LINK Student News Letter A link between; Students, School, Parents and the Community. January 2019

AWARDS FOR IQRA ACADEMY STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM

Our Principal Dr Michael Wright, was Head Girl: Hafsah Jaral named ‘Head teacher of the Year 2018’ at Deputy Girl: Hannah Houghton & Aisha the National Interfaith Schools Awards by Jaral AMS UK. School Leaders:

Maryam Houghton; Mr Tom Wright collected the ‘Health & Well-Being’ AMS National School Award Shaimaa Bakeesh; for Iqra Academy. Humna Rehman; Khadeejha Ahsan; In setting up a Football Academy for all our Rimsha Khurshid; TDET Schools, Iqra Academy won the FA Community Award for “Best Inclusive Project.” The Student Leadership team goes from strength to strength and presented at the ENRICHMENT CHARTER ‘Schools of Tomorrow’ National forum in

Leicester and continues with SoT student At Iqra Academy our aim is to inspire research into Leadership. young people to develop their skills, talents

and character through a wide range of They have also developed their own Enrichment activities, so that they have the ‘RESPECT’ campaign and supported the confidence, drive and resilience to follow National ‘PREVENT’ programme being their dreams. delivered in school.

Our Enrichment Charter and its The Student Leadership team ran the opportunities in Drama, Arts, Music and successful ‘Better Reading Support Initiative’ Sports has resulted in a more happier, to support pupils at Gladstone Primary healthier and successful School. Academy and Thomas Deacon Junior School.

Over the past two years, Staff sickness In September 2018, our Deputy Head Girl, levels have been reduced by 55%, Student Hannah Houghton, won the ‘Charity and Recruitment has trebled, behaviour has Community Integration Gold Award’ at the improved and Student Attendance records Annual City Education Awards have risen to an average of 96% across the Ceremony, which was presented by Chris School. Dalliston, of Peterborough Cathedral, as part of their 900th Anniversary celebrations. Iqra also had some stunning GCSE results

in 2018, with 89% of students achieving 5+ This was a great honour for Hannah, her GCSE passes, with four girls achieving 10+ family and for Iqra Academy. GCSE passes.

IQRA news4 Iqra Academy becomes the first Muslim Faith Girls School in the UK to have a Combined Cadet Force, which we run in partnership with TDA.

School Football Team celebrate playing their 100 th Competitive Game:

Since playing their first competitive match in September 2016, our School Football team have now played in one hundred competitive matches; Played 100, Won 84, Drawn 5, Lost 11, Goals

For 386, Against 118, +/-, +268 CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING Home - 30, Won 27, Drawn 0, Lost 3, Goals For 109, Goals Against 31, +78 Peterborough & District Schools Cross Away - 70, Won 57, Drawn 5, Lost 8, Goals For 277, Goals Against 87, +190 Country Championships, Team

94 – Number of games we have scored in. Results; 1.Kings, 2. AMVC, 3. Hampton, 4. 54 – Number of games we have prevented the opposition from scoring in. , 5. Iqra, 6. Nene Park, 7. Jack Hunt, 8. Spalding HS, 9. St. John 17 – Record run of games unbeaten, May – Nov 2018. Fisher, 10. TDA, 11. QKA, 12. Ormiston,

27 – Number of games against Muslim Faith 13. CoPA.

Schools, (unbeaten to date). Best result against Muslim Faith School – 12 Congratulations to our School team, who finished a very creditable fifth against all -1 v Jameah Academy (26/04/17). Worst result against Muslim Faith School – the Schools in the District in this Year’s 4 – 4 v Pioneers Academy (07/17). 8/9 race, which had 111 finishers.

Best result against English Schools – 7 – 0 v TDA (10/05/17). Our team of ten runners included; Khadija Jaral 20th, Bayan Alwadi 45th, Worst result against English Schools – 0 – 10 rd nd v Hampton College (08/03/17). Aisha Jaral 53 , Sara Safi 62 , Khadeejah Ahsan 67th, Mahek Hussain 5 – Number of trophies won in our first two th th years – 2017 AMS National Schools Shield; 69 , Silsala Pirzada 70 , Nimrah Nadeem 71st, Mariam Siddiqi 73rd, Khadija Imran 2017 AMS Midlands Schools League Title; th 2017 AMS Midlands Interfaith Schools Cup 85 . (First ever Muslim School to win this Annual Cup competition). Well done also to our Year 7 runners who 2018 AMS National Schools Shield; competed in the Championships; Atiya 2018 AMS Midlands School League Title. Masood, Kainat Ahmadi, Ayesha Kausar and Zainab Sikander. In 2018, the School also finished as Runners – Up, in the FA English Schools County League.

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SCHOOL CHOIR

Our School Choir, led by Head Girl, In December 2018, the Choir were then Hafsah Jaral win the AMS Midlands invited to sing at the TDA Carol Service Schools 2018 Nasheed Choir Competition in at the Peterborough Cathedral. Leicester, which included a recital of their own written composition.

Well done to all!

DRAMA CLUB POETRY

In December, our School Drama Club Iqra Academy Students won the presented ‘The Choices We Make’ original prestigious National ‘Young Writers School production, which went down as a Poetry Games Competition’ and as a smash hit to visiting Schools, Parents and result have had their entries published. In guests. We invited the Land of Learning 2018 this annual poetry competition Primary School from Leicester to an received in excess of 6,000 entries. afternoon performance.

IQRA ACADEMY Student Council – Respect Campaign

Ref Ref Students Action Students Action No No 01 Be respectful to everyone around you 11 No Music/Portable devices 02 Respect the teachers 12 No bullying 03 Arrive on time 13 No physical/verbal abuse 04 Wear full School uniform 14 No chewing gum 05 Be prepared for your lesson 15 No fizzy drinks 06 Start the lesson with a positive attitude 16 Support your School House in and out of classes. 07 No phones in class 17 Talk to your Student representative 08 Hand in your Homework on time 18 Use the School suggestion/support Box 09 No littering 19 Be supportive 10 No swearing 20 Always try your best and don’t give up.

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STUDENTS CHARITY EVENT

“We are raising funds for Children of Adam.”

“We came together as a school for this specific project, we consider ourselves as very responsible and determined. We are trying to raise money for our school charity because there are many children and adults just like us out there who don’t get the

basic necessities in life”

“Thank you for contributing to this event, so that we can make it possible for the people who are suffering to obtain a better life. In addition to this, with your help and

support we can make the impossible possible.”

You said, we did!

Anti- bullying

Charity Respect

Teaching and Sport Learning

School council

Health Interactive Well- Lessons being

GCSE Careers Options Guidance

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