Newsletter for BOS Behbud Mela %26 Abbas Town Education Fund 2013

8/12/2019 Newsletter for BOS Behbud Mela %26 Abbas Town Education Fund 2013

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Mela Day in Student Words:

The doors opened and adorable little

children filtered in with huge smiles of awe and

wonder spread across their faces. Some of them

immediately went for the jumping castle, others

shyly approached our stalls. We were told to

smile kindly and bend down while talking to them

in Urdu. This might have sounded a bit forced at

first, but when we actually came to it, those

gestures of kindness came naturally.There was renowned Urdu music playing,

delivering surging vibes of excitement and

enthusiasm. Mascots (Mickey Mouse and Winnie

the Pooh) brought smiles to the childrens faces.

There was free cotton candy, juice, popcorn,

cupcakes, sandwiches and confectionaries for

the children to dig into. The children loved the

magic show. By the end, Umbo Jumbo Chicken

Jumbo was on repeat in our heads - we were

glad to see how the children reacted to the

illusions (Hamaad, Mir Ali, Mikail, Daniyal &

Bashir, Year 10)

Weoffered various activities, includingsanart, drawing, and making nameplates. This was

then backed up with an enjoyable magic show,

which definitely put a smile on the little

childrens'faces! The gym was decorated withballoons and colours to make it more welcomin

and there was food that everyone loved! (Sana

Year 7). I enjoyed the childrens antics and

enjoyed it more because I knew it was for a goo

cause (Mustafa K., Year 7). Seeing the delight

their faces during the magic show and the joyfu

smiles when they received the goody bags was

the greatest reward anyone could wish for(Mustafa H., Year 9).

This experience made us realize that even

the smallest thing can bring happiness to

someones life. A simple gesture can make you

day. We were definitely inspired and we hope

everyone who attended this event was inspired

and motivated too (Hafzah, Zainab & Roshana

Year 10).


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Pictures from Prep Day - 4th May 2013


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Prep Day and Behbud Bake Sale in BOS Student Words:

Prep Day: The theme of the mela was childrens' hopes and dreams.

There was a great deal of exuberance and energy as we began filling in

blank and boring paper bags with colour. Students were allowed to make

their own playlist consisting of songs that represented their class tastes in

music (Noor, Hafsa, Sultan, Alyzeh, Shahrukh & Ammaar, Year 10)

The colorfully decorated goodie bags sported inspirational quotes to

cartoon characters to abstract designs that the children would find

appealing. Many students were generous enough to donate useful items

such as books, toys, clothes (Jafar, Ahmed, Alyaan, Humairah & Miraal,

Year 10).Our poster was about education. It focused on the significance of

education and how one can accomplishone's dreams through it. I wastired, butI feltgood. I felt that through this small effort I might be able tobring a smileto someones face! (Mustafa S., Year 7). It allowed everyoneto have fun and enjoy themselves, while contributing their efforts to making

bags and posters for the Behbud kids (Aadil, Year 9).

Bake Sale: The Behbud Bake Sale was an amazingly loud and

successful event. Each class was told too prepare a separate theme and

speech to be put on their entrance cards. The speeches varied across the

different classes - we chose Chris Tucker. On the day of the bake sale the

different classes had separate tables set up with all their scrumptious

delicacies piled up by the dozen. As soon as students camein too buy thedelicacies, the competition started. Every class started sending out their

best sellers in a healthy competition toearn the highest profit. Sellers'voices boomed across the hall as the lahori samosas and Belgian

chocolate brownies-from Switzerland were marketed. By the end of thebake sale, the entire secondary school had made a staggering profit of

32,000 rupees which was to be donated to charity (Alyaan, Year 10)

The Bake Sale was a great success, and it was lovely to see the BOS

secondary students volunteering enthusiastically to make a difference to

the Behbud educational experience (Maheen Ahmad, Teaching

Assistant).

The winners of the BOS

Behbud Bake Sale competition

- to see which class sold the

MOST goodies for charity -

was Year 9.Congratulations to the entire

class on their teamwork!

After deductions the Bake Sale generated Rs. 32,000 plus in profits.This should be a considerable source of pride for year 7-10 and itmotivates them to believe that together they can achieve remarkable things.BOS Staff and parents helped them gain that sense of ownership.


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Pictures from Mela Day - 18th May 2013


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I want to acknowledge all the people who helped make the BehbudMela such a huge success.Shazia, Rozy and Sabrina - your positiveenergy made the prep day a bonding experience for the BOS secondary

school. I cannot thank our new PTA members enough for taking the lead

and asking for biscuits, chips, candy and juice drink sponsorships that

enabled us to give each child a wonderfully packed goody bag. You all

got together to raise generous funds specifically to buy toys and put

together such thoughtful combinations of squishy balls, bubbles,

whistles, color pencils and stickers into each bag. You also engaged our

BOS parent community to volunteer and provide sandwiches and

cupcakes for the Mela and the Bake Sale. You put together all the

clothes & book donations on prep day, you created incredibly delightful

goody bags for the little ones and served yummy treats at the Mela to the

Behbud children and kindly helped us set up for the secondary Bake

Sale. I am just stunned by your capacity - we are truly lucky to have you

all on our PTA -- Mahvash Rahman,Alifia Millwala, Adiba Peshimam,Fatimah Habib, Sadia Mohammed, Ayesha Farooqi, Hira Chaudhry,

Mehrnaz Khan, Muneeza Malik -- your enthusiasm is infectious. Thank

you for taking time out of your busy schedules to rally us on at every

step :)Palwasha, Rabia, Sana, Maheen Ahmad, Mrs. Kidwai, Mehwish,

Muneerah, Afshan, Ronald, Mariam and Sara - thank you for not only

volunteering to participate in the Mela madness but for taking such an

active role in making sure our little guests had fun. Whether it was Rabia

overseeing all the keen efforts at artwork (or stylizing the student posters

on the boards in advance) or Ronald holding whistles in the air as

children jumped up for them or Afshan taking the lead in transitioning our

guests back and forth from their buses to the gym or Maheen making

sure that the sand art bottlemaking was a creative experience, or Mrs.

Kidwai supervising the Year 10 students as they offered juices, or

Muneerah and Sara helping little ones with food and game practice or

Mehwish merrily face painting, or Sana ensuring everyone got their

particular piece of pottery or Mariam bending down to hand coupons toall our guests -- you were all truly fantastic. We could not have done itwithout you. (A special note of appreciation to Palwasha for taking on th

difficult task of putting names on the goody bags and matching them to

the art work created by our little guests. You did an amazing job :)

Thank you to Faiza Hasan for coming in on a Saturday Mela dayand to Bushra Ahmad for organizing the mixed chat.I want to give aspecial shout out to Mrs. Skelding and Palwasha for their work behind

the scenes for the Bake Sale - from creating invites to making pasta cup

to golden tickets and more. Aliya thank you for the photography - and

form tutors (Naveed, Shazia, Sana and Mehwish) you were phenomenal

in your energy and good cheer. I would like to thank the BOS Admin

without whom none of this would have been even remotely possible.

Individually, I would like to thank Mr. Misbah for handling all the

payments details of the sponsorships/bake sale receipts etc with such

finesse; I am grateful to Mr. Habib for organizing logistics and staying inclose touch with Behbud to resolve the transport issues as they arose

and coming in on Saturday to ensure that they arrived without a hitch;

Mr. Saeed and Anthony who oversaw all the party details. Mr. Qaisar

provided technical support, and added value to the prep and Mela with

your compelling photos of the students in action; and Mr. Rafeeq -

without all the work that you (and the ancillary staff) did in organizing the

gym for both days and the primary hall for the bake sale - we could not

have made this event a reality without you - I appreciate your being so

responsible and on the ball with everything.And Mr. Williams - thank yofor supporting our endeavors at every step.

Community service really happens when communities come

together to serve. My heartfelt thanks to all the BOS parents who

supported BOTH our causes in big and little ways - More than ever I

have been humbled by the active generosity and engagement that

everyone in our BOS community brings. Muchas Gracias!

(Zainab Khan, Head of Sixth Form).

THANK YOUS....The smiles on the little ones' faces is worth much more

than we can ever do for them.. but whatever brings that smile

on.... Let's keep at it! (BOS) thank you for organising this event...

It was fabulous! Down to the last balloon that was handed out to

the children! Just BRILLIANT! (Adiba Peshimam, BOS PTA)

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