Ramadan Camp

We had our Ramadan Camp for the Junior 3 only on Saturday, 4 August from 9.30 am to 9.30 pm in school. The children were excited and most stayed on till the night. We would like to thank our parents who have supported us to make this event a success, who have generously contributed food for Iftar and most all ~ for joining us. Thank you very much.

We started off the day with 2 rakaats of Solat Dhuha, circle time of zikir and nasyid.

Performing the solat Dhuha.

Then we had a baking class - making 'Apam Polka Dots'. Every one took turns to cream the mixture.

The paper cupcakes lining the moulds.

The children piping green and red mixture into the moulds. The red mixture were dotted into the green mixture, then steamed to cook.

The 'polka dots' Apam ~ not bad for a first timer. The children will have these for Iftar and the rest to bring home.

Hafalan Party. Children sitting in a circle and a box filled with names of short Surah was passed around to a nasyid.

When the 'nasyid' stopped ~ the child picked out a paper.

Here's Yasir looking at the Surah that every body will read together.

Then the children were divided into small groups. We set up 6 stations of different topics regarding Ramadan for the children to pass through, 20 minutes at each station. Every child had a folder to keep their work. These pictures show children in 2 stations.

Station 2 - with Ms Farisha.

The folder with various information regarding Ramadan ~ kept in pockets or notes.

Meanwhile, outside, other teachers were busy preparing tables and chairs for Iftar. The parents will be joining us for Iftar and for the solat Maghrib, Isyak and Tarawih.

The front of the folder.

The inside of the folder - it contained 1. Tafsir Surah Al-Baqarah 183-185, 2. Hadith on fasting, 3. Facts of Ramadan, 4. Sahoor, 5. Iftar, 6. Zikir, 7. Good Deeds, 8.Practices Encouraged in Ramadan, 9.Doa for Iftar, 10.Niat For Fasting, 11.Battle of Badar, 12.Hadith about Dates, 13.learning to read some Arabic words, 14.Nasyid & Zikir Asmaul Husna.

Tafsir Surah Al-Baqarah - inside the pocket were the topics as shown in the following photos to explain the ayat 183-185.

The children wrote down the translation in BM.

These are the words for Zikir which the children coloured. These words were stapled together and kept in the pocket.

The meanings of Sahoor, Iftar, some Arabic words and the rate of Zakat Fitrah in Malaysia. The teachers explained the meanings of the words and what is zakat.

This pocket contained a small booklet of practices that are encouraged in Ramadan. The teachers encouraged the children to put forward ideas, listed them down and the children copied as many as they could in the time allocated.

This flap book contained examples of good deeds. The children were asked what good deeds they did and listed them down. Then the children wrote what they did in their small books.

To save time, we prepared these hadiths and the teachers explained to the children the meanings.

In this pocket, we put in the lyrics of the song 'Ramadan by Zaky' and nasyid 'Asmaul Husna' .

Facts on Ramadan.

We pray that the knowledge and effort in imparting the knowledge to the children will be accepted by Allah SWT and rewarded. We pray that through this small effort of ours, will help to make the children grow up into good Muslims and that through this event made our bonds with our parents closer. May Allah SWT reward all our parents who have contributed lots of food for the Iftar. Amin.

Most of these ideas were taken from Islamic lapbooking at http://imanbendjedidi.wordpress.com/2010/08/22/ramadhan-lapbook-14312010/ - Jazakallah khair for sharing the wonderful ideas.