As part of their British Values Studies, a group of Year 9 girls visited Barnet Hill Academy, an Islamic faith school for girls between the ages of 11 to 16 years. The girls introduced themselves, noting the similarities between names such as Miriam and Maryam. A starter activity, where the girls answered questions such as […]
As one of the pilot schools for the Resilient Schools Award, the well-being team from Hasmonean High School for Girls, comprising of Mrs L Waugh, Miss M Abecassis and Ms W Farron, were invited to the Barnet Resilient Schools Award Celebration at East Barnet School on Wednesday 26th June. They had the opportunity to listen […]
On Friday the 21st June, the Year 8 girls were honoured to have Marie van der Zyl, President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews as their guest. Ms van der Zyl, who is an employment lawyer, took on the office of President of the Board of Deputies on 1st June 2018 and is […]
Dear Parents, Shelach Leacha 20/20 Vision Imagine two friends going for a walk one afternoon. They meet at Golders Green station and walk all the way down Golders Green Road to the North Circular bridge and back up again to the station. On their return, you ask them what they saw. The first describes the […]
Both schools reverberated to the sound of over 250 Year 5 students from a range of feeder schools enjoying their Step Up day at Hasmonean. At the Girls’ School, Textiles, Maths, Jewish Studies and Teambuilding was on the agenda, demonstrating the range of subjects on offer. It was fantastic to see over a hundred girls […]
Artist, sculptor and alumnus David Breuer-Weil spoke to the GCSE Art students at both the girls’ and boys’ school on Monday 24th June to give a talk about his work. The students were engrossed and engaged by an artist who was able to discuss the themes of Judaism, imagination and creativity. He showed pictures of […]
Rabbi Anthony Manning, Co-Director of Midreshet Tehillah gave shiurim in the Midrasha this week. He posed two questions: What are your Rabbis not telling you? Dealing with Difficult Questions in Haskafa and Thinking Jewishly – can everyone really be right? The Sixth Form really enjoyed his refreshing approach to serious questions, as well as having […]
Dear Parents, The Parsha opens with Hashem’s instructions to Aharon Hacohen to light the menorah in order to ‘raise light’ for the Jewish people. The Menorah as an icon is profoundly significant – Midrash Raba discusses the fact that the offerings in the Beis hamikdash were only extant for the life of the temple whilst […]
On Friday afternoon, the Year 8 girls had a very interesting speaker, Nathan Servi from the CST. He gave the girls a powerful insight into what exactly is meant by “antisemitism”. He introduced the subject by presenting the historical aspects of the blood libels and Church imagery from the Middle Ages. This led him to […]
On Thursday 13th June, the Year 9 boys were treated to an incredible presentation by IDF Major Shlomi Biche, accompanied by Ms S Durkin of Beit Halochem. They spoke to the boys about their work with Beit Halochem, who deal with 51,000 wounded Israel soldiers and wounded victims of terror. They also helped at the […]