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2 September 2021
The zoom recording of "Our Sustainable Community" with the Hon. Lily D’Ambrosio MP and Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change is now available via the link below: Watch the event recording here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee8wHXzMHUw. The virtual event was hosted by Al Siraat in collaboration with Northside Muslim Circle… Read more
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27 August 2021
We are very grateful for the many emails we have received from students, parents and staff with photos, videos, drawings, book reviews and recommendations for this year’s Book Week which we are sharing with you below. Our English Department also ran several competitions, including Kahoot quizzes, staff dress-ups and a slogan competition… Read more
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26 August 2021
Great News! We are pleased to announce that four teams are ready to take Tournament of Minds TOM Challenge representing our College this year and we wish them the best for embarking on this exciting experience. With the current COVID19 restrictions, 28 students from Year 5 to 9 have been dedicating their time, commitment and exploring… Read more
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25 August 2021
Book Week is the perfect time to read – may it be a new or classic novel or different genre. We have received the wonderful book recommendation below by Abdurrahman Ahmed Saad from Year 3B about Enid Blyton’s classic novel series "The Famous Five" which we are pleased to be sharing with you today: "Famous Five" is an adventure series… Read more
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24 August 2021
Our English Department is proud to announce the winners of our Virtual Quiz Competition for Secondary students in Years 7 to 12. Congratulations to all prize winners from the Kahoot’s podium. We will have the presentation of awards once we are back at school, inShaAllah. Years 7 – 9 CATEGORY. - 1st: Ahdia Mohamed Year 8G4 with 7,790… Read more
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23 August 2021
Celebrating Book Week and focusing on "Old Worlds" as part of this year’s theme, our Year 4 and Hifz students have re-created book covers to depict older books and classics. They were encouraged to seek inspiration from their parents by asking them what their favourite books were whilst growing up. Alhamdulillah, our students went ‘book… Read more
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21 August 2021
A highlight in every school’s calendar, Book Week has commenced, running until this Friday, 27 August. It is one glorious week celebrating books, Australian children’s authors and illustrators to highlight the importance of reading. This year award-winning author, illustrator and film-maker Shaun Tan has illustrated the theme, "Old… Read more
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21 August 2021
We are very excited to announce our very own Ms Gulhan Yoldas has authored a fourth new book in her novel series "Secret Diary of a Muslim Girl" which is launching during this Book Week. All novels have been illustrated by the talented Esma Yoldas from our Year 6 girls cohort, mashaAllah. This latest FOURTH must-read edition is called… Read more
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19 August 2021
In what has become a tradition for nearly a decade, Al Siraat participates in the annual Australia-Indonesia Muslim Exchange Program AIMEP when we host a number of delegates from Indonesia and the neighbouring region on our College campus here in Epping. The visit traditionally includes a school and a formal discussion with members of… Read more
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17 August 2021
We are very pleased to notify that the annual Interfaith Ramadhan Dinner hosted by Al Siraat has been featured in the June newsletter edition of by our good friends at St Monica’s College SMC in Epping. SMC’s publication "The Monican" dedicated two full pages the shared interfaith dinner during Ramadhan. You may refer to pages 10 and 11… Read more
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13 August 2021
Wow what a buzz! The boys disembarked from their buses wide-eyed and full of anticipation. The forecast was for rain tomorrow and the next day and we all wondered how much of the outdoor activities they would fit in. The accommodation was positioned atop a small mountain facing a beautiful view of the valley and remnants of the Great… Read more
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13 August 2021
Congratulations to our Year 5 to Year 9 students who are selected for Tournament of Minds TOM Challenge Competition this year. This is our 3rd year of participation in TOM and we are delighted to see the enthusiasm and passion that students display throughout the 6 weeks working with their long term challenge. Tournament of Minds TOM is… Read more
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11 August 2021
As the Hijri New Year 1443 begins, we pray that it will be a year filled with peace and inner contentment, good health and wellbeing, wisdom, prosperity, strong community connections and neighbourly support. May our good intentions always be followed up with good deeds that bring us closer to our Creator, and may He bless our families… Read more
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10 August 2021
We are very excited to be hosting a special OUR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY event on this coming Friday, 13 August with the Hon. Lily D’Ambrosio MP who is our Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change. The session will include a robust Q&A session as a part of the program. Join us via Zoom on Friday, 13 August from 6:30pm to 7:30pm… Read more
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6 August 2021
Students in two of our Year 2 classes were very fortunate right in between two lockdowns to be able to experience history coming alive on their visit yesterday to Captain Cook’s Cottage. The students have been learning about Captain Cook in class as part of "history of my community" in Humanities. The excursion was a great opportunity for… Read more
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4 August 2021
As we celebrate National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day on today’s 4 August, Al Siraat hosted a special screening of the Must-See documentary film "BEFORE 1770" with 100 guests in attendance at Village Cinemas in South Morang in line with current Covid restrictions. A beautiful opening prayer was conducted by… Read more
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3 August 2021
Al Siraat’s Student Representative Council SRC is excited to bring back the "Winter Syria Campaign" for the month of July, in partnership with the Australian Syrian Association Victoria, not for profit organisation. We would like to make an announcement to the community to utilise this month of dhul hijjah for charity by organising for… Read more
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30 July 2021
With COVID-19 restrictions still in place, our weekly sessions with Ustaza Tasnim Alam are being held on ZOOM until further notice from 1.30pm to 2.30pm. Ustada Tasnim is the founder of Good Tree Arabic Academy, an academy dedicated to teaching Muslims around the world the beauty of the Quran, Islam and Arabic Language. Tasnim is a… Read more
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30 July 2021
With COVID-19 restrictions still in place, our weekly sessions with Ustaza Tasnim Alam are being held on ZOOM until further notice from 1.30pm to 2.30pm. What will you study?. We found out that the easiest gateway to understand Arabic is through focusing on Quranic vocabulary and basic grammar while making it super relevant to what you… Read more
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22 July 2021
Well done to our Year 5/6 boys who represented Al Siraat in the 2021 Bachar Houli Cup competition before lockdown 5.0 commenced. Our students played with their heart and soul, winning 2 games and going down 2 games. Our boys displayed great respect whilst playing against the other Islamic schools in Victoria. The boys built a great… Read more
