Well done to all students who received awards for collecting Green Cards so far, and for those who have received a "Student of the Week" badge, for displaying behaviour coinciding with our school values. 

Photos from Week 5 and Week 6 Monday Assembly:

Week 5- Students of the Week!

Kindergarten - Esila Bayindir

Year 1 - Elif Kale

Year 2 - Haktan Cetiner

Year 3 - Aisha Maaliki

Year 4 - Demir Kuran

Year 5 - Eren Ozalp

Year 6 - Sena Ergun

Week 6- Students of the Week!

Kindergarten - Sumayah Osman

Year 1 - Omar Ghazi

Year 2 - Kerem Er

Year 3 - Aylin Kice

Year 4 - Ahmad Niazi

Year 5 - Akalia Duran

Year 6 - Adem Aygun

Congratulations to Kindergarten and Year 5 in receiving the Assembly Star Class trophy!

On Tuesday the 18th Of June, Teachers at Maarif International had the opportunity to celebrate Eid together with a amazing Turkish Breakfast organised by Dr. Yaseen and Mrs Er. Thank you for a lovely breakfast, as we celebrated the end of the holy month of Ramadan together.

In support of people impacted by cancer, Maarif hosted a morning tea for our students on Wednesday 26th of May. All proceeds will be donated to the Cancer Council on behalf of the students and staff from International Maarif Schools of Australia. Thank you to our students and parents who supported us in raising much needed funds for the Cancer Council.

On Wednesday the 26th of May Year 6 parents were invited to our High School Information Session afternoon tea. The aim of the session was to provide an update on the plans for high school in 2022. It was also a great opportunity for parents to ask questions and provide feedback on this matter. Parents were happy with the meeting, showing great anticipation in seeing our students move into High School next year.

Potato People

Kindergarten enjoyed reading the story 'Potato People' by Pamela Allen and did a follow up activity of making their own potato people using various materials to decorate their real potatoes. This activity allowed them to refine their fine motor ability, eye-hand coordination, and imagination. We are developing the love for reading!

Mrs Ulku Turkmen

Kindergarten Teacher

What is Heavier?

In Math’s lessons Year 1 students explored mass, we looked at the terms heavy and light. Students sorted images from lightest to heaviest. Students then investigated the term hefting. Students selected different objects around the room then participated in hefting to determine which one of the two objects was heavier.

Year 1 also celebrated Sayid Kudusov’s and Adem Mete’s birthday. Thank you Sayid and Adem for giving the class gifts, we loved them!

Year 1 Teacher

My Hoops

Year 2 have been enjoying weekly basketball lessons run by My Hoops. They have been developing their basketball skills and it has been great to see them engage in these lessons.

Week 6 Assembly 

This week year 2 did an amazing job presenting the Monday morning assembly. So proud of Year 2, great to see them building their public speaking confidence. They also did an excellent job performing Our class item- the popular Australian song written in 1974 by Wally Johnson and Bob Brown Give Me a Home Among the Gum Trees.

Mrs Dilek Isanc

Year 2 Teacher

Celebrations and Commemorations

This term, year 3 have been exploring celebrations and commemorations of significance in Australia and the world, including, Australia Day, ANZAC Day, NAIDOC Week, Ramadan, Diwali and Chinese New Year. As part of this unit, students engaged in a task where they were assigned a celebration or commemoration and addressed a number of research questions. All students did a wonderful job at presenting their research to their peers. They should all be very proud of themselves.

Week 5 Assembly

Year 3 did a fantastic job presenting the Week 5 assembly. With only a couple of days of practise due to NAPLAN testing and Eid holidays, they conducted themselves brilliantly and performed a delightful class item. Well done!  

Ms Amel Mehana

Year 3 Teacher

First Fleet

In History, students of Year 4 are learning about First Fleet and the experiences of convicts when they first arrived in Australia. They had an opportunity to do a diorama demonstrating the scene from the time when ships arrived in Australia. They all did excellent work and should be really proud of it.

Mrs Samira Asad

Year 4 Teacher

Gas has Mass

Students have engaged in Science experiments that explores the physical properties of gases, and to test the theory of gas having mass and volume. In groups, Year 5 students created a balloon catapult and set of scales. Using the mass from their breath (gases; Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide), students pushed down on the catapult to make an object fly in the sky. They then created a set of scales and again, tested the volume and mass against a deflated balloon. As evident in these photos, they tested the scientific theory to be correct and enjoyed every moment of working and problem solving together.

Mrs Olivia Peach

Year 5 Teacher

Year 6 and Technology

Year 6’s have been busy attending their ScopeIT lessons every Friday to learn how to use coordinates without X and Y grids on the screen using coding skills. They utilised the lesson to learn how to create backdrops from scratch by drawing their desired background. They did this by using two race cars to suit the background that they were requested to draw and made the two cars race using coding skills that they have learned up until this week.

A big congratulations to these students below for earning a bronze and silver award this week.

Bronze Awards:

• Halil Ibrahim Coskun
• Busra Ciyim
• Onur Ahmet Akgul
• Hale Caliskan
• Onur Beyaz
• Nisa Bedir

Silver Award:

• Sahra Ornek

Miss Asli Arici

Year 6 Teacher

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

Sınıfımızda Neler Var?

Kindergarten students learnt the classroom items with different kinds of activities such as show & tell, matching and coloring activities. They enjoyed playing the memory game in pairs.

Kaç Lira? 

Year 5 students learnt the different kinds of clothes and categorised them into gender and seasons.

Our students made dialogues using their own clothes in order to bring to life what they learned by combining their own sentences with the typical sentences used in store shopping.

Below is a link to one of the dialogue videos: (Enjoy watching)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VxcUDq3jz-bYu6sErRup2eH8VVWXANox/view

Hangi Meslek?

Year 3 students learnt the different job types with many activities such as matching, unscrambling and filling in the blanks.

They also watched some videos about different job types. They listened to the definitions of the jobs, and tried guessing which ones they were.

Mrs Şeyma Akdemir

Turkish Teacher

For Years Year 1, Year 2 and Year 4

Year 1

Year 1 is continuing to work on Turkish sounds. Every day, they find words with chosen Turkish characters, and they also learn the spelling of these words. They are racing with each other to finish their worksheet. Besides this they learned to count up to 150 in Turkish. They are becoming much better with practice.

Year 1 also learned new words by shopping at a virtual toy store. They repeated the dialogues in while shopping and continued to learn through play. They did lots of fun activities within their homework as well.

Year 2

In Turkish year 2 students are exploring different way of learning. Students took on a teacher role to teach Turkish songs and rhymes to each other. When they are singing, they also created their own dance choreography.

Students have also learned antonyms in Turkish. They practiced with lots of activities and games.

 Year 4

Last week, Year 4 became chefs, giving recipe ideas during the Turkish lesson. They especially chose the recipes from Turkish food. Lots of funny dialogues occurred during these activities. The students also completed all the activities in their books. In their spare time, they played plenty of online Turkish games. Matching games were their favourite!

Miss Esra Pamuk

Turkish Teacher

Kindergarten

Kindergarten learnt the meaning of Sadaqa and that it doesn’t only mean giving money to the poor. Our Prophet Muhammad (saw) said “Smiling is Charity”.  Students learnt in our lesson that that we must be good to others, and remember to smile because this is even a form of charity.

Below are some photos with Kindergarten holding up their “Smiling is Charity” mini posters. They all drew smiley faces, and had turns putting some coins into the Sadaqa Box.

Here is a link to the catchy song “Gülmek Sadaka” by Sinan Akçıl and Maher Zain.

Year 2

Year 2 is continuing to learn the Pillars of Islam. They have learnt the meaning of Zakat which is to clean or purify one’s wealth, and that it’s a form of charity helping the poor and needy. Students played a game allowing them to experience the value of giving and sharing. Some students had envelopes with lots of money, while others had only a few coins. Those students with much more money gave their friends zakat, which made both sides happy. Charity not only benefits the one who receives, but the one giving charity is also rewarded for their actions.

Students had a chance to do role plays by putting coins into a Sadaqa Box. This gave them a chance to experience donating to those in need.

Year 3

Year 3 is learning all about Allah this term. We have learnt about His attributes, being our creator and we are to worship only Him alone. We have memorised some of Allahs name such as – Al-Awwal (The First), Al-Akhir (The Last), Al-Malik (The King), Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim (The Most-Gracious and Most Merciful) and Al-Hakam (The Judge). We enjoyed playing a ‘true or false’ quiz game today in pairs, using whiteboards to answer the questions asked on the screen. Mashallah Year 3 did a great job on answering all the questions.

Ms Gulcan Aksu

Islamic Studies Teacher (Years K, 2 and 3)

Being on Time

Parents and Carers need to ensure children are at school before the school bell at 9:00am. In case of lateness, parents are required to sign their child/ren in at the office and children will then be marked as partially absent for the day.

School Fees

A reminder to Parents and Carers that Maarif is a private school and the contributions made provide opportunities for students to participate in a variety of different learning experiences. It is a requirement of a student’s enrolment that school fees are paid by Parents/Carers and failure to pay fees may result in the student’s enrolment being withdrawn. Scholarships are available to families who are suffering financial hardship and we encourage all Parents/Carers to apply for scholarships if they are struggling to pay school fees.

Bus Reminder

Students who travel to and from school by bus are reminded to follow bus rules whilst travelling on the bus. Removing seatbelts and walking on the bus is NOT permitted.

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 from 2:30pm-3:30pm. Please note, invoice or cash payment options are only available on the day.

On behalf of Maarif, we would like to wish our students a very Happy Birthday who have celebrated their birthday during the month of May.

Happy Birthday to Students:

Sayid Kudusov
Adem Mete
Fatemah Niazi
Mina Ufacikligil
Mikail Inan
Saide Lale Kara
Melih Yenice
Berk Diker
Sara Caliskan
Dilan Inan
Jennah Mohammad Rafiq
Busra Ciyim
Sena Ergun
Musa Aydiniz