School Update
> Update: Dec 08 - Feb 09

Year 6 are doing very well and we hope they are having an exciting and challenging year. Year 6 have settle down well and are working hard in preparation for their SATs in May.

We would like to congratulate Mr Rawat who was appointed Deputy Head in September 2008. His main responsibilities will be developing systems and promoting the use of ICT in school. Mr Rawat has already made a major impact over this Term with implementation of a range of initiatives throughout the school management systems and expanding resources for teaching and learning. We wish him all the best and anticipate an excellent future for him at Tawhid.

We would like to thank all those parents who kindly completed the Parents questionnaire in May 2008. Overall, there has been a significant improvement in all areas. The Management have analysed the Survey and have prioritised as action points the following areas:
• The school provides an interesting range of activities
• My child is encouraged to be healthy and take regular exercise
• Behaviour in School is good

Alhamdoulillah, Tawhid was the only secondary school in Hackney to achieve the Higher Sustainable Award from Transport for London (TfL) for its achievement to promote sustainable transport in July 2008. This is a major achievement and would not have been possible without the contribution from pupils, parents, staff and the School Travel Group. We would also like to thank Hackney Travel Plan Advisors for all their hard work and continuous support.

Tawhid will be concentrating on promoting Cycling this year and have secured funding for pool of six bikes to provide on road cycle training, biking events for pupils and parents and cycling sessions for Year 7 at Lea side Centre. The school is also promoting the WOW (Walk Once a Week) initiative on Fridays. Parents can play a very important role in reducing further the usage of cars by contacting the school to organise car sharing with other parents. Tawhid will Inshallah continue to strive to achieve the ‘Outstanding Award’. We request all our parents to actively support the School travel plan initiatives that have been planned to take place during next Term. Parents we need your support!

Allhamdoulillah, once again we achieved very good GCSE results last summer. This has been due to the hard work of all the pupils and the Staff. The GCSE Certificate Presentation Evening was held on Saturday 22nd November 2008. Mufti Abdur Rahman Ibn Yusuf, Imam of Masjid E Quba, was the guest speaker at the event. He emphasised the importance of pupils remaining steadfast and excelling in their chosen vocations as good Muslims. We wish all our pupils to continue to excel in their studies and to become beacons of light for the entire Ummah. Results will be published on the School website this Term, Inshallah

Curriculum Update
> Update: Dec 08 - Feb 09

Year 6 are doing very well and we hope they are having an exciting and challenging year. Year 6 have settle down well and are working hard in preparation for their SATs in May.

Year 6 have been doing practical work on Solutions and have recently extracted salt from Rock, using Dissolving, Filtering and Evaporating. Year 7 have been working on Acids and Alkalis and Particles. Year 8 have completed a topic on Food and Digestion, which culminated in an cross curricular essay on "a PFC Chicken Burgers journey through the Digestive System". Year 9 have been look at the reaction of Metals, which will lead onto deducing the Reactivity Series of Metals.

Year 10 have recently completed their first Science Modular Exam, topics included Adaptations, Genetics, Atomic Structure and Chemical Changes. They will now work on Electricity and Designer Materials before their next examinations in March 09. Year 11 also complete their Chemistry Unit C2 for the GCSE Additional Science syllabus. We are now studying Newton's Laws of Motion and Radioactivity. The GCSE exam results will arrive after the Winter Break.

ICT improvements:

Alhamdulillah, the school has rapidly improved its ICT over the past year. This is the summary of the recent work. We now have Interactive Whiteboards in ALL classrooms and we have bought in new digital resources for the new Key Stage 3 curriculum. The ICT Room has been overhauled, with better computers and flat screen monitors. We have also installed a digital display in the front entrance, which allows important message to go out to the school community.

Mr Rawat

The big news this year in English concerns the beginning of major changes taking place in the application of the subject at key stage 3...

A positive change, the launch of the brand new year 7 scheme of work; 'Progress In English.' involves an all-new exciting interactive resource that is used to create a more visual and audio learning experience, in line with the teaching and learning requirements of the modern age. Units are also individually caterred towards each assessment focus in Reading, writing & Speaking & Listening, thus allowing an easier identification of specific strengths and weaknesses in the learners' overall performance in the subject. The year 8 and 9 versions of the schme will be gradually filtered in over the next two years.

Make dua for the continued development and success of English at TBS! (and make dua for ease as well!)

Mashallah, this year we had introduced OCR National Course for GCSE students, and hopping that we will get very good result, as the pupils are working hard and showing positive response towards the course.
Yr 10 and Yr 11 are doing Unit 1 of the OCR National Course, and inshallah when they will return back from their holidays, they will be working on Unit 2.
While in other years, Yr 6 are working on Spreadsheet (Modelling), Yr 7 are learning about ‘ Gathering Information and presentation’, Yr 8 are working on ‘Web designing’ and Yr 9 are doing some small practice projects.

Year 10 have just started the Business Studies GCSE course and are currently getting to grips with terminology and jargon used in business.  They have completed the first 2 sections of their course and are finding the course challenging. Pupils have been stretched to write more extensively providing reasoning for their business decisions within the theory and practice.

Year 11 have just completed the first draft of their Marketing coursework in which it gave them the opportunity to see what it would be like to open their own business.  Their aim was to use marketing effectively to make their business a success. In difficult economic times, their task has become even more challenging. The coursework ran over a period of 6-weeks with time for short revision sessions in preparation for their Mock Exams… Good Luck Year 11

Alhamdulillah, we had a very good start of the year. Year 6 had entered in designing a poster competition held be London Transport, the theme was ‘How cycling helps to keep healthy body’. Pupils had draw some nice poster and submitted for the competition. Remaining years like year 7 and 8 were learning ‘optical Drawing’ while Year 9 were working on ‘Means of Transport’.

Year 7 began looking at Geography in an investigative way. They have carried out a range of their own investigations to become more familiar with the world they live in. They have investigated noise levels at various sporting venues, the effects of children playing video games, the effect of fast food and obesity and a variety of environmental issues.

Year 8 are investigating the features of coastal deposition and what can be done to prevent damage to humans from coastal erosion.

Year 9 have been investigating how France economic activity has changed over the last four decades. They have been exploring a range of industries throughout the country looking at tourism, energy usage and the effects on the environment. They have understood the different views of all the stakeholders. A live debate was held in small groups were they presented their views to the rest of the class.

Year 10 have been studying the Physical and Human World. They have developed a deeper understanding of population change and the different types and reasons for settlements.

Year 11 have completed the Unit on Tourism looking at several case studies of coastal and mountain attractions. They have also completed the first draft of their coursework in which they had to compare two similar urban shopping areas through their own chosen line of enquiry.

Interview with New Students
> Update: Jan 09 - Feb 09

Interview with New Students (Naweed and Izhaan), By Mohammed Mahamaroot

Jokes
> Update: Mar 09

Q: Why did King Kong climb on the top of Empire State building?
A: Because he was too big for the Elevator

Q: What do sea monsters eat?
A: Fish and ships

Q: Why did the banana go to see the doctor?
A: Because it was not peeling well

Q: What is so fragile, even saying its name can break it?
A: Silence

Q: What is the largest Ant living in the world?
A: Elephant

Q: Which city has no people?
A: Electricity

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