News College
24 October 2016
Dear Parents / Guardians
Assalamu Alaikum
In celebrating your child’s learning and achievement in Art & Technology, our College will be having an Art Exhibition on 18 November 2016. The details of the exhibition are as follows:
Date: 18 November 2016
Time: 2.30pm to 5.30pm
Venue: Junior School Building
This year, we will be displaying over 500 different artworks from every child across both primary and secondary schools. Awards will also be presented to students who have performed exceptionally well in Art this year. We will be sending you a separate letter if your child is an award winner.
All families are encouraged to attend the exhibition and to take part in many family-related activities such as clay-pot making and printmaking. As well as, visit the Art Market and buy handcrafts that will be on sale. It would also be a great day for a picnic around the college grounds with many treats such as icy poles, cupcakes, sausages and coffee. All proceeds from the sales will be used to raise funds for Art resources.
All students are strongly encouraged to attend the Art Exhibition. However, the event is COMPULSORY for all Visual Communication Design students and award winners. To facilitate this arrangement, bus runs for the day will be delayed to 3.40pm. The transport coordinator will be in touch with affected families regarding this.
We look forward to seeing you at the exhibition. Thank you.
MEd (Curriculum & Teaching), PGDEd, BEng (Hons)
Suffian Amin is the Head of Art at Al Siraat College. He began his teaching career in Singapore and taught GCSE Design & Technology (D&T). Prior to his appointment at Al Siraat College, Suffian held the position of Year Head and Subject Head at the school.
Suffian is very passionate on design education and its role in promoting critical and creative thinking in students. He was actively involved in curriculum planning and professional development of D&T educators with Ministry of Education and Nanyang Technological University (National Institute of Education) in Singapore. In 2014, Suffian wrote a chapter, “The Nature of Intuition in Design” in a book “Disciplinary Intuitions and the Design of Learning Environment (Lim, 2014)”. In addition, he co-wrote a paper titled ‘Experiential Design – insights into its focus’ in 2011.
Suffian moved to Melbourne in 2014 in pursuit of a new challenge. He believes that education is a pivotal enabler for social mobility and that every child can learn. He is very happy to be part of the Al Siraat community and looks forward to nurturing and moulding the bright and young minds in our school.
Suffian graduated with Master of Education specialising in Curriculum and Teaching, a Postgraduate Diploma in Education and a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) from Nanyang Technological University (Singapore).