Years 5 & 6 Girls Football
On Wednesday, the Year 5 and 6 girls played in the Maccabi football tournament. The Year 5 football team won all their games, with one draw, leading them to winning the Year 5 tournament! Well done to all the girls for participating, we could not be prouder.
Neuro-diversity Week
This week, HJPS celebrated neuro-diversity at school. Children were encouraged to think of neuro-diversity as a different ability. Some of the Year 6 children prepared and presented an assembly showing how people with these super powers have a massive impact on the world around them and been very successful. Some children also shared their own […]
Clean Speech
On Thursday 22 February, SEED came to talk to families in the Reception classes about Clean Speech. Clean Speech is a programme that promotes the use of positive language through educational sessions and resources, as well as sharing Jewish wisdom to upgrade the way we communicate with each other. Parents and children alike found the […]
Internet Safety Week
This week, Streetwise have been in school, working with classes across all Key Stages to explore the idea of Internet Safety. This is a really important topic, which we teach the children on a regular basis throughout the year, to remind them of the important rules of SMART (safe, meeting, accepting, reliable and tell) when […]
Virtual reality workshops
To bring the children’s learning to life, Years 3-5 recently had virtual reality sessions, relating to the topics that they were learning in class. The Year 3 classes were transported back to Ancient Egypt, Year 4 were able to explore the ancient Mayan ruins, whilst Year 5 were able to get up close to volcanoes. […]
Year 5 Girls Netball
The Year 5 girls played brilliantly in the Maccabi Netball Tournament. They showed amazing determination and teamwork throughout; they only lost 1 game in the first 8 games! The pink team reached the semis, just missing out on the final by a close loss of 2-0. We could not be prouder of the girls resilience […]
Year 5 Boys Football
A group of Year 5 boys played a friendly football match at Immanuel College. They won the match 5-2 with goals from Sonny (2), Jett (2) and Benji. The boys played so well and made such an effort. An excellent time was had by everyone and the team made HJPS very proud with their behaviour […]
New astro in the playground!
Hertsmere Jewish Primary School would like to thank the HJPS PTA for organising and funding the new astro pitch. Our school council says: “it’s amazing – it is not muddy anymore!” “It is good to have a football pitch, table tennis and a chill zone”
Shofar blowing
Every day in the month of Elul we blow the Shofar and we heard from Rabbi Czitron, Rabbi Goldstein, Rabbi Kett as well as other guest Shofar blowers too. Thank you to all for helping HJPS fulfil this mitzvah.
Chief Rabbi visits HJPS
On Monday 2 October, we were privileged to welcome the Chief Rabbi. He spoke about his working hours, how tiring the job can sometimes be, his proudest moment, which included staying at the Palace during the Coronation and if his voice gets tired after praying loudly! The Chief Rabbi reminded us how lucky we are […]