MALAM SEINDAH ANUGERAH bersama USTAZ ZAHAZAN MOHAMED

Assalamualaikum

Hi everyone!

                 Notts Lil Caliphs had a memorable night on Thursday, 19th of December 2013...as Ustaz Zahazan paid a visit to Nottingham. As the KAFA classes are now declared an official program on behalf of the Malaysian Society (NMS) , we have achieved another benchmark , and it is a cause for celebration.

           The event started with a speech by Dr Anizu , Director of Education Malaysia, followed by a choir by the Lil Caliphs. They sang a beautiful song about Mary and Jesus, and another merry song with the recitation of Arabic alphabets.

Dr Anizu , the Director of Education Malaysia

           Ustaz Zahazan gave a lecture to a crowd of about eighty people in the community centre. He looked rather tired, having arrived from Malaysia only hours earlier, but still, the speech felt powerful and sincere. Ustaz Zahazan spoke about hikmah among Muslims, the examples of such brilliance from the prophets and the sahabah.  He mentioned that we Muslims should be wise in making decisions and actions, and reiterates that message over and over again.

            

                After his lecture ended, Ustaz Zahazan handed certificates to the passionate KAFA teachers, and to the participating Lil Caliphs. 

            Lil Caliphs had a sumptuous dinner together with their teachers and parents after that, and it was pretty delightful. The lamb curry was indeed heavenly , while the piping hot soup was  exquisite.

                    Lil Caliphs had a truly great time that night, and we hope to have such programs  again! 

KAFA d'Notts 7/12/2013

Assalamualaikum everyone! 

Alhamdulillah, this week Notts Little Caliphs had another happy day.  The kids were all very enthusiastic for another KAFA session.

As usual, our KAFA kicked off with CIRCLE TIME where everyone sit together in a big circle. They said their Bismillah, Surah Al-Fatihah and after that, they selawat to our beloved Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). As for this week, we emphasized on the phrase “Ya imaman qiblataini” which means “Oh the imam of 2 qiblats”. The little caliphs learned something new this week. They now know that before the Kaabah, Masjidil Aqsa in Baitul Maqdis was the qiblat.

   Our little caliphs were listening to the selawat.

Next session was QURAN TIME! This week we learn about mad alphabets which are alif wau yaa! 

        They had fun pronouncing those letters!

      Alif wau yaa!

Then, we were very lucky to have Teacher Fiza to teach us arabic words of red, yellow, green and so on. :D

            Thank you Teacher Fiza!

After that, we had GROUP TIME. For this week, we built MOSQUES!

Farriess was the leader of the boys group and Aisyah was the leader of the girls group. Both teams were very brilliant with the structure and functions of the Mosque! MasyaAllah! During this session, we aimed to instill the spirit of teamwork among our little caliphs.

      Beautiful Mosque bulit by the girls group!

Last but not least, we had SNACK TIME! Alhamdulillah, ALLAH blessed us with plenty of food brought by the little caliphs’ parents. This week, Ain was selected to read a hadith about never to criticized food even if one don’t like it. 

Alhamdulillah, another KAFA session went smoothly..

So, till we meet again next time              

                                                              ~~~SAYONARA~~~  :D

Kafa D'Notts , 30th November 2013

Assalamualaikum

Hi everyone!

          Little caliphs of Nottingham had a fun session on the last day of November. Everybody seemed to be looking forward for  that particular day, and Masyaallah, the kids really did enjoy themselves.

      The little caliphs started the morning with  Circle Time, during which they sat in a circle and sang the salawat, praising Allah and remembering the prophet. As we sang " anta shamsun anta badrun" , we reminisced upon the hard works done by the prophet for the mankind, and the kids learned the word 'sun' in arabic.

        During Al-Quran Time, the kids were split into two groups for juniors and seniors. They juniors tried to recognize the letters sin, jim and dal, with the help of the teachers ,and how sin sounds with fathah, kasrah and dhommah. The senior group had fun tracing the letters on worksheets, making them look beatiful with various colours.

               Brother Shoaib arrived shortly after, and he sang a song about Mary and Jesus together with the children, a song which we learned the past week . It was harmonious , although arguably off pitch at times. He proceeded with a story about Jesus and his mother, according to the Quran.

     After an engaging sharing session, the kids made paper airplanes and decorated their craft. They had then a little plane throwing competition , to see whose plane can go the farthest. Brother Shoaib tries to show that
while Allah has given Jesus the ability to create living birds out of clay, we could not even make proper paper airplanes. Hopefully some bit of teamwork and creativity were sown between the thrown airplanes.

   We had Snack Time  after that, while the parents prayed Dhuhr together. Time constraints made us unable to recite a hadith for the day, but surely we will do so next time, insya-Allah!