The month of Ramadan is upon us. As you fast and offer prayers to Allah, May you find your peace and happiness. InshaAllah

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1 Australian International Islamic College June Newsletter 2015 Principal s Message This semester has been both very challenging and rewarding. MashaAllah I am very proud of our student s progress from all campuses. Thank you to our parents and teachers for their contributions in making this a success. It is evident that our students performance has been great and that we have achieved so much together, Alhamdulillah. I would be very pleased to see parents join us during the Awards Ceremony on Wednesday at the Gold Coast Campus and Thursday at the Durack campus. There is sufficient evidence to show that when parents are involved positively in their child s school and education, the outcome is higher grades, better behavior both at home and school and the social interactions of students improves Parents can also become more involved with the activities of the school and communicate with the staff and school on a regular basis. Please take advantage of Parent/Teacher Interviews next term in week 2. Letters will be sent home at the start of the term to make appointments to discuss the report cards and progress of your child. I would also like to request parents to kindly settle term 1 and 2 fees and also take this opportunity to thank all those parents for the payments made over the last semester. The month of Ramadan is upon us. As you fast and offer prayers to Allah, May you find your peace and happiness. InshaAllah I wish you all Ramadan Kareem and a happy, safe and restful break. Mariam Banwa Office Hours during the term break 9-00am to 3-00pm Term 3 Commences Monday, 13 July Oh! My Lord Advance me in knowledge Reminders : 26th June, Friday 3:05pm 13th July, Monday 8:30am Inside this issue: Prep 2 Years 2/3 3 Principal s award 4 Annual Iftar Night 5

2 Page 2 Message from Prep Class Asalamualaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barkatahu. We are fast approaching the end of Term Two. The children have been busy learning about the Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales. It was good to see the children design and construct a bridge for the three Billy goats gruff story. They made gingerbread cookies themselves for the science experiment. Making jelly was fun when they learnt about letter J. Cooperation and working together and helping each other to make a simple machine and pulley for the story Jack and Jill was fun to watch. Last week the students went to the Nerang library. The students thoroughly enjoyed looking the different parts of the library. Great experience for the students. Apart from all the fun hands on activities children are also learning to read and write. A greater emphasis is made on your child s understanding of the information and events when reading different types of texts through comprehension activities. Children are encouraged to have a go at using reading strategies such as, picture clues, initial letter sounds, sight words, sounding out words, read on-re-read and check to see if the sentence makes sense. Please encourage these strategies when your child is reading at home. At Prep we encourage the children to be independent. Please ensure your child s lunch box, drink bottle, hijab, uniform and bag is clearly named. Now that the weather is getting cooler your child will need warmer jumpers; please remember to name these clearly to ensure no lost property. That way each child can easily identify their belongings and be responsible for their things. We are looking forward to an enjoyable term break. I would like to thank all the parents and caregivers for your continuous support throughout Semester One. May Allah bless you with happiness, and grace your home with warmth and peace. Ramadan Kareem Swimming Making jelly was fun Masha Allah - Quran competition Winners Mrs Azara Khan, Prep Teacher

3 Page 3 Arabic / Islamic Studies Dua s for First, Second and Third Part of Ramadan with Meaning First ten days (1-10) of the Blessed Month of Ramadan are the days of Mercy So we should seek Allah s mercy in these days. Rab-bigh-fir war-ham wa Anta Khair-ur-Raahimeen (Surah Al Muminun: 118) Meaning: My Lord! Forgive and have mercy, for you are the Best of those who show mercy! Ya Raaa, Allahumma arhamni Ya Arham-mar-Rahmeen Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyumu Birahmatika asta-ghee-thu The second ten days (11-20) of Ramadan are the dasy of Forgiveness So we should seek Allah s forgiveness and repent for sins in those days. Allahum-magh-fir-li dhunoobi Ya Rabbal Alameen Rabbana Fagh-fir-lana dhunoobana wa kaf-fir-ánna sayyi-aatina wa ta-waf-fana ma-ál abraar (Surah Al-Imran:193) Meaning: Our Lord! Forgive us our sins and remit from us our evil deeds, and make us die in the state of righteousness along with Al-Abrar (those who are obedient to Allah and follow strictly His Orders). The last ten days (21-30) of Ramadan are to seek Refuge in Allah from the Hellfire Allahumma Ajima min-an-naar Meaning: O Allah, protect us from the fire Wishing you and your family a joyous and blessed Ramadan From: Students and staff of AIIC

4 Page 4 PRINCIPAL S AWARD RECEIPIENTS TERM 2 Name of student Year Level Award Tasnim Murad Prep Always caring and considerate to others Azkah Fawaz 1 Excellence academic achievement and an outstanding role model of excellent behaviour Tabeer Ahmad 2/3 Excellent behaviour and academic achievement Haadia Emaan 4~6 Fantastic effort and role model Rana Alghamdi 7 Consistently being on task and well prepared in all aspects of her learning Lamiyah Selek 8 Consistent effort and always showing great maturity in all aspects of her studies Safiya Uren 9 Huge effort and improvement across all subject areas Yasmin Chamma 10 Consistent effort and always showing great maturity in all aspects of her studies

5 Page 5 YEARS 2/3 Assalamu alaikum Wr Wb In the past couple of weeks the Years 2/3 class has been busy with a range of things. We have learnt a lot about the three states of matter in Science. The kids enjoyed watching a short video of how matter can change states and they loved the hand on experience of making jelly in class and relating it back to the states of matter. During History we learnt about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their culture. As part of this experience the students have completed a dot painting, outside to get the maximum involvement in their art lesson. In Mathematics the Years 2/3 has done a lot of adding and subtracting numbers. They have learnt a lot of strategies like backtracking and other strategies for checking their work. That s just a few things to mention that class 2/3 has done. IFTAR Assalamu alaikum Wr Wb Alhamdulilah, it s our 6th year of hosting Iftar at the College. This year we have Cr Tracey Gilsmore to grace the event and were overwhelmed by the huge turnout from our parents, community members, and friends. We would like to thank you for taking time off from your busy schedule to attend this event and also bringing a plate to share with everyone. A big thank you to Sr Arta for preparing the food and also to our volunteers who work non stop to make the event a success. May Allah grant them Ajr for their good deeds. May Allah accept our fasting and grant us good health, peace and happiness. I have had such a lovely pleasure of meeting all the students in this class and teaching them the past few weeks. Miss Aldijana Sisic Years 2/3 Teacher Ramadan Mubarak,