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AUTUMN/WINTER
2014
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
After School Clubs
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Primary Update
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Secondary Update
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School Notices
Secondary Trips
AUTUMN/WINTER TERM
After School Clubs
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THE FIRST WORD
Surely, those who say, Our Lord is Allah, then they continue on the right way, they shall have no fear nor shall they grieve.
These are the dwellers of the garden, abiding therein: a reward for what they did. (Surah Al-Ahqaf v.13-14)
PRINCIPAL’S NOTE
Respected parents and carers of Andalusia Academy Bristol (AAB),
Welcome to the first newsletter of the 2014/15 academic year – whilst the regular practice of AAB is to issue a newsletter every
term you will no doubt appreciate how busy it has been these first two terms.
But by the fadl of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala and His alone we – as a school community – have come through many experiences, both positive and challenging. Now we must look forward to how the school can learn and build from what has taken
place and use this as a platform for even greater success inshaAllah. The emphasis is on consolidation, which we can achieve
inshaAllah through:
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Providing direction across all aspects of school life for medium to long term benefit;
Building capacity across the different teams to ensure quality with consistency in all that takes place;
Improving the learning experience and subsequent progress/attainment/holistic development for every child;
Enhancing the spiritual environment within school to nurture fitrah, taqwah and heightened levels of akhlaaq and adab
within every child; and
Improving communication, visibility and demonstrable impact of AAB across the school community and beyond.
These points aren’t exhaustive, but I hope demonstrates where I would like to focus on – such change will take time and requires cooperation across the school community – including yourselves. Coupled with the changes to laws that all schools must
follow (including AAB), the Ofsted inspection framework, the national curriculum and raising of standards amongst all schools;
we have a huge task. But this task is one that I feel – through regular dialogue and establishing greater transparency, accountability and understanding - we can inshaAllah achieve. The AAB school community mashaAllah is a resilient and dynamic one
and has much more to offer by way of ideas, resources and collaborative working. It’s something that I want to pursue in my
tenure at AAB inshaAllah.
May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala unite our hearts and minds for this noble cause and give us all the ability to fulfil the trust
placed on us in a manner pleasing to Him. Ameen
REMINDERS FOR
ALL PRIMARY
PARENTS
Primary Update
From our Deputy Head
Here are a few reminders for all primary parents Inshaa Allah. If
you would like more
information please
contact the school.
Coats – It is essential that
all children come to school
with a coat and it is important that all coats have
a hook so that they remain
on the coat pegs. Coats
without hooks often fall
from the pegs and become
a trip hazard for other children. Please also ensure
that coats are labelled so if
found they can quickly be
returned to the right pupil.
Water Bottles – Our
brains are made up of
around 80% water. Our
brains depend on proper
hydration to function
optimally. If we do not
drink enough water, our
brain cells lose efficiency.
Similarly children who do
not remain sufficiently hydrated throughout the day,
may find it hard to concentrate. We allow children to
drink as much as they
need to throughout the
day, therefore it is vitally
important that they bring
a freshly-filled water bottle
to school every day which
can be refilled in school if
necessary.
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Mrs Khan
Primary staff mashaAllah have been
working tirelessly to adapt teaching
and learning to changes in the
national curriculum. For example,
thousands of pounds have been
spent on new curriculum resources
for English, Maths and Science and
with this the staff and I have been
looking at how to provide better
support to pupils with different abilities and learning styles. This is
work in progress but I hope to provide more of an update on the impact and action points from this
work in the next newsletter
inshaAllah.
At the start of term three, parents
and carers will be able to access long
term and medium term plans via our
website, or upon request from the
school office, which will bring
greater transparency and subsequent understanding between home
and school inshaAllah.
The focus for term three will be on
mental arithmetic inshaAllah; starting by ensuring all pupils throughout the school are well-rehearsed in
their times tables and foundations
of mathematics such as number
bonds etc. To help motivate pupils,
we will be giving awards and setting
up challenges inshaAllah so make
sure they are prepared for this!
After School Clubs
Below is a timetable for after school clubs running in terms three and four, from
Tuesday 6 January 2015 to Friday 13 March 2015 inshaAllah:
Mon
Club
Organiser
Time
Year grps
Participants
Cost
Engage
Science
Club
Craft Club
Mrs A Khan
3.45 –
4.30
Years 5 and
6
15
£2
3.45 –
4.30
3.45 –
4.30
KS2
10
£2
Years 1 - 6
15
£2
Mon
Skipping
Club
Miss H
Hussain
Mrs N
Mahmood
Mon
Reading
Club
Miss C
Rowlands
3.45-4.30
KS1
15
None
Tues
Miss J Mehta
Libertad
15
£2
KS2
15
£2
Year 6
all
None
Tues
*Eco Club
Mrs N Wahid
Miss A
Hayat
3.45 –
4.30
3.45 –
4.30
3.45 –
4.30
3.45 –
4.30
KS2
Tues
French
Club
Spanish
Club
SATs Club
All years +
councillors
15
£2
Thurs
Energy
Club
Mrs R
Chowdhury
3.45 –
4.30
All Years
15
None
Thurs
Times tables Club
Miss H
Mahmood
3.45 –
4.30
Years 2 and
3
15
£2
Thurs
Homework Club
Miss H
Greenwood
3.45 –
4.30
Years 1 - 6
15
None
Mon
Tues
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SUPPORTING LEARNING AT HOME—LITERACY
READING
One of the main ways to help your child to improve their proficiency and confidence in literacy
is to encourage them to read. Reading anything from magazines, newspapers, short stories,
novels, poetry, plays, non-fiction texts, letters, autobiographies and so on will be of benefit to
your child’s learning inshaAllah.
Encouraging visits to the local library will show the variety of books available to your child,
can help establish a routine for borrowing books and develop confidence in using a public service, as well as build skills in independent learning. It is also a good way to discuss with your
child what type of literature they enjoy reading.
Key tips for reading include:
 Listen to your child read every day - little and often is more beneficial than a long session
once a week
 Think about how long you are reading for - the amount of reading time shouldn’t exceed
your child’s attention span!
 Pick your timing carefully – don’t embark on a reading session when your child is tired
 Parents can instil a love of reading long before a child goes to school and deepen that love
of reading as the child grows up. Show enthusiasm for reading so that they look forward to
it and it can help them become lifelong readers
 Encourage visits to the library, swap books with friends and to recommend books to each
other – find out what type of reading texts your child is passionate about and has strengths
in and where more support is needed
 For GCSE students keep charity letters and adverts that come through the door and ask
them to think about how the text is trying to persuade the reader. A weekend newspaper is
great practice for the language exam as this will be based on non-fiction texts
WRITING
Before your child starts a writing exercise, get them to think of what they are writing, for
whom and how they will structure it. Quite often the ideas that children have get lost in the
rush to produce a piece of work, which leads to basic mistakes being made.
Therefore, encourage your child to check their written work carefully: accuracy, use of language and spelling/punctuation/grammar. Encourage your child to use both a thesaurus and a
dictionary. They will need both for proofreading but also to extend their choice of vocabulary.
The use of a full range of punctuation is essential to getting higher grades at KS3 and GCSE.
A piece of written work is not finished until it has been proofread and it’s a good discipline to
instil at an early age!
The key to good writing is VARIETY: variety in punctuation; variety in sentence structure and
variety in vocabulary. But this comes from having a well-developed passion for reading and
understanding different types of texts and their usage.
SPEAKING AND LISTENING
This area can be very challenging for some students and yet other students find it gives them opportunities for
great results. Encourage your child to talk to you and others in your family about challenging topics. Use items
in the news, on television or from books that they are reading to talk about issues and themes. Encourage them
to think about other ways of looking at what they are reading and consider other viewpoints from what is written. Developing skills in deduction and inference are important to develop analytical skills amongst children
and their ability to articulate their views with confidence.
When your child has a Speaking and Listening assessment encourage them to prepare thoroughly and practise
what they want to say. If they are confident enough, they could practise in front of you!
Encourage your child to think about how they speak in different situations and to use an appropriate language
in assessed situations. They should practise speaking in a more formal tone without using colloquial terms peppered in sentences such as ‘like’, ‘basically’, ‘er’ ‘um’ etc.
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RECEPTION GO TO THE BEAR FACTORY!
In the first term the Reception class walked with staff and parents to The Bear
Factory in The Galleries in Broadmead. Upon arrival they were met by Jess
and Lydia, two of the workers, who showed the class around and demonstrated
how to make a toy bear.
All the children had a turn at pressing a machine to stuff a bear with foam and
place a toy heart inside it. The children then discussed and agreed to vote on
the clothes it would wear and its name - Barnaby. The Reception class watched
as the birth certificate for the toy bear was printed. Since that time Barnaby
has been much loved and cared for by the class and has been spending time at
the homes of different children from Reception class for some adventures!
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SEE MORE PICTURES
ON THE GALLERY
PAGE!
YEAR 1 NEWS
In Year 1 we have had a very busy and enjoyable Autumn term. Alhamdulillah
all the children have settled in and been engaged in a variety of cross- curricular projects.
One of our most exciting projects has been to explore the traditional tale of
‘Hansel and Gretel’ in literacy. This project also linked with our topic of houses
and homes. Using this story, the class baked and decorated its very own gingerbread house. The children were all involved in mixing the ingredients and
kneading dough, but most of all they enjoyed making the door, windows and
decorating the roof with sweets! The children thoroughly enjoyed taking part in
writing the ingredients and utensils and wrote some amazing recipes by the
end mashaAllah. All of these recipes have been put into the ‘Year 1 gingerbread
house recipe book’.
Recently the class did another cross-curricular project, which included making
crowns and having an exhibition on castles.
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Year 2
News
When the fire fighters came they helped us learn about fire safety in the hall. After
that we went outside into the fire engine and we saw a torch it was bright and white.
We also saw the big and powerful water hose. The firefighters put fires out with a
hose.
They had a camera to see inside the smoke to keep safe. This was really interesting
because they can see in the dark! They wear safety clothes which are light brown and
silver.
The engine makes noises to alert people and show that they are on their on the way.
The engine makes a siren sound so everybody knows that there is a fire. The engine is
red so everybody can see them.
The firefighters wear a mask so they can breathe in smoke when anyone is in danger.
We had lots of fun and learnt so much!
By Iqra M and Hanifa from Year 2 Safa
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From our Deputy Head Mrs Ali
SECONDARY UPDATE
Given the refurbishment taking place of the new building, new staff and new pupils to manage
and settle in, it has been a challenging two terms but Alhamdulillah we are in a stronger position now than when we were in September.
Whilst new curriculum resources have been purchased for subjects such as Maths and French,
in term three the team will be looking at the quality and impact of learning taking place and the
way in which different departments are planning to enhance the learning experience for their
students and how we ensure all students are going to make progress inshaAllah. More of this
will be reported in the next newsletter inshaAllah.
In the meantime, parents and carers are able to access long term plans and an overview of texts
used for secondary subjects via the website link: http://andalusiaacademy.org.uk/1/about-us/
secondary-school
Mrs Ali
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WRITING CHALLENGE
This term a competition was held for both primary and secondary pupils
to write a short story. The winners of this mashaAllah are as follows:
First place: Khadijah Safdar - year 9
Second place: Fatima Al-Sakkaf - year 5
Third place: Asia Abdi Arr – year 5
The winning story was a mystery set in a Muslim girls’ boarding school.
Well done to the winners and all those who entered.
Watch out for the next writing challenge coming soon!
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We have been learning GCSE Arabic since Year 7 and, let me tell you, we love it! Its
great and every day we learn something new on this quest of knowledge because of our
wonderful teacher Mrs Nounu. At the start of this term we have been learning all
about how to describe our school. Our unit was called Education and Training. We expressed in our work what we want to be in the future and also different subjects that
we learn in the school. We also explained what subjects we like and why and how
many times we learn each subject in the week.
Our group is the first year to start in reception
to year nine and actually complete our GCSE
early.
InshaAllah we will ace our exams and achieve
some world changing accomplishments to make
our hardworking families and teachers proud.
By Salama, Sulecha, Iqra din and Eylya
year 9
On Saturday 6 December, Year 10 and 11 students had an eye opening experience to
meet aspiring female Muslim professionals; including a doctor and a journalist. This
was a perfect chance for students to ask questions and receive relevant career advice
from the three Muslim sisters; who provided lots of advice and contacts in order to
assist us on what we need to do in order to achieve our future ambitions and gain the
closest connection to Allah at the same time. They also gave us advice on A-levels and
other education choices needed to pursue different career paths.
For example, the first presentation from a trainee general practitioner was especially
motivational for those students who want to pursue this career in the future. She gave
students lots of tips on interview advice, different pathways into medicine and
becoming a doctor e.g. as a general practitioner at a local clinic/surgery or as a surgeon
in a hospital.
The second presentation was done by a trainee journalist and online blogger who is in
their final year of university. She has worked with many famous people, such as
Habiba Da Silva, and showed different paths that could be taken for future prospects
but more importantly; how to balance our future careers with our deen Alhamdulillah.
By Bahar Atoofi, Year 11
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Eden Project Trip
The Eden Project is a visitor attraction in Cornwall, England. Alhamdulillah the secondary boys
went there for a residential trip as an extension to their Geography work and to build team spirit.
When we arrived we were presented with luxurious accommodation ‘via Snooze Box‘ and an exquisite buffet.
The whole experience was made better thanks to our teachers and guides that escorted us to the
Eden Project including our PE teacher Mr Zamir, our Maths teacher Mr Ennajry, our French/
Arabic teacher and Khateeb Mr Azzouni and our Qur’an/Islamic Studies teacher Sheikh Ridwan
Hussein.
I am certain that every one of us traveling appreciated everything they did for us. I sure did.
They even tried hard towards the end of the trip to arrange ice skating for us a second time.
Even if it didn’t happen, it was the thought that counted.
The main attraction that I am sure most of us were looking forward to was the biomes: massive
translucent domes with wonderful artificial ecosystem in the interior. And we were right to be
excited. The main biomes we saw were called the Tropical Rainforest and the other Mediterranean biome. They were both very nice but I preferred the Mediterranean biome because it had
many different things to admire like the crops growing and the Ripe Naga chilies. In all it was
a great time with our best of friends.
By Eyman Aboukar Year 8
UWE Trip
As part of our history topic, Year 9 went to
University of the West of England (UWE) and
learnt fascinating facts in various activities
about the World War II.
After a 30 minute journey, we had arrived at
UWE and went to our first activity about the
food during the world war. Germany had cut
off a lot the food supply causing people in England to have very little food during the war.
Therefore, the government came to the conclusion of rationing.
At the university we were taught about how
people sweetened the food and only used limited amounts of food. We cooked a range of different soups; leek and potato soup, vegetable
soup and tomato soup. After trying the different soups we decided that we probably would
not have been able to survive during the war
due to the fact that there was such a small
amount of food!
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The second activity was by far my favourite
activity, code breaking. During World War II,
Germany believed that its secret codes for radio messages were unreadable to the Allies.
However, the careful work of code breakers,
based at Britain’s Bletchley Park, cracked the
secrets of German communication. This played
a crucial role in the final defeat of Germany.
We were given codes that were used in the war
and had to try and find out what Germany was
trying to say to its allies. The winning team
received a certificate.
From this experience me and my fellow classmates have learnt important facts and information about World War II and are very grateful that we had the chance to experience this
trip.
By Asma Hussein, Year 9
Cheddar Gorge Trip
On 17 November Year 9 girls had the privilege of visThe show cave follows the former route of the underiting Cheddar Gorge.
ground river through several well decorated chambers.
The underground river has now found a new lower
Cheddar Gorge is the finest example of a limestone
gorge in Britain, and its cliffs support many valuable route, discovered by cave divers in 1985, and emerges
to daylight at Cheddar Risings. Cox's Cave was dissemi-natural habitats, home to a wide range of plant
covered by George Cox in 1837 and contains many
species, many of them rare. At the lower end of the
gorge are two show caves which together attract half a stalactites and stalagmites. Several other small caves
exist in the cliffs above, remnants of the earlier course
million visitors a year.
of River Yeo, long since abandoned by down-cutting
of the gorge.
There are many, mostly small, caves in Cheddar
Gorge but the two largest, Gough's Cave and Cox's
Cave are open to the public. Gough's Cave, discovered Many are home to roosting and hibernating bats, inby Richard Gough in 1898, was formed by the ances- cluding significant numbers of the greater horseshoe
tral River Yeo over 120 000 years ago. Just inside the bat. It was an inspirational and educational experience
entrance remains of several human skeletons, includ- and we would recommend that future Year 9 pupils go
ing the 9000-year-old Cheddar Man, were found along there.
with many other archaeological artefacts.
Following a frenzied few weeks of activity from food sales, Skip-a-thon and non-uniform
days to direct fundraising amongst family and friends; mashaAllah over £19k has been
raised by the school community to help clear the Qard Hasanah taken for school expansion. Considering the campaign started in December the response has been mashaAllah
phenomenal.
Other types of fundraising initiatives will take place inshaAllah, but for now this campaign has closed. If you have yet to return your fundraising pack with donations received
or completed standing order forms, please do so by Monday 12th January 2015. May Allah
accept the efforts of the parents, trustees and staff that have been pro-active in this
campaign and reward them with the best of this life and the next –
Ameen.
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Every year across the UK, activities are held to raise awareness on the harms of bullying and
how to tackle it.
At AAB, Lucknow House chose to support the charity National Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) as one of their campaigns is to promote anti-bullying in schools
and colleges. Lucknow House decided to kick start AAB’s support of this campaign in AntiBullying Week 2014 and Alhamdulillah with the support of parents, children and teachers, it
was a success!
Prior to anti-bullying week, Lucknow House led a whole-school assembly about the effects of
bullying and the importance of tackling the issue. During anti-bullying week, pupils and students across AAB explored the issues surrounding bullying and the type of solutions needed at
AAB. Every day there was a sale of stationary and badges, promoting the anti-bullying message
and showing support for the NSPCC, as well as a cake sale at the end of the week.
Lucknow House ran a poster competition for Key Stage 1 and 2 to design a poster to promote
the anti-bullying message. MashaAllah there was a lot of high quality entries and choosing a
winner was a difficult job. However there were entries that stood out for their message, which
showed the child’s awareness of the issue.
The winners are as follows:
Key Stage 1
First place – Shayma Mohamed (Year 1)
Second place – Ismahaan Musse (Year 1) and Alican Turkman (Year 1)
Third place – Saifullah Safdar (Year 1)
Key Stage 2
First place – Hussein Almawery (Year 4)
Second place – Rehan Bodleh (Year 3) and Azra Rahman (Year 5)
Third place – Omar Noor (Year 3)
There was also a story-writing competition, which was open to Key Stage 2 and 3 children.
Again, the quality of entries was high, but the winners were:
 First place – Azra Rahman (Year 5)
 Second place – Maida Salaadmalin (Year 6)
 Third place – Aaminah Azir (Year 4) and Hanan Muse (Year 5)
The week culminated in a non-uniform day, where children were encouraged to wear something
blue to show their support for the campaign. Alhamdulillah, the school community raised £230
which will go to the NSPCC to support their campaign work. MashaAllah the campaign generated a buzz across the school community and will inshaAllah continue in the form of:
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flash sales to raise awareness and money for the work of NSPCC;
a committee being formed from pupils and students across the school to promote and embed
the anti-bullying message through different activities, including inviting guest speakers,
holding workshops and ratifying a new school policy on bullying prevention; and
Lucknow House visiting the offices of NSPCC to get a better appreciation of their work
If you would like to assist, please contact the School Office in the first instance.
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Key dates
Parent evenings – Secondary
Saturday 7 February 2015 - Entrance exams for Y7
Year 7 Parents evening – Monday 23rd March 2015
4.30pm-6.00pm – Girls
6.15pm-7.30pm – Boys
(Girls)
Tuesday 10 February 2015 - Safer Internet Day
Thursday 12 February 2015 – Parents meeting with
Year 8 Parents Evening – Monday 27th April 2015
4.30pm-6.00pm – Girls
6.15pm-7.30pm - Boys
Principal 630pm (focus on school improvement)
Saturday 14 February 2015 - Entrance exams for Y7
Year 9 Parents Evening –Tuesday 14th April 2015
4.30pm-7.00pm
(Boys)
Monday 2 March to Friday 6 March 2015 – Reading
Week including World Book Day (5 March 2015)
Friday 13 to Monday 22 March 2015 - British Science
Week (including Islamic Science exhibition)
Parents evening – Primary
Year 10 Parents Evening –Thursday 12th February 2015
4.30pm-7.00pm
Year 11 Parents Evening –Wednesday 28th January 2015
4.30pm-7.00pm
Thursday 19 March 2015
Tuesday 24 March 2015
HEALTHY LIVING
A growing concern amongst staff is the number of
pupils and students who do not bring sufficient supplies for breaks or lunchtimes – this affects levels of
concentration and energy that could also affect
learning, behaviour of pupils/students as well as
their health. Please therefore ensure your child
brings sufficient fluids – water preferably – healthy
snacks and foods for break and lunch times; including fruit.
SCHOOL SURVEYS
JazakAllahumma Khairun to all the parents and
carers that took time to complete the survey
launched a few weeks ago. Results from this - coupled with the surveys done with pupils/students/
staff, previous survey results, past Ofsted inspection
reports and school performance data – will be used
to inform a school improvement and development
plan that will run from January 2015 to July 2016
inshaAllah.
PARENTS MEETING WITH PRINCIPAL
The next meeting for all parents with the Principal
will inshaAllah be on Thursday 12 February 2015
where the focus will be on school improvement and
development so I request you all to attend.
Based on the last two meetings held Alhamdulillah,
further (separate) meetings will be held with parents to discuss the implications for AAB from the
‘Trojan Horse’ issue in Birmingham and the changes
to the national curriculum and the way in which
AAB is managing it. We want parents and carers to
be fully informed with what is happening nationally
and how as a school community we can use hikmah
and be pragmatic in how we respond inshaAllah.
STRANGER DANGER ALERT
There have been a number of reports of a separate
incidents in Henbury / Southmead / Shirehampton
of a stranger in a vehicle (different vehicles are cited) approaching school-age students (none from
AAB) and asking them if they would like a lift.
Please remind your child, particularly those in secondary, that under no circumstances (if approached)
are they to accept a lift. In any instance where they
are approached, your child should get home as
quickly as safely as possible and inform you whereupon you should contact the police.
If any such incidents do occur, please ask your child
to keep the school informed as well.
May Allah protect us Ameen
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Please can you ensure that your child comes to school with the correct uniform, which is set out in the table
below:
Secondary Girls
Grey Jilbab Grey/black
leggings
Maroon school blazer
White hijab
Grey trousers
White shirt School
tie
Maroon school jumper
Grey socks
Black shoes
Navy jogging bottoms
Trainers
White long sleeve top (girls)
White polo shirt (boys)
Grey pinafore
White blouse
Maroon school jumper
Grey tights / trousers
(Years 5 and 6 girls
eligible for trousers)
Maroon school blazer
Black shoes
White hijab
Primary PE Kit
Navy jogging bottoms Black
daps (plimsoll)
White polo shirt/Tshirt
Primary Boys
Grey trousers
White shirt School
tie
Maroon school blazer
Grey socks
Black shoes
Secondary Boys
Secondary PE Kit
Primary girls
(Winter)
School vest/blazer
Grey socks
Black shoes
Uniform spot-checks will be done vigorously from term three inshaAllah so please ensure you adhere to
the uniform guidelines consistently. Further, too often many pupils come to school looking unprepared
for school – particularly boys. For example, shirts untucked, no ties or ties hanging loose from the neck,
trainers being worn, ripped jumpers and trousers etc. This doesn’t set a good impression for the school
nor does it aid pupils or students in being mentally focused for learning.
AAB book bags, jilbaab, blazers, ties, jumpers and cardigans can be purchased from the school. The
school has a large number of samples already in stock to sell so please contact the School Office for any
enquiries / purchases.
For the Autumn and Winter months, it is essential that all pupils and students come to school with a coat, for
primary school pupils, that the coats have a hook so that they remain on the coat pegs. Coats without hooks
often fall from the pegs and become a trip hazard for other children. Please also ensure that all coats are labelled with your child’s name so if it is forgotten behind at school, it can be identified and returned to the
rightful owner quickly inshaAllah.
Too often, across the school, bags, lunchboxes, clothing and shoes are left behind and it takes a while to track
down who these items belong to. At the end of each term, if no claim to such items is found then we will donate such items to charity. Please therefore, ensure items of clothing and accessories are clearly named and
that you encourage your child to take responsibility for what they possess and bring to school.
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JazakAllah Khair
ATTENDANCE STATISTICS FOR AUTUMN TERM (TERMS 1 & 2)
Tuesday 2 September 2014 to Tuesday 23 December 2014
Year Group
Present
Authorised Absence
Unauthorised absence
Lateness
RECEPTION
94%
3%
3%
3%
YEAR 1
95%
3%
2%
2%
YEAR 2 SAFA
96%
2%
2%
1%
YEAR 2 MARWA
95%
2%
2%
2%
YEAR 3
97%
2%
1%
2%
YEAR 4
96%
3%
1%
1%
YEAR 5
94%
5%
1%
2%
YEAR 6
97%
2%
1%
1%
YEAR 7
94%
4%
2%
2%
YEAR 8
95%
2%
2%
3%
YEAR 9
96%
2%
2%
4%
YEAR 10
94%
2%
4%
4%
YEAR 11
96%
3%
1%
3%
YEAR 7 BOYS
96%
2%
2%
1%
YEAR 8 BOYS
97%
1%
2%
1%
School attendance reminders:
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Minimum 95% attendance per child for the academic year
Children must turn up to school on time – repeat incidences of late arrival will result in a fine
payable to the school unless genuine mitigating circumstances are presented in writing to the
school
 Parents and carers to report any absences immediately to the School Office to minimise the
level of unauthorised absences
 Any required medical appointments scheduled after school hours wherever possible
Parents and carers to avoid taking their child out of school during term time, unless mitigating
circumstances are presented in writing and explicit permission from the Principal is given – fines
payable to the school otherwise
For more information on the school’s policy on attendance please obtain the policy document from
http://andalusiaacademy.org.uk/4/key-documents or ask the School Office for a hard copy look at
the school attendance policy
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A growing requirement for all schools is to ensure that pupils and students adopt
a balanced view to the multi-cultural society in which they live and how they can
become law abiding, responsible citizens of this country inshaAllah.
This includes respecting people of different faiths and cultures and that the views
and rights of groups listed in the Equality Act 2010 are not undermined in activities that take place in schools. With this in mind, the position of AAB is that:
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A clear and consistent programme of work is developed that enables pupils
and students to respect difference in a faith sensitive manner. Good practice
from other schools will be gathered to inform the work of AAB;
External advice will be sought, where appropriate, prior to delivery to build
knowledge and maintain trust, which inshaAllah will lead to cooperation in
other areas of AAB’s work;
Staff will be supported in delivery of learning activities related to these issues
and provided with the resources in maximising learning outcomes;
External visitors invited to AAB will be briefed on the school’s ethos and type
of learning outcomes sought from their visit. Any material being used by external visitors – such as speeches, workshop notes or PowerPoint slides – will be
sought in advance to brief teaching staff so that they can reflect this in any follow up activities taking place and ensure balance in what gets discussed
amongst pupils and students;
Learning points from visits by external visitors will be captured in future
newsletters; and
The school community will be informed – according to age, position and understanding – what visitors are coming to AAB, the purpose of the visit and learning activities taking place
Umar bin al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah
(peace and blessings from Allah be upon him) said, “The deeds are considered by the
intentions, and a person will get the reward according to his intention.
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(Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
KS1 first place Lucknow competition :
Shayma Mohamed Year 1
KS1 third place Lucknow competition :
Saifullah Safdar Year 1
KS1 second place Lucknow competition :
Alican Turkman Year 1
KS1 second place Lucknow competition :
Ismahaan Musse Year 1
KS2 third place Lucknow competition
Omar Noor
KS2 second place Lucknow competition
Rehan Bodleh
KS2 second place Lucknow competition :
Azra Rahman
KS2 first place Lucknow competition :
Hussein Almawery