THE HUB CLUB SUNDAY SCHOOL

Welcome to mums and toddlers to our Little Muslim Stars workshops at the Hub Club. We look forward to seeing you at our fun-filled and educational sessions InshaAllah!

Our Saturday workshop sessions run during term time, with around 5 sessions each term. Each session runs from 10 to 12 and is split between free-play activities, arts and crafts and structured group learning activities. For the free-play part we encourage you to try out the different activities on the various ‘play-mats’ with your children – whether it’s puzzle making or sharing a good story. Our structured sessions are based on a range of appropriate Islamic themes such as Creation, The 5 Pillars of Islam, Stories of the Prophets (AS) and Islamic Values. These sessions involve creative arts and crafts, followed by circle time on the mats with a visit from a special puppet friend, theme-based stories and discussions, sing-along nursery rhymes and our daily Duah.

Little Muslims Stars has been running for 18 years and was started by Halima Sacranie and Zohra Ally for our own children as we saw the need and the opportunity to develop their Islamic knowledge in a fun and interactive environment with other little Muslim friends. The sessions used to run weekly on Sunday mornings for an hour, but the workshops are a new format introduced to allow for longer sessions and more children to attend.

We also welcome enthusiastic and dedicated teenage and young adult volunteers to help deliver the workshops- most years we have had wonderful volunteers who have helped at Little Muslim Stars as part of their Duke of Edinburgh community service, for university applications or just for the joy of working with young children!

The cost per workshop is £5 per child, bookable online via an Eventbrite link, which will be shared on enquiry, along with the dates and themes for each term.

Little Muslim Stars is run as a voluntary, community service and all fees are used to cover the costs of the room hire, the high-quality resources, craft materials, printing, and a fruit snack for every child at each session.

Our Little Muslims playgroup is aimed for ages 2 to 5 and activities and resources are planned accordingly. We advise mums to not to bring along babies or crawling toddlers. From a safety perspective there are small toys, puzzle pieces, craft materials and scissors which are dangerous for under 2s. Additionally, babies and younger toddlers can get restless during the quiet learning and story time. We understand, of course sometimes mums have no other childcare options for younger babies, but your Little Muslim Star will get the most out of this quality time with you if you are able to focus on the activities specially prepared for you and them.

We provide a healthy fruit snack to all the children during the workshop before we start our circle time. Please do try and give your Little Star breakfast or a snack before the workshop starts as we kindly ask children not to walk around with crips, biscuits and bottles of drinks during the session.

Our most rewarding years have always been when we have had enthusiastic and helpful mums! We always welcome new ideas, especially around Islamic themes relevant to your family life that you would like your child to explore, as well as feedback on what your child enjoys or finds more challenging. We’d love to hear from you!