Kindergarten
Term 3 in a Glimpse
Term 3 has passed so quickly and the September holidays will soon be with us. This term was filled with fun, loads of discovery, and lots of learning and new adventures. Thank you parents of our students for everything you do for your children to make them successful. Without families like yours, they would not be where they are today and also it make our work easy, thanks for your support.
Eid Dress Day
Eid took place in the first week of Term 3 and students had the opportunity to wear their beautiful Eid outfits to school.
Tabletop Activities
The endless benefits of engaging in tabletop activities! In our kindergarten classroom manipulatives are provided every morning for students’ development.
Ruth Faulkner Library Visitor
Kindergarten students were visited by a representative from Ruth Faulkner Library. They engaged in a read-aloud session which they thoroughly enjoyed.
AIC Student and Author Visit
Up and coming author and AIC Kewdale student Alysha Ernanto read her book, Eid in Spring Town to the kindergarten students. They were captivated by the experience. Masha Allah to Alysha for being a wonderful role model.
Eid Fun Day
Excitement all round! The students had the most wonderful time at the Eid Fun Day.
SERCUL Algae Busters | Catchment Story
The SERCUL incursion was of great importance to the kindergarten students. Students engaged in an interactive experience where they were able to see first hand what happens when harmful pollutants enter our water system and how they play a role in keeping our rivers and waterways healthy.
St John Ambulance
One of this term’s incursions included a visit from St John Ambulance. The team from St John Ambulance promoted the importance of children knowing their home address and knowing how to dial 000 in an emergency.
National Science Week
This year’s theme for National Science Week was Food Different by Design. Kindergarten students investigated how a solid can be turned into a liquid. They were fascinated to see an apple (the solid) turn into a liquid.
Food Different by Design
Kindy children participated in designing their bread with different edible items.
Book Week | Character Dress Up Day
What a success! Students in kindergarten came to school dressed in their favourite book characters. Each and every student looked amazing in their outfits.
STEM in Early Childhood Education | Project in Progress
Kindergarten students have made an enthusiastic start on their fairytale themed STEM project. After a read-aloud session of The Little Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks and The Three Bears, students brainstormed solutions to making Granny’s house safer and have decided the solution for Goldilocks is to make her a bed of her own. We hope to share the final products of these projects in next term’s newsletter.
Students Busy in Different Activities
– Kindergarten Teachers
Pre Primary
Numeracy
In Numeracy this term, the children are learning about Indirect Measurement and Patterning. In indirect measurement, we have explored Length, Mass and Capacity. We have also began learning about Patterns, how to copy, continue and create our own patterns. The children are exploring AB, ABB and ABC patterns. We are also still consolidating our numbers and counting skills.
Science
In Biological Sciences, we are learning all about Living Things. We have discussed what is classified as a living thing, what plants and animals need to survive. We have also looked at some life cycles of animals.
Tinkering table allows the children to deconstruct tech equipment. Ayisha investigating a mother board and the wires of a printer.
Food Different by Design
Visual Arts
This term we have used all the Elements of Art such as line, colour, texture, space, form, value and shape to explore printmaking. We have used different methods to print on paper. We used bubble wrap and dish soap and edicol dye to create prints on paper. We also learned about symmetry and how we use one side of the paper to print the same design on the other.
Events
We have participated in many events this term MashaAllah.
Eid Festival
We began this term on a high with our Annual Eid Festival. It has been postponed a few times due to the weather but it was worth the wait. The weather was beautiful and the children had a fantastic time. There were bouncy castles and an animal farm for the Pre Primary students. We even got to feed the animals!
St John Ambulance Incursion
We were very lucky to have the St John Ambulance Brigade pay us a visit. We learnt about what to do in an Emergency and specifically what number to call, 000. We even got to go on the ambulance and see what a paramedic does and the equipment they use. Back in the classroom, we looked at what Paramedics wear and even got to try some uniforms on!
Scholastic Book Fair
This term, we were fortunate enough to have the Scholastic Book Fair at our school. There were so many wonderful books to choose from. The Pre-primary children have been doing lots of reading in class so the book fair was perfect timing!
Hands on Learning
In Pre-Primary, we understand the importance of Learning through Doing. Therefore, we encourage the children to explore and discover through use of hands-on materials such as loose parts play and building blocks. Dramatic Play is another aspect of children learning through doing by developing critical thinking, social and problem-solving skills as well as oral language skills.
The children have come a long way this year and we are excited for the coming term. Term 4 will be all about putting everything we have learnt this year together and consolidating our knowledge.
Have a lovely term break!
– Pre-Primary Team
Year 1
Literacy
In Literacy this term we developed our 7 steps writing skills focusing particularly on persuasive writing. Our year ones also developed their phonics and reading skills in daily phonics rotations. During sentence structure, the children have been practicing writing sentences in the present, past and future tens along with the use of punctuation.
Numeracy
In Numeracy we explored concepts of measurement and practiced measuring items using informal units. We also continued to learn about time, focusing on o’clock and half past. We developed our understanding of addition and subtraction as well as number value and place value.
Science
In Science we have had an exciting and hands on term, exploring and broadening our understanding about biological Sciences, this included looking at different living things and learning about the different parts of their bodies, as well as looking into the habitats they live in and what about the habitats helps them to survive. This has also been a term with a huge STEM focus, the children have dedicated time towards building their class STEM projects ready for the STEM exhibition next term.
National Science Week
Year 1B dissect some fish to study fish’s body parts in detail under the topic of ‘What animal live in the ocean and what body parts do they have to help them survive’. We also conducted an experiment to see what happen when the fish are heated by grilling the fish. We discovered that fish needs fins and tail to swim and gills to breathe underwater. We also observed that when fish is heated, its colour, texture, smell and taste changed.
Content Descriptor
- Living things have a variety of external features (ACSSU017)
- Living things live in different places where their needs are met (ACSSU211)
- Everyday materials can be physically changed in a variety of ways (ACSSU018)
For National Science Week, 1Cs participated in two experiments. A Volcano Eruption and making funny flowers.
Art
In Art this term we explored the use of visual arts. This time round we turned our focus to a famous children’s author and illustrator, Eric Carle. We focused on the different illustrating techniques used by Eric in his many beautiful books. The children enjoyed collaging and applying lots of beautiful strategies to make gorgeous pieces of art.
EID Festival
The Year Ones have also enjoyed being a part the different ceremonies and activities that occurred throughout the term such as the award ceremony, the spelling bee, and the exciting EID festival where they partook in many fun activities and rides. They have also enjoyed taking part in the mascot challenge and have been developing their fundamental movement skills.
Health
In Health we learnt about keeping safe and expressing our emotions in a safe and cohesive way. We participated in lots of discussions. The children enjoyed bringing in their soft toys to demonstrate kind interactions with friends.
Other Learning that Occurred
During HASS we continued to develop both our geographical and historical understanding. In History the children have been learning about the concepts of past, present and future as well as communication methods in the past and the importance of family traditions, while in Geography the children explored the weather and learned all about weather charts and how to draw weather symbols, this also included learning about when different seasons occur.
– Year 1 Teachers
Year 2
The Year 2 Diaries! – Term 3
The Term 3 journey began with flying colours. Coming right out of EID celebrations to the exciting news of a EID festival around the corner! Nevertheless, that wasn’t the only exciting thing we done this term there was so much more to come.
Eid Festival
The EID festival “WAS THE BEST FESTIVAL EVER” in the kids opinions. Students got to wear their beautiful, fanciest EID clothes, and had so much fun playing with all the activities that were provided to them by the school.
Ruth Faulkner Library
We met Authors and illustrators of children’s story books when we went on our trip to the Ruth Faulkner Library. The Lovely authors told us all about their experiences and journeys to becoming successful international sellers. They read us their top secret, newest books that no one has heard yet shhhhhhh! They even taught us how to illustrate stories of our own and brought reading to life.
Science week
This term we celebrated science week for science. We all took part in creating our very own science experiments in class and ended science week with a big bang in assembly where we all excitedly watched two experiments take place.
Maths
Maths warmups help us reconsolidate on all our prior learning and we do that every day. One of the maths topics we focused on this term is 2D and 3D shapes as well as sliding flipping and overlapping so we used manipulatives to gain conceptual understanding.
Science
For science we are learning all about living and non-living things including lifecycles. We experimented with lifecycles when we planted our very own seeds, cared for them, and watched them grow.
National Science Week
Celery Experiment by Year 2B
Plants need water to survive and they draw water up from their roots through their capillaries. The capillaries are hollow and act a lot like a straw. Adding color to the water helps us visualize this usually invisible process.
The process is called transpiration and it’s essential for moving water to all parts of plants, even to the tops of the tallest trees. The experiment with a stick of celery reveals that this happens through special tubes, called xylems, which take up the food colouring.
2C students looking at bubble machines for our stem project. The students enjoyed learning about the mixtures of soap and water and made messy bubbles.
2D class growing their very own plants and learning all about the life cycle of a plant.
HASS
In HASS we are learning all about our local community and how we are all connected to the people and places of our community. we put on our enquiry caps on and researched places within our local community.
Art
This term for art we focused on colours and over lapping shapes. We learned all about primary and secondary colours, warm and cool colours and how to overlap shapes in a cool way which makes a picture look 3D.
Achievements (27-30)
We got awarded certificates for following the five keys our school represents confidence, persistence, resilience, organisation and getting along. We also competed in Quran and spelling bee competitions.
Coming up!
For the next weeks remaining we will be working hard for our end of term 3 assessments Insha’Allah. Week 9 we are planning on going to on an exciting excursion SCITECH. The excursion will be informative but most importantly FUN.
That’s all from the Year 2 Diaries in Term 3. Make sure you join us again in Term 4 where you can read about some more of our exciting news and events.
Till next time
– Keep learning and keep striving!
The Year 2 Teachers
Year 3
English
Sharp Reading
Sharp Reading is a teaching and learning framework that provides direction for students and equips them to be SHARP (efficient, cutting edge) in their understanding of reading. Sharp Reading allows students to THINK while reading in order to unpack and understand text. This is our daily morning routine since the beginning of term 1 with the year 3 students.
Persuasive, Procedure and Poetry Writing
Persuasive Writing aims to present an idea to a reader and persuade them to agree with the writer’s point of view. Learning to write persuasively is a crucial ‘real life’ skill for students. Some examples of persuasive texts include: arguments, expositions, discussions, and letters to the editor, debates, reviews and advertisements. The year 3 students have been focusing on specific structures when writing persuasive texts. Some of the structures we have been following include: sizzling starts, global statements, connectives, high modal verbs and ending with an impact.
Procedure Writing tells you how to complete a task. These types of texts explain how to complete a process. The purpose of a procedure is to tell the reader how to do or make something. The information is presented in a logical sequence of events, which is broken up into small sequenced steps. The most common example of a procedural text is a recipe.
Poetry Writing allows the poet to express his or her feelings. We wrote a Haiku. A haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry. They can be written to describe a particular topic or object.
Reading Comprehension
The students used comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and began to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features.
Grammar & Spelling
The students learned a range of grammar concepts including technical nouns, prefixes, suffixes, command verbs and prepositions.
Numeracy
Number and Algebra
The students have count to and from 10 000. They have classified numbers as either odd or even. Students have recalled addition and multiplication facts for single-digit numbers. They have recognised the connection between addition and subtraction and solve problems using efficient strategies for multiplication. Students have modelled and represented unit fractions. They have represent money values in various ways. Students have correctly counted out change from financial transactions. They have continued presenting number patterns involving addition and subtraction.
Measurement and Geometry
Students have identified symmetry in the environment. They have matched positions on maps with given information. Students have recognised angles in real situations. They have interpreted and compared data displays. Students have used metric units for length, mass and capacity. They told time to the nearest minute.
Statistics and Probability
Students have conducted chance experiments and listed possible outcomes. They have conducted simple data investigations for categorical variables. Students have interpreted and compared data displays.
Science
Biological Sciences
Students have been reading about that living things can be grouped on the basis of observable features and can be distinguished from non-living things. They explored the school garden, looking at various forms of living and non-living things.
National Science Week
We can see that water diffuses faster when it’s hot due to the increase in the temperature.
How to make a sturdy tower!
HASS
The year 3 students have studied about the importance of rules: who makes rules, why rules are important and the consequences of rules not being followed. Students have learned about the historical origins and significance of celebrations and commemorations in other places around the world and those observed in Australia, such as Chinese New Year, NAIDOC Week. They learned about the similarities and differences between places in terms of their type of settlement, the diversity of people and feelings and perceptions about different places.
Visual Art
In Year 3, students extend their understanding of the visual elements as they reflect on their use to create artwork using different mediums. They experiment with varying techniques and explore the different properties and qualities of materials that can be used creatively. Students explore art from other cultures and consider where and how artwork is presented to an audience. As they make and respond to artwork, students are introduced to the use of visual art terminology. They use the terminology to reflect on how the elements are used in the artwork they view and make.
Health & Physical Education
The students worked on range of health subjects including: understanding the importance of Cyber Safety, recognising the factors that strengthen personal identities, such as the influence of family, friends and school and explore strategies to manage physical, social and emotional change.
Suman Rai – Year 3A Teacher
Julia Guariglia – Year 3B Teacher
Naema Parekh – Year 3C Teacher
Hadil Al-Idani – Year 3D Teacher
Year 4
We have had an amazing year so far with so many new adventures to come. Read through to see what we have been doing in this productive 3rd term.
Literacy
Students in Year 4 are learning about persuasive writing. So far, students have been focussing on the 7 Steps of persuasive writing, with a focus on following the structure closely. To help students develop their writing knowledge, we have focussed on each current topics that effect the students which has increased their passion towards their writing.
Students also applied their knowledge to be able to write a procedure for the creation of a string telephone and Cinquain poems.
Numeracy
Students have been introduced to a wide range of concepts so far this term. They began their numeracy learning journey with Place Value and understanding what value each digit holds behind the decimal place – tenths and hundredths columns. Students also spent a week focussing on division with and without remainders.
So far, students have had hands-on experience with measurement as they began determining the perimeter, area and volume of different 4-sided shapes. Students will also continue developing their skills in reading analogue and digital clocks, as well as solving elapsed time word problems.
Science
This term in biological sciences, we have been exploring plants and pollinating insects. Our journey has led us to identifying the different components of seeds and the process of germination. Students have participated in investigations and experiments into the appearance of bees and how the different body parts work to pollinate plants. Students have also analysed the growth of beans inside the classroom so that they can identify the different sections of plants as they develop.
National Science Week
Students worked in groups to create catapults out of pop-sticks and elastic bands. This showed us how different amounts of force moves objects at different speeds.
Food by Design
Students investigating plant growth under different conditions.
Exploring parts of a flower. Students had a wonderful time dissecting flowers and categorising their female and male organs.
HASS
In History this term we have been learning about the First Fleet. Students have researched the reasons behind Britain’s establishment of penal colonies in NSW and why Britain needed a new large landmass to control. Students have investigated the treatment of convicts both during and after the journey of the First Fleet and compared the lives of convicts to their own.
Students have also researched and created a poster comparing one African country with Australia. Students were able to apply their learning in the creation of a Venn Diagram to support their research. Students have also begun identifying members of their local council and the purposes of the different levels of government.
Arts
Students have been developing their understanding of perspective and form throughout this term. Initially, students created artworks using one-point perspective in order to create an image that was pleasing to the eye. Students have now progressed to the creation of origami animals. This process has increased student appreciation of the efforts that go into origami creation and has enhanced their understanding of how to alter the form of one thing to create something new.
– Year 4 Teachers
Sr Diana, Sr Zahraa, Sr Mamoona, Sr Safia & Sr Rebecca
Year 5
KEWDALE:
Assalam O Alaikum
Dear Parents/guardians,
Welcome to the Term 3 2021 Edition of the Year 5 Newsletter.
We have had an amazing and productive term filled with fun and adventurous activities. Our term began with Eid -Ul-Adha and the students had an opportunity to celebrate Eid festival. We also arranged an award ceremony where Students’ achievements had also been recognised through certificates winners for values of exemplary behaviour to the academic awards.
Literacy
Our day starts with a one-hour Literacy block, where students revise the concepts learnt through warm-up, followed by sharp reading (students un-pack the text sentence by sentence), spelling and writing (following seven steps). This term they have learnt skills of persuasion by writing some persuasive texts and calling for action using emotive language and modal verbs.
Buddy reading with Kindy
Numeracy
Numeracy class starts with warm-up. We have started the term off by investigating divisibility of different numbers, finding average, ordering fractions on number line, finding equivalent fractions, converting fractions to decimals and applying these skills to word problems. Students are solving word problems which involved mathematical concepts that they have learned throughout the term to boost their creative thinking and enhancing mental skills. The students successfully completed investigations on unit conversion, perimeter and recognising the properties of 2D shapes. Other topics that were covered this term included finding elapsed time, constructing angles, collecting data through hands on activities, displaying data in line /column graph and interpreting different types of graphs.
Science & Design and Technologies
This term in Biological Science we have been exploring the adaptation of different animals and plants through hands on activities and experiments. Hands on science investigation encourages students to observe and make discoveries of their own and this enhances their critical thinking skills. Students thoroughly enjoyed our science lessons and increased their knowledge immensely. Each week of this term the students performed experiment to learn how plants and animals adapt in different environment. They had the great opportunity to go for an excursion to Kings Park, where the students explored the adaptation of desert plants through hands on experience. Our students looked like little scientists when they were investigating different unique plants of Australia.
National Science Week
The Year 5B used kitchen ingredients: citric acid and baking soda with water to create a shooting rocket. They learned that when they mix both ingredients in the correct portions with water, they are able to create a gas reaction (carbon dioxide), which would cause their rocket model to soar upwards. We weren’t able to capture the flying rocket because it was too quick! However, we were able to capture the ‘aftermath’ – check out the CO2 bubbling!
Class 5D explored plant systems as part of their biological science studies. Students had fun creating their own 3D modelled diagrams.
For science week, Year 5E class were exploring solids and liquids as they created Oobleck, to acquire knowledge on how liquids can transform to solids through the touch of a hand.
In Geography, students learnt about the major countries of North America focusing on the United States of America. Students understood the influence climate and other geographical characteristics have on human activities. The cause and effect of how the vegetation in savannahs can be damaged and how important it is to take care of savannah. They also identified ways indigenous Australians changed the environment by the methods they used to catch and collect food for their continued survival.
Health
In health, we learned about media classifications, we also studied the 5 common emotions and learned to react to each individual emotion positively. Apart from that, we reviewed the 3 types of abuse and what actions we should take if we experience abuse. Lastly, we differentiated natural and built environment and the benefits of keeping active.
Arts
It’s all about Indigenous art. We looked at the history of indigenous, the significance of these art in their culture as well as the features that make indigenous art so unique.
ART IS FUN!
Group work
Excursion to Kings Park
Our little scientists!
Escaping in nature
EID FESTIVAL
Fremantle Dockers coaching our students – Multicultural School Program
Annual Spelling Bee Competition
– Year 5 Teachers: Sr Gladys, Sr Jane, Sr Zakia, Sr Angela, Sr. Huda
Year 6
KEWDALE:
Assalam O Alaikum
Dear Parents and Carers,
We would like to Welcome you to the Term 3 2021 Edition of the Year 6 Newsletter.
We are delighted by the quality work students in year 6 have shown this term. We have been very busy in the classroom conducting experiments, sharing information and diving into our units of work.
What we are learning:
Literacy
We start every day with our literacy block, it includes our literacy warm-ups, guided reading rotations, spelling mastery/ spelling warmups and writing block. This term we are focusing on persuasive writing following the 7-steps-writing structure. Students are also learning how to write procedures exploring how to make or do different things, including bread, which links with our science unit on mold.
Numeracy
Every day students do their numeracy warm-ups for 15 minutes at the beginning of every lesson. During this warmup they revise concepts they already know. This term students have been learning about equivalent fractions, multiplication of decimals, division of numbers larger than 999, 3D objects, nets of prisms and pyramids, chance using dice and much more. Every week students solve word problems, helping them to understand how the topics they have learned can be related into the real word, this also helps them further develop their comprehension skills and problem-solving abilities. Students have completed two investigations, helping them explore concepts taught and apply them into the real world.
Science & Design and Technologies
This term students thoroughly explored the fungi kingdom and conducted numerous experiments on mold and how it can grow. Students were able to understand how and where mold grows, different types of fungi, and determined through investigations and exploring which ones are beneficial, which ones aren’t and how it can be found in our daily life. Students learned yeast is a type of fungi, and how it is used to make bread, therefore students tried their cooking skills this term, consolidating our unit with some delicious bread.
For our design and technologies strand, students used their inquiry skills to research and learn about kinetic and potential energy and how this knowledge can be implemented into building a structure that moves. Students created and built robots, arcade games and toys and explained the kinetic/potential energy in it.
National Science Week
HASS
In our geography unit students learned about Asia as a continent. We explored different countries and four different regions of Asia. Students explored culture, religion, land size and the different conditions in which people live across the continent. Students also learned about migration and hibernation and how and which animal migrate as the seasons change.
Visual Arts
Students explored different elements of art this term. We started off the term learning about color blending and moved on to geography within art pieces. Students created their own art pieces, like mandalas and learned about patterns and how they can be incorporated into art.
Eid Festival
Students celebrated Eidul Adha at the beginning of the term. There were rides, camels, bouncy rides, and a wide variety of food. Students dressed up and thoroughly enjoyed the festival, they displayed beautiful manners and respect during the festival. We ended up the day by watching a movie and talking about this big day.
– Year 6 Teachers
Library
AIC Primary School Library
The Kewdale Primary Library is full of new and classic titles. We try to regularly update the resources in the library.
Borrowing
Each class is allocated a set time each week to have a library session. Students are allowed to borrow 1-2 books.
We have a library bag policy. Students need to have a library bag to borrow a book. This is to keep our resources protected.
Lost/Damaged Property
If a book is lost or returned damaged, the school will invoice the student’s parents /carer for the cost of the book. Parents can replace the book with the same title.
Students will not be allowed to borrow books until the invoice is settled.
Book Week
Here at Kewdale Primary, we strongly promote literature and reading with our students. As part of this we arrange for character Dress-up parade to participate in the Children’s Council of Australia Book Week annually.
Scholastic Book Fair
As part of promoting literature and reading every year we run Scholastic Book Fair. Scholastic Book Fair is an event that enables children, parents and teachers to purchase quality books at reasonable prices, while earning free books for our school. We just had our Scholastic Book fair 2021 and with teachers, parents and students support it was a very successful event.
Religion
Religion Department Kewdale Primary
All praise is due to Allah Ta’aala our Creator and Nourisher. With the grace and mercy of the Almighty we are quickly approaching the end of Term 3 2021.
Alhamdulillah usual teaching and learning went well over the term as our students were enlightened by our wonderful teachers regarding many different topics in Islamic studies. The year 6’s in particular have learnt extensively regarding the life of Uthmaan R.A and Ali R.A and taken great lessons from their lives. Students have also progressed well in Qur’aan reading and memorisation.
We were fortunate to attend and participate in the AIC Annual Interschool Qur’aan recitation contest held at our Thornlie Campus. The students tried their best and really read the Qur’aan most beautifully. The students had prepared themselves well with the help of our wonderful teachers who had put a lot of time into training them.
We are grateful to Allah for all our accomplishments and thank the administration for really supporting and encouraging such events.
Alhamdulillah we are always trying our best at AIC to help our wonderful students to love Allah Ta’aala and fulfil the purpose of our creation.
Jazaakallah Khair
– Abdullah Haffejee
Religion Department
Kewdale primary
Physical Education
Welcome to our Term 3 Physical Education Schoolzine news!
This term we welcomed Br Hasanin who will be part of the physical education department in Primary school and we welcomed back Sr Nuria from long service leave.
This term was a busy term with many activities taking place in the physical education department.
We had netball clinics, badminton clinics and athletic clinics for our students, thanks to the sporting school grants, we are able to give more opportunities for students to develop their sporting skills.
Our Year 5 classes are taking part in the Fremantle Multicultural schools program, we are very lucky to be part of this, as it is the first time it is running in WA and we are the first school to be trialling this new program.
Here is a little bit more about the program from the Fremantle Dockers Community:
“The multicultural school program has been established to ensure Australian Football is a vehicle that encourages community strengthening and inclusion within the wider Australian community. The AFL’s multicultural strategy focuses on developing programs to increase engagement, participation, talent and social outcomes. The objective of this program is to provide opportunities and pathways for students from schools across the state with large multicultural populations, to be engaged in all areas of AFL football.”
We are very lucky to have this program and looking forward to completing the upcoming sessions with the students.
We had two excursions this term, the first one was the School Slam Series which was a basketball competition held at the Bendat Stadium on Wednesday 25th of August. We had 30 students represent the AIC Kewdale Primary at the tournament.
Congratulations to the all the students who were involved in the tournament!
| Abdallah Yacout |
| Emre Serin |
| Musab Sharief |
| Mohammad Al Mahameed |
| Zaidan Weale |
| Wissam Ismail |
| Muhammed Ajiboye |
| Zainuddin Zilic |
| Ukashah Parkar |
| Idris Hamid |
| Abdallah Ahmad |
| Wafi Rahman |
| Bilal Mohamed |
| Marwan Yussuf |
| Abdullahi Abdullahi |
| Mohamud Abdirizaaq |
| Mostafa Ebid |
| Haiderali Al Sayad |
| Adam Shuard |
| Adam Endro |
| Maaz Basit |
| Yahya |
| Najma Ahmed |
| Amina Abdi |
| Sarah Weisi |
| Salma Jama |
| Khadija Mahamud |
| Amina Hared |
| Elif Baser |
| Nur Mehamed |
| Jamila Muhumed |
| Aisha Adow |
We also had our year 4 and 5 girls represent AIC Kewdale Primary in the annual Multicultural Netball carnival on Friday 27th August. The girls showed amazing skills, teamwork and pride in playing in the tournament. Congratulations to the all the girls who participated in the tournament.
| Nurain Hossein |
| Deeqa Handule |
| Suntus Musa |
| Balqees Ahmadzai |
| Anzal Yassin |
| Amna Noor |
| Nawal Ali |
| Sumaiya Aliyi |
| Shabnambi Bin Shafiq |
| Alya Ahmed |
| Hamedah Mohammadi |
| Zaheedat Owede |
| Rahma Moftar |
| Rahaf Salih |
| Amina Dizdar |
| Weam Al Hasan |
| Aseel Al Koud |
| Areeba Irfan |
| Rahma Abubakar |
| Breshna Fidaie |
| Eman Al Owaily |
| Malikah Mohasseli |
| Khadijah Du Toit |
| Reena Younes |
| Hamda Mire |
| Yusra Afi |
| Afnan Rashid |
Religion
Religion Department Kewdale Primary
All praise is due to Allah Ta’aala our Creator and Nourisher. With the grace and mercy of the Almighty we are quickly approaching the end of Term 3 2021.
Alhamdulillah usual teaching and learning went well over the term as our students were enlightened by our wonderful teachers regarding many different topics in Islamic studies. The year 6’s in particular have learnt extensively regarding the life of Uthmaan R.A and Ali R.A and taken great lessons from their lives. Students have also progressed well in Qur’aan reading and memorisation.
We were fortunate to attend and participate in the AIC Annual Interschool Qur’aan recitation contest held at our Thornlie Campus. The students tried their best and really read the Qur’aan most beautifully. The students had prepared themselves well with the help of our wonderful teachers who had put a lot of time into training them.
We are grateful to Allah for all our accomplishments and thank the administration for really supporting and encouraging such events.
Alhamdulillah we are always trying our best at AIC to help our wonderful students to love Allah Ta’aala and fulfil the purpose of our creation.
Jazaakallah Khair
– Abdullah Haffejee
Religion Department
Kewdale primary
Digital Technologies
Digital Technologies
Another great term has been completed by the students of AIC Kewdale primary.
Some highlights to look forward to in this terms newsletter are:
- Exploration of robotics
- New hardware – Micro:bits
- Game creation through coding
Year 2
Students were learning about algorithms and the importance of giving precise and clear algorithms. We introduced algorithms by taking visual pictures of LEGO building on iPads.
The second part of our lessons, was students had to write an algorithm to create a potato man. It was very interesting to discover the bug where some students did not write clear algorithms and their partner ended up making a silly looking potato man!
Year 2
Students were learning about algorithms and the importance of giving precise and clear algorithms. We introduced algorithms by taking visual pictures of LEGO building on iPads.
The second part of our lessons, was students had to write an algorithm to create a potato man. It was very interesting to discover the bug where some students did not write clear algorithms and their partner ended up making a silly looking potato man!
Students continued exploring their knowledge about Ozobots by identifying the codes to command the bot to go certain directions.
Students also revised their knowledge about Ozobots by creating a digital poster on Microsoft word.
Exploring variables and codes on Scratch. Creating challenges such as Animate your Name and using loops/movement blocks.
Exploring game creation on Scratch
We began the term exploring game creations to prepare for the STEM Exhibition. Students used Microsoft Forms to do their games review. In addition, this term we explored coding through Minecraft Education.
English
World Book Day Celebrations
The English Department of AIC, Kewdale High School organised World Book Day Celebrations on 30th June 2021 (Week 11, Term 2) to foster the love for reading amongst children and young adults.
The campus came to life with teachers and students dressed up as their favourite book characters and competing for prizes. Students participated with much enthusiasm in various activities such as Spelling Bee Competitions, Read Aloud Competition and Script Writing Workshop.
The teachers along with the Year 10 student council members also organised a Book Day themed cookie bake-sale, the proceeds of which went towards yearly subscriptions for two magazines for the school library.
Though the rain tried to play spoil sport on 30th July 2021 (Week 2, Term 3) during the awards ceremony, it was no match for the enthusiasm of our Principal Br. Mohammed Nazar Khan, Deputy Principals Sr. Rana Al Baghdadi and Sr. Sehrish Chaalni, the English HOLA Sr. Yasmeen Kareem and the Master of Ceremonies Mr. Michael Phillips, senior English teacher and so, Alhamudillah, everyone enjoyed celebrating the success of the World Book Day events, applauding the winners and appreciating the effort of all teachers of the English department.
This is first time that such an event has organised in high school, but our success has encouraged us to make it better next year, in sha Allah.
Reading Is Dreaming With Your Eyes Open
A report of the Book Day events by Year 10 Journalism Elective students Jasmine Elsaafin, Mariama Diallo, Omar Ait Benali, Hudhayfah Kamarul Baharin and Khalid Salih
After an intensive semester filled with tests, what better way to end the term than to have a book dress-up day. We had read-aloud competitions, spelling bees and script writing workshops. The students quite enjoyed being away from work and this event really helped them come forward, participate, enjoy and win prizes.
This year our English Department planned and delivered, but according to them, they promise a more compelling event next year. We can lo