Al-Ameen Gazette ISSUE 3 | 2021

Principal Message

Assalamu-Alaikum  Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

I pray this message finds you in the best of health and Iman.

Alhamdulilah it has been a blessed Term 2 at Al-Ameen College. There are so many accomplishments that I am proud of that we have achieved as a community that I could write for pages.

It was beautiful to have the Taraweeh prayers back at the College, and even more so that they were led by some of our students past and present. Eidul Fitr was a Mubarak day, and it was wonderful to see so many of our staff, students, and parents celebrating together. By the time you read this message Eidul Adha will almost be here, may Allah accept our worship and forgive our sins.

We have implemented more extra-curricular activities and events for our students, which were highlighted by two separate days of sports and fun activities, in addition to various out of College events and friendly matches and tournaments against other schools. I have set many challenges for our students and MashAllah they have far exceeded my expectations. The safety posters they  designed are amazing MashAllah, as you can see from the pictures in this publication. It was pleasing to see many of our students connecting safety back to Islam Alhamdulilah. The SEQTA video tutorial developed by one of our students will feature on our website for you to view soon InshAllah.

We have continued the commitment to our high academic expectations and achievements with the completion of NAPLAN and the excellent engagement with our new online platforms, IXL and Education Perfect. Our students have answered over 160,000 questions on IXL for Math and English (in just 2 months!) and over 700,000 questions across every subject on Education Perfect. Our Y11-Y12 parents attended the Parent-Teacher meetings in June, and we are planning to hold KG-Y10 in the first few weeks of Term 3 InshAllah.

May Allah reward all of you who contributed to support the Al-Ameen Mosque in Wangara. Through your support we have been able to raise $14,630.90 MashAllah. Those who still wish to contribute can do so directly according to the details on the flyer InshAllah.

This newsletter in its new online format is another example of our progressive move to engage with technology transformation at the College. We will launch our new social media accounts in the coming weeks so be sure to join to stay up to date with everything that is happening at Al-Ameen College. There are more exciting technology developments that are coming soon, so watch this space InshAllah.

I want to close by again saying how blessed I feel to be part of the Al-Ameen College community. The children we have at the College are so engaging and sincere, they are what makes us special. 

I pray for the success, safety, and well-being for all our students, staff, parents and families.

Your Principal & Your Brother,

Mohamed Elbotaty

Eid Prayer at Al-Ameen College

Eid Card Design 2021

By Mr Heikal Akram 

The High School IT Department has contributed to  producing the school Eid Card in 2021. Students from Year 10 and Year 11 participated in the planning, designing and developing process of the card. These students were required to use the Adobe Photoshop software for this project.

Most students demonstrated and applied different principles and elements of design techniques in their final design. They used several Photoshop tools such as  selection, retouching, painting, drawing and type tools to create their Eid card.

There were many amazing and interesting designs. However, we had to narrow it down to the selection of the 3 best designs by Abirah Mohd Salehan, Madeeha Nurmohamed and Fazeelah Nurmohamed.

The winners will be presented with a $50 gift voucher from Westfield Carousel during the school assembly.

Winners of Student Safety Poster Challenge

The Burt Youth Leadership Forum - Young Leaders Voice Concerns for Youth

By Ms Carol Severe

Burt Matt Keogh has been hosting the event for three consecutive years in the hope of getting young people’s opinions considered by decision makers in government. Burt Youth Leadership Forum has been bringing together student leaders from high schools across Perth's south-east since 2018. It provides students with an avenue to present what they see as the most important challenges affecting young people in our community and across Australia. This year,         Al-Ameen College was part of that  discussion for the first time.

At Al-Ameen College, we support our students in developing their leadership skills because as we look to the future, it is clear that the youth will be responsible for nearly all aspects of society.  It is important that our adolescents find their voice and develop their leadership skills. Our holistic English program encourages Al-Ameen students to develop their writing and public speaking skills to become better at communicating. Participating in leadership programs such as the Burt Youth Leadership Forum helps students in developing the all-important 21^st century skill: team   workship.  Team workship is an important asset as it encourages students to work with and respect others, and most importantly it gives them a chance to perform roles of both leader and follower. Last but not least, leadership programs like the Burt Youth Leadership Forum help students to truly understand the relationship between themselves and the community.

This year, students presented on what they saw as the most important challenges affecting young people in our community and across Australia. During the event, students were asked what they believed the most important issue confronting the nation was. Local student leaders decided the government’s top priorities for the youth community are mental health, confidentiality of students, cultural appropriation, online safety, homelessness, inequality and sexual harassment.

However, the priority issues that they identified were sexual harassment, cultural appropriation, inequality and mental health. Muneerah Foster and Mujtaba, who proudly represented Al-Ameen College brought the issues about mental health to the fore-front through an emotively charged speech. Their speech brought to light the number of Australians who battle mental health, their problems with adjustment, anxiety and depression. While they were the face of Al-Ameen on that day, Zaki Hananto, Madeeha Nurmohamed, Asna Fibriadi and Adam Alam have all been working behind the scenes to write the script of the speech.

Mr Keogh will take the suggestions of the student ‘to the top’ and including to the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition and the WA Premier. Mr Keogh will be presenting some of these issues to the Prime Minister.

Fun Day at Al-Ameen College

Welcome Back to a COVID Kind of Year with Year 2 Yellow

 By Mrs Beata Lisek

What a positive, interesting and challenging year 2021 is turning out to be for everyone in my Year 2 Yellow class! Despite going through two Covid19 lockdowns since the beginning of the year, all students in Year 2 Yellow brought an incredible amount of enthusiasm, drive to learn, and an extremely positive approach to every school day. Each and every student brings a wide range of  experiences, abilities, needs and interests, and every day I see that they have a natural curiosity about their world. Their desire to make sense of the world provides a platform to plan and review their learning through interactions with others, experiments, scaffolding, explicit teaching, practice and play in the classroom and beyond. This is exactly what is happening in the Year 2 Yellow classroom on a daily basis.

The Year 2 English curriculum engages students with listening, reading, viewing, speaking and writing activities for various  purposes and contexts. Year 2 Mathematics curriculum develops a sense of number, order, sequence, pattern and position. It introduces mathematical symbols and language to communicate and explain mathematical ideas. In Year 2, priority in the Australian Curriculum is given to Literacy and Numeracy development, largely because these are the foundations on which further learning is built. However, both Literacy and Numeracy capabilities are reinforced and strengthened through learning in all areas of the curriculum. 

The development of social and emotional skills through play and interactions with others is a key aspect in our classroom.  All students develop knowledge and skills to help them stay safe, healthy and active. Let’s hope we will be able to continue our learning adventure without any further interruptions this year.

Year 6 Gold Journey through Term 1

By Mrs Mariam Adam

The first term was short and very busy. Alhamdulillah students quickly settled in and actively engaged themselves in their in learning, and diligently completed their assessments. Well done!

Jazakallah khair to all the parents that supported these efforts.

Numeracy and literacy remain the core learning area and students built on previous knowledge. In   addition they learnt new concepts as per  the curriculum guideline. These are some of the activities the students engaged in.

Science The focus was on Biological Science, our living world. Students conducted experiments on planting, growing bean seeds and growing mould on bread.

Visual Arts This a favourite subject with students as they display impressive, creative and artistic skills using art elements and principles in their work.

Digitalisual Technology Students were totally involved in learning and practising their skills. During lessons students created food menus, graffiti name art and         brochures on Australia as a nation.

Health The focus was on being healthy and safe. As part of being sun smart students designed sunscreen bottles and information booklets. The message endorsed by the Cancer Council is SLIP (use sun protective clothes), SLOP (use sunscreen), SLAP (use a hat), SEEK (shade), SLIDE (use sunglasses).

News from Kindergarten Yellow

   By Mrs Carly Rusdu

Assalamu’alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh          

Sr Shahin, Sr Nora, and I are so proud with how well our new kindergarteners have settled into school routines, establishing friendships, and ensuring all children feel safe,  secure and supported in all that they achieve and do.

Although Term 1 started on a bumpy note due to COVID-19, this has not stopped Kindergarten Yellow students from learning and achieving amazing  results,  Mashallah!

We would like to share some of the amazing things we have achieved, so please enjoy reading all our successes  in such a short time, Subhan Allah!

Outdoor & Nature Play Providing students with quality care and education includes offering positive experiences in the natural outdoor environment.

No matter the season, outdoor environments afford unique and abundant opportunities for students to engage in play-based learning and sensory activities, which are critical for their developing brains.

Outdoor experiences can provide an opportunity to explore, discover and appreciate the natural world, as well as be active, strengthen fine and gross motor movement skills, test physical limits and  get messy.