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As'salaamualykum,

Welcome to the new updated Al Risalah Newsletter. This is a newsletter created by the students for

the Al-Risalah School community. Read about the latest news at Al-Risalah and the newsletter will also

showcase students’ work and efforts. We will introduce more sections as we go along, feel free to join

us, make suggestions, and watch out for the competitions!

I would like to give special recognition to our ‘Press Gang’ consisting of; Aisha Asfar, Ikram

Ahmed, Hana Khan, Sohaiba Hussaini, Shamamah Ansari, Imtihal Ali & Br. Raihaan for working

really hard to get this first issue together. Well done!

Br. Nasir Qurashi - Headteacher, BSc, MSc, MEd (Cambridge), NPQH

Abû Hurayrah relates that the Almighty's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: “Whoever

believes in the Almighty and the Last Day should speak a good word or remain silent. And

whoever believes in the Almighty and the Last Day should show hospitality to his neighbour.

And whoever believes in the Almighty and the Last Day should show hospitality to his

guest.” [Sahîh al-Bukhârî and Sahîh Muslim]

FFRANCERANCE TTRIPRIP Sr Nadia and Br Fouad from the Arabic and Religious Studies department took the

year 10 girls on a trip of a lifetime to Paris, where they experienced the true

authenticity of Arabia in Paris. This was the first trip abroad in Al Risalah history. The

activities included visiting the Eiffel tower, Le Mosque de Paris and dining in a

Lebanese restaurant. The students thoroughly enjoyed it and the trip was truly one of

Al Risalah’s finest moments! Amal Warsame said “It was amazing to see the cultural differences, the historical monuments and to experience being abroad with my friends. We would like to thank Sr Nadia, Br Fouad and Br Nasir for giving the yr10s this opportunity. Thank you!”

Congratulations!!Congratulations!! Well done to all of our students who participated at the 2014 UK

Maths Challenge. Especially to those who, went through to the regional

championships, for the first time in the history of Al Risalah. So

congratulations to Afaq Tahir, Hudeyfa Nur, Mohammed Mohamed, and

Abdurrahman Ali. We would like to thank Br. Abdulkadir and the

Mathematics Department.

Jumadal-Akhir 1435 AH April 2014 Issue 1

We are pleased to inform you all that our students have once again done extremely well in the National

Intermediate Maths Challenge with some surprises. In fact, our students done even better than last

year.

We received a total of 23 awards., which include 13 Bronze, 7 Silver, and 1 Gold award. 2 students have

done the school proud with the Grey Kangaroo Award.

Bronze Awards:

Mohamed Mahamed 8B Sakariye Ali 9B Hudeyfa Nur 9B Umar Ishaque 9B Ishaq Osman 10B Abduqadir Ali 10B Yasmin Abukar 10G Suad Isse 10G Sumaya Abdullahi 11G Azhar Iman 11G

Johina Aamer 11G AbdulMubin Choudhury 11B Abdisalaam Mohamed 11B Silver Awards:

AbdiRahman Ali 8B Afaq Tahir 9B Kamaal Mohammed 10B Syed Aamer Hussaini 10B Hichem Alem 10B AbdiHakin Mursal 11B

Anas Ahmed 11B Gold Award:

Abdullah Mohamed 9B Best In School Award:

Abdullah Mohamed 9B Grey Kangaroo Winners:

Abdullah Mohmed 9B Afaq Tahir 9B

We also entered four of our students (two year 9 and two year 8 students), to represent Al Risalah

for the Maths Challenge Regional Finals, a competition that combines mathematical, communication, and

team work skills, and offers students another way to express and develop their enjoyment of

Mathematics.

Despite last minute changes and preparations for the competition, the Al

Risalah students came in 20th place out of 38 schools, in a competition

that brought together some of the finest student mathematicians in the

region.

Well done!

Afaq Tahir said “We came 20th out of 38 schools, which I feel was an accomplishment, considering it was our first time and we didn't know most of the rules. Now we have set the bar, for the following years to improve on.

God willing, next year we will be even more successful.

MMATHSATHS CCHALLENGEHALLENGE

Riddles: (answers at the bottom of the page) 1. What goes round the house and in the house but never touches the house?

2. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

3. What is it that you will break even when you name it?

Answer to riddles: 1. The Sun

2. Footsteps 3. Silence AACTIVITYCTIVITY PPAGEAGE

Using the clues below, solve the crossword puzzle. Rearrange the letters in the yellow boxes to form another

word or name.

Across 3 A Country in South America

5 The month of Ashura

6 The Almighty instructed the an-

gels to bow down to _____

10 We come to school to?

12 The religion of Musa (as)

13 Arabic for 'Women'

14 English for the number after

'Arabah'

15 The first woman created by the

Almighty

16 Duaa is accepted during this

Down 1 The month of Hajj

2 The _____ leads salah

3 The meaning of 'Salaam'

4 The opposite of 'rural'

7 This person's duaa is always ac-

cepted

8 The religion of Muhammad (pbuh)

9 The city of Masjid al Nabawi

The biggest country in the world

today 11

Re-arrange the letters in yellow boxes to form another word

or name. One correct answer will be selected at random to win

a prize.

Hand in entries to Brother Raihaan by 4pm on 2nd May

2014. Look for the winner in the next issue.

As Ramadan is coming

this year, and many of us

will be in school and not

at home. Our mothers

will be at home enslaving

themselves in order for

us to be satisfied with

our iftar. Remember to

thank your mom for the

keys to paradise is

under her feet.

(By Hudeyfa Nur)

Think & Reflect!

TTRIPSRIPS

LLEGOLANDEGOLAND TRIPTRIP BY ALAMIN CHOWDHURY AND MUHAMMAD GANGAT

Many trips have been organised this year, and many thanks must go out to the teachers and

departments who have taken the time out to organise and take us on these trips. These have included

trips from Maths, English, Science, Islamic Studies, Religious Studies, Arabic, History, ICT, Art, and

many more to come.

Year 7, 8 and 9 recently took a trip back in time to Shakespeare's globe theatre. It was a great

opportunity for the students to experience the world of Shakespeare in depth. Tours were taken and

plays acted as the girls were given a chance to perform Macbeth. A teacher who accompanied them

said:“I learnt about Shakespeare as a student, however I learnt a lot about the Globe and it’s history”.

On 24th March 2014, 8B & 9B

students took a day out to visit

Legoland Windsor Resort.

We all enjoyed ourselves and not

just sat on rides but also visited

an educational workshop to build

our ICT and Lego skills. In this

workshop we made a lion out of

Lego and gave it instructions to

sit up and sit back down.

All praise to the Almighty, we all

have learnt a lot in this trip also

we enjoyed it. Most say the trip

was really fun, a few of the rides

were scary and enjoyable at the

same time which made it really

fun. This was a day where

students enjoyed themselves

“In my opinion I found the trip really fun because I learnt something new about technology also the rides were fun”, says

Alamin. “In Lego land the rides were really fun there was a lot of fun water rides which I enjoyed

the most.”

Muhammad says “ I personally had a good day out and from what I asked my friends they also enjoyed it too. The rides there were very fun and relaxing especially the ‘Jolly Rocker’ and the ‘Viking River splash’.

Many thanks to Br.Raihaan, Sr.

Hunna and Br Abdulhafeez for

taking us on this trip.

IISLAMICSLAMIC SOCIETYSOCIETY Islamic society (ISOC) is a group of girls who get together every Monday and Thursday to discuss

our blessed religion of Islam! A student said “It gets me in a spiritual mood and it’s like a small family that works together to bring everyone closer to the Almighty.”We would just like to say thank you to all the people who have made ISOC possible. May the Almighty reward them all and grant them Paradise Ameen.” And we would also like to thank the head of ISOC, Sarah Salih for all her hard

work and dedication. It is greatly appreciated, Many thanks!!!

Al Risalah Key Stage three students have been working on several art projects across the year here

is a taster of the quality of work produced. Look out for more dynamic work to come!

TTHEHE HOUSEHOUSE BY HANA KHAN I stared up at the tall, imposing, bleak mansion. The gate loomed up above me, old and rusted now.

The broken windows were nothing but broken shards of uninviting glass. Cold sweat trickled down my

forehead and my palms were sticky with suspense. The path was covered with weeds, the garden once

pretty and promising now intimidating and over grown. As I approached the arched wooden porch, an

icy wind tore away the last of Autumn’s leaves. The stench of smoke and fear drifted up my nose, I

felt sick! Shadows loomed in the empty window frames. My heart was in my mouth. Trembling with

fear, I knocked on the door .......

By Hana Khan (8G)

Tawhid Abdullah Shamamah Ansari Ramsha Mazhar

AARTRT

Houda Baiza

The year 7 boys also went on an Art Trip this term to the Tate Modern Art gallery. All the students

said it was a great first school trip!

Ajwad said “The Tate Modern is near the Thames Embankment and the

Millennium Bridge. I found the different types of art. Very exciting

from the Tate gardens there is a very good view of the River Thames

and the historic buildings along the river bank. I would recommend

everyone to spend a day experiencing all the fascinating and amazing

pieces of art in the Tate Modern.”

Faris said “My favourite piece of art was a sculpture made from wood. There were other strange

creations like skinny men and weird designs and stuff. My favourite painting was the circles, they had

loads of colours on them and it was an amazing design! There were amazing 3d sculptures on the

walls.”

Many thanks to Sr. Sarah and the Art Department.

Clubs Al Risalah have recently introduced a range of brand new exciting clubs for both the girls and boys. On

the girls side there is Art club for those creative and artistic artists and for the more outgoing and

sporty, the archery club lets them take the place of Katniss Everdeen. The boys are not left out as

they are training to be ninjas with their all new judo club.

A Scoring Sensation! Nick from Speedmark visited Al Risalah school this term to measure the speed of students’ football

shots. The students raised money for the schools prizes department by getting sponsored by friends

and family to kick a ball as hard as they possibly can into a giant inflatable goal with a speedometer!

The student (both girls and boys) thoroughly enjoyed this and would definitely describe it as a high-

light of the term!

“I found speed mark really fun. It was exciting because everyone loves football. We had three shots to see who in the class has the fastest shot. It was great fun and I really enjoyed it.” Alamin Chowdhury,

the fastest shot from year 9.

Yasseen Boodhoo 63mph!!!

Ahmed Ersin 62mph!!

Abduqadir Ali 57mph!

Hichem Alem 56 mph!

Alamin Chowdhury 51mph!

Abdullah Mohammed and

Humza Raja 49mph!

Yasin Mahmutoglu 48mph!

Zakaria Soltani 46mph!

Riyyan Abdullah 44mph!!!

Ikram Ahmed 41mph!

Safia Abdullahi 39 mph!

Elif Mahmutoglu 33mph!

Sarah Salih 32mph!

Look out for more articles in our next issue, including articles on year 10s’ Work Experience, Boys France Trip & more, Sports Days, Student Council & PTFA section, more activities, winners from our competition and much more!!

Please remember our year 11 students in your duas who will are going through their

final stages of their GCSEs after the Easter break.

Next Issue….