, Head Girl team took over the Year 12 Purim assembly today to help their year group get into the Purim spirit. They ran a really fun Kahoot game with different challenges including Hamantaschen games, fancy dress competitions and cup stacking.
In honour of Rosh Chodesh Adar II, JIEP and the HBHG Team set up a special tuckshop serving slushies, chocolate and Hamentashen. Over £800 was raised and all proceeds will be going to the Ukraine and to our three Mental Health charities. With music and cheer, the sale got everyone into the Purim spirit!
Two Year 9 Jewish Studies classes packed Mishloach Manot boxes for the United Synagogue Chessed programme during class time. These boxes will be distributed to families during Purim and helped students get into the festive spirit
This week, 100 students from Years 7-11 thoroughly enjoyed watching a creative and powerful play in Ivrit called Me and the Track, brought to the school by JNF. It was written and performed by Itai Chama, an Israeli swimming champion, who represented Israel in the Beijing Olympic Games. It told the story of a boy...
We were honoured to welcome Lord Mann of Holbeck Moor, the government’s anti-Semitism advisor, to speak with our Year 12 students. He spoke of his intention to banish anti-Semitism from England, and discussed his work with British universities, the English Football League, and the pressures and external challenges to his family. As always, our students...
Students participating in Israel Club at school enjoyed a visit from speakers of Stand With Us. The session was focused on enabling students to distinguish differences between anti-Semitism and valid criticism of the state of Israel.
This week students participated in a range of activities where they were able to learn about positive wellbeing in tutor base each day. Different days focussed on different topics such as mindfulness, gratitude, self-appreciation, sleep, exercise and productive work. Students had engaging discussions and focussed on what they can personally do for themselves to ensure...
Over 220 JFS Sixth Form students joined the #SwabSquad registering on the Anthony Nolan/Sue Harris Trust stem cell register – the most ever signed up by the Trust at a school! Thank you to all those students who swabbed in order to be a possible lifesaver for someone requiring a stem cell transplant in the...
