News Primary
25 August 2017
Our Junior School girls from Year 5A participated in a wonderful intercultural exchange program on Friday, 25 August 2017 when Malaysian students visited Al ¾ÞÈéÊÓƵ ¾ÞÈéÊÓƵ as part of the Global ¾ÞÈéÊÓƵ Students Outreach (GISO) program conducted by their university.
Students from Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) selected Al ¾ÞÈéÊÓƵ to spend all of Friday with our young Junior School students in a highly interactive session, enjoyed both by our students and their Malaysian counterparts. Our students were treated to traditional Malaysian games and foods, learnt about Malaysian clothing and were also able to display and wear samples. In return, our students presented their guests with hand painted boomerangs they had made earlier in their class in anticipation of the program.
USIM aspires to produce a generation of balanced multi-lingual leaders who are respected, referred and relevant with a social conscience. Recognised as USIM’s highly successful flagship programs, GISO outreach projects are merit based which are initiated and implemented overseas using funds raised by the staff and students. To date more than 40 countries have benefitted from this program, alhamdulillah. Thank you for allowing Al ¾ÞÈéÊÓƵ ¾ÞÈéÊÓƵ to be part of this great initiative.
BECS (Melbourne), Post DEd Primary (Melbourne), MEd (IB), (Melbourne), Cert in IE Feuerstein (FIE) – Std & Basic
Shahidah was a key staff member of Al ¾ÞÈéÊÓƵ ¾ÞÈéÊÓƵ when it was first established in 2009. With her passion and enthusiasm, she hoped to be an effective and inspirational leader for Al ¾ÞÈéÊÓƵ ¾ÞÈéÊÓƵ, a school that has the potential for providing opportunities for high academic achievement and personal growth for all of its student population.
Shahidah has accomplished 16 years of teaching and administrative experiences in a variety of school settings in Singapore and Australia. These opportunities have enabled her to develop strong communication, interpersonal, organisational and leadership skills that have allowed her to cultivate a supportive learning environment at Al ¾ÞÈéÊÓƵ.
In a management role in Singapore as the Education Director of Al Khair Education Centre, Shahidah was involved in setting up the centre, and contributed to the successful planning, and management of curriculum program for 600 students aged 3-6 years. This experience also involved facilitating and supervising 35 staff to create a flourishing learning and working environment. From 2006 - 2008 she taught at Australian International Academy, which was her first introduction to the International Baccalaureate program and inspired her to further her studies in teaching.
Shahidah graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Early Childhood Studies as well as a Post Graduate Diploma in Primary Teaching. In 2013 she completed a Master of Education (International Baccalaureate), and is fully trained through the Feuerstein’s Instrumental Enrichment Program in developing cognitive strategies in children.
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