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ISSUE 7 TERM 4 ||
DECEMBER 2020
The Official Newsletter of Islamic College Of Melbourne
MAYBE A HEADLINE
OUR END OF YEAR ISSUE: Many events from Primary & Secondary, Graduations,
Secondary Awards, French IB Breakfast, Primary Art & Creativity and more!
ISLAMIC COLLEGE OF MELBOURNE FAITH. KNOWLEDGE. SUCCESS.
Principal’s Message We have been positively working to introduce the
IB Diploma Programme which will commence in
2021. The IB Diploma Programme will offer students
an international level of education that will prepare
students for an interconnected world. The IB Diploma
Programme is recognised and welcomed by leading
universities and colleges around the world.
In Term 1, 2020, Australia and the world learnt about
the spread of the new virus, Covid-19. Unfortunately,
most of Term 2 and all of Term 3 were unusual with
students not attending school onsite due to the
implementation of the Distance E-Learning plans.
As we followed the authorities’ instructions and the
advice of experts, the College was forced to cancel
several events throughout the year. Although, the virus
had a major impact on our lives and mental health, the
Islamic College of Melbourne is proud to be amongst
Assalamualaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh. the top tiered schools who were most prepared,
dealt swiftly the changes required and implemented
I would like to start my message by thanking all
outstanding plans for our school community.
parents, students, staff and community members for all
the hard work and continuous support this year. Indeed The College was able to return to some sort of
2020 has been an unusual challenging year. normality in Term 4, with the return of students and
staff to onsite learning. Alhamdulillah, the College was
Alhamdulillah, every year the College is overwhelmed
able to smoothly transition from the E-Learning plan to
with the community’s trust. This is reflected in the
onsite learning with little disruption to
strong enrolment interest at the College. The College
students’ learning.
has grown from 97 students in 2011 to over 1,400
students enrolled for 2021. The ICOM debating team have been extremely
impressive this year. Our students have proudly
As the College continues to grow, so does the
won several debates against some very competitive
improvements and expansion in its facilities.
schools around Victoria. Alhamdulillah, even with
Construction commenced in Term 2, of the new
the pandemic, ICOM’s debating teams were able to
double-story library and cafeteria building. The
participate in many online competitions and achieve
building will include a new modern cafeteria, 5
strong wins. Congratulations to our debating team and
classrooms, spacious College library, multiple multi-
Coordinator for their outstanding
purpose areas and offices. Construction is progressing
achievements this year.
rapidly and the new building is expected to be
completed by early 2021 insha’Allah. Even though we have had to cancel many events
this year due to the pandemic, the College was still
One of our proud achievements in 2020 was the
able to successfully celebrate many weeks and days
International Baccalaureate (IB) registration approval to
throughout the year, including: Literacy Weeks,
run this prestigious program at the College.
Character Day, STEM Week, Hajj Week, Arabic Week
and many other successful events.
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Principal’s Message
(Continued)
To finish the year, even though parents were unable to attend, the College held its annual end of year events.
These events included the Foundation Graduation, the Year 6 Graduation, the Secondary Awards & Scholarship
Ceremony and the Year 12 Graduation.
Congratulations to all the Year 12 graduates of 2020. No matter the challenges you have faced this year, you
have managed to do a brilliant job. I wish you all the best in your future endeavors and hope you continue to be
resilient in any difficult situations you may be put into in the future.
We pray that 2021 will be a pandemic free year. With the plans we have in place for 2021, I have no doubt that 2021
will be a successful and outstanding year at ICOM. Thank you all for your support and I wish you a safe and nice
break insha’Allah.
I hope to see you all back refreshed after the break!
Dr Abdul M. Kamareddine
College Principal
Important Reminders
• Semester 2 reports will be uploaded to the Parent Portal on the 10th of December. Please ensure that
your school fees are up to date to view your child’s report.
• With new items, including uniform and other school items, please ensure your child’s name and class is
clearly marked to avoid items getting lost.
• Parents & guardians are reminded to inform the College of any changes to your personal details,
including mobile numbers and emergency contacts.
• If there are any changes or updates to your child’s medical condition please inform the College nurse.
• Parents & guardians are reminded that in Term 1 students are to be wearing the summer uniform as
per the uniform policy.
LOST PROPERTY: The College currently have 5 unclaimed school blazers which have been in lost
property for a number of months. These blazers are of a smaller size. If your child has lost a blazer please
contact Lois the College nurse.
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Enrolment Information
Foundation Enrolments
Foundation Enrolments for 2021 are now closed. (closed 21/5/2020)
Foundation Enrolments for 2022 are now open. (closing 20/5/2021)
Year 1–7 Enrolments
Year 1–7 Enrolments for 2021 are now closed. (closed 21/5/2020)
Expressions of Interest for Year 1–7 in 2022 are now open. (closing 20/5/2021)
Year 8–12 Enrolments
Year 8–12 Enrolments for 2021 are now closed. (closed 21/5/2020)
Expressions of Interest for Year 8–12 in 2022 are now open. (closing 30/7/2021)
For Year 11 IB Diploma Programme Enrolments
Year 11 IB & Year 12 IB Enrolments for 2021 are now closed. (closed 21/5/2020)
Expressions of Interest for Year 11 & Year 12 IB in 2022 are now open. (closing 30/7/2021)
For Secondary Accelerated Program (SAP) Enrolments
Year 7 SAP, Year 8 SAP & Year 9 SAP Enrolments for 2021 are now closed. (closed 21/5/2020)
Expressions of Interest for Year 7, 8 & 9 SAP in 2022 are now open. (closing 30/7/2021)
Ms Incigneri & Mr Sirilas, part of our PE & Health team at ICOM.
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Important Dates
December 4, 2020. December 7, 2020. 14 December, 2020.
Year 1–11 Students Year 12 Graduation. Admin Office closes for
Last Day of School. the Term break.
14 January, 2021. 26 January, 2021. 27 January, 2021.
Admin Office reopens Australia Day Public Year 1–12 Students
for Term 1, 2021. Holiday (College closed). commence Term 1, 2021.
28 January, 2021. 8 March, 2021. 31 March, 2021.
Foundation Students Labour Day Public Holiday Last day of Term 1 for
commence Term 1, 2021. (College closed). students.
Our Y6 Coordinator Mr Gray organizing Primary students during an activity.
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Year 2: Narrative Dress Up Day
On Friday, the 6th of November the Year 2 students participated in a narrative
dress up. What a fantastic event this was! It was great to see students portraying
various book characters and dressing up as their own characters.
Students loved learning about all the characters in their class and used this in their
narrative writing pieces. We even had a parade to display all of our characters.
What a fantastic day the Year 2 students had!
Ms Stephanie Allen
Year 2 Teacher
A successful Year 2 Narrative dress up day enjoyed by the Year 2 students.
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Year 6: Genius Hour
During term four, the Year 6 students had the opportunity to discover their inner
genius through our dedicated Genius Hour lessons.
In this time, the students were able come up with their own inquiry question
to research and created engaging presentations for the Year 4 and 5 students
to experience. The Year 6 students thoroughly enjoyed sharing what they had
learnt through these presentations focusing on topics such as black holes, various
environmental issues, and dinosaurs! Students could also win a prize for answering
a Genius Hour quiz correctly.
Ms Maylaa Ajaj
Year 6 Teacher
Student’s participating and learning new things during Genius Hour.
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Year 2: Woodworking Tools Incursion
Year 2 students had so much fun building a billy cart. Students learnt how to safely use
hammers, nails, sandpaper and pliers to create their very own wooden billy cart. It was great to
see students make the connection between how a billy cart moves and our integrated
unit on forces.
The Year 2 students were able to identify the different push and pull forces that can be applied
to the billy cart. The best thing about this incursion was that we learnt new skills and had
fun doing so.
Ms Stephanie Allen
Year 2 Teacher
Students using woodworking tools safely to create a wooden toy billy cart.
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Year 6: Graduation Ceremony
A selection of photos from the 2020 Y6 Graduation.
The Year 6 cohort spending the last of their Primary school time together.
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Some of our Primary students receiving their graduation certificates and awards.
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COVID-19 Resources & Helpful Links
Latest Federal Updates on Covid-19 (Updated regularly):
https://www.health.gov.au/
Victorian Government DHHS Twitter page (Updated regularly):
https://www.twitter.com/vicgovdhhs
Covid-19 Goverment Home Safety Plan
https://t2m.io/home-safety-plan
ICOM COVID-19 Wellbeing Pack:
https://www.t2mio.com/icomwellbeing
Mental Health Support for those in Isolation:
https://www.t2mio.com/covid-mentalhealth
Official Victorian Government Key Updates and support:
https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/
Covid-19 Information for older Australians:
https://www.t2mio.com/covid-elderly
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2020 Secondary
Awards Presentation
A selection of photos from the 2020 Secondary Awards Presentation.
Our Secondary Awards event was a positive way to end the year, highlighting our student's academic achievements.
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Some of our Secondary students receiving their awards
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Foundation
Graduation
On Tuesday 1st of December, the 2020 Foundation
students celebrated their graduation by holding a
school concert in the gym with every foundation
class having their own spectacular performance
on stage. It was great that we could have the Year
1 and Year 2 students attend as our audience. The
Foundation Teachers are extremely proud of all the
students this year, their participation and effort was
absolutely extraordinary. Thank you Foundation 2020
students, you were amazing!
Ms Michelle Culjak
Foundation A Teacher
Foundation students preparing for their big graduation day performances..
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The Foundation students were well prepared and executed their performances perfectly!
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Performances involved dressing up, singing and actions to match the words. Well done Foundation graduates.
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Primary Art & Creativity
End of Year Gallery
Abeeha, 1E. Aiman, 4A. Menaal, 2D.
Amsyar, 3C. Farhan, 3D. Farhan, 3D. Farhan, 3D.
Tanisha, 6C. Tooba, 6A. Nadia, 3C.
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Primary Art & Creativity
End of Year Gallery
Armina, 5C. Hajer, 4A. Mina, 2C.
Ayra, 2A. Nada, 5C. Sarah, 5A.
Anaya, 5D. Zakaria, 5B.
Ms Lamia Al-Asaly
Primary Art Teacher
Khaled, 2D. Anquirra, 1C.
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French kicks off at ICOM
Alhamdulillah, the bizarre wave of events that was 2020 did end on a positive note for many. ICOM recently
earned approval to begin teaching the IB Diploma Programme at year 11 & 12 level, so some of us teachers got
right on to planning excursions and functions.
This year therefore marks the beginning of French teaching at ICOM, starting with 2021’s year 10 & 11 students.
To commemorate this moment, I organised a workshop with the French classes that featured a sumptuous
array of breakfast food to motivate learning with our fingers, mouths and noses.
2021’s IB French students were treated to an introductory French workshop and extravagant French breakfast courtesy of Mr Siddiqi and the Secondary Team.
On the last teaching day of Term 4, ICOM’s French students sampled some croissants from Essendon’s Parisian
Bakery, served with sweet sides of Nutella, strawberries, jam and fruit juice. There were Belgian waffles served
with bananas and coffee, and students, on top of all that, were offered little dabs of truffle honey to widen
their gastronomic horizons.
Mr Hakan Oser even joined in on the action cooking up his own French toast à la Turc. Suffice to say it was
une expérience très délicieuse! I’m looking forward to seeing these smiling faces again in 2021.
Mr Ahmad Siddiqi
Secondary French Teacher
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ICOM’s annual Student Literature
magazine, Stylus.
Available digitally via issuu.com or
collect a printed copy from the ICOM Admin Office.
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Secondary Library News
The library is going virtual (online) now that the summer holiday is here.
We have something available for you, something you can read, and something you can listen to.
E-books, Audiobooks, e-magazines and movies, a treat for your eyes and ears.
Wyndham Library e-membership is what you need so apply now before it is too late!
Click here to apply for a Wyndham Library e-membership.
Click here for a YouTube video showing step-by-step how to become an eLibrary Member.
This is an initiative from the Islamic College of Melbourne & Wyndham City Library.
You may also view movies and documentaries on ClickView using your school email address and password.
Email all Secondary Library enquiries to:
z.latip@icom.vic.edu.au.
Ms Zetty Latip
Secondary Librarian
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Primary Library News
The year has quickly ended. A friendly reminder to return all library books, including the take home
reader books before the year finishes.
Keep up with reading 20 minutes every day & have a wonderful and great holiday.
See you all next year in 2021 Insha’Allah.
Featured Book
Koala Lou
Author: Mem Fox
Illustrations: Pamela Lofts
Date published: 2008
The adventures of Koala Lou. She trained for the Bush
Olympics and competed in it. Her mother supports her
all the way. Watch it online using the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t-grK7m8k0 An aerial photo of the new Library in the later stages of construction.
REMINDER: There will be no borrowing
for the rest of the 2020 year.
Jazak’Allah Kheiraan.
Ms Haifa Atatreh
Teacher Librarian
Winner’s of our library quiz receiving their gift cards.
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ICOM Channel
Click here to subscribe to the Islamic College of Melbourne YouTube Channel or feel free to browse through 9
of our most recent YouTube videos below, click the images to view the videos through YouTube directly.
Subscribing to the ICOM YouTube channel with notifications on will allow you to receive helpful notifications from
YouTube whenever we upload a new Islamic College of Melbourne Video.
ICOMTalks Episode 4 Welcome Back to our Primary students
ICOM Primary Arabic Week
Obstacles at school & the right Mindset for Term 4!
2020 ICOM Quran Competition ICOM Wellbeing Department T-Shirt ICOMTalks Episode 3
Secondary Highlights & Winners Design Competition Winners Students and Covid-19 Lockdowns
ICOMTalks Episode 2: Dismantling STEM Week - 3D Printing with STEM Week - Engineer’s Insight
Discrimination Discussion Mr Mutassem
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Debating Celebration Brunch
On Friday 6th November the Senior Debating Team were treated to a
brunch to say thank you for their incredible efforts over the course of
2021. Participation awards were handed out to all teams across Year
9, 10 and 11 and some kind words were said by Assistant Principal Mr
Koubar and the Debating Coordinator Mr Carrington.
The brunch was a chance to reflect on an incredible year for the
ICOM Debating Teams. Hibah Hashim, Warresha Akhtar and Ibshar
Rahman finished 1st place in the D Grade Competition. Hibah Hashim
also won the prestigious Swanney Award, reflecting her achievement
as the highest scoring Year 9 debater in 2020. Mohammed Al-Khalidi,
Ali Ali and Huzaifa Qidwai also participated in the Monash University
Asian Studies Debating Competition, a first for ICOM, and only
narrowly missed out on making the finals.
Our public speaking program is also going from strength to strength,
with Maryam Al-Gubri and Ammar Qidwai entering powerful
speeches to the Plain English Speaking Competition.
The junior debating teams also experienced fantastic results in
their competition over Term 4, with two Year 7 & 8 teams finishing
undefeated after three rounds. Iraj Rizvi, Marwa Al-Khalidi and
Mahnoor Asif finished as the highest scoring debaters in our junior
region. Well done, girls!
In 2021, ICOM look forward to hosting the junior debating competition
again, playing host to many other schools from across the Western
suburbs.
Mr Jarrod Carrington
Debating Coordinator
2020, ICOM’s most successful debating year.
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The ICOM debating team receiving their certificates.
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Year 3: Big Science
Show Incursion!
On the 5th of November, as part of the Science
Unit Melting Moments, our Year 3 students
participated in the ‘Mad about Science Big
Science Show’. They explored the properties of
air, electricity and fire.
Our presenter Lucy captivated students with
experiments including the flying tea bag and the
static electricity demonstration with a
Van Der Graff generator.
Students were eager to see giant smoke rings
blasted from a rubbish bin. The vortexes of air
sailed through the room and into student faces!
Year 3’s learnt about density and static electricity.
They cheered enthusiastically as air was used to
levitate a beach ball.
The incursion concluded with the toilet paper
experiment. Student volunteers held a toilet roll
on a paint brush roller; Lucy held a leaf blower,
aimed it upwards, turned it on and toilet paper
was propelled across the room.
Our amazing bunch of Year 3 students were in
awe; the room was filled with excitement.
Ms Sabiha Sahin
Year 3 Teacher
Feedback? Suggestions? Contact us! newsletter@icom.vic.edu.au @IslamicCollegeMelbourne
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