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Al-Hijrah’s Pupil Post
Volume 1, Issue 2
Khadijas (RA) little helpers
Last week the Year 5 girls
planned their very own mini
business! Why? Due to the
topic, `Heroes of Islam`. Each
class was allocated a specific
hero/heroine to study. GY5`s
Heroine was Khadija (RA), a
wealthy business woman.
Khadija (RA) was the first believer of Islam and the first,
most beloved wife of the
Prophet Muhammad (SAW). She
devoted her life’s work to Islam, caring for the poor and
needy and always ready to offer
a few reassuring words of comfort to those upset or distressed. Khadija (RA) was very
successful and experienced in
her trades, selling tempting
items made for use around the
house, cleverly luring eager
customers in- a fair and honest
trade.
GY5 decided to follow in her
footsteps by setting up their
own, portable mini business!
They produced chocolate rice
crispy cakes, cocktail sticks
with luxurious pineapples, sweet
oranges, and soft pink and white
marshmallows, and lightly
dipped in melted chocolate.
They also sold drinks, muffins,
rainbow dust, lollipops, chocolate balls and an array of enticing crisps. GY5 allocated each
and every class in Al- Hijrah
Primary an individual time to
buy from our range of treats
and goodies.
During the first part of the
Khadija (RA) is a remarkable role
model who we can all learn from.
She has fantastic qualities which,
Insha Allah, we can all acquire.
May Allah (SWT) shower her with
blessings, forgiveness and a secure place in Jannah. Ameen!
By Haleema and Sara GY5
After a successful, hectic, but
enjoyable day, GY5, with bated
breath, counted up the money
and raised an amazing profit
of… approximately £135!
Journalism
Team
A huge Thank You to all those
that participated in supporting
and backing GY5`s mini business, especially Sister Menerah
and Sister Nahida who constantly supported and encouraged GY5 to do their best and
give it their all.
What a Workshop!!!
On Friday 12th of February, Al-Hijrah School invited parents and carers
to a special assembly workshop about the month of
Seerah, which is about the
parts of Prophet Muhammad’s life. The delightful
children of Al-Hijrah been
focusing about the life of
the prophet and all were
involved in creating a terrific workshop for parents and
teachers to attend.
February 2016
assembly, parents roamed
around the hall visiting all
the exhibitions that the children produced. After that,
Br Amjid , who gave an amazing speech, spoke about the
life of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) ; highlighting all
the main points .
Additionally, the secondary
girls gave a speech about the
Prophet’s family; followed by
a quiz. Finally, the day ended
with a delicious three course
meal which included:fruit,meat and naan
Sr Diana
Haleema A GY5
Sara A GY5
Abdullah T BY6
and date cakes.
Ismail Y BY6
Overall, everyone really had a
Zakariya M BY6
good time and took back with
Hamaad H BY6
them interesting information.
A great thank you to all the staff
and children that helped to make
Adam E BY5
Shaheer S BY5
that special day go smoothly. An-
Lamees K GY6
other great thank you to all the
Mayyah T GY6
parents and carers that attended.
Br Abdullah T BY6
Hamza Z 4A
Maryam Y 4A
Haniya K 4B
Daiyaan A 4B
MR STINK
After reading a hilarious novel entitled
‘Mr. Stink’, I felt so overcome with
excitement that I nearly fainted,
knowing this was only the beginning
only my adventure with the epic David
Williams (now one of my favorite authors).
This fantastic book is all about a
homeless tramp or so called ‘Soap
dodger’, who finds himself a new best
friend Chloe. Yes, he does smell a huge
lot - bit he is the only person who has
ever appreciated Chloe’s acts of kindness. And so when Mr. Stink needs a
place to stay, Chloe steps up and decides to hide him in the unused garden
shed. A few weeks later, Mr. Stink
decides to accompany Chloe on one of
her journeys just to enjoy the fresh
air, but she soon finds out a huge and
terrible secret about Mr. Stink that
will change her life forever.. And
there just might be more to Mar stink
than meets the eye…or a nose in my
opinion!
“EVERYONE HAS A STORY TO TELL!”
By Lamees K GY6
Overall, this book is extremely good
for a quick laugh. David Williams flair
of writing is beyond compare and his
humour is endless. Most stories have
morals and the message behind this
story was that you should not judge a
person by their appearance, but by
their character. Personally, I would
recommend this book for ages 9 to
13.However,this is just a recommended
age group but this particular book is
for all to read. Or in Mr Stink’s words,
Exclusive interview with play leader: Idrees Ahmed
What is it like being a play
leader Idrees?
It is awesome because you are
in charge and tell people what
to do.
Do you feel pressure being a
play leader?
Yes because you have to carry
heavy equipment everywhere
and everyday, but I don't mind
its good to keep fit and strong.
What skills are you gaining
from being a play leader?
I am learning self belief, responsibility and time management. These are
really important skills to have because
when you I am older , hopefully these
skills stay with me Inshallah!
Any other comments that you would
like to share with us?
An amazing PE teacher ; she teachers important skills in how to be a
play leader and how to value sportsmanship. Thank You Sr Claire.
By Ismail Y BY6
Well , I really recommend more pupils to
become a play leader as I'm learning more
about myself and others. Sr. Claire is
amazing
SUPER SCRATCH
Dear Diary,
What an amazing term of computing! I
love learning about Scratch, and I rate
it 10 out of 10. What I like about the
Scratch programme is that it is a
highly engaging, and interactive program that teaches the principles of
computer programming in a child friendly way. I love the fact that I can
create can create animated stories
and video games . However, it is not
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easy to do this. I have definitely struggled
as learning the skills wasn't easy. My confidence in computing has improved and I cant
wait to learn more skills during computing
lessons. Our next focus in computing will be
about “Around the world” - where we learn
about how computers work. Who knows –
maybe in the future ill be able to produce my
own exciting programmes and video games.
That would surely be a dream come true...
By Adam E BY5
Al-Hijrah’s Pupil Post
What are you waiting for? Watch Star Wars...
On December 13th 2016, Lucas film
released their 7th, yet amazing episode
of their stupendous series: Star Wars.
This movie was set after its previous when luke sky walker finds out that
the malevolent Sith Lord ,Darth Vader
is his father; he must fulfill his destiny (to kill his father ) nevertheless
he is reluctant to do so. He finally
finds the courage to stand up to his
father, but instead fights his father’s
master , Darth Sidius -an almighty
Sith lord who can easily kill Luke however, his father couldn’t stand to
watch his son die ,therefore he kills
his master. Darth Vader uses up all his
energy and also dies…
This movie was an extremely fantastic
sic -fi that got 8.9 /10 on IMDB,
that’s brilliant! The producers were
really proud of the way they structured the movie, and the director even
abandoned the new Star Trek film to
direct this one.
I found that movie a wonderful experience and I recommend that if you
haven’t seen the movie yet, then what
are you waiting for? I can’t wait to
watch many more Star War films in
the future.
By Hamaad H BY6
Brilliant Biomes from Y6!!!
In topic, BY6 and GY6 have been
ent biomes and had the opportunity
learning about biomes during their
to make a biomes for their topic
topic lessons. Scientists have devel-
homework project. Both BY6 and
oped the term Biome to describe areas
GY6 produced some beautiful bi-
on the earth with similar climate,
omes and added great detailed to
plants, and animals . These are the
them from what they have learned
names of the biomes: Tundra, Temper-
during their lessons. Here are some
ate forest, Dessert , Taiga , Rainfor-
of the biomes that both classes in
est, Grasslands and Polar regions.
year 6 produced:
During Topic lessons BY6 and GY6
By Zakariya M BY6
have researched about all the differ-
Al-Hijrah will be setting up an informal
chat and chill workshop during lunchtimes
for students in primary and secondary to
talk about any issues regarding their
school work. What's more , children can
discuss about what subjects they are
struggling with and need help catching up
on. The workshop still has not been confirmed when it will begin , but your class
teachers will confirm the dates and times
very soon.
Volume 1, Issue 2
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Ali (RA)
prophet Muhammad (SAW) and was known as the lion
of Allah.
Ali (RA) had the most special and strongest weapon
which was the double bladed sword given to him by
the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW) .
As the whole school at Al-Hijrah have been learning
about the heroes of Islam, 4a and 4b have been doing activities to represent how Ali (RA) lived his life.
Ali (RA) was a courageous man and
he fought in many battles. Once
he fought the strongest man in
Mecca and won. He has 21 sons and
15 daughters from the 4 wives he
married. He is the cousin of the
One of the things they did was make shields to represent how Ali was the shield of Allah. They also did a
survey given to them by Br Amjidto learn more about
our hero of Islam .
By Maryam Y and Hamza 4A
Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (RA)
Umar ibn al-khattab was born in a
feared tribe, the Quraish. He was the
son of Khattab. Umar spent his early
years working with his father, grazing
the animals that belonged to him. Unfortunately, Umar’s strict father
would beat him when he got distracted
the slightest bit.
Umar grew into a strong, feared, tall
man who was even feared by the Quriash. Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) made a
dua to Allah (swt) to either make
Umar or Abu Jahl to come to Islam.
This dua was accepted and Umar (RA)
became a Muslim. Due to this, the
strong laws , laws that even his sons
would not escape from? He was such a
great Muslim that he became the second Khalifa.
Umar (RA), a fierce , tall man , died
when Abu Lu-Lu thought that Umar
wasn’t being just and stabbed him with
a poisoned dagger. A mirical here is
that the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) ,
Quraish became weaker.
Umar was known for being just. He had
Abu Bakr (RA), and Umar (RA) all died
at the age of 63.
By Shahir BY5
Salman Al-Farsi (RA)
The story of our hero Salman begins when he
was a youngster. His people were fire worshippers and he too began to follow their
traditions. He became the custodian of the
fire so had to keep the fire always burning.
Salman was not comfortable with this belief
and soon began a journey to find the truth.
He first went to a monk and began to watch
his worship. He thought that this was better
than fire worship. Before long, Salman left his
town and headed to Syria which was a centre
for this belief.
In Syria, he served under another monk who
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was in charge of the church. He would
observe the prayers and worship as well as
look after the elderly gentleman. When
the monk passed away, another one took
over who too was devoted to worship and
prayer. Salman served under a few such
holy men.
The monk told Salman about a prophet who
was expected in a distant land called Arabia. He taught Salman all about this
prophet and what to look for. When Salman met some Arab traders, he spoke to
them and they agreed to take him.
One day, he was working in the hot sun
and heard talk of the prophet coming to
Madina. Everyone seemed very excited
and Salman wondered if this could be the
prophet the monk had told him about.
That night Salman went and spoke to the
Prophet (pbuh). He took some dates to
test him if he was this awaited Prophet.
He spoke to him and found he was exactly as the monk had told him. Salman's
long journey had ended and he became a
pious and respected Muslim.
Al-Hijrah’s Pupil Post
Hero’s of Islam from year 1,2 and 3.
Abu Bakr (RA)
Asalam Alakum to my brothers and
sisters.
Abu Bakr (RA) was born around
573 C.E in Makkah. His real name
was Abdullah and the prophet Muhammad (SAW) gave him the title
As-Siddiq; the truthful one. This
was because he was always truthful and never lied no matter what.
Rasulullah (SAW) had complete
trust in his closest companion.
The prophet (SAW) said:
“Whenever I offered Islam to
anyone they always showed some
reluctance and hesitation and tried
to enter into an argument. Abu
Bakr was the only person who ac-
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Abu Bakr’s character
Abu Bakr was a very wealthy man
yet he did not show greed or arrogance. A famous example is when
he freed the slave Bilal from UmMayah. Many people thought that
he was wasting his money however
they were proved wrong when Bilal
rose to the status of the Muadhin.
Abu Bakr’s conversion to Islam
When Abu Bakr (RA) heard that
the prophet (SAW) had been chosen by Allah (SWT) as his final
messenger, he accepted this and
converted to Islam immediately.
He believed in what Rasulullah
(SAW) told him and trusted him.
Abu Bakr was the first person outside Rasulullah (SAW)’s family to
become Muslim. This shows how
much trust he had in our beloved
prophet (SAW).
(The Hijrah). He was always honest and always believed in the
prophet. He would always give the
prophet his belongings in battle to
purchase weapons.
Abu Bakr tried to achieve many
goals in his life. He always obeyed
cepted Islam without any reluctance or hesitation, and without
any argument.
Abu Bakr’s relationship with Rasulullah (SAW)
Abu Bakr was the closest companion of the prophet (SAW). This is
why the prophet (SAW) told Abu
Bakr to travel with him to Madinah
Allah and loved helping the
prophet (SAW). He also tried his
best to help the needy.
By Mayyah T GY6
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Mahim Zaman in GY8 writes to Queen Elizabeth
Your majesty, Queen Elizabeth,
I have the honour to inform you my opinion of what to do with Queen Mary of Scotland. There are a number of options you have, so please
don't act too hastily and consider my suggestions.
Obviously, you can just execute her and I have a number of reasons to support why you should do so. Mary is a Catholic while you are a Protestant. Although the Catholics recognise your rule, the catholic world officially denies the legality of your father's marriage to Ann Boleyn,
since they don't recognise the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. Under the Catholic interpretation, this makes you quite
unfit and illegitimate to rule. Therefore, from a Catholic's viewpoint, Mary is a suitable queen for them, and this can cause several problems
such as selfish individuals committing treachery, yourself getting murdered, and countries starting war to allow Mary to receive the crown
of England.
However, there are a number of reasons why you should prevent the execution of Mary Queen of Scotland. Catholic countries, predictably
Spain, could get extremely angry and start war as a form of revenge. Catholic countries would obviously want Mary to be Queen, and executing Mary would frustrate them severely. Also, keeping her in prison for about 19 years would upset her severely, as she came here for a
totally different cause. She has become extremely despondent to hear the news of her death coming near, so it would also be a downright
and unwise decision to kill Mary. Therefore, you may as well consider my third solution stated below.
Keeping the execution consideration aside, you may as well torture her and let her free. The torture is mainly due to the crime she was
caught guilty of. In the presence of doing this, Catholic countries and individuals wouldn't impact your suggestion severely, and Mary would
have better feelings as well. You may disagree with letting Mary free, as it could also cause her to murder you. Therefore I leave that suggestion upon your choice, and you can decide what to do with her after torture. Instead of acknowledging such a mortifying retribution, it
could be a correct resolution to forget about execution.
Thank you for reading my suggestions and I hope this helps in considering your decision.
Yours Sincerely,
Mahim Zaman (GY8)
Learning Arabic is so much fun!
During this half term ,GY6 have been learning about different sports in their Arabic
lessons. Amazingly, the girls have been able
to talk about their favorite sports and giving their opinions in full sentences in Arabic.
How fabulous is that?
Here is what Mayyah from GY6 had to say
about her Arabic lessons .
“I absolutely looooooooove learning Arabic
with Sr Doa and Sr Mey especially this half
term as we have had lots of fun learning
about the different sports in Arabic. I have
enjoyed practicing my Arabic at home as well
as being in school with my friends”.
By Maryam Zubbair GY6
What’s the BIG DEAL???
A raised level of expectations of the new curriculum means that pupils need to learn the times table up to 12 x
12 by the end of year four - when children turn nine, whereas before pupils were required to learn their times tables up to 10 x 10 by
the time they left primary school at age 11. Knowing the multiplication tables by heart is key to building confidence in mathematics and
essential for the more complex maths which pupils will encounter as they progress through their education. A quick recall of multiplication tables really benefits from constant repetition. Get into the habit of practising times tables whenever the opportunity presents
itself, but only do it in short bursts.
Sing along –a rap style song for the times tables which has a catchy tune and also uses rhyming words that rhyme with the answer allows children to memorize and learn the times tables faster. At Al-Hijrah School we have put together our own rap style songs for the
times tables using the ideas from Mr NK Tunes. Here are some Websites for parents and teachers ;these games which are against the
clock challenge and develop a child's mental maths skills.
https://www.mymaths.co.uk/
https://www.purplemash.com/login/
http://learn-timestables.com/
A learning pack taken from ‘TheSchoolRun’ website includes worksheets, puzzles and games to help children understand times tables
and have fun at the same time!
Well done to everyone that participated in the time tables competition . Everyone were fantastic with their rhyming lyrics and actions
to go with the timetable raps.
Well done to Reception and GY5 who both did exceptionally well and won the timetables competition.
BarakAllhu feekum,
Sr Lutfa
,
Are you up for a challenge?!!!
Who is up for a mathematical challenge? You can hand in your answers to
myself—Lutfa or your class teachers to receive a prize of 50 E-praise
points. Wahoo! Goodluck Everyone!
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