CST (on behalf of Streetwise) are running a 6 week Krav Maga course for year 7 students.

The course covers the following:

• Explaining and discussing as a group about what they should be aware of when walking from home to school
• Things to look for
• Things to avoid
• How to ask for help
• How to defend yourself if no choice (using Krav Maga)
• How to get away from tricky situations and a lot more.

An integral part of the course are mini scenarios, where we recreate real life situations to allow the children to be prepared for the wider world.

The Course also involves physical activity based on the principles of Krav Maga.  A key element of the course is to instil self-discipline into the participants, so that they know only to use their knowledge of Krav Maga as the last resort in order to defend themselves.

• Learning how to strike (punches, kicks etc)
• Learning how to block and defend against someone who intentionally wants to hurt or bully.
• Learning to defend against weapons
• How to use their voice (calling for help)
• Confidence building – learning how to handle aggressive people

Today Year 12 had a special assembly with MDA UK learning about their role in Israel and various gap year schemes.

Lauren Christie (Sky Studios Elstree) came to speak to our Year 8 students today about the huge range of opportunities and various career pathways in the creative industries associated with TV and film. 

On Wednesday 1st February, Yavneh College ran a Careers Evening for all year 10-13 students and parents.  We had over seventy volunteers from our parent body of experts, professional and representatives from a huge range of careers and professions.  During the course of the evening we also ran a series of “spotlight sessions” where eight individuals spoke for a few minutes each about their career.

The event was extremely well attended with over four hundred students and parents participating.  We are extremely grateful to all of the Yavneh parents who gave up their time to support this fantastic evening.

Both Year 12 and Year 13 Geography classes were given a talk today by Alison Jeardley from the Borehamwood Town Council. As part of the council’s work on the upcoming Elstree and Borehamwood Neighbourhood Plan, the views of the (young) local community is a big part of the research. Alison ran a focus group with each Geography A level classes and gave a presentation about town planning, looking at the what planning is, the national and local planning frameworks, roles and responsibilities and how local people can influence what happens in their area.