-
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 Victoria’s lockdown. Please put your hands together for our budding… Read more
-
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
-
17 September 2021
Wednesday, 15 September 2021 marked the last day of online learning for our students in Term 3. From Footy Colours and movie day, picnic at home, cooking or joining the Go Gold for cancer kids campaign, lockdown and remote learning could not stop our wonderful Primary students and staff from celebrating all their hard work and ongoing… Read more
-
16 September 2021
On today’s last day of Term 3, our Year 1D students celebrated their hard work an efforts throughout this term by making yummy snowballs. All the students enjoyed the activity! We all had lots of fun baking and designing our delicious snowballs. We invite you to see more photos of this and other class' end of term celebrations and… Read more
-
14 September 2021
Our youngest students in Foundation have worked very hard during online learning on creating their very own Maths rockets. The task was to count backwards from a given number. Click here to see their amazing work and colourful rockets!/gallery/junior-school/foundation-maths-rockets/september-2021 and well… Read more
-
10 September 2021
Another lock down what more is there to say. We’re checking in to see "R U OK?". Not in class not with friends, it really has been a while. We’re here to help to cheer you up and make you smile. – Poem written by Ms Desiree Kaldine. RU Ok? Day is an annual event which happens once a year on the second Thursday of September, is it to… Read more
-
10 September 2021
Since our return to remote learning, student opportunities to talk to, play with, and check on friends have been hard to come by. We understand that social elements of student-to-student interactions are important for helping them remain part of the learning community and maintain friendships. Along with our annual R U OK Day program, Al… Read more
-
7 September 2021
For the first time ever, one of our Primary classes participated in the annual Maths Talent Quest competition organised by the Mathematical Association of Victoria MAV, requiring students to carry out real world Maths-based investigations. The MAV received more than 370 entries from various schools in Victoria. Alhamdulillah, I am… Read more
-
25 August 2021
Book Week is the perfect time to read – may it be a new or classic novel or different genre. We have received the wonderful book recommendation below by Abdurrahman Ahmed Saad from Year 3B about Enid Blyton’s classic novel series "The Famous Five" which we are pleased to be sharing with you today: "Famous Five" is an adventure series… Read more
-
23 August 2021
Celebrating Book Week and focusing on "Old Worlds" as part of this year’s theme, our Year 4 and Hifz students have re-created book covers to depict older books and classics. They were encouraged to seek inspiration from their parents by asking them what their favourite books were whilst growing up. Alhamdulillah, our students went ‘book… Read more
-
13 August 2021
Wow what a buzz! The boys disembarked from their buses wide-eyed and full of anticipation. The forecast was for rain tomorrow and the next day and we all wondered how much of the outdoor activities they would fit in. The accommodation was positioned atop a small mountain facing a beautiful view of the valley and remnants of the Great… Read more
-
6 August 2021
Students in two of our Year 2 classes were very fortunate right in between two lockdowns to be able to experience history coming alive on their visit yesterday to Captain Cook’s Cottage. The students have been learning about Captain Cook in class as part of "history of my community" in Humanities. The excursion was a great opportunity for… Read more
-
24 June 2021
We are pleased to announce that the project for a new sandpit and rope pyramid for our youngest students in Foundation to Year 2 has been officially completed. After receiving the Certificate of Completion from the contractor, we were able to open up the brand new play area to our Eary Years students. As you can imagine, they have… Read more
-
21 May 2021
911±¬ÁÏÍø hosted an Official Opening Ceremony for the Years 3 to 6 Learning Neighbourhood, the latest infrastructure built to cater to the increasing demand for quality education in the growth corridor of Melbourne’s outer north on Friday, 21 May 2021. The event was hosted by College Captain Humza Ghouse. The opening prayer was… Read more
-
22 April 2021
Alhamdulillah, we are launching our "Take Home Reading Program" for Foundation to Year 4 students on next Monday, 26 April 2021. Students will come home with a plastic folder which will include a copy of a book and a Student Diary & Reading log book. The program is a wonderful opportunity for students to improve their reading through… Read more
-
31 March 2021
Alhamdulillah, the evening of 29 March had finally arrived, Year 3 students of Al Siraat eagerly arrived at the gates of the College, ready to partake in the 2021 Year 3 Sleepover. The evening commenced with Year 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D and HIFZ A Year 3 students coming together as one group and getting the rundown of the course of events which… Read more
-
25 March 2021
UNESCO proclaimed 14 March as the International Day of Mathematics. The date is already being celebrated in many countries as Pi Day, an annual opportunity for math enthusiasts to recite the infinite digits of Pi, talk to their friends about math, and eat pie. Pi from the Greek letter “π†is the symbol used in Maths to represent a… Read more
-
25 February 2021
Our Year 3 classes and Hifz A were excited to welcome "Physics Chris" from PrimeSCI! by Swinburne University of Technology to their classrooms for a lively and hands-on Science incursion to learn about "thermal dynamics". Students watched Chris demonstrate a number of fun experiments at the front and also got ample opportunities to… Read more
-
25 February 2021
Our Year 4 students have been exploring many different types of “forces†in Science this term, using inquiry-based learning to guide curiosity and experimentation. This week, we wanted to “defeat†gravity by designing and building parachutes that utilise air resistance, with the aim of keeping a hard-boiled egg that was along for the… Read more
-
16 February 2021
The scale and impact of the coronavirus disease COVID-19 pandemic is difficult for adults to wrap their minds around, much less children. But young people still have questions, and they are looking to adults to help them understand what is happening. “My Hero is Youâ€, a story developed for and by children around the world, offers a way… Read more
