Well done to all students who have attended online learning and also displaying superior character at school. The students of the week deserve recognition and are to be commended for their efforts. Keep up the good work boys and girls!

Here are some photos of students reciving Bronze, Silver or Gold Awards:

Summer Breeze

Kindergarten students used thick paint and brushes to add different types of colour on their paper of things that remind them of Summer. Students used various patterns and made images that show how they feel and what they do during this season.

Painting is a way for children to do many important things like convey ideas, express emotion, use their senses, explore colour, explore process and outcomes, and create aesthetically pleasing works and experiences. Well done to our Kindergarten students for being so talented and creative!

Mrs Ulku Turkmen

Kindergarten Teacher

Procedures and Presentations

For Geography this term Year 2 have been studying places and people’s connections to places. As part of this unit students were assigned a task to choose a place that they have a special connection to and present information about it to the class. Year 2 did an excellent job showcasing their special places to the class and had a chance to practice their speaking skills in front of their peers.

 

For English we are continuing to have fun in the classroom as we learn how to write a procedure. Last week our class wrote a procedure for how to make a wave in a bottle and then we followed the procedures we wrote and made our own wave in a bottle.

Also, a big congratulations to our student of the week recipients.

Mrs Dilek Isanc

Year 2 Teacher

Earth Art

This term, Year 3 students have been learning about the sun, moon and earth. To broaden students’ understanding about the aspects of earth, they engaged in an art lesson where they created their own drawing of earth. Students used their sketching, shading and blending skills to create their masterpiece. Well done to all students on creating an outstanding piece of art!

Ms Amel Mehana

Year 3 Teacher

Lets’ code it!

Year 4 has started coding this term using the program called Tynker. Tynker is an immersive game-like program where students engaged in interactive lessons. They were really engaged and enjoyed coding to generate actions for their games and designing their characters.

Year 4 Teacher

EPIC Epicentre

Year 5 have been engaging in the scientific world of natural disasters and this week saw them creating a model to represent and understand the effects on buildings close to the epicentre of an earthquake. They collaboratively planned, created and analysed the impact this pressure has on our environment; natural and built. Students learnt about, tectonic plates, fault lines of the Earth and were able to highlight what countries in the world would be a risk for earthquakes. The experiment involved the students to identify the epicentre as the centre of their tray. They build three of the same buildings around the tray and as they forcibly hit the base of the tray, this acted as the highest point of force and therefore had the greatest impact to the student’s wooden structures. As a reflective summary, students discussed how they would build a town or city to ensure safety to the community.

Mrs Olivia Peach

Year 5 Teacher

Working Together

Year Sixes are focusing on informative writing this term. To practice paragraph structures students were required to complete a sequencing activity. They worked in groups to sequence the sentences in the right order according to the structure of an informative paragraph. This was a great opportunity for students to collaborate and share their knowledge with and assist each other with their learning. Here are some photos:

Mapping a Place

For visual art this term, students are investigating different ways of mapping a place using symbols. After learning about the history and cultural significance of Aboriginal Art, students used components of Aboriginal Art to paint with symbols to map a place. Although our artwork is not completed yet, students demonstrated a clear understanding of the cultural significance Aboriginal Art holds.

Here are some photos from our art session last week which will be continued this week:

Miss Asli Arici

Year 6 Teacher

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

In Turkish lessons students learnt about family members. They were introduced to the names of family members and made a family tree poster. They also played with finger puppets and sang a song, as well as, listened to a family story.

 

Here is the video of KG students talking about their family members.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G6JaOE5i8riJ2B4XC9JWsl9ihlmKFdfW/view?usp=sharing

Students made stationary shop conversation. They practiced in pairs and role played the dialogue in pairs, one of them was a customer and the other one was the shop keeper.

Year 5

Year 5 students read Nasreddin Hoca and Keloğlan stories and learnt how to start the stories like ’Bir Varmış, Bir Yokmuş’. They also, read fable stories and answered the comprehension questions. Students also role played these stories.

Year 6

Year 6 students learnt communication types and devices from past to present. They watched videos and did some matching and puzzle activities. They talked about communication types and they used and compared them according to their speed and usage.

Mrs Şeyma Akdemir

Turkish Teacher (Years 3, 5 and 6)

For Years: Year 1, Year 2 and Year 4

Year 1

The most popular activity in Year 1 this week was story reading and craft activity. The students tried to learn the meanings of the words by listening to the story told by their teacher. They learned new words (cut, paste, fold, take, give, choose, paint) with the potato man craft activity. They tried to form sentences by repeating the names of school items. They learned words about nature and camp and performed drama activities about the camp.

Year 2 

Year 2 read poems about professions and played online games this week. They completed writing exercises which included writing sentences about professions. They played guessing games and had a lot of fun with these games. They also practiced Turkish by engaging in listening activities. Students had a lot of fun in the drama lessons. They continue their reading activities with reading assignments shared on Microsoft Team.

Year 4

Year 4 performed drama activities on this subject by repeating the opposite words this week and earned points from these activities. They have done writing and listening activities with listening and fill-in-the-blank activities. At the end of the lesson, they watched short films in Turkish and listened to music. They also learned new words about food by categorizing food.

Miss Esra Pamuk

Turkish Teacher (Years 1, 2 and 4)

 

It's great to see all our students back into school to continue our learning journey face to face elhamdulillah!

Kindergarten

Kindergarten students have been learning about the important pillar of salah, together with the important step of performing wudu (abdest) before salah. Students did all the actions of washing limbs to get ready for prayer and enjoyed following these steps very much. They also completed some activities relating to wudu in their activity books. 

Year 2

Year 2 students have listened to Surah Fil then learnt the story on what happened in the year of the elephant. This event took place the year our Prophet Muhammad (saw) was born.

Students learnt how the ruler of Yemen named Abraha wanted to destroy the Kabah with several elephants, but Allah protected the Kabah from their evil plans. Students enjoyed making their very own paper elephants and had a chance to role play the story which the elephants came very close to the Kabah walls, but would not listen to Abraha by destroying the sacred kabah.

Congratulations to Zara Ergun for receiving a star award and a gift of a mini Quran for being the best Zoomer in Year 2!

Year 3

Year 3 students are continuing to learn the important aspects of Rasulullah (saw) life, including those who were living in his time. They have learnt about his great qualities and how the message of Islam has brought hope to people from all walks of life. Students had turns to read from their textbooks, learning about the story of Bilal Ibn Rabah and how he became the first person to read the Athan. Students also enjoyed having a revision lesson on the content learnt this turn by playing a game of kahoot.

Year 3 students are working hard to memorise their term surah Al-Asr. Well done!

Ms Gulcan Aksu

Islamic Studies Teacher (Years K, 2 and 3)

Asalamualikum Dear Parents,

Year 1

Students are learning about prophet Ibrahim and Musa (AS). The stories of the prophets are teaching them morals and lessons. They watch videos about the prophets they were very engaged and interested. They are also leaning the importance of Dua.

In Quran they are learning about the Arabic letters with vowel Dhamma and memorizing Dua

Rabbighfirli Waliwalidayya.

Year 5 & 6

Students are learning about the importance of making Dua. In Islamic Studies are learning about 3^rd Rightly Guided Khalifah and discussing their good manners and achievements for Islam. In Quran they are learning Madd letter Alif.

Y5 are memorizing Surah Al Humaza and Y6 are memorizing Surah An-Nasr.

Ms B. Mohammed

Quran and Islamic Studies Teacher (Years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6)

In celebration of World Kindness Day, Maarif held 'Crazy Hair Day' on Friday 12 November 2021. Students were encouraged to come to school with a crazy hairdo. This has allowed students to be mindful of being kind no matter how one may look.

The following students have their birthday in the month of November.

On behalf of Maarif, we would like to wish them a very Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to Students:

A good nights sleep is essential for learning

About sleep and learning

Good-quality sleep helps your child concentrate, remember things and behave well. This helps your child to be a successful learner.

Poor sleep or not enough sleep affects concentration, memory and behaviour, making it harder for your child to learn. Children who don’t sleep well are more likely to feel sleepy at school during the day and to have difficulties with learning.

Concentration and sleep

Children who are sleepy have trouble concentrating during the day. If your child can’t keep their attention on what they’re trying to learn, whether it’s climbing a tree at the park or singing a song at school, it will affect their learning.

Memory and sleep

Remembering things is part of learning. If your child is tired, it’s harder for your child to remember basic things like how to spell words, how to do maths calculations, or where to find information in a book or on the internet. It’s also harder for your child to remember how to do things like playing a musical instrument.

Our brains create and strengthen different types of memory while we’re asleep. For example, just before your child wakes in the morning, their brain is sorting and storing memories and information from the previous day and getting ready for the day ahead.

Behaviour and sleep

Sleepy children tend to have more problems with behaviour at preschool or school – and at home too!

For example, a sleepy and tired child might not cooperate in class or have difficulty following the teacher’s instructions. A sleepy child might miss out on learning because the teacher is busy managing the child’s behaviour. The child might also miss out on playing with other children if the other children don’t like the way the child is behaving.

If your child is having problems with their concentration, memory or behaviour, checking your child’s sleep is a good place to start. If you’re worried, or the problems go on for more than 2-4 weeks, talk to your GP or child and family health nurse.

Working on sleep problems to help with learning

Many children have sleep problems, which you can often manage with simple behaviour strategies.

A good place to start with sleep problems is your child’s sleep habits. Sometimes changing both daytime and night-time habits can make a big difference to your child’s sleep. For example, you might be able to reset your child’s body clock with a regular bedtime routine, morning sunlight, regular exercise and a healthy diet. If these strategies don’t help to reset your child’s body clock, it’s a good idea to talk about your child’s sleep problems with a health professional, like your GP.

It’s also worth looking at your child’s breathing during sleep. If your child continually snores, stops breathing during sleep, works hard to breathe, breathes through their mouth, tosses and turns at night, or sweats a lot overnight, it might be obstructive sleep apnoea. Obstructive sleep apnoea is another cause of sleep-related learning problems.

See your GP if you think your child’s sleep problems might be related to obstructive sleep apnoea or another medical condition, or if you’re worried your child might have a persistent sleep problem.

About 50% of sleep problems that start before a child starts school continue into the early years of school. You can support your child’s learning by dealing with sleep problems as they come up and helping your child develop good sleep habits.

(Acknowledgement: This article is reproduced from www.raisingchildren.net.au, an Australian parenting website)

 

Uniform Shop

Our Uniform shop opening hours will be Wednesday 17th November 2021 between 3pm - 4pm.

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.