An eventful Summer

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families and children so that

they are able to be successful

and take ownership of the

area they live in. We want to

develop a cohesive and sus-

taibable community and I am

proud to play my small part in

striving to achieve that!

Jazakallah khayrun to NILC for

letting me be involved!

Naila (Nalini) Naidoo

Joining NILC has been an

amazing opportunity for me, it

has allowed me to participate

in numerous projects, meet

new people, and see my

ideas come to life!

One of the projects I have

initiated is Creative Deen

Islamic Activities Holiday

Scheme, which we first trialed

during May Half term, and

due to parental requests have

repeated in the last two

weeks of the Summer holi-

days. Through this scheme I

have witnessed the confi-

dence of both children and

volunteers soar. I am hon-

oured to have been able to

deliver these sessions and

observe the concept of learn-

ing through play with an Is-

lamic basis coming in to frui-

tion.

As well as this, in the last 6

months I have been able to

run regular sister’s halaqa,

iftars, Ramadan preparation

course, get togethers and so

much more! It really has been

A wonderful learning experi-

ence which has been chal-

lenging, stimulating and re-

warding.

The best thing about working

in NILC is that I found an or-

ganization which shares my

aspirations and ideaology. At

NILC we aim to serve the

community that we live in. We

wish to support and empower

Islamic Parenting taster

18/9/13 1pm—2.30pm

Syria Fundraiser

21/9/13 time tbc

Weekly Parenting Course

Thurs 26/9/13—24/10/13

1pm—2.30pm

Madrassah

Mon—Thurs 5pm-7pm

Sat & Sun 2pm-6pm

KiPP2 Tuition

Sat & Sun 10am—1pm

Homework Help

Fri 5pm-7pm

Muslimah Directions Ha-

laqah

Starting 4th Sep fortnightly

Wed 1pm—3pm

Knitter natter

Starting 12/9/13

Thurs 10am—12pm

Inside this issue:

NILC @ The Beach 4

The Big Event 8

Little Ilford Park FC 10

Kids Corner 11

Creative Dee 14

Upcoming Events 18

Contact Details 20

Welcome to The Chroni-

cles! The Chronicles is

your one stop newsletter,

notifying you of news,

activities, events and ser-

vices in and around your

area. There will be an

issue every fortnight, so

our readers are able to

keep up to date and in-

formed on local issues

and announcements.

Newham Islamic Learning Centre

1st September 2013

Volume 5, Issue 1

Newham Islamic Learning Centre Family Eid Outing to

Shoeburyness Seaside in Essex.

On Thursday 15th of August NILC took

over 20 families to Shoeburyness beach

for a family Eid celebration. The aim of

this outing was to promote family cohe-

sion and togetherness as well as to pro-

vide new experiences for families and

children. We wanted to give people an

opportunity to do something new,

which they wouldn’t have had the op-

portunity to do otherwise. Out of the

families who attended, none had been

to Shoeburyness before and at the end of the trip, every one said they would feel confident in returning to

the same beach independently.

Shoeburyness though near in distance, in nature is far from the hustle and bustle of Southend. We found a

picturesque, relaxing and welcoming seaside town. While we relaxed on the grassy embankment, the chil-

dren were able to freely run around the play area and beach, without us fearing we would lose sight of

them. The walled sea lido provided an opportunity for us to amuse ourselves in the sea water even when

the tide was out, and many adults and children made the most of this! It was an incredibly serene and tran-

quil environment which was so easy and quick to get to! Thank you to all those who came and made our trip

a success

NILC @ THE SEASIDE FAMILY EID OUTING

“It was honestly amazing, we had our

own family time which was great! My

husband is definitely going to drive us

down here again!”

“The seaside trip was wonderful, the best

bit was swimming, the nice things were that

there was a lot of water you can nicely go

in, and at the end you can look for crea-

tures which is really fun, I saw a crab. We

can make a rocky sand castle. Going to the

park was really cool and fun! Climbing up

and down the rocks was really fun. Having

our friends there was better than just going

NILC @ THE SEASIDE FAMILY EID OUTING

Thank you to all those who supported us by attending our fundraiser, Building the Believ-ers, on July 30th at The Royal Regency, East Ham. Also thank you to those who couldn't

come but have pledged to donate online. A fantastic time was had by all who were in-volved.

For those who were unable to attend we would like to share some of our evening with

you, and for those who did attend we hope to remind you of an enjoyable evening!

Oud Stall Auction items Canvas for auction

Khalid Khan and Sheykh Sulayman Ghani Children’s work on display

Sister’s

Magazine

Stall

Quran and Seerah distribution The Tabkes NILC Thanks Shayjh Sulayman with a canvas

As you can see it was an eventful evening with a lot going on! May Allah bless all those who vol-

unteered their time and energy to volunteer and prepare and perform at the event, the speak-

ers for giving up their time fisabillah, and all those who donated, pledged and bought auction

items, in order to contribute to the success of the evening. May Allah also bless our sponsors;

The Royal Regency, GrillFellas Zam Zam, Pola's Jalebi Stall (Whitechapel), KidsWorld and Ali

Catering Events Ltd

Adnan Rashid of IERA and Abdul Wahab Shaolin Kung Fu Know Muhammad Essay Readings by kids

Abdul Wahab aka

UK Apache performs

“I was a Nutta” and

“Original Nutta”

Sheykh Su-

layman Ghani

Subscribes to

Sister’s

Magazine!

Al Qawi Self Defence Brothers Setting up Ehsan Shaolin Kung Fu

Amir Khan Signed items for auction Madrassah Performances Live Calligraphy

LITTLE ILFORD PARK FC

qualities our

Little Ilford ark Football Coaching, for under 14s is on Saturdays

11:30 am to 1pm.

We asked some of the younger children to write about their favourite player, and why they are inspired by them, the following are some extracts from the responses we received. From this we can learn the

MY FAVOURITE PLAYER

qualities our children admire and aspire to, which have been triggered by participation in football.

“Rooney is my star player. Rooney is

my favourite football player because

he sets a good example for me

to learn from. I think Rooney scored

the most goals in Man United last

Season. If I saw Rooney, I would ask

him to teach me some skills.” Elvis

“Fernado because he’s an

amazing striker and a

great scorer. He is the

best.” Jayden

“Neymar Da Silva Santos

Junior is currently a Brazil-

ian footballer who plays as

a forward for La Liga Club

FC Barcelona and the Bra-

zilian National team. At the

age of 19, Neymar won

the 2011 South American

footballer of the year

award. He is known for

his acceleration, speed and

dribbling”. Ahmed

“John Terry is a profes-

sional English footballer.

He is captain of the

Chelsea team and plays

an the centre back posi-

tion. I like most that

even though he is the

Captain, he is a team

player.” Michael

Please submit your children’s work for this page

Kids’ Corner

Allah is..

(To the tune of London Bridge is falling down.)

Allah is the greatest

He is one, He’s Ahad

La illaha il Allah

Allahu akbar

Allah is our Lord,

He is master, He is king

Plants and animals bow down to

him,

He is al Malik

Allah is the creator,

Creator creator.

Of The whole world in its entirety,

He is al Khaliq

Allah He knows everything

Everything, everything,

Every leaf on every tree

He is al Alim

Allah He sees everything

Everything, everything

We can’t hide from Allah.

He is al Bashir

Allah He hears everything

Everything, everything,

Even when we talk quietly, (whisper)

He is as Samee

Allah gives us everything,

Everything, everything

Money, food and family.

He is ar Razzaq

Allah He protects us all,

Keeps us safe, away from harm

Allah looks after us.

He is al Muhaymin

Allah responds to all of us

He hears us pray, knows our

needs

We make dua only to Allah

He is al Mujib

So let Him see us do Good things

Say Good things, giving thanks to Him

Let’s all be good Muslims,

Worshipping Allah.

Poem by Nalini Naidoo

CREATIVE DEEN TEACHING YOUR CHILD ISLAMIC CONCEPTS AND VALUES THROUGH ARTS AND ACTIVITIES

Creative Deen 2, Summer activities club was run from 19th to 22nd

and 26th to 29th August.

We believe Children learn best through being actively involved,

through doing and experiences that will InshaAllah be entrenched on

their memory. “Learning through play” is a well documented and

researched teaching philosophy which we aim to utilise to benefit

our children's Islamic upbringing. As well as Islamic activities, this

holidays we aimed to step up a gear, introducing an integrated cur-

riculum which spanned “Islamic” and “secular” learning. This as we

know all knowledge comes from Allah. Islam is not separate from the

every day world, and we aimed to demonstrate this to the children

we teach and help them develop their natural curiosity for learning,

and critical thinking, by showing them that subjects do not always

have to be compartmentalised in to “deen “ and “dunya”. Here are

some of the things we did over the past two weeks:

We learnt about Angels, their names and duties. As we know angels

control the weather, we then made kites, talked about how to meas-

ure the weather and learnt the dua for strong winds.

We learnt about Allah as Al Khaliq, and the sings of Allah being all

around us. We then made collages of the beauty in Allah’s Creation.

After this we learnt about the life cycle and plants of a part as a dem-

onstration of the perfection of Allah’s creation.

We learnt about how animals also worship Allah. We studied spiders

and made spiders webs, told the story of the elephants, and the spi-

der from The Seerah, and we practiced Surah Fil.

We learnt about the status of parents in

Islam, and we made cards for our mums. We also talked about

rhyming words and poetic devices, and wrote poetry about our

mothers.

The children learnt about tawheed, and how Allah is without need,

and they made posters, to let others know about this!

We learnt about the first revelation, and how the first command sent

in the Quran was “iqra”. We then used stencils to make Iqra artwork

And learnt how tom make tissue paper flowers.

InshaAllah we will be continuing Creative Deen workshops in the half

term, and also have plans to offer workshops for homeschooling

children.

CREATIVE DEEN TEACHING YOUR CHILD ISLAMIC CONCEPTS AND VALUES THROUGH ARTS AND ACTIVITIES

Marvellous Minibeasts

Many of Allah’s signs all around us

are unmissable, such as the stars,

the sun and the mountains. Other

signs are smaller, but when you

look closer are just as astonishing!

Let’s take a closer look at one of

these – minibeasts.

Spectacular Spiders

Spiders belong to the arachnid family. This

means they have 2 body segments, eight legs,

and their skeleton is on the outside.

Most spiders spin webs to catch food. Even

though they can have up to 8 eyes their eye-

sight is not that good. So when an insect gets

caught in the web they sense the vibrations

with the tiny hairs on their legs, to lead them

to their prey. Then they wrap the prey in silk

to stop it struggling or getting away!

Spiders also don’t have any teeth, so they

can’t chew or swallow. Instead they have

poison fangs that they use to inject their vic-

tims with venom. This turns the target’s in-

sides in to liquid that the spiders then suck

up! Eugh!

There is no need to worry; this poison does-

n’t work on humans. Most spider venom is

too weak to hurt people. However some

spiders, such as the Black Widow have strong

venom that can kill people if bites are left

untreated!

Spider’s silk is very special and is used for

many different jobs. The Bolas spider fishes

with its silk. When it spots prey, it swings

out a line with a sticky glob at the end and

that sticks to the wings or body of their next

meal. The silk can also be used for egg sacs,

to form shelters and to help the spiders

travel.

Spiders help the environment by eating lots of

insects that would otherwise be around in

your garden and homes.

Fantastic Facts

Crab spiders can change colour in order to

camouflage themselves. This allows

them to sneak up on unexpecting prey

without being spotted!

The Madagascan Darwin’s Bark Spider can

make webs which are 25m wide and stretch

across rivers! No one knows how they man-

age this!

Larger spiders can catch animals as large as

bats, mice, fish, birds and even snakes

with their strong webs.

Spider’s silk is 5 times stronger than steel of

the same thickness! It is the

strongest material in the

world. Scientists haven’t

been able to recreate this

design even with all the

technology we have today! Scientists have found fossilized spiders

trapped in amber in that are around

2 million years old!

Spiders In The Quran - The name of the

Surah Al Ankubat, means “The Spider”. In this

Surah Allah SWT says “The parable of those

who take protectors other than Allah is

that of the spider, who builds (to itself) a

house; but truly the flimsiest of houses is

the spider’s house;- if they but

knew.” (29:41) This means that protection

from anything other than Allah is like a spi-

der’s web, which can easily be broken.

Spiders in Hadith - When the Prophet

SAW and Abu Bakr RA were making hijrah

from Mecca to Madinah, a spider made a web

on the entrance of the cave in which they

were hiding to fool the bounty hunters that

were searching for the Prophet SAW. The

bounty hunters saw the web and thought that

nobody could have got inside without disturb-

ing the web, so they left without searching

the cave. Even spiders recognise Allah as their

Lord and Muhammad SAW as the last and

final messenger!

At Newham Islamic Learning Centre

UPCOMING EVENTS

At Newham Islamic Learning Centre

UPCOMING EVENTS

Knitter natter—Learn a new skill and knit blankets for Syria, weekly starting Thursday 12th September

10 am—12pm

Muslimah Directions Halaqa— Empowering local Muslim women by sharing knowledge and providing,

support, encouragement and friendship, in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. Using Islamic remind-

ers, and examples that we can implement in our every day lives. Fortnightly starting wed 4th sept,

1pm—3pm

Mother and toddler groups—A chance to meet other Muslim families, and share experiences, weekly

starting Tuesday 17th September 1pm—3pm

Little Ilford Park FC—Saturdays at 11:30 am, Little Ilford Park

Syria Fundraiser—Sept 21st, 2pm

Also: (dates tbc)

Nour Domestic Violence awareness sessions, and advice drop in sessions.

Quran recitation competition

Other intitiatives:

Collecting clothing, and food for the homeless and needy.

Collecting clothing to sell in order to raise money for Syria

Collecting medicines to take to Syria

Raising towards an NILC ambulance travelling to Syria with the Human Aid convoy in December.

Family support, advice and guidance.

Our doors are always open. Please get in touch if you are in need, emotionally, physically or spiritually

and we will do our best to help you for the sake of Allah.

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If you would like to advertise within our publication, which gets distributed through-

out our network of over 3000 families please get in touch.

NILC also welcomes donations, as we do not run our initiatives for a profit, and aim

to make them as affordable as possible for the families we serve. If you would like to

donate to our madrassa, or any specific initiative or charity collection (Syria, home-

less and needy) please get in touch

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mind, body and soul through out numerous community

initiatives.

We want the children and families in our community to

be able to contribute positively to the areas we live in.

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another believer is like a building whose different parts

enforce each other." The Prophet then clasped his hands

with the fingers interlaced (while saying that).

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