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About our school
The origins of Masjid-e-Hamza can be traced back to the 1960s. The Mosque serves as a natural community centre for Muslims and a Day Centre that acts a meeting point for the elderly. Since it was first established, the Mosque has always been an institution of education and learning. Masjid-e-Hamza continues to provide a range of educational programmes to meet the needs of the local population. In particular, an evening madrassa caters for the teaching of the Qur’an to young people. On weekends, the resident Imam provides dars ul-Qur’an (Qur’anic commentary) and there is also an Urdu language school.
About our partnership
The partnership between Moseley School and Hamza Mosque was set up in October 2007. Hamza colleagues were invited to observe lessons at Moseley. Moseley also entered ten students from Hamza Mosque for GCSE Urdu and provided them with extra teaching at Moseley School every Wednesday from 5-7pm. Students and teachers both come to extra sessions in order to learn different teaching and learning methods as well as exam technique and preparation. An event was planned to disseminate good practice and get more madrassa teachers involved.
Out of 200 students attending Hamza Mosque, 15 go to Moseley School. 10 students from Hamza Mosque now attend the Wednesday twilight class with their Urdu teacher. The parents of these students are very impressed by the classes and would like more of their children to have the opportunity to attend. The supplementary school teachers are also keen on having more of these classes and events in the future and on working together to bridge the gap between the community, students and parents.
- Tahir Rehman, Hamza MosqueBoth the children and the community have benefitted greatly from this partnership
