23rd July

Volume 4, Issue 6

Whoever Strives

Will Succeed

Assalamu alaikum,

A warm welcome to

you!

This is our last newslet-

ter of the year and it is

again bursting with

events, trips and school activities. I hope you

enjoy reading what your

daughter has been do-

ing in school beyond

her normal lessons.

I am pleased to say we

have again received an

Ofsted GOOD in ALL

areas of school. The

report highlighted many

of our strengths and I

hope you all take the

time to read it.

I wish you have a rest-

ful break and we will

meet again in the new

academic year.

Ust Sanam

Summer 2019

Newsletter

Year 9 Thorpe Park Trip:

On June 18th year 9 went to Thorpe park and

it was awesome!!

We had so much fun because we had earned

it. Year 9 won the prize for raising the most

money for the sponsored walk in December

2018, our prize was a trip of our choice, so

after 5 months of procrastinating we finally

chose to go to Thorpe park. We all met at 9

am in Hounslow and took 2 busses to the

park. When we arrived we got our tickets and

the fun began. We had a lot of sweets, slush-

ies, doughnuts and much more. Ust. Sanam

and Ust. Tahira came with us and made the

trip very enjoyable for us. We will never for-

get how much fun that day was.

On the 27th of April 2019 the 7th

annual sisters evening was held by

our school , this amazing event was

held for the students, parents and

friends of Lady Nafisa school . All of

us dresses up and everyone looked

great including the teachers. Later we

enjoyed traditional dances from all

over the world and listening to beau-

tiful nasheeds. At the start we had a

quiz that allowed all of us to bond.

Everyone made an effort to come

including previous students of Lady

Nafisa. The food was amazing and

very tasty, we had desert after and

we were all so full !!

Fatima Zahra year 7

Although you joined

us in the summer

term, we would all

like to welcome you

and hope you enjoy

your time at LNS.

Also welcome back

Tasnim Dahir year 8

Assalamu alaikum,

This is Lena the editor of

this summer newsletter, I

would just like to say a

big thank you to every-

one who was able to

write something for this

terms newsletter, it is

very well appreciated

and a big thank you to

Aisha Ahmed in year 9

for assisting me in writ-

ing this! I’d like to thank

ust sanam and ust

Fouzia for giving me this

great opportunity.

Have a great summer!!

Lena Asse yr 9

Ladies Evening 2019:

YR 7’s trip to the Gudwara

Some people from the council and local

areas complained about our portacabins

and said it was taking away from the coun-

tryside's green land.

We do not agree, the portacabins are very

vital for us as we have countless lessons in

there and without them we wouldn't have

enough space in the school for us all.

We objected and the parents signed a pe-

tition for the council to allow us to keep

them.

A few of our teachers also had a meeting

with the council, they still haven't reached

a conclusion and this may take months.

We make dua it will be a favorable deci-

sion.

We hope we can keep them!

Rowdah yr 7

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Portacabins

We started our journey in the

morning after our first lesson ,

which was maths. When ustadh

Jawad and ustadaha Orooj came

into the room and told us it was

time for the trip, the room was

filled with excitement. Everyone

got up, packed quickly, and went

to the bathroom so that we

could start the journey quickly.

We set off at 9.30am on the 222

bus, and 15 minutes later we had

arrived. We were welcomed by

a very sweet and intelligent

women who took us to the main

hall. “This is where our holy

book Guru Granth Sahib is kept”

she said, and explained that this

is what they consider the

“eternal guru”.

She then took us to a class room

and turned on the projector , an

explanation of the history of

sikhism followed.

After this she asked for a volun-

teer for a role play. The story

behind this was as follows:

The story was about three sis-

ters and one of them finding

peace with God.

After the presentation we were

invited to the langar and had the

most delicious food served to us.

The experience was a pleasant

and insightful one.

Eesha yr 7

Yr9 Science trip to Kew Gardens

During June the school coun-

cil decided to organize an 'Eid

party for the whole school

and it absolutely awesome! It

was enjoyed by everybody. It

involved some activities,

nasheeds, mouth watering

food and everybody came in

their eid clothes! We got to

decorate the rooms we were

assigned and all the rooms

looked extremely colorful. All

the students were so crea-

tive! The teachers also en-

joyed the eid celebrations

with us and we all generally

had a fun time. Every-

one went home with a

super big smile on

their faces. We can’t

wait for the next 'Eid

party and we know

celebrating Eid at

school is one of the

benefits of being in an

Islamic school.

Aisha yr 9

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On Tuesday the 9th July, year 8

and year 9 were fortunate

enough to go the royal botanic

gardens –also known as Kew

Gardens –filled with absolutely

stunning plants and flowers

from around the world . We

travelled there by train and

from the start we were awe -

struck. The entrance was a

large black and exquisitely dec-

orated gate: but this was only

preparing us for the sights be-

yond. We had a workshop

there to do with temperate

biomes in the Asia temperate

glass house. We were sur-

rounded by a myriad of inter-

esting and amazing plants, like

the Japanese banana, immor-

tality herd and the Nepalese

tree leaf. The best thing about

the lesson was that it was not

a lesson but a mystery. We

were given suspects and actual

evidence, to figure out who

broke into the glass house and

what plant they wanted to

steal. Reading through suspect

files to figure out their mo-

tives made us feel liken true

detectives. It was a highly in-

formative and enjoyable trip!

Thank you to the teachers who

took us and Ravinda our enthu-

siastic teacher at Kew.

Rayhana year 9

“IT WAS VERY IN-

FORMATIVE AND

FUN”

Eid party and non uniform:

OFSTED:

The Leavers Assembly was a

very emotional experience for

both the students and the

teachers. We enjoyed planning

and presenting the Leavers As-

sembly. We hope the year elev-

ens enjoyed it we hope they will never forget the party the Year

tens planned for them - having

fun, dancing and reminiscing

over their time here.

The teachers expressed their

thoughts and emotions on how

year 11 achieved so much this

year, it got some of them teary.

They also received the LNS

leavers hoodie and leavers

books which we all signed.

We wish them all the best in

everything they do. May Allah

guide them, bless them and

keep them on the right path.

Ameen. We hope they'll never

forget us and they'll truly be

missed.

We wish them the best luck in

sixth form or college and

throughout the rest of your

lives. They are all such kind and

amazing people and we are sure

they will all do well in the fu-

ture!

We hope we can be a good and

inspiring year 11 next year too.

Ruqaya yr10

YR.11 LEAVERS ASSEMBLY:

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Ofsted is an inspectorate that

makes sure schools are up to

the required standards all

across Great Britain. How it

works is an inspector visits

school and inspects it but they

take notes of the smallest de-

tails such as: the friendship be-

tween students, the effort put

into the lessons, how everyone

is presented and the presenta-

tion of our work. Recently we

had an inspector inspect our

school . Our headteacher in-

formed us in assembly that

they were going to visit the

next day. The next day when

she visited we greeted her

warmly. She watched all the

teachers teach their lessons,

she took a look at our books,

she looked at our presentation

and how much we took from

the lesson. She also took note

of punctuality and attendance.

All in all she stayed with us for

3 days and we enjoyed her

stay. We were looking forward

to hearing her feedback on our

school. We think she was

quite pleased with our school.

The report will be published

soon and we look forward to

reading it.

This Ramadan we asked stu-

dents to bring in donations

for the local food bank in

Hillingdon. A few of us were

lucky enough to go with

ustadha Fouzia and deliver

the goods. The ladies in the

food bank were over-

whelmed with the dona-

tions. We also get to help

sort the donations.

HILLINGDON

FOOD BANK:

Yr.11 BBQ and Ceremony:

GCSE’S:

This year tens have had the

opportunity to take GCSE

Art .We were the first class to

do this subject at LNS. It's been

so fun making my natural forms

portfolio this year. My topic

was shells but others did sea , life and death, animals and

prints. We also research an

artist like Paul Cezanne , Geor-

gia O'Keeffe, Karl Blossfeldt or

Peter Randall-Page. We creat-

ed detailed drawings by using

either watercolor, paint pas-

tels, and even print. It's been an

amazing experience so far, and

really different to the other

subjects we are doing. It has

widened my career options to

doing more artistic subjects

like media studies and further

taking Art to A-level. I have

improved a lot as well and have

become much more confident

in exploring my artistic side it's

been so fun and exciting to

take GCSE art and I recom-

mend taking it.

Huda yr 10

At LNS this year for the first

time we have held GCSEs in

our own building. The year 11

students were able to feel

more relaxed in their own fa-

miliar environment. The teach-

ers were also at hand if the

students needed any help.

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“its been a great

experience”

On the 4th of July ustadha

Tahira and the teachers

planned a barbecue for the

year 11 because they gradu-

ated in Islamic studies. It

was a day to celebrate all

the hard work they did for

5 years, we had shiekh

Suleman and sheikh Rizwan

come to give us a beautiful

talk about our beloved

prophet sallallahu alayhi

wasalam. We had tasty and

yummy foods including sa-

mosas, corn, burgers ,sausage rolls and much

more. We certainly can't

forget about the chocolate

fountain with strawberries

and marshmallows- YUM!

Alhamdullilah all the year

11’s got a diploma however

two students were out-

standing Muna Ali in first

place and Marjaan Paeizi in

second place they both won

a certificate and an Amazon

gift card. It was a fun and

eventful day. The students

took pictures in the gradua-

tion robe along with their

families. All of the mums

attended and it was a magi-

cal evening. Tabasum yr 10

The following students have

achieved GOLD (120 +

MERITS):

Yr 7 - Hani Ahmed, Maryama

Ali, Sumaya Wali.

Yr 8 - Aliyah Mohamed,

Mehreen Musa, Ruwayda Ab-

di, Youmna Khan.

Yr 9—Lena Asse

Yr 10—Huda Yasin

The following students have

achieved PLANTINUM

(160+ MERITS):

Yr 7 - Aneesah Ghazi, Easha

Khawaja.

Yr 8 –Aishah Morris, Safiyyah

Choudhury, Wardah Jameel.

Yr 9 –Rayhana Jannath

End of Year

SCHOOL Awards:

Head Girl:

RANIA ANWAR

Deputy head girl:

Ruqaya Qureshi

Student of the year:

Huda Yasin

Most improved:

Amal Ali

Head teachers award:

Easha Khawaja

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This term we were happy to have

shaykh Suleiman come and give us

some regular talks.

They were enjoyable and informa-

tive and we took away lots of les-

sons and reminders.

We looked forward to his talks

every month and in his talks he

focused on some of our big 5.

He spoke about respecting Allah’s

creation, cleanliness being half of

our iman, listening and having adab

towards those older than us.

He is always able to relate to us

and to give us practical tips on how to improve ourselves.

I am sure we have all taken away

lots of valuable lessons.

We hope to have many more in-

teresting talks next year inshAllah.

Farisah yr 10

Year 8 Hampton

Court Palace: On Friday the 28th of June yr8

were delighted to go on a Histo-

ry trip to one of King Henry

V111’s many homes: Hampton

Court Palace. When we arrived

we were greeted and taken

around for a tour of the magnifi-cent palace. After that an actor

dressed as King Henry VIII spoke

to us and each of us were put

into groups of three or four. In

our groups we had to create a

presentation / speech about each

person we were assigned all of

which were relevant to king

Henry’s life.

It was a fun and exciting experi-

ence and we hope to go again, a

special thank you to Ust Nyla for

organising our trip.

Wardah yr 8

Shaykh Suleiman Van El talks

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Praying outside:

Recently we have started praying

outside because there is more

space and it is more comfortable

because its not as hot as the

main hall in the summer time.

Praying outside enables us to

connect with Allah because we

are surrounded by nature and

the beautiful birds tweeting as we

pray. This reminds us of all of

Allah's blessings to us. It allows

us to be humble, and we pray all

together as an ummah.

Yr 9

Iftar and taraweeh:

On the 25th of May ustadha Kinza organised an

iftar for teachers and students during Ramadan.

The tables were set up outside so we could all

eat together and the lab was full of tasty foods for

us to eat and enjoy. All the students and teachers

bought a dish of food each to be shared. The iftar

began at 8 pm and when we had all arrived we sat

outside in a circle and read dua and Quran and

ust Fouzia also gave us a beautiful speech about

sister hood. At about 9 o'clock we all went to

get our food and prepare for the breaking of our

fasts. Once maghrib had come in we all prayed

and then dug into our food, we had about an

hour to enjoy ourselves and then we had the ta-

raweeh. Several students and teachers took turns leading the prayer and it was a great bonding ex-

perience for us all to pray together. After that at

around 12 pm our parents came to pick us up

and we went home. I hope we do this again next

year.

It was a great night!!

Amal yr 10

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