Tuesday 3rd December 2013
Issue 8
Al Amanah College
Al Amanah College
Newsletter 2013
Success Through Knowledge
NEWSLETTER
“Our Vision for 2014 is to sustain our achievements by providing a stimulating environment
with a technology orientation across the College curriculum. Maximising students’ potential at
all levels and preparing them to meet the future challenges.”
From the Principal's Office
Dear Parents, Students, Staff and Friends of Al
Amanah College;
Welcome to our final Al Amanah College
newsletter for 2013. In this edition we continue to share with you the achievements of our
students, as well as provide you with some
important information about the start of the
2014 school year.
During this term Year Ten students had their
graduation in a traditional Al Amanah College
style with a whole school assembly and presentation morning. Year Eleven students had their
presentation during week 4. Year Seven, Eight
and Nine students have continued to work at
their studies this term and have also enjoyed
participating in various school and sporting
events. Our Year Six students from both campuses attended an open day as part of their
transition program to gain some insight into
High School, they spent the day at our secondary school and participated in team building
activities and met some high school staff in
readiness for 2014.
I also extend my sincere thanks to the teaching
and support staff at Al Amanah, who throughout this year, have worked together to provide
Al Amanah students with good teaching and
learning programmes.
The successes and achievements that our students enjoy would not be possible without the
partnership between the school and home.
Thankyou to our parents and caregivers for your
ongoing support of Al Amanah College. We
value it and look forward to continuing to work
alongside you to help and support your child in
2014.
We look forward to the continued partnership
and strong ties between Al Amanah College, its
friends and associates and the community that
has been a part of our school’s enrichment and
success throughout the past years. Furthermore, as the holiday period approaches, I wish
you all a time of happiness and relaxation and
look forward to working with you in 2014.
Regards,
‫الحمد هلل رب العالــمين والصالة والسالم على رسول‬
‫هللا وعلى ءاله وصحبــه ومــن وااله‬
‫يقول هللا تعالى فى كتابه العظــيم ﴿إال تنصـــــروه فقد‬
‫نصره هللا إذ أخرجــه الذين كفروا ثانى اثنين إذ هما فى‬
‫الغار اذ يقول لصاحبه ال تحزن إن هللا معنا﴾ ســــورة‬
04/‫التوبة‬
Kindergarten Orientation
Dates to Remember
‫ أهالينا الكرام‬Friday 6th December
‫الهجرة النبوية لم تكن هروبا من قتـــال وال جبنـــا عن‬
‫ ولكن‬،‫مواجهة وال تخاذال عن إحقاق حق أوإبطال باطل‬
‫هجرة بأمر هللا تعالى أعد فيها النبى القائد سيدنا محمــد‬
‫صلوات ربى وسالمــــه عليه الـــعدة وهيـأ الجند وعـاد‬
‫ أوذى رســول هللا صـــلى هللا عليـه‬،‫بـهم إلى مكة فاتحا‬
‫وسلــــم وأوذى أصحــابه الكـرام فى مكـــة وصــبر ءال‬
‫ ورسول هللا كان يدور فى المواسم‬،‫يـاسر فى سبيــل هللا‬
‫التى يجتمع فيهاالناس ويقول لهم “أيها الناس قولــــوا‬
” ‫ال إله إال هللا تفلحوا‬
‫أما تفســير اآلية ﴿اذ يقول لصاحبه ال تـــحزن إن هللا‬
‫ فهذا الصاحب هوالصديـــق‬04/‫معنا﴾ سورة التوبة‬
‫رضى هللا عنه وليس معناه هوأن هللا موجودمعهمـــا‬
‫ ألن عقيدة أهل اإلســالم أن هللا موجود بال‬،‫فى الغــار‬
‫ بل المــعية هنا مـعية النصرة أى هللا هو الذى‬،‫مكان‬
‫ حمى هللا تعالى حبيبــه محمــد‬،‫ينصرنـا ويحمينا‬
‫بأوهــن البيوت وأوهن البيوت بيت العنكبــوت وأرسل‬
‫حمامة باضت على فم الغار فأعمى هللا تعالى أبصار‬
‫المشركين عن رسول هللا صلى هللا عليه وسلم‬
‫اماالمـــؤمنـــون فينتظرون فى المدينــــة المنــــورة‬
‫حبا وشوقا وصول الحبيب المصطفى صلى هللا عليه‬
‫ ويتــوافدون إلى مشــارف المدينة من ناحية‬،‫وسلم‬
‫طـــريق مكة وبعضهم يتسلق األشجار وينظر إلى بعد‬
‫عله يــرى أثرا لقدوم رسول هللا صلى هللا عليه وسلم‬
‫وذات يوم والناس فى انتظار بلهف وشوق وقدانتصف‬
‫النهار واشتد الــحر إذا برجل ينادى بأعلى صوته‬
‫“هــا قد جــاء من تنتظرون ياأهل المدينة” فتأتى‬
‫الجموع الستقبال الـحبيب المصطفى صلى هللا عليــــه‬
:‫وسلــــــــم والحب يســـبقها ولســـــان حالهــــا يقـول‬
‫من ثنيات الوداع‬
Years Seven to Nine pupil
free day
Thursday 12th December
Primary S.R.C. excursion
to A.M.F. bowling
Monday 16th December
Secondary end of year
excursion
Monday 16th December
Years Six Graduation
Tuesday 17th December
Years Seven to Nine end
of year presentation 9:00
am - 10:30 am
Wednesday 18th December Years Kindy to Five end of
year presentation
Wednesday and Thursday Uniform sale
15th and 16th January 2014
Tuesday 23rd January
Year Seven orientation
Tuesday 28th January
Year Twelve first day of
Term One 2014
Wednesday 29th January
Thursday 30th January
Years One to Eleven first
day
Kindergarten first day
‫طلع البدر علينا‬
‫اللهم أعد علينا هذه الذكرى العظيمــة المبــاركة باألمن‬
‫واألمان يارب العالمين‬
Ayman Alwan
Deputy Principal
Please do not throw this paper in dirty places as it contains religious information‫شرعا‬
‫ال ترم ِهذه الورقة فى القاذورات ألنها تحتوى على كلمات معظمة‬
Newsletter 2013
Al Amanah College
Kindergarten’s Excursion to Calmsley Hill City Farm
On Tuesday the 19th of November, Kindergarten went to Calmsley Hill City Farm by bus. The
students saw and patted a lot of native and farmyard animals. They were very excited to have a go
at milking the cow. The best part was the tractor ride; it was very bumpy! They also enjoyed a
variety of exciting shows and exhibits such as the stock whip show, the working dog show and the
sheep shearing show. It was a wonderful day!
Mrs El Hawat
Kindergarten Orientation 2013 > 2014
This year Al Amanah College carefully
planned a successful and valuable Kindergarten Orientation programme. The sessions helped to make the transition from
home to school enjoyable and exciting for
both the children and their parents. The
next generation of kindergarten students
received a special invitation with their
parents to join in the fun at Al Amanah
College for Orientation. The kindergarten
teachers organised interactive activities
for the students to enjoy and opportunities
to socialise over three sessions. This gave
the future students the opportunity to interact with their peers and become accustomed to ‘big’ school and the classroom
setting.
A parent information session was held
while the children were in the kindergarten classroom. The information sessions
served as an opportunity to understand the
school’s policies, procedures, general
school information, information specifi-
cally regarding kindergarten students, their
learning opportunities and how long to support them at home, as well as a chance to
meet the staff and other kindergarten parents. Furthermore parents also greatly benefited from informative sessions with our
teacher librarian Mrs Abas, Liverpool Safety
Officer Rachel Paerlo and Mecca Laalaa
from South West Health Service.
Our new students happily took home several
mementos including a brightly coloured Al
Amanah College balloons and dazzlingly
decorated hats. They also received a special
plant as a gift from Al Amanah College to
represent the growth that we will see in
these students in the years to come. Parents
who attended the sessions did not go home
empty handed, receiving a special Kindergarten Orientation Gift Bag with a long list of
inclusions and ‘goodies’ such as information
pamphlets, several activity booklets for their
children (Arabic and English), name tracing
cards, pencil case full of stationary, story
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book, Islamic calendar, starting school calendar and a CD of children Islamic chants. We
enjoyed welcoming new and current families
to our school and would like to thank all the
parents who attended Kindergarten Orientation. We look forward to sharing your child’s
educational journey and working together to
empower our new students to Al Amanah
College.
Reminders for start of the school year for
kindergarten students and parents:
 First Day of Kindergarten: 30th January
2014.
 ‘Tea and tissues’ morning tea event for the
parents on the first day of school.
 A photographer will take pictures of your
child’s first day at Al Amanah College.
Mrs Tabbara
Al Amanah College
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Newsletter 2013
Al Amanah College
Year Eleven Presentation
The Year Eleven cohort of 2013 graduated on Friday 8 th November.
It was a busy and eventful morning for everyone, with many special
guests, including Liverpool mayor Mr Ned Mannoun. Speeches
were read, awards were given out and the S.R.C. were announced.
Congratulations to Ayyah Al Ayoubi for receiving the Principal
Award and the conditional scholarship for U.W.S. Also congratulations to Mahmoud Ismail for receiving the Principal Award and
the sports award. Arvie Avianto for receiving the sport award and a
special award presented by the Mayor.
A big congratulations to the S.R.C. for 2013/2014 :
- School Captains : Amina Saad and Mohamed Zahab
- School Vice Captains: Reem Haddad and Edris El Shafie
- S.R.C.: Rayanne Elmasri and Arvie Avianto
Overall it was a successful morning and we wish the Year Twelve
students all the best for the year ahead and for the H.S.C.
Arvie Avianto
Ayyah Al Ayoubi
Mahmoud Ismail
The Year Ten graduation
The Year Ten graduation ceremony was an event that
celebrated the successful achievements of students' diligent
efforts throughout the year. The most anticipated announcement of the ceremony was the principal's awards which were
awarded to three highly capable and dedicated students. They
were Abdulla Kakkat, Moses El Saj and Shavin Saleh. Well
done to all the highly deserved recipients of this prestigious
award. Also, congratulations to the winner of the Caltex All
Rounder Shanice Manirath.
The announcement of sports age champion for under 16 boys
went to Moustafa Karich and under 16 girls went to Maya
Chamseddine. The ceremony ended with memories recapping
on the year from students and teachers. Congratulations to all
the award recipients and to all graduating year ten students.
Wishing you all the success for your future educational
endeavours.
Mrs El Dana’s Devotion to Serving the Community Wins her the 2MFM 2013 Excellence
in Ethnic and Multicultural Award
On the 16th November 2013, the 2MFM
Muslim Community Radio was awarded the
Excellence in Ethnic and Multicultural
Broadcasting for a Human Project by the
Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (C.B.A.A.). Excellence in Ethnic and
Multicultural Broadcasting was awarded to
2MFM for actively seeking and involving
ethnic, multicultural and new/emerging communities at their station, in the last twelve
months.
The Head of the Arabic and Religious Studies
at Al Amanah College Mrs Faten El-Dana
OAM, who coordinated the human project
on the Muslim Burial crisis, accepted the
Award on behalf of 2MFM at the annual
C.B.A.A. Conference of 2013.
Her acceptance words touched the hearts of many
and were representative of the deep humble-
ness and commitment of 2MFM for serving the
wider Muslim community and ultimately improving their quality of life.
“We believe that it is through our ongoing commitment to community engagement and participation
that important multicultural issues, like the burialcrisis project, and other similar projects will receive
deserving attention, to inform and meet the needs of
multicultural communities.”, Mrs El Dana Said .
The Chief Executive Officer of the community
media training organisation Nicola Joseph
delivered the following congratulatory words:
“I think it is a mark of the wonderful achievements
that have happened and the fact that you put so
much energy in making sure that the broadcasters
and producers (at 2MFM ) are not only engaged with
the community but are really doing programmes at
the highest level of excellence. In particular, I think
the award that was around the difficulty that people
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have for the Muslim community in finding burial
sites, I actually listened to that whole program and
it is just a revelation for me, it is just an amazing
insight into what it is like to be a Muslim Australian.”
The Deputy principal Mr Ayman Alwan congratulated the Muslim Community Radio for
this prestigious award win and commended
Mrs El Dana for the success of yet another
influential community project aimed at building cohesive and harmonious multicultural
communities.
Al Amanah College
Newsletter 2013
The Year Six Open Day
The Year Six students from both Liverpool and Bankstown campuses
inwarded to take journey into the reality of high school. The day started
off with a wonderful speech by Year Seven students Adam Hawchar and
Merhde Khazma who explained the exciting moments of entering high
school and the friendships that will develop as a result. The students were
teamed up with Year Eight and Nine S.R.C. leaders who engaged them
with various ice-breaker and ball game activities. The students also enjoyed morning breakfast with their groups and then took a tour of high
school to familiarize themselves with their new learning environment. A
big thankyou to the dedicated S.R.C. members for their assistance on the
day. We wish all Year Six students the best of luck for entering Year Seven in 2014.
Miss Baker
Year Twelve Modern History Excursion
The Year Twelve Modern History students undertook an excursion to
Macquarie University and the Australia Museum. They completed a
variety of activities that involved examining primary sources of World
War One memorabilia and they even watched an archival footage
video from W.W.I. Students were lectured on how to respond to
W.W.I. source analysis questions in the exams, in order to maximize
their marks. Students are able to utilize this information in their upcoming half yearly and H.S.C. examinations. I wish the girls all the
best of luck in their final school year. On a final note, the Museum
officer commented on how well behaved the students were and how
knowledgeable they were on the W.W.I. content. Well-done girls,
very proud of you all!
Miss Baker
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Al Amanah College
Step-a-thon!
Newsletter
Alteach
Amanah
College
Step-a-thon is a national campaign for primary
school2013
children to help
them the
importance of making every step count.
Obesity is on the rise in Australia and Sept-a-thon aims to teach children the value of making every step count, by encouraging them to keep active
and supporting research that keeps children everywhere healthy and active.
Did you know
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Obesity is on the rise in Australia
One in ten school kids suffer from a food allergy
Aussie children are most at risk of getting type one diabetes
Heart disease is the cause of one third of childhood deaths
Every week three Australian children will die form cancer
Murdoch Children Research Institute is working towards finding prevention and treatments for hundreds of common and rare childhood illnesses,
so that children everywhere can have a health future.
Students and their parents can register at http://selptathon.org.au.au/
The first 25,000 primary school kids to register will receive a pedometer to make counting steps easy.
More information
stepathon.org.au
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Reminders - Reminders - Reminders - Reminders
Lost Property
Uniform Purchasing
2014 Term One
No responsibility is taken by the school for lost articles. Parents are more
than welcome to check for lost items in the lost property collection. We
make every effort to have lost items claimed but unmarked, unclaimed
items left at the end of each term will be sold as second hand garments.
All lost property is housed in boxes located in the reception area.
Parents wishing to
Tuesday January 28th Year 12
purchase a uniform may
Wednesday January 29th Years 1 - 11
do so on Tuesdays only.
Thursday January 30th Kindy
Glimpse of the Month
Kindy Students’ Arabic Work Samples
Liverpool Campus
55 Speed St
Liverpool NSW 2170
Ph: + 61 2 9822 8022
Fax: + 61 2 9822 8011
Bankstown Campus
2 Winspear Avenue
Bankstown NSW 2200
Ph: + 61 2 9708 1220
Fax: + 61 2 97906660
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email: admin@alamanah.nsw.edu.au
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