Trip to the outward bound centre in Aberdovey

At last BCB's children went on the school trip to the outward bound centre in Aberdovey, Wales. http://www.outwardbound.org.uk/about-us.html. Students have taken part in various activities with qualified instructors. Thank you to all the teachers who had organised this trip.

Brondesbury College Wrestlers Win 5 Medals at the Southern Region Open July 2011

Brondesbury College Wrestlers Win 5 Medals at the Southern Region Open 2011
On Sunday 3rd July, a small team of wrestlers from Brondesbury College travelled to Bristol in South West England to compete in the Southern Regions Open wrestling tournament.

This tournament is held annually in a different city each year. The teams taking part in the competition were:

Bristol Academy for Wrestling
Birmingham Wrestling Club
Lewisham Wrestling Club
Sharples Wrestling Club (Bolton)
Slough Wrestling Club
Team USB (Leytonstone East London)
Marathon Wrestling Club (Shoreditch East London)
YMCA Wildcats Freestyle Wrestling Club (Castlefield – Manchester)
London Shootfighters (Park Royal West London)
Kensington Wrestling Club
Nottingham Wrestling Club
Tryst Lions Wrestling Club (Cumbernauld – Scotland)
Middleton & Wirksworth Wrestling Club

And lastly, but by no means least Brondesbury College.

This being our first tournament outside of the school, we went there not knowing what to expect, and for me it was all about the kids gaining in valuable experience and giving a good representation of themselves.

We met at BCB at 6am and arrived in Bristol at 8.15 am. The first thing we had to do was weight in:
Ibrahim Madi (11 years old) 55.6 kg,
Isa Wahid (12 years old) 47.4 kg,
Tarek Muradi (13 years old) 53.9kg,
Hamzah Uddin (15 years old) 40.5 kg
Naim Rahim (15 years old) 71.6 kg
Then we had something to eat. After that the boys got changed and we warmed up outside before joining all the other teams inside to warm up further and get a feel for the mats. Wrestling commenced at around 11.30am. There were two 12x12 Olympic mats (MAT1 & MAT2), and initially there was a lot of confusion with the matches in terms of where & when they would take place. The location of matches changed 3 times, but hamdoulilallal the Mansoor Eslami ‘Director of the Southern Regions’ was there to help us throughout.

Masha-Allah the kids wrestled hard and never gave up. Most importantly was there adaab (manners), which was described by the Southern Regions Director as, and I quote:
“…they displayed impeccable manners on and off the mat…’’.

The kids were competitive in all their matches. Their lack of experience on how to win matches showed at times, sometimes resulting in them being in positions they didn’t need to be in, but you can only get such experience through competing and learning from your mistakes. Masha-Allah our team was physically in great condition and they were able to come out on top (with the will of Allah SWT) in some tough matches which could have gone either way.

In the end all 5 of our team earned a well deserved place on the podium, with the following results (in order of weight):

Hamzah Uddin (Bangladesh) Yr10 (42 kg category) – BRONZE
Isa Wahid (Pakistan) Yr7 (49 kg category) – BRONZE
Tarek Muradi (Egypt) Yr8 (54 kg category) – SILVER
Ibrahim Madi (Palestine) Yr7 (55 kg category) – GOLD
Naim Rahim (Algeria) Yr10 (72 kg category) – SILVER

Not a bad result for a School from North West London

TAKBEER! ALLAHU AKBAR!

But more important than results and medals was the fact that the kids really had a great day Alhamdu lil Allah.
Jazaak Allah khayr to all the wrestling squad members, staff, students & parents who helped us prepare for the tournament. And a special thanks to Mr. Wahid (Isa’s Father) who went with us up to Bristol.

ALLAH (SWT) SAYS IN THE HOLY QUR’AN, SURAT AL-MAIDA AYA 2:

“…HELP YE ONE ANOTHER IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PIETY, BUT HELP YE NOT ONE ANOTHER IN SIN AND RANCOUR; FEAR ALLAH: FOR ALLAH IS STRICT IN PUNISHMENT.’’

Fi-iman-il-Allah,

Edited by Mohamed Shafi

Student and Parent information sheet

It is important that Parents complete the information form that has been sent with their children and return as soon as possible to the school.

If any changes occurred during the school's year please don't forget to inform the school's administration.

Many thanks

PTA

CHANGE OF SCHOOL UNIFORM 2011 - 2012

Please don't forget to buy your child/children's new school uniform. Letters were sent to parents to remind them to that Brondesbury College for Boys has changed its school uniform.

New uniforms can be bought from:
RUMBLES SCHOOL UNIFORM SHOP
598 High Road
Wembley
HA0 2AF
Tel: 020 89021393

Academic Tutoring Day - 19th July 2011

The end of the year is close and as last year's Academic Tutoring Day was a success, Mr. Clifton has kindly organized a drop in day this year, July 9th 2011. That will allow parents to come in at any time between 9am and 3.30pm to see any teachers they wish. The end of year report will be of course posted out to every parent.

PTA

Summer residential trip is for tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!

Tomorrow is a big day for the children who are going on the school trip to the outward bound centre in Aberdovey, Wales. http://www.outwardbound.org.uk/about-us.html.

Students will be taking part in various activities with qualified instructors.

Thank you to all the teachers who had organised this trip.

If you would like to to keep up to date with the progress of the school trip please follow them by clicking on this link below and select the twitter page.

http://bcb.lmno.co.uk/


PTA

Class Cake Sale Dates for June and July 2011

Thank you to all parents who had participated along the years to PTA Cake Sales.
The children love the cakes, whether home made or bought.

We will really appreciate it if each Year Class provides cakes on the dates shown below. Collected money will be added to the Year 11 "LEAVING PARTY" that we will organise in July.

Month JUNE 2011
Year 7 : Friday, 17th June 2011
Year 8 : Friday, 24th June 201


Month of JULY 2011
Year 9: Friday, 1st July 2011
Year 10: Friday, 8th July 2011
Year 7 and Year 8: Friday, 15th J 2011
Year 9 and Year 10: Friday, 22nd July 2011

Thank you

PTA: Brondesbury College For Boys is 2nd as SCHOOL OF THE YEAR

PTA: Brondesbury College For Boys is 2nd as SCHOOL OF THE YEAR

Brondesbury College For Boys is 2nd as SCHOOL OF THE YEAR

Shortlisted Nominees for the AMS UK Independent Schools Awards 2011

Alhamdulillah, the AMS UK Awards drew a large number of nominations for each of the Award categories and there was a surge in nomination submissions on deadline day, Friday 11th March.
After a detailed and exhaustive Judges Panel Meeting the judges selected the following shorlists for each award. Lead judge Mufti Hamid Patel commented: "Masha'Allah the quality of nominations was extremely encouraging and i'd like to thank all those who have nominated for doing so. It shows that independent Muslim schools are going from strength to strength and the students, parents, staff and communities that the schools serve appreciate their efforts."


SCHOOL OF THE YEAR
Al Hijrah Primary School (Birmingham)
Brondesbury College for Boys (London)
Tawhid Boys School (London)

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER OF THE YEAR

Asmat Ali (Islamia Girls High School, London)
Mona Mohamed (Manchester Islamic High School for Girls)

TEACHER OF THE YEAR

Saira Hanif (Al Aqsa Primary School, Leicester)
Shahin Karmali (Al Islah School, Blackburn)

There is no shortlist for Non-Teaching Staff of the Year but the winner for that category will be announced with the winners of all other categories at the AMS Annual Conference on Saturday 2nd April 2011. Click below to book your place now for a 50% discounted rate, Early Bird Deadline is Sunday 20th March 2011:
http://www.ams-uk.org/conference/booking-form

Ladies Night