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Weeks 10 - 11 Term 1 2020

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Message from CEOAssalamu Alaikum Warahmatu-Allahi Wabarakaatuh

Congratulations to our Unity Gram-mar community.

Our online learning program has been a real success and we contin-ue to make further improvements to ensure our students have as close as possible the same experience they receive at school. This includes deliv-ering Ramadan messages and wellbe-ing activities.

I have personally been contacted by Principals from other schools to find out how we are operating, as they had heard from their own community that Unity Grammar is leading the way in online learning.

Whatever decisions are made by the Government over the next couple of weeks Unity Grammar is prepared to continue to run business as usual. We have financially invested in improved technology to ensure we can continue to deliver a quality online education.

Our staff have certainly been work-ing long hours preparing outside of school hours to ensure our students have planned lessons every day. Pre-paring for an extended online learn-ing program requires a lot of extra planning from our staff and they have embraced online learning effectively. Thank you to our parents and stu-dents for completing the survey on how our online learning program has been performing. The feedback and positivity shown through your com-ments has been overwhelming.

The strong relationship parents and teachers have developed during these challenging times will undoubtedly prove to be beneficial when our students return to school. We are very proud of our student efforts and are pleased they have continued their commitment right through to the end of term.

Family continues to be the key focus throughout this period and everyone’s faith will need to remain strong through-out these unprecedented times. Rama-dan begins later in the holiday period. To everyone in our community, Rama-dan Mubarak.

Lastly, a massive thank you to all our Unity Grammar community for your on-going support. I hope everyone enjoys a well-earned break with family and as soon as the Government deem it safe, we absolutely will be welcoming our students back to school with open arms.

Kind regards

Aaron BoydCEO Unity Grammar

Spiritual MessageAs salam alaykum wrwb Dear Parents and Community,

Muslims around the world are preparing for a 2020 Ramadan that might not be able to be celebrated in-person, in community, due to COVID-19. However, Ramadan remains a valuable time of spiritual and physical nourishment for Muslims.

Fortunately for Muslims, the closure of the masaajid does not mean they stop the five daily prayers altogether. In times of isolation, individual worship plays a signifi-cant role. Muslims can perform their prayers and acts of worship wherever they are.

May the blessed month of Ramadan be a source of peace, love, harmony among families, friends, society, and our country.

Sheikh Arshad KhanHead of Islamic Studies

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Weeks 10 - 11 Term 1 2020 Junior School

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Message fromJunior School

Asalaamu Alaikum Wa rahmatu Allahi Wa Barakaatuhu,

This year, the PDHPE department have busy organising an exciting Scope and Sequence that focuses on a variety of Fundamental Movement Skills. As we welcome our youngest talent to the school, kindergarten have spent their first term being in-troduced to physical activity and athletics. In particular, the pupils fo-cused predominantly on balance, sprint run and vertical jumps. Stage 1 are focusing on getting their body moving while stage 2 are concentrat-ing on developing their cricket skills. Finally, our year 5 and 6 students will be increasing their passing, dodg-ing and fending skills to cater for the game of Oz tag.

Teaching andLearningDear Parents,

Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatualla-hi wa barakatu

Our transition to Online Learning

We are incredibly proud of the Junior School’s smooth transition

from teaching on campus to online learning. We knew it would come with some challenges, but we were not willing to compromise on our values of what we believe quality learning should be. Instead, we pulled together a team of over 35 teaching professionals from within the school, and we reached out to our external professional network. Together, we collaborated and used our combined educational expertise to create a high-quality online learning program for our students.

When we created the structure, we had the following in mind.

1. We will continue to educate the WHOLE child. This includes sup-porting and nurturing their spiritual growth, social and emotional well-being, and physical and cognitive development.

2. We will strive for consistency and continuity. Our online learn-ing structure will follow a typical day of learning and include all Key

Learning Areas as well as having a daily Islamic, Arabic and wellbeing focus.

3. We will continue to value the LEARNING over the WORK. Qual-ity learning activities are carefully sequenced and scaffolded to pro-mote academic growth and high levels of student engagement. There will be no “busy work” or activities that add no value to the learning.

I would like to acknowledge our wonderful parent body who have played an integral part in this smooth transition. Your support, feedback and suggestions are val-ued and taken into consideration when we evaluate and improve our processes. We look forward to delivering our next phase of online learning in the following weeks in-shaaAllah.

Kind Regards,

Marwa LazkaniK-6 Teaching and LearningCoordinator

As we reflect on an exciting term 1 at Unity Grammar, there were many highlights. Throughout the term, we ran our annual Athletics Carnival and Swimming Carnival in which we had high attendance and produced fan-tastic results with both events. We also ran after school sports and be-gan to create our first Unity Grammar soccer and cricket team which we hope to start in term 2.

Throughout online learning we have been in contact with our lovely stu-dents through Class Dojo where stu-dents have been challenging them-selves at home to keep physically fit and active.

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This week Kindergarten has been submitting some amazing online learning tasks. Students have explored mathematical and geographical concepts through creative arts. Fantastic work Kindergarten!

This week year 1 has had the opportunity to become accustomed to Online learning. They have created some fantastic KLA Weather projects. Great job year 1!

Year 2 have been using items they find at home to practise their spelling.










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Year 3 students have researched the Life Cycle of a Butterfly and have used creative techniques and materials to present their work.

Year 4 students have done a wonderful job showing their under-standing of weathering and erosion and creating board games.

Year 5 students have been busy completing their PDH project-based task as part of their Online Learning experiences.

Year 6 students have continued to submit outstanding work from the activities set as part of online learning this week.








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PBUH said that ‘there is nothing bad for a believer. If bad comes their way and they say alhummdullah then that is good for them and if good comes their way and say alhumdullalh then that is good for them as well’

We know that is no exact replace-ment for the face to face interaction

Message from Senior Schoolin a classroom setting between the teacher and student. We also know that the implementation of the our online learning platform on TEAMS is an effective alternative platform. Our staff are online period by period en-gaging in meaningful and interactive learning experiences with the student.

I want to thank all the parents who completed the survey regarding on-line learning. Your feedback has been very positive and that is important for us. We will continue to iron out and improve the online platform so that it is even better in the future.

We are planning to incorporate on-line wellbeing initiatives and activi-ties as of Term 2. Student wellbeing for UG is one of the key areas and we

want to ensure this is addressed via the online platform.

My advice to all parents is to enjoy the holidays. Allow for your children to have some leisure activities and a balanced lifestyle whilst keeping in mind social distancing requirements.

I would like ask Allah SWT to protect us, our families and friends during this challenging period. Please main-tain the social distancing, hygiene and movements measures set by the Government.

We hope that we can return very soon to normality and ask Allah SWT to bless our lives.

Mr Wassim ZoabiHead of Senior School

Year 7 Arabic Online WorkYear 7 Arabic worked on creating globes from materials they had at home and then wrote about it in Arabic . Awesome globes were made and great descriptions. As we worked together online to learn how to create sentences and ensure our grammatical structure of sentences is correct.








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Year 7 Science Students were asked to create an online poster on the importance of safety in the lab!! Students did an amazing Job!!

Year 8 Technology - Cooking DemonstrationYear 8 have been exploring the Australian dairy industry and the importance of healthy, nutritious food that contain dairy as a core component of a recipe. 8G2 enjoyed a virtual practical cooking session where they made cheesy omelettes. Bon appetite ladies!








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Year 8 Arabic Task Year 8 Arabic classes have been studying this terms about friendship and its importance. Their assignment was to create portfolios of their family members or friends and write up in Arabic and English about them.

Year 9 ScienceThis week we have been learning about the types of Ecosystems on this planet. Students were asked to research information about their chosen Ecosystem and present this information in a poster or a Power-Point presentation to the whole class online!








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Year 11 & 12 Biology ExperimentsCommitted Year 12 Biology students Rayanne Hafda and Ahmed Kheir have been conducting first-hand investigations for their Depth Study assessments in the Senior Lab at school. They have been experimenting on which hand sanitisers and household products are effective against bacteria.

Art Club 2020 With the introduction of ART CLUB this year – students explored the medium of earthenware better known as clay. Stu-dents were tasked to create a dinosaur using the pinch pot method of clay building and what an amazing job they did. WELL DONE!








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Year 8 Visual Arts Working in photoshop, word and other editing software – Year 8 was required to appropriate the infamous painting of Mona Lisa into something new and contemporary.

Year 9 Visual ArtsWith the rise of consumerism in the late 1960s – Artists such as Andy Warhol started focusing on the everyday object. Year 9 Visual Arts Students were tasked to create artworks using found objects into Pop Art inspired artworks. An Amazing effort – Well Done Year 9








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Year 10 Visual Arts Focusing the Surrealist Art Movement this term – Year 10 students produced amazing works through the painting medium of watercolour and also digitally. Creating immersive fantasy styled landscapes from the dream world.

Year 11 Visual ArtsExperimenting with light and dark year 11 art students explore the concept of life and symbolism within Vanitas Art. ‘Still life’ or as it’s also known ‘Dead Nature’ is a core topic in Year 11 Visual Arts.








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Community EngagementWhilst Covid 19 restrictions denied our students the chance to participate, it could not stop our volunteers, sponsors, supporters and staff. In recent weeks Unity Grammar helped prepare and serve over 200 hot meals to those in need at the Exodus Foundation and delivered 75 generous food packs to vulnerable families regardless of background or faith includ-ing to members of the indigenous community. Special thanks to Abu Zayds from Brotherhood Boxing Club, Mahmoud Dakarmanji from Terrenium Building Group and Talal Dannoui from Abu Ahmad Grocers, Lurnea.








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