​Mini Chefs LIVE is BACK 

Yes! You heard right!

Due to your support and all your requests for more we are back this Half term! Now thats worth a yeeeeeey 💫

The session is likely to be on Thursday at 3pm (tbc) as usual via Zoom, you will all be sent a link and password

Full list of ingredients will follow in the next few days

If you are new to Mini Chefs don't worry its super easy to get involved!

I miss all my minis! Can NOT wait to see them again!

Are you joining? Are you excited? Mini Chefs send me a We love Mini Chefs voice message to my WhatsApp so I can hear that excitement!

Spread the word! Tell your cousins tell your friends! Contact me if you have been fwd this message on 07854090005 quoting *Mini Chefs Live and I will send you all the details

​Thursday 3:00pm (18th February)

180c/160c fan or gas mark 3

Ingredients are measured with me in the lesson, so they do not need to be measured, only the butter is pre-weighed please. This is a guide so you provide enough of the ingredient for your Mini to weigh Live with me:

Ingredient:
1/2 cup of milk
1 egg
80g butter (pre-weighed)
1 cup Self raising flour
4 tablesooons cocoa powder (not drinking chocolate)
1 and 1/4 cup brown sugar (any, I use soft light brown)
Water to boil in kettle (we will do this together)

Equipment:
8" pyrex dish or cake tin (i will send pic) 
Ikea kids cups x 3 (cup measures)
Mixing bowls
Mixing spoon or spatulas
2 forks
2 Tablespoons 
Microwavable mug with handle

Tea towel/tissues to wipe hands

Optional apron to wear

Please wash your hands and tie back long hair! Avoid loose sleeves and hanging clothing

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To join via Zoom: please register below: (or click the button at the bottom of the page)
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtcu-rpz0pGdaQIdZSMsqHB5LjsLspIvo4

Or to join in or watch the recording on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/c/FatimaElizabethPhrontistery

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Over this half term holiday, we will be holding a special show and tell session: FE-Pets Meet 
This is a super opportunity for the children to get excited and showcase their pets in turn and enjoy their friend’s pets too, whilst making reference to it in an Islamic context.

You can perhaps link it to the Prophet’s (PBUH) cat 🐱, or the birds 🐦 or Spider 🕸️🕷️that protected him whilst in  Cave Thawr. You may even consider relating the Sunnah of horse riding with your pet - especially if you have a pet horse.

If you have a fish 🐠 to share, how about telling us what you learnt about Prophet Yunus (AS) and the whale 🐳 or maybe Prophet Sulayman (AS) and the ant 🐜.  You may have sheep 🐑 or goats 🐐 and want to reflect on the early life of our Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) as a shepherd. 

Be creative and reflective!

Are you a family of beekeepers? 🐝 You may have a picture to share in your special outfit. Don’t forget to tell us about how the work of bees 🐝is mentioned in the Qur'an 📖.

Become explorers and excite us with your pet stories!!!

If your child would like to join and has no pets, you can sign up to being a non-participating observer and you will receive a private YouTube link to view the Pet Meet

When: Wednesday 17th February 2021
Time: 4-5pm (try and login 5 minutes before)
Where: Zoom (but you must sign up via Eventbrite and you will receive all the required links)
Who can participate:  You must be a current student at Fatima Elizabeth Phrontistery

What you need to do: 
☆  Register on Eventbrite and you will receive a Zoom link in a further email (be sure to check your emails and save the link

☆  Bring your pet to the session (or a photo or video to share if it's a large animal)

☆ If your child would like to join and has no pets, you can sign up to being a non-participating observer and you will receive a private YouTube link to view the Pet Meet

Wa alaykum assalam

If you have any questions regarding the Prophet Project or require any further help, please leave a comment in the comments' section below:

🚲Our First FECycle Khutbah at Masjid Abu Bakr 🚲

Main crux of the khutbah was that due to colonialism and other reasons that our Muslim worldview has tended to divide *'*dini - Islamic'* and *'dunyawi - worldy'*.

However, the Prophetic epistemological approach has been holistic, organic and in line with what is defined as Tawhidic Universalism.

The Following hadith in al-Daylami is very interesting in this regard:
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said, *'Learn the casting of arrows (archery) and the Qur'an'*.

The physical and the spiritual go hand in hand with the Prophetic Pedagogy.

The hadith of the health practitioner who after a long stay in Madinah came to the Prophet and explained how he hardly had any patients. To which the Prophet (PBUH) replied, "we are the people who do not eat until we get hungry and when we eat we avoid overeating".

The overall lived experience of the sahaba was one where both the spiritual and physical health went hand in hand.

The Prophetic traditions point towards this:

... ان لجسدك عليك حقا...
... indeed your body has a right upon you...

...اعوذ بك من العجز والكسل
... Oh Allah I seek your protection from powerlessness and laziness...

"Compete in archery, have a fit body and walk barefoot"

"Any action without the remembrance of Allah is either a diversion or heedlessness with exemption to *four* acts;
1. Walking from target to target (archery);
2. Horse riding;
3. Playing with family and
4. Swimming"

"Learn the casting of arrows and the Qur'an"

There are numerous ahadith which emphasise the importance of walking🚶🏻, running🏃🏻, archery🏹, swimming 🏊🏾, spear throwing , wrestling 🤼‍♂ and horse riding 🏇🏻.

Coming back to the holistic approach of living Islam in today's modern context. 6 million people in Britain today do not take a brisk walk of over 10 minutes each month. Sedentary lifestyles take an estimated 85,000 peoples lives each year.

Today's health experts believe that cycling can make people healthy and live longer, cut public health costs.

This has enormous health implications, with inactive people significantly more likely to develop cardiovascular problems, type 2 diabetes, and various cancers.

See following short article:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2017/sep/17/the-miracle-pill-how-cycling-could-save-the-nhs

In conclusion, our Muslim worldview should include the physical alongside the spiritual and afford it the importance given by our Prophet (PBUH). I believe every masjid / madrasah should work towards having a Scouts Club, archery club and cycling club.

Hamid Mahmood

Cycle Sisters and FECycle are recruiting for volunteer Ride Leaders!

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your cycling and leadership skills as well as share your passion for cycling with others. As well as the free training outlined below you will receive ongoing support and development in the role and become part of our dedicated team of Ride Leaders that help achieve amazing outcomes for our participants.

Cycle Sisters, an award winning Muslim women's cycle group, is looking for applications from sisters who would like to train as a volunteer Ride Leaders to support their weekend rides in Waltham Forest. This will enable them to expand their Saturday rides, for which there has been a huge demand, and start offering 2 rides per month.

FECycle, a ground-breaking cycling project of the Fatimah Elizabeth Cates Academy in Walthamstow, are looking for applications from brothers who would like to train as volunteer Ride Leaders to support their current weekend rides and enable them to start offering fortnightly intermediate led rides for brothers to support their journeys into cycling.

Applicants would need to be able to commit to leading two rides per month (term time only from June 2019) from start points in Walthamstow and Leyton. They will also need to be able to attend the training elements including a 1 day Ride Leader course on Sunday 7th April at Low Hall depot. The training also includes, an induction session (on 18th May), first aid training, bike maintenance (TBC), level 3 Cycle Skills training and mentoring from an experienced Ride Leader.

FOR SISTERS: for more information and the chance to apply please visit: https://bit.ly/2W5ut0V.
(Alternatively click on the button below)

FOR BROTHERS: for more information and the chance to apply please visit: https://bit.ly/2Fiew0W
(Alternatively click on the button below)

Please note the deadline for this opportunity is 5pm on 29th March.

Dear parent/carer,

We are excited to announce that Fatima Elizabeth Cates are sponsoring Al-Muhsinat’s storytelling event for girls aged 7+ and boys 7 – 11 years old. This event is also open to female family members. (for further information kindly visit www.almuhsinat.org/storyevent ).

Event Details:

Date: Sunday 31st March 2019

Venue: Pavilion Banqueting Suite, 324 Hoe Street, Walthamstow, E17 9PX

Story: Travels Through the Prophet’s Isra and Mi’raj Journey

Storyteller: Mehded Maryam Sinclair (USA/Jordan)

Timings: Doors open at 12.40pm, Doors close at 12.50pm
(please note we cannot admit anyone who arrives late)

Story starts at 1pm, Story ends at 2pm


Question & answers with Mehded Maryam Sinclair and stall at 2pm – 3.15pm


Tickets: £5 each (additional fee for lunch if you would like to book it)

***free tickets (excluding meals) for the first 30 students & family who respond by 21/03/19***

To secure your free ticket or further details of the event, please contact Ustadha Zahida Suleman on 07530512550.

For online registration:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scents-of-paradise-travels-through-isra-wal-miraj-tickets-56249418525

​(Alternatively, please click on the button below)

Jazak Allah khayran,
Wassalam

Click on the links below to be directed to the relevant online pages:

​Taşköprüzade Ahmet (born 1494, died 1561) was an Ottoman historian and chronicler. He was educated in Ankara, Bursa, and Istanbul, after which he began teaching at a medrese in Dimetoka in 1525. In 1527 he was promoted to teaching in Istanbul. He was appointed as the qadi of Istanbul in 1551 and retired from the position in 1554, after which he took to dictating his works.[1]

Works
Shaqāʾiq al-Nuʿmāniyya fī ʿUlemāʾal-Dawla al-ʿUthmāniyya - a biographical dictionary of Ottoman-era scholars, beginning with the founding of the state and culminating with the scholars of the era of Suleyman I.
Miftāḥ al-Saʿāda
Nawādir al-Akhbār fī Manāqib al-Akhyār

FEC will be joining the Voice Box Competition!!!
 
What is Voice Box?
Voice Box is a national joke competition for mainstream and special schools, which reminds people that all children need support to build their communication skills and confidence and some need additional specialist help to speak and/or understand what is being said to them. The competition is run by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) in partnership with the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) and is supported by The Communication Trust (TCT).
 
The deadline for jokes to be sent to us:

• Saturday 25th November (Saturday Students)
• Sunday 26th November (Sunday Students)

In the meantime Jokes can be prepared/ pre-recorded, and the videos sent to us via email but remember we want the jokes to incorporate Islamic themes – well leave that to the students and parents.  Ustadh Danyaal – our SENCO and Speech & Language therapist will be leading on this, so you can also come and visit him in the office.  For more information on Voice Box please see the link below:
http://www.givingvoiceuk.org/voice-box/
 
Once all jokes have been collected by the above deadline dates, we will have an online vote for each class and then a final round of votes by the 29th of November before we send off the winning joke.  However, ALL the jokes that are sent in will be entered into our up and coming ‘The Madrasah Jokebook’  
 
Most important thing to keep in mind is to come up with jokes with an Islamic theme ! You can send a maximum of 3 jokes, be creative and have fun!
 
Please send in your jokes to:
jokes@fatimahelizabethcates.co.uk​ 

• You can video your jokes and email them to us

• Or write them up and email them
• With your jokes please write your full name and FEC Class name.

 
Ustadh Hamid 

We will cycle either to Wanstead Park (approx 9km) or Valentines Park (approx 19km) depending on the ability of the group. There will be a cafe stop once we reach the park before we return back to Frederick Bremer school in time for pick up from madrasah.
 
You will need your own bike and helmet (in the future, we hope to be able to offer bikes to borrow). We also recommend you bring some water, snacks and some gloves.
 
This ride is suitable for people who know how to ride a bike and are able to balance well, turn corners and brake. Both routes involve riding on roads although wherever possible quiet and back roads are used. You do not need to be confident at riding on roads to join the ride - we will have an experienced ride leader at the front and back of the group to facilitate junctions.  The pace of the ride will be relaxed and tailored according to the participants. The aim is for a fun and enjoyable ride!
 
We will also WhatsApp this newsletter alongside a link to the FECycle Sisters’ Only WhatsApp group