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Friday, 24 July 2015 Address: 724 Blunder Road, Durack QLD 4077 8 Shawwal 1436 -AH Tel: 07 3372 1400 Fax: 07 3372 2500

Email: [email protected] Web: www.aiic.qld.edu.au

In The Name Of ALLAH, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Principal’s Message I welcome you all to term 3 and I hope you all had a wonderful break and Eid ul Fitr. The start to the term has been a very busy one with the commencement of Parent Teacher Interviews as well as our Annual Sports Day. If for some reason you were unable to make an appointment with teachers this week, I request you do so at a convenient time to both yourself and the class teacher. Those parents who were unable to make it for the interviews may collect the report cards from the front office next week. Reports not collected by Wednesday, 29th July will be posted InshaAllah. We welcome our new IT teacher (Durack Campus) Caroline Jepson. This term we will see a big emphasis on our fete as a community and fundraising venture. We call upon volunteers to come forward and support this event to ensure that it turns out to be as successful as possible. Thank you to all parents who have completed and returned the surveys sent out last term. The data and feedback will assist us in our future planning and improvements. Congratulations to the following students on obtaining outstanding results for the ICAS Digital Technologies Results.

Arissa Mohamed Year 4 Distinction

Doaa Younis Year 5 Merit

Judy Abdel rahman Year 3 Merit

Abdulkhaliq Limparfitt Year 4 Credit

Bushra Issak Year 4 Credit

Amaan Yousaf Year 5 Credit

Rahat Shekh Year 3 Credit

Zakaria Abdi Farah Year 3 Credit

Melissa Baeni Year 4 Credit

Congratulations to our students who participated in the AFL Multicultural Program and won the Bachar Houli boys cup state championships. Well done!!!!!

I look forward to work with you all towards an enjoyable and productive term InshaAllah.

Mariam Banwa

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Dates to Remember - July /August Monday 27 July 2015 Sports Day ( Year 7 – Year 12)

Tuesday 28 July 2015 ICAS English Competition

Wednesday 29 July 2015 Australian Maths Competition

Friday 31 July 2015 Awards Prep-Year 6

Saturday 8 August 2015 College Fete

Tuesday 11 August 2015 ICAS Maths

Wednesday 12 August 2015 EKKA Day

Thursday 13 August 2015 Student Free Day

Wednesday 20 August 2015 Science Day

Friday 28 August 2015 Awards Prep to Year 6

Monday 31 August 2015 Geo Competition

What has been happening in

We LOVE to read in year 2!

We know how important it is, so

we have been practicing every

day!

We also know how important it is to travel actively to school and to do our part in

reducing pollution in our world.

We are an Active Travelling class and have been awarded the trophy twice this

year. Good job year 2's!

Year 2's have

also been

learning how to

tell the time to

the quarter

hour. We have

played many

fun, interactive

games to help

us tell the time

on analogue

clocks.

We are working on our

reading stamina and our

comprehension.

Through reading we are

also learning many new

words.

Mrs Reed - Year 2B Teacher

Year 2's with their trophy!

Effective Note Taking Many students struggle with knowing how to take good

notes in class and while studying at home. Some students,

especially in Years 10, 11 and 12 struggle with both taking

effective notes in class while the teacher is presenting the

lesson and with taking effective notes while studying at

home.

In class, many high school teachers will often present mini

lectures. Some teachers require students to take notes of

the lectures while the lesson is being taught, but how can

students balance taking notes of what is on the slides as

well as the extra information that the teacher also adds to

explain the main points, theories or concepts?

One strategy is to obtain a copy of the power point slides

before the lesson and take notes while the teacher is

talking. This way you have the main information as well as

the extra explanations the teacher provides. Another

strategy is to summarise the main ideas of each slide

instead of copying the slides word for word. Many

students who copy word for word from the board can’t

keep up with the rest of the class and fall behind. The key is

to make sure you are concentrating on what the teacher is

saying and the information they are conveying rather than

only focusing on copying information word for word.

When taking notes on the laptop/tablet or pen and paper,

it is important to free yourself from distractions. When

taking notes on your electronic device, make sure to focus

on one window or tab at a time. Having too many tabs or

windows open on your screen will not allow you to

concentrate and absorb the information you need for one

particular task. Note taking on the computer can be

supplemented with handwritten notes or diagrams and

mind maps. There are many software programs available

which allow you to combine both handwritten notes and

electronic notes. The key to keeping good notes is to keep

all the information you need for one subject or task in one

place.

So what are my top 5 tips for effective note-taking?

1. Concentrate on what the teacher is saying

2. Summarise the main points of the material being

taught

3. Free yourself from distractions

4. Concentrate on one task/topic/idea at a time

5. Keep all your notes in one place

Happy note taking everyone!

Wassalaam

Ms. Fathima Azhari

Mathletics and Reading Eggs

Now that we reached term 3 and before we hit

all the exciting activities that we have to do this

term, I would like to take the opportunity to

congratulate all teachers and students on their

efforts over the past six months.

Mathletics and Reading Eggs are great

educational programs where students can

practice at school and home. In addition to the

huge bank of core curriculum content, practice

activities, eBooks and interactive tutorials; the

live area of Mathletics is so much more than a

fun diversion. It’s a fast-paced and exciting

way to improve mathematical fluency.

Since the beginning of this academic year,

student results at Australian International

Islamic College have been recorded. On

average students now score 93% in curriculum

activities.

Students who mastered activities attempted in

Mathletics are:

Durack Campus

Since the start of

the year 118953

points have been

earned at

Australian

International

Islamic College. The

total of the activities

completed at our

school are 6264

Gold Coast Campus

Since the start of

the year 34956

points have been

earned at

Australian

International

Islamic College. The

total of the activities

completed at our

school are 1955.

Ribatul Islam

94.26%

Ruksana Akter 92.74%

Rezwan

Mohammed 76.6%

Mohamed Omar

Popal 98.55%

Ahmed Elwakkad

97.3% Tehreem Amir

94.12%

I would like to extend my congratulations and

encouragement to all our parents’ involvement

that make a huge difference in our children’s

academic performance and wellbeing.

Kind Regards

Roula Ghanem

Year 5B Teacher

Mathletics and Reading Eggs Coordinator

If you are interested to hold a stall at our

Please call Mohammed Ariff Mob: 0411045156

2015 Eid celebrations at the

Australian International Islamic College

With the grace of Allah the Australian

International Islamic College celebrated Eid ul Fitr

on Saturday the 18th of July 2015 at its Durack

campus. The celebrations attracted a crowd of over

2000 people. The official program started at 7:15

with a warm welcome note delivered by Haji

Shahid Khan welcoming the congregation to the

College. He highlighted the importance of

preserving our Islamic identity for the next

generation. Imam Ahmed Azhari delivered the Eid

message, emphasizing the importance of continuing

the acts of worshipping Allah SWT that have been

done during the Holy month of Ramadhan, after

the holy month. Salatul Eid was performed by

Imam Owais Syed with his beautiful recitation

during the Salah. The Eid khutbah was delivered

by Imam Yousaf Thaqafi, who congratulated

everyone for the achievements of worshiping Allah

SWT during the holy month of Ramadhan. The

formal program concluded with a heartfelt dua

from Imam Shehzad Khan, praying to Allah for his

acceptance of our actions during the holy month of

Ramadhan and also he prayed that Allah assists all

of the Muslims around the world in these difficult

times.

After the formal program, the congregation

exchanged hugs and asked each other for

forgiveness. Everyone enjoyed a delightful Eid

Brunch of beef curry, rice and sweets. With Allah’s

mercy the day was a splendid morning filled with

sun shine and joy. The children happily played on

the jumping castle and also enjoyed ice cream and

fairy floss.

The Australian International Islamic College

would like to take this opportunity to thank all

those who participated in making the Eid ul Fitr

celebrations a success and also would like to wish

all our Muslims a very happy Eid ul Fitr Mubarak.

May Allah SWT accept all of our actions that we

have been doing during this holy month of

Ramadhan sincerely for his pleasure, and may

Allah SWT make us better people……Amin.

Imam Ahmed Azhari – Islamic Studies Teacher