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11 November 2019
This week marks National Recycling Week from today, Monday 11 to Sunday, 17 November 2019 and our Lower Primary students have been busy learning about ways we could all help to keep our natural environment free of littering and reduce waste. We would like to acknowledge some of our dedicated young students who have been spotted spending… Read more
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10 November 2019
With October officially over, it is time for our Al Siraat Cycling Team to relax and celebrate our wonderful achievement for 2019: It has been another successful year of fundraising and cycling for kids fighting cancer via the Great Cycle Challenge. Together as a team, we have raised $5,597.11 and ridden 618km for kids fighting cancer… Read more
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8 November 2019
Al Siraat College is privileged to have hosted Shaykh Tariq Jamil, one of the most prominent scholars of the Muslim world. The Shaykh conducted two programs at the College. The first was an exclusive speech and dinner program for key people of the Al Siraat community, as well as various dignitaries. This event took place in the Musalla… Read more
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7 November 2019
Our weekly Islamic Storytime again saw many mother with their bubs under 5 years of age in attendance. This week, the children learnt about Allah’s beautiful and wondrous creations, mashaAllah. The kids had so much fun engaging and learning about Allah’s creations. The session included stories, songs and activities that ended with amazing… Read more
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6 November 2019
Grandparents offer us love that stands out from the rest. The warm happiness in their company cannot be compared to any kind. They sprinkle stardust over the lives of their grandchildren. One of our school values is “RESPECT” – we teach our children to respect, especially the elderly. During Grandparents Week, we had various activities… Read more
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4 November 2019
This event was hosted by MP Bronwyn Halfpenny and supported by Premier Daniel Andrews to highlight the contributions of young people in the Thomastown and surrounding region to art and culture. Several Al Siraat student artworks were selected to be a part of this exhibition by our Art Department. Nur Naziihah Hafidi from Year 9 was… Read more
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1 November 2019
Congratulations to our very own Ms Noori Ahmad for not only having been nominated but being one of the finalists for the "Woman of the Year" category of this year’s Australian Muslim Achievement Awards to be held in Sydney on Saturday, 30 November 2019. The Australian Muslim Achievement Awards AMAAs are one of the Australian Muslim… Read more
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1 November 2019
Last Friday, 25 October 2019 marked World Teachers Day in Victoria. Our SRCs celebrated their College teachers and staff in an event organised by the SRC team of 27 students and their Coordinator. It was a wonderful opportunity to acknowledge the valuable work and celebrate the wonderful achievements made by teachers at the College. Every… Read more
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30 October 2019
Our Year 10 Health students tackled one of Melbourne’s most popular natural bushland walking sites: Yarra Bend Park is considered the closest natural bushland near the CBD. The expedition commenced near Yarra Bend Golf Course, with a circuit taking students through Collingwood and all the way to Richmond, followed by a return hike back… Read more
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30 October 2019
This week in celebration of Grandparents Week Ms Elif Boz invited grandparent volunteer Ms Nezahat to run a traditional Turkish doll making workshop for all Foundation to Year 2 students. Using some basic household items like a stick from the garden, some scrap materials from old clothes and elastic bands from bunches of asparagus, Ms… Read more
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28 October 2019
The staff at Al Siraat are extremely concerned about the safety of our students when crossing Harvest Home Road at the end of the school day. Harvest Home Road is a public road, and as such, crossing the road at any other point apart from where the crossing is located, is illegal. Many parents may not be aware that a student was hit by a… Read more
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28 October 2019
Our Year 12 student cohort celebrated their last official day at school with a farewell Morning Tea on last Friday, 25 October 2019. Our Year 12’s had an opportunity to reflect on their experiences at the College and their coordinators and teachers shared words of advice and some wisdom with our graduate students in return. Some fun games… Read more
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25 October 2019
The Year 9 students from our College recently undertook a five day education tour of the national capital. Students were given the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational programs with a focus on Australia’s history, culture, heritage and democracy. The following is a list of the places we were able to visit with our… Read more
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25 October 2019
Today the PFF commenced embroidery classes. As always, it is wonderful to see mums learning a new skill from other mums. Not only do these classes give mums an opportunity to learn skills they didn’t have before, it is also a great way to connect with other mums, and make new friendships. It was great to see a few new faces today join the… Read more
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24 October 2019
Students, staff and parents joined us for last week’s Ride2School for a cure of childhood cancers on Tuesday, 15 October. Upon arrival at the school, we collected some gold coin donations which were added to our cycling team’s total fundraising efforts for the Great Cycle Challenge. So far, we have raised $5,587 to fight kids' cancer and… Read more
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23 October 2019
Primary School students will be celebrating Grandparents and Respected Elders Week from Monday, 28 October – Friday, 1 November 2019.". We have a lovely range of activities planned throughout the week, including daily visit from Early Years students to the Ottoman Aged Care facility to give them real life experience with the elderly… Read more
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22 October 2019
We kicked off our new Sisters Walking Group with a wonderful and sunny first outing in early September and will continue our weekly walks this coming Thursday, 10 October. MashaAllah, we usually walk roughly 6500 steps while celebrating our sisterhood and being out and active together. Please feel free to join us on Thursday mornings at… Read more
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18 October 2019
For the third year in a row, an Al Siraat College staff member participated in the annual Emergency Services “Blessing of the Fleet” ceremony on Saturday, 12 October 2019. The Whittlesea Interfaith Network WIN and Whittlesea Council host the event each year in October at the start of the new fire season. It is a beautiful open air… Read more
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17 October 2019
We have finally commenced our Islamic storytime in the musallah to our beautiful community and their children from 0 – 4 years old. Alhamdulillah, what a wonderful turn out we had this week at storytelling. We had over fifteen joyful children attend the session. The kids had so much fun engaging and learning about Allah’s creations. The… Read more
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16 October 2019
Just over a year ago, the PFF engaged in the SRC project to provide winter essentials for the people in Syria. For this project we ran knitting classes so sisters could learn a new skill of knitting while making scarves. It was such a successful exercise for us that we wanted to continue our new found skills and move onto another project… Read more
