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15 December 2021
Welcome to Episode 10 of our community video newsletter. This final episode of 2021 features: - Book Week. - the Year 12 graduation. - the Year 6 farewell dinner. - Year 6 Robotics Program. - 2022 important student return dates. We would like to thank outgoing College Captain Laila Rashid for once again being our fabulous news reader… Read more
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14 December 2021
The last week of term at Al Siraat traditionally sees a lot of celebrations and special events taking place, and we are so grateful and thrilled that these could finally go ahead. Last week, it was the turn of our student leaders to be taken out for a fun day at BOUNCE in Essendon and Oz Tenpin in Epping to reward and honour their… Read more
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14 December 2021
Last week, on the 29th of November, the Foundation students had their very much awaited excursion to the Chesterfield Animal Farm. Alhamdulillah, it was an amazing experience for all our students and teachers! We were greeted by an enchanting peacock at the entrance, and then followed with some patting and cuddling of baby animals like… Read more
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3 December 2021
The annual Scholastic Book Fair has opened earlier this week, being an instant hit with our students throughout the school. Besides various genres of books for different ages, the Book Fair also has some cute and funky stationery for sale. Did you know that the more books that our students purchase, the more free books we would get as a… Read more
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2 December 2021
The Al Siraat Cricket Academy ASCA is excited to announce that the portable cricket pitch has arrived!! This has been supplied to us by Flicx 2G Pitcheshttps://flicx.com/. The pitch is designed to give feedback to players on where the ball is specifically landing whilst bowling, and it will allow games and training sessions to be run on… Read more
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2 December 2021
We are honoured to have hosted two interactive virtual author visits and book talks for our Primary students as part of Book Week 2021. The morning saw our Foundation to Year 2 students engaging with the wonderful Jacqueline Gause, author of childrenÈËÑýÌìÌÃapp book "Friendship in any language". Jacqueline is an educator, author and speaker with… Read more
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1 December 2021
We are super excited to celebrate Book Week from 30 November to 7 December 2021. It is wonderful to see students enjoying to read in class and at the Book Fair. As one of the numerous fun and engaging activities, our Primary students in Foundation to Year 2 were asked to bring in wooden spoons which they then decorated in class as… Read more
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29 November 2021
A morning tea to thank our wonderful parent volunteers was hosted by the College last Friday to come together and celebrate the challenges and highlights of 2021. The group was also taken on a tour inside the M Block extension, soon to be completed. This yearÈËÑýÌìÌÃapp morning tea was extra special as we gave thanks to Parents and Friends… Read more
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29 November 2021
The final fundraising total for the 2021 Great Cycle Challenge has been revealed by the ChildrenÈËÑýÌìÌÃapp Medical Research Institute to be a massive $6,976,263 for kids fighting cancer. These funds will support CMRI to continue their important work into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment for childhood cancer. Team Al Siraat became first… Read more
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24 November 2021
Our Secondary Year 7 and 8 boys were lucky enough to experience a camp this year, spending a weekend away at Camp Kangaroobie, near the Victorian Surf Coast. While the weather was at times challenging for all, especially while completing outdoor activities, students and staff soldiered on and most importantly, had fun. Farm activities… Read more
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24 November 2021
Angahook Campsite was the Year 4ÈËÑýÌìÌÃapp camp this year between 10th and 12th November, located in Aireys Inlet, near Anglesea, along VictoriaÈËÑýÌìÌÃapp famous surf coast. Given the unpredictability of this school year, we were indeed very fortunate to be able to attend and make the most of the facilities and the opportunities presented to our lovely… Read more
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18 November 2021
Alhamdulillah, our video newsletters are back after a long absence due to lockdown. Our latest Episode 9 features Teachers' Day well wishes from students, an interview with Ms Tanja about our teamÈËÑýÌìÌÃapp participation in the Great Cycle Challenge and Mr Kinsella advocating for the Al Siraat Cricket Academy ASCA. We would like to thank Ruqaiya… Read more
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12 November 2021
We are honoured to report that six of our students have been awarded with Certificates of Distinction for their participation in the annual Australian Mathematics Competition AMC 2021, mashaAllah. A distinction is awarded to students ranking in the top 20%. The AMC is an Australia-wide annual competition, requiring students from Years 3… Read more
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11 November 2021
We are very grateful to Epping Tennis Club for donating a number of mini tennis nets to the College as part of their Multicultural Grant. It was wonderful to have members of ETC to come out to us to install the new nets and watch the students in full swing, putting the new nets into great use. Our students have been very enthusiastic and… Read more
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29 October 2021
On todayÈËÑýÌìÌÃapp Friday, 29 October 2021, Australia celebrates World Teachers Day, a special day to acknowledge the bright future of teaching and thank our hard working, dedicated teachers for making a difference in our kids' lives. Just when we all thought "we've got this" in Victoria, our school community went back to teaching and learning… Read more
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27 October 2021
We have a confection to make: In order to boost the Year 4 students’ spirits during lockdown, the teachers hosted a virtual Cook Along class, inviting the students to join together in donning their aprons, rolling up their sleeves and creating scrumptious Chocolate Balloon Cups and Ice Chocolate Drizzles. This brought a smile to many… Read more
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26 October 2021
Our Year 12 student cohort celebrated their last official day at school with a farewell assembly on last Friday, 22 October 2021. Our Year graduates had an opportunity to reflect on their experiences at the College with their peers and coordinators. Teachers and students shared their experiences, words of advice, laughter and some tears… Read more
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25 October 2021
Someone once said that journalism is the first rough draft of History. Year 4 and Hifz A students have been learning to write news reports in this term. The students observed animals in the wild via webcams and communicated their observations. Some students wrote about VictoriaÈËÑýÌìÌÃapp lockdown. Please put your hands together for our budding… Read more
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18 October 2021
What a delight to see our youngest students back in their classrooms, with their laughter and excited voices ringing through the otherwise empty corridors and out on the playground. This morning saw our Foundation students returning to school after a 74-day absence. For the next three days, our youngest students and their teachers can… Read more
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7 October 2021
PE classes were a little different this week as we have been welcoming back our students to Term 4. In a world where school is taught from home with kids sleeping in late, wearing pyjamas all day and losing motivation to exercise, the need for physical exercise and movement is needed now more than ever. We had therefore organised for our… Read more
