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22 August 2017
Only the Year 10 Elective Class had the fortune to cook in Food Tech this week. Students began the first step of their design task by making basic muffins. Chef James from the Canteen was kind enough to do the baking for the students in his new 20-tray combi oven. Next week students will create their own design by adding ingredient… Read more
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18 August 2017
Al Siraat celebrated Science Week with various exciting activites for both our Junior and Senior students this week. The 2017 Science Week theme was "Future Earth", with a focus on sustainability. Junior School students enjoyed refreshing organic mango or berry smoothies, as well as learning how to "Bike 'n Blend" by using the energy of a… Read more
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17 August 2017
The art space in our Junior School building has recently received a creative makeover. In hope to improve learning in the open art space environment, one of our art teachers has transformed it into a mystical art land. The more colourful art decoration and environment will help to introduce healthy ways to behave in our art space… Read more
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17 August 2017
This week, the focus of our Food Technology classes was on precision measuring. Students learnt to be accurate when measuring out their ingredients. Students thoroughly enjoyed making and eating chocolate truffles. All students displayed the School value of perseverance especially when some classes were moved into Student Services. Thank… Read more
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17 August 2017
Our Year Foundation students participated in a craft activity involving the Focus Word of the Week: Duck. Students made ducks in a pond and wrote a recount about their experience. You can see some samples of the students' written recounts… Read more
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15 August 2017
Congratulations to the Foundation students who marked their 100 Days of School last week!. On Wednesday, 9 August 2017, students were treated to delicious pancakes made by Al Siraat’s very own Chefs Mr James Sweeney and Mr Rafi Mohammed. Students also made crowns, played pass the parcel and received lolly bags to make the special… Read more
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15 August 2017
This year’s Auskick Program has been very well embraced by Junior School students from Years 3 to 6. Participation was free and voluntary, with the program running throughout this term as an after school program on Wednesday afternoons. Mr Saleh and Mr Adel who are running the program for the College are assisted by coaches from the AFL… Read more
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15 August 2017
We are fast approaching one of the most sacred times in the Islamic calendar, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca Hajj. In celebration of this very special time, we are once again running the Hajj Simulation for our Junior School students. The details are explained further below.Please take note that the Simulation will be conducted over 2… Read more
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11 August 2017
The College is pleased to update our community on the Water Well Project for the Asian country of Kyrgyzstan. Many of you might remember our successful bake sale fundraisers where students, parents and staff raised money to have water wells built in both Somalia and Kyrgyzstan. All funds raised were donated to Human Appeal International… Read more
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11 August 2017
Our Senior students from Year 8 visited the Turkish Islamic Cultural Centre & Mosque in Keysborough towards the end of last term as part of their Enquiry Unit about the "Ottoman Empire and the Golden Age of Islam". The excursion was a collaboration between the students' Humanities and Art studies. Our students and staff were warmly… Read more
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11 August 2017
Alhamdulillah, by Allah’s grace last Friday, 4 August 2017, Al Siraat College was honoured to host Islamic scholar Sayyidi Al-Habib Kadhim Al-Saqqaf visiting Australia from Tarim in Yemen. Habib Kadhim conducted the first community Friday prayer in our new Jummah Prayer Program. The shaykh’s message was not an intellectual one or with a… Read more
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10 August 2017
Our Senior School students were focusing on precision knife skills in their Food Technology classes during this week. Students learnt to Julienne thin matchsticks, Baton larger matchsticks and Macedoine dice vegetables. This was a challenging task for students. However they were rewarded with hummus to dip their finished cuts. Read more
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4 August 2017
Food Technology classes are well underway at Al Siraat, despite a short delay in access to the new TEAMS Building. Improvised classes are taking place in the Senior Assembly Hall and students are enjoying the new experience. All students from Years 7 to 9 and 30 Year 10 Elective students are learning to chop, slice and dice! This week… Read more
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4 August 2017
With the opening of our brand new canteen just around the corner, students in Year 2C decided to help Chef James select some popular ice-cream flavours which he could sell at the canteen in the future, inShaAllah. In order to make this selection authentic students brainstormed for ideas which they thought would facilitate this process… Read more
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1 August 2017
The Al Siraat Cricket Team, formed by Senior students from Years 7 and 8, successfully competed in the Fawad Ahmed Cup last week’s Thursday, 27 July 2017. The College team competed admirably, winning the boys' competition, going through the day undefeated, with the girl side narrowly losing the final. The Most Valuable Players MVP Awards… Read more
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31 July 2017
Alhamdulillah, Al Siraat College is honoured to host Shaykh Habib Kadhim on our campus where he will be delivering the community sermon on this Friday, 4 August, from 12:30 – 1:15. He will be accompanied by Shaykh Ahmed Abdo from Sydney, a respected local scholar who is also a chaplain with the NSW Police Force. Shaykh Habib Kadhim bin… Read more
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28 July 2017
Al Siraat participated in Independent Schools Victoria’s inaugural "Student Art Exhibition" at the Shell House Gallery in Melbourne’s CBD on 26 July 2017. Our College has the privilege of exhibiting 14 art works from students across the Junior and Senior Schools. It is also a very first for our students to showcase their art works in a… Read more
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27 July 2017
We are proud to announce that one of our very own Senior School students, Hamza Soueid from Year 8, successfully competed in the "National Youth Futsal Championships" in Palmerston North, New Zealand earlier this month. Hamza plays for the Northern Lions Futsal Club and was selected to compete as an U16 player along with three of this… Read more
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21 July 2017
The Year 5/6 AFL team of the College participated in 8 games in extremely challenging conditions during the Bachar Houli Cup on Thursday, 20 July 2017. While being battered by the wind and the rain at the Punt Road Oval, the home of the Richmond Football Club, the boys accounted for themselves well winning 4 of the 8 games. The standard… Read more
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21 July 2017
Alhamdulillah, our "Barn to Mosque" fundraiser has been very successful, with many parents already returning their charity tins. May Allah reward all of you who so generously donated towards having the mosque built. You may imagine our surprise upon opening one of the returned charity tins and finding the incredible amount of $5,720… Read more
