Zainabiya Madressa Milton Keynes Parents Meeting JANUARY 2018 / - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Zainabiya Madressa Milton Keynes Parents Meeting

JANUARY 2018 / RABI AL THAANI 1439AH DR HAMID MANJI, PRINCIPAL

Introduction

Introduction to the Madressa teams

• Management Team

* Mehak Jaffer, Sabina Dhanji, Zainab Manji, Hamid Manji

• Heads of Department

* Quran: Reza Qarai * Quran Appreciation: Arif Master * Fiqh: Hasnain Datoo * Cross Curricular: Taskeen Naqvi * Infants: Zainab Manji * Namaz (girls): Mehak Jaffer * Namaz (boys): Zishan Ravjani

• Teachers are volunteers

The Madressa Day

Assembly (15 mins)

• Very important that students arrive in time
• We start with Quran

Quran memorisation/appreciation (15 mins) Quran recitation (45 mins) Fikh (30 mins) Cross curricular (45 mins)

• Calendar, Akhlaq and Tariq

Namaz

We are very fortunate at Zainabiya for the number of native Arabic speakers and teachers who have Arabic degrees teaching Quran.

Quran

Q Fatima Syllabus For Cross Curricular

• www.qfatima.com
• Introduced the cross curricular lesson
• Paper based and online reference for teachers, students and parents
• Weekly lesson plan support
• Termly teacher training

Buloogh Class

Organising buloogh lessons this term

• Boys: Abbas Merali (age 13 years onwards)
• Girls: Zakira Masuma Jaffer (age 8 years onwards)

If you would like your child to opt out please come to the Management team to discuss

We have organised external speakers for difference classes

• Abbas Merali
• Masuma Jaffer
• Tazmin Suleman-Kara
• Saleem Asaria
• Jaffer Ladak
• Siddiqa Juma
• Shelina Meghji
• YAZ group

It is important your child attends Madressa to benefit from these opportunities

External Speakers

Website

• Updating
• Announcements will be uploaded as well as emails sent out

Newsletter

Governance

Madressa policies are being reviewed and updated Car safety

• 20mph on the road leading to the mosque
• Drive safety and responsibly in the car park
• Drop and collect students on time

Allergy information

• Madressa is a nut free area
• Please inform/update us on student allergies

DBS – we are working very hard to get all teachers DBS accredited Several teachers are Child Safeguarding accredited. We are encouraging more.

• Safe guarding officers are Hasnain Datoo and Hamid Manji

We aim to have one First Aider on site

Behaviour – Good Akhlaq

Please remind students they cannot be on their phones during Madressa time There have been incidents of children being rude and very poorly behaved in class

• We have a behaviour escalation policy, but need parents to remind the

children

Late and Absent

Anyone who arrives after 10am should sign the late book All children will be registered at the point of entry at 10am directly on to a computer Collect children on time

• 1pm for infants (Reception, Yrs 1and2), 1:30pm for all the rest
• Children can only be collected early with authorisation

We are looking at number of absent days for each student

• 3 absents/term and Madressa will contact the parents

Fees

The fees are £80/child There are still a number of parents that haven’t paid There is a waiting list for places Madressa may have to reallocate the spaces to children on the waiting list

Parents Help

Help would be gratefully accepted

• Break time duty: 11:45 to 12:15
• Namaz time:

13:00 to 13:30

Thursday Dua Class (TDC)

Team

• Muhammad Ali Muraj
• Rubab Muraj
• Fatema Fazal
• Farhat Somji
• Sukaina Master
• Arif Master

Fees

• £10/student
• Most have not paid

Dua books for each student

Madressa Books

Management team to go through with parents

Sister Sabina Dhanji to present

Your Feedback Matters

 We would like an introduction to the Management team and to know what has changed  Tell us more about what our children are now being taught

You said... We did...

• New Qfatima syllabus fully embedded
• Introduced Quran appreciation/memorisation and a cross-curriculum teaching style
• Rolled out new manuals for Quran subjects
• Guest speakers for our older children and assemblies on specific subjects
• New Newsletter
• Enhancing website (currently in progress)
• Open door policy
• New Feedback box

Your Feedback Matters

 I don’t know who teaches my child/children

Your Feedback Matters

• Teachers list displayed on notice board
• Included in this term’s newsletter

You said... We did...

Your Feedback Matters

 Exams are too much for the children on top of school exams

• Exams removed and replaced with ongoing learning

You said... We did...

Your Feedback Matters

 Lack of communication around homework  Different methods used from class to class

• Implemented the same homework sheet in all classes
• Quran record books

You said... We did...