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21 August 2019
On Tuesday, 6 August 2019, I had the pleasure of escorting two of our Year 6 students to Parliament House in the city. Jaylanie Al Hadad and Rayan Elayoubi were prepared to take part in this year’s Parliamentary Convention. The topic for the convention was “Should athletes and other celebrities use their popularity to influence social… Read more
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20 August 2019
This week, we celebrate "National Book Week" to raise awareness of the importance of reading skills and the love for books. One of the annual highlights of the week is the popular Book Character Parade which kicked off our Book Week celebrations at the College on Monday, 19 August 2019. It was fantastic to see the vast majority of… Read more
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19 August 2019
Our lovely Foundations have reached 100 Days of School! We enjoyed a special assembly on Friday celebrating all the learning and hard work they have been doing in their first 100 Days!. We started our assembly by a beautiful recitation of the Quran. Students spoke about what they have learnt and enjoyed in their first 100 days of school… Read more
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21 May 2019
Last week, many of students from our Year 5/6 cohort attended an Iftar nights at the College. We had approximately 55 girls on Wednesday night and 35 boys on Thursday night to break their fast with their fellow student buddies and friends. During the evening the students attended Maghrib prayer in the musallah and returned to a wonderful… Read more
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11 April 2019
A friendly and committed crew from Bunnings Warehouse came to the College on Wednesday, 22 March to paint various games on the concrete in the school yard for our Primary School students to use during their recess and lunch breaks. Bunnings generously supplied all necessary materials and labour on the day to complete this project for our… Read more
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29 March 2019
"The beauty of the world lies in the diversity of its people. We may have different languages, colours but we belong to one human race. Regardless of our differences, we are all the same.". Our Primary students from Foundation to Year 6 as well as their teachers celebrated Multi-Cultural Diversity Day with a special outdoors assembly and… Read more
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21 February 2019
Our Year 2 students went on a field trip to Healesville Sanctuary on Wednesday, 20 February 2019. The excursion was part of their inquiry topic called "Watch it Grow", which focuses on animals, habitats and their life cycles. Students had the opportunity to engage in animal feeding times and see most of the Australian animals including… Read more
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5 February 2019
We would like to share with you the delightful news on how beautifully our Year 3 and 4 students have settled into the salah process for their daily Zuhr prayer at school. This is especially fantastic for our Year 3 students who are new to joining the other students in this large jamaat setting for prayers, mashaAllah. Salaah is an… Read more
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11 December 2018
As part of the literacy program, our Year 1 students have been reading fairy tales and now learning to write a narrative as part of their author study. The students read and discussed the book "The Gingerbread Man" and then wrote their own version of the story. As an extension exercise, students designed their own gingerbread shapes in… Read more
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21 November 2018
On Wednesday, 21 November some students were invited to attend a special lunch – ‘Pizza with the Principal’. The students were chosen because of their beautiful qualities and character when interacting with peers and staff at school. Each student also had the privilege of bringing along one special guest, a friend or parent. Ms Rahat and… Read more
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19 October 2018
Our local MP Lily D’Ambrosio visited the College this morning to personally distribute certificates for the Premier’s Reading Challenge. Over 320 students from Al Siraat received certificates as a part of this challenge. Since the Premier’s Reading Challenge began, children in Victoria have read over 42 million books. We are very proud of… Read more
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17 October 2018
What a wonderful first transition morning we had for our 2019 Foundation students and their parents on Monday! Believe it or not, we had some early birds arriving just after 8am. This demonstrates enthusiasm and promptness. Attached is a snapshot of some of the children engaged in some fun activities in class. Attached is a snapshot of… Read more
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14 September 2018
Student in our Junior Years Foundation to Year 4 were treated a wide range of interactive and fun activities for last week’s Numeracy and Literacy Week 2018. There were a number of fun learning activities that incorporated literacy and numeracy and students enjoyed them greatly. We asked some of our Year 2 students to provide us with some… Read more
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13 September 2018
Our Year 2 students have been involved in the "Life Skills – Mindfulness In Action" Program during this Term. The program had a series of interactive, progressive lessons where our students could develop their self-awareness and increase impulse control, focus and empathy. It had a combination of visual and auditory stimuli with physical… Read more
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6 September 2018
Fairy Fleur has graced Al Siraat with a special Storytime for our Foundation to Year 1 students today to celebrate Literacy Week. She visited classes throughout the day and read Mem Fox' shortlisted children book "I am Australian" to the Junior Years students of the College. Fairy Fleur also paid a visit to the sickbay where she she made… Read more
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6 September 2018
In the afternoon of Wednesday, 5 September 2018, Ms Evla 'employed' two kind students, Hala and Abraham from Year 3B who accepted to help sort and distribute the Literacy & Numeracy Week mail to teaching staff. We were overwhelmed when we opened up our mailbox. Dare we say, there might have been 250 – 300 letters of appreciation and… Read more
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30 August 2018
On Saturday, 25 August 2018, Al Siraat students competed in the Tournament of Minds TOM at. La Trobe University, Bundoora. The two teams competed in the STEM Challenge and Social Science Challenge. The teams had 10 minutes to present their Long Term Challenge to an audience and panel of judges in the confined space of a three metre by… Read more
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29 August 2018
This year, the Junior School team will celebrate National Book Week, Literacy Week & Numeracy Week during the first week of September, from Monday 3rd – 11th September. Our purpose is to promote a love of literature and learning. We are very excited and the staff have begun making plans. During the week students will partake in a number… Read more
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18 August 2018
Our Year 3 Camp 2018 was held at “Camp Kangaroobie”, near the famous Great Ocean Road and 12 Apostles. After a long bus ride the students showed great patience and arrived at the camp full of excitement. Shouts of 'freedom' were made by several kids as they ran around the court yard overwhelmed with joy. Local camp dog Jedi was besieged… Read more
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1 August 2018
It has come to our attention that some students in our Junior School have recently been treated for head lice, and we seek your cooperation in checking your child’s hair. Head lice do not transmit infectious diseases – they are transmitted by having head to head contact with someone who has head lice. You may be reassured to know that… Read more
