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AL NEWS Ali does it again!
The Inside News.... Inside this Newsletter, you can read about: • Ali, Bilal and Muhamad are off the State!; • T4 Swimming Program; • Astro Ahmad; • The Olympics; • Jeans for Genes Day; • Nut Free Zone; and • Jokes.
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
Communicator is one of our core values at Al Zahra College and one of the attributes of the IB Learner Profile. Being a communicator means that students understand and express ideas and information confidently and creatively, in more than one VOLUME 15, ISSUE 7: AUGUST 2012"
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CALENDAR 10-19 September • Secondary excursion to Malaysia 12 September • Ali, Bilal and Muhamad compete at the NSW CIS Athletics Championships. 18- 21 September • Y5/6 excursion to Noosa. 21 September
AZC’s BEST RESULT AT ASISSA ATHLETICS
READY TO LEARN It is absolutely essential that Following their success at the students arrive at school, ready ASISSA (regional) Athletics to learn. This won’t happen if Championships, Ali Hamdan, his students do not have adequate younger brother Muhamad and sleep (10-12 hours, depending Bilal Chahine have been on age) or have unhealthy eating selected to compete at the NSW habits. CIS Athletics Championships at If parents don’t have these Homebush in September. two factors right, then learning Ali will compete in the 100m and 200m, while Bilal and Muhamad will compete in 100m. Well done, Ali, Bilal and Muhamad! 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.
and personal achievement will be a ‘hit or miss’ affair. How much sleep do your children have each night? TERM 4 SWIMMING Commencing 12 October, all K-6 students will be participating in the annual swimming program. Boys will be swimming at Col Jones Tempe while the girls will be swimming at Peakhurst West. Further details will be sent home at the end of Term 3.
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• 2012 AZC Book Character Parade. • Last day of Term 3. 8 October • Term 4 commences. 12 October • K-6 swimming program commences.
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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YEAR 3 MATHS DAY
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The Olympic Games The Olympics is an event that occurs every 4 years. It consists of summer and winter sports. Over 1000 athletes participate in a variety of competitions. It is so popular that over 200 nations and/or countries participate in it. The recent Olympic Games were held in London, England where USA came first, China came second and London’s own Great Britain came third. Unfortunately, Australia came eleventh which isn’t that bad since we only sent 400 people to the Olympics. The Olympics began in Olympia, Greece by a guy named Pierre de Coubertin. The next Olympic Games will be held in Rio De Janero in 2016. The Olympics is an interesting competition known all around the world. Almost 11,000 athletes participate in 26 sports with 306 events.
Khalil Youssef - Y4
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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.
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ASTRO AHMAD’S AMAZING FACTS Is there life on Mars?
Do you want to see Mars with your bare eyes???
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Throughout August, you can see mars in the night sky forming a triangular shape with Saturn and a star called Spica
Gale and it was formed when a massive meteor hit mars about 3.5 billion years ago.
Keep an eye out for that, Mars is the red object in the trio.
Scientists chose Gale Crater for the landing site because it has
For more information and updates on the Curiosity mission, visit the NASA website.
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Until next time, this is Astro Ahmad taking you to infinity and beyond….
Curiosity was sent to the red planet to discover whether Mars ever had an environment able to support small life forms called microbes.
During this year, the rover will analyse rocks and soil in the hope that it will detect the chemical building blocks of life (e.g. forms of carbon). It will also assess what the Martian environment was like in the past.
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a human would not be able to breathe on Mars without an oxygen filled space suit.
Curiosity landed on a Martian site called Gale Crater. This crater was names after Australian astronomer Walter F
On the 6th August 2012, NASA’s 2.5 billion space rover named ‘Curiosity’ landed on planet Mars after a 352 million mile journey that lasted 8 months.
Curiosity is a robotic rover about the size of a small car. It has enough power to last one whole Martian year on Mars (687 earth days).
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Ahmad Sabra (Year 4) many signs that water existed there, and we all know that water is the main ingredient of life. Mars is a cold desert world and like earth it has seasons, polar ice caps, volcanoes, canyons and weather. Mars is known as the red planet because its surface is made up of iron rich minerals (rust). Its atmosphere is about100 times thinner than the Earth’s and it has very little oxygen, therefore
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Getting to Know our Education Director Name: Ken Darvall Eye colour: brown Favourite food: roast lamb
Singapore and Malaysia. What is your nationality: Australian
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A: Because there were so many knights!
Interviewed by Tia Mohsen Q: What is the fruitiest subY4 ject at school? A: History, because it's full of dates!
Favourite colour: red (I bet it’s something to do with his favourite sports team)
Q: Why was the math book sad? A: Because it had too many problems
Favourite sports: AFL Favourite sport person: Wayne Bennett Favourite place: Kuala Lumpur How do you feel being the Education Director at AZC: Excited
Joke Corner
Q: What is the fastest country in the world? A: Rush-a!
Q: How do trees get on the internet?
Do you like being the A: They log in Education Director at AZC: Yes I like it more every day. Q: Why did the teacher Have you been a principal write on the window? at another school: Yes. A: Because she wanted the lesson to be very clear! Have you visited another country: Yes, Qatar, as well as USA, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, Greece, Q: Why were the early Germany, Spain, Bahrain, days of history called the Kuwait, Oman, UAE, dark ages? Sudan, South Africa, Thailand, Hong Kong, VOLUME 15, ISSUE 7: AUGUST 2012"
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TURTLES
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organised by passionate volun-
Adult leather back sea turtles
teers who rally the support of
Turtles are reptiles from the
can swim really fast. Leather their colleagues, classmates and
order of testudines and are
back turtles can live for
friends.
characterised by a special
more than 100 years.
Every dollar you raise or donate
bony or cartilaginous shell
towards Jeans for Genes day
that is developed from their
will help bring tomorrows
ribs that act like a shield.
treatments and cures for diseases closer, benefiting
They live in water and have
children all over the world.
flippers for swimming. An
At Al Zahra College we cele-
interesting fact about turtles
brated Jeans for Genes day on
is that is that they can swim
Friday, August 3rd..
as fast as a human can run
The majority of students and
on land.
teachers wore jeans. Everybody at AZC had to wear an item of Abbas Al Ali - Y4
clothing and donate a gold coin for the privilege of wearing
Jeans for Genes Day
denim and collectively we raised $235.
On Friday August 3rd work
Ali Sabra- Y5
places, schools and streets
They move their front flippers like how birds use
around Australia were awash with denim in a united distance against childhood disease.
their wings. The idea is simple-participants
Most turtles can pull their head, legs and tails into their hard shell for protection but sea turtles can't do this.
pay for the privilege to discard their standard get up in favour of Jeans. Denim themed mufti days are
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BEN BARBA
one vote to the third-best player. Additionally, a player will lose three votes for each week of suspension that he incurs during the season. The votes for each round are made public up to Round 16 (26-round season), then are kept secret. This allows the final winner to be kept secret until the Dally M Awards ceremony.
Ben Barba plays for Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs. His position is fullback, he is a freakishly terrific player. Date of birth: 13 june 1989 Height:174 cm Weight: 90 kg His junior club is called the North Devils Mackay. This season he has scored 19 tries, 4 tackles, 17 line breaks and 130 hit ups. It’s sure to be an exciting finish Ben Barba is on track to pick up the Dally M award this year. The Dally M Medal is awarded annually to the player voted for as the 'best and fairest' over the entire National Rugby League (NRL) season. The award has existed since 1980, but has only been adopted as the official award for the Player of the Year in the NRL since 1998. Prior to that the official Player of the Year, in both the New South Wales and the Brisbane Rugby Leagues, received the Rothmans Medal whilst the Dally M Medal was awarded by the Daily Mirror newspaper. After each game, rugby league sports commentators vote to award three votes to the best player, two votes to the second-best player, and
to the premiership this year and the Dally M awards with Ben Barba on top form.
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• Yes, good idea let’s stop doing maths. We will have a party instead! • That’s right, you heard me. I said NO homework for the rest of the year! • I know you are all hungry. Let’s go have a pizza. I'll pay. • If you keep on being silly, I’ll let you go home early. • This class is a pigsty. Well done! •Yes, I know we have a maths exam today but let’s go watch a movie instead! • Don't forget, tomorrow is the last day of the school year and I am taking you to the Dragons vs. Roosters footy game. Don't worry, I will pay!
Reda Ali - Y4
• Hey kids, instead of doing NAPLAN, why don't we skip school for the week?
Things Your Teacher Will Never Say To Her Class! • Don't be a good actor in • Children, pens down.
drama club, lets fail instead!
Today I'm going to teach you how to wrestle!
• Hey guys, if you act disrespectfully, you will get 5 EBA awards and an awesome • OK, pick up your textas. We reward. are going to the principal’s office to do graffiti on her walls! Ali Sabra - Y5
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Getting to Know the Leader of the Opposition
Favourite sport person: Lionel Messi Where he sees himself in 20 years: Hopefully a professional soccer player
Name: Ali Faour Favourite teacher at AZC: Mr Jessurun His aims as leader of the opposition: Make fun bills that children will like. An interesting thing that happened to him: He met the Dragons players. Age:11 His abode: Arncliffe Eye colour: brown
Other countries he has visited: Lebanon
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July Winter is the boss July is in the middle June is number one And August is number three Warm and cold. I’m cold. Are thee?
Style : Tonka By: Ansam - Y6
Interviewed & written by: Tia Mohsen
Hair colour: dark brown Favourite food: chicken burger Favourite sport: Soccer Favourite sport team: St George Illawarra (aka The Dragons)
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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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