November 2021 – Yavneh College

Maths4Girls – 25th Nov 2021

November 26, 2021/in Careers, School News/by yavneh

Susan Conroy (Chief Executive of pharmaceutical company and PhD in molecular biology) and Claire Valoti (VP international Snap inc) came to address our Maths A Level students talking about their career journeys including:

How maths played a part and how maths is relevant now
What inspired them to choose their career paths
Their failures, as well as successes
What their companies do and why it is important
What they enjoy most about their careers
Skills currently relevant in the jobs they are doing

Learn2Rescue – Nov 2021

November 26, 2021/in Careers, School News/by yavneh

The Learn2Rescue programme (2021) has now begun. We have over 20 Year 12 students taking part in the session.

All students will attend four after school sessions (2 hours each) and receive a First Aid qualification at the end of the course. Part of the course also includes students delivering their own training sessions to lower school students. This will be part of a future Enrichment programme in 2022.

We are so grateful to Daniel Morris for giving up his time to deliver these sessions and offer such a worthwhile opportunity for our students.

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Visit from Oliver Dowden MP

November 22, 2021/in Careers, School News, Sixth Form/by yavneh

Mr Oliver Dowden CBE MP came to speak to our Sixth Form today.

We were privileged to hear from Mr Dowden about his early career in politics as a local MP, his previous role as Secretary of State for Digital Culture, Media and Sport, as well as his current position of Chairman of the Conservative Party.

Mr Dowden then took questions from our Sixth Form students.

We are so grateful to Mr Dowden for giving up his time to come to speak to us today and it was a really fantastic event.

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AJEX Parade 2021

November 22, 2021/in General, School News, Sixth Form/by yavneh

On Sunday 21st November a number of Sixth Form students participated in the annual AJEX ceremony. The parade started at 13.30 at the Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall. The students held a banner identifying the school and marched in honour and memory of all Jewish men and women who have served this country, and of the victims of the Holocaust. The parade also serves as an important reminder of the extraordinary service given to this country by British Jews since the 1750s and we are proud that Yavneh College students were a part of this event.

GIFT Volunteering for Mitzvah Day 2021

November 22, 2021/in School News, Sixth Form/by yavneh

As part of Mitzvah Day this year Yavneh College sixth formers volunteered outside local shops encouraging shoppers to donate food to the Jewish food bank charity GIFT.

We had many students volunteering in different locations across Borehamwood and Radlett.

Members of staff from GIFT were amazed by the student’s attitude to helping others and commented what an enormous credit they were to the school.

Brain Dissection

November 19, 2021/in School News, Sixth Form/by yavneh

As part of the A-level Psychology course, the students study a unit of biopsychology, which focusses on the brain. For the first time, we were lucky enough to do a brain dissection so that we could bring our learning to life! Thanks to Mrs Merrett who led the dissection, we all learned so much!

Yavneh College Career Interviews

November 16, 2021/in Careers, School News/by yavneh

Twenty-Four Year 13 students were given the opportunity to experience a one-on-one careers interview with a qualified careers advisor from YC Hertfordshire over the course of two days.
Each student had a thirty minute interview and were then provided with a formal write-up of advice, feedback and suggestions. Students were chosen for these interviews on the basis of a careers survey completed by all Year 13 students.