The children will be planting seeds and bulbs and a variety of small trees. They will be taught how to care for these plants, watering them, making sure they get plenty of sunshine and ensuring there is good quality soil. The children will learn that all these are gifts from God and should be respected and cared for as the Prophet (PBUH) would have done. “Honey is a remedy for every illness and the Quran is a remedy for all illness of the mind, therefore I recommend to you both remedies, the Quran and honey.” [Bukhari] We are excited to announce the introduction of our Sunnah Snack Shack. The Sunnah snacks will be available to purchase from our Snack trolley at breaktimes. We are hoping to introduce this to our Year 5 classes initially and it will be rolled out to the other year groups over the next few weeks. The aim of our Sunnah Snack Shack is to allow our children to make healthy eating choices as well as becoming more aware of the foods our Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) used to enjoy eating. ssalamu alaykum (peace be with you) and welcome to our second Faith and Enrichment Activities Our stimulating school curriculum is enriched through a wide variety of after school activities. This Term children have been able to choose from a variety of clubs including Nasheed Club, Qur’an Club and Creative Arts. Over the next few months, we will be using our stunning environment to enrich the children’s learning. . WEEK 16 WEEK 17 WEEK 18 Issue no.2 Spring Term 2016-17 / Rabi’ uth-Thani 1438 AH–Rajab 1438 AH "The believer is not stung from the same hole twice." [Bukhari] “Fear God in regards to these animals, [a creation] which cannot speak of their will.” [Abu Dawud] "Whoever treads a path searching for knowledge, God will make easy for this person the path to Paradise." [Bukhari] WEEK 19 WEEK 20 WEEK 21 WEEK 22 “Verily, I have made oppression unlawful for Me and for My servants too, so do not oppress one another.” [Muslim] "God continues to help His servant as long as he continues to help his brother." [Ahmad] “Let whosoever believes in God and in the Last Day honour his neighbour.” [Bukhari] "A strong person is not the one who overcomes others by his strength, but the strong one is he who controls himself when angry." [Bukhari] WEEK 23 WEEK 24 WEEK 25 WEEK 26 “Let whosoever believes in God and in the Last Day honour his guest.” [Bukhari] “Richness is not in having many belongings but richness is the richness of the soul.” [Bukhari] "Be in this world as though you are a stranger or a traveller.” [Bukhari] “The pleasure of God is in the pleasure of parents and the displeasure of God is in the displeasure of parents.” [Ahmad] Faith & Character Newsletter 4 SpringTerm2016-17/Rabi uthThani1438AH– Rajab1438AH NEWSLETTER OF THE INSIDE THIS ISSUE P2 Visits Sunnah Snack Shack Trolley Options - Dates - Olives - Toast with Honey - Cucumber - Breadsticks WEEK 28 “Indeed God is gentle and loves gentleness, and gives due to gentleness that which He does not give due to harshness” [Tirmidhi] WEEK 27 “The signs of a hypocrite are three: lying when speaking, breaking a promise after making it and breaching a trust when given it.” [Tirmidhi] “My favourite Hadeeth is about Richness of the Soul because knowledge is wealth, and it is the only wealth that cannot be stolen” - Zakariyya Vali (Yr 5) “My favourite Hadeeth is about helping others, it means we should be kind all the time” - Abdulhamiid Sheekh (Yr 3) “Festival” comes to The Olive Khaled is a renowned Nasheed Artist who has taken YouTube by storm. Khaled’s nasheed “Festival” has received over 1.5million views and we were delighted to welcome him to the Olive School, Blackburn, on Friday, 24 April, 2017 for our end of term Awards Assembly. Khaled presented the end of term awards to our children with a message of “anyone is capable of achieving their dreams”. Khaled performed Nasheeds a capella and held workshops with our Key Stage 2 children. Congratulations to all our children who achieved an award. Khalid Siddiq with our Pupils Khalid Siddiq performing a capella Children enjoying the performance Some of the work created in Gardening club