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20 July 2018
During Term 1 of 2018, student representatives from the Al Siraat College as well as the wider community were part of the very successful Shoebox4Syria campaign 2018. We would now like to share with you the beautiful smiles and happiness of the Syrian children upon receiving their Eid gift boxes – donated by you. It took a total of 8… Read more
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17 July 2018
During this semester break, I had an opportunity to visit and serve fresh food to homeless people in Melbourne’s CBD alongside Ms Noori, our SRC Coordinator. We volunteered to feed local homeless Melbournians by preparing, cooking and serving fresh food to them. We teamed up "Hasene Australia", a Melbourne-based NGO. Their Mobile Kitchen… Read more
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20 June 2018
We have received a wonderful 'Thank You' acknowledgement from Foodbank Victoria for our support in their latest fundraiser: "We at Foodbank Victoria just wanted to share our thanks for the donations of food from the Food Drive held recently at Al Siraat College. The school community donated a fantastic 650 kg of food which will provide… Read more
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6 June 2018
Our Middle Years SRC girls collected, sorted and packed 16 food parcels for the families living in the Northern region, in a partnership with Mercy Wings. The girls packed food parcels such as rice, flour, can food, tea and many more essential items for the families. They labelled the boxes and it was ready for distribution. On Monday, 4… Read more
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5 June 2018
Our Student Council Representatives SRCs had the opportunity to attend an “Introduction to Public Speaking” training workshop, conducted by Mitch Ditkoff. Public Speaking is an activity that helps students to grow in confidence when speaking, which is a very useful life skill. Participation in any of the events held in public speaking… Read more
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16 May 2018
Mr Tahir Usman, an Executive Director from Mercy Mission Australia, visited Al Siraat to conduct a day of leadership training for our newly elected SRC members. The program was interactive and students had an opportunity to share their view points as what a leader should look like. The program covered major topics like . - Time… Read more
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14 May 2018
Our SRCs visited the Ottoman Village Aged Care facility in Broadmeadows at the end of Term 1, as part of serving the wider community. The student representatives interacted with senior citizens by spending quality time, talking to them about their culture, families and hobbies. The SRCs made paper cutting butterflies for each residents as… Read more
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3 May 2018
Congratulations to our new College Captain Bilal Syed Adnan. He is being supported by Vice Captains Nour El-Din Najem and Radwan Mahmandar. All three boys are from our Year 12 VCE class. The Captains have an important role to fulfil at the College as they head our student leadership team. Our newly elected SCHOOL CAPTAINS as of Wednesday… Read more
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27 April 2018
On Tuesday, 24 April 2018, our SRC invited the College Leadership Team, Heads of Years, Heads of Learning and Coordinators to a “SRC Meet and Greet” event. The event was organised by the newly elected 2018 Student Representative Council SRC members. Osama Akkad from Year 7B1 opened the event by reciting the Quranic verse. Zahra Al Ghazawi… Read more
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23 April 2018
Al Siraat has been featured in an article published on the website of Independent Schools Victoria ISV about the shoebox4syria campaign. ISV posted the following article on The Parents’ Website on Friday, 20 April 2018: "Students at Al Siraat College in Epping have embraced the Shoebox4Syria campaign, preparing thousands of gifts for… Read more
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20 April 2018
Al Siraat has the pleasure of announcing the appointment of 32 Student Representative Council members SRC for this year. Our nominees went through formal selection processes and were elected. SRC is the umbrella students’ body that looks into students’ welfare while at the College. The SRC explores ways in which student life at Al Siraat… Read more
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30 March 2018
Our students and staff bid farewell to Mr Houghton on his final day as acting Principal on Wednesday, 28 March 2018. Our student representatives SRCs presented Mr Houghton with a bouquet of flowers. Click here to view photos from the farewell… Read more
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27 March 2018
With our overwhelmingly successful Shoebox4Syria campaign having come to an end, our SRCs and student volunteers were interviewed by a camera crew from SBS World News last Friday, 23 March. Many thanks to Ms Noori, the SRC team and all those involved in this effort. Click here to watch the SBS… Read more
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19 March 2018
Our SRC member Rawa Adra and her classmates from Year 7G1 took the initiative to clean up the Al Siraat grounds for this year’s "Clean Up Australia Day". The Middle Years students cleaned the College grounds and kept the environment healthy. Basree Arif believed, “Cleanliness is next to godliness. In Islam, cleanliness is encouraged very… Read more
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14 March 2018
This year, Al Siraat students have joining the "Walk with the Mayor" program for the first time where they shadow Whittlesea’s Mayor Cr Kris Pavlidis for a day. The program offers students an opportunity to understand the role of the Mayor and the various departments and positions involved in running our local council. Our first two… Read more
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7 March 2018
We are delighted to announce that our Student Representative Council members SRCs have partnered up with Shoebox4Syria Australia, a Sydney-based, non-profit organisation for the children who are orphaned and displaced in Syria. This is their third year running the campaign for Syria. Our SRCs have come on board with them to give the gift… Read more
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12 May 2017
Our School Captains for 2017 have been chosen: - School Captain: Mariam Afiouni Year 12A. - Vice Captain: Sumaya Mahad Ali Year 12A. They were inaugurated at our assembly on 1 May 2017. The Captains have an important role to fulfil at the College as they head our student leadership team. Both Mariam and Sumaya are very capable students… Read more
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12 May 2017
The College is taking pride in providing our student leaders opportunities to enhance their skills and flourish as exemplary representatives of Al Siraat. Yesterday afternoon marked the official induction for both our Junior and Senior Student Representative Council SRC members. Our student leaders were welcomed and addressed by Ms… Read more
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4 May 2017
A special ceremony during our fortnightly Secondary assembly was organised to congratulate our newly appointed Secondary School SRC members, School Vice Captain and School Captain. The College congratulates the newly elected student leaders and wishes them all the best to take this responsibility for benefitting our community!. The School… Read more
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24 March 2017
"Our differences are our strength as a species and as a world community” – Nelson Mandela. The Interfaith Dialogue Project, established in 2014, between interfaith ambassadors selected year 9 students of Al Siraat College, Thomastown Secondary College and St. Monica’s College has enabled students to collaborate with each other and to… Read more
