Friday Girls School - Curriculum

  • Guidelines
  • Grade 1
  • Grade 2
  • Grade 3
  • Grade 4
  • Grade 5
  • Grade 6
  • Grade 7
  • Grade 8
  • Grade 9

This curriculum represents a gradual 10-year program of study beginning with an overview of fundamental Islamic concepts followed by a more detailed approach. It emphasizes revision and mastering the obligatory knowledge. Each year, ideally, builds upon the previous year.

We advise teachers to keep the following in mind:

  1. Teachers need to be familiar with the entire curriculum.
  2. Teachers must review the main topics that are taught in past sections (years). This serves as a review for returning students and assists new students.
  3. The curriculum is a basic outline of that which must be taught in each year. Teachers can add more topics (suited to their students) at their own discretion.
  4. Despite teaching the same general topic i.e. the five pillars, each year teachers should introduce something new related to that topic.
  5. Topics will connect and/or overlap with different subjects i.e. Akhlaq concepts will be apparent in Seerah lessons.
  6. The etiquettes of seeking knowledge need to be taught and emphasized each year.
  7. Teaching methods and the structure of lessons will vary according to each teacher.
  8. Teachers are responsible for organizing the topics (i.e. implementing the curriculum in an organized and thoughtful way) throughout the year. The school endeavors to offer a training session at the beginning of the year to help teachers organize their course of study and prepare long-term plans.
  9. Teachers are responsible for effectively assessing students’ learning of all that is mentioned in the curriculum.
  10. Teachers should strive to engage their students by demonstrating the relevance of each topic in their students’ lives.

Ages 6

Aqidah
  • Six Articles of Faith
  • Shahadah / Testimony of Faith
  • The Four Chief Angels and Their Jobs
  • Paradise and Hell
  • Five Pillars of Islam
     
Seerah & History
  • The Life of Prophet Muhammad (saw)
  • Stories of the Prophets: Adam, Nuh, Ibrahim, Yunus, Musa and Isaa (as)
     
Fiqh
  • Keeping Clean
  • How to Use the Toilet
  • How to Perform Wudhu
  • How to Perform Salah
  • Names of Five Daily Salahs
  • Fasting
  • Zakat and Sadaqah
  • Hajj
     
Adaab/Akhlaq
  • Saying Salam
  • Classroom Rules
  • Daily Duas
  • Alif to Yaa of Little Numbers

Ages 7
 

Aqidah
  • Names of Allah
  • Six Articles of Faith
  • Jibreel (as) Teaching Us Religion
  • Heave and Hell
  • Seerah &History   
  • Prophets Adam and Nuh (as)
  • The boy and the king
  • Abdul Muttalib
  • Year of the elephant 
  • The story of Halimah (as)
  • Journey to Syria
  • Rebuilding the Ka’bah
  • Beginning of revelation
  • Umar accepts Islam
  • The boycott and Hijrah
  • Life in Madinah
     
Fiqh  
  • Five pillars of Islam (review) 
  • Basic cleanliness 
  • When and how to perform Wudhu
  • Actions that break Wudhu
  • How to perform Ghusl
  • Prayer timings
  • Practical Salah
     
Adaab/Akhlaq
  • Bismillah
  • Adab in the classroom
  • Manners and friends
  • Deeds

Ages 8
 

Aqidah  
  • Names of Allah
  • Paradise and Hell
  • Angels
  • Books from Allah
  • Angels
     
Seerah & History   
  • Habil and Qabil
  • Prophet Hud
  • Prophet Saleh
  • Prophet Shuayb
  • The companions in the cave 
  • The open invitation 
  • Quraysh abusing the Muslims
  • Migration to Abyssinia 
  • The Night Journey
  • The battle of Badr and Uhud
     
Fiqh
  • Cleanliness 
  • Using the toilet
  • Daily Salah
  • Revision of Salah 
  • Breakers of Salah 
  • Halal and Haram foods
     
Adaab/Akhlaq    
  • Respecting people
  • Manners of eating and drinking
  • Manners of the masjid
  • Good mannes to parents and others
  • T.V, music, and internet
  • Why Muslims perform Salah Level 3

Ages 9
 

Aqidah   
  • Names of Allah 
  • Angels and their duties
  • Garden of paradise and fire of hell
  • Signs of the last
  • Day of judgment 
  • Miracles 
  • Characteristics and duties of the prophets
  • Sin and shirk
     
Seerah & History    
  • Prophet Ibrahim (as)
  • Story of Dhul Qarnayn
  • Companions of the Prophet (saw)
  • Battle of the Trench
  • Hudaybiyyah
     
Fiqh   
  • Najasah
  • Model Wudhu and Ghusl
  • Islamic calendar
  • Model Salah
  • Fasting and Ramadhan
     
Adab/ Akhlaq    
  • Virtues of actions
  • Importance of Salah    
  • Good character and brotherhood
  • Love for the prophets

Ages 10
 

Aqidah    
  • Names of Allah
  • Angels, books, messenger
  • From hell to Paradise    
  • Signs of the last Day(2)
  • Description last day
  • Death
     
Seerah & History    
  • Prophet Ayyub (AS)
  • Prophet Yunus (AS)
  • Prophet Dawud and Jalut (AS)
  • Letter to Heraclius
  • Conquest of Makkah
     
Fiqh    
  • Types of rulings
  • Wudhu/ Ghusl: Fardh, Sunnah and makrooh
  • Time of Salah
  • Forbidden/dislike prayer times
  • Basic of Tayyamum    
  • Sunnah moakidah/ghair moakida
  • Witr
  • Fardh act of Salah
  • Breakers of Salah
  • Dislike acts in Salah
  • Rules and rewards of fasting
     
Adab/Akhlaq    
  • Making Salah part of life
  • Islamic dress code    
  • Good character and sins

Ages 11
 

Aqidah
  • Who is Allah?
  • Tawhid and Shirk    
  • Seeing Allah in Jannah
  • Character of the Prophet
     
Seerah & History    
  • Prophet Sulayman (AS)
  • Prophet Yaqub (AS)    
  • Hunayn and Taif
  • Last day of the Prophet
     
Fiqh    
  • Rulings of Wudhu/ Ghusl
  • Adhan and Iqamah
  • Salah drill
  • Sajdah Sahw
  • Salah in congregation& sutrah    
  • Translation of Salah
  • Personal hygiene and maturity
  • Rulings of Fasting
  • Halal & Haram consumption
  • Model Janaza Salah
     
Adab/Akhlaq    
  • Obedience to Allah
  • Obedience to Messenger    
  • Virtues of the Quran
  • Concentration in Salah

Ages 12
 

Aqidah    
  • Why Islam, What is Islam
  • The Quran (other names)    
  • Seeking forgiveness of Allah
  • Allah: Angry or Kind
     
Seerah & History    
  • Prophet Adam (AS)
  • Ad and Thamud
  • Prophet Ibrahim (AS)
  • Prophet Lut & Yusuf (AS)
  • Prophet’s marriage    
  • Dwellers of Cave
  • Dhul Qurnain
  • Abu Sufyan
  • Khalid Ibn Walid(RA)
  • Lessons from past civilization
     
Fiqh    
  • Purification
  • Permitted &prohibited    
  • Lailatul Qadr
  • Fasting in Ramadan
  • Science in the Quran
     
Adab/Akhlaq    
  • How to achieve success
  • Islamic Greetings
  • Character of the Prophets    
  • My family is Muslim now
  • Amr bil maruf
  • Guard your lounge

Ages 13
 

Aqidah    
  • Divine Names
  • Objective of the Quraan
  • Paradise and Hell    
  • Hope, hopefulness, hopelessness
  • Trial
     
Seerah & History    
  • Battle of Badr/Uhud
  • Banu Qaynuka/ Banu Ndir
  • Battle of Khandaq
  • Banu Qurayzah
  • S. Ahzab on the battle of Khandaq    
  • Hudaibiyah Treaty
  • Tabuk Expedition
  • Farewell Pilgrimage
  • Performance of Hajj
  • Finality of Prophet hood
     
Fiqh    
  • Hadith
  • Madhhab    
  • Permitted and prohibited food
     
Adab/Akhlaq   
  • Friends and Friendship
  • Friendship with Non – Muslims
  • Dating in Islam    
  • Duties towards Parents
  • Islam for middle school students

Ages 14+
 

Aqidah    
  • History of Allah
  • An analysis of Fatiha
  • Fatiha vs Lord’s prayer    
  • Being Khalifa on earth
  • Natural calamities
     
Seerah & History
  • 10 Companions
  • Adam and Eve in the Garden    
  • Distinctive women in Quran
  • Turmoil in Early Islam
  • Public finance in early Islam
     
Fiqh    
  • Muhkam Mutashabihat verses
  • The Bible and the Quran
  • Racism in Islam
  • Fiqh
  • Death    
  • Al- Asr timing of the day
  • Marriage with Non- Muslims
  • Establishing Salah
  • Goodly loan
     
Adab/Akhlaq
  • Superstitions
  • Position of women in Islam
  • Women’s right in Islam    
  • Business ethics
  • Balance in life
  • Islam in different places