Year 11 End of Year Celebrations


We recently bade farewell to our Year 11 cohort as they departed for their GCSE Study Leave. A group of students spent many weeks working with the Year 11 Team to put together a very special day of events. The students, resplendent in their pink leavers’ hoodies, gathered for a Yom Ha’aztzmaut lunch. They were joined by their parents for the ‘formal’ leavers’ ceremony that was led by the Year Team and welcomed three keynote speakers.


The students heard from Mr Greg Levine, a JFS parent and leading car designer and businessman. He spoke to students about the impact of the changing technological world and their future aspirations. He told students to be prepared for when life


takes you down a path you may not have anticipated.


Rebbetzen Freda Kaplan of Hampstead Garden Suburb Shul spoke to students about finding their own individual path as they


She stressed the importance of individuality whilst retaining a strong link to their roots. She told students to try and ensure that they should never let three days go by without thinking about your heritage.


Finally Judge Rinder shared four key messages with students the key being that they should follow a career path that they are passionate about and not make decisions about their future careers just to please others. He stressed the importance of being true to their Jewish identity and acknowledged that today even just being an active part of the Jewish


enter adulthood.


Students of the Year.


Judge Rinder


Rebbetzen Kaplan 4


Mr Greg Levine


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