Author: Ashraf Patel (Ashraf Patel)

Year 7 girls worked on writing postcards to survivors of the genocides which took place during the twentieth century. This was done as part of the Holocaust Memorial Day. Below are some of the postcards and replies from survivors.  

Our students from year 10 and 11 took part in a first aid workshop. The course helped student gain confidence in helping someone in danger. Topics covered were how to help someone who is choking, bleeding, unconscious and performing  CPR.

A prevent workshop was held at school for parents on Wednesday. The workshop explained to parents the importance of keeping our children safe and ways in which we can protect our children from radical and extremist contents online. We would like to thank all the mothers who have taken out time to attend. May Allah...

Our year 5 students took part in the Equaliteach workshop. The workshop helps  promote the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils, including the new requirement to promote Fundamental British Values •          prepare pupils at the school for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life; •          meet the requirements of the new Prevent duty;...

As part of our anti bullying week at Tayyibah students learnt about the harms of racism and discrimination. We looked at how racism has no place in Islam.the prophets last sermon clearly states ” All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority...

Our Primary and Secondary students took part in a deaf awareness assembly. The assembly aimed to inform students about deaf and people with hearing impairment. Sister Yasmin taught the students sign languages and how to sign their names using BSL. The goal of Amin & Yasmin is to share worlds, bridge the communication gap and...

The year 5 and 6 students took part in the equaliteach workshop. The workshop helps equip young people with an understanding of what stereotyping means   and the dangers of stereotypes: • provide young people with an opportunity to consider their opinion, where they get their information from and how opinions are formed • help...

Tayyibah girls school celebrated women’s international week with an invite to  the Royal Navy HMS St Albans at the Thames quay.  The event celebrated the exceptional work done by the female  officers and team at the Royal Navy. We were given a brief of the Royal Navy and the roles of women in the navy....

Year 9 visited the Guardian Newspaper for a workshop on making a news paper fron sheet. Students reported the news as it happens and encounter the real-life experience of making a newspaper front page. Students take on the roles of both reporters and editors and research and write news stories using the day’s breaking news...

Rememberance Day and Interfaith assembly which was held for the primary. The assembly was conducted by the chaplain of urswick school Mr Richard Aubrey. Mr Aubrey explained to the students the similarities in Islam and Christianity and the 10 commandments exploring the Christian faith. He had also spoken about the bible. We then had 5...