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Closing 18 Sept: World Kangaroo Day Writing Competition

3 September 2024

Calling all Secondary School storytellers for the launching of this exciting Short Story Competition to celebrate World Kangaroo Day on 24th October, and the wonders of kangaroos while supporting their conservation.

Closing 18 Sept: World Kangaroo Day Writing Competition

Create an original short story (800 – 1500 words) that creatively explores the fascinating world of kangaroos. The stories from each participating school in 2024 will be posted on the Kangaroos Alive website and social media pages. Let’s hop to it and create stories that will make a difference to our beloved kangaroos!

Story Guidelines:

  • Focus on kangaroos’ unique characteristics, behaviours, or habitats
  • Incorporate accurate facts about kangaroos
  • Draw on ideas and information from indigenous people
  • Can be any genre: non-fiction, realistic fiction, fantasy, science fiction, etc.
  • Must be appropriate for all ages

Selection Process (Initial year):

  • Secondary students submit stories to their English teachers
  • Teachers read the stories and select a range of quality stories to submit to the organisers

All submissions must be received by the last day of Term 3 for students on Wednesday, 18th September.

  • Mohammed Azim Head of English (Secondary)Year 12A Homegroup Teacher Mohammed Azim Send email Read profile

    Mohammed Azim

    Mohammed Azim

    Head of English (Secondary)Year 12A Homegroup Teacher

    MEd (Deakin), BEd (USP), GCEdR (Monash), DipHEng (UK), CTESL (USP), DipBusAc (UK), DipCounseling (NSW), DipEdEv (USP), Cert.ITEP (Canada)

    Mr Mohammed Azim is currently the Head of English at Al Siraat College. He is also the Instructional Coach for teachers in secondary school. Prior to joining Al Siraat College, Mr Mohammed Azim was an English Lecturer/Curriculum Developer at Monash University's English Language Centre. He has taught VCE English, Language, EAL & Literature for over 14 years as well. He has been in the teaching profession for the past 30 years and has worked in various capacities like Head of English & Humanities, Counsellor, Senior Coordinator, Head of Teaching & Learning, Curriculum Developer, Educational Leadership and Administration Adviser, Discipline Coordinator and PD Trainer in primary, secondary and tertiary educational sectors. He is also an exam assessor for external exams through VCAA – Assessment Administration Unit.

    Mr Mohammed Azim was honoured by the Teaching Australia – Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership for National Excellence in Teacher Leadership Award in 2009. In 2011, Mr Mohammed Azim was the first Muslim teacher ever to win the National Excellence in Teaching Awards supported by the Australian Scholarship Group. He was declared as one of the teachers in the Top 10 teachers of Australia in 2011. The awards did not end here as Mohammed Azim was recognised for his outstanding service and contribution in education once again by being named in the 2017 HOT LIST OF TOP 50 AUSTRALIAN EDUCATORS by the prestigious The Educator magazine.

    Mr Mohammed Azim has a passion for action research in the areas of teacher quality, discipline, educational administration and leadership, teaching and learning pedagogies, assessment for success and innovative ways of teaching English. Currently, he teaches English at Year 9, 11 & 12 levels. Apart from teaching, he is actively involved in many community initiatives and activities that deals with families and youths.

    Mr Mohammed Azim is an advocate of the motto that ‘We rise by lifting others’. This is his passion and mission at Al Siraat College.

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