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12 March 2020
Our Secondary SRCs continue to feed the homeless at Queen Victoria Market this year. Students hosted the first quality service to the homeless people for Term 1 on Sunday, 8 March 2020 in collaboration with “Hasene Australia”. The menu available on the night consisted of sausages, drinks and dinner jam rolls. Our dedicated team of Year 12… Read more
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6 March 2020
Al Siraat, in partnership with Whittlesea Interfaith Network and St. Monica’s College, hosted the interfaith Youth Forum Launch in the Fountain View Room of City of Whittlesea council on Wednesday, 4 March 2020. The Interfaith Youth Forum is a grassroots projects to counter racial and religious discrimination and promote greater inclusion… Read more
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5 March 2020
A representative of the Victorian Student Representative Council visited Al Siraat to run the first part of a workshop called “Teach the Teacher Ignite” with our Student Representative Council SRC members. The program is a student-led professional learning program for teachers that enables students to address issues affecting them. The… Read more
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20 February 2020
Our SRC members participated in a Community Market event hosted by the Australian Peace Organisation APO in Fawkner last Saturday, 14 February 2020. The purpose of the community market was to help raise much needed funds for the firefighters and victims of the Australian bushfires. APO is a non-profit organisation based in Melbourne. The… Read more
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23 January 2020
Ruqaiya Wazze was nominated for “Fred Hollows Foundation Humanity” Award on 25 November 2019. She represented Al Siraat as Year 6 Primary Captain and Student Representative Council member at the event. Fred Hollows recognises Year 6 students who follow in Fred’s footsteps by making a positive difference in their community. It celebrates… Read more
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4 December 2019
Our Student Representative Council and Interfaith Ambassadors students’ groups have taken the initiative to collect Bread Tags to help save the environment. These pesky little pieces of plastic usually go into landfill and because of their small size are particularly dangerous to wildlife. Our aim is to help save bread tags from going… Read more
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22 August 2019
On Monday, 19 August, a group of 9 Senior boys, for the first time, visited Victoria Food Bank, an industrial food relief warehouse as part of Community Service Program organised by SRCs. Foodbank is Australia’s largest food relief organisation, operating on a scale that makes it crucial to the work of the front-line charities that are… Read more
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6 June 2019
On behalf of our Student Representative Council, we would like to wish the entire Al Siraat community a very happy and blessed Eid Al-Fitr. May the blessings of Allah fill your life with happiness and open all the doors of success now and always. Eid Mubarak!. Eid Al-Fitr takes place when Ramadan finishes and the new Islamic month of… Read more
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5 June 2019
During Term One and Term Two, our SRCs have been busy with collecting and packing Eid ul Fitr school gift bags for underprivileged children living in Pakistan. We have been able to put together 1000 ‘starter packs’, which included basics such as bags, books, stationery, a lunch box, drink bottle, towel, tooth brush and toothpaste… Read more
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27 May 2019
Our successful "Pakistan: Back to School Campaign" has been featured in an article called "School Bags of Hope", published by Community Connections who report on the great community work of Independent school students and staff. Please read the article below: Students from Al Siraat College in Epping have again rallied behind a cause to… Read more
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20 May 2019
For the first time, Al Siraat College is delighted to announce the new leadership position as House Captains. Our eight House Captains falls under the work umbrella of Student Representative Council SRC and are part of the Student Leadership service. The eight House Captains two for each of our four houses demonstrate a high level of… Read more
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15 May 2019
Our Student Representative Council SRC would like to extend our greetings to you as we have begun the observance of Ramadan, a month devoted to fasting, prayer and almsgiving, honouring Allah swt and the revelation of the Holy Qur’an. . Ramadan is the holiest month and is a time of reflection, a time of spiritual renewal, and a time of… Read more
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1 May 2019
Members of our Student Representative Council SRC attended the “Africa Day” at the Library in the Docklands on Saturday, 13 April as part of the Victorian Youth Week 2019. The Victorian Youth Week was celebrated for an entire week, offering our youth an opportunity to express their ideas and views, and act on issues that affect their… Read more
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11 April 2019
On Wednesday, 10 April 2019, a group of Student Representative Council members attended Youth Affairs Council Victoria networking lunch in city office as part of Victoria Youth Week Celebration. Youth Affairs Council Victoria YACVic is the leading advocate for young people aged 12- 25 in Victoria. They provide additional targeted… Read more
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9 April 2019
A committed group of students, parents and staff members were amongst an audience of over 60 people who attended the first community conversations forum at Council’s Civic Centre in South Morang in the evening of Monday, 8 April 2019. The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission VEOAHRC in partnership with Whittlesea… Read more
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4 April 2019
Last week, a representative of the Victoria Student Representative Council visited Al Siraat to run an hour long workshop called “Teach the Teacher Ignite” for our our Student Representative Council SRC members. The workshop included modules like Introductions to the program, expectations of teachers and students, how to ensure school… Read more
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27 March 2019
Recently, A1 Media visited Al Siraat for a live broadcasting coverage about our current Eid Al-Fitr "Pakistan: Back to School Campaign", run by our Student Representative Council SRC. College Captain Hafsa Sarwar and SRC Coordinator Ms Noori were talking about the importance of education and charity. Watch the full interview… Read more
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13 March 2019
For the first time, our Student Representative Council celebrated International Women’s Day at Al Siraat on Friday, 8 March. “You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.” . ~ Aung San Suu Kyi. It is a day to reflect on how far we have come and how far we still have to go to truly achieve gender equality… Read more
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28 February 2019
A group of six ASC girls from different year levels came together on Sunday, 24 February to volunteer with the Halal Food Bank. The Primary and Secondary girls packed boxes of food which included essential types of food required in the average person’s healthy diet. This was the first volunteering opportunity offered to female Al Siraat… Read more
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27 February 2019
On Sunday, 17 February 2019, Al Siraat College, in cooperation with “Hasene Australia” was able to host yet another quality service to the homeless people at Queen Victoria market. The menu available on the night was sausages and chips, with the usual pre-packaged food. It was wonderful to see how appreciative the people were: We had an… Read more