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Animal Awareness Day
On this particular day, the school held a special assembly organised
by Mr. P. Rapa and Ms. R. Debono. There were two performances held:
at 9.00am for Years 4-7 and at 12.45pm for Years 1-3. The assembly
started with a powerpoint showing various animals. Children were
stunned by the beauty of these animals. Then the choir sang "Kemm
inti Kbir". Mr. Rapa then read prayers thanking God for creating
animals and asking Him to bless them and help us respect them. The
choir sang "Prayer of St. Francis". After that four children from
6A, 6B, 6C and Year 7 read four poems. These were "Il-Farfett", "The
Hedgehog", "Goodbye" and "A Kitten." All prayers, songs and poems
were accompanied by powerpoint presentations. Finally, Ms. Debono
and Mr. Rapa entertained the children with a funny puppet show
featuring different animal puppets. Children really enjoyed the
activity and it is hoped that the lesson for the need to respect all
animals has been learned by all.
October 16th: Educational Outing to The Limestone Heritage -
Siggiewi
This educational outing was organised following a Social Studies
lesson about Maltese stone. We left school at about nine o'clock and
arrived at Siggiewi at quarter past nine. After waiting for a short
time we were led to the audio-visual room where we watched a short
video about Maltese Limestone and its uses over the centuries. Then
we were given a pair of headphones and a cassette player and toured
the exhibition which is situated in an unused quarry. After that we
were divided into two groups. One group had a break while the other
had a carving session, then we swapped. Children were given a small
stone slab and carved an image of an animal or flower on it. Then
they kept it as a souvenir. While having our break, some of us
bought souvenirs from the souvenir shop.
It was a very interesting outing and we surely learned a lot from
this experience.
November 13th: Educational Outing to
Tarxien Temples
This educational outing was organised to complement our etwinning
project about Historical places and monuments. We left school at
nine o'clock. When we arrived we were taken on a tour of the temples
by a guide who explained the most important aspects of the temples.
Then the children were divided into two groups. One group was given
a booklet with questions to answer about the temples while the other
group had to draw the temples. After a short break groups swapped
activities. It was a very interesting outing and children surely
learned a lot about our prehistoric temples in Tarxien.
**Click here to view pictures!**
November 22nd and 23rd: School Bazaar
As usual, our school Bazaar was held on the 22nd and 23rd of
November. On sale there were books, stationery, toys, Christmas
decorations, costume jewellery and of course the Christmas Cards
made by Year 6 students. All proceeds will help the school in buying
books and other resources to be used by all students.
November 26th: Visit by our Comenius
Project Partners from Newcastle and Spain
For the past three years, our school has been participating in a
Comenius Project about flight. Now that we are in the final year of
the project, teachers from Spain and England came to visit our
school to see the students' work. For this occasion, Mr.John Mangion
and Ms. Frances Borg, our Science and ICT peripatetic teachers, set
up an exhibition in the school hall displaying all the work that has
been done so far in relation to the project by the students. A short
programme was also organised by Ms. Farrugia, Ms. Rita Debono, Ms.
Joanne Bugeja and Mr. Paul Rapa consisting of songs in Spanish and
English by the school choir as well as the School and National
Anthems. Ms. Janice Muscat accompanied the choir with the piano.
There were also powerpoint presentations about Citruninu, Spain and
Newcastle. Two photostories about the Three Villages and the school
were also included in the programme. Jonathan Chetchuti and Cherise
Borg presented the programme in English and Spanish. Ian
Duivenvoorden and Nicole Mifsud read poems about Citruninu and The
Kite (both poems writte by Ms. Rita Debono). All those prestent for
the programme were very satisfied with the children's performance.
Tuesday 15th January 2008: Visit to
Valletta and His Excellency the President of Malta
On this awaited day, Year 6 and 7 students visited the most
important historical places and monuments in Valletta, among which
were the President's Palace, St. John's Co-Cathedral and Upper
Barrakka Gardens. The students filled in a worksheet while they
toured around Valletta. The highlight of the visit was the meeting
with His Excellency the President of Malta, Dr. E. Fenech Adami. Ms.
Borg, the Head Mistress presented the President with a cheque in aid
of the Community Chest Fund. After delivering a short message, Dr.
Fenech Adami answered the students' questions. It was surely a
memorable experience for all those present.
Wednesday 23rd January 2008: Visit to
B'Kara Boys' Secondary about the choice of Subjects
The students of Years 6 + 7 as well as their parents, were
invited to attend a special activity about the choice of subjects in
Form 1. The students were divided into 4 groups, each one of which
was taken to defferent classes/labs of particular subjects. The
classes visited were: Graphical Communications, Design and
Technology, Foreign Languages and Home Economics. The students were
given an overview of each subject so that they can make a good
decision when coming to choose the subjects they will be studying at
Secondary School.
Friday 25th January 2008: Holocaust
Memorial Day
Since our class (6A) and Year 6C are doing The Crocus Project - a
project about the Holocaust - our teachers Mr. Rapa and Ms. Debono,
prepared a special assembly for this day. First, the school choir
came up the stage with lighted candles, which symbolised the lives
of those who were killed in the Holocaust. Then the choir sang "Evenu
Shalom" a song about peace in Jewish and Maltese. A powerpoint
presentation followed about the Holocaust and reflections about what
happened and what we can do today. The presentation was followed by
the song "You Raised Ne Up" and two poems read by Mr. Rapa and Ms.
Debono: "Imagine" and "Remember Me?". The assembly ended with the
choir singing "Love Shine a Light".
The Year 6 students also watched the film "Anne Frank", to better
understand the terrible fate of Jews between 1939 and 1945 through
the life of this teenage girl from Amsterdam.
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E-Twinning project by year 4.3
This scholastic year our class, Year 4.3,
participated in an e-twinning project. We collaborated with a group
of children from 'Scuola Elemetare, Iglesias' in Sardegna. We gave
each other information about the islands we live in. We drew
pictures showing our national flag and the shape of our island. We
also prepared some information about the town of Lija and we made a
big colourful chart with pictures. We also sent letters, where we
wrote about ourselves, our hobbies and even about our school. On the
other hand, our friends from Sardegna sent us some information and
pictures of their school and their teachers. They also sent us
pictures about the town they live in and interesting places to go to
when visiting Sardegna. We even shared some information about
Christmas traditions and Carnival events. We ended our project by
choosing interesting places in Malta and Gozo. We found pictures and
we made different postcards during Mid-week. We learned a lot
through this experience and we also made friends.
Ms Josianne Hili
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Comenius Concert
This
included photostories and powerpoint
presentations, teaching Spanish songs to children, poetry reading
and making of coasters for visitors.
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