Contributors

If you have created a website that you think can be included as a ThemePack in our portal, you can inform us about it. Contributions are welcome from:

• Individual teachers, educators, B.Ed. or PGCE students;

• State, Church and Independent Primary Schools in Malta and Gozo;

• Any Section in the Education Division;

• Any other educational institution in Malta and Gozo.

Content

In order to be accepted, ThemePacks must target one or more of these items:

• A particular topic in the Primary Syllabus;

• A particular skill covered by the Primary Curriculum;

• A theme that can easily be adapted across the Primary Curriculum.

Terms and Conditions

• ThemePacks should have some form of classroom resources and teacher's notes to complement the content.

• The ICT Learning Centre (Department of Technology in Education) reserves the right to refuse any contribution that is not deemed up to standard or that may not have a relevant educational value.

• The ICT Learning Centre limits itself to simply creating a link to the ThemePack contributed. Regular maintenance of the site is the responsibility of the contributor.

• The contributor must take the responsibility of regularly checking that the content of the ThemePack site is fresh, up-to-date and educationally correct.

• The contributor must provide an e-mail address in the ThemePack website. The ICT Learning Centre cannot enter into any correspondence with visitors of contributed ThemePacks.

• If the ThemePack includes online activities where children's contributions are required, the contributor must ensure that any data collected from children and published on the site must comply with the Data Protection Act or the Centre's Acceptable Use Policy.

• The site submitted will be vetted by our team. If it is found to be of acceptable presentational and educational quality and complies with the relevant national laws, a banner will be created and added to the PrimaryThemes home page, linked to the submitted URL.

• In case a submission is not accepted, the contributor will be informed by the Centre. The Centre also reserves the right to suggest ways the ThemePack content may be adjusted to comply with the terms and conditions stated above.

• The Centre has the right to withdraw (remove the link from its portal), at any time, any ThemePack which subsequently fails to comply to any one or more of the above conditions.

Submission Details

To submit your contribution simply send us an e-mail at primarythemes@gov.mt with the following details:

• The name of the ThemePack.

• A short description of the ThemePack: what it is about, the age/s it is aimed at, what parts of the curriculum does it target, etc (not more than 50 words).

• Name and surname of the person/s who created the project.

• The School, section or entity represented by the project creator/s.

• Name and surname of the webmaster, the person/s in charge of uploading and maintaining the site.

• The webmaster's e-mail address. We require this in case we need to contact the webmaster.  The school's or entity's generic e-mail address is also acceptable.

• The ThemePack's URL, or web address. We need this in order to access the site for evaluation and to create the link on our ThemePack portal. Please make sure to type this correctly.

• The ThemePack's e-mail address, which may not necessarily be the same as that of the webmaster. This should be the e-mail address you intend to include in the site for feedback from users.

Your submission e-mail must contain all the above information, otherwise the submission will not be considered.

Shortly after your submission is received, you will receive an acknowledgement from us.