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As Term 1 draws to a close, we contemplate a start to 2023 which has presented us with a challenging return to learning onsite but has also demonstrated, yet again, that some events can be enormously unpredictable.
Challenges bring us together in unexpected ways. They can draw us closer, as a family or community, and remind us of how much we really do love, appreciate, and rely on each other. Thank you to all our families supporting us during these difficult times.
Ramazan Eid (Bayram) is on 21 April, during the school holidays. It is celebrated across the world for its deeply spiritual significance "You shall complete the number (of days) and you may glorify Allah for his guiding you, and that you may be thankful" (in chapter 2, verse 185). Happy Eid! Bayramınız Kutlu Olsun!
We teach our students our values . These values easily transfer to academic, co-curricular and sport settings because the concepts are, not only fundamental to Maarif, but are integral to our human existence.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all an enjoyable and restful break with the people you love – your family and friends – whether they are near or far. I hope you enjoy the rest that a holiday period often brings, and I look forward to seeing you refreshed in Term 2.
Dr Zeynep Yaseen
Principal
Well done to the students who have been selected as 'Student of the Week' during our Monday morning assemblies. These students are selected for academic achievement and for modelling our school values.
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Week 7 | Week 8 |
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KA |
Malik Efe |
Tuvana Aslan |
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KB |
Liya Gokmen | Rayan El Helou |
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KC |
Samira Khan | Alya Rizk |
| 1A | Ibrahim Tarabay |
Asiya Yilmam |
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1B |
Timurhan Mengi | Sena Alca |
| 2A | Layla Lahham |
Elif Dari |
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3A |
Daniel Muhammad | Junaid Saidi |
| 3B | Omar Ghazi | Erkut Odabasi |
| 4A | Leah Al-Saheli | Safiya Abbas |
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4B |
Halid Cetiner | Isaac Hussein |
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6A |
Halima Harambasic | Yusuf Kose |
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6B |
Kaan Cam | Ayse Sultan Akdogan |
KA Harmony Day
This fortnight Maarif celebrated Harmony Day, it was a beautiful day filled with accepting diversity, collaborating as a school whilst doing many activities that allowed students to gain knowledge about other cultures. KA students came to school wearing lovely outfits that reflected their culture and showed pride in doing the parade in front of the school.
Playdough time!
KA students got involved in handling playdough whilst making various figures. Some made stethoscopes pretending to be doctors. Others made snails to relate it back to our science topic “Living Things” and others made birthday cakes.
Through these manipulations, children develop eye-hand coordination, the ability to match hand movement with eye movement. They also gain strength and improve dexterity in their hands and fingers, critical areas of physical development for writing, drawing, and other purposes.
Mrs Ulku Turkmen
KA Teacher
Missing Numbers
This week we learned all about numbers and the missing ones in between.We cut out the missing numbers underneath our papers and stuck them onto the missing squares. Then we practised again using our Numbers template and covered some of the numbers and guessed them later.The children liked this activity and engaged in it.
Ms Gulden Aksoy
KB Teacher
Class Captains
In Week 7, KC enjoyed dressing up for Harmony Day. Congratulations to Yasin Safie who came first place for best dressed in kindergarten!
Votes are in…the KC class captains are Safiyyah Kassem and Isa Sanjuan. Well done to you both!
In Week 8, KC enjoyed doing last week of term activities, including painting plaster farm animals. Students are looking forward to going to the park, zoo, beach, camping and fishing with family and friends in the upcoming holidays.
Have a fun and safe holidays KC! See you fresh and ready for Term 2!
Ms Saadet Ugur
KC Teacher
Living and Non-living Things
In our science lessons this term we have been exploring living and non-living things. To make this learning experience more interactive and engaging, we decided to grow grass heads.
Our students were thrilled to have the opportunity to watch their grass seeds grow and took great care to water them regularly to keep them alive. As the grass began to grow, the students added googly eyes and arms to their grass heads, making the experience more fun and exciting.
Overall, this activity has been a great way to teach our students about the characteristics of living things and what living things need to grow. We are delighted to see how enthusiastic our students have been about this project and look forward to more such experiences in the future.
Merve Sarikaya
Harmony Day
On Wednesday 22nd March 2023, we celebrated Harmony Day.
The meaning behind Harmony Day celebration is understanding our diversity and how it makes Australia a great place to live. Harmony Week is a celebration of our cultural diversity – a week of cultural respect for everyone who calls Australia home.
The message for Harmony Week is everyone belongs, and the week aims to engage people to participate in their community, respect cultural and religious diversity and foster a sense of belonging for everyone.
Students participated in many activities including lessons and discussions surrounding what Harmony Day represents and embodies. This included an outdoor assembly that showcased and celebrated the wonderful cultural diversity within our school community. To show our support for inclusiveness, respect and belonging for all Australians students, teachers and staff participated by wearing the colour orange and some wore their cultural clothing. Elifsu Cifci from our class was one of the stydents to win the ‘best dressed award.’
The students at the assembly were amazing and they highlighted the beauty of the many different cultures represented, A wonderful feeling of harmony and inclusiveness was present.
The prefects for 1B are Atilla Aydin and Sena Alca. Congratulations! My students of the week are Timurhan Mengi and Sena Alca and my student corners are Eren Acar and Muhammad Sobhie.
Lastly, wishing Timurhan a happy birthday. Many more great years to come Inshallah.
Ms Derya Karaman
1B Teacher
Have Fun and Build Strength!
As part of our PDHPE unit, students are exploring self-discovery and skills involving resilience and strength. As part of this focus, Year 2 students were provided with the opportunity to apply and develop a greater understanding of their strengths and achievements first-hand during our excursion to the Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym.
What an awesome way to end the school term!
Ms Maryam Faisal
2A Teacher
That’s the end of Term 1!
We have reached the end of Term 1 and what a term it has been! Year 3 has come a long way since the start of the term. Friendships have been forged between students and a sense of social responsibility has been instilled in them. Their academic progress has also been very good, with many students making improvements in their knowledge acquisition and retention.
"Code For Life" is an activity that we regularly complete in class. It introduces the students to various concepts and skills associated with coding.
Ms Samira Asad and Mr Aziz Hawlader
Year 3 Teachers
Future Artists
his week students in 4A and 4B worked towards understanding the elements of art specifically with Australian artists. Students identified the key elements that make up Ken Done’s Opera House and Harbour Bridge artworks and recreated it for themselves. They focused on shape, symbols, colour, light and text! We have so many future artists among us!
Mrs Ayse Yildiz, Ms Suzan Tarpis & Ms Fatima Memedoski
Year 4 Teachers
Maths Class Challenge
During week 7 students explored the concept of 3D shapes and the different properties of different 3D shapes. Students in class built different 3D shapes during their Maths lesson so they can identify the different properties of shapes such as prisms, pyramids, and spheres. Students used their sensory elements such as touch and visualisation to be able to build the different 3D shapes so that they can better understanding of the different properties of the shape. Hands on activities such as building allow students to use their critical thinking skills and visualisation skills to build different shapes. The students also competed against each other to see who can build the quickest shape and had the most decorated shape using graphic skills.
Here are some photos of the different shapes that students created.
Miss Dilara Ozhan
6A Teacher
Wow Work Artwork
This term Year 6B students took the time to understand the works of artists who have used musical instruments as subject matter in their works. They focused on the art movement Cubism which was pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. We discussed the ways that artists began to look at subjects in new ways in an effort to depict three dimensions on a flat canvas. They did so by breaking up the subject into many different shapes and then repaint them from different angles. For this, students worked on their own artwork as part of their portfolio task. Each student showcased their creative side in many ways including through their choice of colour, positioning and perspective. Well done 6B!
I would also like to take the moment to wish you all a wonderful and restful break ahead and Eid Mubarak to you and your family from now! Hope to see you all very soon again for Term 2!
Mrs Asli Tekirdag
6B Teacher
23 Nisan Çocuk Bayramı
We celebrated 23 Nisan Çocuk Bayramı with the children. We really enjoyed the craft activity that we completed in class. We coloured in Turkish flags and sang the song “Bugün 23 Nisan” all together.
Ms Müge Tuğrul
Turkish Language Teacher
Happy Holidays and Eid Mubarak (Ramazan Bayramınız Mübarek Olsun)
First and second grade students learned the importance of Ramadan Feast ( Ramazan Bayramı) before the holiday started and completed fun activities.
They also had a lot of fun playing educational online games.
Mrs Hatice Kocalar
Turkish Language Teacher
Geleneksel Oyunlar
Year 3 students learnt about traditional games played in Türkiye, such as Mendil Kapmaca, Ak Terek Göl Terek, El Kızartmaca , Elim Sende,Bülbül Kafeste,etc. They learnt the rules of the games and played them inside and outside of the classroom.
Tik Tak Bom
Year 4 students played the game Tik Tak Bom,which is a worldwide award winning game that entertains while teaching with its picture cards and prompts you to think and find the word in a short time.There is a toy bomb that explodes in 10 or 60 seconds. In this way, the excitement always remains at the highest level during the game.
Mrs Ayşegül Şeyma Akdemir
Turkish Language Teacher
Turkish Games
Year 5 students spent the last week playing games. They learned traditional Turkish children's games and played some of them in the classroom. They also talked about the accidents that may occur at home and shared their experiences with their friends.
Year 3 students repeated what they learned in Term 1. They introduced themselves in Turkish, repeated the colours, remembered the Turkish names of the objects. They sang songs and rhymes about these topics. In the last week of the term, they continued their fun activities.
Miss Esra Pamuk
Turkish Language Teacher
Islamic Studies
Assalamu Alaikum wa rahmetullahi wa barakatuh,
All praise be to Allah (SWT) and may peace and blessings be upon His beloved Prophet Muhammad (SAW), his family, companions and to all those who follow him.
Alhamdulillah, as believers having faith and trust in Allah, we have overcome a very challenging term in which I would like to thank all parents and guardians for all their help and supporting our students throughout the term.
All students in primary had different types of Ramadan craft artwork project tasks to do this term. Maash’Allah our students are very creative, and they were all decorative and amazing.
The Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said, "The best of you are those who learn the Qur’an and teach it to others.”
Students were reciting, practising, and memorising chapters (Surah) and Dua’s which was displayed on the smartboard.
We pray that Allah (SWT) allows our students to keep the Qur’an in the centre of their lives and let the Book of Allah be the light of their hearts.
Mr Muhammed Ordukaya
Qur’an and Islamic Studies Teacher
The Student Corner is a dedicated space for students of any year level to showcase their unique work and talents!
Lara and Harun - KC
Aliza Ahmed - 1A
Eren Acar - 1B
Sumayah Osman - 2A
Kaya Isler - 4A
Isa Ferhan - 4B
On Tuesday, 4th April, Primary students (Years 3-6) and staff were invited for a Ramadan Iftar Dinner. Students recited the Quran, Athan and Nasheed performances during the Iftar dinner. It was a beautiful way to end the term. Thank you to Mr Ordukaya for creating the program for the night and involving the students in the performances.
Please see attached information for parents wishing to apply for Year 5 placement in an opportunity class in 2024.• Applications for Year 5 entry to opportunity classes in 2024 must be made online between 30 March 2023 and 15 May 2023. • Parents must apply online at https://education.nsw.gov.au/oc• All candidates are required to sit the Opportunity Class Placement Test on Thursday 27 July 2023.
All uniform requests can be made as follows:
Order Submission Only
- Primary school parents are to complete the attached uniform order form
- Order forms should be emailed to uniforms@maarif.nsw.edu.au or sent in to the school office with students if required
- Orders will be processed weekly on Wednesdays and uniform items will be sent home with students by the following day
- Contact number for uniform related enquiries 0402 393 844
Attached below is the Uniform Order Form
Maarif students are expected to wear their Summer school uniform during Term 1. Please be reminded of the importance of naming all items of school uniform with your child’s name and class. This means that lost items found around school can easily be returned.
We consider that uniform is important for several reasons.
- It provides pupils with a sense of identity and pride in their school.
- It enhances the appearance of pupils and therefore the reputation of the school.
- It helps to instil a sense of purpose in pupils when they put on their uniform in the mornings.
- It helps overcome the worry about “fitting in” with fashions and keeping up with other children. All children feel equal and there is no stress, competition or worry for families about expensive brands/labels.
- It overcomes the problem for both parents and teachers about what is suitable attire for school.
Parent Communications
Written communications to the school, including emails and letters, please include student's full name and class for identification purposes. Thank you.
Phone & Electronics
Primary School students are not permitted to bring to school, their phones and/or any electronics. This includes smart watches.
Birthday Celebrations
We love to celebrate our students at Maarif and accept that some families may want to share the special occasion of their child’s birthday with his/her class peers. As a school, we embrace this opportunity however would like to enforce a strict policy of not bringing in food or other edible items for these one-off occasions. It is important we cater to all students including those who have severe allergies by monitoring this closely. If you would like to celebrate your child’s birthday, we would suggest an alternative to food and we thank you in advance for supporting the health and wellbeing of all students.
School Permission Notes
All school permission notes must be returned by the due date that is on the note. In the case where signed notes are not received by the due date, students may not be able to attend.
All permission notes must always be returned to the class teacher and not the school office. Hard copies can be sent in with students or soft copies can be emailed to class teachers directly.
We are no longer accepting cash payments for excursions. Please use the link or QR code provided in the permission notes for payments.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Students are not permitted to bring toys and valuables to school. These include Pokemon cards, fidget toys and weapon like toys. Students are only permitted to bring in appropriate toys on allocated Show and Tell days. Please check with your child's class teacher if unsure.
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding in this matter.
As our school is growing, we request that our parents and/or carers are extra cautious during school drop off and pick up times.
We are pleased to inform you that new road signs have been installed on Percy Street. Please pay attention to the new Pick up/Drop off zones and No Stopping zones.
Please ensure NSW Government rules regarding road safety are being followed and adhered to at all times.
This means:
- Respecting the road rules and signs, and driving within the speed limit of 40km/h in a school zone.
- Parking safely in designated parking areas or in drop off/pick up zones.
- No double parking, as it is dangerous and illegal.
- Three point turns and U-turns are not permitted in school zones, as not only is it dangerous for students and other vehicles but also causes traffic congestion.
- Follow the directions of our school crossing supervisors.
- Give way to our School Bus drivers.
Thank you for your cooporation.
According to ACARA National Standards for student attendance, parents are required to complete an Application for Leave Form for holidays within the school term or other leave. Applications should be submitted 14 days prior to the leave. The Principal approves this leave as appropriate.
For all student leave requests (1-50 days) an application form should be submitted to the school at least 14 days prior to the requested leave date. Supporting documentation, such as travel ticket or itinerary, should be included with student holiday leave applications.
Holidays taken by students outside of School vacation periods are included as absences.
Families are encouraged to holiday or travel during school vacations rather than in term time. If travel during the school term is necessary, the following considerations apply:
- If the Principal accepts the reason for the absence, the absence will be marked as justified leave.
- If the Principal does not believe the absence is in the student’s best interests and does not accept the reason, the absence will be recorded as unjustified leave.
The Leave form can be accessed below:
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First Day of Term 2 |
Wednesday, 26 April |