The first school to be launched was the Karima Weekday School where students aged between 6 and 13 learn Quranic Recitation-tajwid-and basic Islamic Studies. There are now 5 classes , operating Monday to Fridays 5.15pm - 6.45pm.
The Second Phase was the establishment of the Karima Saturday School based at Castlefield Masjid. This now consists of 6 classes of 5 to 10 year old mixed gender classes. The classes cover Numeracy and Literacy Strategy material, personal development and tajwid.
The Third Phase was the Castlefield Saturday School aimed at 11 to 16 year olds offering English and Maths fromkeystage 3 to GCSE level, with personal development and Arabic Language classes for those able to take this on. The 'Ilm al Hal' course offered aims to give students a spiritual and moral education that will allow them to fulfil their personal and communal obligations, so by the end of the course they are model British Muslim citizens inshaAllah.
These two schools operate on Saturdays between 9.30 - 1pm.
If you are interested in any of these projects or would like to enrol your child(ren) in any of these schools please email us info@karima.org.uk for an application form.
Following several years of running small educational projects in High Wycombe, in January 2005, the KM Foundation established its first supplementary school to assist and augment WIM's existing projects.
The aim was to raise educational acievement, thus increase life chances, by imparting strong identity basic Islamia studies fusing traditional learning methods with a more contemporary approach to learning and teaching. The curriculum was redesigned to offer young people spiritual, material and moral well being as well as national curriculum subjects. The aim was to create confident young people who were aware of their Islamic heritage, successful in the education system and model citizens of High Wycombe.
