Inside this issue:

Year 1 2

Year 3 3

High School 4

Admin 5

Dear Parents/ caregivers,

As Term 1 draws to a close, I

would like to thank all teachers,

parents and students for a great

start to the 2017 academic year.

During this term, staff have

emphasized the importance of

students accepting responsibility

for their learning. Our teachers

have worked with dedication to

assist and motivate students

achieve to the best of their

abilities.

Thank you to all parents and

students for their great efforts

and support of our college’s

uniform policy. Almost all

s tu d e n t s a r e p r e se n t i n g

themselves in full school uniform

each day.

Recently, we celebrated Harmony

Day. It was a wonderful way to

celebrate our cultural diversity,

spreading the message that

everybody belongs. Our students

also presented well by sending a

strong message of zero tolerance

to bullying and violence.

Our college takes a strong stand

against bullying and violence.

Students are encouraged to treat

each other courteously and

respectfully, both in class and

during their break times.

Term 2 will soon be upon us with

NAPLAN tests.

Friday,

31st March

March Newsletter

Principal’s Message

31st March 2017

Australian International Islamic College

Oh ! My Lord

Advance me in

knowledge

Thank you to staff and

students for your

excellent work. You

h a v e e a r n e d a

well-deserved holiday.

The college will reopen

on Tuesday 18th April

2017. I would like to

wish you all a safe and

relaxing period. I look

forward to Term 2,

Insha’Allah, to ensure

our students have the

very best learning op-

portunities.

Mariam Banwa,

NAPLAN Test Preparation

Preparation for the year 3, 5, 7

and 9 Literacy and Numeracy

tests are well underway. The

college has made a decision not

to teach to the tests, however,

our teachers will familiarise

their students with the

NAPLAN format and types of

questions. This will help ensure

that the results achieved will be

more accurate, meaningful and

useful. It is important to

remember that students are not

expected to do exceptionally

well, but are only competing

against the results they

achieved when they did the test

two years ago. This will help

determine their level of learning

growth over this time. The

NAPLAN tests wi l l be

conducted on 9th, 10th and 11th

May. More details will be sent

out early next term.

Parent/Teacher Interviews

This week, the primary school

teachers have been conducting

parent/teacher interviews to

discuss student’s performance

and provide feedback for future

growth. My thanks to all those

parents who attended. I also

encourage every parent to

attend an interview so that they

can address any concerns they

may have. If you could not make

it this time, please contact your

child’s teacher for an alternative

appointment.

Tuesday,

18th April

Message from Year 1

Page 2

Asalamualaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barkatahu.

As we are nearing the end of Term 1, our Year One

students have been reflecting upon the exciting

learning journey we embarked upon! So much has

happened this term both within the classroom and

beyond. From swimming, to the Sand Safari

excursion, to Harmony Day celebrations, the

excitement of Family Fun Night, professionally

coached tennis sessions, weekly extra-curricular

activities and even a visit from the Fire Department!

What a jam-packed term it has been!

All of these stimulating, hands-on activities have

resulted in a classroom full of young children who are

highly engaged and eager to learn! It certainly has

given us so much to discuss, study, absorb and

discover. Daily writing is so easily inspired by all the

adventures we have embarked upon. The Sand Safari

made learning shapes in Mathematics so much more

engaging too! Harmony Day linked in perfectly with

our understanding of world celebrations and the

significance of particular events throughout history.

Even the excitement of the fire truck visit helped us

to understand pressing issues relating to our own

personal safety.

However, evidence of just how much worldly

knowledge our students maintain became most

apparent throughout our Biological Sciences unit.

Beginning with simple observations of our

vegetable garden and immediate surroundings,

students developed a strong understanding of the

parts of a plant and its functions, as well as what it

needs in order to grow and survive. We were really

grateful to Brother Ahmet who took the time to

help us develop a better understanding of our

chickens, goats and sheep. We were amazed to

discover that a chicken’s wattle (the funny, red,

jiggly bit under its beak) helps to keep our chickens

cool (in a temperature related sense of course)!

From then on, the children launched themselves

into a student-led inquiry into the parts and

functions of a variety of animals including spiders,

bats, birds, sharks and whales! We even learnt to

compare like animals on a Venn diagram.

At such a young age, the little people of Year One

truly have set themselves an extraordinarily high

standard. I cannot wait to see where learning and

inquiry will take us in Term 2!

Warmest Regards—Year 1 & Mrs C

Harmony Day

Feeding time

for the goat

Future

tennis pros !

Celebrating Harmony Day

Visit by Nerang Fire Station

Assalamu alaikum Wr Wb

News from Years 3

Page 3

The Year 3’s have been extremely busy this term

and some exciting learning has taken place. This

term we have focused on a variety of topics. In

science the students learnt about living and

non-living things. As an end of the term

assessment students were required to research on

a living thing of their choice, create a poster and

present it to the class. The students worked hard

and diligently on their research and enjoyed

discovering new things about their living thing.

In HASS students created an art and video

presentation to represent 1 out of the 19 World

Heritage Sites that are located in Australia.

In English and Math’s we have been working on a

variety of strategies to enhance the students

learning and skills. They enjoy competing with

each other on their multiplication to make their

way up the multiplication ladder. We play a

variety of spelling and English games that

engage students learning and enhance their

skills.

The students in year 3 have also been busy

enhancing their creativity by being involved in a

variety of performing arts. On Harmony Day the

students composed and performed a rap song

about what harmony day means to them. We

were also delighted to be invited by the

Multicultural Families Organization to this

year’s Women’s Day Celebration to perform the

national anthem.

They did a wonderful job representing our school

and sang beautifully. They even got a little surprise

and were given a tour of the TAFE College which

they thoroughly enjoyed. Overall we have had a

very eventful Term 1 from guest speakers, to

performances, to swimming & Tennis and all of the

many things we do in the classroom. The students

and I are both exciting about the holidays but are

already looking forward to the new learning that

will take place in Term 2.

Miss L. King, Teacher

Students in their traditional costumes

representing their country of origin—Bosnia,

Turkey, Croatia, Albania & Lebanon

Students representing the school at the

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Congratulations

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High School—Maths / Science

Assalamu alaikum Wr Wb,

Dear parents / caregivers

During term one, the IB theme was “Belonging”.

Students in Year 7 and 8 studied topics in biology

that required grouping of organisms into categories

that they belong to based on their characteristics i.e.

Taxonomy. Students studied the five kingdoms and

were required to complete an assignment on an

extinct or endangered animal as well as an animal

mentioned in the Quran. In the inquiry based

assignment, it was expected that students incorporate

their animal’s food web, habitat and effects both

natural and human that has resulted in the animal’s

decline. They were expected to come up with an

awareness program for their endangered animal, or

suggest ways their extinct animal could be saved.

This required them to discuss topics on climate

change and global warming, poaching, pollution and

the importance of protecting these organisms.

In Year 9 individual students were assigned a body

system to research and teach to the rest of the class.

Students spent many weeks preparing for this and

their hard work definitely showed in the high quality

presentations. Year 10 students did genetics and

researched how genes control physical traits as well

as different types of gene technologies that are used

today.

Term one of Maths got off to an intense start with

Year 7 and 8 revising skills in numeracy,

multiplication and division. The class routine is to

begin each week with a weekly quick quiz that

checks their mental calculation. This term’s focus

was on Number and Place Value, and topics such as

factor trees, integers and fractions were done. The

maths test in Week 5 test was met with full

attendance and positivity from all students, and

those who studied hard performed extremely well.

Year 9 and 10 covered algebra where they

investigated patterns and relationships with direct

and indirect proportion, how to represent these

graphically, and then we moved onto algebraic skills

involving index laws, expansion and factorisation.

Maths and Science are subjects that are no longer

done individually. In class, students are all expected

to work in groups to carry out investigations or

experiments. By doing so, they are able to gain skills

in communication, problem solving, and conflict

resolution. Experiments such as investigating

number patterns, or looking at specimens and dis-

cussing their characteristics enhance their scientific

literacy and inquiry, which will be a strong theme

throughout the year.

Mrs F. Omar

School fees—Thank you to parents who have paid Term 1 fees. Please bring the outstanding

fees up to date. School fees and charges have to be paid at the start of the term.

Contact information—if you have moved, changed your contact details or if your emergency

contacts have changed, please inform the School Office to avoid delay in case of emergency.

From the Administration Desk

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD —TERM 1

Name of student Year level

Award

Aliya Gough

Prep Always being kind, considerate and polite towards

others, using her good manners

Safiyyah Flynn Year 1 Demonstrating the best moral character and learn-

ing etiquette throughout the entire term

Fatima Torlak

Year 2 For being a great school ambassador

Laith Krasniqi

Year 3 Overall outstanding student. Demonstrates

responsibility, respect and takes his learning

seriously.

Tabeer Ahmad

Year 4 A great role model by constantly making the right

choices and achieving academic results

Mirza Sarac Year 5 Outstanding education growth. Improvement,

commitment and intellectual development in his

academic subjects

Zacheriah Miller

Mariam Nour

Nourhan Rijab

Year 6

Year 7

Year 10

Outstanding education growth. Improvement,

commitment and intellectual development in his

academic subjects

Displaying commitment. Focus and working to-

wards academic excellence

Displaying commitment. Focus and working to-

wards academic excellence