THURSDAY 23rd OF OCTOBER TERM 4, ISSUE 31 2014 29/10: 29/10: 30/10: 31/10: 03/11: 04/11: DATES TO REMEMBER VCE Unit 3/4 Exams commence Turkish Republic Day/29 Ekim Cumhuriyet Bayrami Early Finish 1PM - School Concert CURRICULUM DAY - NO SCHOOL MELBOURNE CUP - NO SCHOOL MELBOURNE CUP - NO SCHOOL MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL Congratulations and Thank You To Asel Gundogdu from 1/2B for doing so well in the Br idges Reading pr ogr am and a big congratulations to Ali Vikic 1/2B for completing the Bridges program. These two students are making very good progress with their reading. Well done to both of you. Maybe you could come and read your book to me! To Sienna Bektas and Fatima Albir from 3/4W for picking up someone else's r ubbish off the floor before prayer begins. It is lovely to see students taking pride in their school. Well done to both of you. To Zeina Muhammad (3/4T) and Rayyan Siddiqui (7W) for opening the door to let teachers through. It is pleasing to see students showing good manners and respect for their teachers. To all the Grade 3/4 students for per for ming in the Inter faith Concer t at Spr invale Town Hall on Tuesday. All students did a very good job and represented the College well. See the report below. To Barbaros Yenilmez and Kerem Durak from 5S for wor king extr emely har d this term to improve their organisation skills and stay focused during class. Their high level of effort, persistence and determination to achieve their goals this term has led to great improvements in their learning. Well done boys and continue the hard work! To Sadri Abazi, Mariam Adam, Naimo Hussein, Sarah Limani, Freshta Malistani, Mersim Memeti and Zeynep Ozyurek in 8E for achieving new per sonal best mar ks in their Coordinates Math Test! It is pleasing to see the progress they are making. Keep working hard everyone. To Yahya Forrest for getting an A+ and Elma Besic for getting an A in their English Language topic test. These are very pleasing results. Keep up the good work. Greater Dandenong Combined Schools Interfaith Gathering On Tuesday 21st October all Grade 3/4 students attended the Springvale Town Hall for the Greater Dandenong Combined Schools Interfaith Gathering with students from many other local schools. Our students performed the Islamic song “Your Mother” beautifully. Special congratulations to Atakan Yan and Zeina Mohamed for their introductory speeches. They spoke clearly and confidently. Well done to all those who attended. I believe everyone enjoyed watching the performances from each of the schools. Last Day for Year 12 Students! This Wednesday our Year 12 students officially finished school. They now have a week of revision before their English VCE next Wednesday. This Wednesday they had normal classes in the morning followed by lunch with their teachers. During the afternoon; after prayer; they were allowed to have some fun activities on the soccer ground. Luckily it was a nice warm day and they had water fights, covered each other in shaving cream and water bombs with food dye!! They all looked a bit of a mess but did a great job cleaning up. I wish all our Year 12 students success with their VCE examinations and their future lives. Congratulation to the following Year 12 students: Emin Acikyurt, Sara Ahmed, Serhan Akgul, Semanur Alper, Kadir Andac, Berkay Atalay, Furkan Atlay, Melek Balcioglu, Busra Cicekdag, Seray Ercingoz, Tamana Malistani, Arsen Memeti, Abdirisak Osman, Liron Shukri, Selim Tairi and Hale Yurtsever. VCE Examinations The English VCE Examination, which is always the first one after Languages, is on next Wednesday 29th October. All students sitting their VCE must complete English. Students will then be attending school on the days they have their examinations. Students must be at school well before the time of their exam and in full uniform. They must be at the College at least 20 minutes before the exam, although I strongly suggest even earlier in case they get held up in traffic. It is a legal requirement that all examinations commence on time and we cannot wait for anyone who is late! Also remember that there are VCE examinations on the Monday before Melbourne Cup even if there are no other students on that day. Further Mathematics and Business Management are both on Monday 3rd November. Good luck to all our students taking their VCE examinations. The Examinations will take place in Room 15 in the Secondary building. Notices will be put up when examinations are taking place and we request that everyone remains quiet near that room during that time. Sausage Sizzle This Friday there is a Sausage sizzle at school. Notes went out last week. If you have not received a note please contact the office. It is $3 for a sausage and bread. Drinks can be purchased from the canteen as usual. The Sausage Sizzle is being organised by the Year 12 students to help pay for their Graduation on the 5th December. Please support the students and enjoy a sausage lunch! Primary School Concert Next Thursday 30th October is the Primary School concert. Tickets have been selling very well. If you have not purchased your tickets yet I suggest you do so as soon as possible to make sure you do not miss out. All Primary School students need to be at the Frankston Art Centre at 6.30pm to be ready for a 7.00pm start. Please ensure that your children are at the Arts Centre on time. Thank you to all the parents who have been organising costumes for the concert. I hope everyone can attend and enjoy this big event. The staff and students have been working very hard to ensure it is a success. The following day, Friday 31st October is a Curriculum Day to allow students to r ecover . This leads into a long weekend as there is no school for students on the Monday or Tuesday as it the Melbourne Cup Public Holiday. Ms Patricia Gay Principal WORK BY PRIMARY RE STUDENTS NARMEEN MUDASSAR PREP H TAYLA EROĞLU PREP A SCHOOL CONCERT TICKETS ARE ON SALE SEATS ARE SELLING FAST HURRY TO SECURE YOUR PLACE EDA ULUDAĞ PREP A MELEK BALCIOĞLU’S LAST DAY AT MT. HIRA. WE WILL MISS SEEING HER HAPPY FACE AT THE OFFICE . WE WISH MELEK THE BEST OF LUCK WITH HER FURTHER STUDIES. LIBRARY NEWS Dear students, There are way too many books that are overdue and need to be returned to the library. There are many students that are waiting on a few of our popular books to be returned so they can borrow them and they have been waiting a long time. All students with overdue books will not be able to borrow until they have been returned. If you have lost or damaged the book/books please pay a fine of $10 per book. As of next week if the overdue books have not been returned you will be charged 20 cents for each day it is late. Thank you. Miss Ilkay BIRTHDAYS 20/10 - 25/10 Ruquiya Dzamastagic 21/10 Amani Makarem 22/10 Poyraz Dincer 23/10 Burak Sari 23/10 Saleh Dzamastagic 24/10 GIRLS CLUB Dear Parents, This week ‘Girls Club’ activity was making a ‘Tasbih prayer beads’ or as it is called in Arabic ‘Masbaha, ’‫مسبحة‬. Girls have enjoyed this activity in addition they have learnt what to say when using it after prayer. We would like to thank all the girls who have been attending Girls Club without missing any session so far. This shows a remarkable degree of consistency which really makes us as Girls Club team very proud of them. Well done!!! Looking forward to see more girls next Monday. Thank you. Girls Club Team. HADITH OF THE WEEK Oh Allah show us the truth in the form of truth and grant us the wisdom to follow it. Show us falsehood as falsehood and grant us the strength to keep ourselves away from it. Show how us things as they are! Amin CONSTRUCTION AT MT. HIRA - UPDATE Construction of the three new classrooms is progressing nicely and is on track for completion in time for the commencement of the new school year. QUOTE OF THE WEEK MASHALLAH AWARDS RE STUDENTS OF THE WEEK TURKISH TAYLA EROĞLU PREP A İBRAHİM KILIÇ 1/2B SEMRA MEHMET - 8E FOR MEMORISING SURAH AL KAFIRUUN AND PUTTING EFFORT TO IMPROVE HER QURAN READING. ATAKAN YAN 3/4B AYDIN KAYNARKAN 3/4W ENİSHAN AYAZ 6S FRESHTA MALISATANI - 8E FOR SHOWING VERY POSITIVE CLASS WORK QUALITY IN RE. AYŞE BALCIOĞLU 5E HADITH OF THE WEEK Secrets of Surah Al-Kahf!! MUST READ.. Ever wondered why Prophet Muhammad (SAW) asked us to recite Surat Al-Kahf every Friday? This surah has four stories in it, having some morals, lets see them and understand what they are 1) The people of the cave It's the story of young men who lived in a disbelieving town, so they decided to migrate for the sake of Allah and run away. Allah rewards them with mercy in the cave and protection from the sun - they woke up and found the entire village believers. Moral: trial of faith 2) The owner of two gardens A story of a man whom Allah blessed with two beautiful gardens, but the man forgot to thank the one who blessed him with everything and he even dared to doubt Allah regarding the afterlife. So his garden was destroyed - he regretted ,but was too late and his regret did not benefit him. Moral: trial of wealth 3) Musa(as) and Khidr(as) When Musa(as) was asked-“who’s the most knowledgeable of the people of earth?”” Musa(as) said: me…,but Allah revealed to him that there’s someone who knows more than him. Musa(as) traveled to the man and learned how the divine wisdom can sometimes be hidden in matters which we perceive as bad. Moral: trial of knowledge 4) Dhul-qarnayn It's a story of the great king that was given knowledge and power and was going around the world, helping people and spreading all that’s good. He was able to overcome the problem of Yajooj-Majooj and build a massive dam with the help of people whom he could not even understand. Moral: trial of power In the middle of the surah Allah mentions iblees as the one who stirs these trials: Behold! We said to the angels “bow down to Adam”: they bowed down except iblis. he was one of the jinns, and he broke the command of his lord. Will ye then take him and his progeny as protectors rather than me? And they are enemies to you! Evil would be the exchange for the wrongdoers! Now let us see what’s the relationship between surat al-kahf and the dajjal (anti-christ)? Dajjal will appear before day of judgement with the 4 trials: A) He’ll ask people to worship him and not Allah: trial of faith. B) He’ll be given powers to start/stop rain and tempt people with his wealth: trial of wealth. C) He’ll trial people with the “knowledge” and news he gives them: trial of knowledge. D) He’ll control huge parts of the earth: trial of power. CONTINUED…... How to survive these trials? The answers are in Surat Al-Kahf: Survival kit 1: Good companionship “and keep thy soul content with those who call on their lord morning and evening, seeking his face; and let not thine eyes pass beyond them, seeking the pomp and glitter of this life; no obey any whose heart we have permitted to neglect the remembrance of us, one who follows his own desires, whose case has gone beyond all bounds.” (Surat al-kahf, verse 28) Survival kit 2: Knowing the truth of this world “set forth to them the similitude of the life of this world: it is like the rain which we send down from the skies: the earth’s vegetation absorbs it, but soon it becomes dry stubble, which the winds do scatter: it is (only) Allah who prevails over all things” (Surat al-kahf, verse 45) Survival kit 3: Humbleness. [Moses] said, "You will find me, if Allah wills, patient, and I will not disobey you in [any] order." (Surat al-kahf, verse 69) Survival kit 4: Sincerity. “say: “i am but a man like yourselves, (but) the inspiration has come to me, that your Allah is one Allah whoever expects to meet his lord, let him work righteousness, and, in the worship of his lord, admit no one as partner.” (Surat al- kahf, verse 110) Survival kit 5: Calling to Allah. “and recite (and teach) what has been revealed to thee of the book of thy lord: none can change his words, and none wilt thou ? and as a refuge other than him.” (surat al-kahf, verse 27) Survival kit 6: Remembering the Hereafter. “ one day we shall remove the mountains, and thou wilt see the earth as a level stretch, and we shall gather them, all together, nor shall we leave out any one of them. and they will be marshalled before thy lord in ranks, (with the announcement), “now have ye come to us (bare) as we created you at first: aye, ye thought we shall not fulfill the appointment made to you to meet (us)!”: and the book (of deeds) will be placed (before you); and thou wilt see the sinful in great terror because of what is (recorded) therein; they will say, “ah! woe to us! what a book is this! it leaves out nothing small or great, but takes account thereof !” they will find all that they did, placed before them: and not one will thy lord treat with injustice.” (surat al-kahf, verses 47-49) YEAR 12 MUCK UP DAY