Boys Sports Day

Maccabiah Games

THE MACCABIAH GAMES

Three of our Year 10 girls have the most amazing opportunity this summer. They have been selected to represent Team GB in the U18s Girls Football at the Maccabiah Games which start in Israel this week. They will face Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, Mexico and the USA before hopefully going on to win Gold! Jessie Y, Dalia F and Mia W are all fabulously talented young women who will be superb ambassadors for Hasmonean as well as enjoying a really special experience. We wish them every success in their sporting efforts.

Jack Petchey Award Winners

‘If you think you can, you can’ is the motto of the Jack Petchey Foundation and a group of our girls embodied this as they collected their award from the Mayor of Barnet, Councillor Alison Moore.

On Monday, 27th June, the Jack Petchey Foundation had their Awards Ceremony at the Arts Depot in North Finchley.

The evening began with an address by the Mayor of Barnet, who spoke about the humble beginnings of Sir Jack. Since the inception of the scheme in 1999, it has raised millions of pounds for schools and youth organisations in London.  She spoke about the need to strive for a purpose.

Avigail R, Ariella G, Shani J and Shira L attended the event and were awarded medallions for their services to our School and the wider community. These girls embody Torah im Derech Eretz. They have such a positive attitude to life.

We are extremely proud of all our award winners!

 

Visit from Mr Michael McCann

The Boys’ School were privileged to host Mr Michael McCann, former MP of the Labour Party today. Mr McCann told us about life as a politician and reminded us how important the State of Israel is as a home to the Jewish people. Thanks to Eitan and Moshe for organising.

Beyond The Label

Two of Hasmonean’s Year 12 students, Adina R and Shira G, joined forces with GIFT to create a wonderful evening celebrating women and diversity. The concept of the show was their GIFT Midrasha class project.

Called “Beyond the Label”, it showcased a very diverse range of nineteen models from the community. Students, Kisharon clients and women with different abilities confidently strutted down the cat walk to a range of songs which asserted their style, such as Lady Gaga’s ‘Born this Way’.

Three very inspirational women spoke: Alexia Baron who created the clothing range Porto&Bello – when diagnosed with breast cancer in the middle of a pandemic, she noticed that there was nothing which was comfortable and dignified to wear while having treatment.  Suzy Simons, who lost her sight and began a charity for the sight impaired to have support, spoke about her experiences. Finally, Debbie Rosten, who was ‘short and to the point’ emphasised that we all have to look beyond the label.

Thank you to Kinloss who provided the venue, to Valour who helped and inspired, as well as to House of Lancry, The Wardrobe, Fame and Alona Karen for dressing these wonderful women. Thank you also to all the wonderful women who did the hair and makeup, bringing all these fantastic looks together.

The event ran smoothly and slickly, giving time for the many attendees to mingle and enjoy an evening out. To see pictures and highlights of the night please check out @giftcharity on Instagram.

 

 

Boys’ School Trip to The Imperial War Museum

Our Year 9 boys recently spent a day at the Imperial War Museum.

One of the activities they took part in was ‘documentary challenge’, which involved filming their own mini documentaries in the First World War exhibition. The boys thought the Second World War galleries were really interesting and particularly enjoyed the ‘real life’ experience of what it must have been like to experience a bombing raid during the ‘Blitz’. They ‘hid’ in an Anderson Shelter. Another activity which brought history to life was sitting in a recreation of a 1940s living room. They could listen to the news on the ‘wireless’ and even lay in a Morrison Shelter which was a mattress under a table.

Thank you to all the staff involved in making this a memorable occasion.

Year 7 – Football News – We are the champions!

Our Year 7 football team were in very high spirits after an incredible 6-1 win against a good Ashmole Academy team. This successful win secured the first silverware in years for Hasmonean High School for Boys!

Our scorers were Akiva P., Joeli S., Ben N., and Mikael L.

The Man of the Match was Eitan A. with his incredible defensive play and strong captaincy, giving high level communication and structure to the players around him.

All of our Year 7 team played fantastically well together and we are very proud of their success!

Boys’ School Jack Petchey Winners, Spring/Summer 2022

Last week, three of our students won the latest round of Jack Petchey awards:
• Igal S.
• Zvi S.
• David T.

Igal was nominated for his kindness to others. Comments from his peers highlighted that ‘he is very nice to everyone’ and ‘never fights,’ and praised Igal for being ‘a good friend.’

Zvi was also nominated for his kindness to others, as well as voluntary work, with peers praising him for being ‘kind and gentle to everyone’ and being ‘a good person.’

David was also nominated for his kindness to others, with peers citing his niceness, patience and describing him as ‘really kind.’

They join this year’s previous winners (Yaacov B., Yisroel F., Gavi L.) in receiving a certificate and badge, and a £250 award to help a school department of their choice.

Scholars Programme Graduation

On Monday 16th May, Mr Markiewicz and Mr Simberg had the pleasure of taking some of our Year 10 and Year 11 students to King’s University.

The boys had spent a hard term working on the Scholars Programme which meant that they worked closely with a PhD scholar, studying and researching her area of expertise, skin regeneration. They studied in a series of small group university-style tutorials. Our researcher currently acts as a lecturer to students at university level, so it has been a unique opportunity for our pupils to experience university-style teaching.

We visited King’s in order to celebrate our pupils having completed their course and worked on their final assignments.

We went with several other London based schools and it really was quite the experience to sit in a lecture hall and have a tour around one of the country’s most historic and well performing universities.

Lag B’Omer

With bright sunshine and blue skies, Hasmonean set off on its Lag B’Omer adventures.

A plethora of coaches took the girls to Chessington where they had a wonderful day enjoying the rides and just being able to hang out and enjoy unstructured time together. They all received green wristbands with emergency number, HIPE Chessington stickers and ice pops as they boarded coaches. It was a day of sunny breezes with the Vampire ride as an absolute favourite.

The boys spent a day in the water with the Years 7 and 8 going to Fairlop Waters in Essex and our Years 9, 10 and 12’s going to The Wave, Coventry. The Year 7 and 8 boys came back from the trip and excitedly grabbed their burgers from the BBQ which was manned by Dovid Belovski from our HIPE team.

Thank you so much to HIPE for organising the day and to all the staff who ensured that every child had a safe and enjoyable time.