News Secondary
30 August 2024
Last Saturday, 24 August, our Al Siraat College students shone at the Tournament of Minds Tournament Day at La Trobe University in Bundoora. Five teams from Year 7 and Year 8 competed in STEM and Social Science Challenges, impressing the judges and audience with their creativity and teamwork in both the Long-Term and Spontaneous Challenges.
We are incredibly proud of our students for their outstanding performance, which marked our 5th year of TOM participation. Their hard work and innovative thinking were truly inspiring.
A big thank you to our supportive TOM parents for assisting with their childrens’ participation in TOM for 2024, and to our dedicated Learning Enrichment Team: Ms Nausheen, Ms Amy, M. Yessra, Ms Hala, Ms Hajera and Ms Nani. Your enthusiasm and guidance made this success possible.
Looking forward to the 2025 Tournament of Minds!
BECS (Melbourne), Post DEd Primary (Melbourne), MEd (IB), (Melbourne), Cert in IE Feuerstein (FIE) – Std & Basic
Shahidah was a key staff member of Al Siraat College when it was first established in 2009. With her passion and enthusiasm, she hoped to be an effective and inspirational leader for Al Siraat College, a school that has the potential for providing opportunities for high academic achievement and personal growth for all of its student population.
Shahidah has accomplished 16 years of teaching and administrative experiences in a variety of school settings in Singapore and Australia. These opportunities have enabled her to develop strong communication, interpersonal, organisational and leadership skills that have allowed her to cultivate a supportive learning environment at Al Siraat.
In a management role in Singapore as the Education Director of Al Khair Education Centre, Shahidah was involved in setting up the centre, and contributed to the successful planning, and management of curriculum program for 600 students aged 3-6 years. This experience also involved facilitating and supervising 35 staff to create a flourishing learning and working environment. From 2006 - 2008 she taught at Australian International Academy, which was her first introduction to the International Baccalaureate program and inspired her to further her studies in teaching.
Shahidah graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Early Childhood Studies as well as a Post Graduate Diploma in Primary Teaching. In 2013 she completed a Master of Education (International Baccalaureate), and is fully trained through the Feuerstein’s Instrumental Enrichment Program in developing cognitive strategies in children.
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