Welcome to another busy and exciting year at the King Fahad Acad-emy. I hope you had a blessed Ramadan and hope that you and your family had a joyous Eid El-Fitr holiday and a rest-ful break. A special welcome to

all of our new parents. I would also like to extend a warm welcome to our new staff, Miss Hafsa Bobat (Humanities Department), Ms. Belinda Earle (Engish Depart-ment) and Mrs. Julie Benafif (Primary Class Teacher). We have 150 new students starting at the King Fahad Academy this academic year.

Many congratulations to all the girls and boys who worked so hard to achieve such splendid results in their IGCSE exams

and to the teachers who year after year help the pupils to achieve their potential by their dedication and commitment.

Best wishes to our sons and daughters for a very happy and productive 2008-9 at the King Fahad Academy.

Director’s Message

Ramadan Quran Memorisa-tion Competition 2008:

During the holy month of Ramadan a number of KFA students had the opportunity to participate in the second annual Ramadan Quran Memorisation Competition, which was organised under the patronage of HRH Prince Mo-hammed Bin Nawaf the Am-bassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Kingdom and Ireland.

The competition was open to all children of the community up to the age of 13. The num-ber of participants has in-creased compared to last year. The competition was held on Saturday 20th September 08 in KFA Mosque and boys & girls contestants were assessed by

Sheik Hamed Kalifa, Mr. Awad Alotabi, Mrs. Samah Alsafadi and Sarra Omar as an external judge.

Competition Prizes, which were £5000 in total, were distributed to both winners and participants after Taraweeh prayer on 25th September 08 by His Excellency Mr Abdullah Alshaghroud, Min-ister Plenipotentiary at the Saudi Embassy in London, on behalf of HRH Prince Mohammed Bin Nawaf.

KFA winners of 2008- Girls Section

• Aisha Othman—G5 (Jusu Amah) 1st - £200

• Halima Shaker—G8 (Jusu Amah & Tabarak 3rd -£150

• Amani Almourad—G7 (Jusu Amah, Taba-

rak & Almusjadelah) 2nd -£350

KFA winners of 2008- Boys Section

• Abdula Al Asimari—Gr 4 (Jusu Amah) 1st - £200

• Abdula Shaker—Gr 5 (Jusu Amah) 2nd £150

• Yaseen Seddaoui - Gr 4 (Jusu Amah) 3rd £100

• Mohammed Omar—Gr 6 (Jusu Amah & Tabarak) 3rd -£150

• Ayham Alssaka—Gr 5 (Jusu Amah, Taba-rak & Almusjadelah) 3rd -£200

• Ahmad Huseen—Gr9 (Jusu Amah, Taba-rak & Almusjadelah) 3rd -£200

Ramadan Quran Memorisation Competition 2008

King Fahad Academy, London

Sep-Oct, 2008

Volume 2, Issue 1

Dr Sumaya Alyusuf

Stay Connected

Days to Remember

KFA celebrated the Saudi Na-

tional Day in a special assem-

bly. The assembly presented

plays, poems and other per-

formances to mark the event.

We believe that our pictures

speak for themselves!

Saudi National Day

In June 2008 the King Fahad Academy was granted authorization to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. This is a very exciting de-velopment for the Academy; the IB Diploma is a highly prestigious award recognized all over the world as an en-try qualification to higher education institutions. Students in Grade 11 ac-cepted onto this course will complete 2 years of study aiming towards the award of the IB Diploma.

Each student must take six subjects, three at Higher Level and three at Stan-dard Level, covering literature, a second language, a social science, a natural sci-ence and mathematics. They may also study Art, and will follow a programme

of creative, active and service activities as well as a course in critical thinking, as well as being required to write an Extended Essay on a subject of their choice. By the end of the course it is hoped they will have developed many of the attributes, such as independent study skills, time management and research methods, necessary for suc-cess at university and in future life.

participating in this event.

After the introductions and

key note address by the Project

manager – London Hydrogen

Partnership, Mr Daniel Pizarro

and representatives of the

sponsors, Air Products PLC.

We were entertained by a mar-

vellous science demonstration

demonstrating the feasibility of

hydrogen as a source of clean

energy for the future.

The event finally reached the

highlight of the evening: the

prize draw! Once again, the

science department is pleased

On Wednesday the 17th of Sep-

tember, the science department

was represented at the launch of

the London Schools Hydrogen

Challenge, second edition, by Dr

Jinane Chaaban and Mr Moham-

med Baba. This is the second

year running that the academy is

to announce that one of our

representatives, Dr Jinane won

the first prize at this draw.

This wonderful prize is the

opportunity of a visit to the

KFA by the Science Ambassa-

dor to demonstrate his science

experiments to the pupils at

the KFA. This is a wonderful

and fortuitous opportunity for

our pupils to benefit from the

current initiatives and possi-

bilities on the search for a

clean energy solution. This is

also another opportunity to

place our school positively in

the news. A visit by the Sci-

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ence Ambassador would nor-

mally cost over two thousand

pounds sterling. So congratu-

lations to Dr Jinane for this

win and many thanks to all the

members of the science de-

partment for another year of

active participation and keen

interest.

KFA Science News

KFA International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

Boys Eid Celebration The boys section held an assem-

bly to celebrate Eid. Many stu-

dents participated. As part of the

assembly program, a poem was

written by Grade 6 and per-

formed by Grade 5 students.

My aunty gives me sweets,

My uncle gives me treats,

My sister eats the lot

And then she gives me beats!

Mmmm sweets.

Ripple Red, I hide it under my

bed.

I hide it from my Mum!

Yum, yum, yum.

"Let's clean your room now

dear."

Mum! I'm out of here.

Mmmm treats.

Shish Kabab, spicy 'n' hot.

What a lot I've got.

All for me and none for you.

What!

OK I'll share it too.

Student Council for 2008 - 2009 'Nobody can achieve perfection, but in pursuit of perfection, one can achieve excellence.'

Amina Maknin (6G) Media Rep. (Group 1)

Asmae Sahraoui (7G) Media Rep. (Group 2)

Serin El-Ghazoini (7G) Media Rep. (Group 2)

Areen Alharbi (IB) Media Rep. (Group 2)

Roumaysaa Bouyardan (6G) Media Rep. (Group 2)

The Girls’ Section would like to congratulate students who voted in the elections, those who put their names forward for elec-tion, and the teachers who helped in making the elections so successful, Ms Nazanin and Ms Rawnak. We look forward to seeing the Student Council achieving its proposed aims,

which include:

•Serving as a link between the student body and the school administration, providing a channel for students to express their views about school affairs and to have a say in them;

•Providing leadership for the KFA student body, sponsoring and organizing social activities and school and community service projects;

•Setting a positive example and providing a role model for fel-low students and enabling rep-resentatives to act as ambassa-dors to the community-at-large, showing the highest standards in conduct and character.

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The Girls' section at the King

Fahad Academy successfully

carried out student council

elections on Thursday 9th Oc-

tober. Representatives are as

follows:.

Rana Alotaibi -(9G) President

Majd Abdulghani -(9G) Vice-President

Lara AlZoubi—(1B) Secretary

Shams Alkoubaisi - (9G) Treasurer

Rana Alhuwaiti (10G) Media Rep. (Group 1)

Rim Karous (8G)Media Rep. (Group 1)

Rana Babsail (8G) Media Rep. (Group 1)

Ramadan Assembly and Saudi National Day

Eid Alfitr Assembly

We have coffee,

We have dates,

Come and join us to eat.

Let’s celebrate,

Let’s celebrate this beautiful day,

“SAUDI NATIONAL DAY”

Saudi National Day Poem

By Grade 2 Girls

The beautiful Mecca,

The beautiful Jeddah,

How proud are we!

Let’s show our flags,

Let’s show our respect,

How proud are we!

The Girls' section at the King Fahad Academy celebrated Ramadan and the Saudi Na-tional day on Friday September the 19th in a special assembly. Grade 2 students wrote a poem with the help of their class teacher Mrs Aseel Asad and they performed it during the celebration.

sanaaa.

(Everyone come and join us, you’ll have fun I promise.) (2)

Oh girls of the academy, it’s come to the day of Eid,

Oh girls of the academy you should be as proud as meeeee!!!(CHEERING MOOD)

(I hope you’ve had fun with my song, I hope you’ve had fun in RAMADAN) (2)

Oh girls (Whisper)

Oh girls of the academy, you should be as proud as meeeee.

Each day we fast in Ramadan, each day we think about having fun.

Oh girls of the academy, it’s come to the day of Eid,

Oh girls of the academy, you should be as proud as meeee.

Each day we pray to Allah , each day we think about Has-

On Thursday 9th October,

the Girls' section at the King Fahad Academy celebrated Eid Al-Fitr in a special as-sembly. Mariam Akdim from Grade 5 wrote the lyr-ics of a lovely song, which Ms Eleni kindly composed the music for.

The Eid Song (Lyrics: Mariam Akdim, Music: Ms Eleni Geor-giou)

Oh girls of the academy, it’s come to the day of Eid,

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