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sulting in an enrolment figure

of 534 students for 2013.

We have invested in more tech-

nology, introducing 6 new

Interactive Whiteboards as

well as working on the site

development to provide more

general learning areas and

amenities to accommodate the

increasing student population

The coming months will see

further improvements and the

introduction. of new initia-

tives such as the Parent and

Friends Council and Activity

Clubs for students.

On this note, I would like to

wish all parents a wonderful

2013. Please accept my heart-

felt appreciation for your con-

tinued understanding and

support.

Mr Wissam Saad

What an exciting and won-

derful year 2012 was. New

faces everywhere, from the

teachers to the students to the

parents, and yet you could see

a sense of directional unity.

Everyone worked so hard to

make Salamah College their

comfortable new home where

their newly found Salamah

College family would live,

and grow in peace and hap-

piness .

It has not been an easy jour-

ney in 2012 and though we

have climbed a certain dis-

tance up this wonderful

mountain of challenges we

still have some way to go be-

fore we reach the top.

This is our promise for 2013.

It is to keep climbing by way

of renewing our pledge and

commitment to our cause at

Salamah College, by putting

in the hours and employing

all effort and skill at our dis-

posal so that we can reach the

top in record time.

This year has already seen

evidence to the increased

interest in the community in

Salamah College manifesting

itself in the 500 applicants

who expressed their interest in

enrolling their children in

2013. Sadly, we were unable

to take each and every appli-

cant, rather we accepted ap-

proximately 200 students re-

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

FROM THE MAIN OFFICE

SCHOOL UNIFORM

Students are expected to arrive

at school every day dressed in full

school uniform. Students who

arrive out of uniform will be sent

to the School Office, where par-

ents will be contacted. Students

with unsuitable haircuts, make-up

or nail polish will also be dealt

with in the same manner. Par-

ents will be asked to collect the

students or come to the school

to rectify the situation. We kindly

ask parents to co-operate with

the school in maintaining high

standards of presentation in our

students.

Woollen Jumpers have arrived

and are available to be purchased

from the School Office.

Sports Tracksuits are also

available in most sizes. The out-

standing sizes are expected to

arrive soon.

Secondary Blazers will be

available for purchase early in

Term 2.

SCHOOL CAR PARK

We would like to remind par-

ents to use the Priam Street

entry when dropping off or

picking up students. Also,

please remember to drive

slowly through the car park area. There is a large volume of

traffic during drop-off and pick-

up times, and we ask all parents

to be patient for the safety of

the students.

SCHOOL FEES A review of outstanding fees is

currently being undertaken, to

ensure that fees are paid on

time.

Please ensure that you have paid

any outstanding fees, as it is a

condition of your child’s enrol-

ment at the school. Payment of

school fees is accepted at the

school office Monday to Friday

from 8:00am to 3:30pm. We ap-

preciate your co-operation in this

matter. EYE CLINIC AT SCHOOL

Good vision is important for your

child’s educational, physical and

social development and to help

them reach their full learning

potential. It is up to us, their teachers and parents, to be able

to recognise the signs of a vision

problem, and to help children

l o o k a f t e r t h e i r e y e s .

Throughout Term 2, the students

at Salamah College will have their

eyes tested at school, as part of

the 2013 Optometrists Associa-

tion Australia Children’s Vision

Campaign. Further information

and permission notes will follow.

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SALAMAH

COLLEGE

Important Dates to

Remember:

11 April: Last day of

Term 1

30 April: First day of

Term 2

4 May: NAPLAN Tutor-

ing Session 5

11 May: NAPLAN Tu-

toring Session 6

14,15,16 May: NAPLAN

Test Years 3, 5, 7 & 9

20 & 21 May: School

Photographs - Primary

27 May: School Photo-

graphs - Secondary

10 June: Public Holiday

School Closed

Inside this issue:

Message from the

Principal

1

From the Main

Office

1

Kindergarten,

Years 1 and 2

Report

2

Years 3, 4, 5 and

6 Report

2

Secondary School

Report

3

Arabic &

Religious Studies

Report

4

Committee

News 4

Picture Gallery

5

More News from

the Main Office

6

Late Breaking

News

6

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school and how to take care

of living things. Each class was

surprised with a class pet as

we learn how to meet their

needs by feeding them each

day and loving themlots! We

have been working hard in our learning centres where we

work in rotating groups to

participate in literacy and nu-

meracy experiences. We are looking forward to

watching our Kindy students

grow each day as they laugh,

learn and play at Salamah Col-

lege. Year 1:Year One has had a

very exciting start to 2013. All

students have settled in well

to their new classes of 1 Blos-

som, 1 Petal, 1 Coral and 1

Fuchsia and have made many

new friends. This term Year

One will be engaging in many

exhilarating learning experi-

ences. Along with improving

our skills of reading, writing

and numeracy we are learning

about how transport affects

our lives and exploring the

minibeasts that exist in our world. We are planning a

stimulating incursion where

we wi l l improve our

knowledge about minibeasts.

We are looking forward to

the challenging but rewarding

year ahead and can’t wait to

see our students strive to-

wards success. .

Year 2: This term in Year 2

students will be learning about

lots of fun and exciting topics.

Students have been reading

the story book ‘My Mob Go-

ing to the Beach’ and also

‘Corroboree’. Both story

books are about Indigenous

people and the family holidays

they go on. During Science this term Year

2 will be learning about the

lifecycle of Mealworms and

how they change from birth to

death. In HSIE Year 2 will be looking

at how and why stories are

made and learning about

where stories come from and

what they tell us.

During this term Year 2 will

also be competing in a fun

filled K-2 Athletics Carnival

where they will be involved in

lots of activities such as the

running race, shot put, egg and

spoon race and many more.

actively participating in athletic

games that will help Year 4

shine in the 3-6 Sports Carni-

val.

Year 5: This semester Year 5

have worked exceptionally

well and have been engaged in

class discussions, while learn-

ing about Desert Survivors, in

particular Australian animals

and the effects of the Gold Rush on the people and econ-

omy in HSIE. To further ex-

tend students learning, stu-

dents are creating a Power-

Point presentation for HSIE

that creatively links their theo-

retical knowledge to ICT, on

the effects and challenges of

the Gold Rush. Furthermore,

students assess theories and

compare ideas during Science

and Technology as they

‘Design and Make’ a shelter

for their chosen desert animal

that could be used in a zoo. Students demonstrated their

ability to use skills to partici-

pate in games and sports as

well as gymnastics in PDHPE.

Year five students capably

worked to their best potential

al clothes on this special day.

Overall, we have had the

pleasure of meeting all the

students in Year 3. We know

that we will have a fantastic

year together learning and

having lots of fun! We look

forward to meeting all the

parents as well.

Year 4: This term in Year 4

students will be studying the novel ‘Charlie and the Choco-

late Factory’ to help develop

their narrative writing skills.

To further extend their expe-

rience students will be taste

testing chocolate made in

different countries. In Science

this term, students will be

learning about ‘Plants in Ac-

tion’ and ‘Living Things’ where

students will be planting seeds

and documenting the progres-

sion of the plants growth.

Students will be working col-

laboratively in HSIE to study

suburban and rural communi-

ties and their environments.

Throughout PDHPE this term

students will be further devel-

oping their motor skills by

to create their own art com-

positions and present it to the

class.

Year 6: Year 6 has had an

encouraging start to 2013.

They are easing into the new

role of school leadership in

the Primary setting. The Year

6 students have been busy

learning about setting a good

example for their younger

peers via nominating them-

selves for leadership roles.

Year 6 will go on an adventure

to the IMAX cinema later this

term as they further enhance

their knowledge of Antarctica.

They are conducting a variety

of scientific experiments and

investigations to learn about

marvelous micro-organisms.

Those students who enjoy art

have been delving into their

art unit, which is linked to

Antarctica, while those who

enjoy sport are fine tuning

their skills as they prepare for

the 2013 Athletic Carnival

later this term.

Kindy, Year 1 & Year 2

Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 & Year 6

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Kindy: What an amazing

year Kindergarten has had

so far! Term one began

with big smiles and excite-

ment as we started ‘big

school’ and met each other,

our teachers and settled

into our classes. We have

three classes in Kindergar-

ten, all different shades of

red: strawberries, cherries

and raspberries. Kindergar-

ten Cherries is a collabora-

tive class where there ar-

etwo teachers working

cooperatively with one

another. We have been learning

about how to be happy at

Year 3: Welcome to a

thrilling and fun year at

Salamah College. This term

Year 3 Orange has come

together with new and

familiar faces. Each class has

been assigned a theme. This

year we have 3 Apricots, 3

Peaches and 3 Sunset. Each

theme represents a differ-ent shade of orange which

unites us as one. Year 3

have been working very

hard in class and at home

f o r t h e u p c o m i n g

NAPLAN. We wish all the

Year 3 students good luck

with NAPLAN this year.

We know that they will do

their best! This term stu-

dents will be participating in

the sports carnival, showing

their fitness and speed in

numerous sporting activi-

ties. Each student will be a

part of a house, which they

will win points for by par-

ticipating and cheering. We

wonder who will win this

year?Also this term, Year 3

will be taking part in Har-

mony Day. Students will

share food and wear cultur-

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Maths: It has been a wonderful and

exciting first term for the

Mathematics Department. It

was delightful to finally meet

with all of our students. We

had two new teachers join the

Mathematics team, Mr Roffail

and Mrs Edelbi. The Mathe-

matics Department taught

many topics this term across

Y e a r s 7 , 8 an d 9 .

This term Year 7 studied the

topics Whole Numbers and

Number Systems, Number: Its

Order and Structure, Frac-

tions, Percentages and Proba-

bility. Year 8 studied Pythago-

ras and the Calculator, Fur-

ther Percentages and Ratios,

Rates and Scale Drawings.

Year 9 studied Rational Num-

bers, Surds, Measurement and

Consumer Arithmetic.

The Mathematics Department

aims to provide the utmost

care for all of our students by

using successful programs and

a vast variety of resources. It

is our number one priority

that the students achieve very

high marks and accomplish all

the outcomes they are re-

quired to. We wish all the

students the very best.

Science:

We would like to welcome all

of our new students and we

are so pleased to see many

new faces this term. Through-

out this term our apprentices

at various grades had a num-

ber of opportunities to ad-

vance their scientific under-

standing and skills.

By next term, we are looking

to have our students involved

even more with science con-

ceptual learning through hands

-on investigations, group pro-

jects and excursions to scien-

tific establishments such as the

Powerhouse Museum and the

Australian Museum. From

these experiences, our stu-

dents will gain valuable

knowledge and appreciate

science as the moving power

of today’s technology.

Ms Teia , Ms Eldelbi and Mr El-Hage.

English:

As we commenced the new

year, all students began to

engage in exciting and chal-

lenging units in English. In

Year 7, our students have

enjoyed focusing on the unit

‘Film’. They have been study-

ing how to analyse and under-

stand film as an innovative and

highly rewarding text. They also had the opportunity to

learn to appreciate the differ-

ent kinds of meanings that

various films can provide spe-

cifically examining Shrek – and

the way in which this film is

layered with fairy tales, hu-

mour and morals.

Our Year 8 students have

explored a language study unit

that aims to teach the ways in

which language can be used.

Different mediums and forms

have been analysed in order

to show the diverse range of

language that exits in our

world and in different con-

texts.

Our Year 9 class have delved

into their creative minds push-

ing their imagination to their

limits in engaging with the

fantasy genre.

Together, we are very proud

of the progress our students

have made; both as individuals

and as classes. We hope they

continue to work hard in Eng-

lish to reach their full poten-

tial. We encourage our stu-

dents to find their own per-

sonal enjoyment in English,

and to allow this enthusiasm

to transfer into their work.

Angela Shakir and Hosai Saidi

Year 9 Commerce:

In Commerce, Year 9 stu-

dents will develop the under-

standing of commercial, legal

and financial processes and

competencies for personal

financial management. Stu-

dents will also develop finan-

cial literacy which will enable

them to participate in the

financial system in an informed

way. The key to the course is

the development of an under-

standing of the relationships

between consumers, business-

es and governments in the

overall economy.

Geography: Geography is the study of

Earth’s landscapes, peoples,

places and environments. It is,

quite simply, about the world in which we live.

In Year 7 students will firstly

learn to investigate the world

by learning how to read the

different maps and photo-

graphing used in geography.

We will then learn about the

elements of the physical and

human environments of our

world, and world heritage

sites. In the second term we

will continue with learning

about earth’s global environ-

ments such as deserts, rainfor-

ests, ecosystems, biodiversity,

deforestation. We are also

aiming to have excursions to

different and very exciting

places.

In Year 8, we will learn about

the changes that have been

made in the current world

due to globalisation and how

that has affected the world, as

a whole, negatively AND POS-

ITIVLY. This will then also

lead to the study of the devel-

oping countries of the world

and the problems that devel-

oped countries are faced with.

Next term we will learn

about global organisations and

how they have contributed to

some of the world’s problems,

such as poverty, global warm-

ing and the decline of natural

habitats.

In Year 9 we will be focusing our study towards Australia.

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We will firstly study the

physical environments of

Australia these being the

rainforests, animals, moun-

tain ranges, deserts, islands,

shape, size, weather, natural

hazards and so on. Towards

semester two we will study

the human characteristics of

Australia, immigration, the types of communities that

make up Australia, and how

technology has implement-

ed the changes in some

community/cultural pat-

terns.

We look forward to the

term ahead!

Photos from SRC Induction

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Harmony Day This term at Salamah College

we celebrated the Australia-

wide celebration ‘Harmony

Day’ on the 21 March 2013.

The message for Harmony

Day in 2013 is ‘Everyone Be-

longs – Many Stories: One

Australia’. On this day we

celebrated the diversity in our

school; heard each other’s

stories and understood more

about one another. Salamah

College celebrated by holding

a multicultural mufti-day and

special assembly where stu-

dents showcased their class

Harmony Day pieces.

SRC Committee The SRC Committee has been

working tirelessly to prepare

students for their role as lead-

ers of the Primary & Second-ary School through roles in-

cluding: Captain, Vice Captain

and Prefects and SRC Mem-

bers.

Primary School Captains: Aimen Jeffery &

Lujain Eldaoud Vice Captains: Ahmad Al

Shami & Yemen Zreika Prefects: Mujtaba Kazim &

Zainab Jalloh SRC Members: Ibrahim

Iskafi, Bareha Aassar, Ali Diab,

Rayhana Eldaoud, Kamal Ka-

rich, Razan Hazzouri, Hassan

Sobh, Mahasen Atieh, Ziad El

Kerdi, Phutima El Yassir,

Demou El Asmar, Yassine

Sowaid, Muhammad Noured-

dine, Nancy Alameddine, Mo-

hammad Sage, Rose Alamed-

dine, Fadi Arabi, Amira

Naboulsi, Syed Hussein, Ma-

laak El Rich, Wade Zreika,

Ayah Awad, Abdul Salem So-

waid, Danielle Jabbouri,

Moustapha Khawla, Eman

Najem, Ahmed Al Abassi,

Hawra Al Ebadi

Secondary School 7M1 Class Captain: Salem Elrich Vice Captain: Sabah Jamous SRC : Mahammed Charaf

7M2 Class Captain: Hayat Farat Vice Captain: Nazek El-Haj SRC : Salem Sabouni

8M1 Class Captain: Rosol Al Helfi Vice Captain: Jibrael Sobh SRC : Diana Sabouni

8M2 Class Captain: D'mor Chehade Vice Captain: Ibrahim Noured-dine SRC : Dounia Naaman

8M3 Class Captain: Omar Mereeb Vice Captain: Maysam Naji SRC : Hasan Farhat

9M School Captain: Shayma Al- Khair School Captain: Farouk Najem Vice Captain: Chawk Char-maine Vice Captain: Macid Briggs SRC : Mariam Kheir SRC : Fatima Doukhi

Welfare Committee

Firstly, the Welfare Commit-

tee would like to welcome all

new students and parents to

our school. We look forward

to working with students as

Salamah College continues to

engage in Restorative Behav-

iour Management(RBM) prac-

tices. Through this behaviour

support approach, we aspire

that our students will develop

and exhibit the characteristics

that lead to student success

Arabic & Religious Studies

Committee News

نًا عربيا لعلكم تعقلون{.ءاأنزلناه قر فال شك يف أمهية تعلم املسلم اللغَة العربية، ألهنا لغة القرءان، وهبا يستطيع أن يفهم

نصوص الشرع على أكمل حال.وحنن يف كلية السالمة نسعى لتعليم الطالب

ماديت الدين والعربية على أكمل وجه.ففي كل مرحلة يتم تعليم الطالب بأسلوب راق ومميز عن طريق طرح أسئلة ليصإلىل

املفاهيم الرئيسة باستنتاجه.فبعد حتديد مراحل الدرس وخطواته يتم توجيه الطالب إىل موضوع الدرس، باإلضافة إىل استثمار الوسائل البصرية املعينة وقدرة التالميذ على املالحظة واالكتشاف عن طريق استعمال لوحات جدارية خاصة بكل درس، إىل مساع القصة اليت تركز على الصوت ومالحظة احلرف جبميع أشكاله ومواضعه، باإلضافة إىل اكتساب مفردات خاصة،

فالقراءة، فالكتابة، فاملراجعة. وال ننسى اهتمام كلية السالمة بالعقسدة اإلسالمية بدءًا بأول العلوم وأفضلها أال وهو اإلميان باهلل ورسوله وتعليم األوالد كيفية

الوضوء والصالة بطريقة صحيحة.

باإلضافة إىل االحتفال باملناسبات الدينية، إذ امتألت كلية السالمة بالزينة والصور الرائعة املعربة عن فرحة املولد النبوي الشريف، كما أهنا نظمت احتفاال مميزا لطالهبا مبناسبة الذكرى العطرة حيث رفع الطالب شعار حياتنا حب حممد صلى اهلل عليه وسلم وأنشدوا املدائح الدينية فرحا باملناسبة، ويف ختام االحتفال مت توزيع خمتلف أنواع احللوى

والعصري على الطالب.

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both in and out of school.

Students are regularly re-

warded with “Rise and

Shine” tokens as they dis-

play positive behaviour

expectations. Each week

student success is celebrat-

ed through our weekly

assemblies, both Upper and

Lower, as class hot air bal-

loons rise on our school

display. Students take their

tokens home every Friday.

If your child brings a token

home please celebrate their

success. You may discuss

with your child how and

why they received a token.

Positive reinforcement will

ensure our students contin-

ue to display positive behav-

iours. To learn a little more about RBM within our

school, you may ask for a

Parent Brochure from the

office.

Remember to have a little

look around school grounds

for posters which empha-

sise the positive behaviours

we expect from our stu-

dents in school.

احلمد هلل والصالة والسالم على رسول اهلل وعلى آله وصحبه، أما بعـد:

لغري الناطقني هبا العربية إنَّ تعليم اللغة يعد جمااًل خصًبا لكثرة الطلب على اللغة.

يف معظم أرجاء املعمورة العربية انتشرتوبلغت ما بلغه اإلسالم وارتبطت حبياة املسلمني فأصبحت لغة العلم واألدب والسياسة واحلضارة فضاًل عن كوهنا لغة

الدين والعبادة.تنبع من نواٍح عّدة العربية إنَّ أمهية اللغة

أمهها: ارتباطها الوثيق بالدين اإلسالمي والقرءان الكرمي، قال اهلل تعاىل: }إنا

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PICTURE GALLERY

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CHESTER HILL

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Ph: (02) 8760-1000

Fax: (02) 8760-1010

admin@salamah.nsw.edu.au

www.salamah.nsw.edu.au

SALAMAH

COLLEGE

parents that we will be partici-

pating once again this year.

From Monday 8 April, when

you shop at Woolworths you

can collect points from the

checkout operator and stick

them on the points sheet.

Once you have completed a

sheet, simply place it in the

collection box located in the

School Office. You can com-

plete as many points sheets as

you like. Points sheets will be

sent home with students, and

are also available at your local

Woolworths Supermarket.

SALAMAH COLLEGE

ON THE INTERNET We are very excited to an-

nounce that you can now

keep up to date with events

and important information and

much more by following us

on:

Website:

www.salamah.nsw.edu.au

Twitter: https://twitter.com/

SalamahCollege

Facebook: https://

www.facebook.com/

Salamah.College

VISITING THE SCHOOL

We would like to remind

parents that they are not per-

mitted to enter the school

grounds during the day. This

includes lunch and recess

breaks. If you need to see

your child, you must enquire

at the school office, where

staff will bring your child to

you.

If parents would like to speak

to their child’s teacher at any stage, they must contact the

school office to make an ap-

pointment with the relevant

teacher.

MEDICINE AT SCHOOL

If your child needs to be given

any type of medication during

the day, YOU MUST

COME TO THE SCHOOL

OFFICE. Details of dosage

and time to be given must be

provided to office staff. No

medicine is to be left in

the student’s school bag.

WOOLWORTHS EARN

& LEARN Following the success of the

Woolworths Earn & Learn

Program at our school last

year, we would like to advise

LUNCH ORDERS Parents are reminded to write

a lunch order for their children

before they arrive at school.

Please ensure that you have

ordered from the menu, select-

ing items available on the day,

as well as making sure you have

placed the correct amount of

money with your order.

A R A B I C & H I G H

SCHOOL BOOK PACKS Parents who have not yet pur-

chased Arabic books in Primary

School, or the High School

Text Book Packs are urged to

do so by the end of this term.

Please finalise book orders at

the School Main Office.

PRAYER CLOTHES All girls from Years 2-9 are

expected to have the correct

prayer clothes with them every

day to perform prayer at

school.

If you have not yet purchased

the one-piece prayer garment,

please place your order at the

School Main Office as soon as

possible.

MORE NEWS FROM THE MAIN OFFICE

Education Faith Discipline

LATE BREAKING NEWS

YEARS K-2 ATHLETICS CARNIVAL The K-2 Athletics Carnival was postponed and will now be held next term. A letter will be sent out

to advise you of the new date.

YEARS 3-6 ATHLETICS CARNIVAL REPORT The students from years 3-6 participated in the second Salamah College Athletics Carnival on Tues-

day 2 April. It was a lovely day with beautiful weather, and the students enjoyed the many events of

the day.

They competed against each other in individual races of various lengths, collecting points for their

house. Students cheered each other on from the grandstand, hoping their team would be the team

to win on the day.

The students showed great sportsmanship throughout, and all involved enjoyed a wonderful day.

COMING UP IN TERM 2 Term 2 is fast approaching, and we look forward to:

* School Photographs * NAPLAN Tests * Excursions

* New Classrooms * School Reports * Student Portfolios

* Parent/Teacher Interviews-Primary