INFORMATION FOR THE NEW YEAR 2023/2034

Salam Alaykum

INFORMATION FOR THE NEW YEAR 2023/2034

STRUCTURE Our structure of class division has changed to align better with ages and modules. This will not affect your child's placement in Madressa. Please see the chart to note the new class terminology. We will now have 5 sections, each with a Head.

The first day of term for the students will be Sept 16th 2023.

TIMING The Madressa day will now be uniform for all classes, except Reception. The classes will start at 930am and end at 1330pm. All students from Prep through to Leaders are to be collected at 1330pm.

Reception 2024 Information

Please find Information Pack below which includes important information on how to register for Reception Class 2024.

Hyderi Islamic School: Madressa Learning in the New Year/Term

Date: 10 August 2022

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Pray inshA'Allah all is well with you and your family.

We look forward to welcoming all of the students back to Madressa in September for the new academic year insha’Allah.

The first term, will be on premises on September 2022.

Thank you again for your support. We pray you all remain safe and well.

With Duas

Shabniz Kaba, Principal

Hyderi Islamic School

Registrations for Reception Class 2024 is now closed

Date: 10 August 2022

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Hyderi Islamic School is constantly looking to improve how we deliver our mission to:

‘create a happy, caring and enriching learning environment where children learn the formal tenets of Islam as well as nurture their spiritual growth and refine their moral characters so that they may grow to be (exemplary role models/reach their full potential/become practicing Muslim) and positive members of the community and society at large.’

NEW REGISTRATION PROCESS

To improve our registration process for new students of Reception class and to make it fairer and more transparent we are introducing some changes. We will allow for a 3-month window (from Aug 10th, 2022 to Nov 1st, 2022) for all parents/guardians of prospective students to register online for consideration for a place in the Reception Class starting in Jan 2023.

PLEASE NOTE: THE RECEPTION CLASS WILL RUN FROM JAN 2023 (Date TBC) TILL END OF TERM JULY 2023. THESE STUDENTS WILL THEN AUTOMATICALLY BE ENROLLED IN CLASS 1 FOR THE START OF THE NEW YEAR IN SEPT 2023.

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION

There are only 50 spaces available in the new year for this class and we want to ensure we give these places to students who are of the right age and can commit to the Madrassa schedule.

The main criteria for selection will be the age of the students. Admission to Reception will only be for students born between September 1, 2017 and August 31, 2018.

Further consideration may be given to the following criteria:

·       Siblings of students currently attending the Madrassa

·       Parents pledge to 95% student attendance to Madrassa (as per HIS attendance policy)

·       Children of teachers/volunteers (committing 95% time to Madrassa)

THE PROCESS

Please follow this link to register your child or look for ‘New Registrations 2022’ on the HIS website: https://www.hischool.co.uk/forms and click on ‘Admission for Reception Class’. Registration will open on Aug 10th, 2022 and close on Nov 1st, 2022. The Registration Committee will make decisions based on the above criteria.

CLASS TERM, TIMING & FEES

The Reception Class will run for the months between January 2023 and July 2023. After which the class will graduate to Class 1 for the September 2023 term.

The timing for the classes will be between 09:30 am to 12:00 pm (TBC).

The fees will be £60 for this class for the term January 2023-July 2023.

Key Dates

Dates - Activity

• 10th August 2022 - Registration opens for Reception class

• 1st November 2022 - Deadline for New Registrations for admission in Infants Reception

• 20th November 2022 - Communication to parents/guardians of selected students to accept

• 1st December 2022 - Reminder to accept space for new academic year 2023

• 10th December 2022 - Admission closes/final places assigned

• 18th December 2022 - Communication to all parents on result of admission

• January 2023 TBC - Open Day for Reception 2023

• January 2023 TBC - Start of New Year (start dates will be communicated to parents)

 TABLET PROGRAMME

The Madressa runs a tablet programme (details of which can be found on our website). All students from Class1 and above are required to purchase a tablet to attend Madressa. Reception class may be required depending on whether classes are run online or on-site.

We look forward to reviewing your applications soon, insha’Allah.

P.S. - If you are looking to register your child in a different age category/class. The registrations for Class 1 and upwards can be found on our website at https://hischool.co.uk/forms under ‘New Admission Forms – All Classes’.

With our dua'as,

Shabniz Kaba

Principal

Hyderi Islamic School

Hyderi Islamic School Muharram Series 2020

Our condolences and sincere sympathies to you and your family on the commemoration of the martyrdom of Imam Hussain(as).

Hyderi Islamic School Muharram series Journey to Heaven A video released daily depicting the events of Karbala, with reflection and recitation. If you would like to your children to view please click on the links below:

• Ages 4-8yrs

• Ages 8-11yrs

More from the series can also be viewed. May your children benefit from this beautiful learning opportunity.

Muharram series for Senior Students Alhamdullilah we have Br Zainali Panjwani deliver a set of 3 lectures for Muharam, for the benefit of our Senior students. These are being emailed directly to the parents. InshA'Allah the students will benefit from his discussions on the topics relevant to them, with a deliverance suited to them.

Please do encourage your child(ren) to view and any thoughts or feedback are most welcome directly to Br Zainali. May Allah swt reward you and families on your commemoration of the month of Muharram. A kind request to all, please do not download, copy nor post any part of the video onto any social media platforms. Your cooperation is much appreciated.

Registrations for Reception Class 2021 are now open

22 Aug 2020

Dear Parents/Guardians,

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ

Hyderi Islamic School is constantly looking to improve how we deliver our mission to:

‘create a happy, caring and enriching learning environment where children learn the formal tenets of Islam as well as nurture their spiritual growth and refine their moral characters so that they may grow to be (exemplary role models/reach their full potential/become practicing Muslim) and positive members of the community and society at large.’

New Registration Process 

To improve our registration process for new students of Reception class (previously Class 1) and to make it fairer and more transparent we are introducing some changes. We will allow for a 3-month window (from Aug 22nd 2020 to Nov 20th 2020) for all parents/guardians of prospective students to register online for consideration for a place in the Reception Class starting in Jan 2021. Regardless of previous communications from the Madrassa you must now register online for a place for your child. The Madrassa no longer holds the waiting list system for Reception class (previously Class 1). 

PLEASE NOTE: THE RECEPTION CLASS WILL RUN FROM JAN 2021 (Date TBC) TILL END OF TERM JULY 2021. THESE STUDENTS WILL THEN AUTOMATICALLY BE ENROLLED IN CLASS 1 FOR THE START OF THE NEW YEAR IN SEPT 2021.

Criteria for Selection

There are only 50 spaces available in the new year for this class and we want to ensure we give these places to students who are of the right age and can commit to the Madrassa schedule. 

The main criteria for selection will be the age of the students. Admission to Reception will only be for students born between September 1, 2015 and August 31, 2016.

Further consideration may be given to the following criteria:

·       Siblings of students currently attending the Madrassa

·       Parents pledge to 95% student attendance to Madrassa (as per HIS attendance policy)

·       Children of teachers/volunteers (committing 95% time to Madrassa)

The Process

Please follow this link to register your child or look for ‘New Registrations 2020’ on the HIS website: www.hischool.co.uk and click on ‘Admission for Reception Class’. Registration will close on Nov 20th 2020. The Registration Committee will make decisions based on the above criteria.

Class Term, Timing & Fees

The Reception Class will run for the months between January 2021 to July 2021. After which the class will graduate to Class 1 for the September 2021 term. 

The timing for the classes will be between 09:30 am to 12:00 pm.

The fees will be £60 for this class for the term January 2021-July 2021.

Key Dates

Here are the key dates to the new registrations for 2021 Admissions in Reception:

• 20 Nov 2020 Deadline for New Registrations for admission in Infants Reception class

• 30 Nov 2020 Communication to parents/guardians of selected students to accept

• 07 Dec 2020 Reminder to accept space for new academic year 2021

• 15 Dec 2020 Admission closes/final places assigned

• 21 Dec 2020 Communication to all parents on result of admission

• Jan 2021 TBC Open Day for Reception 2021

• Jan 2021 TBC Start of New Year (start dates will be communicated to parents) 

We look forward to reviewing your applications.

P.S. - If you are looking to register your child in a different age category/class. The registrations for Class 1 upwards will open in Sept 2020.  Please keep a look out on our website. 

With duas, 

Shabniz Kaba – Principal

Hyderi Islamic School

Online Learning and making it engaging

With all of us adopting to new lifestyle under lockdown online learning is now the norm rather than the exception. The Madressa has taken the step for the safety of our children to start in September as online only.

With this in mind lets discuss some fo the challenges and how we propose to overcome them in the coming months.

The biggest challenges with online learning are as follows:

• Isolation - remote learning can be lonely without having the buzz of the class and the ability to work with your classmates

• Lack of motivation - Going from classrooms designed for learning to bedrooms and kitchens make it difficult for students to stay motivated with ample distractions

• Technical difficulties - having no access to technology or technology not working properly are some of the main concerns when discussing challenges in remote learning

• Time consuming resources - When teachers can’t stand in front of a class and teach they have to work hard in the background creating a number of resources to keep the students engaged

• Accountability - children and teachers have found that they click and forget to complete activities as there is limited accountability.

“يا ايُّها الَّذِينَ آمَنوا اِستجيبوا للهِ وللرسولِ اِذا دَعاكُم لما يُحييكُم

O you who believe! Answer the call of Allah and His Apostle when he calls you to that which gives you life.”

— Quran 8:24

So how do we tackle these difficult challenges with remote learning and try to help the best spiritual development for our children. At Hyderi Islamic School, we’ve given it a lot of thought and have come up with the following ways to help students and teachers navigate remote learning:

1. Online Learning with activities: Our new Madressa year starting Sept 2020 will be online only and teachers will be operating schedule classes to give the students structure. The teachers are also working behind the scenes to plan a number of activities in their lessons to keep students engaged

2. Accountability and deadlines: To keep students and teachers engaged our new tools ensure there is sufficient accountability and with activity based learning teachers are encouraged to set deadlines and plan out student development over the term.

3. Access to technology: Ensuring access to safe technology was one of the prime concerns as access to technology can vary. With the tablet programme the Madressa is trying to ensure access is universal across all our students in this new environment.

4. Safety and Safeguarding: Safety of our students and teachers is our primary concern and we ensure this by building a secure online space for our students and teachers to interact, ensuring Madressa can create a secure profile for students so as to protect them such as camera restrictions and website restrictions etc. and by putting effort in planning and executing measures to protect our teachers and students.

Online learning is a new challenge we all have to get familiar with but insha’Allah with the Grace of Allah swt, the efforts of our teams and teachers and the support of the parents we should be able to continue with our mission to deliver spiritual development for our children in this new reality.

HIS Madressa Re-opening on 5th September

Due efforts and considerations have gone towards planning for an effective and safe reopening of our Madressa. We thank the parents and teachers who attended recent meetings, and for their subsequent feedback regards views on reopening.

The senior management team at Hyderi Islamic School have closely examined the various factors required to carry out measures of maintaining a safe environment. After due consideration the decision was made to keep Madressa closed for on-site learning.

Hyderi Islamic School will reopen Insha'Allah in Sept 2020 for ONLINE TEACHING ONLY.
In order to ensure a smooth and timely opening, we kindly request parents to complete their child's(ren's) tablet order here. Thank you to all who have done so already. Here are some key dates to be aware of:

• 1/2 September 2020 Parent & Student training session/review session

• 3 September 2020. Load Testing

• 5 September 2020 TEACHERS INSET DAY

• 12/19 September 2020 STUDENTS INDUCTION

• 26 September 2020 ONLINE TEACHING COMMENCES

Please look out for the next steps.