Veillee religieuse

Assalamu alaikum!

School starts January 2nd

School will be restarting this Wednesday, January 2nd inshaAllah. We are aware that many students may not be present. We will keep that into consideration inshaAllah as we do our lessons.

Religious Night January 5 - 6

The veillee religieuse will be this coming Saturday, January 5th. This event takes a considerably amount of preparation. If you would like to be a part of the team, please feel free to contact us! Students will spend the day and the following night at the school involved in prayers and meditations, religious talks, games, etc. We need your help! Get involved!

Over the break

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah!

I am very sorry if you haven't received any news these last days. We were having Internet problems for a few days.

Important dates

December 21 : Parents Teachers Conference - Report Cards released

December 22: General Assembly Parents Association

You can still get any report cards this day if you haven't done so already.

January 02: School starts

We will confirm this date inshaAllah, as the Magal is January 1st.

The students have taken all their notebooks home. They also have all the artwork that they have done. I don't really think that they got much homework; we decided to have pity on them. They do have however, Math and Science work, and they should be revising their notes, Deenyat and Quran lessons everyday inshaAllah.

Mathematics

Harcourt Math text book

page 34

Set A questions 1 - 10

Set B questions 1 - 8

Set C questions 1 - 9

page 35 

questions 1 - 3

page 58

Set B questions 1 - 6

Set C questions 1 - 6

Set D questions 1 - 8

Science

Science Project

" Do boiled eggs or raw eggs spin faster?"

The project must be turned in poster form (like the first project). 

Students must do the experiment at home, and report the results. The project should include:

Title, Hypothesis, Materials, Method, Observations/Results, and a Conclusion. 

Some pictures of them doing the experiment would also be interesting to add!

More information later this week! Stay tuned!

Class responsabilities

FARAASHA CLASS RESPONSABILITIES

December 10 – January 20

                            

TIME KEEPERS                      Aneesa and Abdoulaye

BOARD ERASORS                  Thiaba and Salman

CUBBY CHECKERS                  Seynabou and Nancy

FLOOR SWEEPERS                Ahmed and Hajer

LINE LEADERS                      Ndeye and Riyadh

CABOOSES                            Ndatte and Abdoul

CAHIER DE PRESENCE          Fatima

CAHIER DE TEXTE                Safiyah

REPLACEMENTS                    Aminata and Souleymane

CAFETERIA MONITORS       Abdoul and Seynabou

Field trip this Wednesday

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah!

I hope that you have all had a peaceful and restful weekend.

Jacaranda

This coming Wednesday 12 December inshaAllah, Grade 3 and Grade 4 will be exploring Jacaranda, a society that grows and sells exotic plants.  You may have seen the small plant place that this company has in Mermoz, next to the Fondation Sonatel. However, the main location is in Rufisque and there, we will visit and explore the many hectares of plant life grown there.

We have been learning about plants in Science class for the last month and a half, and this is the best culmination to end this chapter!

Students will be given a form to fill out on Monday or on Tuesday inshaAllah. They will obligatory need to bring that paper back signed to be authorised to go on the field trip.

Religious Night

This greatly anticipated event will be postponed to January 5th inshaAllah.  During this night, students and parents listen, learn, and pray together in a spirit of conviviality and brotherhood.  We hope that this delay will permit us to better organise the activities to have the desired results inshaAllah.

We will be asking you to participate! You will be hearing from us soon inshaAllah!

Have a great week!

Science Projects

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah!

I hope all of you had a very peaceful weekend!

Students in the Faraasha class have started doing Science Projects. These projects are to help them get better acquainted with the annual Science Fair competition at IQRA, and also to heighten their curiosity about things around them through inquiry.

The first experiment was intitled:

Do cut flowers live longer in salt water or in sugar water?

The whole class, except Ndatte Ndaw, thought that the salt water would make the cut flowers live longer. Why did they think this? They will have to explain it in their project reports, because they were all proved wrong!

The experiment was done in class in pairs. The flowers were kept on the balcony. The students were asked to observe their flowers and record their observations each day for 10 days.

The students need to give me the report of this Science project in poster form inshaAllah this week. I made a poster of the report, and they can understand, and follow how it should be done, by looking at it, and at the individual notes that they made.  They have also other lab experiment reports in their note books.

Students will have a science project to do every month inshaAllah.

Art Projects

A big takbir to Ndeye Maguette, Aminata Charlotte and Abdoulaye Fall. They made the best mini flower vases in Art last week! The art work was judged by Ustadh Ahmed, and mashaAllah, they were all very pretty!

We are doing Concentric Circle Patterns this week. 

Art work is usually left on display in the class or in the hallways. Visitors to the school greatly admire the work that the students are doing. The students also take great pride in their work. I will be returning Art work inshaAllah on December 20, the last day of school before the break.

Have a great week!

This week in Faraasha

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah!

Yesterday was a Professional Development Day for the staff at IQRA. During these days, administration and staff elaborate on better means to improve key points associated with a conducive school atmosphere. Workshops, modules, teaching strategies and assessments are also learnt, practised and evaluated during this time.

The end of the semester is near

As you already know, the end of the first semester is this coming Friday inshaAllah, Nov 30th.  Students must hand in all late homework if they still want to receive credit. They have already started simple evaluations that assess how much they have assimilated so far.

Thiadiaye

This important chapter in IQRA's history started when certain classes went out to this tiny village close to Mbour to see traditional pottery being done. The village is composed of Christians and Muslims. One of Mme Sarr's housegirls is from this village. She left the village as Anna the Christian, and returned as Aisha, a fully covered, practising Muslim.

Okay, so she didn't really look like this, but close enough. Let's continue the story.

As this transformation amazed many of her family members, the talk was less centered on pottery and became axed on religion.

Ustadh Ahmed, an American Imam, teacher at IQRA, and potter himself, finally, after talking to the village, softened their hearts to Islam, and by Allah's grace, 16 women took Shahadah after he and the IQRA school arrived, and then 5 more before they left the village that day. 

There has been a relationship with this village ever since.

They however, need people to help them learn the religion. They need nurturing, just like a baby depends on his mother for nurturing. They are not looking for just words. They need people to accompany them to make them become practising, striving, Muslims.

Ustadh Ahmed and company, have been going periodically to the village. His first trip, since returning from the United States will be this Saturday, December 1st inshaAllah.

If you have any food donations that you will like to give, it will be extremely appreciated.

IQRA has been helping this village as well, by giving food and clothing donations every time we have gone there.

If you would like to involve yourself in this Community Service Project, please contact Ustadh Ahmed directly: 77 754 40 87

Fiamanillah!

Progress Reports

Assalamu alaikum!

The end of the first semester will be the 30th of November inshaAllah. 

There will be an end of semester exam in each subject area. Depending on the subject, the exam may count as much as 20% of the final grade. The exact percentage can be found on Engrade.

We are very closely working with those students that need extra attention so that they succeed this semester inshaAllah.

Progress reports were sent home this week. Please write your comments and send them back to the school by Monday inshaAllah. They will be returned once they have been photocopied.

Do not hesistate to speak to any of the Faraasha teachers about the progress of your child. 

Mr Cheikh A T Diallo, French teacher

Mme ZamZam, Science, Social Studies, Art, English Second Language, English Six Traits and Math Teacher

Mr Elijah Abdullah, English teacher

Ya Seyda, Deenyat and Quran teacher

Mme Fouzia Cherif, Arabic Teacher

Mr Diagne, Physical Education teacher

Mr Abdou Chakour Fadhuili, Quran and Information Technology teacher

Mr Leopold Manga, French Six Traits teacher

Extra curricular clubs (Thursdays 12:45 - 13:40):

Health and Nutrition Club: Mme ZamZam

Art and Design Club: Ngone Dior (A very gifted, artistic Grade 11 student).

Sewing and Crochet Club: Tata Anta

Homework Club: Mme Gaye

Students that need special attention or extra help use this time to do their homework with a teacher's assistance. 

We will also be starting a literacy circle next semester. Students will read the same books, and discuss their thoughts and ideas about the book in a convivial setting.  We may meet for a half hour after school, or on a Saturday morning. Books could either be in French or in English.

If you have suggestions on any book titles that you feel will be a great read, please contact me.

Have a great weekend!

This week in Faraasha

Assalamu alaikum!

We are all wishing Mme Sarr a speedy recovery. She was in a car accident over the weekend. May Allah heal her, and pardon her sins, ameen.

Lessons

Students must review the work that they are given each day. Not only lessons must be understood, but concepts must be memorized. Some concepts may be learnt by practice and exercises, but there are always things that need to be memorized. For example, in Science, students should know that plants are classified into plants with seeds, and plant that do not have seeds...

In Deenyat class yesterday, most students of the Faraasha class did not memorize the first two lines of the du'ah that we say during the prayer; when we sit after the prostration, at tayiyyatu lillahi (TASHAHUD). Prayer is not complete if you do not know how to perform it. This component of prayer is very important. 

Students are also not taking the time to memorize correctly their Surahs. If they are reciting with minor mistakes, they have not memorized correctly the verse. These words are the words of Allah. We have no right to add on to them or deform them.  The Quran is the easiest thing to lose. We all should be learning and reviewing our Book.

Sondages/Survey forms

There are many surveys that did not come back to IQRA. If you are still holding onto it, please turn it in immediately. We will need this feedback to complete our self study towards accreditation inshaAllah.

Cahier de texte

All students must have a cahier de texte. Each day, they will write their homework in their notebooks and the cahier de texte. Parents and guardians must sign each day as witnesses that their child has completed the homework on a given day.

Excellent week!

Important information this week

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Nasheed Choir Auditions

Auditions for IQRA Aria, Iqra Bilingual Academy Nasheed Choir will be Tuesday, November 13th during recess, lunch time and after school.

Where: Mme Sarr's office

If you (student) are interested in being a part of the choir, please sign up in class.

The song that you will be required to sing is Light of Dawn. Practice the song below!

Lateness

School starts at 8:15am. At 8:30am, we sometimes still have more than half the 4th grade class absent! This has great pertubations on the first class. Please make a greater effort to get your children at school on time!

Homework

Students receive homework every day! If you child is telling you everyday that he or she does not have homework, please look at his/her notebooks, and contact me immediately.

I will be sending homework notice slips starting this week inshaAllah. Slips will require parent signature, and the student must complete the homework and give it in the following day.

Please keep in constant contact with subject teachers and myself. 

Communication is an important aspect in the success of your child!

Dictionary use

Assalamu alaikum!

Students are increasingly being asked to use their dictionaries in class to help them will their spelling. 

Fourth graders will need a French dictionary, an English dictionary, and a French-English dictionary (for French speakers and French learners).

Please be aware that there is no school tomorrow, Nov 1st.

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Tabaski homework and IQRA school information

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Here is the homework that 4th graders must complete before the start of class inshaAllah. Some of these have been already collected and noted. They have been listed here for those students who have not completed them.

Science

1. Plant classification poster: How do you classify plants? Use labelled pictures to show how plants are grouped.

2. Assessment questions: Four end of sub chapter questions that students wrote in their Science books.

Social Studies

1. The Arab-Israel conflict. "Palestine will be free." Relook at this nasheed (Youtube, type in Maher Zain, Palestine will be free). Imagine that you are the boy in the video. Describe your life in this conflict zone. 1 page.

2. Souleymane and the wounded dog. (A hypothetical scenario that students wrote in their notebooks). List the steps that you would take to solve this conflict.

3. The Gebel water conflict. (For those students who did not receive a note and wish to redo this exercise). List the steps that you would take to solve this conflict. Please relook at all conflict resolution tools to help you.

Math

1. Bar graphs and pictographs. (Two exercises on hand-outs).

2. Benchmark numbers. Harcourt page 11, questions 1-7

English and English Second Language

1. Describe everyday with at least 3 sentences and you did and what you hope to do (during the Tabaski break).

2. Vocabulary Dictionary word search (15 words to look up in a dictionary and to write down what they mean).

IQRA news

Please do not forget to return those brown enveloppes if you haven't done so already!

Also, surveys were given to all students today. Please complete the surveys and return them to administration.

Our Saturday classes have started. If you or any one you know will like to participate in these fun, interesting and inspiring Saturday programs, please fill out the form (that was given today to your child), and return it on the 31st inshaAllah.

Have a happy and peaceful Eid holiday!

Going to the Spelling Bee Finals will be...

Assalamu alaikum!

All classes at IQRA Bilingual Academy has their 1st round Spelling Bee today.

It was a very charged room in the Faraasha class!

Aneesa Nawab and Souleymane Ndaw battled to get the ticket to go to the Finals. Finally Aneesa won by spelling correctly the word that Souleymane didn't AND spellling another word correctly.

On the French side, we had a long but exciting battle between Fatima Zahra Diouf and Thiaba Kadam. They spelt more than 20 words with finally Fatima Zahra Diouf pulling through to represent the Frenchies.

So a HUGE TAKBIR to Aneesa Nawab and Fatima Zahra Diouf!

They will be in the Finals this coming Tuesday inshaAllah!

Gouter partager and Eid Gift Exchange

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah! 

This Tuesday Oct 23, inshaAllah, we will be having a joint class Gouter Partager (Grade 3 and Grade 4). The students can bring their snacks to share communely with their classmates.

Also, the Eid is a very special occasion that should be different from all others. It is only one of 2 occassions that Allah subhana wa ta'ala has given us to celebrate.

Families from many countries, often exchange greetings and gifts during the Eid day. Needless to say, from a child's perspective, Eid went farther than just eating and drinking. Of course, Eid is the day that people who have very little food can partake in the Eid feasts that are usually organized by community.

For those children who would like to, and have permission from parents, we are having a gift exchange between Grade 3 and Grade 4 (boys between boys, and girls between girls).

Each child will draw a name from a bag and give that student a small gift. This gift can be something creative or was made by the student himself. If the gift is bought, it should cost less than 3000fcfa.

Students will draw names tomorrow inshaAllah.

Fiamanillah!

Upcoming Spelling Bee and Eid-ul-Adha (Tabaski) break

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah!

IQRA B A Spelling Bee

We will be having the first round of the bi-annual Spelling Bee this coming Thursday. There will be 2 winners from each class who will pass to the school Finals next Tuesday (Oct 23) inshaAllah. 

Students have been given their words lists yesterday (Monday).  The words of the first round will come from this list. However, the words given on the Finals will be general, non seen words.

Eid-ul-Adha break

We have changed slightly the days of the Tabaski break. The last day of school will be next Tuesday inshaAllah (Oct 23).

School will restart on Wednesday Oct 31 inshaAllah.

We hope that you all have a peaceful and restful Eid!

Tomorrow is OPEN HOUSE!

Assalamu alaikum!

I hope that all of you had an excellent week!

Please do not forget that tomorrow, October 13th is Open House (Journee Portes Ouvertes) at IQRA. 

We will be starting at 9am.

If you would like to see me, please schedule a time between 10am and 12pm.

See you tomorrow inshaAllah!

No school on Monday October 8

Assalamu alaikum!

We had a great week this week! I will be posting pictures from the Health March and the winning Posters this weekend inshaAllah.

Important! This coming Monday will be a Professional Development Day for the teachers and the administration at IQRA Bilingual Academy. There will be no school on this day. 

However, the winners of all competitions held this week will be coming on Monday for their pizza and icecream party! We will announce the time of the event inshaAllah, shortly.

Last year's Health and Hygiene Week

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These are some of the pictures and the videos made from last year's activities.

Keep our IQRA environment clean!

Assalamu alaikum!

This Tuesday, October 2, will be the start of the Health and Hygiene Awareness Days. 

This year, the theme is "Keep our IQRA environment clean."

The objectives of these days are to increase awareness of cleanliness, and to promote the importance of cleanliness of the soul, the body and the environment. We are focusing also on the importance of keeping our classrooms and our school clean. By doing this, we are convinced that students will naturally have a more positive attitude about their school, a greater sense of school spirit and school pride insha Allah!

The week is full of activities. Take a look at the schedule for the upcoming week!

Make sure that your child participates in at least one of the competitions! It is a great way to enhance creativity, imagination and motivation! 

Health and Hygiene Awareness Days 2012 – 2013

Theme: “Keep our IQRA environment clean”

October 2nd – 5^th

Schedule

Date	Time	Activities
Tues 2nd Oct	8 am	·         Start of The Cleanest Class Competition: “How clean is your class?” (Upper School/Lower School) Judges may pass at any time of the day to inspect your class! ·         Start of “Operation Keep IQRA clean.” Zero garbage outside, on the floors, and in the hallways. Let our entire school be clean from today and onwards!
Wed 3rd Oct	8 am 13:15-13:30	·         Start of “The Best Health or Hygiene Slogan Competition” (Upper School/Lower School). ·         Start of “The Best Poetry Competition” (Theme: Keep our IQRA environment clean). (Upper School/Lower School). ·         Start of “The Best Poster Competition” (Entries must be centered on the theme). (Upper School/Lower School). Please give your entries to your homeroom teachers! ·         Lunch time assemblies: “The importance and obligation of cleanliness of body and surroundings in Islam.” (Ya Seyda, Mme ZamZam, Oustadh Bah, Oustadh Ahmed…)
Thurs 4th Oct	9 am – 10:30 am 13:15-13:30 Lunch break	·         Health Walk/March (Track suits or sportswear. Hijabs stay on). Classes will continue as normal at 11 am! ·         Healthy snacking day (No junk food day)! ·         Lunch time assemblies: The importance and obligation of cleanliness of body and surroundings in Islam (Ya Seyda, Mme ZamZam, Oustadh Bah, Oustadh Ahmed…) ·         Deadline to submit all competition entries
Fri  5th Oct	8:30 am 9 am 10 am	·         Film projection of Public Service Announcements 2011-2012 ·         Doctor visit: “Importance of keeping our environment clean.” ·         Announcement of all competition winners Classes will continue as normal at 10:15 am!

All competition winners will be awarded certificates. Their pictures and awards will be posted on the school website www.iqraba.org. Winners will also be treated to a pizza and ice cream party!

Remember: Cleanliness is everyday and not just during Health and Hygiene Week!

Bienvenue a la classe de CM1 "Faraasha"

Chers parents et tuteurs,

Assalamu alaikum! Bienvenue à la classe de CM1 « Faraasha. »

CM1 est une classe pleine d'activités et très intéressante dans la mesure où les enfants de cet âge commencent à se considérer comme des individus uniques, et commencent également à se forger la personnalité.

Pour que  cette année soit  prolifique, stimulante et amusante pour vos enfants, nous aimerions vous rappeler de:

• ·         Rester en contact avec l'enseignant de votre enfant car  la communication est essentielle pour la réussite de votre enfant. Un enfant motivé a  des parents motivés.

• ·         Aidez autant que possible votre enfant à faire ses devoirs.

• ·         Soyez actif dans l'Association des Parents.

• ·         Vous renseigner sur les activités de votre enfant! Voici des sites indispensables:

www.iqraba.org

Le site de l'école IQRA

www.engrade.com

Vous trouverez les notes de votre enfant et vous pouvez suivre son progrès académique. Inscrivez-vous ou connectez-vous si votre enfant a déjà un code d’accès.

faraashagrade4.blogspot.com

Ici, vous trouverez des informations supplémentaires concernant les classes, les activités, les échantillons de travail de votre enfant, les dates et les événements importants, et d’autres nouvelles intéressantes.

S'il vous plaît n'oubliez pas que le port du foulard est obligatoire à IQRABA.

Néanmoins, nous allons intégrer la technologie beaucoup plus dans le programme. Nous vous informerez si votre enfant doit utiliser un ordinateur pour faire ses devoirs.

 N'hésitez pas à me contacter pour vos suggestions ou préoccupations. Il sera toujours pris en compte!

Cordialement,

Mme ZamZam (professeur principal de CM1)

zamalleyne@gmail.com

77 645 61 33