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Ramadan and reading


Ramadan Mubarak, Year 6! 

We know that Ramadan this year will be very different to any that you have experienced so far. Please watch this message from Bristol Muslim Strategic Leadership Group (BMSLG), the Mayor of Bristol and others - they very eloquently say all that we wish to say to you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma3iNRImtbo. 


We also have a few reading updates for you! For those of you who have been following along with Miss Davies' Family Performance Poetry Challenge, Ms Tupman's aunt and uncle have decided to join you! Here's their version of 'The Boneyard Rap': https://youtu.be/RYMP-pN_8Tc.

Finally, Miss Davies has made some reading lessons for you. Your parents should have received a text message with the link, but in case they didn't, you can access the lesson here: https://youtu.be/GqMqvtIb0G4. It will take you about 20 minutes to do, and there will be a new lesson next Wednesday.

Have a lovely weekend,

Ms Tupman and Mr Town

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  1. Asma☆26 April 2020 at 13:10

    I did this.

    HOW THE FIRST WORLD WAR STARTED (TIMELINE, INCOMPLETE)

    1871: After defeating France in the Franco-Prussian war, Germany unites into a great empire
    1908: Austria Hungary annexes Bosnia- Herzegovina.

    ‘On October 6, 1908, the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary announces its *annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, dual provinces in the Balkan region of Europe formerly under the control of the Ottoman Empire’
    Serbia is angry so the Black Hand group from Serbia assassinates to-be-King Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. Then Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. Russia declares war on Austria The main reason many countries got heavily involved with the war was because of their alliances. The Triple Alliance was a secret agreement between Germany Austria Hungary and Italy. Along with Turkey, they were the Central Powers. The Allies were Great Britain, France, Russia and United States.
    *Annexed means taken over, especially without permission.


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    1. Asma☆26 April 2020 at 13:11

      Who was the first person to go to space?

      Yuri Gagarin
      (Full name: Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin)
      (Parents: Alexei Ivanovich Gagarin and Anna Timofeyevna Gagarina)
      He was born in Klushino, Russia (it isn’t too far from Moscow) 9 March 1934. He died in Novoselovo 27 March 1968. What I could find out about Klushino was that it was the site of a major battle during the Polish-Muscovite war that lasted from 1605 to 1618. Yuri Gagarin’s flight to space was on April 12 1961 and it lasted 108 minutes. I found the extracts of the transcript of Yuri Gagarin going into space.
      12 April 1961 (just before launch)
      Sergei Korolev (USSR space programme’s chief engineer): I just want to remind you that after the signal for 1-minute readiness, there will be about 6 minutes before the flight starts. So don’t worry.
      Yuri Gagarin: I got you. I’m perfectly calm.
      Pavel Popovich (ground-based astronaut): Yuri, are you getting bored in there?
      YG: If you had some music to play me…
      SK (to his technicians): Execute the request. Play him some music. Repeat: play him some music.
      YG: They’ve put on a love song.
      SK: I think that’s a good choice, Yuri
      PP: Great, now it won’t be as boring in there! Everyone is really delighted that all is well and good with you.
      Launch
      SK: We are turning on the ignition… Lift off!
      YG: Poyekhali! [Let’s go!] The noise in the cabin is a low hum. All is going well, feeling good.
      SK: We wish you a good flight.
      YG: Goodbye, see you soon my dear friends. The vibration becomes more frequent, the noise increases…
      3 minutes after launch
      SK: How are you feeling?
      YG: I can see Earth. I am looking at the clouds. Beautiful, so beautiful! How do you hear me?
      SK: We hear you fine, keep on flying.
      6 minutes after launch
      YG: Right now the Earth is covered by more and more clouds… now the clouds have opened up. I can differentiate the layers of the landscape: snow, forest, mountains. Feeling excellent.
      ~20 minutes after launch
      YG: The feeling of weightlessness is interesting. Everything floats. Beautiful!
      ~57 minutes after launch
      YG: I can see the Earth’s horizon. It has a beautiful blue halo. The sky is black. I can see stars – a pretty fantastic view.
      ~66 minutes after launch
      YG: I am flying above the sea. It is possible to determine the direction of motion of the sea.
      Landing (108 minutes after launch)
      (Gagarin ejects from the spacecraft and lands in a field in the Saratov region of the USSR, where he is approached by Anna Takhtarova and a girl)
      YG: Don’t be afraid, comrades! I am a friend.
      Anna Takhtarova: Have you come from space?
      YG: You won’t believe it.
      Gagarin’s first statement on landing (as reported by Radio Moscow)
      YG: I would like to report to the Party, our Government and personally to Nikita Khrushchev [then the USSR’s leader] that the mission was successfully accomplished. I landed safely without any injuries or shocks. Acceleration was a rough experience, but endurable.

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    2. Asma☆26 April 2020 at 13:11

      If somebody was praying in space, at one given time, the point of the Qiblah could move by nearly 180 degrees. That makes facing the point of prayer very difficult. A Malaysian Muslim man called Muszaphar Shukor was facing that dilemma. A group of 150 Islamic Scholars and Scientists came together in a conference put together by the Malaysia Space Agency (Angkasa.) They made a document describing how you should pray and it was approved by Malaysia’s National Fatwa Council. There were also questions on which time he should pray and fast. These all need to be addressed and answered to make it clear for the next Muslim and religious astronauts.

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    3. Ms Tupman26 April 2020 at 22:08

      I enjoyed reading what you'd been learning about, Asma! What inspired you to learn more about the beginning of WW1?

      It must be so strange being on the ISS at the moment, knowing that there's a pandemic on Earth. I've been having a look at who's on the ISS today - it looks like an American and two Russians (I'm not certain if they're Russians or just from Russian-speaking countries, because their webpages were in Russian). I'm glad that there is guidance available for Muslim astronauts. I wonder if there are any other religions which would be affected by the issue of what time to pray? There's a lot of interesting information about the ISS here: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/index.html.

      Two of the biggest moments in space history so far have been the first human to go to space, and the first humans to land on the moon. Which other moments in space history do you think we should remember? What do you think will be the next milestone in space travel?

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  2. Reham27 April 2020 at 11:10

    Ramadan is a very imporant time in muslim history fasting is wagib ( meaning u must do it if u are over 11 years old) salah is fardh ( also meaning you must do it) but suhoor is sunnah ( meaning you can do it.) I am trying to fast the whole Ramadan that is my goal for this Ramadan also trying to pray taraweeh ( meaning praying an 11 raga* salah raga* means going down to the floor then coming back up in the simplest way

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    1. Reham27 April 2020 at 11:11

      By Hamza🥞

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    2. Year 629 April 2020 at 11:38

      That's really interesting Hamza - how are you finding Ramadan during the lockdown? What is different from other years, and what is the same? I hope you achieve your goals! Mr Town

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  3. Amira27 April 2020 at 11:51

    Ramadan is a special month and u have to fast if ur over 11. So now ppl cant go outside to pray taraweeh bc over covid 19 so some ppl do it at home. After Ramadan its going to be Eid al fitir but it might be on the 25th or 24th and Eid al fitir means breaking fast after 30 full days of fasting. And suhoor is when you wake up around 3 and eat before u fast so yh.

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    1. Year 629 April 2020 at 11:46

      Thanks for this Amira. What is your experience of Ramadan this year so far? Does the situation with Covid-19 make it feel very different from other times? Mr Town

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  4. Nadra A28 April 2020 at 15:26

    Ramadan is a special month in Muslim history. Very known that you must fast if you are over 11 or 11 years old. So now ppl cant go out to pray and go to Mosque but you can still pray at home.

    Since Eid is also coming you can still pray at home.

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    1. Ms Tupman29 April 2020 at 12:16

      Thanks for sharing, Nadra! How has your Ramadan been going so far? What's the same as last year and what's different? Hope you're well!

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  8. Unkown29 April 2020 at 12:46

    I am the one who wrote the stuff about Ramadan. By Amira H

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    1. Ms Tupman4 May 2020 at 16:48

      Ah, we were wondering which Amira it was - thanks for clarifying!

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  10. Ali2 May 2020 at 17:08

    How much has asma wrote this is insane

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    1. Ms Tupman4 May 2020 at 16:49

      It's really nice to see what she's been learning about, Ali - it made me happy. I'd love to see what you've been learning about too. Why not post your poem, or some of your topic work?

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  11. salah4 May 2020 at 16:06

    Ramadan is a special month to us Muslims it starts on Friday 24th April and ends on the 24th of May or 25th of May it really depends on the moon. It leads up to Eid al Fitr and most Muslims who are age 11 and over fast. Normally there is something called Suhoor when you wake up at 3-4 and eat lots of food so when your fasting you were ready and you didnt feel as hungry as you would have felt.
    After the long tiring hours of fasting, There is a big feast after a prayer called Mughrib and after they eat they get ready for a special prayer called Tarawih at midnight. But due to Covid-19 people cant go to the prayer.But its not all about not eating food your not allowed to listen to music and sing.
    swear and back chating is also not permittible and any thing that is rude or disrespectful. Suhoor is Sunnah and sunnah means you dont have to do it but if you want to do it you can and you get extra rewards������

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    1. salah4 May 2020 at 16:07

      It took me 20min and im really proud of it

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    2. Ms Tupman4 May 2020 at 16:53

      Wow, Salah, this is really well-written! You should definitely be proud of what you've written. Thank you so much for sharing with us. How is Ramadan for your family this year?

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  12. Ms Tupman4 May 2020 at 16:50

    Thanks Murwan, yes the corona-virus has affected lots of religious events this year. I hope your family is still managing to observe Ramadan and that you're not finding the changes this year too strange.

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