Muslim Community Learning Communities Hub @Hagley
The launching of the Learning Communities Hub was held at Hagley College Cafeteria on Friday 24th July.
It will be
a continuous 10 week pilot programme. It is funded by the Ministry of
Education (MOE) with the intention to connect and engage with the
ethnically diverse Muslim community in Christchurch. The Hub is
organised and run by the Nawawi center’s Nūrāniyyah Academy in
collaboration with the MOE. More than 30 families attended the launching
of the LC Hub. Children aged from 4 years up to high school age were in
classrooms, facilitated by Muslim NZ trained teachers. Part of the
learning included their identity, values and Arabic language. Suhaylah Richards and Ben Gresham, both staff from Hagley College are part of the
team that are facilitating and supporting the Learning Communities Hub
programme. Included in the education team are NZ trained teachers Zahra
Ditta, Sana Ditta, Alisha Siddique and Jumayah Jones. The Arabic
language team is led by Dalia Mohamed, Freal Said, Taghrid Alakhras and
Naila Hasi from the Nūrāniyyah Academy. Workshops will include topics
on: understanding how the NZ curriculum works; Teaching and Learning in
NZ schools; Keeping our identity; language and culture/faith in NZ
education context; Understanding pathways and NCEA; and Family routines
and goal setting. The LC Hub acknowledges their gratitude to Hagley
College for the use of the venue and wishes to thank them for their
continuous support for the diverse minority communities /groups in
Christchurch. Jumayah Jones (Programme Coordinator for the Learning
Communities Hub) The Ministry of Education is running several learning
communities’ hubs with different ethnic groups in Christchurch as part
of a pilot programme in 2020. For more information about this pilot
programme contact: Mastura Abd Rahman.