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Shifa Asif CV
Schools Attended
• Tech Pre-school (Montessori/Play group)- Lahore, Pakistan- 2011-2012 • Old School House Nursery (Yellow room and Red room), Sheffield, UK- 2013-2014 • Nether Green Infant School (NGIS; Reception,Year 1, and worked with year 2 leavers in production, etc), Sheffield, UK- 2014-2016 (School won scarecrow competition) • Lahore Grammar School-LGS-JT branch, grade 2- 2016-2017 • Beaconhouse School Campus –BSS (Canal side Campus), grade 3- 2017-2018
Expertise
• Design and Technology • Art and Crafts • Understanding of others’ religious beliefs • Creative writing
Special Honours
1. Full Attendance and punctuality- 2012 2. Proper Uniform Award-2012 3. Best handwriting-2012 4. Best behaviour-2012 5. Certificate of performance in the grand assembly-2012 6. Swimming Puffin award at Goodwin sports centre- 2014 7. Star of the week -24 April, 2015 8. Star of the week - 15 January, 2016 9. Reading challenge record breaker-Medal- Summer 2015 10. Music monitor for a week-8 January, 2016 11. Children University Bronze Award- 27 May 2016 (38 learning credits in passport for learning) 12. Winner of A6 postcard art competition of the Broomhill Festival (Design selected to be sold to raise funds for different charities) at Nethergreen Infant school, Sheffield, United Kingdom– 10 June, 2016 13. Reader of the Week trophy- 17 June, 2016 14. Swimming Certificate: Kingfisher award- 11 July, 2016 15. Above average spellings in spelling SAT test in UK- May 2016 16. Best dress up for World book favourite character day certificate- October 2016 17. As President of Child Scholar’s Institute of Khan Bahadur Visionaries Welfare, conducted her first colour for calmness, play with a toy or read a book inclusive education event at Saima’s Reader’s Library on 28 January, 2017. 2
18. First poem, “The Wedding” published on 24 February, 2017 at poetryzone: http://poetryzone.co.uk/poems/wedding/. 19. First story published on 21 March, 2017: http://www.short-stories-help-children.com/the- terrible-monster.html 20. Won first prize in WWF Pakistan’s spellathon 2016-2017 21. Dance certificate at Faiz Ghar- June 2017 22. First position in Urdu dictation- 22 November, 2017 23. Best poster on disease and junk food-31 January, 2017 24. Led group aerobics at Sportica February 2018 25. Selected for English debate participation, “If I was a book character….”- march 2018 26. Shifa delivered a presentation example on Mnemonics to psychology class BS-1, semester 2 at Lahore College for Women University- 28 March, 2018 27. Sold two of her books-March 2018 28. Won 3rd position trophy in inter-house art competition- 11 May, 2018 29. Shifa’s video presentation to BS-2, BS-4 honours semester 3 and 7 at LCWU on “Why English literature students should study psychology and what is qualitative research”- 3-4 September, 2018 30. Shifa’s video presentation of a metaphor representing qualitative data- 31. Selected for the position of house captain for Kasuri house in 200 children- September 2018
Other achievements
• 1st in race (Sep 2015) • 1st in race (May 2016) • Good handwriting (May 2016) • Good behaviour (May 2016) • Confident presentation (May 2016) • Best class (Leopards) prize in learning British Values (May 2016) • Nice story construction (May 2016) • Learned different language words (e.g. Chinese, German, Arabic; 2016) • Was in White team which won on Sports day (22 June, 2016) • 10 day travel challenge from 3 June, 2016 (travelled on a scooty) travel challenge badge- June 2016 • Sponsored bounce certificates in 2015 and 2016 • Presented about year 1 life to reception (juniors) children- 28 June, 2016 • Kangroo spelling contest certificate, among the top 100 in Pakistan- 2016-2017 • Art work crayon drawing published in Dawn Youngworld newspaper on 18 March, 2017 • Class monitor on 25 October, 2017 • 7th position in junior primary Kangroo spelling contest in school, and 30th position in Lahore and 31st position in Pakistan out of 8000 students (certificate) 2017-2018
Skills
• English story writing skills (frequent appreciation received in 2016) • Negotiation (socio-cognitive) skills • Making tea 3
• Multi-tasking • Abstract painting and art • Computer skills (can use iPAD; different websites such as Purple Mash; and Microsoft word and PowerPoint to some extent in mac and windows) • Skipping and other sports skills • Presentation skills • Nots (zeros) and crosses game
Language and Maths
• Shifa at Tech preschool- writing, reading, Maths, Urdu, English-2011 • Reading, writing, maths, and art at Old school House Nursery-2012-2013 • Writer of the week and swimming certificate DOUBLE award- 9 January, 2015 • Reading at Broomhill library-27 Feb, 2015 • Reading at Broomhill library-23 March, 2015 • Reading at Broomhill library 27 March, 2015 • Sign language at Nether Green Infant school- June 2015 • Summer reading challenge- July 2015 (first to register in sheffield) • Reading book challenge (won a medal) o I love you mummy o On the road duck- 10 July, 2015 o Fast super cars o I love you Always and Forever- 17 July, 2015 o I don’t like salad: Little princess o Snoring beauty- 24 July, 2015 • Attended trial maths session and won four lizard cards-5 September, 2015 • Sent first text message via whatsapp-12 October, 2015 • Broomhill library reading “Sleeping beauty”- 31st March 2016 • Language day- Shifa stood up for urdu- 26 January, 2016 • Read stories on BUGNET a reading website for children- 19 January, 2016 • Reading open morning-1st March, 2016 • Learning German and Mandarin words-March 2016 (gutten morgan; gutten arbund, shia shia) • Participated in Paddington Project Essay competition- May, 2016 • Applied to picture challenge about reading a book in an unusual place- October 2015 • Learning Arabic at Beaconhouse- 2017
Ethics/Religion
• Islamiat at Tech preschool • Knows how to pray salat (a little bit) • Has knowledge about good and bad and significance of doing good, obeying parents, being respectful, loving, caring and kind • Shifa mentioned for being kind-18 March, 2016 • Lecture from Mike Granville on Humanistic values at Nether Green Infant school- 17 May, 2016 • Learned about British Values (democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect, tolerance)- May 2016 4
• Fasting at Nether Green Infant School- June 2016 • Learning Quranic Arabic reading in Pakistan 2016-2017
Science event
• Shifa made bone and joint and observed how surgery is done at Festival of the Mind- 20 Sep 2014 • Discovery night exhibition-18 March 2013 • Mind festival-20 September, 2014 • Science and Engineering event at Sheffield Hallam University- 14 March, 2015 (held pig's heart, dissected sheep brain, made worms and slime with chemical, saw yeast, also saw materials used in air craft, made paper plane, saw pig kidney, saw virtual hand movement and polymers and moved in the maze, also a model of body parts!) • Sheffield festival- science and engineering event-“ The Causes of Colour in Birds, Butterflies and Bugs-Demonstration by Dr Andrew Parnell, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Weston Park Museum- 21 Mar, 2015 • Shifa’s World week Project was selected for the newsletter-12 November, 2014 • Observed and wrote about archaeological animal skull samples- 25 April, 2015 • Science event at Weston Park museum- 31 October, 2015 • Shepherd Wheel (we made our own water wheels). This was part of a Design Technology (DT) project and linked to our work in science-2015 • Material and its properties- 2015 • Weston park- Took part in Robot experiment and interacted with robots- 22nd March, 2016 • Discovery night exhibition learned about reproduction, small plants, eyes, bones, butterfly chromatography, reflection of light, and Strawberry DNA-11 March 2016 • Healthy eating and exercise picture activity (Shifa’s picture on display regarding “eat fit, and get fit”)- June 2016 • Quantum Theatre company performed Goals 16 to all children in the hall (about eat fit and get fit)– 15 June, 2016 • Women in Engineering National Day celebration- Engineering Imagination at University of Sheffield - 19 June, 2016 • Practical maths- 2015-2016
Sports
• Karate at Tech Pre-school • Rugby certificate- Nether Green Infant school, Sheffield UK • 2013-2014- Jungle Mania and other places • Shifa played mini-golf at city center, summer festival-27 aug, 2014 • Shifa-Swimming beginner’s course- October-November 2014 at Goodwin Sports Center, University of Sheffield • Table Tennis at Nicolson Towers-July 2014 • Table tennis at Stephenson-25 Nov, 2015 • Soccer first session- 2 goals- 23 Feb, 2015 • Shifa took part in sponsored bounce-17 April, 2015 • Attended birthday party- hopping ball, walking on the wooden slab and rope as well as bowling- and bounce- 2014 and 19 April, 2015 5
• Summer fair outdoor activities-2014 at Nether Green Infant school • Sponsored bounce- 23 April, 2015 • Sheffield by the seaside (car swing, hook a duck, toys, water play, boat drive)- 31 July, 2015 • Sheffield by the seaside summer 2013 & 2014 • Karate session at a private academy-12 Sep, 2015 • Rugger Eds- 25 September, 2015 • Walks by Nether Green Infant school- November, 2015 • 12 week Kingfisher course: swimming lessons at King Edward school from 18 April-11 July 2016 • After school club- Sep 2015 to July 2016-year 1 • Shifa participated in sports at King Edward VII school in FUNdamentals event including trampolining, snow play, tennis, music games and tennis • Sponsored Bounce 24 June, 2016 • Swimming 5 lengths with floats and back self-floating/balancing without floats at Goodwin sports center- 16 July, 2016 • Tried skating at Stephenson halls, University of Sheffield accommodation-21 July, 2016 • Learned backstroke, freestyle, and dog pedal swimming at PCSIR Phase 2 swimming pool- June to present- 2017 • Fourth in race in sportica event at Beaconhouse canal side campus- 15 February, 2018 • Led the group aerobics at sportica- 15 February, 2018 • Karate Taekwondo- October 2018- present
Politics
• Learned about voting- cast her vote and won class disco option- 7 May, 2015
Arts and Crafts
• Music at Tech-preschool • Shifa ceramic painting flag, wolf and a flower at Planet pot- 29 August 2014 • Shifa’s World week Project was selected for the newsletter-12 November, 2014 • Shifa’s sliding skills and castle building at Newcastle beach displayed on WOW wall- 17 November, 2014 • Visited Art exhibition- Art in the gardens at Botanical Gardens, Sheffield • Made flowers with a vase- 23 Nov, 2015 • Collage book on trip to Pakistan-December 2014-Jan 2015 • Shifa at Broomhill library, reading, coloring coin art- 7 Feb, 2015 • Shifa’s IGNITE IMAGINATIONS event- made a picture in 20 minutes! 1st stamp on passport to learning!-16 Feb, 2015 • Westbourne school-art and crafts activities- 17 Feb, 2015 • Origami at Sheffield University Women International Club- 18 Feb, 2015 • Paper craft society (observed 3 D models and origami) at University of Sheffield- 18 Feb, 2015 • Shifa arts and crafts at Broomhill library- and robot parts painting-27 Feb, 2015 • Weston park museum art and crafts: play dough daffodil, snakes, dinosaur, cards-28 Feb, 2015 • Weston park museum art and crafts: Discovery trail- 7 March, 2015 • Made a flower –book-a-roo session and read books at Broomhill library-11 March 2015 6
• Drawing house and fire works etc at Broomhill library- 13 March, 2015 • Arts and crafts at Millennium gallery- 14 March, 2015 • Reading, arts and crafts at Broomhil library- 20 March, 2015 • Art drawing -Weston Park Museum- 21 Mar, 2015 • Arts at Broomhill library 23 March, 2015 • Arts at Broomhill library 27 March, 2015 • Arts at Broomhill library 17 April, 2015 • Weston park museum art and crafts: Cave art - 25 April, 2015 • Arts at Broomhill 8 May, 2015 • Arts at Broomhill 13 May, 2015 • Arts at Broomhill 5 June, 2015 (plasticine) • Weston park museum art and crafts: spider collage-30 July, 2015 • Weston park elephant art-Srilankan celebration day-22 August, 2015 • After school and arts club- Sep 2015, January to July 2016-year 1 • Weston park museum art and crafts: International Peace day celebrations- 26 September, 2015 • Christmas workshop-1st December, 2015 • Shifa show and tell- art and religion- 18 & 19 February, 2016 • Weston park crocodile making activity- 22nd March, 2016 • Broomhill library- 31st March 2016 • Participated in Paddington Project art competition- May, 2016 • Learned songs at Nether Green Infant School- 2014 to 2016 • Learned crochet chain making at home-July 2016 • Music classes at Beaconhouse- August 2017 to present • Calligraphy practice at home- August 2017
Public Speaking
• Shifa spoke confidently about 3 D objects in Show and tell Demonstration- 26 November, 2014 • Talked about different things in show and tell demo (rabbit, bird, mouse toys and home made art objects-2014-2016) • Talked about her projects regarding language (Urdu), art (Sheffield Collage), history (Minar- e-Pakistan), and Science (concept of research using a box with eggs), and Asian transport (rickshaw) magnet, water based healthy nail polish set as an Eid gift, painted eggs and a chick box with its nest and blanket. • Talked about exercising left and right brain- demonstration- 8 April, 2016- NGIS • Science performance in the assembly (talk about environment- December 2016)- LGS • Declamation participation certificate (3rd position at BSS canal side campus, grade 3, 20 March, 2018)- BSS • Shifa delivered a presentation example on Mnemonics to psychology class BS-semester 2 at Lahore College for Women University- 28 March, 2018 • Shifa had first position in role play with prop- 16 April, 2018 • Taught three letter words and took dictation of KG-purple section at BSS canal side campus- 19 April, 2018 • Shifa’s video presentation to BS honours semester 3 and 7 on “Why English literature students should study psychology and what is qualitative research”- 3-4 September, 2018 7
Projects (2014-2016)
Picture in a box, Car, Muslim welfare house, Flying saucer, Angry bird, Squirrel, Decorative Vase, House and chick, Flowers in a vase, Chandlier, Princess on swing, Robot, flowers, collage picture etc in the Broomhill library, Camera, telescope, spiny animal, small car with a person in it and beads necklace with pistachio shell, etc, Shifa’s World week Project was selected for the newsletter-12 November, 2014, Chick in a house, Squirrel, Tin phone- walky talky, Collage picture, Paper trees, wasp, and lady bug with bottle caps, paper ghost, caterpillar, telescope, elephant, spiky animal, techno robot, paper boat, rocket and dragon, Made different types of fish; Ms. Doney cup and shield for Mrs. Steeper, Bird feeder; television, plant flower, Paper pouch, Nebula collage, Built a scarecrow(highly appreciated), Research concept explained through a crafty research box, mosaic art, bead work, other art objects in school- Teacher’s day art projects on 5 October, 2017; collage poster on health and disease; props for role play- April 2018
Computer
• Shifa’s poster for Children’s day made on Purple Mash computer software displayed on the WOW wall-22 Nov, 2014 • Operating Global Children Association page set up on facebook to raise children’s voice for child rights set up on December 19, 2014 • Shifa dedicated the Pakistani song bara dushman to Children of the world and used Purple Mash games and art- 31st Jan, 2015 • Purple mash, a software to create things- 15 March, 2015 • MS Word, Youtube, Google, etc.
Dance/performance class
• World Book day Shifa dressed as Tinker bell and took fairy book- 6 March, 2015 • Ballet dance watching- 7 March, 2015 • Red nose day – best costume! Angry bird- 13 March, 2015 • Ballet dance class-14, 21, 28 March, 11, 18, 25 April, 2, 9 May, 2015 • Spring concert performance as a rainbow at Nether Green Infant School-24 March, 2015 • Easter bonnet parade-27 March, 2015 • Played the role of the cow in her Christmas play-9 December, 2015 • Shifa demonstrated making of Flying Saucer-March 2015 • Shifa acted as wife of Zakri in a play about Henry the VIII- 8 January, 2016 • Shifa became the princess at Manor Lodge- 26 February, 2016 • World Book Day, Shifa dressed as Sleeping beauty- 3 March, 2016 • After school club- Sep 2015, January, February, March, April, 2016-year 1 • Certificate of appreciation: World Book Day, Shifa dressed as Sleeping beauty- October 2016 • Best Dr. Seuss costume- Fox in socks- 2017 • Shifa doing good at Kathuk Indian classical dance- Grade 2---January 2017 to May 2017 • Hip hop mixed dance certificate course (4 weeks) 6th summer cultural school at Faiz Ghar- 5 - 24 June 2017
Drama/Presentations attended
• Shifa’s first drama class Helen O Grady- 17 Jan, 2015 • Watched Peterpan and the pirates drama theatre- 5th February 8
• Dr. Patel talked about Hindu faith-23 Feb, 2015 • Fire service presentation- 2nd March, 2015 • Humanist society representative-“treating others as you want others to treat you-2nd March, 2015 • Learned about water safety- when it is safe to into the sea-3 March, 2015 • Attended World food festival- 23 November, 2013 • Dr, Croft talked about life in Cambodia- 4 March, 2015 • World Book day talk by Mrs Bagshaw and Miss Blakeley- 6 March, 2015 • Movie-girl interrupted- 16 March, 2015 • Talk from Christ church about Easter-17 March, 2015 • Talk in assembly from Miss MacDougall about her recent experience of visiting a school in Finland- 18 March, 2015 • Film night-Lost and Found-20 March, 2015 • Introduction to Makaton sign language • Film Thor at Stephenson; and Girl interrupted 16 March and 20 April, 2015 • Film screening at Geography department on “Concerning Violence” by Critical Race & Ethnicities Network- 23 April, 2015 • Learned about Astro-Turf in the assembly- 22 May, 2015 • A story show about grandma- 8 July, 2015 • Watched Bajrungi Bhaijan at Cine world cinema- July 2015 • Watched Frozen- 21 March, 2016 • Watched outdoor cinema- May 2016 • Attended a talk from Mike from Humanist society- May 2016 • Quantum Theatre company performed Goals 16 to all children in the hall (about eat fit and get fit)– 15 June, 2016 • 3D movie- The BFG- July 2016 • Watched Movie on Teen Bahadur- LGS December 2016 • Attended a talk on dementia at Alzheimer’s Pakistan-10 July 2018
Travelling
• Places visited: Toba Tek Singh, D.G. Khan, Lahore (Wild life park, Peeroos Puppet show, play lands, etc), York, Bradford, Newcastle, Leeds, Glasgow, London, Rotherham, Doncaster, Mansfield, Sheffield (Forge dam, City center, Graves park, Endcliffe park, Lydgate park, Hillsborough park, Crookes-valley park, Rivelin Valley park, Snake pass, Meadow hall and other places,), Sunderland Museum, Newton, and Des Moines-Iowa; Chicago-Illinois; New York; Alton towers water park, Oasis water park, Lahore, Millhouse park, Manchester in UK, Islamabad. Shifa’s visit to an underprivileged school (Iqra PCSIR Phase 1); Kheora salt mines, Lahore Museum, Balakot, Naran, Minapin Nagar, Hunza, Attabad/lake Shishkat, Sust/Sost, Khunjerab/China border.
School trips
• Twycross zoo- Old school house nursery-2013 • Yorkshire Wild life park-2014 • Shifa on a Spring walk from school –Nether Green Infant school and made shopping list- 14 April, 2015 9
• Longshaw –plants learning-11 May, 2015 • Forge Dam- 2 July, 2015 • Shepherd Wheel- year 17 September, 2015 • Manor Lodge- 26 February, 2016 • Junior school (slide and black rabbit)- 12 April, 2016 • Longshaw Estate- 19 May, 2016
Cooking
• Made cakes at Old school House nursery and Nether Green Infant school- 2013-2015 • Fruit kebab-20 April, 2015 • Made a cocktail of orange juice, apple juice and 7up-18 July, 2016 • Makes tea
Membership
• Broomhill library membership since 12 June, 2015 • Children University- Since 2015
Volunteer Work
• Took part in Paddington Bear project and donated her purple bear to Syrian Refugees-14 Sep, 2015 • Donation to Nether Green Infant school- 2 December, 2015 as well in 2016 • Applied to become a member of green team- October 2015 • Her postcard was selected to be sold out to raise funds for Broomhill festival charities including Bluebell Wood Hospice, Parents’ Association for Children with Tumor and Leukaemia, and The Sick Children’s Trust- June 2016 • Project Paddington art and essay writing competition (Donation to Syrian refugees)- July 2016 • Donated her pink scooty to Marie Curie Cancer Care- July 2016 • Donated school uniform and headphones to Nethergreen Infant school- July, 2016 • Volunteered at Dementia carers and friends event for Khan Bahadur Visionaries NGO- 23 October 2016. • As President of Child Scholar’s Institute of Khan Bahadur Visionaries Welfare, conducted and facilitated her first colour for calmness, play with a toy or read a book inclusive education event at Saima’s Reader’s Library on 28 January, 2017. • Supported plantation activity at PCSIR Phase 2, Lahore- April 16, 2017 • Volunteered at Dementia awareness event on 10 September, 2017, PCSIR phase 2, park, Lahore.
Culture/History
• During show and tell, Shifa presented her scrapbook on life in Pakistan showing her visit to Pakistan- 2014 • Shifa made Pakistan flag- 13 January, 2016 • Visit to Ranmoor church- 21 January, 2016 • Visit to Museum of London- 24 January, 2015 • Weston park museum-2015-2016 10
• History Van- Learned about toys in the past. Made a small doll, top, and wrote with an ink pen. Observed other historical objects- 8 June, 2016 • Talked about Minar-e-Pakistan to her class in one of the show and tell demonstrations- 2016 • Visit to Lahore Museum-28 June 2018
Environment
• Wormery at Nether Green Infant school- 2014-2016 • Planting seeds in the school garden-2014-2016 • Learning about rabbits, butterflies, etc-2014-2016 • Tiger in the hall- life size stuffed tiger- 29 January, 2016 • Grew plants- Old school house nursery- 2013-2014 • Woodland Discovery Center -29 July, 2015 • Grew plants-1st May, 2015 • Supported plantation activity at PCSIR Phase 2, Lahore- April 16, 2017
Socials
• Tactile therapy ladies group at Red Deer, Sheffield- 13 June, 2015 • Tactile therapy ladies group at Red Deer, Sheffield- 26 September, 2015 • South Yorkshire Fun for families meetup at Graves park- April 2016 • Attended summer disco at Nethergreen Infant school-15 July 2016 • Attended a funfair, PCSIR Phase 2 park-12 February 2017 • Attended a facial demonstration session of Oriflame at 93-B PCSIR Phase 2, Lahore-9 February, 2017
Published Poems
1. The Wedding (24 February, 2017) http://poetryzone.co.uk/poems/wedding/
2. Snowing Day (4 March, 2017) http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit//poetry/jack_readrep.asp?Index=2893&ID=118921& Type=Sch
3. The birds and animals (4 March, 2017) http://poetryzone.co.uk/poems/birds-animals/
4. The cool airgiver (2 May, 2017); Smokelong Quarterly: Fridge Flash. A visual poem: http://www.smokelong.com/fridge-flash-the-cool-air-giver/
5. My garden (7 August, 2017) http://poetryzone.co.uk/poems/garden-4/
6. Mysterious Sea (12 August, 2017) http://poetryzone.co.uk/poems/mysterious-sea/
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7. The Mysterious Rabbit, My Pet Now (Runner up in competition entry; 7 September, 2017) http://poetryzone.co.uk/poems/mysterious-rabbit-pet-now/
8. Baba (father) co-authored with Sherdil Asif http://poetryzone.co.uk/category/allsorts/page/19/ http://poetryzone.co.uk/poems/baba-father/
9. Something Strange (29 April, 2018) http://poetryzone.co.uk/poems/something-strange/
10. Mickey Mouse (July 2018) http://www.smokelong.com/fridge-flash-mickey-mouse/
11. Diamond http://poetryzone.co.uk/poems/diamond-3/ (30 September, 2018)
Published Stories
1. The Terrible Monster - 21 March, 2017
http://www.short-stories-help-children.com/the-terrible-monster.html
2. The ant, mother ant and humans- a book written on StoryJumper- 24 May 2017 https://www.storyjumper.com/book/index/41250216
3. Trip to Oasis- 5 August, 2017 http://www.short-stories-help-children.com/trip-to-oasis.html
4. Trip to Shogran- 5 November, 2017 http://www.storystar.com/php/read_story.php?story_id=14606
Short Story Books written with illustration (Unpublished)
1. The Lonely Bear- 26 October, 2017 2. The monkey- 27 November, 2017
Short Story Books written with illustration (Self published)
1. The Tiny Mouse- 28 October, 2017 (sold for PKR 200 ON 15 March, 2018) 2. The Ghost in the wall-24 November, 2017 (sold for PKR 200 ON 15 March, 2018) 3. Khauf (urdu book)-27 November, 2017 4. Adopted Child- 30 March, 2018 5. The doll- 1 April, 2018
Published Art 12
1. Art work crayon drawing published in Dawn Youngworld newspaper on 18 March, 2017
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Sherdil Asif CV
School/s Attended
• Old School House Nursery, Sheffield, UK (Yellow room and Red room) 2015-2016 • Lahore Grammar School, Model Town 2016-2017 • Beaconhouse school system (canal side campus) 2017-2018
Special Honours
• Reading challenge record breaker-paper mobile card-July 2015 • Children University- May 2016 (30 plus passport for learning credits) • Prize winner at Project Paddington United Kingdom art competition in 3-6 age category (5 July, 2016) • First poem published at poetryzone.co.uk on The falling Car- 27 February, 2017: http://poetryzone.co.uk/poems/falling-car/ • First story published in an online literary magazine Smokelong Quarterly: http://www.smokelong.com/fridge-flash-volkswagen-picture/ • Artwork (spider) published in Jung Urdu Newspaper Saturday 13 May, 2017 • Best progress certificate in Nursery class at Lahore Grammar school model town- 2016- 2017 • Dance certificate at Faiz Ghar- June 2017 • Student of the week badge- 17 October, 2017 • Reading group leader, KG, Beaconhouse Canal Side campus 2017-2018 • Class monitor-30 January, 2017 • Second prize in reading competition in early years school KG class- March 2018 • Hosted Talent fest of Pre-nursery class at Ali auditorium- Beaconhouse Canal side campus (Fareeha Pervais, a well known singer was the chief guest) where his name was announced as a book writer! • Student of the week from 19-23rd March 2018 for communication in English everyday, helping your peers, cleaning up all the areas, sharpening the pencils in the morning.
Skills and hobbies
• Puzzles on ipad • Art work- colouring • Creativity with blocks • Excellent sense of humour (making others laugh and smile) • Tidying up (Super star sticker) • Painting • Tea-making at home; biscuit and cake baking at Old School House Nursery 2
• Operating remote control vehicles and watching Pink panther and Mr. Bean
Arts and Crafts
• Arts and craft painting at Planet pot-29 August 2014 • Castle building at Newcastle beach-17 November, 2014 • Sherdil listening to story, singing, observing, playing and coloring at Broomhill library- 7 Feb, 2015 • Westbourne school-art and crafts activities- 17 feb, 2015 • Origami at Sheffield University Women International Club- 18 Feb, 2015 • Paper craft society (observed 3 D models and origami) at University of Sheffield- 18 Feb, 2015 • Made paper spider at Broomhill Library-23 Feb, 2015 • Weston park museum art and crafts: play dough dinosaur, coloring-28 Feb, 2015 • Weston park museum art and crafts: Discovery trail- 7 March, 2015 • Made a fish at Broomhill library-9 March, 2015 • Colored a dragon and read books at Broomhill library-11 March 2015 • Drawing and reading at Broomhill library- 13 March, 2015 • Arts and crafts at Millennium gallery- 14 March, 2015 • Reading, arts and crafts at Broomhil library- 20 March, 2015 • Sheffield festival- art drawing Weston Park Museum- 21 Mar, 2015 • Arts at Broomhill library 27 March, 2015 • Arts at Broomhill library (beautiful cut design!) 17 April, 2015 • Weston park museum art and crafts: Cave art - 25 April, 2015 • Arts at Broomhill 8 May, 2015 • Arts at Broomhill 13 May, 2015 • Arts at Broomhill 5 June, 2015 (plasticine) • Weston park museum art and crafts: spider collage-30 July, 2015 • Weston park museum art and crafts: International Peace day celebrations- 26 September, 2015 • Weston park crocodile making activity- 22nd March, 2016 • Broomhill library- 31st March 2016 • Participated in Paddington Project art competition (donated for Syrian refugees)- May, 2016 • Bead work in after school club- June & July 2016 • Teacher’s day art projects- 5 October, 2017
Presentation/Demonstration/Drama
• Played the role of a “Wise Man” in the Christmas Drama/Short play at Old school house nursery-14 December, 2015 • World Book Day, Sherdil dressed as Captain America- 3 March, 2016 • Took part in Magic Monkey Production show: Film titled “My Magic farm adventure” (Stunts and acting by Sherdil)- 10 May 2016 • Hosted Talent fest of Pre-nursery class at Ali auditorium- Beaconhouse Canal side campus (Fareeha Pervais, a well known singer was the chief guest).
Projects
• Spider at Broomhill library-2015 3
• Fantastic cutting and gluing activity -17 April, 2015 • Science cuboid model-2017
Science events attended
• Discovery night exhibition-18 March 2013 • Science and Engineering event at Sheffield Hallam University- 14 March, 2015 • Sheffield festival- science and engineering event-“ The Causes of Colour in Birds, Butterflies and Bugs-Demonstration by Dr Andrew Parnell, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Weston Park Museum- 21 Mar, 2015 • Observed archaeological animal skull samples- 25 April, 2015 • Science event at Weston Park museum- 31 October, 2015 • Weston park- Took part in Robot experiment and interacted with robots - 22nd March, 2016 • Discovery night exhibition-11 March 2016 • Women in Engineering National Day celebration- Engineering Imagination at University of Sheffield - 19 June, 2016
Language
• Reading at Broomhill library- 7 Feb, 2015 • Sherdil reading at Broomhill Library (specific books liked were Night Night baby, my day bath time and Spot’s playbus)-23 Feb, 2015 • Reading at Broomhill library 27 March, 2015 • Reading at Broomhill 8 May, 2015 • Reading at Broomhill 13 May, 2015 • Reading at Broomhill 5 June, 2015 • Summer reading challenge- July 2015 (won a paper mobile) o Cars on the road o The big out and about book- 10 July, 2015 o Colours-by Philips o Lullabies for contented little babies o Fast supercars- 17 July, 2015 o Baby peekaboo! o Move it (amazing baby-a changing-picture board book)-24 July, 2015 • Broomhill library reading- 31st March 2016 • Reading, writing, maths, and art at Old school House Nursery-2015-2016 • Second prize in reading competition in early years school KG class- March 2018
Sports
• 2013-2014- Jungle Mania and other places • Sherdil started Soccer at Crosspool, Sheffield- 12 February, 2015 • Sherdil soccer-26 Feb, 2015 • Sherdil soccer-12 March, 2015 • Gymnastics-16 March, 2015 • Attended birthday party- hopping ball, walking on the wooden slab and rope as well as bowling- and bounce- 2014 and 19 April, 2015 • Summer fair outdoor activities-2014 at Nether Green Infant school 4
• Sherdil soccer- 30 April, 2015 • Sheffield by the seaside summer 2013 & 2014 • Sheffield by the seaside (car swing, hook a duck, toys, water play, boat drive)- 31 July, 2015 • Orientation to a karate session- 12 September, 2015 • Kingfisher 12 week course swimming lessons at King Edward school from 18 April-11 July, 2016
• Swimming at PCSIR swimming pool; learning to be comfortable with water-June- to present 2017 • Badminton-February 2018 • Learned to play cricket-31 January, 2018 • Athletics participation certificate- 20 March, 2018 • Swimming at Beaconhouse School System- KG and 1 purple 2017-2018 • Karate Taekwondo- October 2018- present
Presentations/theatre attended
In UK
• Peterpan and the pirates drama theatre- 5th February • Movie-girl interrupted- 16 March, 2015 • Film night-Lost and found-20 March, 2015 • Film Thor at Stephenson; 20 April, 2015 • Attended Culture Compass- learning about the British -22 April, 2015 • Attended PG conference-21 May, 2015 • Watched Bajrungi Bhaijan at Cine world cinema- July 2015 • First travel alone school trip: Visit to Take 2 Academy at Barnsley to see Cinderella pantomime- enjoyed and laughed- 2nd December, 2015 • Watched Frozen- 21 March, 2016 • Watched outdoor cinema- May 2016 • Watched Danger Mouse- July 2016 • 3D movie- The BFG- July 2016
Travelling
• Places visited: Toba Tek Singh, D.G. Khan, Lahore, York, Bradford, Newcastle, Leeds, Glasgow, London, Rotherham, Doncaster, Mansfield, Sheffield (Forge dam, City center, Graves park, Endcliffe park, Lydgate park, Hillsborough park, Crookes-valley park, Rivelin Valley park, Meadow hall, Snake pass, and other places,), Sunderland Museum, Newton, and Des Moines-Iowa; Chicago-Illinois; New York; Alton towers water park, Millhouse park, Manchester in UK, Islamabad, Kheora salt mines, Lahore Museum, Balakot, Naran, Minapin Nagar, Hunza, Attabad/lake Shishkat, Sust/Sost, Khunjerab/China border.
Religion
• Knows how to pray salat (a little bit) • Learning Quranic Arabic reading in Pakistan 2016-2017
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• Cannon Hall Farm- At Old School House Nursery- 15 June, 2016 • Pakistan zoo by LGS- 2016-2017
Membership
• Broomhill library membership since July, 2015 • Children University since July 2015
History
• Visit to Museum of London- 24 January, 2015 • Weston park museum-2015-2016 • Visit to Lahore Museum-28 June 2018
Environment
• Woodland Discovery Center-29 July, 2015 • Forest information project of Old School House Nursery- visit to Endcliffe park- 12 May 2016 • Supported plantation activity at PCSIR Phase 2, Lahore- April 16, 2017
Socials
2. Tactile therapy ladies group at Red Deer, Sheffield and Children’s play- 26 September, 2015 3. Took part in a longitudinal study thrice on cognitive development in children-2014-2016 4. South Yorkshire Fun for families meetup at Graves park- April 2016 5. Queen’s 90th birthday party celebration- 7 June 2016 6. Sheffield University Women International club summer party- 6 July, 2016 7. Summer disco at Nethergreen Infant school- 15 July, 2016 8. Attended a funfair, PCSIR Phase 2 park-12 February 2017
Volunteer Work
• Project Paddington art competition (Donation to Syrian refugees)- July 2016 • Donated his tricycle to Marie Curie Cancer Care- July 2016 • Volunteered at Dementia carers and friends event for Khan Bahadur Visionaries NGO- 23 October 2016. • Supported plantation activity at PCSIR Phase 2, Lahore- April 16, 2017 • Volunteered at Dementia awareness event on 10 September, 2017, PCSIR phase 2, park, Lahore.
Special Interests
• Cars
Dance
• Hip hop mixed dance certificate course (4 weeks) 6th summer cultural school at Faiz Ghar- 5 - 24 June 2017
Poems
1. The falling Car- 27 February, 2017 http://poetryzone.co.uk/poems/falling-car/
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2. Baba (father) co-authored with Shifa Asif http://poetryzone.co.uk/category/allsorts/page/19/ http://poetryzone.co.uk/poems/baba-father/
Stories
1. First story: Volkswagen Picture- 5 April 2017 http://www.smokelong.com/fridge-flash-volkswagen-picture/
Artwork
1. Artwork (spider) published in Jung Urdu Newspaper Saturday 13 May, 2017
Short Story Book narrated (self-published and donated to his school library)
1. The Ghost in the wall-24 November, 2017 2. Peek Inside (Baby book)- 1 April, 2018