Madrassa

18/07/2022

Dear Respected Parents/Guardians,

We pray this letter reaches you in the best of Imaan and health. Ameen.

Jalsah

Tuesday 19^th July: Girls’ jalsah will take place in the Melting Pot Hall. Mothers/sisters are welcome. Exam results will be given on the day to all apas’ classes.

Thursday 21^st July: Boys’ jalsah will take place in the Darul Quran Masjid. Fathers/brothers are welcome. Exam results will be given on the day to all ustaads’ classes.

Madrasah Holidays and Restart

Madrasah will finish for all normal classes on Thursday 21^st July at 6.30 pm. There will be no madrasah on Friday 22^nd July.

Normal classes will have holidays from Friday 22^nd July – Monday 5^th September.

For our existing students, madrasah reopens for the new academic year on Tuesday 6^th September.

For our new enrolling Class 1 students, madrasah will start on Wednesday 7^th September.

Hifz Class Holidays and Restart

Hifz Classes will have madrasah on Friday 22^nd July.

They will have two weeks holiday from Monday 25^th July – Friday 5^th August.

Hifz Class new academic year will start on Monday 8^th August.

2022-2023 Year Planner

The full 2022-2023 Academic Year Planners for normal and hifz class will be published on our website once all the dates are confirmed (https://darulquranbolton.co.uk/madrassa/).

Shukran.

Darul Quran Madrasah.

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24/05/2022

Dear Respected Parents/Guardians,

We pray and hope this letter reaches you in the best of Imaan and health.

We are writing to inform you that the end-of-year parents’ evening will take place on Friday 27^th May 2022.

Please attend at your allocated time. In the case where there is no male figure to represent the child, please provide the madrasah with a contact number and the teacher/s will call at your allocated time.

We strongly believe that a face-to-face meeting between the parent and teacher in the presence of the student is the best way to discuss your child’s progress, behaviour etc. and therefore parents must bring their child/ren with them to the meeting.

Please note that parents who don’t attend this Friday will have to reschedule the meeting at a later date.

On the day, you’ll be given a sheet with the information your child will need to learn for the end-of-year exams which start on Monday 27^th June – Wednesday 6^th July 2022.

Please see table below for further information.

Classes

Location of Parents’ Evening

Who should attend?

2A, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B

6B, 7B, 8B, 9B, 10B

Hifz 1B, Hifz 2B, Hifz 3B

Ground floor Jamaat

Khana in Main Madrasah Building

Student/s +

Father or Male

Representative

1B, 1G, 2G 3G, 4G, 5G

Girls’ Madrasah Building on Bridgeman St – Use

Main Door Entrance

Student/s +

Mother or Female Representative

Shukran.

Darul Quran Madrasah.

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06/07/2021

Assalamualaikum w.w.

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We pray that this letter reaches you in the best of imaan and health. Ameen

Fun Day

As mentioned previously, we have started our fun days from this week (Mon 5^th July). Due to the unpredictable nature of the weather, we will not be having a BBQ; however, we will be ordering pizza, chips etc. Please see the timetable below for further details of your child’s allocated fun day and food day.

DAY	CLASS
Wednesday 7^th July	2B, 2A, 3B, 4B, 6B	Food Day
Thursday 8^th July	5B, 7B, 8B, 9B, 10B	Food Day
Friday 9^th July	4B, 5B	Fun Day
Monday 12^th July	2A, 2B, 3B	Fun Day
Tuesday 13^th July	1B, 1G, 2G,	Fun Day
Wednesday 14^th July	3G, 4G, 5G	Fun Day
Thursday 15^th July	1B, 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G	Food Day

• Your child does not need to bring their madrasah bag on their respective Fun Day. However, they do need to bring their madrasah bag on their allocated Food Day

• If your child is allergic to any food/drink items then please let us know so that alternative arrangements can be made. All drinks will be non-fizzy.

• Fun Day will include: a bouncy castle, indoor football, soft archery and tug of war amongst other activities. Please let us know if your child cannot participate in certain activities

• On the Fun Day, your child should wear their Jubbah and if playing football, then suitable clothes underneath the

Jubbah. Please avoid shorts otherwise your child will have to play football in their Jubbah

• Madrasah will start and finish at the normal times each day

If any parents would like to send any food or drink items then please consult with the class teacher or get in touch with the office as we do not want any wastage. Additionally, all costs will be met by the madrasah. However, if anybody wishes to contribute then they are more than welcome to do so.

Shukran.

Darul Quran Madrasah Management Committee

28/06/2021

DDear Respected Parents/Guardians,
We pray this letter reaches you in the best of Imaan and health. Ameen.

End of year exams cancellation

As mentioned previously, there will be no formal end of year exams and no end of year jalsah, in order to allow
teachers to complete as much of the syllabus as possible before the year ends. This is due to the obvious disruption
which has been caused by the pandemic.

Please note however that there will be informal assessments of Quran and Qaidah throughout this week (Mon 28th
June – Fri 2nd July). This will involve teachers going to other classes besides their own class and the children will
read that day’s lesson (as they normally would to their own teacher). Please note that this informal assessment is
only to assess the overall level of the class and not to assess any individual child, which means that there will be
no marks given and no 1st, 2nd, 3rd positions etc. As a parent you just have to ensure that you make your child read
their lesson at home before madrasah as you have been doing.

Please note that children who are isolating will not be assessed as part of the internal assessments. If your child normally receives a phone call then the teachers will phone them as normal, although timings may be different. If they attend via Zoom, then please ask your child to log in from 6pm onwards.

Fun days

InshaAllah from Monday 5th July we will have fun activity days for the children to reward them for their hard work
throughout the year. This will include BBQ`s, ice creams, bouncy castles, archery, tug of war among other activities.
Due to the ongoing Covid situation, different classes will have fun days on different days. Closer to the time, we will
inshaAllah inform all the classes on an individual basis as to when their fun day will be and letters will also be sent
accordingly.

Fees

There are still many children whose fees are still outstanding. We request all parents to ensure that their child`s fees are paid on time. All parents whose child`s fees are outstanding have been contacted individually. If you are not sure about your child`s fee status, then please contact the office during madrasah hours.

Finally,please remember Darul Quran Masjid, Madrasah and the entire ummah in your pious duas.
Shukran.
Darul Quran Madrasah

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30/05/2021

Dear Respected Parents/Guardians:

We pray this letter reaches you in the best of Imaan and health. Ameen.

Bank Holiday

There will be no madrasah for tomorrow ONLY (Monday 31^st May) for all normal classes. We do realise that schools are off for half term and ideally we try our level best to give all holidays in line with school holidays. With the extra time given off for Ramadhan / Eid ul fitr and the extra time that will be given off for Eid ul Adha it is not feasible to give these half term holidays as well. As you are already aware the childrens` madrasah education has already suffered greatly due to Covid–19 and giving more holidays will only impact their education further.

Please note that there is no Bank Hoilday for Hifz classes.

Madrasah to resume as normal

Alhamdolillah, most of our students are out of isolation and so from Tuesday 1^st June madrasah will resume ONSITE. All the children will be attending for the full madrasah day (4.45 – 7pm).

As we have reiterated many times before, please do not send your child to madrasah if they have been asked to isolate from school or if they have come into close contact with anyone who has tested positive.

Please remember Darul Quran Masjid, Madrasah and the entire ummah in your pious duas.

Shukran.

Darul Quran Madrasah.

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24/05/2021

Dear Respected Parents/Guardians:

We pray this letter reaches you in the best of Imaan and health. Ameen.

Online lessons to continue

InshaAllah online lessons will continue for this week as currently more than 30% of our students are self-isolating and another 4 staff members are also self-isolating.

Depending on the situation, we hope to call the students on-site from next week (Monday 31^st May) inshaAllah. We will send further information closer to the time.

We appreciate that online lessons are not as effective as face to face learning, however with Bolton`s infection rates being the highest in England and with reports of people not self-isolating when they are supposed to be doing so, we feel that online learning is the best course of action in order to safeguard the health of our community.

Please remember Darul Quran Masjid, Madrasah and the entire ummah in your pious duas.

Shukran.

Darul Quran Madrasah.

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16/05/2021

Dear Respected Parents/Guardians:

We pray this letter reaches you in the best of Imaan and health. Ameen.

Online Madrasah

Due to an increase in the number of coronavirus cases in Bolton plus the fact that many families will have mixed together at Eid, we feel it’s best to keep Madrasah teaching online for this week.

Online teaching will start from Tuesday 18^th May till Friday 21^st May.

There will be no teaching on Monday 17^th May as teachers will be sorting out their online teaching times/schedules.

The login details for Zoom Classes will be the same as before. Timings will be sent to you before Tuesday.

We shall keep an eye on the situation and let you know what happens beyond this week.

Hifz Classes will take place onsite this week and due to the extra space available, students will be adequately socially distanced from each other.

Jazakallahu Khairan for your understanding, patience and co-operation in these testing and unprecedented times.

Shukran.

Darul Quran Madrasah Management Committee

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05/04/2021

Dear Respected Parents/Guardians,

We pray this letter reaches you in the best of Imaan and health. Ameen.

Ramadhan Timings
From Monday 12th April, as per the government regulations, all Madrasah classes will open as usual without the
session system in place.
Normal classes will start at 4.45pm for ALL students and, for the duration of Ramadhan only, will finish at 6.15pm.
Hifz Class timings will be communicated to students by their respected class teachers.
Madrasah finish times will be staggered at 5 minute intervals. See table below:

Class Finish Time*
8B, 9B, 10B- 6:05pm
5B, 6B, 7B- 6:10pm
4B and below – 6:15pm

*If children in older classes have siblings in younger classes then they will be given home time according to the
younger sibling’s home time.

Ramadhan Holiday Update
As the Easter holidays were cancelled earlier this month, we have amended the Ramadhan holidays to reflect the
changes. Please note: Hifz Class Ramadhan holidays remain unchanged.

Ramadhan Holidays:
Normal Classes: Monday 26th April – Friday 14th May 2021
Hifz Classes: Monday 3rd May – Friday 14th May 2021

Madrasah will reopen for ALL students from Monday 17th May 2021 at 4:45pm and finish at 7:00pm.
Please remember the Madrasah staff, students and the entire Ummah in your precious duas.
Shukran.
Darul Quran Madrasah Management Committee

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05/04/2021

Dear Respected Parents/Guardians,

We pray this letter reaches you in the best of Imaan and health. Ameen.

Urgent Appeal

We have an urgent project underway for the New Girls’ Madrasah. A brand new car park needs to be built urgently (behind the building) before the New Girls’ Madrasah building can open.

The approximate cost of this project is £65,000 – £70,000. The car park will have the capacity for 25 – 30 cars and will be used for outdoor activities as well. The car park will also help ease traffic congestion around the area during pick-up/drop-off times and increase the safety of the children and parents.

You, the parents/guardians, have always charitably and generously helped out in the past and we now humbly request for you to donate once again – especially during the auspicious month of Ramadhan. However small your donation may be, it will be immensely appreciated by all those who will use the Madrasah facilities in the future. You will earn their duas and more importantly, the Almighty will reward you all immensely.

Please put donations in an envelope labelled as “Car Park Donation” and hand it in to your child’s class teacher or the madrasah office. If you would like to make a donation via the bank, please use the following details:

Al Jamia Darul Quran

Lloyd’s Bank

Sort Code: 30-91-01

Account Number: 01838578

Reference: Car Park Donation

Please contact any of the following persons before making a donation via the bank or if you have further questions/queries: Mehboob Neki – 07970 050036

Mawlana Ilyas Koya – 07828 042205

Shukran. Darul Quran Madrasah Management Committee.

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09/03/2021

Dear Respected Parents/Guardians: We pray this letter reaches you in the best of Imaan and health. Ameen. The government, in their latest Covid-19 guidance and regulations, have outlined some scenarios and situations in which you may send your child to madrasah for onsite (face-to-face) teaching. If one or more of the following are applicable to you or your child(ren) then you can send them to madrasah from Monday 15^th March for the one hour slot if you fill out a consent and declaration form and give it to the class teacher on the day your child returns to madrasah.

Critical Workers

Children of critical workers will be able to attend onsite madrasah teaching for the one hour slot from Monday 15^thMarch. The following workers’ Sectors are currently deemed to be “Critical” by the government:

Health and Social Care	Education and Childcare
Key Public Services including Religious Staff	Local and National Government
Food and other Necessary Goods	Public Safety and National Security
Transport and Border	Utilities, Communications & Financial Services

Vulnerable Children

If one or more of your children are classified as “Vulnerable” then you will also be eligible to send them to madrasah for the one hour slot from Monday 15^th March. Vulnerable Children are those children who have been identified as otherwise vulnerable by the Madrasah or Local Authorities (including Children’s Social Care Services), and who could therefore benefit from continued attendance to madrasah. Such children might include:

Those who may have difficulty engaging with remote education at home (for example due to a lack of devices or quiet space to study)
Others at the Madrasah’s discretion including pupils and students who need to attend to receive support or manage risks to their mental health. If your child’s teacher thinks that coming to madrasah is in the child’s best interests then they will contact you to send your child in from Monday 15^thMarch.
Children and Young people on the edge of receiving support from children’s social care services or in the process of being referred to Children’s Services
Adopted children or children on a special guardianship order
Those living in temporary accommodation

Employment & Education

If you are working, seeking work, undertaking training or doing part/full time studies during the madrasah opening hours (4.45pm – 7.00pm) then you will be able to send your child to madrasah for the one hour slot from Monday 15^thMarch. If you are a home educating parent who sees madrasah as a means of facilitating your child’s full-time education needs, then you will also be eligible to send your child to madrasah for the one hour slot from Monday 15^th March.

Medical Needs

If, during the madrasah opening hours (4.45pm – 7.00pm) you need to attend medical appointments or must tend to a medical need or have to attend a Support Group, then you will also be eligible to send your child to madrasah for the one hour slot from Monday 15^th March. As a parent/carer, if you feel that one or more of the above conditions/scenarios from the government’s criteria for onsite teaching apply to you or your child(ren) then please fill out a Parent/Carer Consent & Declaration Form and give it to your child’s class teacher when they attend madrasah. As a madrasah, we will accept all completed Consent Forms at the discretion of the parents/carers.

Please note that due to governmental Regulations, children can only attend madrasah if the parent/carer gives a completed Consent Form. You can give the forms in to the class teacher on Monday 15^th March If you cannot print the form from the link below for whatever reason, then printed forms will be available to pick up from the madrasah office, Monday – Friday, between 5pm-7pm. If you do not meet any of the aforementioned criteria, then your child can continue with Zoom lessons/phone calls. If you have any queries then please do not hesitate to contact the office. Finally, we, the staff and Management Committee of Darul Quran Madrasah, would like to thank parents/carers for your continued support, patience, understanding and co-operation in these testing, confusing and unprecedented times. Shukran. Darul Quran Madrasah Management Committee To download this letter as a pdf click here

09/03/2021

Parent/Carer Consent & Declaration Form for Onsite Learning

I, …………………………………………………, do hereby acknowledge that under the latest government’s Covid-19 guidelines and criteria for allowing face-to-face teaching, I am able and happy to send the following child(ren) of mine to madrasah:

Child’s Name: …………………………………………………………………………………….. Child’s Class: ………………..

The following conditions/scenarios in the government’s criteria for allowing face-to-face teaching are applicable to me or my child(ren):
(Please tick all those which are applicable):

Tuesday, 09 March 2021

Condition/Scenario

I am a Critical Worker
I am in employment or I am seeking employment
I am undertaking training for employment purposes
I am in full/part time education
I have one or more Vulnerable Children
I need to attend medical appointments or I need to attend to a medical need I need to attend a support group
I am a home educating parent

For all of the above, please see separate letter for further explanation and details.

Signed: ……………………………………………. Date: ………………………….. page1image2463360

Please fill, sign and hand in to class teacher on return to madrasah!

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08/03/2021

Dear Respected Parents/Guardians:

We pray this letter reaches you in the best of Imaan and health. Ameen.

Important Updates to Madrasah Re-opening

We had planned to re-open the madrasah from Tuesday 9^th March for all our students with the one hour slot system in operation.

However, it has been brought to light that according to the government’s latest Covid-19 guidelines, madrasahs cannot open fully until April 12^th2021.

In the guidelines, however, the government has provided conditions/scenarios whereby a student can physically return to the madrasah for teaching.

In light of this, madrasah will re-open on Monday 15^th March (as per the one hour slot system) for those students who meet the government’s criteria (further details of these criteria and how to proceed will be shared in due course).

Please note that you will have to fill out a form to confirm that you meet these criteria. The forms will be shared in due course as well.

If you do not meet these criteria, then your child can continue with Zoom lessons/phone calls.

For this week (Tuesday 9^th – Friday 12^th March) madrasah will continue online (phone calls/Zoom).

Jazakallahu Khairan for your understanding, patience and co-operation in these testing and unprecedented times.

Shukran.

Darul Quran Madrasah Management Committee

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The madressa holds classes for boys and young girls during the week.

For further enquiries, please contact Moulana Ilyas on 07828 042205