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

Newslet ter Week 8 Term 3 2016

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-

ton@icosa.sa.edu.au . 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

admin@icosa.sa.edu.au

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