Young Muslim Academy A joyful journey to Islam Lessons Summary 15a 6th February 2016 The new Curriculum كلمة طيبة Kalimah Tayyeba Next and Last session on Friday the 12th Feb before the half term break We will send you a weekly email with lesson summaries for all the classes. Please refer to your child's class session. Parents: please make sure that your kid/kids bring their file every Friday as it is needed to save the class’s work in. Safa Class: Boys and Girls (4-5 years) **Qur’an: First of all, teacher Omaima revised all the old Surahs. The children then have been practising a new Surah النصرAl-Nassr. Teacher Omaima listened to the children to test their memorising and knowledge of Surahs that they know. Please keep working with your children on the learning and understanding of these Surahs, so they don’t forget them. Please revise all the Surahs that have been given so far. The old Surahs are: الفاتحةAl-Fatiha, الناسAl-Nass, اإلخالصAl-Ikhlas and Surah الفلقAl-Falaq,الكوثر Al-Kawthar. Please use the Quran apps that are mentioned in the weekly parent’s tasks to help your children learn Quran. **Arabic Language Session: Teacher Batool went briefly through the Arabic alphabet nasheed. Children practised the new letter ف words containing the new letter have been given; for example :فيل, elephant, The letters so far are: أ,ب,ت,ث, ج,ح, , خ, ش,س, ز, ر,ذ,د, ف,غ,ع, ظ, ط,ص,ض Children practised the letter and coloured the picture of elephant. **Islamic Studies: Teacher Batool worked with the children on the Islamic Manners of eating. The children learnt that they have to wash hands, say Bismillah, eating while sitting and mouth closed and eat the food which is nearest to them. **Activities: The children practised the song I am a little Muslim with teacher Omaima. Children spent a while enjoying making craft practising letters .ف The children learnt the manners of eating while having a simple picnic and having chocolate muffins **Weekly tasks for parents: Please make sure that your child spends time writing and practising the Arabic alphabet letters that they have already learnt and try to highlight them when they read Qur’an as well for practise. Please read Quran with your child everyday for at least 10 minutes. Please make sure that your child practises and listens to all Surahs they have learnt so far. Work with them to learn saying and Arabic writing of ( )بسم هللاBismillah ( الحمد )هللal-hamdulillah) ) )سبحان هللاsubhaan Allah,) ( هللا أكبرAllahu akbar and ( ال إله إال ) هللاla ilaha illAllah. Please work with your children on practising the manners of eating and try to apply them while they having food. For more information and to revise for your kids, I recommend referring to the Al-Nabulsi’ encyclopaedia of Islamic Science. This website is available in many different languages which makes it really helpful. For those students whose tongue is not Arabic, I recommend that you download the Ayat ( )آياتApp or ’’The Quran House’’ app if you want your children to enhance their Quran reading with Tajweed. You could many websites for your child to practise the Surah such as: http://quranicaudio.com/sura/99 For the alphabet song, click the link below: http://youtube.com/watch?v=F1KVCi_8xuk Please try to read a bedtime story to your kids from Syrah or the Islamic History in a way to improve their Islamic behaviour and manners by finding Islamic role models. For more information about our new curriculum please visit the following website: http://kalimahtayibah.com/new/ar/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d8%a6%d 9%8a%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a9/ Marwa Class: Boys and Girls (6-7 years) Parents: please make sure that your kid/kids bring their file every Friday as it is needed to save the class’s work in it. Thank you. **Qur’an: Teacher Omaima listened to the children while they read the Surahs they know. Many of the children actually don’t know the Surahs that they have learnt before. Please work with your child on learning and understanding these Surahs. Please use the Quran apps that mentioned in the weekly parents tasks to help your child learning Quran properly. The old Surahs are: Al-Fatiha, الزلزلة الفاتحةAl-Zalzalah Surah الماعونAlMaoon, الفيلAl-Feel, المسدAl-Massad. A new Surah القارعةAl-Qariah has been given and children from Ayah 1-4 have to practise it at home with the all Surahs have been given so far. **Arabic Language Session: Teacher Omaima gave the children some word to spell in Arabic as an advanced step to learn Arabic words rather than letters. Children practised the new letter غ,ع The letters so far are: أ,ب,ت,ث, ج,ح, , خ, ش,س, ز, ر,ذ,د, غ,ع, ظ, ط,ص,ض Please help your child to spell Arabic words to enhance their Arabic pronunciation. ** Kalimah Tayyeba: (Islamic Studies) Teacher Batool covered the lesson 7 from the curriculum book talking about the manners of eating. Children learnt about the main important Islamic manners in eating. The children learnt that they have to wash hands, say Bismillah, eating while sitting and mouth closed and eat the food which is nearest to them. **Activities: Children were colouring and decorating a plate containing the manners of eating. **Weekly tasks for parents: Please make sure that your child spends time writing and practising the Arabic alphabet letters that they have already learnt and try to highlight them when they read Qur’an as well for practise. Please read Quran with your child everyday for at least 10 minutes. Please make sure that your child practises and listens to all Surahs they have learnt so far. Please work with your children on practising the manners of eating and try to apply them while they having food. Also try to tell them more stories from the Prophet Mohammad (SAW) life so they can learn more about his morality and manners. Work with them to learn saying and Arabic writing of) (الحمد هللal-hamdulillah, ) )سبحان هللاsubhaan Allah,) ( هللا أكبرAllahu akbar and) ( ال إله إال هللاla ilaha illAllah. For more information and to revise for your kids, I recommend referring to the Al-Nabulsi’ encyclopaedia of Islamic Science. This website is available in many different languages which makes it really helpful. For those students whose tongue is not Arabic, I recommend that you download the Ayat ( )آياتApp or ’’The Quran House’’ app if you want your children to enhance their Quran reading with Tajweed. You could many websites for your child to practise the Surah such as: http://quranicaudio.com/sura/99 For the alphabet song, click the link below: http://youtube.com/watch?v=F1KVCi_8xuk Please try to read a bedtime story to your kids from Syrah or the Islamic History in a way to improve their Islamic behaviour and manners by finding Islamic role models. For more information about our new curriculum please visit the following website: http://kalimahtayibah.com/new/ar/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d8%a6%d 9%8a%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a9/ Noor Al- Islam: (7-9) years **Quran: Teacher Faida worked with the children on a new Surah (الفيلAl-Al-Feel) so please make sure that your children learn this Surah and revise all the old Surahs that they have learnt so far. Children need more support at home regarding their Quran reading and memorising. ** Kalimah Tayyeba: (Islamic Studies) As there were many absent children, so no new lesson was given. Teacher Faida did a whole revision about the Syrah. Teacher Faida also revised the Parents obedience. **Activities: Children practised the Onshooda that they will sing in the last year production. Also, we played a quiz game to revise the syrah lesson. **Weekly tasks for parents: The children have to revise all the Surahs الماعونhave been taken so far AlMaoon Surah القدرAl-Qadr and ( الهمزةAl-Humazah), (الفيلAl-Al-Feel). Please make sure that your child practise and listen to the Surahs daily. This will help them get the correct sounds and pronunciation and accelerate their memorising. Your child has to practise Quran everyday for at least 15 minutes. Children have to read more about the Prophet Mohammad’s (SAW) Syrah. They have to learn and memorise Al-Salawat Al-Ibrahimia, as they practised and wrote it in the classroom. Please note that this is their home work for this week. For more information and to revise for your kids, I recommend referring to the Al-Nabulsi’ encyclopaedia of Islamic Science. This website is available in different languages which makes it really helpful. For those students whose tongue is not Arabic, I recommend that you download the Ayat ( )آياتApp or ’’The Quran House’’app if you want your children to enhance their Quran reading with Tajweed. You could many websites for your child to practise the surah such as: http://quranicaudio.com/sura/99 For more information about our new curriculum please visit the following website: http://kalimahtayibah.com/new/ar/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d8%a6%d 9%8a%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a9/ Fetyan Al-Islam: Boys (8-11) Parents: please make sure that your kid/kids bring their file every Friday as it is needed to save the class’s work in. Thank you. **Qur'an: Teacher Asmaa revised the 21 Ayahs from Surah التكويرSurah (Al-Takweer) that have been given before. Teacher Asmaa added more 5 new Ayahs from the Surah with Tajweed until Ayah 26. They have to learn and memorise the new Ayahs with Tajweed at home every day for at least 10/20 minutes+ to enable them learning and memorising them properly. **Kalimah Tayyeba: (Islamic Studies) Teacher Bilal covered the lesson7 from the curriculum book which talks about supplication that we say before starting the reciting Surah Al Fatiha. The teacher Bilal covered the Characteristics, traits and qualities of Prophet. Muhammad (SAW). He talked about his main characteristics manners that made him greatest person in the world not only as a prophet but also as a leader and innovator. **Activities: Teacher Bilal worked with the children through the activity relating to the topic from the activity book. The children were engaged in practising and writing the supplication. Please help your child to practise and memorise this supplication. » وجهت وجهي للذي فطر السماوات واألرض حنيفا وما أنا من المشركين إن صالتي ونسكي ومحياي . » ومماتي هلل رب العالمين ال شريك له وبذلك أمرت وأنا من المسلمين **Weekly tasks for parents: Please encourage your child to truthfully perform ( صالةSalat,) read Quran and do their remembrance of Allah. Work with them to learn and memorise the new Ayahs from Surah AlTakweer until Ayah 21 with Tajweed. Memorise the 3 Surahs Al-Nazea’at , Abassa nad Al –Takweer if they want to enter the Quran Competition. Please make sure that your children practise and listen to the Surah daily. This will help them get the correct sounds and pronunciation in order to accelerate their memorising. Please ask your children to read more about the character of the prophet Mohammad and his bibliography. Also, practising and memorising the above supplication. Try to learn more and more form his life and all the great achievements that he made and try to apply them to their life. The children have to learn and read about the things that invalidate the Salat. For more revision, I recommend referring to the Al-Nabulsi’ encyclopaedia of Islamic Science. This website is available in many different languages which makes it really helpful. For those students whose tongue is not Arabic, I recommend that you download the Ayat ( )آياتApp or ’’The Quran House’ app if you want your children to enhance their Quran reading with Tajweed. You could many websites for your child to practise the Surah such as: http://quranicaudio.com/sura/99 For the alphabet song please the link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=F1KVCi_8xuk You could many websites for your child to practise the surah such as: http://quranicaudio.com/sura/99 For more information about our new curriculum please visit the following website: http://kalimahtayibah.com/new/ar/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d8%a6%d 9%8a%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a9/ Ahebaa Allah Class: Girls (10+) **Qur'an: As sister Asmaa was working with the girls on the Salat topic which took a long time and discussion therefore there was no Quran session. However, the girls have to revise the old Ayahs that have been given from Surah (Al-Takweer) in the last sessions. Please ask you girls to read more about these rules ant try to apply them in their Quran reading and memorising. They have to learn and memorise the new Ayahs with Tajweed at home every day for at least 10/20 minutes+ to enable them to learn and memorise them properly. ** Kalimah Tayyeba: (Islamic Studies) Teacher Asmaa covered the lesson 7 from the curriculum book which talks about the following topics: The importance of Salat: where he talked about the Salat as the second Pillar of Islamic Pillars and Islam is built on Salat, about its importance as method of direct communication with Allah and also how success is lies in Salat. The benefits of Salat: here the teacher covered the benefits which the Muslim will gain from Salat, such as protection from evil and washing our sins enrich our souls and help us to be humble. The abandoning of Salat: in this topic teacher Bilal covered what the meaning of abandoning of Salat and the main consequences of it. The children learnt that the abandoning of Salat means that the person will be disobeying Allah, he will be ungrateful fro Allah’s favour and he will be stigmatized as a lazy and hypocrite. Then teacher Nadia took over and talked in details about benefits of Salat, this is the summary of the lesson: Aims of lesson: To make the students be aware of the medical benefits of Salat. Learning outcomes (By the end of the lesson the student will be able to): To enable learners to: Understand the benefits of every step in Salat from the medical science point of view. Update students’ knowledge of the latest scientific research in the benefits of Salat as mind/body medicine. Activities: PowerPoint presentation: o Health benefits of Ruk’u o Health benefits of Sajdah o Health benefits of Sala’m Discussed one of the latest research papers on the importance of Salat as mind/body medicine: Effect of Muslim prayer (Salat) on and electroencephalography and its relationship with autonomic nervous system activity. **Weekly tasks for parents: Please encourage your daughter to truthfully perform ( صالةSalat,) read Quran and do their remembrance of Allah. Work with them to learn and memorise the entire Surah Abasa with Tajweed. Please make sure that your girls practise and listen to the Surah daily. This will help them get the correct sounds and pronunciation in order to accelerate their memorising. Please ask your daughter to learn more about the Salat, importance, benefits and the consequences of abandoning Salat. Islamic Science. This website is available in many different languages which makes it really helpful. For those students whose tongue is not Arabic, I recommend that you download the Ayat ( )آياتApp or ’’The Quran House’ app if you want your children to enhance their Quran reading with Tajweed. You could many websites for your child to practise the Surah such as: http://quranicaudio.com/sura/99 For the alphabet song please the link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=F1KVCi_8xuk You could many websites for your child to practise the surah such as: http://quranicaudio.com/sura/99 For more information about our new curriculum please visit the following website: http://kalimahtayibah.com/new/ar/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d8%a6%d 9%8a%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a9/