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ICOSA NEWS In This Issue
Principal’s Mes-
sage
POP UP GARDEN
BUSYBEE
Year 7 Girls
Science Dept.
Road Safety.
Primary Directors
Parent-Teacher
Partnerships
Australian National
Chemistry Quiz
Year 8 Girls
Principal’s Message Dear ICOSA Parents,
Assalam-O-Alaikum
I trust all families enjoyed time together as you celebrated Eid.
Eid-ul-Adha is a day of remembrance, transcending all limits and expanding over the dimensions of human life. It commemorates the great act of obedience to Allah by the Prophet Ibrahim (as) in showing his willingness to sacrifice his son Ismael (as). It is also very joyous day; it is a feast of self-sacrifice, commitment and obedience to Allah.
Planning for 2017
The College leadership team is quite advanced with planning for 2017. Staffing consid-erations in the allocation of resources to best meet the needs of all students is that fore-front of our planning.
To assist the College in planning for student requirements for 2017 it would be greatly appreciated if parents and caregivers could inform the College in writing if current stu-dents will not be returning in 2017. Your assistance with this matter would be greatly appreciated.
The Golden Rule Art Exhibition
It was my great pleasure to represent the College at the Golden Rule Interfaith Art Exhi-bition (Kaurna, Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim & Sikh) opened by His Excellency the Honourable Hieu Van Le AC, Governor of South Australia and The Right
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Honourable the Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Martin Haese on September 7, 2016.
Bringing together writings, stories and art of 8 spiritual communities in South Australia, along with expert commentary from educators and spiritual leaders.
The Muslim focus for the exhibition centred on the following
The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “A servant
[of God] will not attain true faith until he loves goodness for people as he
loves it for himself”. -Hadith. Source: Sahih Ibn Hibban 238, Grade: Sahih
As told by Prof. Mohamad Abdalla: “Hadith is the second most important
source of Islam after the Holy Qur’an. Hadith are a collection of authentic
narrations about Prophet Muhammad’s statements, actions and tacit ap-
provals. Given that true faith is the ultimate goal of every believer, the had-
ith stresses that this is not attainable without loving good for others as one
loves it for himself. This principal reinforces Islam’s stance that without ful-
filling the rights of people (and other creatures such as animals) faith is
deficient. In fact, while few teachings of Islam relate to the rights of God,
the bulk relate to the rights of His creation.”
One of ICOSA’s teachers Mohammed El Sayed exhibited his contribution project to representing his faith, his community as well as the Islamic College ..
Best wishes,
Lynda MacLeod
EdD, MEdStudies, BA, Bed, Grad Dip Ed (Secondary),Grad Dip Social Sciences (Child Development), Grad Cert in Educa-tion(Studies of Asia), MACEL, MACE, JP.
Mr Mohammed El Sayed with the Governor of South Australia, Mr Hue Van Le in front of his work at the Golden Rule Exhibition.
ICOSABUSYBEE
SATURDAY24THSeptember
9am–1pm
AIM:TocreateourFirstPOPUPGARDENtobeautify,educate,becaredforandprovidehandsonexperienceforourstudentsand
families.
Method:ToDig,Fill,Construct,Sand,Paint,BuildandCreate:
• GardenBeds• SeatingArea• LivingTee-Pees• Mural• Blackboard• Sandpit
PleaseBring:gloves,wheelbarrows,shovels,buckets,brooms,paintbrush,sandpaperandlotsofenthusiasmandenergy.Thankyoutoallwhohavesupportedsofarandpleaseletusknowifyouareattendingsowecanorganiseworktasks.Wecanbecontactedonjsutton@icosa.a.edu.auandhopetoseeyouthere.
GREENFORICOSA
Year 7 Girls
Asalaamu Alaikum! Eid Mubarak!
We are heading to the end of Term 3. All throughout this term, students have
been engaging in robust activities, be it academic or extracurricular.
In English, they have amazed the knowledge of different types of poems, po-
etic terms and also acquired the skills of writing poetry by themselves applying
the criteria. I’m sure you parents have read most of their poetic expressions.
In Mathematics, students learned to understand coordinates and ordered
pairs, defining and comparing cost of items using ratio and proportion; and
now they are learning the techniques of reading and plotting line graphs. As
an extension to these concepts, an excursion to the Central Market has been
organised for the students to participate in an integrated learning process
which would take effect on Tuesday, the 20th of September 2016. Parents are
invited to accompany us.
In Science, Students learned about the environment we live in; and the organ-
isms and living things that exist around us. Now they are absorbing the facts
about Binomial Nomenclature in Taxonomy and will be attempting to actually
mount specimens in the laboratory in week 9. They will be made to view their
mounted specimens through the electric microscope as well.
In Visual Arts, students were introduced to different artists and their art work,
which enabled them to understand mediums, techniques and tools used in
paintings. Currently, each student is working on canvas, portraying their own
master pieces, which they have innovated based on their understanding of
painting skills.
In computer studies, students engaged in making a movie by themselves
called “My Life’, using the software Movie Maker with different mediums. They
are in the process of exploiting all the possibilities of this software to create an
interesting piece of work. By engaging in this piece of activity, students have
demonstrated high calibre and dedication in discovering new possibilities of
using the computer to its maximum.
In Physical Education, the year 7 Girls as you know, were engaged in
SAPSASA Sporting activity this term. The girls visited different schools every
Friday afternoon, to compete in Soccer matches. Three Cheers to the Girls of
year 7!!!!!!!, they won all games. In this learning activity they not only learned
the skills of playing soccer but also the art of playing fair, being sportive, de-
veloped social skills and were positively exposed to multicultural experiences.
As we are nearing the end of Term 3, I believe that all students are busy con-
centrating on handing in their assignments before the stipulated deadline.
Best wishes to all of them.
Wasalaam,
Ms. Christina
Home group teacher
Science Dept… Students have started this term
with full enthusiasm. This is a very
busy and stressful term especially
for year 12’s as this is the last term
for their assessment tasks before
exam. Students are under pres-
sure to complete all of their tasks
for SACE results and in the mean-
time they are preparing for the
exams which will be held in No-
vember. Year 12 students are also
exited for their graduation.
Year 11 students are also very
busy in their tasks. Year 11 biology
students completed an experiment
on effect of exercise on heart rate.
In chemistry these students com-
pleted an experiment on formation
of esters. Students are busy in
completing their tasks and doing
tests.
Year 10 girls are learning physics
this term. They are learning about
motion, speed, and acceleration of
different vehicles. At the moment
they are learning the same topics
with Ms Webb and enjoying all the
activities related to these topics in
classroom.
Mrs. Khan
Humphrey the bear teaching safety on the road.
ROAD SAFETY- SAFETY ALWAYS
The Receptions spent an educative morning on the 7th of September at the 'Road
Safety Centre' on Port Road. The children enjoyed watching Humphrey the bear
teaching them about safety on the road. The students learnt about:
1. The road safety rules and regulations
2. Know your signals
3. Stop, look, listen, think and then cross
4. Always use foot paths
5. Crossroads and Pedestrian Crossing
6. Always wear a helmet when riding a bikes
7. Staying safe on a bicycle
8. Staying safe inside a moving vehicle
9. Always get out on a curb side of a vehicle
101. Be seen and stay safe by wearing bright colour clothing such as orange, yel-
low, red, green
Having learnt about the road rules and how to maintain safety, the children
rode bikes on the mock roadway thus learning on how to be good cyclists and
pedestrians in a fun and safe environment.
Thanks to the parents who accompanied and assisted the teachers and the Re-
ceptions on their road safety adventure.
Mrs. Fernandez
Reception Teacher
Ms. Noha Hanifi
Assalamu Alaikum
WaRahmatullahe
Wa Barakatu
I would like to wish you all Eid Mu-
barak and request that all Senior
students stay focused in the com-
ing weeks regarding their studies
and assessment deadlines. In the
past few weeks the Year 11 English
have been studying Gothic Litera-
ture. Students read two classic
Gothic texts; The Tell Tale Heart by
Alan Edgar Poe and Mary Shelly's
Frankenstein. Students have writ-
ten a response to the text of their
choice commenting on how the
author has developed its Gothic
elements. In their next task stu-
dents will be creating their own
Gothic poetry or narrative.
Students in Year 12 English have
been working steadily to complete
the externally assessed task of
Folio part A & B. They have been
working on various texts from nar-
ratives, recounts and speeches.
Students will then complete a com-
parison essay of maximum 1000
words.
Students in Year 12 Society & Cul-
ture class have been finishing off
their reports on Aboriginal Perspec-
tives and are progressively working
towards refining the externally as-
sessed Investigation task to move
on to our topic of Asylum Seekers
and Marginalisation.
Eid Mubarak
to you a l l
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Primary Directors POP UP GARDEN BUSY BEE Saturday 24th September 10am – 2pm
The date is getting closer for our first ICOSA BUSY BEE. On Saturday our plan will be as
follows:
Start Mural
Start Blackboard
Set-up and fill and plant garden beds
Set up Living Tee Pees
Set Up and fill sand pits
Assemble, Sand and varnish Pallet seating
We have had many donations and are thankful for your support. On the day we will need
to borrow wheelbarrows, sanders and paintbrushes if you have these at home and will
need quite a bit of sandpaper for the pallets.
Our biggest job will be to unload soil from the truck so many wheel barrows will make this
job easier.
Please bring gloves to wear to protect your hands and please let us know if you are
attending so we can better organise the morning. All RSVP’s can be sent to jsut-
[email protected] . We have had a plan approved so we will be following this
on the day and will send this out closer to the date.
Hope to see you all there.
Primary Directors
YEAR 4 ICT
In 4S there wasWe a slight change to our planned lessons last week when we had the opportunity to preview and trial a
coding program called Scratch. As part of Technologies in the Australian Curriculum students are required to:
Collect, access and present different types of data using simple software to create information and solve prob-
lems (ACTDIP009)
Define simple problems, and describe and follow a sequence of steps and decisions (algorithms) needed to solve
them (ACTDIP010)
Implement simple digital solutions as visual pro-
grams with algorithms involv-
ing branching (decisions) and us-
er input (ACTDIP011)
The students were asked to (with their Cat
Sprite) select and arrange codes to make their
sprite walk and talk. This involved trial and error
and used many problem solving skills. This will
be continued next term and certainly generated
much excitement and quite a challenge amongst
our students.
Primary Directors
Australian
National
Chemistry
Quiz 2016
Award
The Royal Australian
Chemical Institute
(RACI) has organised
an Australian National
Chemistry Quiz. The
Australian National
Chemistry Quiz aims to
promote interest in
chemistry and the role
of chemists in our soci-
ety.
The Australian National
Chemistry Quiz is a
truly international com-
petition with papers
translated into seven
different languages.
The Quiz attracts over
110,000 entries from
over 1,600 schools
throughout Australian
and 17 neighbouring
countries.
The Quiz held in July
2016. Huda Osman
from year 12 achieved
Credit in this competi-
tion. Congratulations to
Huda for receiving this
award.
Mrs. Khan
Senior Chemistry
Teacher
Parent-Teacher Partnerships
A positive parent teacher relationship contributes to your child’s success
both academically and socially. When two people work together it has the
greatest impact on your child’s development. Communicating is a key fac-
tor in making the relationship work. It is important that parents share infor-
mation about their child’s development and what outside factors could
impact on their child’s learning. Teachers also need to share information
about what their student is learning in the classroom and any areas of
concern needs to be addressed. It is also equally important that teachers
share success stories with parents. Listed below are some strategies that
can be used to build a closer relationship with your teacher:
Approach the relationship with respect.
Positive interactions will serve to increase trust and build stronger
relationships.
Let your child develop their own relationship with the teacher
Regularly communicate with your child’s class teacher through face to
face meetings, notes and email.
Jay Mitchell
Director of Junior School
Contact Us
Islamic College of SA
22 A Cedar Avenue
West Croydon SA 5008
PO Box 147
Kilkenny SA 5009
Tel: (08) 8340 7799
Fax: (08) 8340 9988
Visit us on the web at
www.icosa.sa.edu.au
Professional learning in relation to Phonics, Phonemic Awareness and the Australian Curriculum. The Early Years and Junior Primary teachers undertook professional
learning in relation to Phonics, Phonemic Awareness and the Australian
Curriculum. This learning involved exploring the current curriculum frame-
work documents in English, and focussing on phonics and word
knowledge from the Early Years through to Year 2.
Learning how children learn is fundamental in developing new skills. Pho-
nological awareness is ‘the conscious awareness to the sound structure
of our language and it is an auditory (listening) skill. It can be achieved
without referring to letters or written words.’ When children play with lan-
guage by repeating syllables they are demonstrating an awareness of this
skill. This is where children begin to develop their understanding of lan-
guage and written word and the different ways it represents meaning.
When children demonstrate Phonemic awareness, they are blending e.g.
m-o-p says mop. Children are also segmenting (breaking up words into
first, middle or final sounds). For example, the first sound is /m/ or the
final sound is /p/. They may also be able to completely segment by isolat-
ing beginning, middle and end sounds which are fundamental when read-
ing and writing.
We look forward to our next two sessions where we will extend this
knowledge, build onto our classroom practise and implement further
learning opportunities in our classrooms.
Mrs Erin Panos
On behalf of the ELC and Junior Primary Teachers
*please note that Information in this article has been obtained from the AISSA
Handout Phonics, Phonemic Awareness and the Curriculum, Rosemary Kadow,
Educational Consultant, 2016)
Is lamic Col lege of South Austra l ia
22 A, Cedar Avenue
W est Croydon SA 5008
ICOSA DEVELOPS FUTURE INTELLECTUAL AUSTRALIANS
Show Me The Money !
Year 8 English Class had to per-
suade their classmates to " Get
On Board on Money" with a mon-
ey Making speech like one of their
main characters in the novel "Al
Capone Does My Shirts".
Have a read and see if you
would be enticed to
join?
Ms Dounas
Year 8 English