WELCOME TO HEAD START
“The moral of the story is clear – you can have nothing in your pocket, and only the clothes and the shoes you wear, but if you have a well educated mind, you will be able to seize the opportunities life offers you, and start all over again.”
– His Highness the Aga Khan, Annual meeting of the International Baccalaureate, Atlanta, Georgia USA (18 April 2008)
ن أخلاق القصة واضحة – لا يمكنك أن تضع شيئًا في جيبك ، فقط الملابس والأحذية التي ترتديها ، ولكن إذا كان لديك عقل متعلم جيدًا ، فستتمكن من اغتنام الفرص التي توفرها لك الحياة ، وتبدأ كل شئ من جديد.
– سمو الآغا خان ، الاجتماع السنوي لبكالوريا دولية ، أتلانتا ، جورجيا ، الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية (18 أبريل 200
٬٬بحث اخلاقی این داستان مشخص است – شما نمیتوانید چیزی در جیب خود داشته باشید جز لباس و کفش های را که می پوشید، اما اگر ذهن تحصیل کرده دارید در آن صورت میتوانید از تمام فرصت های که در زندگی برای شما مساعد میگردد استفاده کرده و همه چیز را در باره از نو شروع کنید.٬٬
– والاحضرت شهزاده کریم آقاخان، کنفراس بین المللی سالانه بکلوریا، اتلانتا، جورجیا ایالات متحده امریکا، ۱۸ اپریل ۲۰۰۸.
Success Stories
Like many schoolchildren around the world, seven year old Ehan Rattani has spent 2020 learning from home. However, Ehan has gone above and beyond his school curriculum and has spent lockdown learning coding with Alison. Ehan is one of our youngest ever graduates and plans on putting his newfound knowledge to good use…
AKEB Headstart Videos
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Learning Technologies: How to use Facebook - AKEB
Learn how to download and set up a Facebook profile and connect with friends, family, and other
people you know. Discover all the functionalities of Facebook, from the news feed to marketplace. -
Learning Technologies: How to Use App Store - AKEB
Learn how to download apps from the App Store. -
Learning Technologies: How to use LinkedIn - AKEB
Learn how to download LinkedIn and build a professional profile and engage with other professionals. -
Learning Technologies: How to use Zoom - AKEB
Learn how to download Zoom a teleconferencing app that enables video chats to individuals and groups -
Learning Technologies: How to use Instagram - AKEB
Learn how to download and set up an Instagram account and follow your friends, family, TheIsmailiUK and other topics of interest. -
Learning Technologies: How to use WhatsApp - AKEB
Learn how to download Whatsapp and connect to friends, family and groups. This platform enables you to have group chats as well as share photos and video. -
Learning Technologies: How to use Google Play Store - AKEB
Learn how to download apps from the Google Play Store.
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Preparing for the Future of Work - AKEB
This is a video podcasting where the AKEB is coming together with Future of Work experts, James Uffindell of Bright Network and Dr Naeema Pasha from Henley Business School. A worthwhile, informative and inspirational podcast that the whole Jamat will benefit from watching to prepare for the Future of Work. -
Headstart and Alison: How to start your course - AKEB
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Early Years Webinar - How to Teach and Practice Phonics at Home - AKEB
Zahra Boyd, an experienced practitioner in Early Years and Key Stage 1, explains how to teach phonics from birth to the end of Year 2 using practical strategies at home, ensuring that children have the tools to be skilled readers. -
Early Years: Developing Language and Literacy Part 2 - AKEB
This two-part series has been adapted from the Reading for Children Programme. Part 2 is delivered by Rehana Merali, Djemilla Daya, and Gulzar Kanji. It covers how and what we can read to early years children. -
Top Tips for the Early Years - Tasneem Ramji - AKEB
Top tips for parents and carers for supporting early years children learning at home from Tasneem Ramji, Child Psychologist, Early Years Professional and Nursery Owner -
Early Years - Supporting My Child's Wellbeing - AKEB
Tania Budhiraja explains the how to support wellbeing in early years and manage anxiety -
Top Tips for the Early Years - Zahra Boyd - AKEB
Top tips for parents and carers for supporting early years children with learning at home from Zahra Boyd, Early Years Foundation Stage Leader and Teacher -
Early Years Webinar - Learning through Play - AKEB
Tasneem Ramji, a Child Psychologist, talks about learning through play followed by a Q&A
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Primary Webinar - Making Numbers Real - AKEB
This primary webinar aims to help with improving your understanding of common difficulties children might encounter when learning maths, knowledge of how number concepts are taught at school confidence in using strategies and activities to support maths development at home. -
Primary Webinar: Returning Back to School - AKEB
This Q&A webinar answers parents' questions about returning back to primary schools post lockdown. The webinar is hosted by panellists Atifa Sayani and Aliya Boghani who are both experienced in the education field. -
Primary Webinar - Arts and Crafts - AKEB
How to use a Creative Curriculum and Inclusion for all Primary learners -
Top Tips for Primary - Shairoz Adat - AKEB
Top tips for parents and carers for supporting primary children with learning at home from Shairoz Adat, Year 6 Teacher and Co-Curricular Coordinator -
Top Tips for Primary - Sima Kara - AKEB
Top tips for parents and carers for supporting primary students with learning at home from Sima Kara, Lower Key Stage 2 Teacher and Year 3 Leader. -
Primary Webinar - Let's Talk Feelings - AKEB
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Pre-Primary and Primary Webinar - STEM Learning at Home - AKEB
We welcome you to join this webinar to learn more about the importance of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and the different ways in which you can support your children with STEM learning at home. We aim to give you simple activities and suggestions so you can be confident supporting your children's education. We will also provide virtual resources that you can access to deepen your knowledge and challenge your children in STEM fields.
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Secondary Webinar: Q&A Session on Schools Reopening 31 May 2020 - AKEB
This Q&A session answers parents' questions about the reopening of secondary schools in June 2020, following the lockdown. The session was delivered by Sugra Alibhai, AKEB Member and Senior Vice Principal, and Nabila Jiwa, Headteacher. To read the key questions and answers discussed during the session and key questions to ask your child’s school about reopening, visit https://the.ismaili/uk/back-school-unusual-times -
Top Tips for Secondary and Further Education - Naeema Kassam - AKEB
Top tips for parents and carers for supporting secondary and further education students with learning at home from Naeema Kassam, Teacher of Business and Enterprise -
Top Tips for Secondary - Majid Hakamali - AKEB
Top tips for parents and carers for supporting secondary children with learning at home from Majid Hakamali, Head of Year 10 and Computer Science Teacher -
Secondary Webinar: Q&A Session on School Closures 5 April 2020 - AKEB
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Secondary Webinar - Supporting my Child's Wellbeing - AKEB
The Education Advisory Service (‘EAS’) of the Aga Khan Education Board is a telephone and email based service that provides members of the Jamat and their non-Ismaili family to ask education-related questions to experts in their fields. From early years through to life-long learning, the EAS aims to provide a channel to access helpful information and signposting to the multiple areas of education through experienced academics and educationalists within the Jamat.
Please contact EAS via email at akeb@iiuk.org in the first instance where your query will be logged. Alternatively, please call the following whose details can be found in the directory on the iiuk website:
Ashif Pabani (UK)
Roya Adel (Germany)
Sameera Khan (all other countries in Europe)
