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11 September 2019
Our Year 5/6 students successfully participated in the Basketball Hoop Time competition. The students worked very hard in competing against students from other schools. Al Siraat scored a few points on the day which was a highlight, and seeing our students improve in their skills was so positive playing in an indoor basketball stadium for… Read more
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10 September 2019
"Jump Rope for Heart", the iconic annual fundraiser for the Australian Heart Foundation, has brought much joy to all, practicing and improving skipping skills. Skipping can be done by all ages from Foundation all the way up to Senior School. Our students improved over a few weeks to get their rhythm up to scratch ready for the jump off… Read more
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10 September 2019
As part of the Epping Tennis Club’s FUN FOR ALL program, 30 selected Year 3 girls and boys were involved in the Hot Shots tennis coaching program where they learned the fundamental skills and rules of tennis. The program went for 3 consecutive weeks. We had a tennis poster challenge with great give away prizes up for grabs for the… Read more
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9 September 2019
MashaAllah, we have had over 42 registered students from Foundation to Year 6 take part in the after school Auskick Program. It has been great seeing our youngsters getting involved in Aussie rules football. So many students have never actually been to a game or watched it on tv. Thus, learning about AFL was challenging for some students… Read more
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9 September 2019
Our school were privileged to have Sensei Jemal Hasan, Grand Master of 5th Dan black belt, and instructor Ms Fatima from the Olympic Martial Arts Centre OMAC come to our school to run a workshop on “Street Safety and Awareness”, giving our students some pointers about self defence. We are grateful to the friendly and very knowledgeable… Read more
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30 August 2019
The Melbourne Renegades T20 Big Bash Cricket Club attended Al Siraat College on Thursday, 29 August as part of their school’s promotion tour. The aim of the session was to promote awareness of the upcoming cricket season and to create interest in students to potentially join a cricket club. Students got to take a classic catch on the… Read more
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9 August 2019
The Road Smart team from VicRoads conducted a workshop for our Year 10 students on Thursday, 01 August. Boys and Girls had separate sessions where Petra and Asad from VicRoads went through various aspects of road safety. The program was aimed at helping lay down the foundations for safe driving among young drivers. Following a successful… Read more
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6 July 2019
Instructors and Grand Master Jemal from the Olympic Martial Arts Centre OMAC visited the College in the last week of Term 2 to run a workshop on “Street Safety and Awareness”. We are grateful to the friendly and very knowledgeable team from OMAC for giving our students the opportunity to spread awareness on staying safe in the street and… Read more
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14 June 2019
We concluded the SSV AFL Program last Friday and what a great season it has been for all the boys that participated throughout the program. The purpose of these programs are not only to develop the physical skills required in the game but to extend the development and learning in other key areas. The development of the social and… Read more
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3 June 2019
Last Friday saw our boys take on the top team in the SSV AFL program – Marymede. The conditions were almost identical to the week before but it did not stop our boys from giving it their all. Their dedication and effort despite the many barriers is commendable. We are still in search of our first winning result and will continue that… Read more
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29 May 2019
Another game done and dusted this week against Epping Views Primary School and what an experience it was. The cold, wet, windy, and muddy conditions only added to the test against the third-placed side and we are extremely proud of the resilience displayed by our boys. There was no victory to report this time round but we are very happy… Read more
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21 May 2019
It was a beautiful morning for national Walk2School Day, we had some really keen students that woke up that extra bit earlier to join with family and friends. Along the way of the walk we saw kangaroos, rabbits, birds, sheep and even cows. Also to mention we had other students from other schools walking along the same path which we said… Read more
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20 May 2019
We continued our season this week with a match away to Morang South – this is a correction to the previous post that stated that we were playing Marymede. Our boys should be proud of the manner in which they upheld the values of the college, and the spirit they showed throughout each of our three games this season. Sadly, the results did… Read more
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17 May 2019
Round two of AFL saw a brave performance by our students against Epping Views Primary School. A great improvement was evident in all aspects of the game, especially the development of the overall understanding of the game. Our boys should be extremely proud of their effort and conduct last week!. Again, the results did not go in our… Read more
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16 May 2019
Twenty of our young athletes competed in the Cross Country race at Bundoora Park last Tuesday. The long 3km race is a difficult task to complete at any time of the year, so to attempt it whilst fasting is a great achievement in itself. Not only does this show the resilience of our students, but it shows their appetite for success and… Read more
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13 May 2019
Even though our students were fasting and facing the frosty cold temperature, it wasn’t enough to stop them playing an amazing game of netball against Epping Views Primary School. A great showing with both our netball teams coming through victorious: Team A won 9 to 3, and Team B won 7 to 2. The girls trained and worked collaboratively to… Read more
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7 May 2019
Round 1 of the School Sports Victoria SSV program commenced on last Friday, 3 May within the Year 5/6 cohort. This term, we have three teams involved in the SSV program – one AFL boys team and two Netball girls teams. With only a handful of players having prior experience in the sport outside of the school environment, the majority of the… Read more
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8 April 2019
Students and staff joined us for last week’s Ride2School Day on Tuesday, 2 April 2019, for a healthy and fresh start of their school day. As in 2018, we had two different starting locations on offer to encourage more of our students and their families to attend the ride. Option 1: Outside the entrance of "Blue Stone Kitchen" on 286A… Read more
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22 March 2019
Students, staff and many parents attended our annual Sports Carnival and Fun Run today on this sunny and and hot Friday. It was wonderful and heartwarming to see so many of you present and decked out in your child/children’s bright house colours on our sports grounds, showing your support to both your children as well as the entire… Read more
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12 March 2019
As the 2019 AFL season is soon approaching, we had 4 players from Carlton Football Club visit our school. We have many supporters of the Aussie rules footie game such as the Collingwood Magpies, Essendon, Richmond and West Coast Eagles just to name a few. Our students were thrilled to see elite sporting stars right here at the College… Read more
