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28 February 2024
International Mother Language Day is celebrated every year on the 21st of February and the purpose of this day is to raise awareness of language, cultural diversity and multilingualism around the world. Our Primary students from Foundation to Year 6 joined the SSD team in the Auditorium for some fun lunch time activities to honour this… Read more
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27 February 2024
Our Year 4 students recently participated in an engaging incursion focusing on forces, specifically exploring Newton’s Laws of Motion and the concept of friction. The interactive sessions included hands-on experiments, real-life examples, and activities that brought physics principles to life. The students delved into Newton’s First Law… Read more
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9 February 2024
Our Years 1 and 2 students visited the beautiful displays for Al Isra’ wa’l Mi’raj which are currently put up inside our orange Years 3 to 6 Student Hub. The lower primary students were taken to visit the M Building and see the displays and hear a short story on the Blessed Night Journey. They also listened to some Qur'an recitation from… Read more
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7 February 2024
Our Year 3 students enjoyed a visit from Mrs Sargood from the National Trust of Victoria, a historical character from the 19th century who provided our students with an olden day classroom experience. Students met ‘Mrs Sargood’ and learned about life at Rippon Lea Mansion, the 12 Sargood children who lived there, and how these children… Read more
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7 December 2023
This morning, we hosted a Special Primary Awards Ceremony for Years 3 – 6 with special guests the Hon. Lily D’Ambrosio MP Minister for Energy, Resources, Climate Action, and State Electricity Commission and MP Bronwyn Halfpenny State Member for Thomastown. Our Foundation to Year 2 students also attended their special end of year assembly… Read more
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4 December 2023
Our Foundation classes had extra assistance last week when the Year 6B1 boys joined them to complete a science activity. The activity was part of the students' community hours as part of our Values-in-Action VIA program, giving them the opportunity to volunteer over a period of time to become active and engaged citizens. The VIA program… Read more
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30 November 2023
This week, our Year 4 students had the time of their life at Angahook Holiday Camp in Anglesea, off the world famous Great Ocean Road for the duration of 2 days/3 nights. Many of the students were initially nervous about leaving their parents behind for their first ever camp experience, but after some encouraging words from teachers and… Read more
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29 November 2023
This week, students from our Year 3/4 cohort who have demonstrated excellent behaviour throughout the semester were rewarded with an excursion to Warratina Lavender Farm. Our students were able to observe how lavender is picked, a very strenuous task completed by hand, then dried and sent to the markets. They learnt that lavender is also… Read more
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29 November 2023
Who helps our community when we need it? Paramedic Mr Waseem from Ambulance Victoria brought our learning to life this week with a visit to our Foundation classes. Our young inquirers had the opportunity to learn when someone might need an Ambulance, how to contact emergency services, and what to expect if they call 000. We toured the… Read more
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29 November 2023
Our Year 2’s are using Bee-Bots in Technology to learn location in Maths. A Bee-Bot is an exciting programmable floor robot perfect for Lower Primary students with its child friendly layout to teach control, directional language and programming. Students explored the functions of the robots, created and planned tasks for the Bee-Bots ,and… Read more
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23 November 2023
We would like to thank the staff and students who helped setup, sell, buy, prepare and pack up during Thursday’s Trash & Treasure Market held in front of the Musalla. A Huge shout out to our wonderful Teacher Aides who helped tremendously. When the second hand items arrived, we were not certain how much would sell and had no idea how much… Read more
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22 November 2023
Green minds at work: This term, our Year 3 and Hifz students have been diving into recycling and its impact on our planet. They actively engaged in a few hands-on projects, like donating old glasses and sunglasses to people in need overseas and supporting Melbourne Zoo’s Recycling Project to save… Read more
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21 November 2023
This week our Year 3’s and Hifz students joined the expert educators at CERES on a journey towards zero waste where students explored the impacts of waste, discovered solutions to reduce waste and demonstrated ways to turn waste into a valuable resource. The educators guided students through problem solving and action planning to create… Read more
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16 November 2023
This week, our Foundation students were fortunate to have the EPPING CFA team on site in between duty calls for their next emergency deployments. Students welcomed the team and their firetruck on site with much excitement. The students were also very interested in the fire truck parked safely inside our staff carpark and were shown the… Read more
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10 November 2023
Lights! Camera! Action!" Our "The Golden Age" production featured, for the very first time, a show that educated, inspired, and entertained in a way very few others have done in the past. In a time where animations, sitcoms, social media, and sporting personalities dominate the hearts and minds of our children the light is not actually… Read more
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30 October 2023
We have an exciting project in the works for our Foundation students, and we’d like to invite you to be a part of it: As you know, our little one’s love to explore and play, and we believe that a well-equipped play area can ignite their imaginations and creativity like nothing else. That is why we are embarking on a mission to create a… Read more
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26 October 2023
Camp Jungai was an incredible camp location for our Year 5/6 girls, which they enjoyed from start to finish. The three days were filled with many activities, including: - Canoeing. - Nature walks. - Indigenous games. - Boomerang painting . - Movie night . - Giant swing and . - Low ropes challenges. We also had Islamic talks and lots of… Read more
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18 October 2023
Today, our Student Support Department SSD welcomed three members of the Australian Federal Police AFP on site for important Cyber Safety Awareness sessions, conducted for our Primary students in Years 2 to 6. We are grateful to our SSD team for inviting Senior Constable Gerald Del Bono and the Community Liaison Officers for facilitating… Read more
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12 October 2023
The first two of our Foundation classes visited Bundoora Farm on Wednesday’s beautiful and warm weather day where they were engaged in variety of fun farm activities. The excursion was part of their learning unit on "the basic needs of living things". During our amazing excursion to Bundoora Farm, our youngest students had the most… Read more
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5 October 2023
We are thrilled to share some exciting news about our students' recent accomplishments in the prestigious Parliament Prize competition, an annual event hosted by the Victorian Parliament. The competition provides students with a platform to articulate issues that matter to them and share their perspectives on what they would convey to… Read more
