AQI Term 2 Updates
السَّلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
I hope you are all doing great and in the best of health and Iman.
Islam is a way of life for Muslims, not simply a belief. In order for Muslims to grow up living their life in the Islamic way, they must learn and practice Islam from a young age. When a child is young, he is the most impressionable and absorbs knowledge just as how it is taught. At TA, we are aiming to provide the students with the needed environment to achieve the goal of living their life in the Islamic way....
With Allah's blessing, we finished the first term with enjoyment, learning outcomes, and success. We started the second term with a lot of collaboration, planning, and student engagement. Our aim is to encourage students to learn and have a safe and trusted environment where they learn about their religion and identity with confidence.
We targeted the students' practices in and out of the school with love and courage to develop their learning and practices with their families and community.
Below are some learning and events updates.
Interventionist/ Support Sessions.
This term, we will continue providing students with extra support sessions for all grades/ levels. We have 2 support systems in the AQI department as following:
- Interventionist for the Beginners:
During the AQI classes, students in each grade (KG-8th) are receiving 2-3 times weekly support from one of the AQI teachers. It is small group support/ instruction that happens at the same time as the AQI class. This term, the interventionist focus is on beginner students who need a particular focus on reading and writing skills.
- Natakallam Support for the Advaned groups:
Alhamdulillah, this year, Tarbiyah Academy received a scholarship from Qatar Foundation International, LLC, and is participating in 2-3 live weekly sessions for each grade 3-8 allowing students to have small group instructions with one of the native Arabic instructors under the AQI teachers' observation.
Coming Events
Wednesday, February 1st is WORLD HIJAB DAY. We will have a little celebration with the girls at the school and make it a special day for them to come to school wearing the Hijab. All girls KG-8th grade are encouraged to come to school wearing their Hijab (White, Red, or blue).
Fasting Day:
اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي رَجَبٍ وَشَعْبَانَ وَبَلِّغْنَا رَمَضَانَ
Ramadan is coming soon In Shaa Allah. And as part of the TA learning experience, we are planning to do a day of fasting to prepare our students for Ramadan. This is an opportunity for them to encourage each other and strengthen the bonds between them. During that day, we will have a Halaqah to talk and discuss the rules of fasting. We will also have some activities until Iftar time. Then, we will break the fast together at school. We have 2 separate days for PYP and middle school students.
- Monday, February 6th is for PYP (2nd-5th grade students)
- Monday, February 13th is for MS students.
More details about the event and the sign-up sheet will be sent before the event.
Arabic Spelling Bee
The Arabic spelling bee participation will start after Ramadan. The lists will be sent home next month to allow students time to practice.
More details about the event will come soon In shaa Allah.
Qur'an Competition:
Every year during Ramadan, we hold a Qur'an competition to encourage the students to memorize and understand the words of Allah. We will have 5 levels in this competition as following:
- Half Juza'
- One Juza'
- Two Juza'
- Five Juza'
- Ten Juza'
Help your child start preparing for the competition by increasing the daily Qur'an time In shaa Allah.
Students Resources
- Duaa of the month. Please have students practices the following Duaa as we are focusing on it in the school this month: 1- https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:093662bc-a00b-323a-9c49-6fbcfe58189c, 2- https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:0739bb95-54b7-3a04-a6de-3258d0d8a0f4.
- Morning and Evening Athkaar: https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:b1eee9dd-f2b9-3917-a710-bc66f523997a
- Recommended Arabic movies for kids:
قصص النساء في القرآن | الحلقة 18 | السيدة مريم - ج 1 | Women Stories from Qur'an - YouTube
قصص الحيوان في القرآن | الحلقة 1 | غراب إبني آدم - ج 1 | Animal Stories from Qur'an - YouTube
قصص الحيوان في القرآن | الحلقة 3 | ناقة صالح - ج 1 | Animal Stories from Qur'an - YouTube
Snaps of learning......
Please reach out to me if you have any questions/ concerns or your child needs any support.
AQI head of the department and 8th grade AQI teacher
Jumada II, 1444 AH