On 18 March, we commemorated the Çanakkale Victory and Martyr's Day. Maarif students have displayed their wonderful wall of art commemorating this big event.

Çanakkale Zaferi Maarif Vakfi Ozel Videosunu izle

Maarif students had the priviledge to be invited by the Turkish consulte general in Sydney to give a wonderful performance as they commemorated the 100th year anniversary of our Turkish National Anthem and the 106th annversary of the Çanakkale victory and Martyr's Day.

Çanakkale zaferinin 106. yıldönümü ve İstiklal Marşımızın kabulünün 100. yıldönümü dolayısıyla, 18 Mart şehitlerimizi ve Mehmet Akif Ersoy’u Anmak üzere, Auburn’daki Köprü Kültür ve Sanat Merkezi’nde Başkonsolosluğumuz himayesinde sivil toplum kuruluşlarımız, derneklerimiz ve okullarımızın katkılarıyla bir tören düzenlendi.

Well done to all students who recieved the "Student of the Week" badge, for displaying behaviour coinciding with our school values. 

Congratulations to Year 2 for receiving the Assembly Star Class trophy!

Photos from Week 7 Monday Assembly:

Photos from Week 8 award recipients. Including Bronze Awards, Anti-Bullying Poster Winners and Maths Competition Winners!

Congratualations to our Anti-Bullying Poster Winners:

- Eren Ozalp

- Vera Bulli

- Koray Ozkan

- Mikail Er

Students which have participated in our Community Performance on the 18th of March have received awards and gifts for their great efforts displayed for the night:

Week 7- Students of the Week!

Kindergarten - Taner Mesut Karahasanoglu

Year 1 - Fatima Gencaga

Year 2 - Kerim Uzum

Year 3 - Maya Alnabulsi

Year 4 - Miray Durdu

Year 5 - Fatimah Fahme

Year 6 - Yunus Gokdemir

Week 8- Students of the Week!

Kindergarten - Eren Hurriyet

Year 1 - Hasan Bulli 

Year 2 - Omer Kale

Year 3 - Beyza Aygun

Year 4 - Ahmet Anmak

Year 5 - Tansel Akdas

Year 6 - Mansur Uzun

SENTRAL Parent Teacher interview bookings are now active!

Registrations for booking sessions are now active until the 31st of March, via the Sentral Parent Portal. Please click on 'interviews' and book in a session with your childs teachers. Bookings can be made with the Classroom teachers, Language teachers and Religious Education teachers. Each session will be limited to 10 minutes to allow time for other parents.

Please contact the school office on 1800 622 743 if you require any assistance with booking your interviews.

Finding Length

Kindergarten students have been involved in learning about measuring length for their Maths lessons. We have been discussing the concept of long and short and ordering length into height order.

Measuring length provides opportunities to develop cognitively as children strengthen both their number and size understandings. It also encourages them to place units end to end as gaps or overlaps between the units.

In this experience, students had to cut out the different buildings that consisted of various height measurements and then place them in size order by pasting them into their books. Great job Kindy!

Mrs Ulku Turkmen

Kindergarten Teacher

All About the Facts!

Year 1 has been working on writing their informative text, we watched an informative video about the Life cycle of a frog. Students learnt how to create a mind map with different facts. Once students created their mind map they moved onto composing their informative text. Well done Year 1!

Year 1 Teacher

Ready to Publish!

This term year 2 have been focusing on writing informative texts. While writing we have also been focusing on the sequence of planning, drafting, editing, reviewing, and publishing our writing. This week students have been given the opportunity to publish their writing so we can collate their work and make a classroom book about animals. Students are so excited, they cannot wait to see their work transformed into a book.

Congratulations to all year 2 students who have been completing their Maths homework on Mathletics.

Mrs Dilek Isanc

Year 2 Teacher

Living Things

In science, Year Three have been learning about how to group living things based on their observable features. Students were given a task where they had to conduct research on two animals and create a multi-media PowerPoint presentation describing the animals’ classifications and observable features. Students then presented their research to the class, which has allowed them to build self-confidence and develop their public speaking skills. Well done to all students for their amazing work!

Ms Amel Mehana

Year 3 Teacher

Invention Time!

In science, Year Four have been focusing on Food and Fibre and how we can use different utensils for cooking. Year 4 were given a task where they had to invent their own utensils for the recipe they like to make. Students did incredible work on inventing different kitchen utensils and presenting them to the class. Well done to all the students, they should be proud of their work.

They also had the opportunity to create their own water irrigation system. It was a very well engaged and learning experience for students. They learned to plan together in a group and then make their model.

Mrs Samira Asad

Year 4 Teacher

Gold Rush

Year 5 have spent the last few weeks discovering the history attached to the Gold Rush era. Students have learnt that Edward Hargraves was the first person recorded to have discovered Gold in Australia and that the Gold Rush era impacted the growth of Australia as a nation. Sensitive to the Indigenous people as the fist inhabitants, students have a balanced understanding and appreciation. The students were given the freedom to make a poster to summarise the important facts relative to Australia’s Gold Rush. They were given a series of questions to research and report on and given the independence to create their poster. Not only did this task give students a sense of independence, but they became agents in their own learning. Agency encompasses both the power of possibility in learning contexts balances with the personal motivation to succeed.

Mrs Olivia Peach

Year 5 Teacher

All my own work!

Year 6 have been focusing on research-based learning these past couple of weeks. We have touched base on the importance of ‘all my own work’ by introducing the term ‘plagiarism’. As a class, we discussed that the ability to firstly obtain or gather information through research and then summarise it in a clear and concise manner, demonstrates our understanding and skill of navigating through informative texts studied.

Mrs Kubra Kalender

Year 6 Teacher

For Years Kindergarten, Year 3, Year 5 and Year 6

Çanakkale Victory!

 We celebrated 106th of anniversary of ÇANAKKALE VICTORY AND MARTYRS' DAY on the 18th of March.

Mrs Seyma Akdemir and our school captains, Büşra Çiyim and Mansur Uzun, visited Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park and layed flowers at memorial.

On that day, the entire school stopped and stood silently for a minute of silence. We remembered our martyrs with gratitude, who sacrificed their lives for freedom...

From Year 5 students, Sare read ‘Dur Yolcu’.

Year 5&6 students listened and read the poem ‘Dur Yolcu’ in the classroom.

A poster with the important symbols of Canakkale Victory was made and displayed on the wall.

Mrs Şeyma Akdemir

Turkish Teacher

Year 1

Year 1 students worked hard in Turkish lessons in the past two weeks. As they came to the end of the term, they made an effort to finish their work on time. At the end of each lesson, they played word matching games with the interactive board. They learned dozens of new words, so they can start using them in their daily lives.  Students this semester focused on Turkish characters and their writing. Next semester we will do more reading studies.

Year 2

This semester, Year 2 Turkish lessons became more fun with rhymes and dances. Students strengthened their vocabulary knowledge with word matching activities wand played at the end of each lesson. We organized short drama activities and learned how to meet, go shopping and ask something in Turkish. We look forward to new Turkish games in the term 2.

 Year 4

We learned great songs in Year 4 lessons. While learning songs, we found the meaning of unknown words and added these to our vocabulary to improve our Turkish. In addition, one of our favorite activities was drama activities! We were able to develop our creativity and support our language improvement, by doing these drama dialogues.

We continue our listening and writing activities by using our interactive Book. We will be here again with great surprises for next term.

Miss Esra Pamuk

Turkish Teacher

Kindergarten

Kindergarten have been learning in class about Allah being the creator of all things. Students were given a presentation task, whereby they were to bring and present “Something which Allah has created”. Well done to students bringing in a real-life example or a photo of an amazing creation of Allah. They answered the questions of what this creation is and how it lives in this world.

This week students also learnt about the “Quran”. They washed their hands nicely, and said “Bismillah” before touching and opening the pages of the beautiful book of Allah. We also had a chance to compare the Quran to an English and Turkish Storybook. This is to understand the difference in language, and that other books are make-believe, whereas the Quran are true words from Allah.

We had some fun making Arabic Letters with playdough in our Quran reading lessons. I called out a letter from the alphabet, and told them to make the letter as best as possible. Mashallah I can see from the photos below that some students are very talented in making letters out of playdough. Well done Kindergarten!

Ms Gulcan Aksu

Islamic Studies Teacher

Years 1 to Year 6

Dear parents, this term students had their Portfolio Assessment in week 7, From Year 1 to Year 6.  This assessment included Islamic Studies, Quran and Quran memorization.

This is Year 4 Islamic Studies Portfolio Assessment pictures; I really appreciate your help with child’s learning. Have a safe and good break.

In Quran memorization Year 5 and Year 6 are doing Surah Al Maun, the students are enthusiastic about learning the verses  of the Surah and enjoying learning the meaning of the verses. They ask lots of question about the topic that they are learning in Islamic Studies the requirement of Salah which is an interesting topic to learn about. Please help your child in memorizing of the verses of the Surah.

Ms B. Mohammed

Quran and Islamic Studies Teacher 

Maarif students are continuing with their ScopeIT lessons on a weekly basis. ScopeIT Education instructors have awarded Scoper Star Awards to students from each class. Well Done students!

On Friday the 19^th of March it was the “National Day Against Bullying and Violence” and as a school, it was important that we acknowledge this important message. Our wonderful teachers Ms Mehana and Ms Peach organised meaningful activities to be done in the classroom such as class pledges, student voices and a whole school mural which shows our school’s pledge to take action against bullying. 

We held an anti-bullying poster competition where students created eye-catching posters which included this year’s message of ‘Take Action Together’. Students from all years entered the competition. A special congratulations to all winners and participants.

As you can see in the photos students have done an amazing job at showcasing that bullying is not ok!, and that we all as a team are ready to stand up for it.

Thank you teachers for bringing this message across to all the students.

Here is our lovely posters all made by our Maarif Students:

The NSW Government is helping kids get active with the Active Kids program.

The Active Kids program provides two $100 vouchers for parents, guardians and carers of school-enrolled children to use towards sport and active recreation costs each year.

Voucher 1 is valid January to December and Voucher 2 is valid July to December.

To use the voucher, find a registered activity provider and present your voucher when you sign up.

You can apply for a voucher for each eligible student. You can use the voucher for registration, participation or membership costs with an approved Active Kids provider.

Calling parents of primary school children!

Are you Interested in participating in a research study on food and nutrition education? Deakin University researchers are researching food and nutrition education and practices in primary schools. We would like to hear parents’ views. We will appreciate it if you could spare 15 mins for the online survey. Your input will make a difference!  You can choose to go into a draw to win one of five $50 vouchers.

To take the survey please scan the QR code:

For more information: 

Gozde Aydin

0 468 554 120

gaydin@deakin.edu.au

eSafety is offering a new parent webinar series in 2021 – eSafety’s guide to cyberbullying and online drama. Parents are encouraged to join one of the free webinars to learn how we can help young people develop the skills to be safer online. You can register via this link: https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/webinars

Students will be expected to be dressed in their winter school uniform during Term 2.

For all uniform requirements, our uniform shop will be open every Tuesday 1st of April from 9am to 9pm. Please note, invoice or cash payment options are only available on the day.

Term 1, 2021 for Students: Monday, 1 February 2021 to Wednesday 31 March 2021

Commemoration of Çanakkale and Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Turkish National Anthem: 18 March 2021

Harmony Day: 30 March 2021

Mufti Day and Last Day for Students: 31 March 2021

Parent - Teacher Inteviews: 1 April 2021

Uniform Shop Open Day: 1 April 2021

First day of Term 1, 2021 for Students: 20 April 2021

On behalf of Maarif Staff we will like to wish you a safe holiday and a happy start to the holy month of Ramadan! Hope to see students back to school on Tuesday, 20th of April 2021.