AZC Newsletter July 2011

AL ZAHRA COLLEGE ! JULY 2011

VOLUME 14, ISSUE 6: JULY 2011! PAGE 1

Caring is one of our core values at Al Zahra College and one of the attributes of the IB Learner Profile. Being caring means that students show empathy, compassion and respect towards the needs and feelings of others.

They have a personal commitment to service, and act to make a positive difference to the lives of others and to the environment. We encourage all of our students to be caring at home and at school. Weekly

awards are presented to students who demonstrate Learner Profile attributes.

The Inside News....Inside this Newsletter, you can read about:• AZC Athletics Carnival;• Tax Deduction for School Uniforms;

• Book Fair;• Ramadan Hours;• Maths in Kinder;• AZC Athletics Records;• ASISSA Athletics Carnival; and

• ECSP.

Online Newsletterswww.azc.nsw.edu.au

All editions of Al News are available online each month.Please provide us with your email address so that we can forward to you future AZC weblinks to keep you up-to-date.

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VALUES

Winners are Grinners!AL NEWS

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AZC ATHLETICSHussein Anani (above) was one of 19 students who set new records at the 2011 AZC Athletics Carnival. Current records can be found elsewhere in this newsletter along with some photographs from the carnival.

Perhaps, the most successful athletes on the day were Rayanne Makki, Ali Hamdan and Fatima Bachir, who each set three new records each. However, the real heroes were all of those students who

competed in all possible events and always put in their best effort, no matter the outcome.

AZC BLAZERSStudents must wear college blazers to and from AZC in Terms 2 and 3.

READY TO LEARNIt is absolutely essential that

students arrive at school, ready to learn. This won’t happen if students do not have adequate sleep (10-12 hours, depending on age) or have unhealthy eating habits.

PaymentsParents are reminded that all payments should be made by direct deposit, Bpay or through the EFTPOS facility at AZC.

The reason for this procedure is twofold:

- AZC does not want to handle or hold cash on the premises; and

- AZC wants to minimise any bank charges for parents who are withdrawing cash from ATMs to make a fees payment.

AZC appreciates your cooperation in this matter.

CALENDAR

2 August• Ramadan commences (TBC)• ICAS English Competition• AZC Book Fair3 August• AZC Book Fair4 August• Australian Mathematics

Competition• AZC Book Fair5 August• AZC Book Fair16 August• ICAS Mathematics

Competition25 August• ASISSA Athletics Carnival (E

S Marks Field)31 August• Eid Al Fitr (TBC)7 September• Paul Kelly Cup Finals23 September• Last day of Term 3



AZC TEAM FOR ASISSA ATHLETICS CARNIVAL – 25 AUGUST, 2011

The following athletes have been selected to represent AZC at

the 2011 ASISSA Athletics Carnival that will be held at the E S

Marks Field on Thursday, 25 August.

COLLEGE UNIFORMParents are reminded that they must purchase available uniform items from AZC and missing/out-of-stock items from Yeronga School Uniforms (900 Canterbury Rd, Roselands).

There is concern that some families are substituting College uniform items by purchasing items from unapproved suppliers. Specific concerns are boys’ trousers, school shirts, AZC caps and tracksuit pants.

Parents can save themselves a lot of money by ensuring their child’s name is marked clearly on all pieces of clothing.

NUT FREE ZONE

Mohamed Soummaka, who is in Kindergarten in 2011, has a severe nut allergy. To prevent a medical emergency, there can be no nuts or foods containing nuts in the school.

This includes, especially Nutella and hazelnut prod-ucts, and anything containing tree nuts.

Al Zahra College and the Soummaka family appreciate your assistance in making our College a nut free zone.

Thank you in advance for your complete support.



AZC ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

AZC BOOK FAIR

Al Zahra College is holding a Book Fair for one week from Monday 1st August – Friday 5th August.

This is an excellent opportu-nity to find a selection of the books and related materials for children, parents, teach-ers and community mem-

bers. I hope everyone will attend, enjoy yourself, en-courage your child’s reading, and bring families together through reading all at the

same time.

RAMADAN

HOURS

AZC will operate normal

hours during Ramadan.

However, students arriving

late should arrive during the

recess break

(10.40-11.00am).

Parents wishing to collect

their child/ren early should collect them prior to the end

of the lunch break (2.00pm).



Maths Groups in Kinder

Make a bundle: We roll the dice to get sticks, when we have 10 sticks we ‘make a bundle’. A bundle is then one ‘ten’ instead of ten ‘ones’. We write how many ones and how many tens on our board and read our numbers.

Area: We have been cover-ing our tables with differ-ent things and counting how many altogether. We have discovered that round shapes are more difficult to use to cover an area than squares, rectangles and tri-angles

Area - pattern blocks: We have been making patterns with no spaces



ECSP

Back By Popular Demand

Since announcing the Last Ever CSP we have been inundated by schools and parents wanting to know what’s happening next. We have been very busy and it’s almost here.

A new way through the eCSP

From 25th July parents will simply be able to go to www.edalive.com, nominate their child’s school and download EdAlive titles at greatly discounted prices, and accrue CASH for their nominated school. At the same time we’ll elimi-

nate the need for wasteful printed material and all the associated costs.

eCSP – EdAlive software online – Available from 25th July 2011• 20% of every sale accrues as CASH to

actively participating* schools!• Easier than ever for schools to participate

and families to benefit!• Schools won’t handle money or orders

from parents at all but still receive great benefits!

• Families can choose from our full range of software!

• Fantastic discounted CSP pricing contin-ues!

• Parental access all year round!• More environmentally friendly with no

paper to waste or carbon in freight!

http://www.edalive.com

http://www.edalive.com


VOLUME 14, ISSUE 6: JUNE 2011! PAGE 7

As at 28 July, 2011

AL ZAHRA COLLEGE ATHLETIC RECORDS AGE SEX EVENT NAME TIME YEAR 5 Boys 50m Muhammad Hamdan 10.09 2009 5 Boys 100m Mohammed Soummaka 21.21 2011 5 Girls 50m Fatima Khalil 12.40 2011 5 Girls 100m Gisele Ballout 24.94 2011 6 Boys 50m Hussein Anani 9.5 2011 6 Boys 100m Hussein Anani 19.22 2011 6 Girls 50m Ayah Faour 10.4 2011 6 Girls 100m Malakie Hammoud 20.11 2011 7 Boys 50m Bilal Chahine 8.91 2009 7 Boys 100m Muhammad Hamdan 17.70 2011 7 Girls 50m Sophia Karnib 10.2 2011 7 Girls 100m Sophia Karnib 21.53 2011 8 Boys 100m Ali Mohsen 17.5 2011 8 Boys 200m Mahmoud Tanana 42.26 2003 8 Girls 100m Amane Abu Kassim 18.63 2009 8 Girls 200m Amane Abu Kassim 42.31 2009 9 Boys 100m Ali Saleh 16.41 2003 9 Boys 200m Ali Saleh 38.67 2003 9 Girls 100m Rayanne Makki 17.60 2011 9 Girls 200m Rayanne Makki 40.90 2011 10 Boys 100m Ali Hamdan 15.09 2011 10 Boys 200m Ali Hamdan 34.70 2011 10 Girls 100m Fatima Boussi 17.26 2008 10 Girls 200m Zeinab Jaber 39.93 2003 11 Boys 100m Mohammed Ali Saab 14.78 2009 11 Boys 200m Mahmoud Ghecham 33.93 2003 11 Girls 100m Fatima Boussi 15.53 2009 11 Girls 200m Fatima Boussi 36.72 2009 12 Boys 100m Ali Sleiman 14.68 2009 12 Boys 200m Mustafah Al Gharib 34.16 2009 12 Girls 100m Dana Diab 15.50 2009 12 Girls 200m Zeinab Kdouh 38.02 2003 13 Girls 100m Fatima Bachir 17.40 2011 13 Girls 200m Fatima Bachir 35.20 2011 14 Girls 100m Layal Sleiman 18.16 2011 Inter. Boys 800m Zakaria Nasour 3.26.03 2011 Inter. Girls 800m Rayanne Makki 3.37.06 2011 11 Yrs Boys 800m Mohammed Al Saab 3.26.65 2009 11 Yrs Girls 800m Zeinab Eid 3.49.06 2010 Senior Boys 800m Ali Jomaa 3.05.51 2003 Senior Girls 800m Zeinab Saab 3.46.00 2003 Jun Sec Girls 800m Rayanne Khalife 4.19.09 2010 Junior Boys Relay Red 1.19.62 2009



As at 28 July, 2011

Junior Girls Relay Red 1.33.19 2009 Inter. Boys Relay Knowledge 1.12.00 2011 Inter Girls Relay Green 1.19.10 2008 Senior Boys Relay Blue 1.08.00 2003 Senior Girls Relay Green 1.13.75 2009 Open (P,S,I,J) Relay Green 1.09.00 2009 Open Men 100m Mohammed Sabra 13.26 2008 Open Ladies 100m Fadwa Youssef 16.60 2009 Preschool Boys 25m Mohamed Ali Alawieh 4.00 2011 Preschool Girls 25m Fatimah Moukachar 4.68 2011 Boys Champions 100m Ali Hamdan 15.35 2011 Girls Champions 100m Fatima Bachir 17.00 2011



15TH JULY 2011 PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATOR

RE: TAX DEDUCTION SCHOOL UNIFORMS

The Education Tax Refund (ETR) provides valuable help by assisting parents and cares with expenses such as computers, stationery and textbooks. The ETR has extended the cost of school uniform expenses. From the 1st July 2011 the extension will cover expenditure on uniforms which are required or otherwise Approved by a School including sports or physical education uniforms. The new eligible items would be available for expenses incurred during the 2011-12 financial year the tax refund would be allocated in the 2012 – 2013 financial year A tax invoice listing individual items purchased at the point of sale will be provided; should your community require further clarification please contact your financial advisor Kind Regards, Tony Apps Managing Director



Al Zahra College

The IB Learner Profile is the

attributes and descriptors that

define the type of student that IB

hopes to develop through its

programs (for example, MYP).

THE LEARNER PROFILE

Risk-TakersCaring

Communicators

ThinkersReflective

Open

Minded

KnowledgeablePrincipled

Balanced

Inquirers

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AZC Newsletter July 2011