At Miftah An-Nur, we believe in teaching Islam in a manner that permeates children’s every day life and learning. As such our primary school curriculum is based on a big idea each half-term; with a link to an ayat from the Quran or a hadith for the children to reflect upon. We believe that it is through these meaningful connections, interwoven in their day to day learning that will begin to shape the ‘God-conscious and thriving global citizens’ we want from our vision.
Each year group then has their own theme to explore within this, combining skills and knowledge from a variety of topics including English, Science, Geography, History, Art, Design & Technology. Other subjects link where possible but are mostly taught discreetly. This approach allows pupils to explore themes through different lenses and enables all pupils to find a way to thrive within the theme they are learning about. We have carefully mapped our skills progression in each subject to ensure that pupils are building on their skills across subjects each year but are also being given the opportunity to learn about a wide range of topics.
Wherever possible, our curriculum reflects our Bruneian context including the exploration of the beautiful island of Borneo that we inhabit. Our themes are carefully chosen to support our curriculum aims of enabling pupils to gain an understanding of the different cultures around them, develop a sense of pride in their own history through themes such as the Early Islamic Civilisations as well as develop critical thinking through challenging historical events such as the Impact of the British Empire.
At Miftah An-Nur, we believe that high quality children’s texts are a vehicle through which learning takes place and so our key reading spine in English has been curated to take into account books that will not only fit our themes and big ideas but to also support pupils in developing the rich language, contextual understanding and comprehension skills they need to access the curriculum.
