14 December 2021
Assalaam ‘alaikum
Dear Parents,
Alhamdulillah, praise be to Allah, 2021 has been a challenging but ultimately extremely successful year. It has been a pleasure to see our students develop over the past 12 months and to support our teachers in delivering a range of wonderful events alongside their exemplary teaching practice. Despite the pressure of COVID-19, our teaching was continuous whether online or in the classroom and we look forward to excellent results from our graduating students.
2021 has seen the exciting introduction of Robotics into our upper primary, a wicking garden next to the STEAM room and the opening of our primary Science, Technology, Art and Maths room. There have also been many improvements completed including more greening of the school and its gardens, smartboards installed throughout the school, a beautiful screen and enhanced sound systems for our Morning Assembly, a 200% increase in laptops for student use, upgrades to existing computer labs, our internet system and in 2022 new communication systems throughout the school. A beautiful mural celebrating the 99 names of our blessed Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. was completed by the Year 12 students, while high school students have almost completed a large mosaic which will beautify the basketball area outside the main hall.
We have held many events at the school this year including International Women’s Day with guest speakers, a successful Iftar followed by a well-attended Eid Festival, Ramadan Art competition, Arabic Assemblies for both High school and primary, Quran competition and Sirah Week, Harmony Day, charitable fundraising, Remembrance Day, Teacher’s Day, Book Week, Clean up Australia, Self-Initiated Project Day, Market Day and of course our beautifully run graduations of Year 12, Year 6 and Kindergarten. For each of these events AIC teachers have dedicated hours of planning, late nights in decorating and many hours of practice sessions. I would like to acknowledge the hard work of our teachers and their dedication in ensuring that AIC students have a range of fun and exciting events throughout the year.
Sport has also seen our students achieve outstanding results – winning the Bachar Houli Cup, the Power Intercultural Program and interschool competitions with elite schools. Our after-school sports programs and coaching have also increased. Swimming has begun again this year and we look forward to increasing the quality of our sports activities as well as our sports facilities.
For 2022, Insha Allah, we will be continuing all of these events with an added focus on improving the quality and competitiveness of our teaching. As our school grows, we would like to thank the increasing attendance of our parents and hope that you will become even more involved through volunteering and attendance at our Parent Meetings.
May Allah s.w.t. guide us to His Mercy, and guide our children to success through the straight path of Siratul Mustaqueem.
– Silma Ihram
Principal
Adelaide Campus