Assalamualaykum We have had a really wonderful world book day full of meaningful reading activities! The objective of World Book Day was for children to spend longer periods of time reading for pleasure and also reflecting on themselves as readers. We began the day with shared reading of our class book: Gregor the Overlander, we…

Assalamualaykum! Children’s reading homework this week was to go to the following website: https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/ This is a wonderful website for children which contains many books (including recently published ones) and reviews of the books and extracts for children to read. They will need to register- either using yours or their own email address. For homework,…

Assalamualaykum parents! For reading homework today, children will be completing simplified double bubble maps -which, as the children quickly recognised, are similar to Venn Diagrams. A double bubble map is a thinking map which helps children to visually consider similarities and differences between two things (in this case characters from books). As children become more…

Assalamualaykum As promised, please find below the radio interviews that the children conducted on Reading Day. I could not upload them as the files were too big, but have shared the links and so they should hopefully work. They are absolutely delightful and really enjoyable so please do take the time to listen. Aaleyah: https://drive.google.com/a/suffahprimaryschool.co.uk/file/d/1zsfjImcfa5_GawhOj46uINbW5y9SagQa/view?usp=sharing…

Assalaamwaalaikum, We have come to the end of our cooking club. I hope you have enjoyed the treats that were sent home every Wednesday. We have had a fun time trying new methods of making foods such as mug cakes, pizza, wraps, cupcakes, cookies, smoothies, and our most recent adventure; chocolate cornflakes cake! The children…

Assalamualaykum! I am sure you have been hearing from the children about the Islamic Exhibition in the final week of half term. The children are very excited for this and I thought I’d write a blog post to explain the concept to parents. The whole of Suffah School will be participating in an exhibition about…

It was lovely to see many year 5 and year 6 parents attend the strategies afternoon today and we hope you found it useful. It is invaluable for your children’s education if the same strategies and techniques are being used and consolidated at both home and school. Following on from our discussions at the parents…

Assalamualaykum parents- I hope you are ready for Summer 1- the final term of your child’s primary schooling and the most exciting and fun-packed! Here is some house-keeping for the next term: PE will be on Thursday- please ensure that children come into school wearing trainers Please ensure you are up to date with all…

World Autism Awareness Week 2019 is pioneered by the National Autistic Society (NAS). World Autism Awareness Week aims to draw attention to the 700,000 people living with autism in the UK – both to educate those unaware of the condition, and to help make the world friendlier to those who are affected by it. During…

Assalamualaykum! As I am sure you are aware from Ust Asif’s correspondence, this term our focus has been reading. Being a keen reader myself, I am passionate about developing reading habits in the children so that they appreciate and understand the magic of reading. I was just discussing with another teacher (outside of school) that…

Assalamualaykum parents and carers We have had a fantastic half term full of engagement and learning and children have come along in leaps and bounds- both in their learning and personal development. Here is an update of what we have been doing: Maths: We have been further consolidating our learning of number and place value;…

Following on from a previous post about Reading Day, I wanted to update parents about how the day went. Alhamdulillah, the day was really successful and enjoyable! Reading day is a firm favourite in the Y6 annual calendar- even the most reluctant readers find that they are excited and involved. After break, we moved the…

I am pleased to announce that Y6 will be having their Annual Reading Day on Thursday 13th December! This is an annual reading event to promote reading for pleasure and sustained reading periods which many children find challenging. Children should bring in: A pillow/cushion (no blankets please!) A book they haven’t read before- preferably the…

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Dear Parents/carers, Assalamualaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu   I’m pleased to inform you that during Anti-Bullying Week, we will be having Friendship Week at Suffah Primary School.  Friendship Week will start on Monday 12th to Friday 16th November 2018. During this time, we aim to foster, develop and encourage social and personal skills. Forming, developing and…