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Message from the Principal Dear parents, staff, and students: As-Salamu `Alaykum, A warm welcome to our parents, staff and students to this month’s newsletter.

We the Iqra management, staff and students organized our first Inter Scholastic

Tournament held at Brigade Millenium that provided an opportunity to

students from various reputed schools to showcase their talents in a variety of

competitions. As the saying goes “Sow the seeds of hardwork, determination,

endurance and reap the rewards of achievement, success & self-fulfillment”,

our Iqranians proved it.

Iqranians got a ground to face competitors from other schools. Alhamdulillah,

Iqranians stole the show by bagging a lot of prizes. Their success has brought

fame and status to Iqra in a very special way. Various competitions were

categorised under the knowledge & Quran, Sciencetoons, Nextgen, Linguistic

Corrivals, Art Attack and Mathnasium clubs. It was an exposure to a variety of

skills. I would like to applaud the hard work of the parents, staff and students

towards the same.

Iqra Juniors celebrated the 4th Annual Day at the same venue. The tiny tots

presented a harmonious ensemble of the epic that sculpted the teachings of

Islam and the value system they are learning at school. Hoping the students put

in their efforts in revision classes that will be taking place.

Wasalaam, Sr Raziya Sultana Principal In-Charge

Hadith of the Month

Abu Musa reported

Allah's Messenger (ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص)

as saying: The similitude of good company and that of bad company is that of the owner of musk and of the one (iron-smith) blowing bellows, and the owner of musk would either offer you free of charge or you would buy it from him or you would smell its pleasant odour, and so far as one who blows the bellows is concerned, he would either burn your clothes or you shall have to smell its repugnant smell. (Sahih Al-Bukhari: 2628, Book 45, Hadith 189)

Inside this Issue

Message From The Principal

Hadith Of The Month

IMO Results Knowledge & Quran Linguistic Corrivals Art Attack NextGen Mathnasium Sciencetoons Annual Day IJ &

Prize Distribition IIS Islamic trivia

International Math Olympiad Results

A School's name is embellished by the laurels students bring to their school. Iqranians always fight their battles, overcome their obstacles, work that extra yard and come out with flying colours. Their achievements are the culmination of all the hard work they put in throughout the school year. One among the assets of the school is Iqra Muinuddin Mulla from Grade 1 “A”. Out of the thousands who participated from all over the world, she secured FIRST RANK not only at the State level but also on the International Level. She bagged a voucher worth Rs 1000, a merit certificate and a gold medal in the International Math Olympiad (IMO) conducted by the Science Olympiad Foundation. Way to Go Iqra Muinuddin Mulla, Congratulations!!! Allahumma Baarik Laha.

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CarpeDiem’16- Knowledge & Quran

At the Iqra inter-scholastic tournament – Carpediem 2016, we witnessed the most number of participants from Islamic Schools around Bangalore participate in the Knowledge and Quran category. The children amazed the judges and the audience with their talent as they brought forth the Qari in them for “The Guardians”. With “Arabic Theatre” they showcased their acting ability and linguistic skills. While in “Ilmi Path” we saw the ‘Aalim in them, we got a glimpse of their speaking skills in “Spotlight” . Not to forget the fun we had during “Halal Entertainment” and last but not the least we saw many upcoming and potential scholars in the “I’m a Scholar” competition. It was a tough decision for the judges as every child was a winner in his/her own way. Iqra International School bagged the Carpediem rolling trophy for the Quran, Islamic and Arabic Studies category. Alhamdulillah! - Sr Haleema Sadia

Abdur Rehman of Gr 2 won 1st Place in The Guardians

for the Category 1 (6-8 years)

Mohammed Zaid of Gr 3 won 2nd Place in The

Guardians for the Category 2 (8-9 years)

Aahil Parson of Gr 5 won 1st Place in The Guardians for

the Category 3 (9-11 years)

Bilal Ahmed of Gr 5 won 1st Place in “I am a Scholar”

The students of Grade 4 & 5 won 1st Place in Arabic Theatre

Safiya & Shakeer of Gr 3 won 1st Place in Ilmi Path

Saad Alum of Gr 4 won 1st Place in Halal Entertainment

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CarpeDiem’16 – Linguistic Corrivals

In order to give wings to expression through immersion into the valley of their thoughts and creativity, students from

various schools participated in the Linguistic Corrivals for the IIST- Carpediem’16 with full zeal and enthusiasm. The

competition initiated with a brief introduction about the rules and the judgement criteria. The students used their own

unique way to unleash their talents through poetry writing, Readathon, Debate and theatre. It became a wonderful

exposure that taught the children to compete in a healthy manner. It proved to be an enriching experience for the

participants and their potential was utilized to the core. – Sr Ashha Khairi Ahmed

Aamna Aliza of Gr 3 won 2nd Place in Poetry

The students of Grade 4 & 5 won 1st Place in English Theatre

Bushra Hasham of Gr 2 won 2nd Place in “A Minute to Win it”

CarpeDiem’16 – Art Attack

Carpediem was a grand event which served as a huge platform for students from different schools to participate and

showcase their talents. One of the event in Carpediem was Art Attack! It was an amazingly colourful and fun filled

event. The event comprised of activities like Painting with the theme “Nature”, Photo Geeks with the theme “Colours of

life through expressions”, Hawk View themed “Nature”. The students from different schools put up an exciting display

of the most creative works. The display was filled with beautiful paintings by students and photo frames put up by the

photo geeks and awesome nature displays for hawk view. The participation spirits of all the students was absolutely

praise worthy. The event concluded by announcing winners and prize distribution. - Sr Noora

CarpeDiem’16 – Nextgen

Young ICT genius from various schools in Bangalore participated in

NextGen. The aim of this competition was to encourage children

and find out the role of computers in this generation and how ICT

is part of our lives in the future. Among the three categories one

was to design various parts of the computer using waste material,

design a logo on the theme “Save water” and design an animated

story by using Scratch and MS_ Power point. On a whole, children

unleashed their creative and technical skills. - Sr Fathima

Yusuf Jafri, Ashir Abdulla, Iqra Mulla & Amina Farmash of Gr 1 won 1st place in Engenius. Fathima A.K & Umm Kulsum of Gr 4 won 1st place in Animator

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CarpeDiem’16 – Mathnasium

The Department of Math conducted exciting events for different age groups. In math extempore, the little

mathematicians were challenged to prove their spontaneity and the ability to present a topic on the spot. The curious

treasure hunters of grade 3 did a splendid job by cracking the clues and solving the puzzles on time. Ahumdulillah our

Iqranians were the first to find the final treasure . Fatima .S of grade 4 bagged first place in math-o-vision where she

explored her movie making skills to show math concepts. Game a thon was a challenge to their creativity in gaming.

- Sr Shameema

Umar Arshad, Muhsin, Zayaan & Aliza Tareen

of Gr 3 won 1st place in Chamber of Secrets

Iqra Muinuddin Mulla of Gr 1 won

1st place in Math Extempore

Fathima S of Gr 4 won 1st place in Math-o-Vision

CarpeDiem’16 – Sceincetoons

The department of Science conducted different exciting competitions. All the students gave a very tough competition

to each other to finish first – that’s termine. The kids from different schools applied their knowledge about basic

science concepts with skills. Alhamdulillah, Aamina Farmash of grade 2 won the competition by being the fastest

amongst all. Mohsin of grade 3 did a splendid job by creating a robot out of e-waste. His presentation about the

product and his in-depth knowledge added a feather to the cap. It was a treat to the eyes to see the sequential

arrangement of different materials to create a chain reaction. All the participating schools used their analytical skills to

create uninterrupted chain reaction with a variety of materials. The little businessmen presented their business report

to the judges and Alhamdulillah, Bilal of grade 5 bagged the first place. The participating students, organizing teachers

and judges enjoyed the three hours of endless fun and creativity. – Sr Taihyata Mulla

Bilal Ahmed of Gr 5 won 1st place in Biz

Venture

Muhsin Mujeebur of Gr 3 won 1st place in E Rags to Riches

Amina Farmash of Gr 2 won 1st

place in Termine

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ISLAMIC TRIVIA

Question for this Month- “How long did it take to complete the revelation of the Quran?”

Answer to last Month’s Trivia - "For 42 years."

Wasalaam Yours in the service of Islam Management & Staff Iqra International School

Annual Day IJ & Prize Distribution IIS

Keeping up the tradition of challenging one’s own limits of excellence, Iqra International School organized the IJ Annual

Day and IIS Prize Distribution 2015-16 on 23rd of January 2016, which was a true cultural extravaganza. The theme of

this grand celebration was Nature - an attempt at paying tribute to the Motherland and to fellow beings through the

evergreen mode of melody. The chief guest was the Chairman of our school Mr Mohammed Nazeer Ahmed who opened

the annual function with his inspirational speech followed by the Annual report by the Director. The day began with

some beautiful performances and also the Annual Prize Distribution happening alternatively. This showcased the

laurels brought by the students and motivated them to scale newer heights. The event was a grand success and set the

momentum for even higher excellence in the times to come. – Divya C