students' corner

compiled by Jean Claude Attard

The students of the Verdala Boys' Junior Lyceum welcome you to their corner full of information about the various activities held in our school.

euro changeover national art exhibition

The Euro Changeover National Art Exhibition will be held next March 2008 at the Robert Sammut Hall in Floriana. Our school shall be represented by Matthew Abela, Karl Azzopardi, Joseph Vella and Andre Gialanze, all of which are current form 5 students. The general public is encouraged to visit.

malta vs hungary - 2-1

'It was a great match' was the comment of the students present at the National Stadium, Ta' Qali to support the National Team. Thanks to that year's Headmaster Mr Huber, Mr Schembri (PSD), Mr Psaila (Physics) and M. DeBattista (Maltese), private transport was hired by the Students' Council. That match was a historical one since the National Team won 2-1, the first victory on our soil after the 2-0 victory over Greece (in 1975) in the same competition. These photos show the students of our school celebrating after a goal for the National side has been scored and also a general view of the match against Lithuania.

christmas decorations

At our school, students participate with great determination in the Christmas decorations. A Christmas Tree is put in the Foyer where it is carefully decorated. Students also decorate their own classes and the corridors. This photo shows students, together with Assistant Head, Mr. R. Vella, decorating one of the School Blocks for Christmas.

global education week 2007

Four fourth formers from our school joined other students in the Global Education Week seminar organised by the North-South Centre. The students accompanied by Ms DeBattista, were Agius Sven, Attard Jean Claude, Mangion Daniel and Mifsud Jurgen. During the seminar, our school representatives presented 3 PowerPoint presentations together with a short play written by the students and received certificates from Mr Said, who together with Ms DeBattista, is the co-ordinator of the Global Education Week in Malta.

animal awareness day 07

On the 4th of October 2007, Andre Gialanze, Jean-Claude Attard and Form 1C participated in the activity organised by the school's college to celebrate 'Animal Awareness Day'.

Our school expertly presented by a short mime courtesy of Form 1C under the guidance of Mr M Azzopardi while Jean-Claude and Andre made PowerPoint presentations dealing with 'Animals in Human Life' and 'The Island Sanctuary'. Prior to this event, Andre had visited the Island Sanctuary together with Mr K Balzan and Ms M Grech, in order to research his subject.

malta vs moldova - 2-3

euro winner!

Joseph Vella, a Form 5 student at our school has been declared winner of the competition entitled 'Malta and the Euro' organised in collaboration with the EU.

The design; mostly executed in hard edge technique, features the 'gardjola' entwined with the euro symbol and various cuttings from local newspapers that reported about Malta's last preparations in adopting the new currency.

Joseph's work will be featured in a commemorative magazine supplement which shall be distributed for free with the Sunday Times issue of December 30th.

Other competitors representing Verdala BJL with equally valid entries were Andre Gialanze (first runner up in Heritage Malta's Terracotta Soldier Competition 2007), Karl Azzopardi and Matthew Abela.

Throughout these last years, Art option students have made their school proud by successfully competing and participating in various curricular and extra curricular activities. This certainly consolidates the rich artistic tradition that Verdala BJL is well known for.

Keith Balzan
Art Teacher

art

Art has always been a favourite Option in our school. The following medley of photos demonstrate students' and ex students' artworks executed in various media including acrylic, chalk pastels, ink and aquarelles.

Students who would like to pursue Art as an Option subject, may consult Mr K Balzan or Mr R Darmanin for advice.