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Year 9 Barnet Cup Winners!
Year 9 Barnet Cup Winners!
Huge congratulation to our Year 9 football team, who last night won the Barnet cup.
They beat SMSJ in the final 6-4!
Pawel is Awarded MVP!
Huge congratulations to Pawel in Year 10. Pawel was playing for his Basketball team, London Elite, in the EYBL (European Youth Basketball League) in Hungary last weekend. His team won all four matches and Pawel was awarded the MVP, averaging 19 points per game. We can't wait to see more updates on your basketball career Pawel!
Holocaust Memorial Day
Holocaust Memorial Day
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, the History Department invited Calum Isaacs from Generation 2 Generation, a Holocaust education charity which works with second and third generation Holocaust survivor descendants, to deliver a presentation to Year 9 pupils. Calum spoke about his grandmother Mirjam Finkelstein, who was born in Berlin in 1933. To escape from Nazi persecution, the family moved to Amsterdam in the same year. Through the use of filmed testimony, students were able to hear Mirjam describe her experience of being taken to Westerbork transit camp and then to Bergen-Belsen. Mirjam’s sister Ruth was later able to testify to the presence of Anne Frank and her sister in Bergen-Belsen through notes she had made in a diary. Students saw an image of the page from her diary which noted the day that Anne and her sister arrived at Belgen-Belsen. The family experienced tragedies but also miracles, and Mirjam and her sisters survived the war.
Ms Subramoney
Head of History
Holocaust Memorial Day Monday 27th January 2025 Theme: For a better future
Holocaust Memorial Day Monday 27th January 2025 Theme: For a better future
Students who visited the library on Monday had the opportunity to learn about the Holocaust and discuss it with their peers.
Ms Sengul
Librarian
British Film Institute Mandarin Trip - Year 8 MEP Students
On Wednesday 29th January 2025, 29 of our Year 8 Mandarin Excellence Programme students took part in a KS3 Mandarin Study Day at the British Film Institute (BFI) Southbank. The event, titled Family, Culture, and Modernity in Chinese Cinema, explored contemporary Chinese culture through film.
In the morning, students analysed key themes such as family, travel, and technology in selected Chinese short films, engaging in thoughtful discussions on how these themes reflect modern Chinese society.
During the break, students enjoyed lunch by the River Thames, taking in the sights of Southbank before returning for the afternoon session. They then watched a full-length screening of The Farewell (2019), gaining further insight into Chinese culture through cinema.
The trip was a fantastic opportunity to enhance cultural understanding and broaden perspectives through film.
Ms Woo
Head of Mandarin
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