Hasmonean Success
Ariella G from Year 11 has been chosen as one of only 20 students worldwide to be invited to the M.I.T √MathROOTS summer programme in Boston. This is a fantastic achievement by Ariella who deserves our warmest congratulations.
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Recognising your generous support
Dear Parents, Throughout this year, I have been keeping you informed of progress against our plans to ensure Hasmonean remains the very best place for our children to grow and learn. Of course, we’ve had to adapt our plans along the way in the light of the Covid pandemic but that has not changed our […]
Y13 Graduation Girls
This year our Year 13 students were able to enjoy an almost normal graduation celebration. The planning was led by the Head Girl team who were keen to create a mix between formal and informal. The aim was to celebrate togetherness after having spent so much time apart in the past 14 months. The evening […]
Twitter: An Interfaith Workshop
Twitter – the multimillion-dollar, microblogging, social network famous for its tweets – has almost 353 million active users per month and almost 6,000 tweets are posted every second. But, just how was Twitter created and run? How did it all begin? This is what some Year 8 girls found out on Monday 24th May during […]
Girls’ School – Kodesh Extra
On Wednesday, girls from Years 7-10 went on their Kodesh EXTRA reward trip of ice-skating at Alexandra Palace. This is a reward that the Kodesh department run annually for high-level attendance at the optional Kodesh EXTRA lunchtime programme. They had an amazing time, swirling on the ice and enjoying the freedom of movement. Thank you […]
Royal Academy of Arts Young Artists’ Summer Show
Sophia Goldman’s artwork has been selected for the Royal Academy of Arts Young Artists’ Summer Show. Her piece, entitled ‘One Body, One Soul’, has been selected from thousands of applicants to be included in the gallery display at the Royal Academy of Arts in London (in addition to the online gallery), running from 13th July […]
Editorial 21/5/2021
Dear Parents and Carers, The current tensions in the Middle East are clearly of great concern to the whole Hasmonean community. Many staff, students and parents have family who are directly affected by them and all of us – either by virtue of working here or because of our family and friendships – have an […]
Editorial 14/5/2021
Dear Parent, Whilst listening to the very worrying news this week from Israel, I was reflecting on how the world is in such an interconnected place. Events that take place in one part of the world have ramifications internationally. Additionally, if there is one fact that we all now accept as a result of the […]
Girls’ School Mental Health Awareness Week
On Wednesday, the Year 7 and 8 girls enjoyed a wonderful mental health event, created by their Year Leader, Ms Liley. The focus was on the environment and our mental health. The two are intertwined as without the beautiful, green environment our mental health can suffer. After Rosh Chodesh Tefilla and Tehillim for the situation […]
Editorial 6/5/2021
The Torah interrupts its discussion about shemitah and the related laws of resting the land in the seventh year to introduce the prohibition of ona’ah, wrongdoing. There are different types of ona’ah. One type is ona’as devarim – harming someone with words. Why does the Torah place the prohibition of ona’as devorim in the middle […]
