Month: November 2017

Stories are an important part of the Pre-Primary classroom as children love stories. Stories create magic and a sense of wonder at the world. They become a stepping stone for the children to understand difficult concepts.

The Juniors had done two stories throughout the week:

On Friday, they came dressed in Reds and Blues and a variety of lovely hats. It was a fine day for the two teams ‘Reds’ and ‘Blues’ to play football. Later, in class they talked about their hats. What stories they had to tell!

The Montessori Seniors visited Al-Jamea-tus-Saifiyah on Friday 3/11/17.The trip began with Ziarat of Zarih Mubarak and Qabr Mubarak of Ai Saheba and Shehzadi Saheba. The children maintained aadaab-u-ziarat and humbly placed rose-petals on Qabr Mubarak.

They visited the library where they were awed by the huge collection of books, and in Mahad-u-Zahra they were motivated towards doing hifz and fulfilling Aqa Maula’s dream of a hafiz in every home.

They saw the beautiful flora in the gardens as well as the Quranic garden.

The children were served salawat juice in Mawaid Saifiyah which they thoroughly enjoyed.

It was a wonderful opportunity for these little ones to witness the glory of this renowned institute where, someday, some of them will get the sharaf of studying, and becoming a part of it

Fueled

Fueled
by a million
man-made
wings of fire-
the rocket tore a tunnel
through the sky-
and everybody cheered.

Fueled
only by a thought from God-
the seedling
urged its way
through thicknesses of black-
and as it pierced
the heavy ceiling of the soil-
and lauched itself
up into outer space –
no
one
even
clapped.

–Marcie Hans

But the Montessori children celebrated this miraculous event every step of the way from the tiniest root to the longest shoot. The wonder in their eyes made us all take a step back and delight in the beauty of Allah’s Creation.

Fatema Abdul Qadir Shakir from Singapore, whose family deals with LEGO Education in Singapore, was invited to BHS to observe the Robotics class. These are her comments which she generously shared with us after her visit:

” Recently I got a chance to go to Badri High School. Last I think I had visited 4 to 5 years back. I was shocked to see the change in these years.

When I passed by some students they were fluently talking in English about some book they had read. Some prefects in their maroon sashes stood discussing their positions to stand and monitor the other students as it was recess time.

It was a drastic change for me as I had never expected such behavior. The students, the school environment …all has progressed a lot. The personality of the students and their confidence is just next level.

I also got a chance to sit with class 7 in a Robotics class which is held every Thursday, where the students were participating and interacting animatedly in the class with the trainer and the enjoyment they were experiencing while learning was clear. It was very refreshing to see such bright students.

The school itself also has changed in infrastructure. These kids have a proper environment to study and learn.

Hats off to the school committee. They have come a long way and have worked hard which we can clearly see. Badri School is securing and building a bright future for these students.”