15 December 2021
Term 3 has seen the continued development of the sporting programs run at AIC Adelaide. This term we have achieved the following:
- Successfully secured $3000 in Sporting Schools Grants.
- Run Junior Primary Hockey Coaching sessions with funding.
- Successfully secured $5000 in Club Connect Grants.
- Run the first ever AIC Auskick for Primary students.
- Continued with Yard Equipment distribution from classrooms.
- Further involved senior students in a leadership, mentoring and coaching role for students competing in the Bachar Houli Cup AFL competition.
- Took 71 year 5 and 6 students to the inaugural Bachar Houli Cup AFL Competition where 2 teams were undefeated and we came home with a trophy.
- Sporting Schools Grants
We have now been successful for 9 terms in a row in securing Sporting Schools funding for our Primary School.
We continue to see the increase in physical activity in the yard and are now starting to see students branch out to club sport to develop sport specific skills.
This term we tried a Hockey program which was booked following a very successful free clinic delivered by Hockey SA earlier in the year. Our coach was able to combine elements of fun and skill into a fantastic engaging program for all students involved.
Club Connect Grants
Earlier in the year a grant opportunity came across my desk offering schools an incentive to connect with local clubs to deliver sport. This excited me as we are then linked with possible pathways for students showing potential. We applied and were lucky enough to receive $5000 to put towards after school sporting programs. We will be running these next term, watch out on class dojos and for advertising around the school early next term to see what will be available.
Auskick
This term we started our first Auskick centre at the school. Run on Mondays by our local Game Development Coordinator and friend of the school Haydn Ward, the program has been a fantastic success. We have seen some wonderful leadership from upper primary students and some fast developing skills that have led to students looking into playing club footy next year. This is incredibly exciting to see as many of our students had not played football before and having competed in competitions they have realised the fun they can have and their natural ability for the game. We certainly intend to run Auskick again next year and will be looking to our parent group for interested leaders to coordinate and continue the AIC AFL tradition at grassroots level.
Bachar Houli Cup
This term we competed in the first ever South Australian Bachar Houli Cup. This is an AFL competition and the brainchild of proud Muslim Bachar Houli (recently retired Richmond Premiership player). The competitions run around Australia and are a stepping stone for Muslim youth to begin their football pathway. The South Australian branch of this competition started when we were looking for more competitive opportunities for our students. Industry leader Tommy Javor was instrumental in getting the idea off the ground, and assisted us in putting on a carnival. The AFL soon jumped on board, and Bachar Houli SA was born.
It was an incredible day. So many students played their first ever game. We have had some continue into club football, and some potential talent identification. Since this day I have been contacted by two other sporting bodies who have recognised the talent potential in our school and are offering more opportunities for us.
Our six teams represented the school exceptional well. We were incredibly proud of our senior leaders, Ahmad Baltagie, Saleh Baltagie, Hassan Mahfoud, Yasmeen Kasumovic, Saran Ziaty and Samira Kasumovic, who were outstanding in their coaching roles. Two teams were undefeated all day. Our male team narrowly missed the trophy on a count back and the female team took home the trophy. Massan Jardu was also named Best on Ground for the female competition.
Term 4 looks to be exciting as the upper primary explore Cricket through our Sporting Schools grant. See the included Cricket Blast Promotion to get a head start in cricket.
– Katy Javor
Primary Sports Coordinator
Assalamu Alaikum Parents & Guardians,
السَّلامُ عَلَيْكُم وَرَحْمَةُ الله وَبَرَكاتُه
New Qur’an classroom
It is our pleasure to announce that we have a new Qur’an studies classroom. Having a special room for the specialist teacher, works as a learning environment that is broader than just these physical components. It represents a whole culture, the Islamic culture.
Tablets
This term, our students started to use tablets in the Qur’an studies lessons, to help with the differentiation and to support each student according to his/her level.
Aims of our Qur’an studies lesson
Our aim is not only to help our students memorizing their allocated Surahs, but also to teach them how to read Qur’an properly with the correct Makharij and Sifat, students started to learn some Tajweed rules starting from year 2.
Book week
A promising student from Year 5 started the book week with the heart-warming recitation of Surat Al-Naba’. Then, years 4 and 5 presented a bilingual presentation to talk about the most important book in our life, Al-Qur’an Al Kareem, to emphasize the first advice, the first word, and the first order in Islam, which is;
‘Read إِقْــرأ ‘.
The students presented the whole presentation in the Arabic language and English language to show the value of learning two languages at this young age and be able to stand in front of the school and present confidently.
At the end of the presentation, Year 2 and 4 handed flowers to sister Musharraf, the librarian, for her great efforts to keep our library organized and rich with a lot of amazing books.
The second presentation related to our Arabic department was also a bilingual one!
This time two teachers decided to cooperate with each other and give their students a funny time outside the class.
The reception teacher, Mrs. Panos, chose an interesting English story, and the Arabic teacher, Mrs. Adel, translated it into Arabic. The kids put on some animal masks and sit around their teacher to hear the story in both languages.
Talking about hidden curricula, getting the students to see their teachers working as a team, learning from each other, is a great hidden message we need to deliver for our kids.
الحَياءُ مِنْ الإِيمان
Year three students learnt during their Arabic language classes about Lulu, the turtle, who used to play with its friends. Lulu took off her shell thinking that would be funny, but her friends got annoyed. Year three advised her about the coverage of the private parts.
My Hobby هِــوايَتي
Year four students used Quizlet website to learn more about their hobbies and practice their new Arabic vocabulary. Then they personalized their lesson to talk about their own hobby in the Arabic language.
Ali bin Abi Talib عَلِيٌّ بِنْ أَبي طالِب
As part of our great Islamic history, year five students learnt during their Arabic language classes about an amazing story related to Ali bin Abi Talib رضي لله عنه , which made a Jewish man convert to Islam. The students tried to act the scene in the classroom, using the correct intonation according to their roles.
We believe in Islam, we respect others’ beliefs,
This is the last lesson to be covered this term in the Islamic studies classes in the primary stage.
After a long journey of getting to know the six pillars of faith as a part of this term theme ‘ Aqida’, students need to know that there is a huge difference between believing in something and respecting something else, especially that it is a clear statement in Al Qur’an Al Kareem, the Almighty says:
Humanity has no meaning without freedom through what he/she achieves the right to life, the right to private property and the right to personal freedom, such as freedom of belief, political freedom, opinion, ownership, movement, choice. Any appearance that contradicts people freedom, Islam is against it, and the principle of coercion – for example – is totally denied from this religion.
Our young generation needs to believe in Islam with all of its merciful meanings, to continue being a helpful and essential part of the community.
Students also learnt to evaluate their behavior, to focus on their own mistakes and fix them rather than watching others.
- They spent some thinking time to fill the ‘scale of deeds’ sheet, to think about their good deeds and more of them,
- and rethink about their bad deeds and ask forgiveness from Allah then put a plan to fix and avoid doing them again.
Five Pillars of Islam
In receptions and year one, students learnt about the five pillars of Islam.
Students were assigned to choose a Pillar of Islam and design a poster to explain what the pillar is and its importance to Muslims.
Alhamdulillah, they were actively engaged, and the task was completed successfully. The task made them better understand the concept and key practices that all Muslims are obligated to fulfil throughout their lifetime, as the pillars are the foundation of Muslim life.
Assalaamu Alaikum Dear Parents / Caregivers,
The Year 1 Students have been engaged with their Arabic learning throughout Term 3 in order to develop their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
They have been learning the linking rules of each letter of the Arabic Alphabet, initial, medial and final positions. They learnt the procedure of spelling out words in Arabic, and then tried to link the letters according to the steps and rules.
The students have enjoyed listening to stories and then writing simple sentences based on these stories. They also enjoyed learning and singing some Arabic nursery rhymes.
I hope that the Year 1 Students will continue enjoying their Arabic learning in shaa’a Allah.
– Mrs Hanan Dallah
Arabic Language Teacher
Assalamu alaikum,
Our Year 6 classes have been very lucky this term to be the first students to begin doing Lego Robotics at AIC Adelaide. Mr Ali and Ms Jahic have been the amazing teachers to teach this new area of Digital Technologies to our year 6’s.
What is Robotics?
Robotics enables students to grasp how robotic programmes function. Students use lego kits to assemble basic machines. They then use their coding skills to create programs to make these machines perform a function – whether it is to make a lego car drive faster, or creating robots that chat. Students can also improve their problem-solving abilities if they have problems putting the robot together.
WeDo 2.0 Core Set
The year 6’s used the WeDo 2.0 Core Set, which is a hands-on solution that ignites students’ curiosity, while enhancing their skills in science, engineering, technology and coding. WeDo 2.0 strengthens students’ understanding of the eight science and engineering practices, including asking questions and solving problems, modelling, prototyping, investigating, analysing and interpreting data, computational thinking, creating evidence based arguments, and obtaining, evaluating and communicating information. Students develop competency through hands-on projects across key science topics such as physical sciences, life sciences, earth and spaces sciences, engineering, technology and application of science, all while integrating the use of relevant digital tools to improve computational thinking skills.
Many thanks to our Robotics Team, Ms Ouban, Ms Zulfic, Ms Sutton, Ms Jahic, Mr Ali, Ms Haese and Mrs Ihram, who all worked hard to bring Robotics to our school this year.
– Mrs Khelwaty
Unfortunately due to current Covid restrictions, we have been unable to proceed with our ‘Nude Food’ Information session this term. This has hindered our opportunity to implement this as a whole school.
However, we endeavor to achieve this by the end of the school year Inshallah.
It has been wonderful to see many families embrace the ‘Nude Food’ movement by purchasing lunch boxes that are reusable to allow their child’s food to be brought to school without any packaging. I look forward to seeing this program roll out in due course.
It has been noted that ‘Nude Food’ lunch boxes provide smaller portions, leading to less food wastage.
Statistics from Food Waste Facts | Foodbank Victoria,
– Erin Panos
HASS Coordinator