Dear Parents/Carers
As I am sure you are aware, the Islamic holy month of Ramadan is now upon us and we have a number of staff and students here at the Academy observing the holy month.
Ramadan is a period of fasting and reflection for Muslims. With approximately 25% of our students and staff observing Ramdan this year, I felt it was important to reshare our academy’s message of Generosity, Respect, Justice, Forgiveness and Truth that I feel aligns with the spiritual focus of Ramadan.
As the passage from the Quran suggests this is a month for muslims to feel closer to God and at the Academy we appreciate that we have many students and staff that belong to and practise a faith (over 65 % have said they belong to a faith group). This year, Ramadan again coincides with Easter so we have a real opportunity to celebrate our diversity as an Academy.
Ramadan 2025 starts on Saturday 29th February 2025. At the same time our Christian students and staff will begin their observance of Lent beginning on Ash Wednesday 5th March.
At the Academy we celebrate and value our difference in faith and no faith! We have accommodated for our Muslim students by providing the following:
- Students will lead an assembly on Eid at the end of Ramadan.
- In our Central Atrium we have ‘Ramadan and Lent’ display information for those who would like to learn more about these observances.
- At lunchtimes additional rooms will be available as safe spaces for prayer and further information will be on the Reflections room door- the reflection room will not be suitable due to the number of students wanting to pray.
- Toilets will be open during both lunch times for students to make wudu (ablutions)
- Reflections for the week beginning Ramadan are around Ramadan allowing students and teachers to reflect and have conversations around why muslims fast.
- Students that are FSM are still able to use their allowance to purchase food ( e.g cakes, cookies) and then put in their bags to eat for their iftar meal in the evening.
On behalf of all our staff and students in our TSLA ‘family’ Academy to yours, Ramadan Kareem (Blessed Ramadan)!
Once again this year our local Interfaith group based at the UCNL in Scunthorpe are organising a sponsored fast and Iftar celebrating Ramadan and Lent. It has been advertised on our Reflections over the past few weeks and we are all invited to join in. Please see the attached link to the poster for more details.
Yours sincerely
Mr McCluskie
Headteacher
