ISSUE # 4 | TERM 2 WEEK 2 | 2018 www.iqracollege.sa.edu.au

FROM THE PRINCIPALAssalamu alaykum warahmatul-lahi wa barakatuh Dear Parents, Guardians, Care-givers and friends of IQRA.

SPORTS DAYOn Tuesday 10th April we held our annual sports day. It was a beautiful warm day and I’m sure all the families that came out en-joyed the event. Congratulations to the red team for winning the team trophy for the second year running.

NAPLAN In Week 3, students in years 3, 5, 7 & 9 will take part in the NAPLAN tests. These tests are designed to show how students are perform-ing in the areas of literacy and nu-meracy, highlighting the areas in which they need to improve.

Results for these tests will be re-leased around September.

RAMADAN From Monday 14th May (Week 3), school will finish at the earli-er time of 3:05pm. If your child is taking the bus, please ensure that there will be someone at home when the bus arrives.

The school will be hosting a family Iftar on Sunday 27th May. On the

IN THIS ISSUE:Pg 2. Meet Our New Staff

Pg 4. Quran Competition

Pg 4-5. PE Corner

DATES & EVENTS

15-16 MAYStart of Ramadan

15-17 MAYNAPLAN Tests

27 MAYQur’an Competition & Family Iftar

28 MAYSchool Photo Day

TERM DATES

TERM 1: 29 Jan - 13 AprTERM 2: 30 Apr - 6 JulTERM 3: 23 Jul - 28 SepTERM 4: 15 Oct - 14 Dec

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“LEARNING IS A TREASURE THAT WILL FOLLOW ITS OWNER EVERYWHERE”

same day there will be a student Quran Recitation Competition.

During each night of Ramadan, the school will host Taraweeh prayers led by Sheikh Ahmed Mostafa. Ishaa prayer will start at 7:30pm, followed by Taraweeh where the Sheikh Ahmed will complete Khatamul Qur’an (1 Juz every night) Insha Allah.

When students return to school on Monday 18th June, we will return to our normal finish of 4:05pm.

Immunisations and Emergency Contacts All students have been given an important note requesting par-ents to provide their children’s immunisation summaries, health care plans, email addresses, and emergency contacts.

It is of great importance that this information is returned to us im-mediately in order to keep your children’s records up to date. We thank you for your cooperation.

NEWSLETTER

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High School Student Laptops

All high school students have now been allocat-ed a laptop to assist them with their learning for the year. We hope they will make a difference by improving their productivity and ICT skills. It is im-portant that all students are responsible and take good care of these devices.

Jazakallah Khair.

Shaheem Doutie Acting Principal

CLASS UPDATESRECEPTION AAssalaam u alaikum (WRWB)

Dear Parents/families

Welcome back and hope you all had a restful break! The students have been wonderful; they’ve began this term with an enthusiasm towards learn-ing. In Literacy, we are revising letter recognition with sounds, introduced blends in words, began sentence writing by practising the basic rules of punctuation in sentences. In Maths, we are focus-ing on numbers and counting; telling time; learn-ing about money and much more. This week we are planting winter vegetables in our kitchen garden by preparing the beds for green beans, sugar snap peas, silverbeet and iceberg lettuce. We picked some spinach, tomatoes and silverbeet in the past few weeks. We are looking forward to Ramadaan where we will be focusing on gaining more good deeds at school and at home. We have lots of Ra-

madaan craft activities planned as well. Remem-ber to send your children in the full correct uniform as some children are still wearing colour shoes! Re-member to practise reading with your child for 10 minutes daily.

Wassalaam Ramadaan Mubarak! Mrs Naby

RECEPTION BAssalamu Alaikum Dear Parents/Guardians,

As only two weeks have passed in the term we have the blessed month of Ramadan just around the corner. Hopefully our recent school holiday has given both parents and students time to rest and reenergise for yet another exciting learning period. To welcome Ramadan, students in Reception B will be participating Ramadan themed art and craft activities to welcome the holy month.

Students continued to learn all other areas of the curriculum. In Literacy they are working hard to continue to learn their letter blending to read words. They started to learn how to write simple sentences while learning the basic sentence struc-ture. In numeracy we continued to practice our number recognition and counting. We are learning simple addition and substruction methods, as well as shapes and patterns.

In science we are learning the weather around our world while exploring weather symbols to predict different weather patterns. In HASS (History and Geography) we continued to learn family struc-tures and relations including the history of Indig-enous Australian families. They were introduced to maps and learnt how to identify countries from the globe map.

In ICT students children have been engaging in ex-citing learning activities that help them to devel-op further their ability to control the mouse when using a computer. They were able to use an Inter-active Spelling program and created art with Tux Paint painting program.

Ramadan Mubarak to you all.

Best Regards,Ms Sahra Mohamed

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“My Lord, increase me in knowledge”

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YEAR 1ADear families,

Welcome back students and families to another busy and exciting term. My name is Carmen Leung and I am the new year 1A teacher. In English, stu-dents are beginning to read narratives and fairy tales. We have been working on character descrip-tions and talking about how authors use language and image to create characters. In the next few weeks, students will be learning how to structure and write narratives.

In numeracy, we have been looking at addition and money. In the following weeks, we will be focus-ing on measurement, multiplication, number pat-terns and chance and data. In science, students are learning about the weather. We have created weather dials and have been recording the weather every day on our calendar. In health, we have been studying the importance of physical activity and healthy habits.

Thanks,Carmen

MEET OUR NEW STAFFWe have two new SSOs (School Services Officers) who have joined our team at IQRA College. They will mainly be involved with providing classroom support for teaching staff and administrative du-ties at the front office.

Please make them feel welcome if you see them around.

Mrs Toyah Boyle Hi, my name is Toyah and I have been working in edu-cation for over 8 years. So far I have really enjoyed my time at the school. The students have been very friendly and it has been fantastic to get to know them and help them learn. I am looking forward to meeting families of the students I work with.

Mrs Saira Sabir Assalamu alaikum, my name is Saira Sabir and I am delighted to be part of the team at IQRA College. After working at schools for over 10 years I have come to believe that im-plementation and exe-cution is more important than strategizing. I have found everyone at IQRA College to be very friendly and professional, and I can’t wait to help the school and students excel in all aspects.

A FRIENDLY REMINDERWe turn to Allah when we face problems but it is Allah who gives us these problems in the first place because He wants us to turn to Him. There is a rea-son for everything in life and for the Muslim it is always good.

Rasulallah said: “Strange is the affair of the be-liever. Verily, all his affairs are good for him. If something pleasing befalls him he thanks (Allah) and that is better for him. And if something harm-ful befalls him he is patient and that is better for him. And this is only for the believer.” (Muslim)

SPARE CLOTHING FOR RECEPTION & YR 1 STUDENTSWe have several children who have been reported tohave bathroom accidents at school. For the par-ents ofchildren in the Reception and Year 1 classes, please provide an extra pair of pants, underwear and socks with them.

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QURAN COMPETITIONالسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاتهDear All, I would like to give an update on the 2nd IQRA Quranic competition. It will be done in 2 stages:

The first stage for the beginners who do not recite with Tawjeed rules and this will be done during the week from 21-25 of May 2018 and it will be during the class time and the teacher will do it by them-selves for all levels :• Level 1 : 5 Surahs• Level 2 : 10 Suraha• Level 3 : 20 Suraha• Level 4 : Juz Amma• Level 5 Juz Amma and Tabarak

All the marks in this stage will be based on mem-orisation.

The second stage is done for the advanced stu-dents and it will be done on the afternoon of 27th of May before the school Iftar. Parents and the community will be invited and he event will be judged by Imams. The winners of the two stages will be announced and rewarded on the school If-tar vening.

Students selected for this stage must be able to recite with the basic tajweed rules of 1) Qalaqlah 2) Ghunna 3) Elongation

They will be assessed according to 3 levels1) 20 Surahs form Juz Amma2) Juz Amma3) Juz Amma and Tabarak

50 % of the marks will be on Tajweed rules, con-stancy and clarity of recitation, and Makharij and Sifat.50 % of the marks will be on memorisation (stu-dents will be tested from the any part of surah)

Dr Ahmed MostafaHead of Islamic Department

PE CORNER

Last month, 2 of our students (Asya Moussali & Zayden Kamish) competed in the Southern Dis-tricts cross country championships with both run-ners competing in severe weather conditions with strong results. Zayden won his event and will now compete for the Southern Valley District in the state cross country championships in June. Excel-lent achievements by both students.

Last term we were lucky enough to secure funding from the federal government as part of the Sport-ing Schools funding program. With this equip-ment we purchased 4 table tennis tables with all equipment and 4 instructors to coach out year 6 - 9 students over 5 weeks. We have set up these tennis tables for students to utilize during recess and lunch, especially with the cold weather now setting in.

We have pointed out to students that the equip-ment must be looked after during lunch and recess with no food to be eaten near the tables.

With the Sporting Schools funding program, we also purchased 6 portable tennis nets and all equipment with a professional tennis coach to also instruct our students. The equipment stays with the school and will be used as part of our PE pro-gram for years to come. We hope to produce some budding champions in the next few years.

Don’t forget, each family can use the $50 voucher (from last terms newsletter) to have this reduced from club fees (See the admin staff if you need an-other one). Starting in week 6, we have also acquired Baseball SA to come to our school and provide coaching ses-sions to students in T Ball. The package also comes with valuable resources that will be used in future PE lessons throughout the school. Apart from this, we have also ordered new PE equipment for every class to use for their individual

class PE lessons, so on the whole, the PE depart-ment is developing strongly. If your child is keen to participate in any school sport, including SAPSASA events, I have a list of all the upcoming events and clinics on the wall outside the year 7 classroom. It is students responsibility to check this wall regularly for upcoming events. Kind Regards Michael O’Donnell(Year 7 Teacher/PE Coordinator)

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