Young Parliamentarians Debate

Wednesday, 20th March, a group of six Year 9 and 10 students went to Youth Agency to participate in the Young Parliamentarians.  They took part in four debates and competed with other schools.  Our students were well prepared and discussed various arguments about modern architecture, national feasts etc.  These students were given training by our teachers and by members of the Youth Agency on how to criticise and build opinions against or in favour from their own research.  The jury present made positive remarks to our students.  We would like to thank and congratulate our students for their participation, and we also thank Mr Ryan Galea, Ms Christine Meli and Ms Amanda Smith who co-ordinated this exercise.  Thanks also to the Youth Agency for the support it offers us.

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Hot Dog and Orange Juice Day

During this term, our Year 9 and 10 students who participate in the Prince’s Trust Achieve worked on an Entrepreneurship programme.  Together they organised and prepared a hot dog and orange juice day to be sold during Sports Day.  In total, a number of 400 hotdogs were sold and a total of 130kg oranges were squeezed into orange juice.  We would like to thank the sponsors who helped us in this project, especially the Pg Group for donating the sausages, the Danish Bakery for providing the buns and Clive’s Fruit and Vegetables for donating the onions used for the hot dogs.  Thanks to this activity a profit of €1000 was made.  This shall be used to buy further resources for the PTI.  Many thanks to teachers Ms Rachel Aquilina, Ms Laura Cachia and LSEs Ms Domenique Vella and Ms Pamela Farrugia for their commitment and for helping our students.

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Preparation of Kwarezimal

Our Maltese teachers organised a cooking activity for our Year 7 students in connection with their reading ability and part of the LOFs.  The Year 7 students, together with their teachers prepared and baked the kwarezimal.  Together they analysed and discussed the ingredients and other general information about this traditional Lenten sweet.  The intention of this activity was for the students to make this recipe and understand better while tasting the ingredients in the process.  This helped them understand better the reading comprehension task they were assigned to do.

We would like to thank Ms Anne Marie Camilleri and Ms Francesca Scicluna for this initiative.

 

 

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Using our Greenhouse to Grow and Donate

‘Using our Greenhouse to Grow and Donate’ – this is the project chosen by the Eco School Committee in connection with the project LEAF.  Besides this, the committee is working on soil analysis so that we can apply for the Green Flag.  ‘Grow 10’ donated plenty of seeds to our school, and during break time the students are gathering in the greenhouse to plant and water these seeds.  In the school garden we are also planting different agricultural products.

We thank our students for their commitment involving these projects and Mr Joseph Savona and Ms Vanessa Edwards for co-ordinating this project.

 

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Feast of our Lady of Sorrows

During the past weeks, our students had prayer sessions related to Lent and today Friday, 22nd March we celebrated together the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows.  We had mass at school celebrated by Fr Carl Mario Sultana and animated by our Pastoral Care team.  Before mass, a group of students shared their experience of the prayer sessions which were related to the five gifts which poet Dun Karm Psaila mentions in the Maltese Anthem: wit, mercy, strength, union, and peace.  After mass, the headmaster urged the students to pray for all those who are suffering due to health problems or death experiences.  He encouraged everyone to care for each other and never cause suffering to one other.  The headmaster also congratulated our Year 11 students who terminated their studies at school and the student teachers who spent a term at our school.  He wished a Blessed Easter to everyone and thanked the Pastoral Care Team for their contribution in organising these activities at school.

 

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Parenting Skills Course

Wednesday, 20th March, 2024 – A group of parents attended for the last session of the Parenting Skills Course we held at our school over the past six weeks.  We congratulate these parents for the commitment they showed by attending for this course.

We thank Ms Joyce Callus for the professional service she offers every year.

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Lenten Celebration

On Monday, 18th March a number of students together with their parents joined us for an evening of prayer and reflection in preparation for Easter. This celebration was based on the five wounds of Jesus.  The evening was characterised with readings from the Bible, features, prayers, experiences, confession sessions and adoration of the Holy Eucharist.  This celebration reached the climax when everyone gathered around the crucifix for a moment of adoration.  We would like to thank the Pastoral Team who prepared this celebration which will remain in our hearts forever.

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Sports Day 2024 – A community that educates, celebrates, and rejoices.

Sports Day at our school is always a memorable experience.  On Friday, 15th March between 8.00am and 2.30pm we had a full day of activities and creativity.

We would like to thank Mr Luke Borg and Mr Luke Busuttil, our PE teachers for planning and organising the whole event.  Thanks also to the House Leaders who co-ordinated the members of staff and students of the respective houses.  We would also like to thank Mr Peter Paul Calleja and his brother for providing the sound system and Mr Neville Galea Pirotta for his professional service to capture these memories by taking photos.  Thank you to all staff members who helped throughout the day – referees, preparation of hot dogs, IT system for inputting marks, first aid and all those who helped to clear and clean the ground and the corridors.

A special thank you to our students who participated eagerly and showed team spirit throughout the day.  It was indeed a Team Building experience for staff and students together.

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Year 8 Fieldwork at Xrobb l-Għaġin

On Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th March our Year 8 students went for a fieldwork session at Xrobb l-Għaġin Nature Park.  The students had the opportunity to observe different habitats like xagħri, il-makkja and l-isteppa.  They also learnt how to use the quadrats.  Together they observed and identified a large variety of plants found in the Maltese islands.  Our students learnt how these plants adapt themselves to the hot and humid climate of Malta.  Finally, they learnt about the importance of trees and the effect they leave on the climate.

We would like to thank Ms Bahmuller, Ms Caruana and Ms Farrugia, our science teachers who offered this opportunity to our students.  We also thank the LSEs who accompanied these groups.

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