Monday, 19^th December – Today we proceeded with our Christmas programme.  Our Year 7 students had the opportunity to reflect on various aspects of life related to the Christmas season.  The theme discussed was ‘A Saviour is Born’, the news proclaimed by the angels to the shepherds when they announced the birth of Baby Jesus.  The students had five different groups: Christmas at the MUSEUM, the Christmas tree and gifts, the advent calendar, the Christmas sweets, and the crib.  The students had time to reflect on each theme and think about it. They then prayed the novena together.

Our Year 8 students reflected on the theme ‘Myself as part of the crib’.  First, they discussed what virtues we find in five of the crib figures chosen.  These were Mary, Joseph, the three kings, the shepherds of Bethlehem and Baby Jesus.  Besides the singing, the discussions and time of prayer, they had the opportunity to reflect on how they can apply these virtues in everyday life.

The Year 9, Year 10 and Year 11 students watched the play ‘Bambini Misruqa’ and after they had a discussion on different aspects of the play.

    We would like to thank a number of members of staff who worked together to give another great spiritual experience to our students.

On Monday our School’s Marathon Walk was held after an absence of two years. After assembly at 08:15 all the school set off for the marathon walk in lovely weather.  The headmaster announced that the sum of €10,400 was collected.  He thanked all the students for their commitment.

The coaches took us to Żurrieq, which was the starting point of the marathon walk.  We could all enjoy a panoramic view of the surroundings.  At around 09:15 it was time to set off for our walk.  We proceeded towards Wardija, and we soon reached Wied Fulija.  There we stopped for a short break before we continued our walk to Wied Żnuber till we reached Ħal Far where once again we stopped to eat and rest.  During our walk we could enjoy the tranquillity of the Maltese countryside.  It was a beautiful sight to see about 320 students and 50 members of staff walking together.  At noon we reached Birżebbuġa, and the students spent time playing in the football ground.  The games room of the Birżebbuġa MUSEUM was also available for those students who preferred playing indoors.

At 13:15 we left with the coaches to go back to school.  Back at school, the headmaster praised the students for their excellent behaviour during the marathon walk and thanked God for another wonderful experience.

Today our Year 7 and Year 8 students had the opportunity to meet Trevor Zahra,  the famous all time Maltese author who is popular with both children and adolescents.  Our students interviewed Mr Zahra by asking him questions they had prepared about his career and about the many books he wrote.  The school band animated this meeting, and we also had an exhibition of paintings by our Year 8 and Year 9 art students.  After the interview, Terence Camilleri, a Year 11 student presented a painting to Trevor Zahra entitled “L-Avventuri ta’ Trevor Żahra” as a token of thanks for this famous Maltese author.

Trevor Zahra autographed books for our students. We would like to thank the Maltese and Art teachers and the LSEs for their help and for making this visit possible.

As part of the preparation programme for post-secondary education, our year 11 students went for an organised visit to the Main Campus, MCAST in Paola.

Besides the meetings with the guidance teachers, our students had also the opportunity to visit the Institutes of Engineering and Transport, Information Technology, Business Management, Community Services and Applied Sciences.  We would like to thank the MCAST counsellor and guidance teachers for the opportunities they offer to our students.