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Madrassah Classes
Key Stage 1: 5 – 7 years of age
Atfaal Creche caters for 100 pupils and is based at the Crescent Centre. Pupils are spilt into 4 classes.
- Atfaal Creche 1
- Atfaal Creche 2
- Atfaal Creche 3
- Atfaal Creche 4
Key Stage 2: 8 – 11 years of age
- Foundation Boys Maulana Uthman Ali Dar
- Foundation Girls Sr Iqra
Key Stage 3: 12 – 14 years
- Intermediate Boys Br Afzal
- Intermediate Girls Sr Amina
Key Stage 4: 15 & 16 year olds
- Advanced Boys Br Suhaib
- Advanced Girls Sr Bushra
See / download our 4 Key Stage Curriculum here. Basic subjects include:
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Quran reading with Tajweed
Essential Fiqh
Aqeedah
Seerah
Islamic Morals and Good Character – (Islamic Citizenship) |
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Supplementary classes are provided through First Class Learning for English and Maths support.
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5 – 7 pm Monday to Friday
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| Fees: |
£25* per month per child
(Discounts available upon request and a means tested basis)
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Jamia Chashtia Munir-ul-Islam
49-53 Milkstone Road
Rochdale
OL11 1EB |
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Crescent Centre
1 Devon Street
Rochdale
OL11 1HN
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For enrolment or more details please e-mail us at:
enrolment@lightofislamacademy.org or
Ring on 07780906031 or
Office Number: 01706 663691 |
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The traditional ‘5-7 Mosque time’ has been an integral part of the Muslim community ever since Muslims arrived in this country. Community leaders, parents and Imams were keen to ensure that their children were given a good grounding in Islam in order to preserve their faith, culture and identity.
The current masjid premises were bought with the intention of teaching both on a part time as well as a full time basis. In fact we take our name from the second part of our very long original name – Dar ul uloom Jamia Chashtiah Munir ul Islam. Roughly translated as “Chashtia Centre of Knowledge Emanating the Light of Islam....” Yes a bit of a mouthful so we stuck with the ‘Light of Islam’ bit and substituted the rest with ‘Academy’....
The length of the original name should suggest the very commendable and noble intentions that the founding trustees who bought the current premises had. Changes in attitudes, time and finances meant that those aims of making the centre into a real House of Knowledge or traditional Darul uloom have not been able to come to turn into a reality until now...
There were a number of challenges for us when we took over the education at the Masjid amongst them were: |
- Language
- Culture
- Poor behaviour management techniques –the ‘dreaded’ stick...
- Did not have the capacity to adapt
- Inadequate teaching methodology...
- Little/no sense of purpose
- Little/no sense of achievement
- Little/no incentives
At best the madrassah was a means in itself for the main giving little or no real sense of direction and purpose for the pupils. At worst it was used as a cheap form of child care for parents who really had no interest in their children’s Islamic development leading to disengaged children who had little knowledge of Islam and poor attitude towards the faith. There were some notable early examples of success though in the form of Maulana Uthman Ali Dar, Usman Nawaz, Atifa Shah and Maulana Mohammed Ramzan. |
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These names with a brief biographical history / achievements of these people. I have emailed them for a brief. Atifa, Usman and Ramzan can go on a list of EX STUDENTS ... Where are they now? Ali’s hyperlink will go straight to his section on STAFF]
Our aims and objectives broadly remain the same ... the preservation and practice of our faith and traditions but the community has changed and we certainly as an institution have also changed.
We came in and simply had fun! Made the place attractive, lively and somewhere where children WANT to BE.... and that was achieved as much by improving the physical surroundings as well as the people.
All our staff are (mostly) young, bright, articulate, smart, professional and shock horror.... speakers of English!! Most importantly we encourage teachers to be firm yet friendly. With this philosophy we have managed to create an atmosphere that is vibrant yet calm where everyone feels safe and learning is fun!
We have three PGCE holders (both secondary and primary), a professional counsellor on call, a dedicated trips organiser as well as number of dedicated classroom assistants. Together the Staff team at LoIA work tirelessly to ensure that all pupils are taught in a manner that is appropriate to their individual needs. |
All children join a class which is specially designed for their age group with its own regular teacher. The lessons are intended to provide a distinctive challenge for young people growing up in these perilous times. The traditional Islamic sciesnces as well as Quranic recitation are taught in a method that is easily understood and accessible.
A ten year curriculum has been developed after extensive research on the current mosque syllabus on offer in the community and we have then tailor made a curriculum that reflects the same development in the mainstream.
Hence our classes are broadly structured in accordance with the 4 Key Stages that pupils are familiar with in mainstream schools. At Key Stage 4 (Year 10 and 11) pupils study for at least one formal GCSE in either Islamic Studies and/or Arabic Language. |
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