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InsideNews Message from the Vice Principal

Respected parents, valuable teachers and dear students,

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahe Wabarakatahu,

This is how time flies; Alhamdulillah! we have already come to the end of the first term of our new academic year. It is rewarding to see everyone settled in their own campuses, all set to learn. I would like to appreciate the efforts put in by our high achievers in their O-Level exams 2011-12. Congratulations! Well done dear students.

The administrative skills of our student council, both at the Girls Campus Society as well as the Boys Campus Society, also call for appreciation. One can witness a marked improvement in the discipline of both the campuses. May Allah SubHanahu help them in becoming our future leaders. Ameen.

Jazak’Allahukhair, dear teachers and parents. Without your support and efforts none of the above could have been achieved.

Let us now take a break to think and reflect upon our vision, which is...

...To seek the pleasure of Allah Almighty.

Before we get into any thought process regarding achieving our vision, let us go through the following references:

“Say (O Muhammad ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص): ‘If you (truly) love Allah, follow me! Allah will then love you and forgive your sins.’ And Allah is All Forgiving, All Merciful.”(Sura Al Imraan)

“None of you will have faith until he has more love for me than for his parents, his children, and all humanity.”(Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

“Doing a little of the Sunna is better than striving hard in innovation.”(Ibn Mas`ud RAA)

It becomes quite obvious from the above references that in order to achieve our vision, we first need to inbuilt in our hearts the love of our Prophet Mohammad ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص as without it, we will never be able to......seek the pleasure of Allah Almighty.

The love for our Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص demands us to bring about a positive change in our lives following his footsteps. Let us get into the prompt habit of following his sunnah on day to day basis, which will surely lead us into achieving our vision.

Following the footsteps of our beloved Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص will also help us excel in all our roles, along with creating a balance between them.

Dear students, at this point I would like to bring your focus to your role of a student. Second term is about to begin and we expect you to put in your best effort in your studies. Study regularly and make it a set routine. You need to develop a passion for learning which will ensure your growth and will enable you to think intelligently, act well and above all thank Allah سبحانه وتعلٰى for His numerous blessings.

May Allahسبحانه وتعلٰى guide us all, Ameen.والسالمVice-Principal

كة برا و هللا ا رمحمت و علیکم لسالم ا

Contents Abbr. PageJunior Campus, Society JCS 2Montessori Campus, Society MCS 3Boys Campus, Society BCS 4-5Girls Campus, Society GCS 6Junior Campus, Gulshan JCG 7Parent Muzakrah/High Achievers 8

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Maintaining an intellectual environment to evolve the skills in our students, a number of activities were planned over the period, without violating the Divinely-laid principles.

Eid Get TogetherOn 24th of August Eid get together was celebrated amid jingle of bangles and cheers of joy by radiant faced children dressed up festively. The henna on little hands added colour to the day. The classes were colourfully and joyfully decorated with full involvement of students. The tempting food items were shared, following ways of Sunnah and the day ended up with excitement.

Quran Quiz CompetitionQuran Quiz Competition ---- a way to spread Quranic knowledge and

boost children’s confidence, was held by Junior Campus Society on Monday, 8th of October,2012 at Nakhlah Auditorium. The keen interest and participation of the

children were highly appreciated by the attending mothers.

All participants received certificates and winners were appreciated with gifts. Special prizes were also awarded to those who were well prepared.

Congrats to all our young winners!

Class I -E Class II-A Class III-B

Mumhammad Areeb Naved Binte Iftikhar Ullah Mumhammad Yaseen

Binte Shakeel Memon Binte Muhammad Hanif Binte Syed Muhammad Sohaib

Binte Salman Khurshid Binte Muhammad Khurram Safwan Salman

A ReadingMotivational ProgrammeA Reading Motivational Programme was organized from 1st October till 22nd October 2012 to motivate students by extending their learning other than the curriculum and to develop love for books. Children enthusiastically waited for the deadline to submit their book reviews .The exciting experience of exploring the world around them through books was concluded with token gifts and the certificates.

Book FairTo provide further encouragement and good motivational reading material, a Book Fair was held on 13th October at JCS. The avid interest and great turnout was the proof of the success of this fair.

Maths QuizIn an effort to enhance the mathematical skills of our young ones, a Maths Quiz was held at Nakhlah Auditorium for students of JCS on Friday 16th November 2012. The trial and error game was attended by mothers sitting inquisitively, holding their breaths and praying for their children. The programme based on Individual, Memory, Rapid Fire and Visual Rounds which ended up with the distribution of shields to winners.

Winners of Maths Quiz:

Class I (Yellow) Class II (Green) Class III (Red)

Binte Shah Muhammad Binte Abdul Majeed Vayani Binte Arshad Wahab

Zaheer Ahmed Binte Muhammad Ameen Bhoori Muhammad Taha Sohail

Syed Umer Hassan Shaheer Ijlal Binte Muhammad Ali

Umer Naseer Muhammad Ahmed Muhammad Talha

Muhammad Ibrahim

Junior Campus, Society (JCS)

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Orientation For Mothers

Date: 27th August, 2012Montessori Campus Society had arranged an orientation session for the mothers. The session was divided into three slots for Nursery, Prep I and Prep II separately. In the orientation we briefed the mother about our system. We also provided information about our evaluation system and other activities. This session was meant mainly to facilitate parents in their responsibilities towards their children at home, so that the

school as well as parents can go hand in hand supplementing each other’s efforts towards the development of our young ones.

Eid Get Together

Date: 31st August, 2012After Eid-ul-Fitr an eid get together was organized to review the Suunah etiquettes of

dustarkhwan and develop the spirit of sharing and caring. Children wore their colourful Eid dresses to celebrate the occasion.A jumping castle was also arranged to make the event

more fun filled for the young ones.

Health Week

Date: 17th September 2012- 21st September 2012Health week was scheduled to reinforce the importance of personal hygiene and good health. Use of miswak , sunnah way of cutting nails, washing hands and face and care to take a good personal appearance were demonstrated to the students.

Seasons Display

Date: 17th October, 2012 – 19th October, 2012A display of all four seasons was shown along with the display of day and night. The purpose behind was to inculcate the importance of all four seasons through

the changes found in them. A lot of effort was put in by the teachers to make 3D models for the display. Blessings of Allah, were realized by everyone through this

project work.

Drawing Competition

Date: 12th October, 2012. Venue: Montessori Campus SocietyA drawing competition was held to boost up the confidence level, imagination and art skills in our students. The young competitors of Prep I and Prep II participated with zeal in this competition, which was based on the ongoing theme of Seasons.

Winners:• Binte Muhammad Faisal Prep I-A (Best)• Zaid Asim Prep 1-A• Binte Maqbool Ahmed Prep 1-A • Binte Rashid Khan Prep 1-E• • Binte Muhammad Mudassir Prep II-C (Best)• Binte Asif Haroon Prep II-A• Binte Naeem Jamal Prep II-D

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Boys Campus, Society (BCS)

Eid Get TogetherEid get-together was held at the Boys Campus Society, on August ’12. The purpose was to inculcate Islamic values with special emphasis on celebrations and to build dependable student-teacher relationship. The event was celebrated within each class where students decorated their classes, played different mind games, etc. The class teachers along with subject teachers explained importance of celebration in Islam in context with Eid-ul-Fitr. The teachers actively participated in the event with students throughout the day …….

Formation of disciplinary committeeIn August ‘12 a disciplinary committee was formed. This comprised of teachers representing four houses as house in-charges and a student council. The student council comprised of a head boy, house captains and prefects representing their houses. The distinguished student members took oath and pledged to honor the rules and regulations of Nakhlah and nurture Islamic values to become a practicing Muslim …...

Speech CompetitionCentrally air-conditioned Nakhlah Auditorium was beamed by all young Nakhlians at the very bubbly event of Speech Competition enticing the audience and making them spell bound in October 2012. In three groups ranging from classes IV till Senior O-Level-III, all participants demonstrated their skills on different topics; e.g. Defending independence is more difficult than achieving it, Cleanliness is half of faith, The root cause of Muslim degradation today and its only remedy etc…….

Urdu Speech Competition Result

S# Student Name Class House Name Position

1 Abdul Raffay Mangrani VI-A Khalid First

2 Muhammad Haris Imran VIII Khalid First

3 Anas Shafiq O-II Zaid First

English Speech Competition Result

S# Student Name Class House Name Position

1 Abdul Nafay IV-A Saad First

2 Abdur Rahman VIII Khalid First

3 Wajdan Ishtiaq O-II Khalid First

Karate Training in the CampusEngaging in some daily physical activity is the need of the sedentary life of today. The manifold benefits of physical fitness can come into effect only through regular physical activity. For these reasons the Boys Campus of Nakhlah has initiated a physical fitness training program in karate. This program has produced wide range of benefits. This training has been scheduled after academics on specified days. One can always witness the energetic participation of the young students in these karate classes.

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Boys Campus, Society (BCS)

Spelling Bee CompetitionBuzzing young minds of aged group 9-11 of BCS made a great feat in the 8th Spelling Bee Competition at Karachi Arts Council held in the month of October 2012. They reached in the final round trouncing a number of renowned schools of the city. Keep it up!!..... Hafiz Uraib Aftab and Faizan Kamran…..

Barbecue get togetherBesides the other events, a grand BAR B Q get together was organized in BCS in November ‘12. The senior most students of Class O-III and all the faculty members vigorously and ardently took part in it. In a friendly environment, all enjoyed the event where chicken tikkas, beef boties and beef kababs were served. The most noteworthy feature of the barbecue was its timely and according to Sunnah way of accomplishment……

Maths QuizAs part of the extracurricular activities, a Maths Quiz Competition was held in Oct, 2012. All selected students from classes IV to O-III participated in this event. As for the procedure of the event, students were asked oral, MCQs and written questions on prescribed syllabi according to GCE. One student from each class came up as the winner. Since the Math Quiz was held house wise, there was a great spirit of competition among students…

Maths Quiz Competition Result

S# Student Name Class House Name Position

1 Abdul Nafay IV-A Saad First

2 Muhammad Haseeb Hassan V-A Abu Ubaidah First

3 Abdul Aleem VI-B Abu Ubaidah First

4 Arif Zubairi VII Saad First

5 Imaaduddin Farooqui VIII Zaid First

6 Hunainuddin O-I Abu Ubaidah First

7 Saif Ur Rehman O-II Saad First

8 Muhammad Muneeb Asim O-III Khalid First

Inter-School Cricket TournamentNakhlah BCS participated in an Inter-school Cricket Tournament in the month of September 2012. The match was played on knock-out basis in a verdant green ground with all first class facilities.

In the first round, after winning the toss our boys opted to bat first against Army Public School (APS). Nakhlah team scored 76 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in all 8 overs. Prominent scorer was Ammar SohaIl of O-III (45 runs). BCS bowled out APS for 68 runs in the 7th over. Muhammad Umair of O-III took 5 wickets.

This led us to the semi-finals against Beaconhouse School System, A ‘level Senior Branch. This time, the Nakhlah BCS team scored 81 runs with the best partnership between Ammar Sohail and Ibtehaj Shaikh Jawaid (both from O-III) contributed 40 runs. Unfortunately, we lost this match as the opponents from BSS A ‘level team were much senior and veteran. Yet, we have attained team spirit, camaraderie, enthusiasm and fervor to perform in a far better way in future ………

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Girls Campus, Society (GCS)At NAKHLAH Girls Campus Society co-curricular activities are an integral part of school programs, as they provide scope for healthy recreation, develop social skills, a sense of cooperation, team spirits and self discipline. Thus, they cater to the development of students’ entire personality. In this regard, every month many competitions regarding different learning areas are held creating positive competitive environment.

Elections

Elections were held right after Ramadan and Eid holidays at GCS for Head Girl, Deputy Head Girl, Prefects and House Captains with an aim of inculcating responsibility and leadership qualities in our young girls. The result was announced on the 31st of August and a special Oath taking ceremony was held. The winners were presented with sashes. The ceremony was concluded with a speech by the campus in charge and the academic coordinator and a dua for Allah’s blessing to help in performing their duties well.

Physical fitness training program

Health is one of the biggest gift from ALLAHسبحانه وتعلٰى.The manifold benefits of physical fitness can come into effects only through regular physical activity. For this reason NAKHLAH Girls Campus has initiated physical fitness training program.

Naat and Qirat competition

The academic year at Nakhlah Girls Campus took a wonderful start with Naat and Qirat competition. The event was arranged at GCS on 26th Shawwal 1433, Friday 14th Sep, 2012 and went wonderfully. The students put in the hard work which was noticeable.

Winners of Qirat Competition:

Position IV - V VI - VII VIII - OI OII - OIII

1st Bint e Saad (V C) Binte Afzal (V C) Binte Khwaja Ahmed Muqtadir (OI A) Binte Imran (OIII B)

2nd Binte Tariq (V A) Binte Naeem (VI A) Binte Shafiq Ahmed Khan (VIII A) Binte Abu Talib (OIII B)

3rd Binte Badar (IV C) Binte Shafeeq (VII C) Binte Rizwan (VIII A) Binte Shafiq (OII B)

Winners of Naat Competition:

Position IV - V VI - VII VIII - OI OII - OIII

1st Binte Younus (V B) Binte Shahnoor (VI B) Bint Imran (VIII C) Binte Munaf (OII B)Binte Yaseen (OIII B)

2nd Binte Shamsi (IV B) Binte Faisal (VI A) Binte Sohail (OI A) Binte Habib (OIII A)Binte Habib (OIII A)

3rd Binte Faisal (V B) Binte Akif Binte Muhammad Najeeb Khan (VIII C)

Binte Aamir Iqbal Shamsi (OII B)Binte Faisal (OII B)

Picnic for Seniors

Another much awaited event was the Picnic for seniors. Girls Campus Society organized a picnic for classes VII to OIII on Tuesday 2nd October, 2012. Students were ecstatic when they were told about the trip to the Pavilion End Club. Things were kept within the limits of Sharia and Pardah and punctuality was observed.

Math Quiz

A year at Nakhlah would not be complete if Math Quiz competition was not arranged. On 17th October, 2012, Wednesday at GCS, the spectacular event was arranged. All the Mathamatics’ teachers of the campus started preparations months ago. The event was fun at the same time very educational.

Winners:

Position IV - V VI - VII VIII - OI OII - OIII

1st Binte Imran (V A) Binte Muhammad Asghar Abbasi (VII C) Binte Tauseef Ilyas (OI A) Binte Saeed (OII B)

2nd Binte Ataullah Khan (V B) Binte Farhan (VII C) Binte Saleem (OI A) Binte M. Rehan Laique (OII B)

3rd Binte Mohammad Amil (V C) Binte A. Samad (VII C) Binte Javed (VIII A) Binte Munaf (OII B)

Barbecue

On Saturday 10th November 2012, GCS had a barbeque of teachers and OIII students. All teachers and students showed their enthusiasm by contributing in the party with meat or drinks or kulfis. Students of OIII prepared tasty and well decorated salads within a limited time showing their talent and creativity.

Winners of Salad competition: Binte Asif (OIII B), Binte Abu Talib (OIII B), Binte Imran (OIII B), Binte Nadeem (OIII A)

The winning team was presented with Chef caps and certificates. All in all everyone enjoyed .

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Eid Get TogetherThe etiquettes of socializing and sharing happiness is the aim of Eid get together every

year. Students in colorful lovely dresses representing eastern attire had fun playing games and sharing yummy food even with maids - hence realizing that this is what Islam teaches us. All in all it was a great day for them.

Orientation Session

An orientation session for mothers was held on 24th Aug-12. The purpose of the session was

to give awareness about our system and to explain how the character building and academic development can be achieved in an Islamic environment. Comprehensive briefing helped mothers to understand our system.

Health Is Wealth WeekAs it is said “The greatest wealth is health”. In order to develop importance of health a week was dedicated.

Different activities and presentations like how to do miswak, wash hands, Sunnah way of using washroom and importance of exercise etc were carried out. Outdoor activities were further emphasized through scrap book which the children took home at the end of the week.

Seasons and Drawing CompetitionTo give awareness of each season, a season’s display and drawing

competition was held on 12th of Oct-12. It was amazing to see little hands creating fantastic scenes related to seasons in the drawing competition. The winners and participants got prizes and certificates for their marvelous efforts.

Junior Campus, Gulshan (JCG)

Food BazaarFood day was celebrated on Friday,16th of November for the students of JCG . It was a real fun day. All students enjoyed on jumping castle and slide. They were given coupons to purchase healthy food items from different stalls. Sunnah etiquette of eating were also reinforced during snack time. At the end of the day they went home with gifts like head bands, sashes lovely lunch mats and recipe book.

Winners of Drawing CompetitionPosition Prep-II Class-I

1st Muhammad Umer Mufti Binte Mohammad Anwer Rizvi

2nd Syed Zaid Bin Amir Binte Syed Iftikhar Ahmed

3rd Binte Arif Ameer Khan Binte Haseeb Sheikh

Special Prize Binte Irfan Khan M. Nabeeh Qureshi and Abdur Rehman Anwar

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Parents MuzakrahHolding a Muzakrah for Parents, periodically, is a mark of distinction for Nakhlah. The aim to conduct such an event is to provide a platform for parental guidance and motivation through lectures by authentic Ulema-e-Karam.

A Muzakrah was held on Sunday 4th of November at Jinnah Hall. The overwhelming response of parents confirms that they are aware of their role in social and intellectual development of their children. The heart-touching lecture delivered by Mufti Abdul Jabbar Sahib Imam wa Khateeb Jamia Masjid Ali DHA, Karachi ended up in a warming Dua.

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High Achievers GCSPresent O-Level Students (O-II Result)

S.No. Names A* A B

1 Binte M. Sarwer 3

2 Binte Asif Omer 1 2

3 Binte Asif Siddique 1 2

4 Binte Abdul Wahab Habib 1 1 1

5 Bint M. Yaseen Anwer 1 2

6 Binte M. Imran 3

7 Binte Akber Ibrahim 1 2

8 Binte M. Akram 2 1

9 Binte Atif 3

10 Binte Aamir Iqbal 2 1

11 Binte Abdul Ghaffar 2 1

12 Binte M. Adil 1 2

13 Binte Abdul Rasheed 2 1

14 Binte M. Ashraf 2 1

15 Binte Haryani 1 2

16 Binte M. Arif 2 1

17 Binte M. Anwer 2 1

18 Binte Abid Ismail 2 1

19 Binte Afzal Khan 1 2

20 Binte Rehan Barry 2 1

21 Binte M. Ilyas 1 2

22 Binte M. Yousaf 2 1

Past O-Level Students (Consolidated Result)

S.No Names A* A B

1 Binte M. Asif 2 3 3

2 Binte Mehboob Kasbati 1 3 3

3 Binte M. Younus 3 4

4 Binte M. Jaffer 3 4 1

5 Binte M. Dawood 1 4 2

6 Binte M. Rafiq 4 2 2

7 Binte Yawar Abbas 3 3 2

8 Binte Abrar Ahmad 3 4 1

9 Binte M. Adil 6 1

10 Binte Aftab Alam 2 3 3

11 Binte Anwer Ahmed 2 5

12 Binte Hatim A. Hameed 2 5

High Achievers BCSS.No Names A* A B

Present O-Level Students (O-II Result)

1 Ammar Sohail Zindani 2 1 0

2 Hassan Ishtiaq Nagaria 1 2 0

3 Muhammad Muneeb 1 2 0

4 Zaid Muhammad Ali Agaria 0 3 0

Past O-Level Students (Consolidated Result)

1 Syed Danyal Ishtiaq Jafry 5 0 1

2 Muhammad Adam 2 4 1

3 Muzammil Aamir 3 3 2