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25 August 2022
It has been a busy week at the SSD office with planning and preparations for our new program called "The Positive behaviour Bus" PBB. The PBB is a great initiative to encourage our students to make good and positive choices. Researches shows that it generally takes anywhere between 21 – 28 days to create a new habit. Meaning, the first… Read more
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25 August 2022
We warmly welcomed Sheikh Alaa El Zokm to the College as our esteemed special guest on last week’s Friday, 19 August 2022. The sheikh addressed our Secondary Year 7 to 11 boys on the topic “The purpose of life in Islam and the world", making important points about identity and having a beautiful purpose in life. Sheikh Alaa El Zokm is… Read more
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24 August 2022
Earlier this week, we welcomed Associate Professor Rashina Hoda from Monash University on site who delivered the "Superstars of STEM" presentation for our Senior girls in Years 10 to 12. The initiative, run by Science & Technology Australia, is working to break down gender stereotypes and increase women’s representation in science… Read more
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23 August 2022
James from La Trobe University recently delivered a presentation on the ASPIRE Program to our Senior school students. This program enables Year 12 students to access La Trobe University courses based on factors such as community involvement and leadership in addition to their ATAR and study scores. This could take the stress out of Year… Read more
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23 August 2022
Alhamdulillah, the Book Week began yesterday in a grand way. This year, our English Department has teamed up with the Humanities Department to mark the occasion. Our highlights so far: - Monday’s event highlight was definitely the HUMAN LIBRARY session in the auditorium, involving 10 staff members acting as a ‘human book’ and our Year 10… Read more
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23 August 2022
It’s Book Week again! A highlight on everyone’s annual calendar from students to parents and staff, we have welcomed Book Week in style with a bang when a flurry of colourful book characters have ascended into our Primary School yesterday morning to partake in the annual Book Character Parade. Each year since 1945, the Children’s Book… Read more
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19 August 2022
This week at Al Siraat, we proudly celebrated National Science Week with an engaging and highly interactive Science Fair. On Tuesday, it was our Secondary students' turn to put their works and findings on display. Primary students then exhibited their Science-based learning throughout the day on Wednesday, 17 August 2022. Science Week is… Read more
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18 August 2022
Last Sunday, 14 August marked Pakistan’s 75th diamond jubilee Independence Day. Four of our Secondary student leaders participated in a Public Speech Competition on this special occasion, held at the Pakistan Consulate General here in Melbourne. The celebration ceremony was opened with a beautiful Qur'an recital by our Year 4 Hifz student… Read more
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17 August 2022
Athletics can be a tough event when you are competing against 9 other schools within our district, as part of the annual School Sports Victoria SSV Primary Athletics Carnival. Our Year 5/6 students, both girls and boys, worked very hard on the day, battling it out against not only neighbouring schools but weather conditions as well: We… Read more
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17 August 2022
Exciting news: Football Star Academy is coming to Al Siraat as an After School Program for our students in Term 4. The FSA kids football program aims to “create a movement of change for tomorrow’s grassroots leaders”, with its curriculum developed by professional and qualified coaches to support a skill based learning environment. The… Read more
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17 August 2022
On a cold and wet Thursday, Lauren from Swinburne University drove across town to deliver a presentation on the Early Entry Program to our Senior school students. This program allows Year 12 students to apply to Swinburne University early and ATAR-free. It was particularly pleasing to see many keen Year Ten and Eleven students attending… Read more
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16 August 2022
Earlier this month, our Year 9/10 boys team had taken the challenge of competing against other respected Islamic schools for the Bachar Houli Cup. The team demonstrated sportsmanship and embraced their friendships but most importantly took accountability for their choices and actions on and off the football pitch. Although results did not… Read more
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16 August 2022
Al Siraat is again taking part in the annual Australian Islamic Written Quiz Competition on Tuesday, 30 August 2022. We are inviting students from Year 3 – 12 to participate in this esteemed National Competition. The cost per student is $10 and is payable by THIS FRIDAY, 19 August. Letters/Permission Slips have been passed to your child… Read more
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16 August 2022
A huge thank you to the Primary students, staff, families and parent volunteers for supporting the PFC’s fundraising initiative on last’s Friday, 12 August 2022. An amazing $2,317 was raised on the day which will be going to the Masjid Project. Alhamdulillah, this year to date the Parents and Friends Community has raised over $11,000 so… Read more
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15 August 2022
The Multicultural Eid and Food Festival was organised by Pakistan Welfare Organisation Australia PWOA in Sunshine North on Saturday, 16 July 2022. Twelve of our Secondary student leaders volunteered their weekend to give a helping hand to the organisers in setting up the event. The student volunteers did various jobs like setup of the… Read more
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12 August 2022
Episode 11 of our popular video Community News Report is now available via the link below. As always, it is proudly presented by our Digital Learning and Student Media teams, with Year 8 SRC member Hajar Hart being our wonderful news reader of this episode. Our latest episode covers the following topics: - Bachar Houli Cup 2022… Read more
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11 August 2022
THE LUME Melbourne Vincent van Gogh exhibition was experienced by our Year 8 and 9 students this week, organised and accompanied by our Art Department. THE LUME is an epic adventure into the Arts. Australia’s first permanent digital gallery transforms the world’s finest art into fully immersive sensory encounters. This experience was a… Read more
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11 August 2022
It has been a very busy week at the Student Support Department SSD, we have been working on lots of new initiatives for our students which will be announced very soon, inShaAllah. On Tuesday, 8 August 2022, we had organised a Janazah talk for our Year 6 students which was presented by Ms Sara and Ms Saniya from our Religion Department… Read more
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10 August 2022
Leading clinical psychologist Dr Andrew Fuller is seeing a worrying trend after lockdowns: Young people opting out of challenging situations – including school. As we adjust to the ‘new normal’ after two years of lockdowns and restrictions, Shane Green from The Parents Website talked with Dr Andrew Fuller about how our children are… Read more
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10 August 2022
Our Year 1’s have been very busy this term. We have been working on procedure writing in Literacy and made fruit salad. We also learned about halves and what a fraction is, so we had fun cutting our fruit in half!. We also wrote a procedure to brush your teeth to ensure that our teeth are clean and fresh!. For the 100th day of school this… Read more
