18th December

Volume 4, Issue 1

Whoever Strives

Will Succeed

Assalamu alaikum,

A warm welcome to

you!

This is our first newslet-

ter of the year and it is

already bursting with

events, trips and school activities. I hope you

enjoy reading what your

daughter has been do-

ing in school beyond

her normal lessons.

Since our inception, we

have always believed in

providing varied and

enriching experiences

for our students. In-

deed, Ofsted rated us

‘Outstanding’ in this

regard.

I wish you have a rest-

ful break and we will

meet again in the new

year.

Ust Sanam

Autumn 2018

Newsletter

Thorpe Park Trip

On 21st September LNS students visited

Thorpe Park as an Eid trip organised by the

school council.

n the morning all the students came in bursting

with excitement, ready to go on every ride

possible. As soon the teachers gave us our

tickets we were off. As the day progressed

students went on high rides, drank slushies

and ate lots of sweets.

Eventhough we were getting tired that didn’t

stop us enjoying every ride to the fullest.

Alhamdu lillah we were blessed to stay there

until clos-

ing time.

Every stu-

dent en-

joyed fac-

ing their fears and

laughing

with friends.

InshAllah I hope we visit again soon!

Amal (yr 10)

For the second year running year 11

decided to support the Jeans 4

Genes charity. We presented an as-

sembly about genetic disorders and

how to raise awareness for the

charity. We organised and held a

cake sale

on Mon-

day and

other stu-

dents

baked to

help. We

had deli-

cious cakes,

brownies

and cookies,

these treats sold

out within

minutes. Marwa

from year 11

exceeded ex-

pectations with

a wonderful show stopping cake as

pictured. Students donated 50p to

wear jeans on Friday. The total

raised and donated was nearly £70!!

The school showed their support

for this great cause, well done, we

hope that LNS continues to support

this charity next year after we have left.

Faseeha yr 11

A huge welcome to

all the new students:

Year 7’s: Summayah,

Sumeya, Aneesah,

Hani, Maryama,

Zundus, Asma, Ram-

la, Rowda, Safiya,

Fatuma, Easha, Zah-

ra, Sumaya, Jannat,

Aisha, Sawdah.

Year 8’s: Sakinah,

Salma.

Year 9: Fatima

Dhuhaa, Fatima Khan

Year 10: Afnan

Assalamu alaikum,

My name is Muna (head

girl). MashAllah a term

has already passed and

the countless activities and

opportunities have been

amazing. From the 5km

sponsored walk to the

compelling and amusing

Peter Pan theatre trip. This

term new students like

year 7 have found their

place at Lady Nafisa

School, they are now set-

tled and engaging with our

motto “Whoever strives

will succeed”

I hope you all have a

lovely winter holiday.

Wasalaam

Genes for Jeans Day

Breast Cancer Awareness Day

Did you know a shocking

11,500 people die from

breast cancer every year in

the UK! October is a

month to raise awareness

and support those with

breast cancer. LNS stu-dents wore pink hijabs to

school to show moral sup-

port as part of the national

‘Wear It Pink’ day. In the

morning we had an in-

formative assembly with

year 9 who talked about

breast cancer and told us

some interesting facts. We

learnt that 1 in 8 women

develop the cancer in

their lifetime. But the

awareness is not just for

those diagnosed, it is also

for loved ones of those

affected by the cancer. Year 9 had a bake sale to

raise money for the

breast cancer awareness

charity. Many students

baked yummy treats and

we all dug deep to donate

and eat cake!

So next October remem-

ber to show your sup-

port!

Faarisah (yr 10)

On Tuesday 20th November we had a

new addition to the outside of the school.

With a very generous donation from a

brother in the local community our

school sign finally went up.

Staff and students eagerly watched as the

fitters put the sign up. The rest of the stu-

dents were away at PE and met with a

pleasant surprise when they returned.

Now we are here in the new building and

our neigh-

bours and

passers by can see who we

are!

“It’s nice to

have our sign

up now and it

looks lovely in the school

colours”

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New School SIGN Above: Students in pink hijabs and biscuits

baked by Warda yr 8

ECO update

In this term Rayhana and I have

been doing water bottle checks to

encourage students to use reusable

water bottles as doing this is a good

way to help protect the environ-

ment. We started the term in Sep-

tember with an assembly to remind

students the harm single use plastics

cause to the environment.

For students who are consecutive

in bringing their reusable water bot-

tles, there will be a SURPRIZE!!!!!!

So far the people who have had

their water bottles every week

are...

• Tabasam

• Faarisah

Our other target was to reduce

water wastage especially at wudu

times. Rayhana did a presentation

on this.

Aisha Morris (yr 8)

Yr10’s ART Trip to Kew Gardens

NO PENS DAY:

On NO pens day we used NO

pens which was very fun. We

did so many fun activities and

quizzes which made all of us so-

cialize a lot and get to know

each other better. It gave us the

chance to use and develop our

speaking and listening.

Ayaan year 8

“It was very enjoyable because

we did not use pens, we got to

talk and listen more instead”

Huda year10

Lots of fun activities took place

across all of the lessons, we had

role plays, games and debates to name a few. We hope to take

part in NO pens day again next

year.

“I enjoyed Math's lessons on no

pens day as we got to work out

problems in other ways, using

objects not just our usual pens”

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We had an exciting trip to Kew Gardens as part of our

art GCSE. We had an art

workshop by a lady called

Ruth, we learnt new tech-

niques like etching and we

were pushed to try new

things that we hadn’t done

before. We experimented

with different media and went

in the temperate house and

did scraffito using oil pastels.

We also have the opportunity

to make models out of wood-

en sticks.

Ustahda then gave us an hour

to go around and collect ma-

terials to use as part of our

projects. We all took food

with us and also had the

chance to visit the canteen

and shops.

Overall it was a great fun day

and we were able to add pag-

es to our art portfolios.

Thankyou to ustadha Tanzina

for organising an excellent

and memorable trip.

Khadeeja (yr 10)

“It was really fun

learning new

things”

Ruqaya (yr 10)

Below: year 7 building models in Maths

Right: year 11 dissecting hearts in Science

Left: The Coronation

Chair at the Abbey

MITZVAH Day

On Tuesday 11th December

year 7 and 8 were excited to

finally be going to the theatre.

We were going to Richmond

theatre to watch the classic Pe-

ter Pan. Some of us had never

been to the theatre before so

there was lots of excitement.

Ustadhas Kinza, Sanaa and Oo-

rooj took us to the bus stop

and we had a fun journey on the

way there. Once we were seat-

ed the lights dimmed and the

play started. It was full of humor

and drama. We laughed so

much and enjoyed the perfor-

mance whilst munching on our

snacks.

We were happy

when we heard

our tickets includ-

ed a free ice

cream! That topped off the trip

and at the end there were ques-

tions and interaction with the

audience.

Overall it was a fun experience

and an excellent play. We look

forward to going to the theatre

again in the future.

Theatre trip PETER PAN

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On 29th November for Mitzvah

Day we went to Sufrah kitchen

to help prepare food for the

homeless. There are many home-

less people in the London and we

were able to help feed some of

them. We made yummy pasta

salad and fruit salad. We pre-

pared everything ourselves,

chopping the fruit and vegetables.

From LNS 13 students went and

met with girls from J Coss Jewish

school. We were put into groups

of 3 and worked together to pre-

pare the food. We were there

from 10-2pm. Before we left, we

were lucky enough to go and visit

the edible garden and the garden-

er let us feed the chickens.

Thanks to ustadha Tahira and

ustadha Oorooj for taking us

there and for the opportunity to

work with other schools and do

something so rewarding. By

Mehreen YR 8

Right: and left: Students preparing

fruit and pasta salad

Top right: Aneesa feeding chickens

Top right: students tak-

ing their seats and wait-

ing for the play to start

Bottom right: play on

stage

Anti Bullying Week:

Theatre trip A CHRISTMAS CAROL

The winner with a powerful pic-

ture, was Maryam Beg year 11.

Well done!

This year’s theme for anti bul-

lying week was ‘Choose Re-

spect’. The week kicked off

with an informative assembly

by ustadha Sanam. Ustadha

taught us not to be afraid to

stand up against bullying and to be respectful to people re-

gardless of their race, gender,

ethnicity or religion. The year

10’s also did an assembly on

this topic. It was very funny!!

To celebrate anti bullying

week everyone wore odd

socks. This was to remind us

that we’re all different and

unique and that is what makes

us ourselves.

Huda (yr 10)

The competition this year was

to design a poster to raise

awareness about cyber bullying.

Cyber bullying has become a

big problem in recent years.

As part of our GCSE we have

been studying the text a

Christmas Carol and we were

happy to hear that a local thea-

tre in Windsor was performing

the play. Ustadha Mariya and

ustadha Kalsoom took year 9 and 11 on the bus into Wind-

sor and we arrived at the royal

theatre. None of us had visited

this theatre before and

we were nervous and

excited.

We soon settled into our seats

and we were absorbed into the

performance. It was an excel-

lent play and it really helped us

to understand what we had

been studying in English les-

sons.

After the performance ustadha

let us go to get some food and

we ended up meeting the ac-

tors there!! That gave us the

chance to thank them for their

performance. It was a really

memorable trip and even

though we were exhausted

when we got back it was worthwhile. We hope to visit

the theatre again soon.

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“It was a very interesting

assembly” Marjaan yr 11

“The acting was

amazing and it

really bought the

text we had

studied to life”

Right: Bob Crachett

and his son

The following students have

achieved GOLD (MERITS):

Yr 7 Fatuma Said

Hani Ahmed

Ramla Hassan

Sumaya Abdi

Sumeya Socdal

Zundus Abdi

Yr 8 Aliyah Mohamed

Hana Yasin

Mehreen Musa

Ruwayda Abdi

Tasnim Dahir

Youmna Khan

Yr 9 Aisha Ahmed

Lena Asse

Zahra Saeed

Yr 10 Amal Ali

Fatima Abdi

Khadeejah Beg

Muskan Aminullah

Ramla Noor

Rania Anwar

Ruqaya Qureshi

Tabasum Paeizi

The following students have

achieved PLANTINUM:

Yr 7 Aneesah Ghazi

Easha Khawaja

Maryama Ali

Rowda Abdi

Summayah Wali

Yr 8 Aishah Morris

Ruweyda Abdi

Safiyyah Choudhury

Wardah Jameel

Yr 9 Fatima Dhuhaa

Rayhana

Sara

Yr 10 Faarisah Nadir

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Black History

Month

October represents Black History

Month. This year we had informa-

tive assemblies and tutorial to get

us thinking and talking about black

people in the past and now.

Ustadha Tahira also arranged for

a special speaker to Skype in and

talk to us from America. The

speaker is a black woman and au-

thor of children's books on black

history. It was a very inspiring and

interesting talk.

Trip to Cineworld: As part of Black History Month

the whole school went on a cine-

ma trip to watch the movie Sel-

ma. We made our own way there

and were kindly provided with

snack boxes containing tasty pop-

corn, a chocolate treat and deli-

cious healthy water. People

bought their own snacks too to

enjoy during the movie. A lot of

us found it emotional and heart

warming to see the struggle that

black people went through fighting for basic rights. The year

11 were singing at the end due to

the overwhelming emotion. Eve-

ryone thought the trip was mem-

orable and amazing and we hope

to go again.

HOT FOOD: We have been really lucky this

term as the school is now selling

hot food at lunch times. Ustadha

Shebana trialled the hot food in

the first week making delicious

chicken biriyani and finger licking

roast chicken with naan and sal-

ad. Those who bought it really

enjoyed it and the following

week even more students

signed up for the food. A stu-

dent survey was done at the end

of the second week to see what

meals students would enjoy

more and in response to this we

are having lasagne and burgers

this week. We hope that stu-

dents continue to buy the hot

food and we have lots more

tasty dishes next term.

Right: students outside Cineworld

Feltham– ready to go in

Above: slide from the presenta-

tion on black women

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INTERNATIONAL DAY:

Thanks to the school council,

this year again we were able

to celebrate international day.

The school council gave us all

the continents that we would

represent and excitedly pre-

pared. All the classes made

lists of yummy foods and dec-

orations and drinks that we

would bring in for the day and

every class wanted to impress

the judges and be the win-

ners.

Year 7 had Europe, year 8

had North America, year 9

had South America, year 10

Africa and year 11 had Asia.

All the girls came dressed in

clothes to represent their

own continent and came lad-

en with lots of food.

In the morning after assem-

bly we did a short school quiz

on countries and continents.

Muna and Marjaan from year

11 organised it and we had

lots of fun answering the

questions including things like

“which country has the most

post boxes?”

We started at 12 o clock with

prayers and then busily got to

work setting up the class-

rooms. A few students tried

to spy on other classes but

we kept the door closed and

windows covered. Once eve-

rything was set up in turn the

classes were allowed to go

around and visit each other.

As we visited other classes

we were given a taster tray of

foods from that class.

By the end we all got to taste

the cuisine of different conti-

nents and see the decoration.

It was a really enjoyable day

and we hope to do it again

next year.

Upcoming events next term

Sisters Evening Open evening Maths Challenge

Science Museum Natural Histroy Museum Science Week

Careers Fair Sadaqa Day World Book Day

School Sleepover World Hijab Day

That time was here again

…. The sponsored walk!!

This year LNS decided to

go for the walk in Re-

gents Park, and this

would be a 5km walk.

Although this sounded tough for the year 7’s the

rest of us assured them it

would be fine, we had

done 11K the year be-

fore!

The walk was on Monday

10th December and after

2 weeks of assessments

we were all looking for-

ward to a day outside of

the classroom. The good

news was the weather

was nice, no sign of any

rain or snow. We arrived

by coach and embarked

on the walk. It was a

lovely park and we saw

duck, birds and even a

giraffe over the fence from London Zoo next

door!

We kept a good pace

with ustadha Kalsoom

leading from the front

with ustadha Aaminah.

Once the walk was com-

pleted we went to the

masjid next door.

It was the first time some

of us visited Regents Park

masjid but it was beautiful

inside and we prayed ja-

maat there with Muskan

leading the prayer.

After prayer we were

allowed to go down to

the canteen and buy burgers and chips or en-

joy a packed lunch from

home.

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5km Sponsored WALK

QUIZ TIME:

“It was a really

enjoyable and

scenic walk. I

enjoyed the food

part the best”

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