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Maarif Bültenimizin Türkçe-İngilizce yeni sayısı okurlarıyla buluştu!
The new issue of the Maarif Bulletin has been published!
Please click on the link below to access the latest issue of the Maarif Bulletin containing the Foundation’s activities.
https://www.turkiyemaarif.org/uploads/bulten/MaarifBulten_Sayi12.pdf
Well done to all students who have attended online learning each lesson. The students of the week deserve recognition and are to be commended for their efforts. Keep up the good work boys and girls!
Kindergarten - Taliha Aslan for always being alert and responsive during Zoom sessions and submitting work on time. Even if Taliha might not feel well, she picks herself up and soldiers on throughout the lesson. Well done Taliha!!
Year 1 - Sayid Kudusov for displaying enthusiasm towards all online learning activities and completing all tasks assigned. Well done Sayid!
Year 2 - Aleena Khan for the effort she has put into her online work and for her continuous contribution to classroom discussions. Well done Aleena!
Year 3 - Beyza Aygun for displaying an outstanding commitment to online learning. Well done Beyza!
Year 4 - Taha Aslan for being a resilient and responsible learner. Well done Taha!
Year 5 - Safiye Turkmen for taking pride in her work in an online learning environment. Well done Safiye!
Year 6 - Mansur Uzun is always prepared with relevant materials needed for the session and engaging in classroom discussions and activities. Mansur is always in the correct uniform with his jersey and helping his friends (and teacher with technology related things) when in need. Well done Mansur!
Finding 3D shapes
This week, our topic for Maths was 3D shapes. Kindergarten students familiarized themselves with names like rectangular prisms, pyramids, triangular prisms etc. As part of our Zoom session, they were asked to find 1 object in their household to bring to Zoom lesson where they can show their friends and teacher as well as identify the name of their chosen 3D Shape. All students did a great job choosing and identifying the names.
Learning shapes not only helps children identify and organize visual information, but it also helps them learn skills in other curriculum areas including reading, maths, and science. Learning shapes also helps children understand other signs and symbols.
Mrs Ulku Turkmen
Kindergarten Teacher
Flying high in Year 1!
Just like that we are in Week 4! Year 1 has demonstrated a high level of enthusiasm towards learning throughout our Online Zoom sessions. In English, Year 1 students have been exploring superheroes and villains. Students began creating their very own superhero which they will later use in their narrative writing. It was amazing to see Year 1 students use adjectives and nouns in their descriptions.
For Creative Arts students explored how nature can be used to create artworks. Year 1 collected a range of items from their backyards and created a masterpiece using nature.
Year 1 Teacher
Our Future Olympians
Our students in Year 2 are aware that it is a tough year for everyone all around the world. This week we have been keeping Turkey in our prayers during our morning session and hope the bushfires in Turkey will be extinguished as soon as possible. Despite our current restrictions and circumstances, it has been great to see Year 2 students all being persistent and taking control of their learning during our online learning adventure.
For the past few weeks in class, we have been speaking about the Olympics as we find out new facts each day. We have seen how well Australia is performing in the Olympics and have witnessed Turkish athletes win medals, which has been inspiring for our students. To suit this theme, this week we had a special guest join our PE zoom lesson, head instructor Ihsan Deliktaslidan from Double Impact Martial Arts Auburn. Ihsan began his lesson with a warm up and then demonstrated some movement skills and movement sequences to our students. All students followed along and really enjoyed the lesson. After the session, Ihsan explained to students the importance of physical activity and treating each other with respect. Ihsan then set a challenge for our class to try to complete 10 pushups, 10 burpees and 10 star jumps every day this week. I am sure our class will step up to this challenge. Here are some photos from this session.
Mrs Dilek Isanc
Year 2 Teacher
We Are What We Eat!
In our PDH lessons, Year 3 have been learning about what it means to lead a healthy and active lifestyle. Students have been exploring the five food groups, focusing on their nutritional values. Students were able to identify which types of foods we should be eating regularly and what we should consider as ‘’sometimes’’ foods. Students consolidated their learning through an activity where they had to cut out different types of foods and glue them in their corresponding food group.
Ms Amel Mehana
Year 3 Teacher
Best friends make good times better and hard times easier!
Teaching friendship activities, improves student’s social skills in and outside the classroom. It teaches them with the ideas of sharing, taking turns, listening, teamwork and cooperation. During this hard time, when students cannot meet their friends, Year 4 celebrated International Friendship Day by engaging in activities with their friends during Zoom session. It was fun and engaging for everyone. Some of their beautiful work is displayed below.
Mrs Samira Asad
Year 4 Teacher
Zooming with Year 5
Students in Year 5 have been happily and eagerly engaging in their remote learning Zoom sessions. We are so fortunate to be able to use technology to engage with one another and continue learning important Stage 3 content and across all Key Learning Areas. Students have been on a journey through time and space looking at how artwork has changed over time and how important historical pieces of art can be to navigating our understanding of the world around us as we study more concepts of light to then analysing the 3D world, we live in.
We have also had great conversations about the Tokyo Olympics as we learn about the importance of teamwork through the You Can Do It! Program. Students have also had the choice of extending themselves in independent learning tasks such as the Athlete Profile. Once again, it’s been pleasing to see the level of responsibility, resilience, and determination that Year 5 students have shown. As they take lead of their learning from home, Year 5 students are positively displaying confidence and cooperation and solidarity; our Maarif school values.
Mrs Olivia Peach
Year 5 Teacher
Keeping fit and active!
Amongst the harsh restrictions and current lockdown experiences, year 6’s decided to complete a fun ‘would you rather’ physical activity session for our PDH/PE session on zoom last Friday. Students were provided with two choices to choose from which varied from categories such as food and transportation types. Once they had selected their choice, depending on what they had chosen, they were provided with a type of exercise to complete. This was a great opportunity for them to take a break from their screen and end the week on a positive note. We know how hard it can be during this time, especially for those parents who also work from home, to find the time to fit in some sort of physical activity. Students enjoyed this time and were able to show off their amazing skills and talents with specific exercise movements so we have collectively decided to incorporate this as a reward after our hard work in between online learning sessions.
A quick reminder that:
Taking breaks can improve your mood, boost your performance at work and increase your ability to concentrate and pay attention. When you don't give your mind a chance to pause and refresh, it doesn't work as efficiently.
Here are some images of year 6’s enjoying their online zoom physical activity session:
Miss Asli Arici
Year 6 Teacher
For Years: Kindergarten, Year 3, Year 5 and Year 6
Year 3
Ordinal numbers are a concept that we use every single day. Year 3 learnt ordinal numbers with some visual activities and answered some questions like, Kaçıncı sınıftasın? (what grade are you in?), Bugün haftanın kaçıncı günü? (which day of the week is it?), etc.
Year 5
Year 5 students are learning health problems in Turkish. They completed many activities about health problems during the online lessons and through assignments.
They also practiced doctor-patient dialogues in pairs in breakout rooms.
Year 6
Year 6 students learnt to express abilities. They also learnt the abilities of some animals and made sentences about these.
Then they made some possibility and permission sentences and learnt the differences in meaning.
They played kahoot to evaluate their understanding on the topic.
Mrs Şeyma Akdemir
Turkish Teacher
For Years: Year 1, Year 2 and Year 4
Year 1
Year 1 completed their booklet for Turkish classes. They learned appearance concepts and combined them with real life with drama activities. Before they complete their colouring activities, they learned all new words via presentations. They learned to make sentences about the appearance and played online games. They successfully completed all activities with their teacher. Most importantly, they learned "please" in Turkish and practised using this word all day.
Year 2
Year 2 continued to read their wonderful online books. They understand what they read better by learning new words through the presentation before doing their homework. Students learned to express their feelings and started to form sentences on these topics. In addition, they learned many more profession names during this period and they talked about what these professions do. They also learnt to describe objects and played some great games involving objects.
Year 4
We talked about various cultures and their differences during the year 4 online sessions. Students gave examples and talked about different cultures and cooperation. Additionally, they learnt the different types of charity and aid institutions in Turkey.
Students learned to read important signs. They completed the writing activities with sentence completion activities and putting the mixed words in the appropriate places. As a reading activity, they read various stories and gave answers to related questions.
Miss Esra Pamuk
Turkish Teacher
Kindergarten students are learning to memorise dua Allahumme Salli this term. They are listening and repeating in order to say the dua properly. In our Arabic Letters lesson we have learnt up to the letter Tha. They are encouraged to download the ‘ireadquran’ app onto their tablets/ipads in order to also practice in their own time. Thank you Kindergarten for always turning up to class and trying your best each lesson!
Year 2
Year 2 students are continuing to learn about having good manners and this week’s topic was being respectful. Respectful to parents, teachers and even property. Students learnt the golden rule, ‘treat others the way you want to be treated’ and coloured their very own posters as seen in the photos. These posters are great to put on the wall, so it can always remind you to have your best manners towards others.
Year 3
Year 3 students learnt many features of the Quran, such as it being revealed in stages, being easy to understand and a book which has come for all of mankind. They had a chance to show their beautiful Qurans in their homes, as seen in the photos. We had a look at the very first chapter ‘Fatiha’ together and see how wonderful these first 2 pages of the Quran is decorated. Inshallah they will all learn to read the Quran fluently one day.
Ms Gulcan Aksu
Islamic Studies Teacher (Years K, 2 and 3)
Dear parents, In Shaa Allah you are all safe and well.
This is now week 4 since we started teaching our students by Zoom. Alhamdulillah the students are enjoying their online learning by participating, sharing pictures and videos.
A big Thank You to the parents for helping and supporting their children to join the Zoom classes on time. In Shaa Allah we will be back to school soon.
Year 1
Students are learning about the 5 Pillars of Islam, (Salat) the 5 daily prayer names, times and Rakah. I have included a link on Microsoft Teams for the students to watch some videos about Salat.
I have included two links for students learning, the first being for memorising Surah An Nas and the second for learning the Arabic letters with Kasra.
Year 2 and Year 3
Students are encouraged to download the IreadQuran App for them to learn the Arabic letters with Tanween Fat-hatain, Tanween Kasratain and Tanween Dhammatain.
Year 4
Students are learning about what Allah SWT wants us to do, memorising Surah Al Kafirun and learning the Arabic letters with Tanween Fat-hatain, Tanween Kasratain and Tanween Dhammatain. (I have included the link to IreadQuran for the students to download the App to learn the Arabic letters with Tanween Fat-hatain, Tanween Kasratain and Tanween Dhammatain).
Year 5 and 6
Students are learning about the first Revelation to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and the Makkah Period. Continuing to memorise thier term surah and learning the Arabic letters with Tanween Fat-hatain, Tanween Kasratain and Tanween Dhammatain. I have included two links on Microsoft Teams for the students to learn both.
Ms B. Mohammed
Quran and Islamic Studies Teacher (Years 1, 4, 5 and 6)
Lets learn to read the Quran!
During our lessons we learn the Quran starting from the Arabic letters. Its important to also practice at home, so we are repeating and not forgetting what we have learned. I am sharing a easy to use, interactive Quran recitation app. Alhamdulilah, it’s an excellent app which allows your child to listen to the correct pronunciation of the letters and repeat after it. It also has voice recording feature allowing your child to record their voice and compare thier pronunciation of the readers. I really recommend this app as its free to download and very beneficial.
Here is a short introduction video about the “ireadquran” app:
I have included the links below.
Android: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=ireadquran&c=apps
Apple: https://apps.apple.com/au/app/ireadquran/id1003701018
For those who wish to access the lessons from a laptop or computer, please use the following link, as the audio lessons are available via this website: https://itqaanseries.com/qrme-book/
Thank you to all parents assisting your child with thier Quran reading journey.
Wassalam.
Ms Aksu
Islamic Studies Teacher
Breakfast provides the body and brain with fuel to start the day!
A healthy breakfast gives your child a great start to the day by providing energy and nutrients to fuel their brain and body.
Why is breakfast important?
Breakfast breaks the fast of the night, and provides the body and brain with fuel to start the day. Just like any other organ in the body, the brain needs energy to work properly. With growing bodies and developing brains, kids need to eat breakfast to be able to perform their best at school. Eating a healthy breakfast can help children to concentrate, increase their attention span and assist with their memory.
What should be in a healthy breakfast?
Carbohydrates such as wholegrain cereals and porridge give your child immediate energy to start the day. Proteins such as eggs and low-fat dairy provide a slower release of energy to fuel the rest of the day. Foods with natural fibre, like wholegrain bread and fresh fruit, give a feeling of fullness and help with digestion.
How you can help
- Encourage your child to wake up with enough time to have breakfast.
- Agree on some convenient and healthy breakfast options that your child enjoys.
- Lead by example and let your child see you eating a healthy breakfast.
Make it a shared activity
Eating breakfast together can be great for talking about the day or week ahead, what is happening at school and how they are feeling. This might be more easily done on the weekend if you have a busy morning routine.
(Acknowledgement: This article is reproduced from Learning Potential, a product of the Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment)
It’s time to complete your Census.
Remember - everyone in Australia on Census night 10 August needs to participate. You can start as soon as you receive your instructions. Complete online or by paper. Help is available - visit www.census.abs.gov.au/help or call 1800 512 441 (in-language support available on 131 450).
1800 512 441
Dilinizde yardım için
www.census.abs.gov.au/turkish
Uniform Shop
Our uniform shop will be closed until further notice in accordance with current COVID lockdown restrictions. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
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.
Online Learning
Students are expected to engage in Online Learning from home until we are instructed by the Government to resume normal operations at the School.
Remember to move!
It is important for children to continue exercise and movement during online learning for mental and physical health. Some suggestions are to step outside and have a stretch, play ball games with siblings, dancing, aerobics, going for a walk, etc.
Kindergarten - Malik Duran (Students had to video record themselves doing a chore which showed they were being organised. Malik Duran showed us that he packs up his toys after playing. Well done Malik!)
Year 1 - Adem Mete
Year 2 - Haktan Cetiner
Year 3 - Kaan Emirosmanoglu
Year 4 - Taha Aslan
Year 5 - Jennah Mohammad Rafiq
Year 6 - Adem Aygun
The following students have their birthday in August.
On behalf of Maarif, we would like to wish them a very Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday to Students:
Fatimah Fahme
Semih Acar
Emir Kara
Safiye Turkmen
Ayman Kocak
Liyana Barham
Melikhan Mengi
Koray Ozkan
Ela Ozdemir
Umar Umarov
| Term 3, 2021 for Students: |
Tuesday 13 July 2021 - 16 September 2021 |
| Online Learning Term 3 |
Tuesday 13 July 2021 - To be confirmed |
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Last day of Term 3 for Students |
Thursday 16 September 2021 |
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Parent/Teacher Interviews |
Friday 17 September 2021 |
