DATE: 3rd October 2014 Issue: 2A

“EID MUBARAK” TO EVERYONE The festival of Eid-ul-Adha is one of the most important Muslim festivals of the year. It marks the end of the Hajj—the special journey or pilgrimage which Muslims try to make to the holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia. This year Eid will fall on Saturday 4th October, which means that families will be able to celebrate together at the weekend. At school we will be having class Eid parties in the afternoon of Monday 6th October. We hope that parents will be able to come and join us from 2:00pm to share the fun and some delicious food. It would be lovely to see as many of you as possible. Children will be able to wear their special Eid clothes as Monday will be a non– uniform day.

ASSEMBLY NEWS

In our assembly on Friday we prepared for the festival of Eid-ul-Adha which will be celebrated this weekend on Saturday. We remembered that Hajj is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, we shared a story about the Hajj and we heard from some pupils what Eid time means for them and their families.

Quiet Time

We thought about the people we know who have made the long and special journey to Saudi Arabia this year and how fulfilled they will feel when they return home to share their stories of the Hajj.

FRIENDS OF THE WEEK

Tashfiah is the new member of our Year 2 class. She and her family have just moved to London from Italy and they are trying to get used to living in England and speaking English.

Mariyah and Melina are being really good friends for Tashfiah. They are helping her to know what to do in the classroom and in PE time. We hope that Tashfiah soon gets to know everybody and that she will be very happy at Halley EVERYBODY NEEDS GOOD FRIENDS

A Moon Picnic for Year 1! Year 1 have been reading Jill Murphy’s story “Whatever Next!” Just like Baby Bear, they wore their pyjamas and they went in a space rocket to the Moon. When they got to the Moon they ate the sandwiches that they had made, the biscuits they had decorated and

other yummy things. When the picnic was over they got back in their rocket and came back to Earth. Maybe you will be able to read some otf the stories they have written about their visit to the Moon.

“CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES” Congraulations to Juber in the office who has passed his Certificate in School Business Management

Happy Birthday this week to... Jihadul in the Nursery will be 4 years old Arman in Year 4 will be 9 years old Akram in Year 5 will be 10 years old Yusuf in Year 5 will be 10 years old Aayan Chowdhury in Reception will be 5 years old Samihah in Year 2 will be 7 years old

Weekend Homework

How many different planets can you name? Can you make up some new planet names?

That's Interesting! The Moon was probably made 4.5 billion years ago when a large object hit the Earth and blasted out rocks that came together to orbit around the Earth. They eventually melted together, cooled down and became the Moon. If you look a the Moon you can see dark areas on the surface which are known as the “seas”. They are not really seas, but are huge expanses of smooth, dark lava.