This week around 20 enthusiastic Ivrit students gathered to watch the film ‘’ Atomic Falafel’’.

The film is about how two teenage girls, one Israeli and one Iranian, both of whom live in towns with a nuclear reactor, are able, with the aid of an Israeli hacker, to stop a nuclear war when the army chiefs on both sides decide to push the button.

This comedy film was filmed in Israel and is mainly in Hebrew with parts of it were spoken in Farsi. We watched it with English subtitles and the students did recognise some of the words,

The students were laughing all the way through and enjoyed the references to aspects of Israeli life. Like any Israeli event there were plenty of Israeli snacks as well as popcorn.

Students said they enjoyed themselves and would like us to organise more events like this.

Yavneh College AG+T Varsity

This year was the first ever Yavneh College Varsity Tournament where over 60 gifted and talented pupils were involved in five sports across the week, competing to win the Varsity trophy. Pupil selections were based on their outstanding performances and effort in PE and Extra-Curricular clubs. The pupils were then drafted by Mr Layton and Mr Walters to create two teams (team Layton and team Walters). The sports selected were Netball, Futsal, Basketball, Football and Rounders.

Throughout the whole tournament, the scores were extremely tight between the two teams. It was in the last innings of rounders where Team Walters won the tournament by only half a point.

	Team Layton	Team Walters
Netball	2	6
Boys Futsal	1	0
Boys Basketball	8	4
Girls Football	1	0
Mixed Indoor Rounders	11	13.5
Total	23	23.5

 

Fast forward to Monday 5^th February, where we were lucky enough to have guest speaker and ex-Olympian and medallist at the Commonwealth Games and World Championships, Kate Haywood come in and give an inspirational speech. She demonstrated the qualities and attributes needed to be successful in sport. Her story spoke about the ups and downs in her career, and how her determination and grit enabled her to be extremely successful. We were also privileged to have her present the first ever Varsity trophy to the winning team.

The tournament would not have been such a success without the numerous amount of pupils volunteering to officiate and help in the five sports. A massive thank you to those who came down. Especially those who took part and competed in the tournament. Congratulations to Team Walters on an exceptionally close win and commiserations to Team Layton who had them up against the ropes throughout the whole tournament.

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On Thursday 25^th January the YC Singers were invited to perform at the Hertsmere Council’s annual Holocaust Memorial Service at the Radlett Centre. It was an invite only event – for Council members of Hertsmere, political leaders and members of the community. The students performed an accapella performance of Vehi ShAmda in a service called ‘The Power of Words’. The members of YC singers are students across all year groups – who form up our auditioned choir.

Members :

Hannah Adam – 8S

Gabby Alexander – 10O

Daniel Burns – 13

Saul Fahidi – 9S

Noah Grose – 8K

Leah Hilburn – 8S

Ben Isaac – 12

Abigail Jacobs – 8Y

Aimee Jayes – 7S

Sam Jayes – 13

Jake Laikin – 7Y

Sara Lewis – 8Y

Sidney Mittleman – 10S

Chloe Vinacour – 8 O

Erin Waks – 13

Jess Wapnick – 7H

Daphna Kozokaro – 8 O