Curriculum Overview The Husayni Qur’an Curriculum gives students the opportunity to learn to read Qur’anic Arabic with tajweed, memorize and understand key themes in popular surahs and understand the history of the Qur’an according to Shia belief. The Husayni Fiqh Curriculum offers a comprehensive study of Islamic obligations from a Shia perspective. This [...]
Curriculum Overview The Karimia Let’s Learn Islam Curriculum has been designed to develop the children’s love of Islam and teach them their fard ‘ain knowledge specific to worship. The four Islamic Studies textbooks are graded according to age and are available in colour. They cover important topics such as ablution, prayer, fasting, zakkah, [...]
'Assessment for learning' refers to all the activities undertaken by teachers and their students to know where they are in their learning and what to do next to make good progress. This includes adjusting teaching and learning activities to keep pupils engaged and motivated. Why use it? AfL helps Madrassah pupils [...]
Dealing with behaviour in the Madrassah is an important topic for all Madrassah teachers. Children are naturally curious and can display challenging behaviour at times. How Madrassah teachers react can make a huge difference on a child's behaviour. Managing behaviour is different from discipline. Discipline is concerned with telling off pupils who misbehave. Behaviour [...]
People gather, process and interpret information in different ways. Students have different preferences in how they learn best. These preferences are sometimes called learning styles and are used to describe and detail the different ways students learn. Some students learn well with visual forms of information such as written texts, pictures and diagrams, some may [...]
What is a SEND policy? A SEND policy is a document used to ensure that the needs of all pupils with special educational needs and/or disability will be addressed. It also highlights strategies which the Madrassah will take to provide opportunities to Madrassah pupils with SEND. A template can be downloaded from the resources [...]
Good classroom routines promote good behaviour. Teaching good procedures to your Madrassah pupils, and being consistent in implementing them, will improve behaviour Insha’Allah. Have routines for: entering the classroom where pupils sit checking which pupils are present in class lateness to class giving out equipment and books how pupils can [...]
Before your Madrassah can begin providing practical support for its Madrassah pupils with special educational needs (SEN), a good SEN department should be established. It is up to the Madrassah management committee to decide how it should be arranged but a good model has been provided in the diagram. [...]
Madrassah pupils with SEND will often need additional help. This could be a volunteer assistant helping them with their work, or extra help given to them by Madrassah teachers. This page outlines some useful tips and strategies for Madrassah teachers to use in the classroom to help pupils with SEND. Tips to help pupils [...]
What is SEND? All children and young people develop at different rates and have both areas of strength and areas of weakness. Madrassah pupils who have additional or different requirements from other pupils, may qualify as having SEN - that is special educational needs. These special educational needs can range from learning difficulties to [...]
