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Year 4 Islamic studies

Year 4 Islamic studies runs to 36 lessons across a 36 week year, for children aged 8 to 9 in Key Stage 2. Every lesson is listed below in teaching order.

The vocabulary a child meets this year includes Al-Hayy, Al-Qayyum, Asma-ul-Husna, Ayat ul-Kursi, Al-Ghaffar, Al-Ghafur, Tawbah, Surah Al-Mulk, Ayah, Day of Judgement, Taqwa, Meem Sakinah.

We wrote these lessons ourselves. Oak does not publish Islamic studies, so the sequence, the content and the checks are all ours.

Every Year 4 Islamic studies lesson

In the order they are taught. 36 lessons.

  1. Allah is Al-Hayy and Al-Qayyum: The Ever-Living, Self-Sustaining Lord of All Creation
  2. The 99 Names of Allah: Al-Ghaffar, Al-Ghafur, and Al-Tawwab — Three Names of Forgiveness and Their Differences
  3. Surah Al-Mulk: Ayat 6–15 — Warnings and Signs
  4. Tajweed Deep Dive: Rules of Meem Sakinah — Idgham, Ikhfa, and Izhar Shafawi in Practice
  5. The Hijrah: The Journey to Madinah — Planning, Companions, and the Cave of Thawr
  6. The Constitution of Madinah: How the Prophet ﷺ Built a Multi-Faith Society Based on Justice
  7. Creating a Madinah Community Map: Mosque, Marketplace, Homes, and the Geography of the Prophet's City
  8. The Battle of Uhud: Lessons in Obedience, Mistake, and Recovery of Faith
  9. Was the Defeat at Uhud a Failure or a Lesson? Evaluating the Concept of Divine Testing in Islam
  10. Fiqh of Salah: Understanding the Conditions (Shurut) That Make a Prayer Valid
  11. Review: Seerah from Hijrah to Uhud, Names of Allah, and Tajweed — Retrieval and Connections
  12. The Battle of the Trench: Strategy, Siege, and Salman al-Farsi's Brilliant Idea
  13. The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah: Why a Seemingly Unfair Agreement Was Called a Clear Victory
  14. Surah Al-Mulk Ayat 16–30: Full Surah Fluency and Meaning Review
  15. The Opening of Makkah: Forgiveness, Power, and the Prophet's ﷺ Character
  16. Creating a Seerah Timeline Poster: From Hijrah to the Farewell Hajj
  17. The Farewell Sermon: Equality, Women's Rights, and the Completion of Islam
  18. The Prophet's ﷺ Final Days: Grief, Succession, and Abu Bakr's (RA) Response
  19. Abu Bakr As-Siddiq (RA): The First Khalifah — His Character, Challenges, and Contribution to Islam
  20. Why Do Muslims Disagree About Leadership After the Prophet ﷺ?
  21. Practising the Full Four-Rakat Prayer: Dhuhr and Asr
  22. Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA): The Second Khalifah — Justice, Expansion, and the Islamic Calendar
  23. Uthman ibn Affan (RA): The Third Khalifah and the Standardisation of the Mushaf
  24. Creating an Islamic History Booklet: The Four Rightly-Guided Caliphs
  25. Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA): The Fourth Khalifah — Scholar, Warrior, and Cousin of the Prophet ﷺ
  26. Zakat: Calculating on Savings and the Eight Categories of Recipients
  27. Al-Adalah: What Does the Quran Say About Being Fair to Everyone?
  28. Morning and Evening Adhkar: Remembrance, Meaning, and Daily Habit
  29. The Soul and What Comes After: What Does the Quran Say About the Ruh and Barzakh?
  30. Surah Ya-Sin: The Heart of the Quran
  31. Review: The Rightly-Guided Caliphs, Islamic Ethics, and Zakat
  32. Maryam (AS) and Asiyah (AS): Two Women Held as Examples for All Believers in the Quran
  33. How Should Muslims Respond to Injustice — With Patience, Speech, or Action?
  34. Islamic Art and Architecture: The Geometry of the Dome of the Rock and the Alhambra Palace
  35. Quranic Recitation Review: Surah Al-Mulk, Surah Ya-Sin Ayat 1–12, and Daily Adhkar
  36. Year Four Islamic Studies Review: Connecting Tawhid, Seerah, and Our Own Practice

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Common questions

What does Year 4 Islamic studies cover?
Year 4 Islamic studies runs to 36 lessons across a 36 week year, covering Al-Hayy, Al-Qayyum, Asma-ul-Husna, Ayat ul-Kursi, Al-Ghaffar, Al-Ghafur and more.
How many Islamic studies lessons are in Year 4?
36 lessons, sequenced in teaching order across the school year.
How old is a child in Year 4?
Children in Year 4 are 8 to 9 years old during the school year in England and Wales.