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Girls’ School – Erev Rosh Hashanah

Erev Rosh Hashanah, hours before the start of the Day of Judgement, the girls’ school was busy with spiritual preparations. The Year 11 students were inspired and challenged by the words of chizuk from the always popular Rabbi Moshe Levy, executive director of Chazak. Rabbi Jonny Hughes of Radlett United Synagogue spoke to our Year […]

Girls’ School – Behind The Mask

HIPE was delighted to announce its newest initiative: #behindthemask The idea of the programme is to open the girls’ eyes and enthuse them with an attitude of gratitude. Ultimately there is always someone “behind the mask” orchestrating every event in our lives, and someone who it is important to have gratitude towards. This fits into […]

Editorial 24/9/2020

Dear Parents, At this season of solemn reflection, when there is so much to depress us in the world, we have been heartened at school by the restoration of a form of normality. This enables us to see beyond the immediate crisis and to remember that what matters in life is the quality of the […]

Editorial 17th September 2020

  Dear Parents,   Welcome, everyone, to the new academic year – particularly to those parents who are new to the schools.   We’d like to start by thanking each and every one of you who helped us to exceed our fundraising target last year.   Following that very successful campaign, we wanted to give […]

Editorial 10/9/2020

Dear Parents, It has been an absolute privilege and a great pleasure to welcome back students in all year groups at school over the past week. It has been wonderful to see classrooms filled with students learning and a powerful reminder of the importance of education on academic, social and personal development. We have missed […]

Editorial 3rd September 2020

Dear Parents,   The Alshich explains that the essence of the mitzvah of bikkurim which features at the beginning of this week’s parsha is hakoras hatov, expressing gratitude. After months of hard work, ploughing, sowing, tending, pruning and harvesting, the farmer brings the first of his fruit to the Beis HaMikdash as an expression of […]

Editorial 3/9/2020

Dear Parents The Alshich explains that the essence of the mitzvah of bikkurim which features at the beginning of this week’s parsha is hakoras hatov, expressing gratitude. After months of hard work, ploughing, sowing, tending, pruning and harvesting, the farmer brings the first of his fruit to the Beis HaMikdash as an expression of thanks. […]

Editorial 20/8/2020

Dear Parents, It has been an incredibly unsettling and distressing time for all students who are expecting GCSE, BTEC or A Level results this year. However, we are pleased that most of the uncertainty surrounding the results has now come to an end and students can finally focus on the next stages of their lives. […]

Editorial 13/8/20

Dear Parents, We write to you in regard to this year’s A Level and BTEC results. We are pleased to report that the vast majority of students have attained grades to enter university or embark on the next stage of their life and we will be supporting students who have not been awarded the grades […]

Editorial – 24th July 2020

Dear Parents,   Thank you for all of your support during this difficult time.  Please can you take some time to read the new letters that have been posted on eNews as they contain important information about our return to school in September.   Kind regards, Mr A McClusky, CEO, Hasmonean MAT Mrs D Lebrett […]