During 2020, despite the challenges posed by a lack of face to face tuition, three of our Grade 10 learners performed exceptionally well in the Advanced Programme in Maths (AP Maths). These learners namely: Husna Haffeejee, Noormohamed and Moosa Abdulla, all achieved a mark above 90% for the year in the exam offered by Advantage Maths. All lessons were conducted virtually. Well done to all these learners. We hope they will pursue with AP Maths and continue to achieve excellent results.
Introduction
The year 2019 marked an introduction of an important milestone in the Islaamiyaat Department as we introduced an exciting and dynamic ISW syllabus for the grade 8-12 learners at AFC. This new creation has proved to be very successful in addressing the key challenges and needs fulfilment for both male and female students in the high school.
From the start, 2020 has been unkind to us all. How has 2020 been so far? Here are some bizarre highlights of this abhorrent year.
In January, we were on the brink of World War III with a nuclear holocaust on the side. In February Australia was literally on fire, death and destruction galore and in March COVID-19 shut down the country, and sent us into a 6 month quarantine which forced students into online school, which frankly I really enjoyed.
In almost all aspects of school life, including academics in the Afrikaans Department, normal activities were disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Senior and Junior Olympiads, speech contests and drama evening had to be cancelled.
Congratulations to Al Falaah College! Alhamdulillah! Yet another of our pupils Ismaeel Noor Mahomed Grade 10A achieved 95% in his final
Maths mark . This mark is the average of the Term 3 and Term 4 final exam papers. Al-Falaah College and Advantage Maths would like to congratulate Ismaeel Noor Mahomed for pursuing AP Mathematics as it shows his passion, grit and determination through this incredible journey!
“What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?”
― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give
Over the course of my 14 years of existence, I’ve been told many times that I’m quite a curious person. Inquistive.Rather opinionated. and I remembered, after having had a heated debate with my teacher on the death penalty, that perhaps the world needs more curious people.
We lived in a universe where beauty flourished on every level, from the tiny molecules of an atom to the breath taking colours of the galaxy, the universe was a masterpiece
All was good in our world but greed and carelessness evolved amongst humans. Acres of blooming buds deteriorated into factories. Factories underwent revolutions that allowed them to spew their noxious gases and toxic waste into our world. The air, land and sea all became tainted with the remnants of our waste, and that is when the Land of Corona rose to prominence and took its place in the world.
2020 has been an eventful year filled with many uncertainties. I can speak for everyone when I say this year has changed us forever. Unfamiliar aspects have become the new norm and the lifestyle we used to live will never come back. As a student, this change was especially difficult, shifting routines can be a real throw off. Fortunately for me, I was able to continue my studies from the comfort of my home when our country was abruptly thrown into lockdown.
Al Falaah College was amongst the top ten schools chosen to be invited to a Data Analytics virtual event organized by UKZN Statistics department. This prestigious event includes the best mathematical minds from the province and is going to be hosted by the Dean of the faculty of Mathematics and Statistics UKZN, Prof. Delia North. The girl’s event will take place on 27 November 2020, whereas the boy’s event will be held on the 04 December 2020. We wish our participants all the best and AFC has the utmost confidence that our learners will do us proud.
Under my bed
Where I was told to hide
I watch as the light
Dies in my mother’s eyes
“ THE SECRET OF CHANGE IS TO FOCUS ALL OF YOUR ENERGY, NOT ON FIGHTING THE OLD, BUT ON BUILDING THE NEW”. [SOCRATES]
2020 has been a year of multiple transitions- from telecommunication with loved ones, to adjusting to lockdown rules and finding innovative ways of bringing the classroom to the home. Admittedly, these have been challenging times – COVID-19 has held us to ransom and academically, the education fraternity has had to pay the price in more ways than one.
He called her his darling
His little bird
But then he cut off her wings
This competition is open to all citizens and residents of the Commonwealth Countries throughout the world. Entrants were given specific topics and they had to write an essay or poem on the chosen topic. The theme for 2020 was the ongoing problem of Global Warming and Climate Change. Naseeha Omar [12 C] submitted the following poem and we are proud to acknowledge that she has brought international honour to Alfalaah College. Naseeha was awarded a Gold certificate for her inspirational poem. Congratulations and Mashallah to Naseeha for her outstanding achievement.