Madrasa Admission Application Pack

Eldon Street Madrasa-E-Talimul Islam 15 Eldon St. Preston, Lancashire, PR1 7YD Molvisaab 07753841820 Appa 07456408088 Madrasa Admission Application Pack 2016-2017

Dear parents, Note to parents This welcome pack is actually the front section of a student weekly diary which all students get after a short time at the Madrasa. By itself it is a welcome pack that can give you vital information about the Madrasa. Later the diary will become the main link between the teacher and the parents. It can also have input from the students. The weekly diary has been designed to help develop an effective partnership for the benefit of our children. By working together we can Improve our children s reading of the Quran. Help to get the most benefit from the books they read. Increase the children s knowledge and understanding of Islam. On the following pages, you will find diary record sheets. Please Look at each day s marks with your child. Occasionally there may also be some comments that you will need to check and act on. Support your child in their preparation before coming to the Madrasa. Please mark in the diary whether your child has prepared for the lesson. Write a note in the diary if there are any comments you wish to make. Remember that positive comments can also encourage your child. Most important - enjoy working with your child at home.

Standards of our Madrasa We will Attend all of our lessons. Always arrive on time. Greet others with Salaams. Come prepared for our lessons. Wear appropriate Islamic clothing e.g. Students: Jubba or kufni with topi for boys and burkah or scarf/burkhi with a dress and trousers for girls. Parents and Teachers: Modest Islamic clothes. Show and treat others with respect. Treat the Quran and kitabs with respect. Look after our Madrasa and the equipment in it.

100% Attendance 100% attendance is defined as the student being present on every day the Madrasa is open. It is understood that in some situations a student cannot come to the Madrasa when it is open. Parents should send a letter or make contact with the teacher to explain the reason for each and every absence. Occasionally an absence will be deemed as an exceptional absence. These exceptional absences are those that Molvisaab and Appa consider to be out of the control of parents and student. If a student achieves a whole year of attendance with only exceptional absences, then the student will have attained the Gold Standard of attendance but not 100% attendance.

Punctuality We have one of the most progressive Madrasa in Preston. Our class sizes are smaller then most Madrasa and our class lengths are shorter. Even so, we have students arriving up to 20 minutes late for a 90 minute lesson. A students Islamic education is a partnership of Madrasa, student and parents. By arriving late it is unfair on both the Madrasa and the student. Loosing almost 20% of the learning time can only lead to reduced progress by the student. Please ensure that all students arrive on time on every occasion.

Admission Policy The Madrasa has a commitment to provide an effective and efficient Islamic education for Muslim children. The executive committee of the mosque has been conscious of the popularity that our Madrasa has enjoyed and reluctantly have considered the need for admission criteria for the eventuality when there will be more applications for places than there are places available. The following criteria will be considered in the priority list given below. Parents of children making application should recognize that if there are more applications than places available then the mosque committee will consider the application in the following order. 1. Children who already have brothers or sisters who attend the Madrasa. 2. Children whose parents are members of the mosque. 3. The number of consecutive years (from the year of application) that the children s parents have paid their Ramadan fund and monthly subscriptions to the mosque. 4. Children with special needs e.g. learning difficulties who may benefit from approach or facilities used in our Madrasa. The committee will consider each application to ensure that issues about access, health and safety and the efficient education of other children are not compromised. 5. Proximity of the mosque to the home.

Fees System There are a possible 260 days that the Madrasa could open in a year (weekdays). On average we arrange 60 days off a year. Although this number does change it is rarely more than a day or two different. The fees for the year 2016-2017 are 240 for the year per student. We understand that some parents wish to pay the fees in cash either weekly, monthly or on an adhoc basis. In the past fees were collected by Molvisaab and Appa on Fridays. We have the shortest class lengths of any Madrasa and too much teaching time is lost in trying to collect the fees each week. For this reason Molvisaab or Appa will not accept fees in the future. We have however put a different system in place for the payment of fees. In each student diary you will find a series of personalised tearoff slips. They already have the students details printed on them. Fill in one of the strips with the date and amount of money being sent. Place the cash and the paying in slip into an old envelope and drop the envelope into the Madrasa Fees Collection Box near the front door. A member of the committee will empty the box periodically and enter the amounts paid into the computer system.

Every three months we will send home a statement with each student outlining your payments to date for the current year. Please check the statement carefully to ensure all your payments have been logged into the system. Contact the committee immediately if you think the statement is incorrect. A special note. Put the envelope with your fees into the Madrasa Fees Collection Box only and not into any other collection box. Please check your statements carefully. Corrections will be difficult and time consuming if left till the end of the year. We discourage the use of cheques. They take extra effort to process and the bank can charge a processing fee. The full years fees will be due even if the student leaves or starts Madrasa part way through the year. Standing Orders. We welcome payment by standing order. Unfortunately we are not able to take direct debits from your account but we can help you set up a standing order with your bank. Please see one of the committee members who will be happy to print you the paper work.

Marking System The diary pages have grading boxes for each aspect of Sabak. A box will be marked to show what level the student achieved for each aspect. Grades go from 1 to 4. Learnt. Mostly Learnt. Some Learnt. Not Learnt. The grading system is based on actual performance on the day. Continual progress in each aspect can be assessed by looking back through the diary and comparing the marks achieved. We hope this new system allows parents to assess where more practice is needed. It also allows the parents, teachers and students to see how well they are progressing throughout the year.

Saturday Sunday Comments Friday Thursday Wednesday Tuesday Monday Madrasa-E-Talimul Islam Date: Monday- Namaaz Quran Prepared for this lesson Yes / No Fajr Fluency Kitab Comments / Behaviour Zohr Tajweed Surats Asar Slowly Duas Magrib Loudly Isha Clearly Signed:................. Namaaz Quran Prepared for this lesson Yes / No Fajr Fluency Kitab Comments / Behaviour Zohr Tajweed Surats Asar Slowly Duas Magrib Loudly Isha Clearly Signed:................. Namaaz Quran Prepared for this lesson Yes / No Fajr Fluency Kitab Comments / Behaviour Zohr Tajweed Surats Asar Slowly Duas Magrib Loudly Isha Clearly Signed:................. Namaaz Quran Prepared for this lesson Yes / No Fajr Fluency Kitab Comments / Behaviour Zohr Tajweed Surats Asar Slowly Duas Magrib Loudly Isha Clearly Signed:................. Namaaz Quran Prepared for this lesson Yes / No Fajr Fluency Kitab Comments / Behaviour Zohr Tajweed Surats Asar Slowly Duas Magrib Loudly Isha Clearly Signed:................. Namaaz Fajr Zohr Asar Magrib Isha Signed:........... Namaaz Fajr Zohr Asar Magrib Isha Signed:........... =Learnt =Mostly Learnt =Some Learnt =Not Learnt

Before Applying Please note that students must be able to go to the toilet independently before starting at the Madrasa. If your child is unable to do this please apply at a later date. If your child has any Special Educational Needs, then please inform us in the any other information section of the application form. If any Special Educational Needs become apparent during their time at the Madrasa then please inform us immediately.

Eldon Street Madrasa-E-Talimul Islam 15 Eldon St. Preston, Lancashire, PR1 7YD Molvisaab 07753841820 Appa 07456408088 Madrasa Application Form 1. Please fill out this application form in full. 2. Carefully take the application form page out from the centre of this booklet. 3. Give the application form page to Molvisaab or Appa. 4. Please keep the rest of the booklet for your reference

Pupils name in Full Date of Birth Place of Birth Father s Name in Full Mother s Name in Full Present Address Applicants Details Post Code Telephone Number Please state any health or medical conditions that we need to be aware of. Please provide the name, address and contact details of the last Madrasa attended.

Emergency Contact Details 1 Name Phone No Relationship to Pupil Name Phone No Relationship to Pupil Emergency Contact Details 2 Please enter your email address if you wish to receive Madrasa and Masjid notices along with Salaat time tables via email. Any other information you feel would help your child at Madrasa.

Please give this form to Molvisaab or Appa

Behaviour policy for the Madrasa Our mission aims The Madrasa aims to provide children and families a supportive educational environment in which they can develop the values that come with a submission to Allah and the example that our prophet (pbuh) set in his lifetime. Primary aims of the education that we will provide include Respect and consideration for others A striving for knowledge and understanding Self esteem and self discipline A sense of belonging to family, local community and the Ummah. Ways of meeting our aims The Madrasa s work is based on a partnership between children, parents, teachers, members of the Islamic community and the executive committee. Every person has a role to play in meeting the aims of the Madrasa. The child s role is to make their best effort and abide by the standards that we set in the Madrasa. The parental involvement is to ensure that children are supported in their efforts by looking after their Islamic welfare and working closely with the Madrasa. Our teachers will facilitate the children s learning and provide opportunities for children to grow spiritually, morally and religiously. Members of the community can play an active role in modelling Islamic behaviour and working with our teachers for the benefit of our children. The executive committee will ensure that the Madrasa has the financial and educational resources to provide an effective Islamic education in a safe and supportive environment.

Strategies we will use We will use the partnership to ensure that children s behaviour in our Madrasa will consistently meet the high levels that we set. The executive committee has a commitment to maintain class sizes so that children get adequate adult support and guidance and thereby maintain high standards of behaviour. Children will be taught about the standards of behaviour that apply in our Madrasa and will have high expectations of reaching them. The combination of expectations, guidance and a motivating curriculum will maintain high standards and will be supported by a framework that rewards children for the efforts in their work and behaviour. From time to time and considering the nature of children, there will be breaches of self-discipline that will be treated in an understanding manner. Children will be made aware whenever their behaviour, effort, organisation, manner of treating others etc. falls below Madrasa standards and will be assisted by the teachers to make improvements in the areas of concern. When appropriate, teachers will use discouragers, such as warnings, withdrawal of privileges or reparations, to assist children to avoid any lowering of standards. On occasions, when a child persistently fails to maintain standards and, despite the assistance provided by the teachers, fails to make improvements, parents will be notified in writing and invited to work with the teachers to develop strategies to help the child. The strategies will be reviewed when necessary.

On rare occasions, children s behaviour may continue to be problematic for long periods and not be amenable to change using the parent and teacher partnership. The teacher may wish to involve the executive committee to consider any action that needs to be taken. The committee has the powers to take firm action to protect the standards set in the Madrasa or if any member of the Madrasa is at risk of harm from the actions of a child e.g. persistent bullying or exceptionally high levels of violence. Although it is not envisaged that any child would require extreme measures to be applied, the committee reserves the right to enforce a temporary or permanent exclusion from the Madrasa.

Syllabus The Madrasa now uses a syllabus which is monitored, evaluated and refined each year. Below you will see the syllabus for each year group. New students that start from the beginning will have the benefit of following the syllabus from start to finish however currents students do not fit into the new syllabus quite so completely. If you have a student already at the Madrasa, they may well be between two year s of syllabus or following a syllabus that is not the same as their year group. This is nothing to worry about and the teachers are aware of the learning stage for each student and how to make best progress with your child. Therefore if your child does not seem to be following the syllabus for their year, please talk to the teacher to clarify how they will be progressing. As a reminder, students starting at the Madrasa that are beyond reception stage will be assessed by the teachers and placed in the year group that best suits their learning needs. This may not be the same year group as they expected as each Madrasa follow different teaching methods and syllabi. It may seem that the student has been placed back a year or forward a year but the placement will be to suit the students learning needs.

Reception First we will help them settle in and get to know their surroundings. Start with colouring and learning to recognise the Arabic letters. Move on to the Ahsanul Qawaaid. Makharij with Tajweed, full mouth letters and throat letters. Each student will work at their own pace and ability. KITABS SYLLABUS Ahsanul Qawaaid Tajweed kalimahs & duaa s Year 1 Revise from start until sabaq and then continue from sabaq to the end. Thereafter, revise Ahsanul Qawaaid 3-4 times thoroughly. After that, start amma. Throat letters, Full mouth letters, noon mushaddad and meem mushaddad and mud. Kalimah and Dua sheet. KITABS SYLLABUS Year 2 Quran Continue from last year in Amma and Ahsanul Qawaaid. But first revise Ahsanul Qawaaid before starting new sabaq. Tajweed Tajweed booklet, start with the first rule and get the children to implement it within their sabaq. Thereafter, move on to the next rule. Fiqh Tas-heelul Fiqh Book 1. Keywords should be learnt in each lesson. Children should be able to explain each lesson in brief. Deeniyat Start with lesson 1 making sure Duaa s are read slowly, clearly and loudly with tajweed. Surats Surah Fatihah, Surah Iklas read slowly, clearly and loudly with tajweed. Aqaa'id Tas-heelul Aqaa'd Book 1. Keywords should be learnt in each lesson. All Allah's attributes learnt by heart. Stories to help children understand the attributes.

KITABS SYLLABUS Year 3 Quran Finish Amma and start Afti. Try to do 1st Para. Start with sabaq of 2/3 lines, making sure it is read with tajweed clearly and then slowly increase to 4/5 lines. It should be emphasised to the children to read 3 to 4 words together without breaking their breath. Tajweed Continue in tajweed booklet making sure every rule learnt is implemented and then move on to the next rule. Fiqh Tas-heelul Fiqh Book 2. Keywords should be learnt in each lesson. Children should be able to explain each lesson in brief. Important points to be learnt by heart i.e. Ghusl, wudhu, salaah faraaidh. My colouring Book of salaah. Learn keyword like Qiyaam, Qiraat, and Ruku etc. Show practically after finishing the book. Deeniyat At first, revise last year's lessons duaa s and then move forward. Surats Revise last year's surats and then learn up to surah Takathur with tajweed. Aqaa id Tasheelul Aqaa id book 2. Memorize keywords and help understand. General Our religion is Islam. Read, Learn and colour.

KITABS SYLLABUS Year 4 Quran 2nd and 3rd Para. Start with little sabaq of 2/3 lines making sure it is read clearly, loudly and with tajweed rules which have already been covered. Makharij clear and correct, no stretching of letters. Madd letters stretched clearly. Full mouth letters, Throat letters done correctly, then increase the sabaq slowly to 4/6 lines. It should be emphasised to the student to read 5 to 6 words together without breaking their breath. Teach how to do waqf when out of breath. Tajweed Cover tajweed rule one at a time making sure that each rule is understood and then implemented in the sabaq before moving to the next rule. Urdu Urdu Book 1. Learn alphabet and words with their meanings. Fiqh We Are Muslims Book 1. Keywords should be learnt in each lesson. Children should be able to answer questions asked in each lesson. Important points learn by heart i.e. Ghusl, Wudhu, and Salaah. Seerah Mohammed the Last Prophet. Learn the dates, names, places connected to the Prophet (saw) by heart. Deeniyat Revise from start and then move forward a couple of lessons. Surats Revise last year's surats and then learn up to surah Wal-Asr General Tasheelul Akhlaaq Wal Adaab book 1.

KITABS SYLLABUS Year 5 Quran 4th Para - 7th Para. Sabaq should be learnt and read with tajweed rules and create fluency. Must pray slowly, clearly and loudly with tajweed. Tajweed Revise tajweed booklet going through each rule with the Quran sabaq. Urdu Book 2. Learn new words and test separately in sabaq. Learn the points made by heart. Read story to class and ask questions. Every student has to have a vocabulary book for meanings. Fiqh We are Muslims Book 2. Make sure Workbook and textbook are both looked at. Islam for younger Muslims. Seerah Our prophet in Makah & Madinah. Workbook and Textbook. Deeniyat Revise last year's lessons and thereafter, continue forward with duaa s. Surats Surah Fatihah to surah Zilzaal. General Tasheelul Akhlaaq Wal Adaab book 2. KITABS SYLLABUS Year 6 Quran 8 Para - 12 Para. Sabaq should be read with tajweed. Increase sabaq from 1/2 to 3/4 to 1 page as fluency increases. Urdu Continue Book 2 then start Book 3. Learn new words and test separately from sabaq. Fiqh Taleemul Haq. From start to the end of wudhu. Book of Tahaara. Seerah Mercy to Mankind (Makkah & Madinah). Workbook and Textbook. Deeniyat Revise last year's lessons and then continue forwards. Surah Surah Fatihah - Surah Ikra. General Tasheelul Akhlaaq Wal Adaab book 3.

KITABS SYLLABUS Year 7 Quran 13th Para - 18th Para (With Tajweed). Urdu Continue Book 3 and thereafter, start Book 4. Learn new words and test separately from sabaq. Fiqh Continue Taleemul Haq. Salaah, Janaazah. Seerah Stories of the Ambiya. P6-P116. Deeniyat Revise last year's lessons and then continue forwards. Surats Surah Fatihah- Surah D'uhaa with Tajweed. General Tasheelul Akhlaaq Wal Adaab book 4. KITABS SYLLABUS Quran Urdu Fiqh Seerah Deeniyat Surats General Year 8 19th Para- 25th Para. Sabaq should be read with tajweed. Increase sabaq as fluency becomes better. Book 4. Learn new words and test separately from the sabaq. Taleemul Haq. Janaazah, Book on Zakah, Book on Saum. Stories of the Ambiya. P116-P216. Revise last year's lessons and then continue. Surah Fatihah - Surah D'uhaa. Boys Guide to Life / Girls Guide to Life. Tasheelul Akhlaaq Wal Adaab book 5. KITABS SYLLABUS Quran Urdu Fiqh Seerah Deeniyat Surats General Year 9 26th Para - 30th Para. Finish. Sabaq should be read with full Tajweed. Book 5. Learn new words and test separately from sabaq. Zakaat, Hajj, Umra. Book on Salaah. Hazrat Essa (AS). Revise. Surah Fatihah - Surah D'uhaa. Learn Yaseen. Boys Guide to Life / Girls Guide to Life. Tasheelul Akhlaaq Wal Adaab book 6.

Year 10 (Part Time) KITABS SYLLABUS Quran Urdu Fiqh Seerah Deeniyat Surats General Start Quran revision. Must pray slowly, clearly and loudly. Should be read with full tajweed. As required and progress dependent. Book of Taharah. Kulafaha Rashideen textbook and workbook. Revise. surah Fatihah to surah D uhaa. Learn surah Yaseen and surah Mulk. Signs of Qiyamah.