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Inside this issue

MIHSG is Outstanding .............. 2

Live Below the Line .................. 4-5

Sports Day ............................... 6-7

Somalia Day ............................. 10-11

Farewell Class of 2014 ............. 18-19

Srebrenica Memorial ............... 28

Ramadhan Deen Intensive ....... 29

Special points of interest

Annual Walk

Qur’an Competition

Prefects 2014

Year 11 End of Year Qiyaam

Radio Ramadhan

The Year in Review

Work Experience

Staff News

MIHSG IS OUTSTANDING The Bridge School Inspectorate, an organisation that has “approval from the Secretary

of State for Education to inspect schools belonging to the Association of Muslim

Schools,” arrived in school early in the Summer term on a one day monitoring visit as

part of the ongoing process to evaluate the school. Having achieved ‘Outstanding’ status in the previous Of-

STED inspection, the purpose of the visit by BSI was to check the progress the school is making. Alhamdulil-

lah, MIHSG was considered to have maintained its ‘Outstanding’ status.

STAFF AND PUPILS ‘LIVE BELOW THE LINE’ “Live Below the Line is an annual anti-poverty campaign, which challenges participants

to feed themselves on the equivalent of the extreme poverty line for five days. The goal

of Live Below the Line is to raise widespread awareness by enabling participants to gain a

small insight into the hardships faced by those that live in extreme poverty.”

This year, several pupils and members of staff from MIHSG took part in the challenge

raising much needed funds for MADE in Europe foundation, an organisation set up to support young Muslims

to help fight global poverty.

Alhamdulillah, the participants combined raised a record breaking £2,855 in five days! Read more about

the challenge and fundraising on pages 4 and 5.

WELCOMING RAMADHAN With the blessed month of Ramadhan falling into the school year for three

weeks, a number of activities have taken place to help pupils to benefit and be

able to use their time effectively. In addition, pupils created decorations and

placed these around school and ‘Ramadhan packs’ were created and distributed to all the pupils and members

of staff in the school. Read more about celebrating Ramadhan at MIHSG on pages 24 and 25.

MIHSG HIGHLIGHTS

MANCHESTER ISLAMIC HIGH

SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

July 2014 Summer Term - Issue 42



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Ramadhan, the most blessed month in the

Islamic calendar, has this year fallen within the

school year. Given that staff and pupils would be

at school for almost three weeks of Ramadhan,

we therefore decided to make this Ramadhan

extra special in school.

One of the greatest benefits of working or study-

ing at MIHSG is the manner in which staff and

pupils can continue their day to day life without

compromising their deen.

If you decide to take a walk around school, you

will notice things look very different. Thanks to

help and support of 30 pupils from across the

school, hundreds of self made decorations wel-

coming the blessed Ramadhan were placed

around school just before the new moon was

sighted. This included paper chains, lanterns and

bunting. In addition, and probably most im-

portant of all, on the walls of the school corridors

you will find inspiring quotes to keep you moti-

vated throughout Ramadhan as well as personal

targets for this Ramadhan by both staff and pu-

pils.

However, we all know that one of the Sunnah’s

of the Prophet (saw) was to give people gifts, be-

cause gifts helps to increase the love and respect

between one another. Therefore, this Rama-

dhan, 220 Ramadhan packs were designed,

packed and distributed to every pupil and teacher

in the school. The packs consisted of:

An English translation of the Qur’an. Per-

fect for this blessed Ramadhan, because as

much the reward is for reading in Arabic,

understanding the Qur’anic and the words of

Allah are just as important

A set of dates and a bottle of water. As per

the Sunnah, each pack had an odd number of

dates. The traditional way of opening ones

fast.

A ‘make your own tasbih.’ Pupils were given

string and 33 beads in various colours with

the opportunity to create their own tasbih.

This was then to be used during the follow-

ing month for dhikr purposes.

A ‘Ramadhan guide.’ A crucial document

towards having a successful Ramadhan, as

this included a timetable and planning sheet,

various duas that can be recited during dif-

ferent times of the month and the 99 names

of Allah.

Pupils in Year 7 were also given a hijab.

For some of our pupils this will be their first

Ramadhan and possibly a new experience of

wearing a hijab. We hope insha’Allah the

pupils benefited from this.

Pupils in Year 9 and Year 10 were also given

bookmarks to use during their Qur’an recita-

tion.

Each pack was personalised with the pupils’

or staff members’ names.

We pray that insha’Allah this pack benefited eve-

ryone. May Allah accept everyone's intentions,

siyam, qiyam and sujood during this blessed

month. We ask that you remember MIHSG in

your duas. Jazakh’Allah.

PREPARING FOR RAMADHAN AT MIHSG

The ‘Ramadhan Buddy’ scheme, introduced by Miss Kossar, was

to enable pupils and staff to randomly pair with someone else in

the school and encourage one another towards goodness during

this month.

Pupils have been working together to set one another targets,

compete against each other as well as help one another to learn

something new on a daily basis.

For the staff, it has been a little more difficult as due to the se-

crecy of it all, many staff are unsure how their buddy is and are

receiving snippets of messages and gifts in their classrooms, cars

and pigeon holes.

May Allah accept everyone’s intentions. Ameen.



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Ramadhan, the most blessed month in the

Islamic calendar, has this year fallen within the

school year. Given that staff and pupils would be

at school for almost three weeks of Ramadhan,

we therefore decided to make this Ramadhan

extra special in school.

One of the greatest benefits of working or study-

ing at MIHSG is the manner in which staff and

pupils can continue their day to day life without

compromising their deen.

If you decide to take a walk around school, you

will notice things look very different. Thanks to

help and support of 30 pupils from across the

school, hundreds of self made decorations wel-

coming the blessed Ramadhan were placed

around school just before the new moon was

sighted. This included paper chains, lanterns and

bunting. In addition, and probably most im-

portant of all, on the walls of the school corridors

you will find inspiring quotes to keep you moti-

vated throughout Ramadhan as well as personal

targets for this Ramadhan by both staff and pu-

pils.

However, we all know that one of the Sunnah’s

of the Prophet (saw) was to give people gifts, be-

cause gifts helps to increase the love and respect

between one another. Therefore, this Rama-

dhan, 220 Ramadhan packs were designed,

packed and distributed to every pupil and teacher

in the school. The packs consisted of:

An English translation of the Qur’an. Per-

fect for this blessed Ramadhan, because as

much the reward is for reading in Arabic,

understanding the Qur’anic and the words of

Allah are just as important

A set of dates and a bottle of water. As per

the Sunnah, each pack had an odd number of

dates. The traditional way of opening ones

fast.

A ‘make your own tasbih.’ Pupils were given

string and 33 beads in various colours with

the opportunity to create their own tasbih.

This was then to be used during the follow-

ing month for dhikr purposes.

A ‘Ramadhan guide.’ A crucial document

towards having a successful Ramadhan, as

this included a timetable and planning sheet,

various duas that can be recited during dif-

ferent times of the month and the 99 names

of Allah.

Pupils in Year 7 were also given a hijab.

For some of our pupils this will be their first

Ramadhan and possibly a new experience of

wearing a hijab. We hope insha’Allah the

pupils benefited from this.

Pupils in Year 9 and Year 10 were also given

bookmarks to use during their Qur’an recita-

tion.

Each pack was personalised with the pupils’

or staff members’ names.

We pray that insha’Allah this pack benefited eve-

ryone. May Allah accept everyone's intentions,

siyam, qiyam and sujood during this blessed

month. We ask that you remember MIHSG in

your duas. Jazakh’Allah.

PREPARING FOR RAMADHAN AT MIHSG



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Friday 11th July marked the 19 years anni-

versary of the massacre of 8000 Muslim men

in Srebrenica, Bosnia.

The memorial included contributions from

distinguished speakers, a short memorial

film and prayers. Four mothers from Sre-

brenica who lost sons and relatives in the

terrible events shared their stories, in paying

tribute to the victims but also reminded us

all of the need to remain vigilant in tacking

intolerance and hatred within any commu-

nity and society.

The event was attended by many leaders

from the community including the Mayor of

Blackburn, Councillor Noordad Aziz and the

recently elected MEP representative to the

EU Paliament Julie Ward.

We should honour the mothers and victims

of Srebrenica for their struggle, courage and

sacrifice. 19 years later and some mothers are

still not able to find the bones of their loved

ones. One mother buried only the head of

her son. May Allah(swt) grant patience and

the reward of nothing less than Jannatul

Firdous for their sufferings.

Pupils from year 8 and 9 attended the me-

morial at Blackburn cathedral. The event

started with prayers from both the Christian

and Muslim communities, with a beautiful

recitation of Surah Fatiha echoing across the

cathedral. This was followed by heartfelt and

emotional accounts of mothers who in one

day had lost their husbands, multiple sons,

fathers and uncles.

Savera Noor in Year 9 had the opportunity

to present a bouquet of flowers to one of the

mothers.

“It was an

honour for

me to present flower to the mothers who

went through so much after losing their sons

and husbands. I wish no one else has to suf-

fer through the pain these people did. May

Allah grant all our mothers jannah. It was an

inspirational and heart touching event.” –

Savera Noor

“It was a really emotional trip but it was

worthwhile. We learnt so much from it and

some of the facts shocked us. Although we

were inspired by some the courage of these

women.

Maseelah Shahzada – Year 9

“The stories that we heard from the mothers

were very emotional and heart warming.

When I returned home i told the stories of

these women to my parents, I felt blessed

that Allah has not put us through their expe-

rience. Alhamdulilah,”

Haneen Yr 9

SREBRENICA MEMORIAL DAY

HONOURING THE MOTHERS OF SREBENICA’



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Throughout the last

two weeks of Rama-

dan in school, along

with many other Ramadan activities hap-

pening pupils participated in a Ramadan

deen intensive programme, a separate pro-

gramme from normal lessons was organised

with a series of talks and workshops and

intense Islamic studies took place for a week

for pupils to seek extra knowledge and im-

plement it during the month of Ramadan.

Year 7 and 8 participated from 7th -11th July

and year 9-10 on 14th-18th July. Pupils

have had talks on Tafseer, concentrating on

Surah At-takathur and Surah Ma’un by Br

Nasar Ishfaq, Hadith, Seerah by Mrs Malek

Junior, Purification and using social media in

Ramadan by Mrs Shaheen, Shama’il looking

in detail on the description of the Prophet

(saw) and looking at the etiquettes of dua by

Abu Sondes and seeking knowledge.

Pupils were also given an opportunity to

learn as many duas that will help them

through many different situations in life as

well as making dua for their parents as

learning about Tahajjud prayer and Salatul

Istikhara. They were given personal booklets

with a list of duas that they can refer to

whenever in the future too. Pupils also

learnt Surah Mulk during this week.

“Throughout the whole week I have gained so

much knowledge and I am very grateful to have

this opportunity. The deen intensive programme

has opened up my eyes to understand why educa-

tion is so important. Seeking knowledge about

Islam is very important. As Allah says in the

Quran “It is only those who have knowledge

among servants who fear Allah.” (35:28)

Bismah Ajmal -8 Hasanah

“The Ramadan deen intensive programme was

very interesting because we walked in with a

blank head but we came out with lots of infor-

mation. The teachers and guests helped us to real-

ise how we can become better Muslims by learn-

ing about the seerah, memorising duas and surah

al Mulk. As well as learning about the shama’il

which helped us imply daily sunnahs in our life.

It was very educational and beneficial. inshaAllah

our teachers will be rewarded!”

Hafsa Qasim - 8 Hasanah

JazakAllahkhair to all the guests who attend-

ed school to deliver various informative ses-

sions, and Mrs Malek, Mrs Shaheen and Mrs

Malek junior. May Allah(Swt) bless them

and reward them for imparting their

knowledge in this blessed month and may it

be they receive the reward of Sadaqah

Jariayh and Jannatul Firdous.

“The deen intensive course has inspired us to

learn more about our religion”

Aleeza and Sophia –Year 7

RAMADHAN DEEN INTENSIVE PROGRAMME

MIHSG has been kindly asked to volunteer and take part

in Radio Ramadan. This initiative has been set up by the

British Muslim Heritage Centre for Ramadan. Pupils

have been invited from MIHSG to host their own show

every Tuesday at 2pm -3pm covering various different

topics from school life to making the most of Ramadan,

to who their role models are. The MIHSG radio pro-

gramme takes place every Tuesday on 87.7fm during Rama-

dan. It has been a great opportunity for pupils to develop

pupils’ confidence, knowledge and communication skills.

“It was a great thing to be part of and it’s a really good op-

portunity to try something different. The whole thing alto-

gether was a great experience and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I

am looking forward to go again next week and it truly is an

experience that will never be forgotten.”

Maseelah Shahzada - Year 9

RADIO RAMADAN



As part of Year 11 leaving MIHSG for pas-

tures new, a final Qiyaam was organised,

entitled: “Preparing for the future and pre-

paring for the Akhirah.”

The purpose was to give the young ladies an

opportunity before Ramadan after their last

GCSE exam to spend the night in school

with their teachers and year group in the

worship of Allah.

A programme was organised with talks,

workshops and different fard and nafl iba-

dah in preparation for Ramadan and the

future.

A talk on preparing for the future and the

Akhirah was delivered by Abu Sondes

which was loved by all the pupils, as well as

a reminder on reading Surah Mulk by Mrs

Ahmed.

Pupils were also given an opportunity in

groups to make their own personal tasbeeh

(prayer bead) for Ramadan. A workshop

was delivered by Mrs S Malek on setting

targets for Ramadan and keeping good ties

amongst each other.

It was a great evening to end by praying

Tahajjud in congregation and reading

Quran together and catching up.

We pray that it was a memorable evening

with lasting memories and reminders for

years to come insha’Allah.

We wish year 11 all the best in their future

endeavours and duas for their future.

Thank you and JazakAllahkhair to all the

staff who contributed towards the delivery

and preparation of the Qiyaam as well as

staying overnight in school.

Miss J Kossar

“They (the believers) forsake their beds, to invoke their Lord in fear and hope; and they spend out of

what We have bestowed on them.”

[Surah as-Sajdah 32: 16]

PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE

PREPARING FOR THE AKHIRAH

YEAR 11 QIYAAM

YEAR 11 END OF YEAR QIYAAM



“Really enjoyed the trip, I learnt a lot about geometric Art, learned how to draw geometric patterns and chilled out with my friends. It was good for a Saturday” Bushra Moqbel Yr 8H

Pupils

who have

been stud-

ying Is-

lamic geo-

metric art

in Mathe-

matics and

Islamic

Studies attended a one day work

shop organised by the British Mus-

lim Heritage Centre. The Relevance

of Islamic Geometric Patterns in

Contemporary Architecture & De-

sign.

The sessions were delivered by var-

ious prominent international artists

from across the world, Hasret

Brown delivered a Practical Intro-

duction to Creating Islamic Geo-

metric Patterns whilst Huseyin Sen

and Mesut Balik presented a brief

history on M. C. Escher Style Art,

History and Techniques. Everyone

made individual geometric patterns

and then produced a collective

It was a great session for pupils to

further implement what they had

learnt in school and for pupils to

express their artistic skills and learn

about some of the amazing Islamic

Architecture around the world

from Islamic heritage.

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ISLAMIC GEOMETRIC PATTERNS WORKSHOP

One of the main parts of studying PSHCE at

MIHSG, is understanding the importance of

public institutions and the roles that they

play in the lives of the local community.

Therefore, with Year 9 studying public

institutions and this coinciding wth the

refurbishment of Manchester Central Li-

brary, a visit was organised for pupils to

have a look around the new library, read

through the archives and appreciate the

architecture.

In addition, a crucial part of living in Man-

chester for many is visiting Manchester

Cathedral. A beautiful building, which was

recently visited by the Queen.

“During the visit we saw the different areas

as well as developing an understanding of

the art that is inside the Cathedral and what

it stands for.”

“We found that the Cathedral does a lot of

work with the local community and is quite

expensive to run so needs daily donations.”

More than anything, it was certainly obvi-

ous that for the library, new media and

technology was the way forward. Barely a

book in sight!

VISITING MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL AND CENTRAL LIBRARY



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MIHSG

teamed up

with our

two other

faith partner school and hit the Tesco in

Cheetham Hill for a charity bag pack and

bucket collection.

The other two schools that we are working

with on various projects are King David

High School (Jewish) and St Monica’s Ro-

man Catholic School (Christian).

All three school had staff and several pu-

pils help out for the fundraiser it was an

amazing experience the three schools

working together for such a worthy cause.

We were able to raise £730.16 for the

hospital in just a few hours.

Ruhab Dar ''Working with different faith

schools was one of my best experienc-

es because it gave us an opportunity to

interact with people from other faiths and

it also helped us to understand their beliefs

from their perspective.''

Sagal Ali '' I enjoyed working with other

schools and raising money for charity. I

was amazed when I found the amount we

raised for charity and I had a great time.''

ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FUNDRAISER

Sagal Ali, Ruhab Dar, Syfah Ah-

med, Hatheba Ali from Year 8

were part of a team raising money

for the Childrens’ Hospital.

With pupils from St Monica’s

High School and King David’s

High School, they fundraised at

the local TESCO store in Cheeth-

am Hill, by offering to help cus-

tomers bag their shopping and

collecting money.

On Thursday, 10th July 2014,

were invited to the hospital to

present the cheque, along with

the other two schools.

Mrs Mohamed and Mrs Penning-

ton accompanied the pupils.

CHEQUE PRESENTATION



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The event in Manches-

ter at Sheridan suite

called “Lantern of

hope” featured perfor-

mances by internation-

ally renowned nasheed

artists including Mesut Kurtis, Raef and

Tom Robertson also known as Hamza

Robertson.

Those who attended also dined in style as

they enjoyed a delicious 3-course meal.

Sajida Ahmed of MIHSG had a great time

“I loved the music, and I really enjoyed the

live performances and singing along with

the nasheeds.”

The concert was organized in support of

raising awareness about the plight of Mus-

lims encountering a mass scale of blood-

shed in Syria.

The spiritually uplifting event ‘struck a

chord’ in everyone’s heart as prominent

speakers took to the stage to deliver inspi-

rational speeches on Syria

The family friendly event was well re-

ceived by people from all ages who could

identify with the real purity about all per

formances and speeches.

The spiritual and unified atmosphere re-

minded all those present of the importance

of spreading peace in Syria and throughout

the Muslim world regardless of cast, creed

or culture.

“LANTERN OF HOPE”AT SHERIDAN SUITE

Two winning pupils were also given complemen-

tary tickets to the event Lantern of Hope organised

by SKT for taking part in the poetry competition and winning.

Pupils were asked to write about Syria and the winners from our

school were Bushra Moqbel year 8 and Fatmia Alkali year 10.

The overall winner of the competition at the event was our very own

Bushra Moqbel, very well done.

COMPETITION WINNERS

“LANTERN OF HOPE”

WALKING THROUGH SYRIA BUSHRA MOQBEL - YR 8

Walking through Syria, what can I see? I see a child staring at

me he had cuts everywhere and blood from nowhere so I took

him with me.

Walking through Syria with a child, what can I see? I see a

girl she is not staring at me she is just waiting there hopelessly

so I cover her

Walking through Syria, what can I see? I see a house burning

with innocent lives dying so I stop walking and start running

in a flash the child is going up, up and as for me I lay there

waiting to die.



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It was

that time in the year again

when we have our annual visit

from year 5 pupils from Linden

Road in Denton.

This is an affluent primary school in

Denton and we have had a link with

the school for a few years now.

We have delivered assemblies and

workshops at the school about Islam

and the pupils in Year 5 visit the

school every year and take part in a

full day’s activities on Islam.

Our pupils enjoy having the young-

sters over and teaching them about

Islam.

They prepared fun and interactive

activities for them and the pupils

from Linden Road love attending

and getting involved and learning.

WORKING WITH LINDEN ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL

“I want to come to this second-

ary school, I loved today” Suzy

“The girls at the school are so

much fun” Melisa



11

This term the Science department

has continued to run a weekly Sci-

ence club for year 7 and 8. We have

been doing a number of activities to

support and increase the pupil’s in-

terest in Science throughout the

whole year. It has been a successful

addition to the extra-curricular ac-

tivities offered by the science de-

partment.

We have looked at the different ele-

ments used in fireworks, flame tests

for identifying different metals, fin-

gerprinting, growing salt crystals

and spending much of the time plan-

ning and preparing the school gar-

den for National science and Engi-

neering week. We have also made

our very own bath bombs and soap

as a homemade gift for Ramadhan or

Eid.

Next year, we hope to have to con-

tinue with our science club and to

regularly update the science notice

board to show our achievements and

upcoming activities.

Watch this space for further news….

SCIENCE CLUB

The Science club girls have been

very busy with harvesting the pro-

duce from the School gardens.

We have successfully grown a varie-

ty of herbs, vegetables including car-

rots, cabbage, cauliflower, peas, rhu-

barb, broad beans and fruits includ-

ing strawberries. We will be donat-

ing our produce to the homeless in

the upcoming weeks.

The girls have continued to regular-

ly maintain the garden through

weeding and have now put down

wood chip to prevent further weeds

coming through. We hope to have

more volunteers next year to help

with the upkeep of the garden.

The garden has also been attracting

much wildlife and insects which the

girls have taken a keen interest in

identifying. Next year, we hope to

add to this with the

introduction of frogs to the pond.

Well done to all

the girls in-

volved for their

hard work and

effort in making

the school gar-

den a great suc-

cess.

“GARDENS OF JANNAH”



CHARITY WEEK Pupils get together to raise over

£7,000 for Orphans around the

world

EID CELEBRATIONS Pupils celebrate Eid ul Adha

with a visit to the Trafford Cen-

tre and receive gifts

DUKE OF EDINBURGH Year 11’s successfully complete

their Bronze Award

MUSLIM NEWS AWARDS Miss Kossar is nominated for a community award

and visits London for the award ceremony

UMRAH TRIP Pupils and staff visit Makkah and

Medina to complete their pilgrimage



HAFSA ZAHEER Hafsa breaks MIHSG records by

achieving 12 A*’s and 1A in her

GCSE results

AMAANI ISMAA’EEL Amaani completes her hifdh of the

Qur’an at the age of 13. Read more

in the Spring issue of the newsletter

WORLD HIJAB DAY MIHSG celebrates the importance of

the hijab and the beauty of the hijab

in Islam

GARDENS OF JANNAH The front entrance to the school

from Stockton Road was completely

renovated by Science club pupils to

create a beautiful area for wildlife.



14

The year 10 pupils were away on Work

Experience for two weeks in July 2014.

They had all secured authorised place-

ments with providers of their choice. The

placements included NHS University hos-

pitals, schools, nurseries, Medical Centres,

Care Homes, Retail outlets, Florists, Solici-

tors and Pharmacies to name a few. Three

pupils also completed their placements at

Riding Stables.

The pupils worked alongside various pro-

fessionals and acquired valuable skills dur-

ing their placements. They were able to

feedback to their peers in the final week

and discuss the advantages of experiencing

the ‘world of work’ first hand.

All our pupils received excellent feedback

from their providers and many supervisors

praised MIHGS girls for their excellent

manners, positive attitude and dedication.

Each pupil will receive a Work Experience

Certificate at the start of the next academic

year.

YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE

IMAN KASSIM The Grange - A specialist school for autistic

children

“I loved the job I had whilst on work expe-

rience. It gave me the other side of school

where I’m the teacher. I’m really happy I

came to this school because it shows me a

different way to run a school.”

ARIBA SHABBIR Primary School

“My experience has been good so far.

I have learnt how to deal with young

children. The responsibilities I have

been given have helped to improve

my confidence and my leadership

skills as well as some teaching experi-

ence. The attitude of the children

towards me was very respectful.”

ZUHA ALI Manchester Royal Infirmary

“Working at the hospital has been a great experience and I have

been having a lot of fun working at the renal unit. I have

gained an insight into how hospitals are run and the amount of

hardwork that goes into it. It’s been awesome so far!”

DANA SAMATAR WAI IYN - Women’s Outreach Organisation

“I’ve been doing a lot of community work for ex-

ample feeding the homeless and cooking for them.

It has honestly been an amazing experience so far.

The organisation is run by Chinese women who

support all different walks of life by training them

in language and computing skills.”



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STAFF NEWS

We would like to say a fond farewell to Mrs

Moorhouse from the English Department who

covered for two terms and left us at the end of

the last term to return to the comfort of travel-

ling and pottering around the garden.

Avery warm welcome to Mrs Evans who

joined the English department this May, who

is masha’Allah a very experienced teacher and

examiner. The girls have already benefited

from her expertise and insight.

Masha’Allah, we also have some wondergul

news with several new additions to the school

family. Mrs F Khan our school secretary gave

birth to a beautiful little healthy girl in May.

Alhamdulillah both mother and daughter are

doing well.. Not so long after, Mrs Abdi a

member of the Science Department and Head

of Year 8, gave birth to her first child; a little

boy who she named Idrees. Mrs

Parveen, our Islamic Co-

ordinator who has been at the

school for seven years, left for her maternity

leave in the middle of June and alhamdulillah

was blessed with a beautiful boy. We pray that

Allah grants them all health, happiness and

success. May the new-born's always be in the

shade and guidance of Allah.

And finally we have two more farewells;

Mr Handley, the school bursar will be

leaving at the end of this academic year.

Mrs Abdul-Salam from the Science de-

partment who decided due to family

commitment not to return from her ma-

ternity leave. We would to thank them for

their valuable contribution to the life of the

school. Both members of staff will be greatly

missed.

A MESSAGE FROM MRS MOHAMED

Having retired in July 2012, Mrs

Moorhouse had left MIHSG to

spend more time with her family.

Much of it was spent traversing

between Cheshire and Kuwait

(where her husband was working).

Mrs Moorhouse was invited to join

the team once more to cover a

maternity leave in the English

department at the beginning of

the academic year. Intending

to stay for only half a term, she

was surprised to find herself

still at the school in May!

What can we say: she’s fun, sweet

and ultimately a great teacher! She

immersed herself quickly into the

school community again. It was as

if she hadn’t left! The kids love her

and the staff enjoy her company.

A special thank you to a special

teacher. We’ll miss you!

GLAMOUR GIRL

LEAVES US AGAIN!

Miss Hughes, since when did you

want to become a PE teacher?

I knew I wanted to be a PE teach-

er from primary school. I always

helped out in PE lessons and was

always playing sport at break and

lunch.

In primary school did you join

any out of school sport activities.

I was on all the school teams and

went to all the extra sessions in-

cluding netball, football, dance

and rugby.

Who was your inspiration?

My inspiration was my Year 6

teacher. He got involved in every

sport and encouraged everyone to

do their best. Also my dad as he

loves sport and I used to play

badminton and cricket with him.

Which is your favourite sport?

My favourite sport to watch is

football but my favourite sport to

play is netball.

Did you have any other career

plans apart from a PE teacher?

I love animals so it would have

been a vet or working ina rescue

centre. I always liked the idea of

becoming a police officer too.

How many years have you

worked as a PE teacher?

I have been a sport coach since I

was 16 in numerous places but I

have been a teacher for 8 years.

Are you interested in football?

I love, love, love, love, football.

Come on United!

What is your most favourite part

of being a sports teacher?

I love to see children succeed in

life, even by successfully catching

a ball or meeting a new challenge.

I see people develop as a person

socially, personally, mentally and

physically. Sport also keeps you

fit and healthy and you lead a

better life the healthier you are.

How do you find sports day?

I love sports day as it brings eve-

ryone together and shows real

sportsmanship throughout the

day.

Thank you to the Student Council

for putting these questions to-

gether and thank you to Miss

Hughes for answering them!

A very special message of thanks

and appreciation to Mrs S Malek

for her excellent photography skills

over the course of the year.

Alhamdulillah, with Mrs Malek’s

passion for photography, equipped

with her state of the art photog-

raphy equipment, the school has

been able to benefit with some very

professional pictures taken at key

events. For this, we

are eternally grateful.

May Allah reward

you abundantly Mrs

Malek for your sup-

port and ‘never say

no’ attitude. Nothing

is ever too much

trouble for Mrs Malek!



NOTICES

ENTRANCE FOR

SEPTEMBER 2014

MIHSG is currently accepting pupils

for examinations for entry in Year 7,

Year 8 and Year 10 to start in Septem-

ber 2014.

Please contact the school office via

telephone on 0161 881 2127 or email

[email protected] if you are inter-

ested in enrolling your daughter at

MIHSG.

Information relating to the enrolment

process and fees can be found on the

school website at: www.mihsg.co.uk.

Please do not hesitate to contact the

school should you have any queries.


55 High Lane

Chorlton

Manchester

M21 9FA

0161 881 2127

[email protected]

Manchester Islamic Education Trust

Hartley Hall

Alexandra Road South

Manchester

M16 8NH

TERM DATES

End of term - July 18th

SUMMER BREAK

We look forward to seeing

you all in September,

insha’Allah.

REPORTS

Pupils currently in Years 7 -

10 will receive their ‘End of

Year’ reports. Please do go

through these with your

daughter to identify targets

for the next academic year.

UNIFORM

The school uniform is available

to purchase from our stockists.

Details are available at

www.mihsg.co.uk

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