ICB August Newsletter 2022 (1)

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August Student of the Month Awards
It gives us great pleasure to announce Yara
Abu Hussein, who is in Year 11 and Year 5’s
Tehreem Fatima are the winners of our
August awards.
Yara, 16, said she was “surprised” and
“shocked” to be crowned ICB’s Secondary
Student of the Month. “I certainly didn’t think
I’d win it, but it feels good to be appreciated,”
she said.
And she’s certainly appreciated by her
teachers and peers, who say Yara is an
“inspiration”.
A dedicated and enthusiastic member of the
debating team for several years, her hard-work
has helped create an in-school debating
competition, now in its third year. Yara is also
a mentor to younger students, with the number
of debating teams increasing – due largely to
her efforts.
“I have a lot of younger friends and I like to talk
to them, and help them get into debating and
adjudicating,” she said.
With Chemistry her favourite subject, Yara said
she aspired to do well in all her studies
because “getting a good mark is like an
adrenalin rush – it’s amazing”.
Primary Student of the Month Tehreem’s secret
to success is simple. The 10-year-old likes
helping people, they then start helping others –
sparking a feel-good domino effect.
“Once, I started working with another student
on a hard maths question, which I didn’t really
understand either,” she elaborates.
“So, we worked it out together, and we started
helping others in the class and after a while
they caught up, and those students began
helping other students.
“It was like this connection of kindness,
and everyone started encouraging each
other and making each other happy”.
Head of Primary Iram Khan said Tehreem – a
class captain for several years whose favourite
subjects are Maths, Science and Art – had
displayed exemplary behaviour.
“She’s recently qualified for a scholarship, and
continually demonstrates respect to her
teachers and her peers,” Ms Khan said.
“She always comes up to us with a big smile
and does things without having to be asked,
which is a wonderful character trait and sets a
good example to her peers”.
“I’m a better student now than when I started
here in Year 8, when perhaps I wasn’t as
focussed as I should have been,” she said,
adding she’d just endured an “all-nighter” to
complete a biology research assignment.
“My advice to other students would be
don’t be afraid to ask questions, and be
nice to the staff, because that helps
develop mutual respect – which goes a long
way”.