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Dear Parent/ Carer,

A warm welcome to the spring issue of our Newsletter

covering an action packed term, with so many highlights.

It is difficult to pick a specific highpoint, as every day at

Madani is a joy. As I write this however, two moments spring

to mind - the performance by the amazing LIA students at

the end of term awards assembly was simply unforgettable

and secondly, what was certainly the best World Book Day

we’ve ever had. From start to finish, the collective effort by

all staff across all teams, students (from Madani and LIA!),

parents and governors was amazing; the day really

encapsulated what Madani stands for.

On this theme of World Book day (WBD), it’s easy to immerse

ourselves in a bit of nostalgia on WBD and remember the

classics that we read growing up. The books, which

transported us into different worlds and adventures. WBD

proved that no one is ever too young, too old or too cool to

enjoy a journey with books and stories.

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Head of schools message

World Book Day 2018

We love World Book Day at

Madani and this year was an

extra special celebration by staff

and students of authors, all types

of books fiction & non-fiction and

most importantly READING!

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Paris, France Maths Trip

Madani students visited a

number of art galleries, museums

and Parisian landmarks. See

inside for more information and

pictures from the trip.

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Ibn Battuta

Faculty

Humanities

History

Geography

RE

Citizenship

AHT/ Head of Faculty

Ms K Phillips

International Women’s Day (See also page 17)

IWD is always an important event in the year and

this year the Humanities department took the

opportunity to take part in the global call to action

to “press forward and progress gender parity.” This

included activities which examined how women’s

rights and the fight for equality have progressed

over time and how much progress we have

actually made towards gender parity today.

Guest speakers joined the Year 8 and 9 lessons to

help students explore important figures and events

in the past and present. Peter Barratt, the great-

grandson of Alice Hawkins, the leader of the

suffragettes in Leicester explained how women

from Leicester were involved in the national

campaigns to obtain the vote for women and Ms.

Mayat helped Year 8 students examine

inspirational female figures in Islam and in their own

families.

GCSE students explored what Islam teaches

regarding gender equality and how attitudes have

changed and how far British society has come

since women obtained the vote and of course how

far we still have yet to go to achieve gender parity.

On IWD itself, students across the department in

both schools shared their reflections in a display in

the reception area. It was wonderful to see the

impact of inspirational women, including those at

our school, have had on the lives of young people

in both schools. It was also great to see how many

students and staff wore the sashes supplied by Ms.

Khan. Students in her form presented explanations

of inspirational women of the present and the past

who have contributed to the process of working

towards gender parity.

Thank you to all who made the day a success!

Religious Education (See also page 15)

Year 9 students set up museum-like posts in the

library to show their learning about Rites of

Passage. The Rite of Passages work began as a

short term project to illustrate student

understanding of Abrahamic marriage rites in Islam,

Christianity and Judaism.

Each group of six students divided into pairs and

focused on the birth, marriage and death rites of

an agreed Abrahamic faith. The group was

expected to produce a book of the three main

monotheistic religions, telling the story of their

characters. They had to do so in a way that was

innovative, utilising an animation theme, thereby

challenging students to bridge contemporary

messages with traditional values.

Winners: Huda Vahora, Sana Bibi,

Muimmah Bora, Safiyah Irshad, Hoor

Sanjania and Umm-e-Habibah Khan

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Holly Smale Author Visit

We had such a treat for all our Geek Girl

aficionados on the 5th March when one of the

countries bestselling teenage fiction authors came

to our girl’s school. Holly is the author of the Geek

Girl series which we have had to buy many times

over due to its popularity.

The first book in the series, Geek Girl, received

favourable reviews and was the Number 1 debut

teen fiction book of 2013 in the UK. It won the 2014

Waterstones' Children's Book Prize in the young

adult category. It also received the 2014 Leeds

Book Award in the age’s 11–14 category and was

shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2013, the

Queen of Teen award 2014 and the Branford Boase

Award 2014. Holly told us that her series has sold

over 1.2 million copies and has been translated into

a number of other languages.

During her book signing; I don’t think we’d ever

seen such a long queue for autographs. A

terrifically enjoyable experience for our students.

Leicester Author Week

What a busy old day it was when we took a 100

pupils over to the Leicester Tigers stadium to visit

the Blue Peter Award winning author, Ali Sparkes.

Ali is currently writing her 43rd book and our

students received a free signed copy of her

latest book ‘Thunder Struck’.

Our pupils were chosen from the top 50 book

borrowers at the school so well done to those

deserved attendees.

Ali did a creative writing session towards the end of

the event and some of our students did some

fantastic pieces in the short time that they had (See

Isra & Ishrat’s 10 minute creative writing below!).

These will be up on display in the near future!

Ibn Thabit

Faculty

English

Literacy

MFL

French

Arabic/ Urdu


Ms C Rajania


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Paris Maths Trip 22nd – 24th March 2018

Madani students travelled to Paris to visit a

number of art galleries, museums and Parisian

landmarks. These included the Stade de France,

Eiffel Tower, Musee du Louvre to see the Mona

Lisa and the Cite des sciences et de l’industrie.

Mr Bhana & Mr Vorajee who coordinated the trip

commented on how well the students behaved

throughout the trip at each venue, travelling &

praying salah on the way and at local Masajid.

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Al Khwarizmi

Faculty

Maths

Numeracy

Computing

Business Studies


Mr I Esat


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Paris Trip continued

It was a most rewarding experience for the

students who got to practice their French,

numeracy and an enjoyable opportunity to see

the city’s many attractions.

Al Khwarizmi

Faculty

Maths

Numeracy

Computing

Business Studies


Mr I Esat

Computer Science

Madani Students from Year 8 attended the Powering

Transformation 2018 event run by the Transformation

Trust at De Montfort University on 13/3/2018. It was a

fantastic opportunity for students to utilise the latest

Dell technology in a collaborative problem-solving

challenge with a focus on community activism and

the opportunity to increase technological fluency,

increase academic aspirations and enhance core

capabilities. Students benefited from interactive

campus tours focused around the potential of

technology and a talk by the University’s Student

Ambassadors which provided students with an

experience of a higher education environment.


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National SCIENCE and STEM (Science,

Technology, Engineering and Maths) Week 2018

Madani Schools Federation celebrated the

National Science and STEM Weeks with an array

of talks, presentations, trips and activities related

to Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.

STEM Talk - Cavendish Nuclear

Years 7 to 10 students at Madani Boys School

and Madani Girls School listened attentively to a

STEM talk by Engineer Nabeel Vohra from

Cavendish Nuclear. He spoke about work in

Islam, about his education and career, Islam

and STEM/ Engineering, gave some career

advice and answered some fantastic questions

posed by our students and staff. The talks were

truly inspirational and placed a large

importance on how and why we should all make

a positive contribution towards society.

STEM K’nex Workshops

Year 8 to 10 students at Madani Boys School,

During Design, Technology and Engineering

lessons received a short talk from Gary Lefman

(Software Engineer - Cisco), Chaz Chatha

(Project Manager - Cavendish Nuclear), Judith

Payne (STEM Manager- LEBC) and Jack Payne

(STEM Coordinator - LEBC). This was followed by

their participation in the STEM K’nex challenge

where they had to, in teams, build a tower out of

K’nex. It had to be at least 50cm tall, hold a

tennis ball at the top and have some sort of a

moving mechanism using a K’nex motor. Our

students demonstrated fantastic team work,

communication and created some of the best

towers our guests had ever seen at schools.

Ibn Sina

Faculty

Science/ STEM

Biology

Chemistry

Physics

PE


Mr N Alam


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Alhambra

Faculty

Art

Design

Technology

STEM


Mr A Azeez

Did you know that illustrators use algebra? Or that video game designers use trigonometry? Or 80% of future jobs will require the use of. STEM fields!

Leicester College- Getting Girls into STEM

Year 10’s from Madani Girls School spent a day

learning about the importance of STEM related

careers, skills and knowledge hosted by Leicester

College. The girls thoroughly enjoyed themselves in

a range of activities and workshops in computing,

science, engineering, accounting, motor-vehicle

and construction workshops.

‘I am pleased to take this opportunity to report how

impressed I was with the students of Madani and how

they conducted themselves during the STEM day at

Leicester College. The students demonstrated an

advanced knowledge of networking and it was very

evident to see that the education they receive has

been of great benefit, both educationally and

socially. They were a credit to Madani and it was a

pleasure to teach them’.

Rachel Stevens, Programme Lead

STEM Land Rover and Jaguar Trip Solihull

Madani students had the fantastic opportunity to

visit the Land Rover and Jaguar plant in Solihull.

Following a Health and Safety briefing, they had a

tour of the factory in Land Rover and Jaguars

Minibuses. Students visited the Press Workshop,

Assembly Workshop, Finishing and Trim Workshop

and Final Check Station.

Students learnt about how the robots are

programmed, how the cars are manufactured,

lean manufacturing and many other important

aspects of running a hugely successful company.

This was followed by lunch, Salah, a Kando and

Octon Challenge, a short talk about career

opportunities, the importance of Science, Design

Technology & Engineering and Maths within STEM

careers and a Q&A session before we departed.


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House All-stars (All categories)

Ali Raza Ahmed 7RD

Ali Haider 9NS

100% Attendance

7RD: Tonem Abdul, Ali Raza

Ahmed, Zakariya Ahmed-Ismail,

Bilal Ifthikar, Abdullah Limbada,

Arqam Mohamed Shaffie & Taaha

Riyaz.

8AH: Idiris Farah, Ashar Hussein,

Amir Kassam, Nabil Kassam, Abdul

Sattar Mahomed & Mustafa

Seedat

9NS: Yaasir Haidar, Ali Haider &

Mohammed Limbada

10KA: M Dheeshan Abubaker,

Mohammad Alam, Mustafa

Mahamud, Umar Mohamed Ishak

& Muhammad Hamza Patel.

11SM: Adil Khalifa, Umar Farooq

Kholwadia, Burhan Mogra,

Abdurrahman Nurgat & Anas

Rahman.

During the last week of term before the Christmas holidays, staff

and students from the House of Muhammad Ali raised money

alongside the LIA relief trust to buy gifts for patients who would be

spending the Christmas period in Hospital.

Staff and students delivered the presents to Leicester Royal

Infirmary where we were greeted by Debbie Adlerstein (Head of

Business Development), Kamlesh Mistry (Community & Events

Fundraising Manager) and Vanessa Daniels (Children’s Unit) upon

arrival.

The hospital were extremely grateful and appreciative of our kind

gesture. As an added bonus some of our students also had the

opportunity to see the Leicester City players and took a few selfies

with Riyad Mahrez.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all staff and students

involved in making this initiative a success and supporting the

initiative.

Muhammad Ali House endeavour to carry out such initiatives,

through empowering our students to contribute positively to wider

society whilst giving a noble account of Muslims and serving to be

an inspiration to all as Muhammad Ali was.

December 21st 2017

Hospital Visit Mr R Afzal & Mr S Amanji

Muhammad Ali

House Head of House Mr R Afzal


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House All stars (All categories)

Safiyyah Muhammad 8AM, Zunaira

Akbar 10SJ, Sharifah Boulaatour 10SJ,

Zaina Ifthikar 10SJ & Taahirah Khan

100% Attendance

7SM: Suad Hassan, Saarah Lambat &

Maryam Mohamed Aashiq.

8AM: Quratul-Ain Abubaker, Hoda

Aidid, Fatima Haddad Hyder Ali,

Zaina Hasni, Diyaana Ifthikar,

Umaynah Jasat, Aakifah Lulat,

Hibaaq Mohamed, Safiyyah

Muhammad, Aaliya Randerwala &

Salma Salad.

9AW: Humera Adam, Anab Ahmed,

Aysha Damyal, Humairaa Pandor,

Asyah Salim, Kaltum Warsame &

Faduma Yusuf.

10SJ: Zunaira Akbar, Sharifah

Boulaatour, Zaina Ifthikar, Taahirah

Khan, Kadidja Ihsene Lahcene,

Umaima Mohamoud, Safia

Omar, Fathima Reema Riyas

Mohammed & Samiya Salim.

11JW: Amina Ahmed, Zaynab

Mansoor & Asiyah Waraich.

Malala Yousafzai

House Head of House Ms S Popat

In partnership with the Leicestershire Heartwize Schools

Programme, Madani students received hands on CPR, AED and

recovery position training. They also had the opportunity to

demonstrate CPR and AED techniques at half time during a

Leicester Riders Basketball match on the 3rd February 2018.

‘I would just like to say what an absolute pleasure it has been

teaching your students CPR this week, I have been treated with

the upmost respect by your students which is a credit to your

school, they have taken part with enthusiasm and been very well

behaved. I would also like you to say a big thank you to your staff

who have been very helpful, for making me feel welcome and for

your hospitality’. Ian Reynolds, St Johns Ambulance

‘Madani students who attended were a credit to the school…

Madani also won the third quarter challenge!’ Vicki Urch,

Coordinator, Heartwize Resuscitation Training Programme

January 15th & February 3rd

CPR/AED training &

Leicester Riders match


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The Anti-Bullying Assemblies were presented by Anti-bullying

ambassadors, Raziyah Marjan, Khamna Reza and Irsa Khan

(below) were on based on Quran and Hadith.

“O you who believe, let not people laugh at people, for they may

be better than them, nor let women laugh at women, as they may

be better than them. Do not find fault with your own people, nor

call one another by nick-names. Evil is a bad name after faith,

whoever changes not is one of the wicked” Al-Hujurat (49 11).

During the assembly, each student was asked to write one positive

attribute about their friend using their complimentary gift pencil

given out by the anti-bullying ambassadors.

January 23rd 2018

Anti-Bullying Assembly Ms M Chopdat


Nafis Firaz 10UV

Fahim Hossain 10UV

Sharmaarke Mohamed 9TM

Ibrahim Mughal 9TM

100% Attendance

7EC: Abdibari Aidid, Zakaria

Bazarwala, Ahyan Bhol, Yoosuf

Faleel-Ahamed, Muhammed-Yaseen

Patel & Shan Sulfikar.

8IA: Yahya Bunglawala, Abdullah

Kaasim & Muhammad-Zayd Patel.

9TM: Saubaan Mansoor, Umar

Mayet, Sharmaarke Mohamed,

Ibrahim Mughal, Muhammad Ali

Raja & Sekeriya Sharif.

10UV: Abdulkadir Abdulle, Mohamed

Bilaal Adam, Nadeem Ahmed, Nafis

Firaz, Fahim Hossain, Luqman Master,

Mohammed Misba, Aanis Ramzan,

Yamaan Tarapuri, Arif Varudi & Adil

Yoonus

11MP: Nasrudin Ahmed, Tayyib

Hussain & Yusuf Mahmood.

Mohamed

Farah House Head of House Mr Zamakda


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Madani Schools Federation supported the Safer Internet Day 2018

campaign of "Create, connect and share respect: A better

internet starts with you". We had a series of activities and events to

raise awareness of internet safety including: e-Safety information

points by our very own IT Support team, Assemblies by the police

(many thanks to Leicestershire Constabulary for sending PCSO Tom

L’Homme!), form time activities and many more.

Congratulation to the winners of our Design a Jigsaw competition:

Naadia Reza (9SC) – MGS | Ammar Patel (8AH) – MBS

February 6th 2018

Safer

Internet Day Mr I Esat, Mr B Ghodawala, Ms Ali & Ms Seedat


Muneerah Boulaatour 7SY, Saarah

Hassan 8MK, Mahirah Maleek 8MK,

Asma Firaz 9SC, Khadijah Ahmed

11MA, Tahmida Kabir 11MA &

Shaimaa Musthafa 11MA

100% Attendance

7SY: Mah Noor Ahmad, Afra Ajmeer,

Jumanah Altwaijeri, Muneerah

Boulaatour, Ayisha Pandor, Hazera

Rahman, Asiya Savage, Afifah Shaikh &

Soumaya Zemouri.

8MK: Aisha Abdi, Saarah Hassan,Amina

Hussain, Zainab Hussain, Asma Yoonus,

Mahirah Maleek, Aamina Musa,

Shaakira Mohamoud & Sara Sherzay.

9SC: Asma Firaz, Iman Hussain, A'mina

Patel & Naadia Reza.

10FM: Bushrah Abul Barakath, Mahh-

Noor Ahmed, Nafisa Chowdhury,

Rahmath Razina, Mohamed Marjan,

Aishah Musa, Samira Osman, Hajira

Raja & Aneeqa Usman.

11MA: Khadijah Ahmed, Tahmida

Kabir, Asma Khan, Shaimaa Musthafa,

Rishadha Ramzan, Khamna Reza &

Kani Salih.

Noor Inayat

Khan House Head of House Ms W Ali

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The session was part of an educational UK tour by ‘Solutions Not

Sides’ consisting of young Israeli and Palestinians, working together

to promote peace and better understanding of the principles of

conflict resolution around the world.

The programme is designed to prepare students to make a

positive, solutions-focused contribution to debates on Israel-

Palestine and other local, inter/ national contentious issues.

The Madani sessions commenced with our visiting peace activists

Nezar Aburas and Hagai Efrat with their powerful personal stories,

a series of presentations on different forms of conflict, followed by

group discussions and concluding with a Q&A with pupils.

The objectives for students were to:

• Explore their views and feelings about conflict and dispel any

stereotypes and prejudices that may exist between communities.

• Discuss events relating to local, national and international issues

in a safe environment and away from the often mistrustful realms

of social or selective media.

• Develop their social, moral, spiritual and cultural progress

February 26th 2018

Solutions

Not Sides Mr M Maghrabi

The MGS Maths Department

celebrated Number Day

2018 on Friday 2nd February

to raise awareness of

Numeracy, and to raise

money for the NSPCC.

Activities included:

• Display in the main

reception for Number

Day (3D shapes, etc.)

• Break & cake sale at

break time to raise money

for the NSPCC

• ‘Answer a riddle’

competition. Winners

were picked from all

correct entries to win

prizes.

Maths Day 2018

MGS Maths Department


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It was our great pleasure to welcome Lt Cdr Hannah Mackenzie

and her team from the Royal Navy. The visit initiated by a close

friend of the Federation Ms Hajra Makda, builds on the close

partnership we have established across the armed forces.

The presentation about the Navy and teambuilding tasks were

focused on the year 7’s of both the Boys’ and Girls’ school. The

aim is to continue the endeavour across other year groups in the

future with a visit from the team at least once per academic term.

Furthermore, there is also a school trip to the National Maritime

Museum in Greenwich who recently had a “Muslims at Sea” event,

scheduled for the next academic year.

‘It was an absolute pleasure to visit the school, we had a great time with

your students who were impeccably behaved & really enthusiastic with all

of our activities. Thank you for your wonderful hospitality. I hope this is the

start of a fruitful partnership between our two organisations’.

Lt Cdr Hannah Mackenzie.

February 28th 2018

Royal Navy Visit Mr I Patel

Ml Kauthar Ali coordinates

school visits to religious places

for our students and in turn to

Madani for visitors from other

schools. These trips are always

a wonderful opportunity for

young people to bring RE

learning to life.

This term, children from Krishna

Avanti visited Madani. They

visited the prayer hall masjid

and learned about some of the

prayer rituals of the Islamic

faith. The children learned how

Muslims wash before they pray.

In the prayer hall, the children

learned about the way Muslims

across the world pray, learned

about some of the Muslim

festivals and were able to ask

lots of questions. Thank you

Krishna Avanti for visiting!

Krishna Avanti

School Visit

February 21st 2018

Maulana Kauthar Ali


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Book Review

Madani Girls Year 7

Fiction Study

We like to make a big deal of all things reading at our school and

it was definitely the case on Thursday 1st March.

This year marks 21 years of World Book Day and the aim was to

encourage children to explore the pleasures of books and reading

by providing them with the opportunity to have a book of their

own and also to partake in our theme of celebrating Non-Fiction

and Fiction books alike.

All of our departments (teaching and support) were busy

preparing for the event this term from Mr Abdul Latif’s 1001 Muslim

Inventions competition, Creative Art’s 1001 textiles through the

ages, Miss Khan’s Rites of Passage competition to Miss Williams

Hunger Games Trials. These are to name but a few! We even had

our own World Book Day menu and Hot Dog stand created by Ms

Quarde and her wonderful catering team.

The school welcomed 240 primary school children from our sister

school LIA to take part in our exhibition and attend a very special

storytelling session by our in house bard; Mr Scott, captivating his

young and old audience in attendance. Our pupils and guests

enjoyed the curators table, learning about the many animals on

display and how they influenced some of our much loved fiction,

such as The Owl Service by Alan Garner and Fantastic Mr Fox by

Roald Dahl.

Lastly an enormous thank you to our Literacy Ambassadors,

ranging from year 9 to year 10. Our young creative minds made

this day a huge success. The buzz around the school was felt

throughout the day!

March 1st 2018

World Book

Day 2018 (A) English & Literacy Teams et al


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2018 Prize Winners

Category 1st 2nd

World Book Day Menu Ahmed Abdullah 7EC

Muneera

Boulatour 7SY

Ruqayyah

Kholwadia 7SY

1001 Muslim

Inventions

Muhammad Mustafa

Ali 8AH

Abu-Bakr-Siddiq

Short 8AH

Year 9 - Rites of

Passage (See left)

Huda Vahora

Sana Bibi

Muimmah Bora

Safiyah Irshad

Hoor Sanjania

Umm-e-Habibah

Khan

Salika Rehman

Sumaya Rifkan

Asma Firaz

Nadia Reza

Maanaar Dada-Ami

Hanaa Waraich

Hunger Games Zaeema Bobat 11MA

Madani World

Records Basketball

Shoot out

Ashar Hussein 8AH

March 1st 2018

World Book

Day 2018 (B) Winners and winners!


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Group photos of winners – see table on page 15

March 1st 2018

World Book

Day 2018 (C) Yet more winners!

Dr Bike - Sustrans

The wonderful Dr Bike, Danielle

Kennell from Sustrans visited the

school completing bike MOT’s.

Sustrans are the charity that's

making it easier for people to

walk and cycle!


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Last academic year, year 9’s were

learning about the #BLM in USA and

tasked to create a t-shirt campaign.

Two teams came out as resounding

winners.

Part of their prize was also to lead a

fundraising campaign, bringing

awareness to the issue of racism in

the UK. After researching, students

decided to raise funds for the

Stephen Lawrence Trust under a

campaign led by M Yoosuff & S

Farah. There were bake sales,

penalty shoot-out, & badge

competition for Y7 & Y8.

Thank you to all who helped raise

funds for the cause, funds will be

going to support scholarships for

young people from impoverished

backgrounds.

Thank you to the following year 10’s:

Assia Adjoud, Samira Omer, Leena

Abdelghani, Umaima Mohammud,

Zunaira Akbar, Sumaya Osman,

Samira Osman, Hoods Dirie, Ayaan

Dirie and a special well done to

Maryam Yoosuff and Samira Farah

for leading the campaign – you

were absolute professionals!

We are proud at Madani Schools

Federation to have such a talented

and enthusiastic student body!

At Madani, we decided to spread the beautiful message of

equality, as best demonstrated in our beloved Messenger’s (SAW)

life, by wearing yellow sashes to spread the positivity of women’s

roles in our lives today. Students wore sashes of both religious/ non-

religious women alive/ past to support the powerful message that

women should continue to raise awareness of the significance

they play/ have played in the past/ present. The message was

reiterated by Mufti Gaibee with a special talk before salah

covering key individuals from our history.

March 8th 2018

International

Women’s Day

#BLM & Stephen Lawrence Trust Appeal


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A number of students

volunteered to bake cupcakes

at school to help spread the

message of contemporary

female activists.

Thank you to: Leena Abdel

Ghani, Lamees Mohamed,

Zaina Ifthikar, Nusayban

Elayan, Zunairah Akbar,

Taahirah Khan and Humairah

Patel….and a very special

thank you to Ms A. Natha who

stayed behind to help support

this charitable cause.

The funds raised will be going

towards Freeva who are a

registered charity based in

Leicester, working towards

reducing domestic violence,

and abuse towards women.

IWD 2018 Baking

For IWD, Year 10 students chose to raise awareness about what

the #MeToo campaign is all about. In order to advocate, they

adopted a variety of strategies including teaching a short lesson

about the topic, as well as demonstrating their enterprising skills via

making bookmarks. They have examined the past as well as the

present, looking at stories about Harvey Weinstein and President

Trump in order to pose meaningful questions about power,

corruption and the continued objectification of women.

The Humanities Department also ran a competition, in conjunction

with World Book Day, and challenged students to create a book

cover of any non-fiction woman from the past and present.

Students were allowed to enter in pairs, and work with any year

group member. Below are some examples of the amazing entries!

Well done to all those who entered. The winner will be voted on

via the whole school (staff and students) alike in an election.

Given the amazing role models we have in the world, it’s

important for young people to be told the stories of brave,

amazing women. Women all over the world; young and old.

Women who aren’t necessarily found on the curriculum.

“I am part of a movement bigger than myself.” Amirah Salim (Y11)

“Nice, empowering… yellow… PROUD.” Ebyan Hersi (Y11)

“It feels good to wear the sash, as it’s important to stand up for

ourselves.” Zainab Hussain (Y8)

“Wearing the sash makes me feel powerful and united with all the

students and teachers.” Sehar Siddique (Y8)

March 8th 2018

#MeToo &

IWD 2018 Ms M Khan


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It was a great pleasure to welcome

the Matt Hampson Foundation to the

school. The powerful life story on the

day was inspirational to students and

staff. It raised their awareness of

disabilities and most importantly

demonstrated that people with any

disabilities can lead a full and

rewarding life.

The message of 'focus on what you

can do, not what you can't' inspires

us to 'get busy living' and achieve

our goals, understanding other's

circumstances and helps us all to

recognise how diversity brings

different experiences which in turn

creates a more interesting and

tolerant world.

We are really looking forward to

working with the foundation again in

the near future, particularly

fundraising, which is what we do best

at the school! Thank you Matt

Hampson Foundation for the

wonderful presentation & insight.

Matt Hampson Foundation

March 8th 2018

Mock Trials

2018 MGS Madani Girls school students attending the Mock Trials in

competition with schools around the county.


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March 8th 2018

Mock Trials

2018 MBS Madani Boys school students attending the Mock Trials in

competition with schools around the county.

A special mention goes to Ali

Haider for winning one of only

5 awards out of 200 students

that attended for being the

Best Witness/ Defendant!

Competition judges were also

particularly pleased with

Mahomed Abdul Sattar and

our magistrate team, Abu

Bakr Short, Umar Mayet and

Mustafa Seedat. Well done to

the following:

Abu Bakr Siddiq Short

Umar Mayet

Mustafa Seedat

Easa Bazarwala

Ali Haider

Abdullah Kaasim

Mahin Rahman

Sohail Shaikh

Congratulations Winner! Ali Haider!


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At Madani, we believe that books are not only a channel for

our imaginations, but an essential component of education,

one of the keys to unlocking students’ potential and

eventually helping improve the quality of life. Reading is a

fundamental element for both a successful education, and

our ethos. I therefore take this opportunity to request your

support by reading, listening and encouraging more reading

at home of all books and most importantly the blessed

Quran.

The first revelation to the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be

Upon Him) from the Angel Gabriel was the command ‘Iqra’ -

Read! It was a command that was repeated three times and

it became the first word of the opening verse.

The Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) also said:

"God, His angels and all those in Heavens and on Earth, even

ants in their hills and fish in the water, call down blessings on

those who instruct others in beneficial knowledge." - Al-

Tirmidhi.

Thank you/ shukran for your continued support this term and

for your part in helping us to make everyday a day of

reading for our students.

Yours sincerely | Wasalam

Mr Riyaz Laher

Head of schools

Madani Boys School

Madani Girls School

Madani Schools Federation

PS: LIA’s mini superstars and our captivated pupils below!

HEART Principles

Excellence The pursuit of excellence

with the highest

expectations &

aspirations for all learners

& the extended learning

community

Honesty Honest, sincere &

transparent approach in

all aspects focussed on

learning & outcomes and

placing our young

people first

1

2

Accountability Accountability to

ourselves, & our families;

to every learner, parent,

line manager,

community, country &

above all to God

3

Respect Respect for one’s self,

respect for each other,

respect for the school

environment & the wider

community

4

Prepared for adult life Tolerance &

understanding, valuing

each & every person in

our schools, society

communities, & most of

all, in our hearts & minds

5

Honesty | Excellence | Accountability | Respect | Tolerance 'we're here to learn'

Evington Valley Road,

Leicester, England, UK

0116 249 8080

www.madani.leicester.sch.uk

@Madanischools

Vote Hanniya Kamran!

In her own words…

‘As a young person, I understand that we are often undermined; our

opinions swept aside and important decisions made on our behalf.

However, it is very important to realise that we have a voice and we

should not be afraid to use it!

This year I am standing for election because I strongly believe that it is

important for young people to be part of the picture in our society

today. In my last tenure in the YPC I participated in many campaigns

in order to do just that. These included and Anti Knife crime

campaign, conducting several youth surveys, helping to organise

conferences like the Don’t Hate Educate Conference and much

more.

By re-standing for Leicester’s Young People’s Council, I would like to

continue advocating for such issues and help my peers take hold of

their voice and use it to bring about a positive change.’

Leicester’s Young People Elections.

It’s time to think inside the box! Choose or lose!

Our very own Hanniya Kamran, stood for the Young People’s

Elections to represent area 1 and was successfully re-elected.

Voting took place between Monday 26th February and Friday

16th March 2018. At Madani, students were given the

opportunity to vote across both schools with the fantastic

support of the young people’s election team.

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