The Westminster School, Dubai Department of Islamic Education Action Plan for the Year 2013-2014 SMALL CHANGES,

SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. ONE TEAM, ONE VISION, ONE MISSION

Grouping of students based on MI Classes will be divided into four groupsaccording to their multiple intelligence and will be given Islamic names. The members of these groups will do PBL (Project BasedLearning) considering the needs of 21st century which will reflect not only their groups but also their knowledge. Helping students in their Personal Development Westminster Scholars Mission: To spread the light of knowledge and wisdom and to fight against ignorance A special team of students will be made to achieve monthly target set by Islamic Department Parental Engagement Once in every two months Parental body will be invited to Islamic classes in each year level and will be sharing their knowledge and ideas. Willing parents will also be delivering lessons in the class. Throughout the year teachers will be in contact with the parents through GLG. Use of learning wall Every class will have 3 to be must chart stuck on the learning wall: Hadith of the Day (In every Islamic period every student will be given a chance to teach new hadith to the class and will write the same on the provided chart.) Code of Conduct (In the beginning of every term class will list out their code of conduct to be observed by them in Islamic classes throughout the term.) Surah I Know (Each student will write their name and the names of the Quranic Surahs they know on the provided chart and will keep on updating it throughout the year.) Ask Team A team of teachers will be formed who will be approachable and accessible by the students to ask their problems if any. Their queries will be kept confidential. Classrooms Transformation Seating arrangements of the classes will be changed according to the needs of the lesson. Experimental team teaching, collaborative learning, flip classes, PBL and peer teaching will be done. Islamic Assemblies Once in every term Islamic Assemblies will be held targeting the monthly theme of the school. Islamic Magazine& Islamic Newsletter Islamic Magazine named Noor-e-Islam will be published in the end of every Academic Year and will be distributed among parents on the open house. In the end of first term Islamic Newsletter will be published and distributed among parents on the open house. Islamic Website Islamic website will be launched on 9th September where blog for every year level, ask form, Islamic events and various other students work will be accessible to the students and parents. The Islamic website will also contain a special section where resourceful websites and helpful material will be uploaded for the students.

 Use of ICT Curriculum related documents will be uploaded on GLG and will be accessible to all the teachers and students. Effective use of ICT tools will be observed in classrooms, teaching and learning collaboratively using Google drive, Padlet & Edmodo Assessment Assessment will be done on daily basis, students will be assessed almost in each period for the work they have done. ICT will be used using Edmodo, Padlet, Google drive etc Community Charity Services Preparing our students for Sheikh Hamdan Award