we wish all students and staff a safe and happy holiday! School will resume on Monday October 19th . Let us also remember the victims of natural disasters this week in Indonesia, the Pacific (Samoa/Tonga) and the Philippines. May Allah ease their pain and give them strength in this very difficult time.

Arkana College was thrilled to have hosted Hon. John Ajaka from the NSW parliament. Mr. Ajaka distributed NAPLAN, UNSW English high achiever awards as well as two sporting awards. He reminded students of his 3 step key to success: Serve God, serve family, serve community. He described his own struggle in a family who immigrated from Lebanon and how he perservered until he achieved his goals of becoming a solicitor and being admitted to the parliament of NSW. Mr. Ajaka was inspirational and we thank him for his time.

in the national numeracy/literacy exams Arkana college performed with distinction and the class average for both Yr. 3 and Yr. 5 were both significantly above the national average!

Band 6 is the highest possible Band for Yr. 3 71% of our Yr. 3 students achieved at least one Band 6 for Literacy and 41% achieved a Band 6 in Numeracy.

band 8 is the highest possible Band for Yr. 5 30% of our Yr. 5 students achieved at least one Band 8 forLiteracy and 20% achieved a Band 8 in Numeracy

Simply Outstanding!

Arkana College achieved magnificent results in the recent UNSW ICAS English exams. These demanding exams are written by some of the leading schools in Australia and abroad. Arkana College achieved 1High Distinction, 12 Distinctions and 31 Credits. These are astonishing results given that we only have 83 students between Yr. 3-Yr. 6 who all sat for the test. Almost every student also comes from a non English speaking background. In particular we acknowledge Youssef Moussa of Yr. 3 whom achieved a High Distinction!

The Principal of Arkana College was honoured to be the MC at an Iftar organised by the Affinity Intercultural Foundation at the NSW State Parliament on 01/09/09. The event, co hosted by the ALP, Liberals and Nationals was attended by numerous members of parliament from all sides of the political spectrum including some government ministers. Leaders of numerous religions, community groups, senior police and academics were also present as were consular heads from numerous missions. The night was a triumph for all that is good about a multicultural Australia and it’s encouraging for the Affinity Intercultural Foundation  to represent the Muslim community in making a meaningful effort to form partnerships and friendships with people and communities from all walks of life. The night included an award ceremony for members of the community who have contributed toward a more inclusive and peaceful society.

Arkana College will be celebrating National Literacy/Numeracy week between 31st August - 4th September. Students will participate in numerous activities including writing competitions and a reading safari. They are also participating in a nationewide mathematics activity.

Arkana College had it’s Book Week Character Parade yesterday and this event just grows from strength to strength each year. Students and staff dressed up as popular characters from classical childrens stories including Harry Potter, Cinderella, Snow White and many, many more. The highlight was Mr. Puglisi dressing as the Fairy Godmother!! We appreciate all parents who made the effort to attend and share this event with us.

Ou students once again did very well in the challenging UNSW ICAS Science exams with Yr. 3-5 scoring above the national average whist Yr. 6 achieved the national average. I was particularly impressed at the 8 distinctions and 19 credits that were awarded to our school. This is a very large number for a small school and  I look forward to similar news from Mathematics and English tests when those results are released.

Congratulations to our girl’s senior soccer team who are the zone soccer champions for the second successive year. Due to wet weather the match was cancelled and Arkana was deemed to be the zone champions by finishing at the top of the table. The Arkana team was again undefeated and we congratulate the girl’s and their coach, Mrs. Boothroyd

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Microsoft Word - ARKANA COLLEGE Annual report 2008-AGM-2009-0610 _final_.pdf