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17 September 2015
This week, the Year 2 students went on an excursion to the "Polly Woodside", the replica of a historical Tall Ship permanently moored in the Docklands. Our educational trip helped evoke our students' curiosity. The students showed self-confidence in asking and answering questions about our inquiry unit 'Australia and the World'. This… Read more
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9 September 2015
Today, students from Year 1 and 2 greatly enjoyed a dental incursion which aimed at raising awareness amongst students to keep up with their daily dental routines of brushing teeth regularly, foods to avoid to keep our teeth healthy, how to brush properly and much more. The students enjoyed this engaging incursion which indeed put many… Read more
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4 September 2015
Our Year 3 students embarked on the long bus ride to Ballarat’s "Sovereign Hill" on 2nd September 2015, and swapped their comfortable new class room in the Junior School Building for dusty roads, filled with horse carriages and the hard wooden benches of a yesterday’s world Old School room. Upon their arrival at Sovereign Hill, our… Read more
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2 September 2015
Our Junior School students celebrated LITERACY AND NUMERACY WEEK today in a Special Primary Assembly. As a surprise for our students, members of the Junior school team dressed up as famous Dr Zeuss book characters which caused much laughter and fun during this morning’s assembly. We had appearances of Ms Cheryl and Ms Amina as "Thing One… Read more
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31 August 2015
Students in our Junior School have started celebrating the LITERACY AND NUMERACY WEEK with an optional Out of Uniform / Dressing Up Day today. It was lovely to see so many children participating and enjoying the start of our Literacy and Numeracy Week today. Students had the options to come to school in YELLOW Literacy or GREEN Numeracy… Read more
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27 August 2015
Our Year Foundation students were very excited to visit the Thomastown Fire Station today. At the fire station, there were three large fire engines and we were able to look inside each one of them to see all the different items hidden away safely. We watched as the huge ladder on top of the fire engine rose high into the sky and poured… Read more
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27 August 2015
On Wednesday, 26th August 2015, our Year 4 and HifzA students from Years 3 and 4 Hifz embarked on a journey back in time when they first visited the replica of a historic tall ship, the "Polly Woodside" and Captain Cook’s Cottage afterwards. On board the "Polly Woodside", the students learnt about life on board an early 20th century… Read more
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26 August 2015
This week marks the start of National Literacy and Numeracy Week, which aims to celebrate learning and raise awareness of the importance of reading, writing and mathematics skills. At Al Siraat, we will be celebrating the LITERACY AND NUMERACY WEEK from Monday, 31st August to Friday, 4th September next week. We are organising a number of… Read more
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10 August 2015
Asalaamu Alaikum . Over the last few days we have witnessed the achievements of 15 weeks of hard work and effort from our students and teachers. The exhibition was a reflection of the potential our students hold, the importance of our teachers, the development of our school culture and the strength of the school community. Our Junior… Read more
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2 August 2015
Our Science Stories. You are invited to our exciting exhibition for 2015. The students from Foundation to Year 7 will share their amazing "Science Stories" and dazzle you with what they know. Friday 7 August . Al Siraat families and friends and special guests. Saturday 8 August. All Community Read more
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26 June 2015
Our final assembly of the year saw College Principals Mrs Rahat Arain and Mr Andrew Houghton handing out certificates for a successful first semester of studying at Al Siraat. Congratulations to the following Junior School students: Students Awards 2015 – Primary semester 1. To view photos of this special assembly, please visit our… Read more
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29 May 2015
In a first for our Year 3’s, 33 students and 5 teachers spent a night at Scienceworks. The sleepover hosted five outstanding attractions, including a planetarium show, Think Ahead, Alice’s Wonderland, Sports and Tyrannosaurus exhibition. Students launched from the College on Thursday evening 28th May 2015 with a direct mission into space… Read more
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17 April 2015
As in previous years, our Junior classes have started attending their fortnightly visits to Lalor Library. The first classes to go were our Grade 5 and 6 girls. The students enjoyed choosing books for their “Drop Everything And Read Time” or DEAR Time in class. Students also looked for books connected to their Inquiry Unit to use for… Read more
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15 April 2015
PREMIERS’ READING CHALLENGE 2015. As you know, Alsiraat College is again taking in the annual Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge. This year, we are aiming for every child to participate in this exciting event. Currently two grades, Year 1A and FA, have returned all of their permission forms and I would like to congratulate them on a… Read more
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20 March 2015
Last week we celebrated Harmony week at ĂŰĚҵĽş˝ and the students in Years Foundation – Two worked together to make a bright and happy Harmonious Garden. Each year level made a hand print to represent the leaves of our Harmony Tree and filled the garden with little people and bright flowers. The Grade One and Two students wrote… Read more
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3 March 2015
This year on “Clean Up Australia Day”, the whole student community came together to help clean up the College grounds and classrooms. Students from Grade 4A enthusiastically ventured outside the boundaries of the College. Our class gathered all the litter blown into the drain and nature strip on Harvest Home Road. It was another step… Read more
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20 November 2014
On Thursday, 20th of November all the Foundation students went on an Excursion to Bundoora Farm. While we were there we made scones, patted chickens and lambs, fed the baby goat a bottle and went on a bumpy tractor ride. We saw many animals including kangaroos and emus and had lots of fun feeding the sheep, who tickled our hands with… Read more
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17 November 2014
"Antibiotic Awareness week" is a global initiative running from 17-23 November 2014 designed to encourage the community to learn more about antibiotic resistance. The World Health Organisation has flagged antibiotic resistance’s one of the greatest threats to human health, and NPS MedicineWise a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to… Read more
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6 March 2014
After the success of our Maths Trivia night in March this year, the primary staff decided to host another trivia night for a Spelling Bee. Held in our new primary building, the students from grades Foundation to 6 fiercely competed in both the spelling and maths categories. The thrill of competition proved too much for some of our parents… Read more
