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6 July 2016
Salaams all. I wish you all a wonderful Eid. May Allah bless you and your family. This morning, I had the pleasure to join over 700 people for the Eid prayers at Al Siraat. It was just amazing to see the Junior School full of community members celebrating this special time together. The Al Siraat community is certainly growing well. The… Read more
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4 July 2016
InShaAllah, we will be completing the recitation of the entire Holy Qur'an during this Ramadan’s Tarawih prayer tonight. Please join us to celebrate Khatam ul-Qur'an during tonight’s Tarawih prayer at the College Musallah, followed by du'a and refreshments. Feel free to bring a plate of sweets and/or a flask of tea along to celebrate in… Read more
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28 June 2016
The 2016 Bachar Houli Iftar dinner held at the MCG was a fantastic event promoting a popular Australian game known as AFL. Mr Daniel Saleh was representing Al Siraat College and the Bachar Houli Academy in regards to how our young generation can keep an active life style and learn how to be disciplined, punctual and organised from a sport… Read more
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24 June 2016
MashaAllah, students, parents and staff have dug deep to support this year’s "Cover Me" blanket and sleeping bag drive, aimed to supply the homeless with with much needed warmth during the chilly and wet winter weather that has started to set in with very low temperatures expected over the following weeks. Donations have started to pour… Read more
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24 June 2016
The wonderful work of the College has been formally recognised and recorded in the hansard of the Victorian Parliament. The honourable Bronwyn Halfpenny, MP for Thomastown, shared the visits she has had to Al Siraat to discuss democracy and the wonderful work the College has been doing in interfaith collaboration and community engagement. Read more
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23 June 2016
As part of our ‘Welcoming Ramadan Programme’, and also in conjunction with our Unit of Inquiry on ‘Civics and Citizenship’, our Year 4 and Hifz A students were treated to a delicious and scrumptious Iftar at the College last night. Students were encouraged to come to school in their cultural attire on the day of the Iftar in celebration… Read more
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23 June 2016
Charity tins for our "From Barn to Mosque" fundraiser have been given out to the eldest child in each Al Siraat family earlier this week, with some students already returning the tin full of charity money, mashaAllah!. As many of you would have noticed, we have commenced renovation works to the musalla extension as a short term measure… Read more
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22 June 2016
Students were learning about the focus word of the week. This week, we were focusing on the word “hand” and what better way to understand the new word than by a hands-on fun activity in class: Our Foundation students were using their hands to eat breakfast this morning. They all greatly enjoyed a variety of healthy cereals and eating… Read more
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20 June 2016
The Senior girls Outdoor Education class went for an exciting canoeing session at the historic Fairfield Boathouse. Upon entering the Boathouse, students basked at the beautiful and natural scenery, glorifying Allah and admiring the peaceful yet dense surrounding. The Fairfield boathouse has been operating for centuries, and if it wasn’t… Read more
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20 June 2016
Our Year Foundation students enjoyed a very special Incursion this term which saw them getting actively involved in hands-on "Fizzics" experiments. While most experiments could be performed by the students themselves, some required them to be moved outside. As can be seen in the photos, the students were watching colour changes in the… Read more
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16 June 2016
Alhamdulillah, we have successfully completed our Term 2 Hifz Tournament. The finals were held in the morning of 14th June, and there was a buzz of excitement as the students competed. This term, the competition was held in a tournament style, in which students competed in teams and were given at least 2 opportunities before being… Read more
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16 June 2016
Senior students from Year 8 visited Sunshine Mosque of part of the Ottoman Empire integrated unit of study between the Art and Islamic Study departments. The excursion proved to be a rich learning experience as students are able link learnings from different disciplines. Our Year 8 students looked at and analysed the beautiful Ottoman… Read more
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15 June 2016
Super Schools Promotion: Week 6 Update. Welcome to the second last week of Craigieburn Central’s Super Schools promotion! Craigieburn Central is very excited to near the end of such a fantastic promotion, and thank the Al Siraat College community for their involvement. This week’s prize is awarded to the most improved school: Al Siraat… Read more
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15 June 2016
Four of our Senior Student Representatives SRCs had the privilege to be actively involved in a discussion forum on "Family and Domestic Violence" hosted by St. Monica’s College in Epping. The Forum which took place on Wednesday, 8th June 2016, had been organised by the Scullin Youth Advisory Committee and saw MP Andrew Giles, our local… Read more
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14 June 2016
Students from our four Foundation classes were very excited to discover their new word for the week! . They came in the morning ready to toast their bread and spread jam all by themselves. This is all a part of the literacy experience we provided the children with. Before the visit, the children had been introduced to the word “jam” and… Read more
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7 June 2016
A special Ramadan Assembly was conducted for the Year Foundation-2 and Year 3-6 students a week ago to welcome the sacred month of Ramadan. Students from Year Foundation to Year 6 got to taste some delicious dates and they enjoyed the presentations by some of the Year levels in the separate assemblies for F-2 and Year 3-6. To view photos… Read more
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3 June 2016
A Special "Welcome Ramadan Celebration" was conducted for our Senior Girls in Years 7 to 10 earlier today to celebrate next week’s arrival of the sacred month of Ramadan. Students were treated to some delicious Algerian date cakes and other sweets and were excited to receive door prizes, awards and gifts for answering correctly in the… Read more
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3 June 2016
A Special "Welcome Ramadan Celebration" was conducted for our Senior Boys in Years 7 to 10 earlier today to celebrate next week’s arrival of the sacred month of Ramadan. Students were treated to some delicious Algerian date cakes and other sweets and were excited to receive door prizes, awards and gifts for answering correctly in the… Read more
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2 June 2016
The 2016 theme for National Reconciliation Week NRW is "Our History, Our Story, Our Future", which derived from the State of Reconciliation in Australia report, asking all Australians to reflect on our national identity, and the place of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and rights in our nation’s story. ‘Our… Read more
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31 May 2016
The wait is over: Our fundraising dates arrived this week, alhamdulillah. They are to being distributed throughout the week in preparation for our holy month of Ramadan to start next week. Alhamdulillah, we were able to sell out and do not have any remaining dates left at this stage. However, if anyone has missed out on the date drive… Read more
