-
10 December 2015
Transition is an important process for current and new students entering Senior School for the first time from the Junior School and as they advance to the next year level. At the end of every year, Al Siraat College provides a comprehensive transition program for all current and new students from Year 6 to Year 7. The change from Junior… Read more
-
10 December 2015
Our Sporting Schools participants were acknowledged for their outstanding participation and involvement in soccer and basketball programs this semester. Soccer was indisputably the most popular, with high attendance every week. So much so, that more soccer programs were delivered during lunch time sessions for the Junior School girls… Read more
-
10 December 2015
Our Junior Student Representative Council SRC of Al Siraat College played a very important role in this year. They were allowed to voice their opinions, share their concerns and promote school spirit along with Senior SRC. Junior SRC leaders were given the valuable and rewarding opportunity to show leadership by identifying areas for… Read more
-
10 December 2015
Senior students, both male and female, from Years 7 to 10 were taken to the O'Brien Group Arena in the Docklands for a fun ice skating excursion to celebrate a successful year at Al Siraat coming to an end. After donning helmets and skates, the students attended a skating lessons by the friendly Icehouse staff before taking to the ice… Read more
-
4 December 2015
Junior School students from Years Foundation to 6 attended a Special Semester 2 Assembly today where they received the Semester 2 awards for their endeavours in Islamic Studies and Qur'an. The assembly started off with du'as made by Shaykh Abdulrahman, followed by Ms Nazreen updating students, parents and staff on the latest fundraising… Read more
-
4 December 2015
Alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah! It is with great joy and pleasure that we would like to share the following wonderful news with you: . Jabir Abdirizak Farah from our Hifz B class has completed the memorization of the whole Qur'an, mashaAllah. He is now going to start his revision to become a Hafiz of the Noble Qur'an. May Allahu Ta'ala… Read more
-
4 December 2015
Al Siraat celebrated the success of our SRCs along with their parents in a special awards and recognition assembly today. The two hours event saw both our Junior and Senior Student Representatives and their parents come together to reflect upon their journey to grow and shine as young leaders. Each student was presented with a framed… Read more
-
3 December 2015
The College hosted an Afternoon Tea to show its appreciation and gratitude to all our wonderful and hard working members of the Parent and Friends Forum PFF of Al Siraat. 2015 has been a very successful year for the PFF. Their hard work in running and supporting fundraisers and other school functions helped raise more than $10,000 which… Read more
-
3 December 2015
Our Year 3 students reconnected with nature at the beautiful Royal Botanic Gardens on their excursion visit yesterday. The students were taken on a guided tour where they had a chance to touch, feel and smell the various trees, crops and herbs that grow in the Botanic Gardens. The Rainforest Walk amazed them with the cheer height of some… Read more
-
3 December 2015
Al Siraat College has been featured in not one but two articles in the latest December edition of AMUST Australasian Muslim Times which can be viewed via the following links: - To read about our "Water Well Fundraisers", please go to. http://www.amust.com.au/2015/12/school-kids-help-build-wells-in-somalia-and-kyrgyzstan/. - To read more… Read more
-
2 December 2015
Mariam and I have some VERY EXCITING NEWS to share with you today: The 2015 Great Cycle Challenge has raised a record-breaking $2,670,053: That’s over 2.5 million Dollars to fight childhood cancer! . As in previous years, all funds raised will support research into the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of childhood cancer. Thank… Read more
-
1 December 2015
There were smiles all around in the Foundation Years at Al Siraat College when we were visited by some amazing student dentists from Melbourne University. Through an interactive session, the students learnt about how to keep good oral health by eating well,drinking well and brushing well. At the end of the session the children were very… Read more
-
1 December 2015
Our wonderful Foundation students had an exciting day at the local Bundoora farm. The staff greeted us with big smiley faces and spent the day showing us around. We enjoyed a ride into the bush and laughed as the hungry emus chased us for food. We spotted many sleepy kangaroos resting in the shade and kept our eyes open for joeys. We… Read more
-
28 November 2015
Junior School student Mariam Moeladawilah and her mother, College staff member Ms Tanya, were invited to give a radio interview about their participation in the Great Cycle Challenge on Melbourne Jewish Community Radio Station J-Air 87.8FM. They were interviewed by Avraham Schwarz on his weekly social justice radio show called "Abe’s… Read more
-
26 November 2015
Our newly purchased "King Long" School Bus went on its maiden voyage this morning. College Principal Mr Houghton along with bus driver Br. Shukran proudly received our Year 1 students who were fortunate enough to be the first ever College students to use our new means of transport. The students were very excited upon entering the new… Read more
-
24 November 2015
Al Siraat College is proud to announce that we have invested $300,000 to purchase a brand new school bus, the King Long coach. It will help to better accommodate our students, staff and parent volunteers on excursions, camp and general school bus runs. It is going to be taken into full service from Wednesday, 25th November 2015 onwards… Read more
-
19 November 2015
We are delighted to share that we had a very successful Interfaith event yesterday at the Galada Community Centre where religious leaders from different faiths came together for prayers for world peace. MP Bronwyn Halfpenny acknowledged out interfaith ambassadors with medals and certificate and a booklet from the Victorian parliament. The… Read more
-
16 November 2015
On 12th November 2015, Al Siraat College hosted a very successful Bake Sale. Thanks again to the very generous contributions of our Al Siraat family. Jazakhallahu Khairan to all those parents who donated money and/or food items for us to sell at our Bake Sale. The total cash earnings from "The Splat" and other activities on the day of… Read more
-
12 November 2015
Yesterday, 11th November marked "Remembrance Day" and what better way to engage our Senior students than having them hear directly from a World War 2 veteran: Our Senior Year 9 and 10 students were lucky enough to meet Jack, a 91 year old, decorated World War 2 veteran, who is also the grandfather of one our Al Siraat College teachers:… Read more
-
11 November 2015
What a lot of laughs took place, all for a worthy cause! During the day of our Art Exhibition on Friday, 6th November, our Year 2 and 4 students organised the highly popular “Get Splat” activity to raise funds to build a well in Somalia. For just $2, students, parents, teaching, administration and office staff all cued up to splat each… Read more
