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Half Termly Newsletter Suffah Primary RAMADHAN TIMINGS Ramadhan Timings will start week beginning 14 th May 2018. The timings will change as follows: Nursery Mornings 9 am – 12 pm Nursery Afternoons 12 pm – 3 pm Reception – Year 6 9 am – 3 pm (Fri 11:25 am) If your child is in years 4, 5 or 6 and you feel they are able to fast, we can arrange for them to sit quietly at lunchtime or take part in less energetic activites in the playground. Parents of these children are required to provide a packed lunch in case the child needs to break the fast. Please see the last page for further details on what you may need to provide if your child is fasting. HEAD TEACHERS MESSAGE Dear Parents Assalamu Alaikum, I pray you are well. The term has been a busy one as usual and we are passing through the blessed month of Rajab during which we must be making extra effort to achieve Allah’s pleasure. “God decrees that there are twelve months- ordained in God’s Book on the Day when He created the heavens and earth- four months of which are sacred: this is the correct calculation. Do not wrong your souls in these months-…” (At-Tawbah 9:36) A huge thank you for the parents who helped make our Fundraising week successful. May Allah be pleased with your effort. Mile Run We introduced the ‘Mile Run’ a few weeks ago to get our pupils and staff to exercise more. This has been very successful Alhamdulillah. The staff and children would like to increase it to other days as well. So after the holidays in April expect the gate to be closed at 07:50 am on all days. We get the children to run around the car park 6 times so the distance covered is as close to a mile as possible. To develop physical stamina in our pupils, we will be keeping some classes in the hall during each morning for concentrated exercises such as skipping and circuit exercises. Parking It is extremely painful and embarrassing to see how late parents park their cars outside on the road when the gate is closed. Sometimes they inconsiderately block the road in such a way that no traffic can pass through. Pupils need to be in their seats in their classroom by 7.45am! Attendance Pupils’ attendance has dropped further down this term to 89%! I have mentioned this topic too often to spend time on it again. The Governors are soon bringing out a policy on attendance and punctuality supported by fines for offenders. this issue Ramadhan Timings P.1 Fundraising Week P.2 Non-Profit Solutions P.3 ISSUE 04 End of Spring Term 2

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Half Termly

Newsletter Suffah Primary

RAMADHAN TIMINGS

Ramadhan Timings will

start week beginning 14th

May 2018. The timings will

change as follows:

Nursery Mornings

9 am – 12 pm

Nursery Afternoons

12 pm – 3 pm

Reception – Year 6

9 am – 3 pm (Fri 11:25 am)

If your child is in years 4, 5

or 6 and you feel they are

able to fast, we can

arrange for them to sit

quietly at lunchtime or

take part in less energetic

activites in the

playground. Parents of

these children are

required to provide a

packed lunch in case the

child needs to break the

fast.

Please see the last page

for further details on what

you may need to provide if

your child is fasting.

HEAD TEACHER’S MESSAGE

Dear Parents

Assalamu Alaikum,

I pray you are well. The term has been a busy

one as usual and we are passing through the

blessed month of Rajab during which we must

be making extra effort to achieve Allah’s

pleasure.

“God decrees that there are twelve months-

ordained in God’s Book on the Day when He

created the heavens and earth- four months

of which are sacred: this is the correct

calculation. Do not wrong your souls in these

months-…” (At-Tawbah 9:36)

A huge thank you for the parents who helped

make our Fundraising week successful. May

Allah be pleased with your effort.

Mile Run

We introduced the ‘Mile Run’ a few weeks ago

to get our pupils and staff to exercise more.

This has been very successful Alhamdulillah.

The staff and children would like to increase it

to other days as well. So after the holidays in

April expect the gate to be closed at 07:50 am

on all days.

We get the children to run around the car

park 6 times so the distance covered is as

close to a mile as possible. To develop

physical stamina in our pupils, we will be

keeping some classes in the hall during

each morning for concentrated exercises

such as skipping and circuit exercises.

Parking

It is extremely painful and embarrassing to

see how late parents park their cars outside

on the road when the gate is closed.

Sometimes they inconsiderately block the

road in such a way that no traffic can pass

through. Pupils need to be in their seats in

their classroom by 7.45am!

Attendance

Pupils’ attendance has dropped further

down this term to 89%! I have mentioned

this topic too often to spend time on it

again. The Governors are soon bringing out

a policy on attendance and punctuality

supported by fines for offenders.

this issue

Ramadhan Timings P.1

Fundraising Week P.2

Non-Profit Solutions P.3

Trends & New Software P.4

I S S U E

04 E n d o f S p r i n g T e r m 2

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Uniform

Plimsolls are part of the uniform and need to be

cared for like the rest of the uniform. In the event

of a fire evacuation, there is no time to put on

their outdoor shoes. The pupils must leave with

the plimsolls they are wearing. If they are not

wearing them, their safeguarding is

compromised. Pupils cannot take part in P.E.

without their plimsolls.

Independence

We need to train our children to be more

independent and less reliant on adults in the

everyday tasks they do. This should start as early

on as possible and must be maintained

throughout their lives. At Suffah, we train our

nursery children to take off their own coats and

shoes from the age of 3 years. This should be

supported and developed at home in other daily

tasks as well. Loving our children doesn’t mean we

must do everything for them. I was shocked to see

a KS2 pupil actually being spoon fed by her

parent!

Message from The

Deputy Head

Teacher

Assalamualaikum,

Alhamdulilah, another

busy term with many

exciting learning

activities has gone by

really swiftly. During this

term, like always,

children tend to

progress at an

accelerated speed and I

am immensely pleased

to see the results. Every

single child has

masha’Allah shown

great progress. This is all

due to the children’s

hard work, the teacher’s

dedication and the

support of the parents.

May Allah reward

everyone for their effort

and time. Ameen

During the Summer

term, we have planned

various activities and

events. InshaAllah we

will keep you updated

nearer the time.

In the meantime, have a

fantastic break and

remember to spend

some quality time with

your children reading,

exploring nature playing

games or just talking!

Happy Holidays!

Soofia Ahmed

FA Qualified Muslim Female Coaches

We have managed to secure FA

qualified Muslim female football

coaches to come in and train our

children after school. Verbally, the

majority of parents say that they are

interested but when it came to

returning their forms, only 10 parents

have committed! We need at least 10

pupils per session. It will be a shame if

we lose the coaches to other schools.

Nursery Time Change

Moving the Nursery time to start later

has yielded the desired impact. From

April, most of our places are now full as

are the September 2018 places,

Alhamdulillah. We know most parents

are continuously marketing the School

in their circles and this is having a great

impact, Jazak Allah for your effort! With

continued support, we will In Sha Allah

lift the school to a stronger position.

If you have any questions regarding the

above please don’t hesitate in

contacting me on

[email protected].

May Allah keep you all in His eternal

protection.

Asif Ali

Head Teacher

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Assalamo alaikum Dear Parents,

I pray that you are all well in sha Allah.

Just a few items I would like to bring to your

notice:

• We still have a number of parents who are

falling behind with dinner money and

school fees on a regular basis. Please

ensure that payments are kept up to date

and school fees are paid by the 1st of every

month.

• On a similar note, many parents are failing

to meet deadlines for trip payments.

Going forward any payments not received

by the deadline will be blocked and late

payments will not be accepted. This will

mean that your child will not be able to

attend the trip with the rest of the class.

This is a step that we need to take to

prevent booking problems at venues

along with issues with coach hire. We do

give plenty of notice for the trips so please

do pay on time.

• If you have not already replied to the

email confirming your child’s place for

next year please do so asap. Please also

pay the holding deposit by the 30th of April

2018.

• Please note that from September we will

no longer be accepting payment directly

into the bank account all payments will

need to be made using

www.schoolmoney.co.uk

This week was ‘fundraising week’, a week

packed full of activities and fun throughout

the school. The children (and staff) took part

in animal mufti day; we had some truly

wonderful creations and it was lovely to see

all the children who made an effort to take

part.

The sponsored events were a great hit with

the children, we had basketballs flying

through the hoops and children jumping,

hopping & skipping around the hall in an

effort to raise as much money as possible.

Food sales after school were a huge success

as always. The ‘activities circuit’ day was

enjoyed by all on Thursday as the children

tackled a number of tasks. We are still

waiting for sponsorship money to come in so

please do send it in after the holidays.

Alhamdulillah we have raised £540 so far,

however we are still collecting sponsorship

money. Please check our fundraising

thermometer in the school corridor to see

how we have done so far! JazakAllah Khair to

you all for your ongoing support and

especially to those mums who came along to

help during the week.

I wish you all a restful break and look

forward to seeing you back for the Summer

term.

JazakAllah Khair

Sr. Soobia

School Business Manager

BUSINESS MANAGER’S MESSAGE

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YEAR ONE CLASS WORK

MATHS

During our maths lessons,

we counted forwards and

backwards in sets of 2s, 5s

and 10s starting from any

number, using number

lines and hundred squares.

We looked at telling the

time using o’clock and half

past in both analogue and

digital clocks. We also

matched times to events,

thinking about the routines

we do during the school

days. In addition, we used

rulers to measure length in

centimetres and we solved

problems related to

money, increasing and

decreasing amounts.

In Year 1, children have enjoyed learning

about the weather and seasonal changes,

participating enthusiastically and creating

weather art. We were so lucky to enjoy the

snow while learning about our topic! This

has helped the children to feel confident to

do weather forecast and to feel familiar

with the topic, ask questions and carry out

simple science observations.

Hence, we have explored different tools

that are used to gauge aspects of the

weather such as, creating windsocks to

check the speed and direction of the wind,

and sundial to measure time. We have also

learned that seasons happen because the

Earth tilts while it turns around itself and

around the Sun. This is along with learning

about types of extreme weathers, such as

floods and recollecting on the story of the

prophet Noah (PBU). We were lucky this

half term to visit the ‘Lookout Centre’ which

allowed the children to explore more

concepts related to the weather such as

water whirls, shadows and many more.

ENGLISH

In English, we have been reading Non- fiction

books about amazing facts related to

animals as well as the weather and seasonal

changes which inspired children to write

their own reports, using headings,

subheadings and diagrams. We also looked

at traditional tales and read ‘The Three Billy

Goat Gruff’. Inspired by the story, we

enjoyed doing role play using the goat

puppets and creating the scenes of the scary

and dreadful troll being tricked by the clever

and united goats. We also planned and

wrote our own stories using repeated

phrases and patterns successfully.

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This is an example of

work by Ibraheem E;

‘Boy on the Moon - a day

in the life of Ibraheem’

Here is a picture of

Khalid and Abdul Quddus

carrying out that

experiment. They found

out that the horseshoe

magnet was the

strongest as it held the

most paper clips.

YEAR TWO CLASS WORK

In March, Year 2 enjoyed their trip

to The Lookout Centre in

Bracknell. Children took part in a

workshop about forces which

furthered their understanding of

the topic through practical

experiments.

ENGLISH

This half term, Year 2 have been reading

‘Beegu’ by Alexis Deacon. It is a brilliant

picture book based on an alien who crash-

lands on earth and sets off in search of her

mother. The children enjoyed writing a

character description of Beegu and

describing her feelings. They also wrote

about what sort of planet Beegu might have

come from.

Here is an example by Zahra S.

We also looked at ‘Man on the Moon– a day

in the life of Bob’ by Simon Bartram. This is

another picture book about a man from

Earth who works on the moon. The children

found the illustrations in this book very

interesting as there was lots to discuss about

each illustration. This book also links to

maths and helps children practise telling the

time using clocks. At the end of the term,

children wrote their own versions of the

story.

MATHS

In maths, Year 2 have been recognising 1/2s,

1/4s, 1/3s and 2/3s of shapes; placing 1/2s

on a number line; counting in 1/2s and 1/4s.

They have been counting in 2s, 5s and 10s to

solve multiplication problems and writing

multiplications to go with arrays. They have

also been telling the time to the nearest

quarter of an hour using analogue and digital

clocks. They have been making links between

grouping and multiplication to begin to show

division. They have also been adding

amounts of money using coins and notes.

SCIENCE

Year 2 have been learning about forces and

movement. They have learnt about the

different forces that cause movement such

as push, pull, gravity and magnetism.

Children tested gravity through various

experiments and discussed why some

objects fall quicker than others. They

experimented with different types of

magnets. In an experiment, children were

asked to test different magnets to see which

was the strongest.

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P.E.

In P.E. we learnt how to

consolidate and improve the

quality of actions, body

shapes and balances; how to

select appropriate actions and

use simple compositional

ideas; to know the importance

of suppleness and strength;

how to describe and evaluate

the effectiveness and quality

of a performance.

ART

In art, children made their

own rockets! They really

enjoyed this project and were

very proud of the finished

product. They also designed

their own planets and

described what their planets

would be like. Their work is

displayed outside the Year 2

classroom.

COMPUTING

Year 2 have been working really hard on their PowerPoint presentations about space. They

researched information about space using books and the internet. Next, they decided which

topics they would like to cover in their presentations. Then they collected images from the

internet that they could use for their presentations. The children are still working on their final

product and will take them home to show you at the end of the week inshallah.

YEAR THREE CLASS WORK

ENGLISH

We read The Iron Man by Ted Hughes and enjoyed related writing activities such as newspaper reports and dilemma stories as well as peer assessing and editing. We learnt about alliteration, repetition, the importance of dialogue/direct speech to understand characters and feelings, onomatopoeia and made up our own onomatopoeic words. We also enjoyed playing in role as the Iron Man and the Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon. What has this story taught us? Who is the real hero? R.E.

We learnt about the concept of the Incarnation in Christianity and what Easter represents for Christians. ART

We learnt about Pointillism. We now know what the terms primary and secondary colours mean and how to recreate secondary colours.

HISTORY

'The Rise of the Robots.' What is a robot? We now know that any machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, especially one programmable by a computer. We learnt where does the word Robot comes from and we enjoyed learning about rescue robots and planned our own.

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COMPUTING

Pupils have been studying

about algorithms, bugs and

debugging. They now know

how to make algorithms

following small steps, in the

right order to make them

work; they also know how

to try them out and how to

fix them or debug them

when bugs are found.

Children have learnt that

computers are machines,

so they are not very smart

on their own. They need

instructions to be able to

do their tasks which are

kept in their memory.

We have also learnt how to

use ‘Scratch’.

MATHS

We now understand place-value in 3-digit numbers; how to separate 3-digit numbers into hundreds, tens, and ones; how to add two 3-digit numbers using vertical written addition (expanded); how to add 2- and 3- digit numbers using vertical written addition (expanded). We have practised to tell the time to the nearest minute on analogue and digital clocks (minutes past and minutes to); to tell time events in minutes and seconds; how to find a time after a given interval (not crossing the hour); how to calculate time intervals. We can now order 3-digit numbers and find numbers between; solve subtractions of 3-digit - 3-digit numbers using counting up (Frog); use counting up and counting back as strategies to perform mental subtractions; choose to solve a given subtraction by counting up or counting back.

SCIENCE

We have been studying about Plants. We now know what a plant needs to grow well, the plant life cycle, germination, growing and flowering, pollination, seeds formation and seeds dispersal. We have done a scientific observation about how water is transported to the different parts of the plant through its stem. We have enjoyed a flower dissection to find out more about its stigma and ovary. We have grown plants from seeds: potatoes, peas, spinach, cress, sunflowers, dahlia, garlic and corn. We set up an investigation. Children had to choose their own investigation and the questions they wanted answers to. Some choose to investigate if a plant could survive without water, some others without light, some wanted to observe if seeds could sprout without any soil. We have been learning about chitting seed potatoes. We have now a mini-allotment in the playground area and will continue to look after our plants until Summer when we will harvest what we planted inshaAllah.

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SCIENCE

In Science we have been

learning about how

sounds are made and

how they reach our ears.

Children had the

opportunity to showcase

their understanding of

the ear structure by

creating 3D models.

Children investigated

how vibrations from

sounds travel through a

medium to the ear, by

making string

telephones.

This has been an interesting half term for

Year 4 across the curriculum. Our topic for

the last six weeks has been ‘The Victorians’.

Children looked at how transport changed

during the industrial revolution and how

railways changed people’s lives. Through

drama and role play, children explored

issues in the lives of young offenders of

Victorian era. During our trip to the

Gunnersbury Park and Museum, students

were given the opportunity to step into the

shoes of a child during the Victorian era. We

experienced how the Victorian classrooms

were and what jobs poor Victorian children

were expected to do.

Maths lessons were particularly challenging

as we were focusing on problem solving,

using bar models to decode complex

problems and 24 hour clock times. Most

children are showing good fluency in times

tables and consequently they are quicker to

solve addition and multiplication problems.

In DT, we have been learning about the

traditional Punch and Judy show. Children

have completed their design and planning

for their puppets. In coming days, we will be

making our own puppets and performing a

puppetry show in groups.

Children have been producing some

wonderful writing in English lessons.

“Twigs cracked underneath his hooves.

Dark, green and wet leaves blinded him and

the spine-chilling wind from the woods

swept past him. He heard a muffled voice.”

(Haadee)

“As the snow fell, the hungry bears searched

for food. They heard a strange sound coming

from the ocean. The cub's fur prickled. He

was very eager to find out where the sound

was coming from. When he reached the

shore, right before him was an enormous

ship.” (Aminah K)

“I felt extremely anxious as I entered the

den. As it was my first day at Fagin's den, I

didn't know what was happening. Fagin

smiled at me wickedly. I felt afraid of him.

Fagin shouted at me because I didn't steal

anything. He told me to sleep in the corner

of the room away from the warmth of the

fire.” (Maysoon)

In PSHE lessons, we have discussed the

‘Rights of a Child’ using the UN’s charter for

children’s rights. We have also discussed how

rights and responsibilities are linked together

and the importance of showing respect to the

rights of other people.

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YEAR FIVE CLASS WORK

SCIENCE

In Science we carried on

from last term, exploring

properties of material.

Children were introduced

to new key terms, such as;

controlled variable,

independent variable and

dependent variable. They

were asked to use them

when planning an

experiment. They used

their knowledge of solids,

liquids and gases to decide

how mixtures might be

separated, including

through filtering, sieving

and evaporating by

separating different

mixtures.

In maths this term we have been learning

how to use the grid method to multiply 2-

digit by 2-digit numbers and solve problems

in which ‘n’ objects are connected to ‘m’

objects (distributive law). We have

explored different methods of division, for

example, to use short division to divide 3-

digit by 1-digit numbers with no

remainders, to understand when it is

appropriate to round up or down after

division and to use short division to divide

3-digit by 1-digit numbers with integer

remainders. We have also explored 2D

shapes and angles. The children have learnt

that 2D shapes with straight sides are

polygons. They learnt to identify parallel

and perpendicular lines in 2D shapes and

compare and classify acute and obtuse

angles; order angles up to 180°.

Children were asked to choose and use

appropriate standard units to measure

weights (mass), use appropriate standard

units to measure capacities and understand

the use of basic equivalences between

metric and imperial units; express these in

approximate terms. We learnt how to

count in fractions, including equivalents,

place mixed fractions on a number line to

compare fractions with the same

denominator. We converted mixed

numbers to improper fractions and vice

versa and multiplied fractions by whole

numbers.

In English our book focus for this term was a

picture book called The Journey by

Francesca Sanna. We started of the term

exploring poetry and writing in role. Children

discussed key elements of the story giving

their viewpoint and ideas. Children

channelled the emotional poignancy of a

moment in a text through a consideration of

how the language and illustrations are used

to create this. They created some

outstanding poetry.

We learnt about writing persuasive letters.

Children were to persuade our character to

move away with them for a better life by

inferring the characters feelings from our

text. Finally, children were asked to take on

the role of one of the family members and

write a descriptive piece about the journey

they made to get to safety. This story led to

great class discussion about refugees and

whether they should be provided with

support and why.

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ART

In Art we have learnt

about the artists who

influenced Kandinsky,

and how his style

changed over time,

becoming increasingly

abstract. They

considered ways in

which ideas, people,

places and objects can

be represented in an

abstract way using

simple lines, shapes,

patterns and areas of

colour. After this

children sketched

abstract versions of

elements in photographs

or create abstract

adaptations of

photographs. We then

cut shapes to create an

abstract image.

In geography we explored Japan. Children

used world maps to locate Japan and

investigate the bodies of water and

neighbouring countries around it. Using a

detailed map of Japan the children learnt

about the main islands of Japan and its

capital city. Children explored the use of

latitude and longitude when referring to a

location on a world map.

The children then went onto finding the

countries that given co-ordinates are

describing which they found challenging

and enjoyed working together to find the

correct country. The children were

challenged to identify the key physical

features of Japan and compare these to the

physical geography of the UK. They

explored Japan’s rich culture. This allowed

them to make detailed and meaningful

comparisons with their own culture. They

learnt about the population and economy

of Japan, and discussed things that have

particularly affected each of them over the

last 150 years. The lesson the children

enjoyed the most was exploring the typical

school day of a Japanese student and

compared it to their own experiences.

We had a Japanese afternoon in which

children cooked stir fry noodles and

practised using chopsticks and practised

making origami.

In religious education we have been

learning about belonging to different

communities. Children considered the

differences between what it means to have

'faith', and what it means to have 'beliefs'

(including how non-religious people have

beliefs). We then explored the different

religious and non-religious communities in

their local area. We read about a teenager's

experiences as a member of a Jewish

community, and then considered ways in

which being a member might help her in

situations outside of that community and

considered some difficulties she might

experience as a consequence of her beliefs.

We learnt about Mo Farah (a Muslim) and

Daniel Radcliffe (an atheist) – their

achievements, what they have said about

faith and beliefs, and their charity work.

They considered how their beliefs may have

shaped their lives. Children researched and

wrote about significant and inspirational

figures that they have. We carried on

exploring ways in which everyday life can

make it difficult to live according to some

religious beliefs, and suggest ways in which

people can help themselves, and each

other, in this regard.

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MATHS

In Maths, all children are

working really hard and

now doing really well with

their arithmetic, in part

because I am sending home

arithmetic homework

almost every day. This has

had a positive impact as

children have had an

opportunity to become

more fluent at the four

operations, fractions, order

of operations and square

and cube numbers.

Elsewhere, children have

been getting to grips with

pie charts, co-ordinates,

bar and line graphs,

pictograms and ratio.

Children have had to draw

on their knowledge from

other areas of the

curriculum to help them

solve problems.

They have put in a lot of

effort to ensure that their

work is neat and accurate.

Well done!

The Y6 classroom has been a hive of activity

this half term with children industriously

working at their collective targets and

making fantastic progress in all areas of the

curriculum. They should be really proud of

how much they have achieved and matured

as I certainly am!

We have been fortunate enough to have

student teacher, Ms Kaur, working with us

and children have been enjoying working

with her alongside me as usual.

Much of our work has increasingly been

focussed on SATs preparation and revision

but we have managed to squeeze other

activities in here and there! Here are some

of the things that have been going on in the

Y6 classroom:

We have been studying Macbeth which the

children have thoroughly enjoyed. They

have created freeze frames of the main

scenes and then summarised the play in

their own words (Photos above). We also

looked at the language used in the play and

tried our own “play on words”.

Children are looking forward to continuing

the unit next term with a setting description,

diary entry in role and a newspaper article.

YEAR SIX CLASS WORK

Children have been producing fantastic

pieces of writing in a range of topics across

the curriculum. We have been practising

writing different types of sentences in class

and then building on the skills in our writing

books. This half term children have

completed the following:

A diary entry as a Druid

A write up of a scientific

investigation

A suspense story

Information text about the tongue

A Stone Age hunting story

A letter to someone explaining the

Nam Karan ceremony

We will be finishing off by writing a letter to

a biscuit company persuading them to create

more of our favourite type of biscuit!

In PE, children have been working on their

basic skills of throwing, catching, kicking,

balance, aim and co-ordination. It is

important that children regularly continue to

hone these skills as they also help with core

strength and developing muscle strength.

Girls have also been having great fun

learning sequences and different types of

rolls in gymnastics; boys have been enjoying

team games such as basketball.

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SCIENCE

Children have had a superb

half term of science

experiments whilst

learning key scientific

inquiry skills along the way.

Some of the experiments

children have carried out:

1. Investigating the effect

of sugar and heat on

yeast;

2. Writing up a scientific

investigation;

3. Counting our fungiform

papillae using blue

food dye;

4. Learning about taste

buds;

5. An investigation into

biscuits and why some

disintegrate quicker in

tea as compared to

others;

6. Learning about fair

testing, independent

and dependent

variables and control.

Children have been finishing off their

learning about the Stone Age for this

term. They produced some fantastic lap

books about Skara Brae which have been

displayed at the open day. They also

learned about the Druids with Ms Kaur

and as mentioned above, used it to

inform a diary entry. We had a wonderful

time at the Chiltern Open Air Museum.

The facilitators were brilliant and the

children participated in a completely

immersive workshop where they roasted

parsnips, lit a fire, used charcoal to make

tribal tattoos, took part in an imaginary

boar hunt, built a Stone Age shelter and

made some cordage hunting bracelets. A

wonderful time was had by all- despite

the cold weather when the sun went in

and the fact that the gift shop was

closed! It was well worth the trek and we

are ever so grateful to the PTA for

helping facilitate the trip by contributing

to the cost of the coach, Jazakallah

Khayr!

Our art lessons have been related to our Stone Age

theme and children created their own hand

paintings by soaking card in tea and then using

dark, earthy colours to make handprints on the card

after it had dried. Children planned and discussed

how they would position their handprints on the

card so that they would represent something e.g.

their tribe, a warning of fire/ wild animals or clues

about food and water nearby. Children then drew

around their hand prints in charcoal. The results can

be seen in a wonderful display created by Ms Kaur

outside the Y6 classroom.

Children also looked at Klee’s “They’re biting!”

using the artist’s “Taking a line for walk”. They then

created their own similar drawings without taking

their pencil off the paper. Children used candles to

trace over their drawings and then painted them

with ink.

All in all, it has been a productive term with lots of

hard work, learning, fun and enjoyment. I would

like to thank all parents for their support, patience

and co-operation. We are looking forward to next

term- The children’s last in primary school! - and all

the opportunities, growth, learning, laughs and joys

it will bring Insha’Allah.

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RAMADHAN TIMINGS continued If your child is in Years 4, 5 or 6 and chooses to fast, please bear in mind the following:

• If a child faints due to dehydration, they will be given water

• No child will be allowed to fast unless we have parents’ written consent

• If we have concerns about your child’s health, we will contact you during the school day

• Please ask your children to respect the choices of other families about this and not to pressure other children to fast or not to fast

The new timings will take effect from Monday 14th May to Friday 8th June Insha’Allah.

If your child wishes to fast at school and you agree with this, please send in an email or written consent to the School office before Friday 11th May, with your child’s full name and year group. Please note that, unless we receive your signed permission for your child to fast at school, we will assume that they are not fasting.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tues 17th April – 1st Day of Summer 1

Tues 24th April – Clubs start

Mon 23rd & Wed 25th April – Parent Teacher meetings

Mon 7th May – Bank Holiday

Mon 14th May – Ramadhan Timing Starts

Mon 28th May – Half Term

SUMMER TERM CLUBS

Please see attached sheet and return your choices by Tuesday 17th April, 3 pm.

SUMMER TERM 1 MENU

Please see attached.

Amazing Parent Support

We would like to extend

our gratitude to all the

lovely parents who have

given their time to make

our food sales over the last

few days a success.

Suffah Primary Issue 04 End of Spring Term 2