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16 October 2015
As part of our Careers Programme, the Year 9 and 10 students were involved in two excursions at KANGAN Tafe and the Outer Northern Trade Training Centre ONTTC to experience a "Try a Trade Day". The purpose of these excursions was to expose our students to career pathways and opportunities that exist to them post Year 10 in order for… Read more
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14 October 2015
This morning marked "National Ride2Work Day" and it was great to see Al Siraat staff members Ms Breis, Ms Tanya and Mr Bektash participating in this event. They each rode their bikes to work and met up at the main staff room to start the new working and teaching day. National Ride2Work Day is the largest celebration of commuter riding in… Read more
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12 October 2015
Mabrook and Congratulations to Aicha Hamel for winning this year’s Medal for her "outstanding Achievement" in raising $92.50 for the "Adidas Fun Run". Aisha was awarded with the Medal for being this year’s Top Fundraiser at Al Siraat College. Well done, Aisha!!! Read more
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8 October 2015
In Term three, the Sporting Schools Program helped enrich our school’s PE programs including track and field athletics. Al Siraat’s sports program included an extensive and engaging athletics program. Students from Foundation through to Year 10 were involved in the introduction of fundamental track and field skills; these included… Read more
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8 October 2015
Today the Foundation students had a wonderful time as they got to look inside a real Ambulance and met Jake, our visiting ambulance officer. Jake bought in his friend Stretch the Teddy and read us a story about how Stretch hurt himself in the playground. The children learnt about the importance of knowing your address and when to and not… Read more
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8 October 2015
It was wonderful to see so many students from both the Junior and Senior Schools as well as staff members arriving at their classes in the colours of their favourite footy or soccer teams. The predominant colours seen today were black/white for Collingwood’s Magpies, red/blue for FC Barcelona, blue/white for the Geelong Cats, black and… Read more
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1 October 2015
Congratulations to Ms Tanya and Sr. Nasrin, one of our dedicated parents, for winning First and Second Place in this year’s Eid Photo Competition from Sydney-based newspaper Australasian Muslim Times AMUST. To view the winning photos, please click on. http://www.amust.com.au/2015/09/winners-of-amust-photo-competition-2/ Read more
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23 September 2015
Al Siraat College Senior Student Representatives Tarek Taleb and Muna Bashir, both currently attending Year 11, have been featured in the "Northern Star" in an article titled: Whittlesea Youth Cabinet learns from example. The inner workings of local government have been laid bare for 20 inquisitive Whittlesea students. Fittingly… Read more
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18 September 2015
Our Junior Students Representatives SRCs have been very busy over the course of the past three days, sorting through all the donations we have received so far. As the photos show beautifully, our Mercy Wings Eid Food Drive has been a major success. The Junior SRCs have been organising the food donations into parcels and boxes ready to be… Read more
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17 September 2015
This week, the Year 2 students went on an excursion to the "Polly Woodside", the replica of a historical Tall Ship permanently moored in the Docklands. Our educational trip helped evoke our students' curiosity. The students showed self-confidence in asking and answering questions about our inquiry unit 'Australia and the World'. This… Read more
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16 September 2015
We are pleased to announce that our SRCs BAKE SALE raised almost $1,114.00 in total. This money will go to the Burmese flood victims. It is the second big project that our dedicated student leaders have accomplished in flying colours. A big thanks to all the teachers who came to support us. You have contributed to a noble cause. May the… Read more
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14 September 2015
Our fortnightly Secondary Assembly invites inspiring and positive role models from the wider community to address our Senior students on various topics. This time, we invited Mr Navin Dhillon who spoke about Racism to the students. However, the highlight of the day, was young Oliver Pizzey-Stratford. Oliver is a quadriplegic and spoke to… Read more
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11 September 2015
On September 8th and 9th 2015, our secondary students participated in the first ever Al Siraat College Secondary Islamic Quiz. The aim of the competition was to create excitement and enthusiasm in the students to gain Islamic knowledge, and to experience team collaboration and friendly competitiveness. A further aim was to prepare a… Read more
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9 September 2015
Today, students from Year 1 and 2 greatly enjoyed a dental incursion which aimed at raising awareness amongst students to keep up with their daily dental routines of brushing teeth regularly, foods to avoid to keep our teeth healthy, how to brush properly and much more. The students enjoyed this engaging incursion which indeed put many… Read more
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8 September 2015
Strong current calls for even stronger determination. In August, our Year 9/10 boys and girls Outdoor Ed classes tackled the Yarra currents, in what was a very challenging yet enjoyable experience. Sometimes a simple paddle down a gentle river can sound like an easy yet pleasant task, however our young Outdoor Education students were in… Read more
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7 September 2015
2015 marked the very first year of the Secondary School Athletics Carnival. Students from Years 7 to 11 participated in track and field events at the Meadow Glen International Athletics Stadium. With clouds covering the sky and the expected chance of rain, this did not dampen the excitement, enthusiasm and high level of participation of… Read more
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4 September 2015
Our Year 3 students embarked on the long bus ride to Ballarat’s "Sovereign Hill" on 2nd September 2015, and swapped their comfortable new class room in the Junior School Building for dusty roads, filled with horse carriages and the hard wooden benches of a yesterday’s world Old School room. Upon their arrival at Sovereign Hill, our… Read more
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4 September 2015
On Friday, 4th September 2015, the English Department at Al Siraat College held a writer’s incursion as part of and to celebrate Literacy Week. Students from Years 7 to 10 attended the incursion where they had the opportunity to meet Archimede Fusillo who is an accomplished writer and a successful presenter. He is the author of a number… Read more
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3 September 2015
Mercy Wings EID-AL ADHA Food Drive 2015. An initiative by Al Siraat’s Student Representatives Council SRC. There are many Muslims refugee families living in Australia who do not have enough food to eat. Children go to school without breakfast, families struggle to put enough on the table to go around, and people sleeping rough cannot… Read more
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2 September 2015
Our Junior School students celebrated LITERACY AND NUMERACY WEEK today in a Special Primary Assembly. As a surprise for our students, members of the Junior school team dressed up as famous Dr Zeuss book characters which caused much laughter and fun during this morning’s assembly. We had appearances of Ms Cheryl and Ms Amina as "Thing One… Read more
