RV

Hello everyone,

Another busy term is ahead of us. Students are learning various topics according to their year level but besides that we are always trying to cover manners, ethics in Islam which they will need throughout their life. When it comes to different year levels;

• Year 7s are learning about essentials of worship such as manners in the mosque, personal hygiene, intention, wudu (ablution) and etc...
• After covering all the prophets life with year 8s we are learning Prophet Muhammad`s life broadly.
• And year 9s are working on `science of the Quran`, we have covered the first revelation, the completion of the Quran, how it was formed into a book and so on. Besides, year 9s are contributing the science week with their posters which has information about environment. They had to find some verses from the Quran about the nature, water and animals. They have done beautiful job. Come and see their work in building A. Some of the verses are as follows:
• "...And do not desire corruption in the land. Indeed, God does not like corruptors. " Qur'an 28:77
• "And Allah has sent down rain from the sky and given life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who listen." (Qur'an, 16:65)
• And in their final year of having RV; year 10s are learning about angels and prophets (responsibilities, roles and characteristics of the prophets).

Students are informed that there will be a reading competition that ISRA organizes. The link below has information about the competition. For further assistance you can always your child`s RV teacher.

P.S. Assignments are coming up students will have tests in week 5 and week 9. Also they need to complete their projects by week 8.

VCE

Biology excursion

Year 12 Biology workshop at Melbourne University

Year 12 Biology students attended a genetics workshop at Melbourne University where they had a chance to work with very sophisticated equipment only available at universities. They also had an opportunity to observe the research scientists at work, besides working on the procedures like Gel Electrophoresis, PCR and genetic mutations.

Biology Excursion

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Biology Excursion

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Elevate- year 11 time management program

Elevate

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Elevate

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Sirius About Sleep

For the third consecutive year, Unit ¾ VCE Psychology students participated in an incursion with a Sleep Scientist from Epworth Hospital. Throughout the term, students have been exploring content about ‘Sleep’, an altered state of consciousness that we spend approximately 1/3 of our lives in! Sleep is such a fascinating topic for the students as it is applicable to all of their lives.

Each evening we progress through 5 stages of sleep. In each of those stages there are certain physiological measures that indicate which stage of sleep we are in. Some of those measures are: electrical activity of the brain, heart, muscles, and muscles surrounding the eyes.

Today, the class got the opportunity to see how scientists study patients who have problems with their sleep. We recreated our very own sleep lab in the C Block! Our patient for the day was Sofia and she had the pleasurable task of, sleeping! Sofia was hooked up to a range of physiological devices prior to sleeping. As Sofia drifted off into sleep, the class was able to observe the physiological changes occurring as she progressed from being awake to being asleep.

It was a very informative and engaging incursion that consolidated the students understanding of concepts related to sleep.

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