Pastoral Bulletin

October 2015

Muharram 1437

Issue 4

A Special Welcome to our new Year 7’s

Assalamu Alaikum/ Peace be with you!

We sincerely hope all students and parents had a good summer break. It is lovely seeing everyone back again and by now hopefully, everyone is back in the swing of the school routine.

A very special and warm welcome to our new Year 7 pupils! The summer holidays must have been a very exciting time, preparing for the transition to secondary school. It has been immensely lovely getting to know the new Year 7 pupils and watching them find their feet and grow in confidence

over the course of the first 8 weeks.

What have the girls been up to…? Dame Goodyver’s Day

A group of year 9 students took part in the Godiva Sisters Procession outside Coventry Cathedral. The atmosphere was of celebration- celebrating cultural diversity and the feeling of one family in our diverse communities. The girls experienced Irish dancing and children performing from different schools amongst other things.

Eid Celebration Event

Our Nasheed Choir did us proud when they performed at the Eid celebration organised by the Coventry Muslim Forum at St. Mary’s Guild Hall. They were received by a standing ovation from one of the guest tables. The food after was splendid too!

McMillan Coffee and Cake afternoon.

The Humanitarian club held a coffee and cake

afternoon to raise money for the charity. There were

so many different cakes and biscuits on sale and

parents thoroughly enjoyed a good brew with a nibble. £171.14 was raised

for the charity.

Peace Video

Lady Godiva came to create a short video where a some pupils talked about what peace meant to them, Lady Godiva was moved by the very deep understanding of the girls and the notion of ‘one family’ felt from the students. The video will be played at venues throughout Coventry during the Peace Festival after half term.

Student Representatives

Form Representatives

Each form now has two representatives who carry out daily form tasks.

7A- Mannal Abdul Rahman and Hajra Ahmed

7B- Ilsan Ibrahim and Maryam Memi 7C- Hajra Minhas and Maryam Memi, 7D-Hana Mahmud & Alisha Vadaria,

8A- Husna Mota & Leyla Abdurrahman, 8B- Summaya Khan & Hibaq Adam

8C- Sana Khalifa and Zulaikah Nawaz 8D-Asiya Abukar and Faizah Khan

9A- Fatimah Suleman and Yomna Shebani 9B- Hannah Abdulrahman and Saffiya Esmail

Keep up the good work!

Student Shura

The environment in school has been fantastic over the last couple of weeks, during the campaigning process. The classrooms were set alive with colourful banners and posters. Well done to all those who took part.

And an even bigger congratulations to our newly elected Student Shura!!

Our Student Shura for 2015-2016 are:

Hajra Ahmed, Ilsan Ibrahim, Avin Mohamed, Aaminah Rafique, Hafsah Bukhari, Asna Varusai, Dureti Khadeer, Sabar Mohamed, Danua Kheer, Wardah Hassan!

Well Done!

“Nurturing The Leaders of Excellence”

Hajj Awareness Day

The teachers had a chance to put their feet up and let the students take lead on Hajj Awareness Day. Students of year 8 and 9 delivered sessions relating to the history of Hajj, what it means and other aspects of

Hajj. The year 7 students followed the older years to get a feel for how spirituality days’

work and to get to know the older years better.

Eid Party- Friday 2nd October 2015

After the Hajj Awareness day pupils had fun celebrating Eid in their form classes. Some forms even had had a pizza

party! Pupils wore non uniform today to celebrate Eid and to raise money for McMillan Cancer Trust

Open Evening

On Tuesday 7th October we held an open day for year potential students to come and see and learn more about our school. We hope they left with a very positive image of

our school. Our student volunteers did an absolutely fantastic job of talking to the year 6 girls and their parents about the school, our environment, showing them around and

making them feel comfortable and welcomed.

Big Society Day

On our first Big Society Day, students enjoyed a collapsed timetable with activities from a Mandarin workshop to

football skills. Students also had a chance to broaden their understanding of other faiths by visiting the local Sikh and

Hindu temple. The day was a huge success!

McMillan Coffee Afternoon Friday 2nd October was a very busy day at school

indeed! Students had brought in cakes for the Humanities club to sell at the cake bake sale after

school. Parents came in to enjoy a relaxing brew with a nice bite to eat. The total amount raised for

McMillan Cancer Trust was a whopping £370.00.

Attendance Cumulative attendance for the first half term:

7A- 98.6%

7B- 98.4

7C- 96.7%

Upcoming Events

Year 7 and 8 settling in evening on Thursday 12th November

New School Move on Saturday 14th November

Anti-Bullying Week-16th November 2015 Children in need week- Friday 13th

November End of Term Achievement Evening on

Wednesday 16th December

Key Messages

Regular attendance at school is important in promoting social development and enabling students to keep up to date with the workload.

Whilst attendance is good overall, we are concerned about the attendance of several students.

As we approach the cold winter days, we ask parents to ensure their daughters are sent into school with a black coat and dressed appropriately for the weather.

Please ensure your daughter is well equipped according to the school equipment policy.

Well done to all those who have already collected some merits. Keep collecting them as there will be a special merit reward at the end of each term and for all those who achieve 100% attendance. Also, please ensure to keep a log of all the hours spent in volunteering as they will also be recognised.

Half Term Holiday- school closes this Friday 23rd Oct and re opens on Monday 2nd November at 8:15am.

We hope you have a happy and restful holiday! -from all staff at Eden.

7D- 97.3%

8A- 95.3%

8B-98.5%

“There is nothing

heavier on the scales than good manners”

(Abu Dawood)

New Build Update The new building is looking almost ready, there has been an army of builders working throughout the

holidays and every day since to keep us on target to move on the 14th November. We have been super

excited to see our school logo go up on the building!

Nasheed Choir: 2015-2016 The NCC held auditions over the course of two

weeks. They were overwhelmed by the huge interest! Mrs Thompson and Mrs Khalifa also joined the NCC

on the judge’s panel. Well done to all those who auditioned and congrats to those who got a place on

the choir!

8C- 98.8%

8D- 97.8%

9A-99.5%

9B- 98.3

8.3%