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AL NEWS Taking Action to Help Others
The Inside News.... Inside this Newsletter, you can read about: • Astro Explains Black Holes; • ICAS Exams; • Drama Club; • Kid Zone; • Nut Free Zone; and • Makkis Run @ State Championships.
Online Newsletters http://issuu.com/ alzahracollege All editions of Al News are available online each month at the above link or on the Parents Portal under Publications.
VALUES
Open - minded is one of the attributes of the Learner Profile and one of our core values at Al Zahra College. What is an open-minded person? They understand and appreciate their own cultures and personal histories, and are open to the perspectives, VOLUME 15, ISSUE 5: JUNE 2012"
values and traditions of other individuals and communities. They are accustomed to seeking and evaluating a range of points of view, and are willing to grow from the experience. Weekly awards are presented to students who demonstrate Learner Profile attributes. PAGE 1
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CALENDAR 1 July • AZC 20121Annual Report available online. 5 July • Official opening of Hall and Secondary Block 16 July • Term 3 classes commence 21 July • Ramadan commences (TBC) 27 July
READY TO LEARN RAYANNE & HASSAN It is absolutely essential that REPRESENT AZC AT STATE CROSS COUNTRY students arrive at school, ready Rayanne Makki and her younger to learn. This won’t happen if students do not have adequate brother, Hassan, represented sleep (10-12 hours, depending AZC and ASISSA for a second on age) or have unhealthy eating time at the Sate Cross Country habits. Championships that were conducted at Eastern Creek in If parents don’t have these June. two factors right, then learning and personal achievement will Both students, along with the be a ‘hit or miss’ affair. AZC regional cross country How much sleep do your squad, had been training with children have each night? Mr Jessurun since early May. INTERSCHOOL SPORT
Well done, Rayanne and Hassan! MOBILE PHONES Students who bring a mobile phone or other electronic device to College must leave it at the Main Office when they arrive. The item can be collected on their departure. If the device is required for use in the classroom, then the teacher will advise the Main Office.
Congratulations to the Primary Girls’ futsal team who defeated Belfield College 3-2 in a gripping final at Liverpool. By far the dominant team in the competition, the AZC girls rose to the occasion to make it a clean sweep to date. Well done, boys, on your great football to be futsal champions in 2012, defeating Green Valley 7-1.
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• Y7 national vaccination program: dose #2 20-21 August
• AZC Closed - IB workshop 30 August • ASISSA Athletics Carnival 17-26 September • Secondary Malaysia excursion 25-28 September • Y5/6 Noosa excursion
Payments Parents are reminded that all payments should be made by direct deposit, Bpay or through the EFTPOS facility at AZC. The reason for this procedure is twofold: - AZC does not want to handle or hold cash on the premises; and - AZC wants to minimise any bank charges for parents who are withdrawing cash from ATMs to make a fees payment. AZC appreciates your cooperation in this matter. PAGE 2
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CLOWN DAY TO FUNDRAISE FOR THE STARLIGHT FOUNDATION
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Drama Club Last year at Al Zahra College, Miss Sadruddin came up with a fabulous idea to start a drama club. The first play that took place was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in which I played the main part which was Charlie. It was a great success. In 2012, the teachers decided two have two drama clubs, a junior and a senior club. This was all due to the popularity and interest that evolved from last year. Drama is a great way to show off students’ confidence and talent and let me tell you something. Al Zahra College has a lot of talented children. The junior drama club meet every Thursday at lunchtime to brainstorm ideas together for the upcoming annual performance. We also act out some scripts with different expressions involved. It’s full of great entertainment and a whole heap of fun. This year the junior drama club is doing a production of the Gruffalo. It’s sure to be brilliant.
Tara Youssef - Y3
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NUT FREE ZONE Mohamed Soummaka, who is in Year 1 in 2012, has a severe nut allergy. To prevent a medical emergency, there can be no nuts or foods containing nuts in the school. This includes, especially Nutella and hazelnut products, and anything containing tree nuts. Al Zahra College and the Soummaka family appreciate your assistance in making our College a nut free zone. Thank you in advance for your complete support.
COLLEGE UNIFORM Parents are reminded that they must purchase available uniform items from AZC and missing/out-of-stock items from Yeronga School Uniforms (900 Canterbury Rd, Roselands). There is concern that some families are substituting College uniform items by purchasing items from unapproved suppliers. Specific concerns are boys’ trousers, school shirts, AZC caps and tracksuit pants. Parents can save themselves a lot of money by ensuring their child’s name is marked clearly on all pieces of clothing. PAGE 4
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ASTRO AHMAD’S AMAZING FACTS On the 13th of June 2012 NASA launched a black hole hunter into space. This new telescope, called Nustar, will be used to find and study one of the most amazing and mysterious objects in space. BLACK HOLES!
could ever happen, but let’s imagine you fell in feet first. The gravitational pull on your feet would be stronger than that on your head, because of the small distance between them, causing your body to be stretched out like a piece of bubble gum. This process is called “spaghettification” or the noodle effect. In other words, you'd be turned into spaghetti.
Black holes are fascinating objects because they have such powerful gravity that they pull in everything in their path. Not even light can escape from them, that is why they are invisible. So if they are invisible, then how do we know they exist??? So how is a black hole formed? One way a black hole is formed is when a large star, about ten times the size of our sun, grows old and dies. When the core of such a star runs out of fuel to burn, it will explode into something called a supernova. The left over material from the explosion collapses into itself and becomes a black hole. This We know they exist because type of black hole is called a when a black hole pulls in Stella-mass black hole. matter [solids, liquids and gases], radiation is released and Scientists also believe there is a this helps astronomers find the black hole in the center of most black hole using special x-ray galaxies, including the Milky telescopes. Way- our galaxy, not the chocolate! This black hole is Have you ever wondered what called Sagittarius A and it's a would happen to you if you ever super massive black hole that fell into a black hole? Not that it VOLUME 15, ISSUE 5: JUNE 2012"
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has a mass equal to about 4 million suns [mass is the amount of matter or “stuff” in an object]. Can Earth be gobbled up by Sagittarius A? Never fear, the super massive black hole in the centre of our galaxy is too far from our solar system so it can't pull us in. Also, our sun is not big enough to turn into a black hole when it dies, therefore, our Earth is safe from black holes. However, asteroids on the other hand, well, that's a different story! Until next time, this is Astro Ahmad taking you to infinity and beyond.... For more information on black holes and other interesting space facts, visit the NASA website on www.nasa.gov Ahmad Sabra - Y4
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Getting to Know our Prime Minister
During Ramadan AZC is only open from 9:00am to 2:30pm. Have you ever visited another country: Yes, Lebanon Favourite teacher @ AZC: Mrs Iliadis
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Joke Corner 1-Why don't skeletons fight each other? They don't have the guts. 2- What did the water say to the boat? Nothing, it just waved.
3-Which runs faster hot or cold? Learner profile attribute he Hot. Everyone can catch cold.
thinks he is: Knowledgeable
Name: Ali Ahmad Nasser Age: 11 Lives: Bexley Hair colour: Black Eye colour: Brown Favourite colour: Orange Favourite food: Seafood
Who do you look up to and why?: Ronaldo because he admires his skills. Where do you see yourself in 20 years?: Playing soccer for a national team An interesting fact you might like to know about our PM: He is right handed. Interviewed by Tia Mohsen Y4
4-Why is a lost Dalmatian easily found? Because he’s always spotted. 5-Why was six afraid of seven? Because seven eight nine! 6-What's the connection between Winnie the Pooh and Atilla the Hunn? Same middle name! 7-How do you make a goldfish age? Take out the "g" 8-What do prisoners use to call each other? Cell phones. Ismail Hammoud - Y4
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ICAS TESTS
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The ICAS tests give you a great
The most polluted ocean in the
indication as to how you rank
world is the Indian Ocean. The
Welcome back, this is my sec-
across internationally. I believe
Indian Ocean has been polluted
ond extract (piece of informa-
it is based more on general
for the past 28 years. The Indian
tion) for Al News! Today I will
ability than actual preparation.
Ocean is very dirty and all of
be discussing the ICAS tests.
This is my second year
the rubbish is causing the
Al Zahra students across Years
participating in these tests and I
animals to die.
3,4,5,6 and secondary have
can tell you they’re challenging.
already participated in the first
The hardest thing is the wait for
Who are causing these
the results, as Dr Darvall
problems?
four exams which were computing studies, science,
doesn’t let us know until the
writing and spelling and are
end of the year Annual
These people are ones who
awaiting the upcoming English
Presentation which I think is
don’t care about the
and Maths tests.
pretty unfair, but in saying that,
environment. They don’t want
it’s worth the wait.
us to have a clean Earth and
I will now give you a brief report on what the ICAS test is.
Best of luck to all our students
ICAS stands for International
at Al Zahra, and let’s hope we
Competitions and Assessments
can achieve our best results.
for Schools. These tests occur
Khalil Youssef - Y4
they are being very selfish. They are called ocean polluters. There are many ways to help our ocean but the most obvious
annually for primary and
one is not to throw you rubbish
secondary schools. They
on the ground.
consist of computer skills, English, maths, science,
Midhat Jafri - Y3
spelling and writing. Every year, over one million students participate in these tests and they are from over 6,300 schools in Australia. Other countries where the test is sat include New Zealand, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa and the USA.
The Polluted Ocean I am going to write about polluted oceans.
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THE FIFA WORLD CUP 2014
central defender Lucas Neill remains the bedrock of the team.
The FIFA World Cup 2014 will start on Thursday, 12 June, and ends Sunday, 13 July, in Brazil.
While we are playing during the We wish them good luck and hope that they will bring the cup fruit break and lunch our teachers monitor our behaviour home. with our friends. Teachers look for the following: friendly play; Reda Ali - Y4 kind communication and gestures; polite students; respectful students; caring students; and helpful students.
The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup. This will be the second time Brazil has hosted the competition, the first being the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
Brazil will become the fifth country to have hosted the FIFA World Cup twice, after Mexico, Italy, France and Germany. It will be the first World Cup to be held in South America since the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina. This will be the first time two consecutive World Exceptional Cups are staged outside Europe and the first time two Behaviour Awards consecutive World Cups are staged in the Southern Hemisphere (the 2010 FIFA From ancient times, human World Cup was held in South beings have been living in a Africa). group and communicating with each other in different terms. The 2014 FIFA World Cup will Even in today’s modern world, feature 32 teams. Australia we still maintain the same thing. qualified to play in the FIFA In today’s world, good manners World Cup in 2006 and 2010 or good behaviour are very imbut was unable to win. portant in most of our lives. I am going to discuss the The Australian team, the Socexceptional behaviour award ceroos, has a new German (EBA) program in our school coach Holger Osieck, who has playground. helped produce impressive Along with learning, good results in the 2011 AFC Asian manners are very important. Cup. Tim Cahill remains the Our respected teachers teach us team’s undoubted star and the proper behaviour we should talisman with a stunning goal ratio from midfield and equally model both in school and at home. For example,when remarkable heading ability teachers enter the classroom we despite his modest stature. exchange greetings, in the same Long-serving skipper and VOLUME 15, ISSUE 5: JUNE 2012"
way when a relative or visitor comes to our home we should do the same thing.
If teachers observe students modelling the above behaviours, they are awarded an EBA (Exceptional behaviour award). At the end of the school term, the awards are tallied up in each class and the class with the most EBA’s wins the prestigious award of the most exceptionally behaved class in the playground. In Term 1, Year 4 won the award and now in Term 2, Year 1 are favourites to win the award as they have an amazing tally of 115 so far. Well done to both classes. It is really important to maintain behaviour, not only in the playground but also every stage in our life. In that way we can be successful in our life. Shahiba Kalam: Y4
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Sheikh Jaafar Interview
Well, when I came this new building started operating. Question 3:
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colour? My favourite colour is white. Thank you Sheikh
Were your first Al
Jaafar for your
Zahra students well
cooperation towards
behaved?
this interview.
(Deep thinking sound) I Interview by Ansam Al-‐ Good afternoon, Sheikh Taiff and Betol Al Mashat -‐ can’t lie. Some were Jaafar. How are you Y6 very bad. And even in today? Salat, they didn’t pray I’m good, thank you.
- they danced.
Ok, now we are going to Question 4: start.
Do you remember any
Question 1:
of your students?
What year did you
I remember all of
come to Al Zahra
them.
College? I came in 2001
Question 5: Can you name just
Question 2:
some of them?
Do you think you had
One of them was
made a big change when Mohammed Mokachar. you came?
Question 6: What is your favourite
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AZC: AN IB WORLD SCHOOL
The International Baccalaureate
PYP Authorization
The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who will help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
On December 22nd 2011, AZC was officially authorized as an IB world school for the Primary Years Programme. IB authorization means that AZC has fulfilled the requirements for program implementation including curriculum and policy development. The requirements for authorization are the same in each IB region with the process designed to ensure that schools are well prepared to implement the programme successfully.
To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programs of international education and rigorous assessment. IB programs encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right The most significant and distinctive feature of the IB Primary Years Program is the six transdisciplinary themes.
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AZC is a Candidate MYP School and an Interested Diploma Programme School. By 31 March 2012, AZC will submit an application for an authorisation visit in Semester 1 2013. If successful, AZC will then offer the Diploma Programme as the AZC school exit credential from 2014 with our first Y12 graduates in 2015. AZC is proud to be an IB World School.
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