Hoxton Park Campus Update

Assalaamu Alaykum WRWB,

As we continue through Term 2, the Hoxton Park campus remains committed to nurturing students who embody the MFIS Graduate Qualities through excellence in learning, leadership, faith, and character. Across both Primary and Secondary, students have engaged in meaningful opportunities that strengthen not only their academic growth, but also their adab, resilience, collaboration, and sense of community.

2026: The Year of Routines

At Hoxton Park, 2026 has been intentionally framed as the Year of Routines, recognising the powerful role routines play in creating calm, safe, and productive learning environments. Across the Primary School, students have been strengthening entry and exit routines, classroom expectations, and prayer preparation practices.

Particular emphasis has been placed on helping students transition the prayer hall respectfully into a masjid environment for Dhuhr prayer. These daily routines nurture reverence, collective responsibility, self-discipline, and independence — qualities that align strongly with our Islamic worldview and Graduate Qualities framework.

World Maths Day at Hoxton Park

World Maths Day brought excitement and hands-on learning to our K–6 students through a range of engaging mathematical experiences. Students participated in shopping challenges using money skills, measurement activities using trundle wheels, and collaborative maths games that encouraged critical thinking and teamwork. A special highlight was the visit from World of Maths, where students explored interactive problem-solving challenges designed to foster creativity, perseverance, and mathematical confidence.

Congratulations to 5G and 2G for winning the basketball court measuring challenge with the closest estimates. Events such as these remind students that learning can be joyful, practical, and connected to the real world.

AGH Camp: Learning Beyond the Classroom

Students in Years 7–12 recently participated in the AGH Camp, an enriching outdoor education experience focused on teamwork, resilience, and personal growth. Through a variety of challenging activities, students strengthened friendships, built confidence, and developed stronger relationships with peers and teachers.

The camp encouraged students to step outside their comfort zones while developing collaboration, leadership, and perseverance — all essential characteristics of lifelong learners and contributors to the wider community.

Parent Partnerships in Tarbiyah

Parent Teacher Interviews during Term 1 provided valuable opportunities for parents, carers, students, and teachers to work together in supporting student growth. Discussions focused not only on academic progress, but also on student engagement, wellbeing, and adab.

At MFIS, we recognise that strong partnerships between home and school are essential in supporting the holistic tarbiyah of every learner, and we thank our families for their continued collaboration and trust.

Parent Education: Navigating Technology with Purpose

This term, our School Chaplain, Sheikh Abdulsalam, alongside Head of Campus Ms Amira Kirsten, facilitated a parent workshop focused on guiding healthy technology use within the home. The workshop explored how Muslim families can maintain balance between Deen and Dunyā while raising children in a rapidly evolving digital world.

The session encouraged reflection on intentional parenting, digital responsibility, and the importance of modelling purposeful and Allah-conscious technology use for young people.

CITE Forum and Shared Responsibility in Tarbiyah

Hoxton Park was honoured to recently host the CITE Forum, bringing together educators and leaders in Islamic education for professional dialogue and reflection centred on Tarbiyah and holistic student development. During the visit, Professor Abdalla shared powerful reminders about grounding Tarbiyah in developing a deep connection with Allah (SWT), knowing Allah through both learning and action, and recognising that our ultimate return is to Him. His reflections reinforced that Tarbiyah is a shared amanah between the school, home, and wider community, requiring educators and families to work collectively in nurturing students with faith, purpose, character, and consciousness of their responsibility before Allah (SWT).

Celebrating Educational Leadership

We are proud to acknowledge Ms Maisaa Kassar for recently presenting at the Islamic Schools Leadership Association (ISLA) Conference. Her presentation, “Wellbeing as Tarbiyah,” explored how student wellbeing can be nurtured through holistic Islamic educational practices that support spiritual, emotional, moral, and intellectual development.

Ms Kassar’s contribution reflects the commitment of MFIS educators to educational excellence, reflective practice, and meaningful faith-based learning.

Ms Amira Kirsten, Head of Campus