News College
3 August 2020
Inspired by the wisdom circles led by Mr Mitch for staff, Ms Najma conducted her first ever campfire story time session with a group of some lively Primary students aged 5 and 6 years old. The students were supervised on site as children of essential workers.
Since we could not light up an actual fire, Ms Najma decided to borrow some props from the art room, keeping in mind the colours you can actually see in fire flames (yellow, blue and red). In addition, she selected a painting which was used as a story starter.
In our story time session, the children shared stories both real and made up with Ms Najma, Ms Rocaya and each other. Interestingly, we were also able to incorporate Islamic themes like showing gratitude to Allah in these times of COVID into our stories. What was fascinating to observe was how seamlessly the whole session went. A lot of learning occurred today but it was all incidental!
Mr Mitch Ditkoff continues to host wisdom circles for staff, both in person and online. He has been visiting our College several times since 2017 to coach and train staff as an external consultant from the United States.
B.Sc. (Pak), B.Ed. (Pak), IGCE (ACU), PG Cert TESOL (Wollongong), PG Dip in Early Years (RMIT), PG Dip. Montessori methodology 3-6 yrs, (AMI), M.Ed. (Pak), M.Ed. (ACU)
Najma is a dedicated and qualified early childhood/ primary teacher who is passionate about contributing to the intellectual, social, emotional, physical and spiritual development and wellbeing of young children. Her teaching practice draws from philosophies like Montessori and Reggio.
As an eclectic educator she is well versed in early years learning theories and practice. She comes with about 15 years of experience of working in preschool and school environments in Australia, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. The teaching and coordinating roles she has worked in previously have provided her with a good understanding of the meaning and significance of the process of ‘school transition’. With this knowledge in mind she has supported children and their families in making this important yet challenging transition as smooth as possible. Najma brings her knowledge and skills related to the early years/ primary to the Foundation Years of Â鶹´«Ã½ College.
As an enthusiastic early years practitioner, Najma’s goal is to assist Â鶹´«Ã½ College in the establishment of a nurturing Islamic learning environment which caters to the diversity of the needs of young children through meaningful and engaging learning experiences.
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