Year one had a lovely, informative and tranquil drop down day. Ustaad told the children the story of Yunus (AS) and Nuh ((AS). We learnt that as the prophets we are also all interdependent on each other and the natural world around us for our very existence and survival ultimately we are dependent on Allah.

This term in year one we have been experimenting with different materials to see which is the best at floating and sinking. The materials we used included: wool, coin, rubber band, lolly stick, crayon and wooden pencil. The children discovered t

Have a look at the children's artistic efforts.

As part of our harmony curriculum we are looking at this term the concept of "Adaptation " in the world around us. Therefore to introduce this concept today in year one we had a special visitor from the "happy chick company ".  She introduced the year one team to some key objects we needed to hatch some eggs into chicks. Our year one children will be observing closely how the eggs adapt to its environment and turn into chicks over the weeks to come. 

Assalamu alaykum,

Our Arabic curriculum is very unique as we develop it in school. We continuously improve our resources hence you will not be able to find a similar one elsewhere.  

The Arabic Learning Adventure poster is an overview of yearly topics (curriculum) we teach in year 1 class. It contains teaching slide samples we use in class. We hope you will find this helpful in understanding what is being taught in class and also hope it will help you prompt children to tell you more about what is being taught in class.

Barakallahu feekumn

Arabic department

For cultural heritage week we have been learning all about France. As a class we created our own French flag. The colours on the flag are blue, red and white. The three colours are sometimes said to represent the following: blue is for freedom