What does the Teacher's Guide include?

The Safar Teacher's Guide is a structured planning resource designed to complement the Islamic Studies textbooks and workbooks. It outlines what to teach across the academic year, organised by term and gives teachers everything they need to deliver lessons with confidence, consistency and purpose. It can also be used as a working document, printed in A4 format, allowing teachers to annotate, plan ahead and make notes throughout the year.

Browse and purchase Teacher's Guides at safarpublications.org/product-category/islamic-studies/teachers-guides.

Why should I use the Safar Teacher's Guide?

Clear learning objectives and outcomes

Every lesson includes clear learning objectives and outcomes, differentiated to support varying levels of student ability:

• Objectives that all students are expected to achieve
• Objectives that most students should be encouraged to meet
• Objectives that some, particularly more able students, may be guided towards

Here is an example:

• Engaging Activity Ideas

The Teacher's Guide includes a wide variety of activity ideas for each lesson, varied in both length and type. Activities are clearly labelled as starters, main tasks or summary activities, and cater to different learning styles including active, group, individual, reflective, visual and auditory approaches. Each activity comes with detailed delivery notes and timing guidelines.

You can see some examples below:

• Links to previous learning

  Where relevant, the Teacher's Guide signposts connections to previously taught material, helping teachers make learning meaningful, cumulative and well sequenced.

• Additional teaching notes and tips

  Practical advice and teaching suggestions are included throughout, including guidance on creating classroom resources and helpful reminders to support lesson delivery.

• Ideas for making learning meaningful

  To go beyond the basics, the Teacher's Guide includes ideas for connecting lessons to contemporary issues and real life experiences, as well as suggestions for experiential learning.

• Extended projects and homework

  Ideas for extending learning beyond the classroom are also provided, including project work and homework suggestions that deepen engagement with the material.

• Assessment and testing guidance

  The Teacher's Guide includes advice on when and how to assess students, as well as guidance on using the workbook features and elements to support testing.