Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Christmas decorations in class ...







































From tomorrow onwards the kids are invited to get as many as xmas decorations as possible so to decorate the classroom as beautiful as it can be and thus create an extremely christmas spirit well before this jolly feast. Any kind of decoration is most welcome. From small xmas trees to cribs to decorating spray to vetch (gulbiena) to advent calendars.

Decorations shall be finished by Thursday 9th December.

Thanks very much in advance.

Advertisements

Today we spoke in length about advertisements for this week's comprehension. Their impact and roles and how they are created. And we even watched a couple of adverts which are extremely creative and capture your imagination. Here they are ...



This is funny (and creative too).



This ones makes you WANNA buy a pair of Nike shoes ...



This makes you wanna try out the Pirelli tyres, don't they?

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Kotba interessanti u sbieh ghalikom it-tfal ...

Iktar Episodji ta’ Jake Cassar

L-awtriċi Clare Azzopardi, l-illustratur Mark Scicluna u d-direzzjoni tal-Merlin Library Ltd komplew bl-avventuri ta’ Jake Cassar billi ppubblikaw żewġ kotba oħra biex b’hekk f’din is-sensiela issa hemm erbgħa.

Kull ktieb fih erbgħa u sittin paġna u bla dubju huma pakkett divertenti. Jake Cassar jispiċċa għand ir-Re Pankrazju IV; ir-re tal-Uditi. B’xi mod dan it-tfajjel, li jħobb jaqra u jikteb, jispiċċa biex ikun l-eroj li jipproteġi r-renju ta’ Pankrazju. L-aħħar żewġ kotba fis-sensiela huma Ir-Reġina Fidelja u r-Renju Stordut u Il-Bastun tar-Reġina Fidelja. B’hekk issa s-sensiela qed tintroduċi lill-qarrejja ma’ iktar karattri u żżomm ritmu tajjeb.

Hu interessanti kif Azzopardi meta tikteb għat-tfal aktarx tuża l-umoriżmu u l-grottesk imma dik l-istrateġija tinbidel radikalment meta tikteb għall-kbar. Mark Scicluna, bħal f’episodji oħra, jżomm livell għoli fl-illustrazzjoni. Element li jispikka hu li l-kotba f’din is-sensiela aktarx jidhru strambi f’dik li hi preżentazzjoni għax tista’ tgħid li fihom u matulhom jinkisru r-regoli konvenzjonali kollha ta’ kif ikun ippreżentat ktieb; fażi li barra ilha li għaddiet u saret iktar minn regolari. Din il-preżentazzjoni tagħmel is-sensiela iktar fantażjuża fl-aħħar mill-aħħar u tixraq lit-tfal li qed jgħixu llum f’epoka fejn il-kreattività hi kontinwament mhedda.

Artiklu miktub minn Sergio Grech (mill-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb) u meħud mill-blogg tiegħu

http://ktieb.wordpress.com/


Saturday, November 27, 2010

Clare Azzopardi

Bћalma gћedtilkom tul dawn l-aћћar ġimagћtejn l-awtriċi, popolari ћafna mat-tfal, Clare Azzopardi ћa tkun qed iżżur l-iskola tagћna f’Jannar sabiex tiġi titkellem mal-klassijiet tas-Sitt Sena. Gћaldaqstant qed nintroduċikom ma’ xi kitbiet minn tagћha u nћeġġiġkom li matul Diċembru u waqt il-vaganzi tal-Milied ћalli tiskopru dinja mill-isbaћ …

Iktar ‘il quddiem ћa nkun qed inlaqqagћkom (f’dan il-blogg) ma’ awturi Maltin oћra sabiex issiru tafuhom aktar mill-qrib u nisperaw li Clare Azzopardi ma tkunx tal-ewwel u tal-aћћar kittieba li nġibu l-iskola din is-sena.






































San Pawl f'Malta



Inheggigkom tergghu tarawha bil-kwiet ha sservikom ta' revizjoni.

Test tal-Istudji Socjali


Il-gimgha d-diehla (WARA dak tal-Malti imma fl-istess gimgha) it-tfal ha jkollhom test iehor ibbazat fuq dak kollu li ghamilna s'issa fl-Istudji Socjali li huma dawn li gejjin:

Mill-Ambjent Storiku(l-ahdar)

Iz-Zmien Pre-Istoriku (pgs 6-24)

L-Assedju l-Kbir (pgs 38-47)

Mill-Ambjent Geografiku (il-vjola)

Fejn Ninsabu? + Girien Taghna (pgs 32-49 + pgs 136-137)

Fejn Noqoghdu? (pgs 50-59)

Saff fuq Saff (pgs 60-69)

Tinsewx idduru dawra sew mal-esercizzji li hdimna fil-klassi. Kif ukoll tinsewx ahjar tistudjaw FTIT u KULJUM milli qatt u kollox f'daqqa! Min jistudja dejjem tajjeb imur!

L-Assedju l-Kbir

Throughout this week we talked in length about the Great Siege of Malta of 1565 where the Knights of St. John and the Maltese defended bravely these islands against the siege by the Ottoman Empire from June till September of 1565 which ultimately led to a Christian victory and the following year to the building of a new city called Valletta in honour of the Grandmaster Jean Parisot de la Valette.

We mentioned the three main fortifications used during the Siege - Fort St Elmo (Sant'Iermu); Fort St Angelo (Kastell Sant'Anglu) in Birgu & Fort St Michael (Forti San Mikiel) in Senglea. We talked about the importance of the death of the pirate Dragut for the Turks and the fact that the Siege took place in Summer.

Now enjoy this 10 minute video about the Great Siege. it's really interesting (and it is in English).

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Parents' evening


I would like to publicly thank all the parents (there was an enormous participation) for accepting the invite to come for the Parents' Evening. It was a lovely two and a half hour experience as it was nice getting to know most of you better and discussing your kids' well-being.

Your positive feedback was overwhelming and most welcoming. It pays for all the hard work in class and I apologise for any latedness in your appointment.

Thanks once again. Let's make the kids' experience in class a memorable one!

Monday, November 22, 2010

Mid-term tests


This is to inform you that from next week right up to before the Christmas holidays the kids will be having a series of short revision tests based on what we did up till now in class.

The first one will be the Maltese one where the kids are being asked to study the following topics for this test: (It won't include any comprehension or composition)

Artiklu u Particelli (Merlin Malti pgs 1-3)

Konsonanti u Vokali (Merlin Malti pgs 8-9)

Aggettivi (Merlin Malti pgs 13-14 + pgs 136-137)

Verbi - Prezent u Mamma/Gherq (Merlin Malti pgs 46-48)

Imperattiv (Merlin Malti pgs 58-59 + pgs 154-157)

Thanks.

Ħarġa ma’ tal-Iskola





Kien jum sabiћ bix-xemx u ftit frisk. Dakinhar kellna mmorru ћarġa kulturali ma’ tal-iskola. L-ewwel morna nżuru post li bl-Ingliż jgћidulu Limestone Heritage li jinsab fil-limiti tas-Siġġiewi imbagћad minn hemm bqajna sejrin naraw it-tempji ta’ Ħaġar Qim.

Kif dћalna l-Limestone Heritage, rajna filmat qasir fuq il-ћames saffi ta’ ġebel fil-Gżejjer Maltin, li huma il-Qawwi ta’ Fuq, ir-Ramli jew il-Ġebla s-Safra, it-Tafli, il-Franka u ż-Żonqor jew il-Qawwi t’isfel. Rajna l-irdum ta’ Ħad-Dingli li fih il-ћames saffi kollha. Tgћallimna li l-ġebla tal-franka nużawha biex nibnu d-djar tagћna. Wara li ngћatajna mp3 player u lbisna kuffji tal-widna, mxejna madwar il-post nisimgћu fuq ix-xogћol li jsir mill-ġebla Maltija. Rajna pupi jaqtgћu l-ġebel mill-barrieri jew jonġru jew inaqqxu fil-ġebel. Fost l-affarijiet maћduma bil-ġebel Malti rajna girna, ћajt tas-sejjieћ, kenur u garigor. Fl-aћћar, lilna t-tfal tawna ġebla ċatta ta’ madwar tnax-il ċentimetru u skalpell biex innaqqxu xi ћaġa li ridna. Min naqqax il-bandiera Maltija, min inzertalu xi annimal u min kellu jnaqqax xi fjura sabiћa!

Minn hemm irћejnilha lejn il-Qrendi fejn bdejna billi dћalna fiċ-Ċentru tal-Viżitaturi morna f’sala awdjo-viżwali fejn rajna filmat qasir dwar Ħaġar Qim li fl-opinjoni tagћna kien interessanti kemm gћalina t-tfal u aktar u aktar gћat-turisti li kien hemm jarawh magћna. Fost l-ohrajn f'dan il-filmat qasir rajna l-Mara l-Ħoxna u t-tempju li konna ser inżuru aktar tard. Imbagћad ġiet il-gwida li bdiet iddawwarna u tispjegalna fid-dettall dwar it-tempji. Rajna ћafna affarijiet interessanti fosthom il-Mara l-Ħoxna, u żewġ statwi żgћar li spjegatilna kif kienu jaqtawlhom rashom, u meta jkun miet xi ћadd jew jibda staġun ġdid jew gћal kuntrarju jispiċċa, kienu jibdlulhom rashom skont jekk l-allat ikunux kuntenti jew le. Kien hemm ukoll xi mudelli żgћar tat-tempji kif jidhru minn fuq u kif jgћaddu r-raġġi tax-xemx meta titla’ kmieni filgћodu. Imbagћad morna naraw it-tempji fejn rajna anke l-menћir u d-dolmen, li ngћid gћalija kienet l-aktar parti eċċitanti ta’ din il-ћarġa. L-ewwel gћaddejna minn qalb il-ġebel megalitiku u mbaghad f'daqqa waћda naraw dik it-tinda bajda kbira li gћamluha biex jipproteġu t-tempji mill-elementi tal-arja. Il-gwida spjegatilna fid-dettall dwar kull parti tat-tempju. Kif l-gћalliem tagћna qalilna li l-ћarga tagћna kienet waslet fi tmiemha ma ћadniex gost wisq!

Kienet ћarġa fejn tgћallimna ћafna dwar pajjiżna u nћeġġukom biex tmorru iżżuru dawn il-postijiet.

Anthea Abela u Miguel Ciappara

Year 6.5

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Limestone Heritage


Last Wednesday 17th November our class had a very educational and interesting outing. Thank God it turned out to be a lovely day - starting from the very beautiful weather to having a lovely time watching the kids yearning to learn and having fun. First we visited the Limestone Heritage Museum situated in a former limestone quarry in Siggiewi where after a short (but immensely interesting) video explaining the history of the Maltese stone, children where given an mp3 for the walk-through museum ...




Then afterwards the children had a stine carving session which they had been looking forward to for ages! You can see the smiles on their faces!





Saff fuq Saff


Din il-gimgha (kif ukoll ta' qabel) tkellimna fid-dettall dwar il-hames saffi ta' blat li nsibu fil-gebla Maltija u kif iffurmaw miljuni kbar ta' snin ilu u xi prodotti nohorgu minnhom (konkos, gir, zrar, xahx, ramel, gebla ghall-bini, hitan tas-sejjieh, eccetra ...). Hawnhekk tistghu ssibu xi ritratti li jorbtu sew ma' dan it-topik mill-aktar interessanti.

Tafli



Ghalhekk kull darba li tkunu ghaddejjin minn qalb il-kampanja u n-natura aghtu titwila u harsa madwarkom sabiex taraw (u tapprezzaw) is-sbuhija tal-Gebla Maltija!

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

An interesting trekking experience


On Monday 8th November our class went on a really interesting and unique trekking experience from Dingli Cliffs via Fawwara to Hagar Qim. Unfortunately that morning I was feeling quite unwell and cause of the unstable weather I had to miss it! But nonetheless the trekkers took some pictures of the experience and here they are. The kids really loved it as can be seen from these two pictures ...

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Educational outing tomorrow ...

Tomorrow we're going for a really interesting outing to the neolithic temples of Hagar Qim and the Limestone Heritage Museum where we' ll learn about the Maltese stone, quarries and the rest.

Pics and information later on this week!

The Miracle


Today in class, during the Comprehension lesson, we talked about this book:



and in particular about the part where Charlie finds the golden ticket and the chance to visit Willy Wonka's chocolate factory ...

Friday, November 12, 2010

Fiera Internazzjonali tal-Ktieb


IL-FIERA NAZZJONALI TAL-KTIEB

Il-Fiera Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb se ssir bejn l-10 u l-14 ta' Novembru 2010 f'Dar il-Mediterran, il-Belt.


L-esebituri fil-Fiera Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb ta’ din is-sena huma:

Id-Dipartiment tal-Libreriji
Agius and Agius Ltd
Book Distributors Ltd
Birdlife Malta
Bookends
Bronk Productions
CAK
Clamus Ltd
Franny Jo Publications
Hiorizons Publications
Islamic Call Society
Istituto Italiano di Cultura
L-Istrina
Klabb Kotba Maltin
Kunsill Lokali tal-Mellieħa

Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb
Maltapost plc
Meli Bookshop
Merlin Library Ltd
Midsea Books
PIN
Preca Publications
Rappreżentanza tal-Unjoni Ewropea
Sierra Distributors Ltd
SKS
Wiseowl Publications



Id-dħul għall-fiera hu mingħajr ħlas.

Il-Fiera se tiftaħ kif ġej:
Il-Ġimgħa 12 ta’ Novembru Mid-9.00 a.m. sas-1.30 p.m. u mill-5.00 p.m. sal-10.00 p.m.
Is-Sibt 13 ta’ Novembru Mid-9.00 a.m. san-12.30 p.m. u mill-4.00 p.m. sal-10.00 p.m. Il-Ħadd. Il-Fiera tiftaħ il-jum kollu, mingħajr għeluq.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Irhula Maltin

Il-bierah fil-klassi tkellimna dwar diversi rhula Maltin u Ghawdxin ... fosthom dawn li gejjin ...

Rabat (Malta)



Victoria (Gozo)



Sliema



Marsaxlokk

Trekking


Nhar it-Tnejn li gej sejrin nofstanhar trekking qalb il-kampanja. Ha nibdew minn hdejn l-Irdum ta' Had-Dingli u nispiccaw magenb it-Tempji ta' Hagar Qim!

Ghalhekk huwa importanti li dakinhar it-tfal jigu :

- lebsin slippers mill-aktar komdi (mhux tat-tappini jew b'qighan baxxi)
- igibu basket komdu li jista' jingarr fuq iud-dahar u mhux jinzamm fl-idejn jew fuq l-ispalla
- igibu bizzejjed x'jixorbu (ilma l-ahjar) u x'jieklu ghal mixja twila minghajr ma jkollhom piz zejjed
- igibu umbrella ckejkna/rain jacket irqiqa li tista' titpogga fil-basket
- jigu lebsin it-tracksuit tal-iskola. Xorts mhumiex PERMESSI. Ghaliex ha nkunu ghaddejjin minn qalb il-kampanja u jistghu jinbarxu ecc jekk ikunu lebsin xorts.

Friday, October 29, 2010

Dati importanti fil-kalendarju tal-klassi ...


It-Tnejn 8 ta' Novembru - 9.30am sa 12.30pm - Harga: Trekking minn Had-Dingli sa Hagar Qim. Ha tkun mixja mill-isbah (nisperaw li t-temp ikun sabih) qalb il-kampanja, il boghod mit-traffiku u d-dhahen li jgib mieghu, fejn nistghu nosservaw is-sbuhija tan-natura. Dakinhar it-tfal jigu bit-tracksuit u b'running shoes KOMDU (evitaw tal-qighan baxxi jew tappini ghax xejn mhuma komdi)

It-Tlieta 9 ta' Novembru - fl-10.30am ha zzur l-iskola taghna mart il-President ta' Malta, is-Sinjura Abela bhala parti mill-kampanja L-Istrina 2010.

L-Erbgha 17 ta' Novembru - 9.00am sa 1.00pm - Harga: Dakinhar ha nzuru t-tempji megalitici ta' Hagar Qim u l-Imnajdra kif ukoll il-muzew Limestone Heritage fejn it-tfal jitghallmu dwar is-sengha tal-bini, is-saffi tal-gebla Maltija u wara jaghmlu tinqix fil-gebel.

Il-Hamis 18 ta' Novembru - It-tfal jispiccaw skola f'12.00pm minhabba laqgha ghalina l-ghalliema.

L-Erbgha 24 ta' Novembru - It-tfal ghal darb'ohra jispiccaw skola f'12.00pm minhabba l-Parents' Evening (bejn il-5.00pm u s-7.00pm) ghall-genituri.

Grazzi hafna

L-Uniformi

Nhar il-Hamis li gej, l-4 ta' Novembru, it-tfal jigu l-iskola bil-kit tal-PE. Mill-ghada pero', il-Gimgha 5 ta' Novembru, kulhadd irid jibda jigi bl-uniformi tax-Xitwa.

Bniet: pinafore/dublett blu skur; qmis bajda (MHUX polo shirt); coff tal-iskola; gersi blu skur; zarbun iswed

Subien: qalziet blu skur; qmis bajda (MHUX polo shirt); coff tal-iskola; gersi blu skur; zarbun iswed

HADD ma huwa permess jigi b'xi parti mill-uniformi nieqsa. F'dak il-kaz jintbaghtu lura d-dar.

Bi Kristu, ma' Kristu u fi Kristu

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Being colour blind ...



Today we talked about colour blindness, through a very beautiful poem (which is the basis for a comprehension), and how do blind people experience life. I liked a lot how much did children feel involved with the blind's plight ... and even took a "test" (in the above video) to determine if we suffer from colour blindness or not ...

Monday, October 25, 2010

The power of storms in Malta ...

Today it was really a weird experience at school after the terrible storm which started last night and continued till about 7am. Here is some evidence of the destruction it left behind ... pretty impressive!



More in this link :

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20101025/local/readers-pictures-of-the-floods

Friday, October 22, 2010

L-ewwel nies f'Malta



Hawnhekk ghandkom (specjalment ghal dawk li fallew dil-gimgha) spejgazzjoni dettaljata tal-kapitlu tal-Pre-Istorja, kif ukoll idejat sabiex issibu stampi ghall-project ghal dan il-weekend.

Ir-raba' kapitlu ta' Lejn il-Missier



Tinsewx biex ghall-project issibu stampi mrbuta ma' dan il-kapitlu: it-tempju ta' Gerusalemm, sinagogi, tempji tal-qedem, altari, rabbin Lhud ecc.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Thanks for coming ...


I would like to take the opportunity to thank all those parents who today came to our class for the annual parents' meeting. It was a pleasure talking to you and explaining in detail what's going on in our class and about what lies ahead.

Let's keep working on together so that the kids' experience is positive and of self-improvement!

Thanks once again.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Time zones

Today we learnt all about time zones and the 24 different time zones that the world is made up of. How is that while we were doing our English lesson at 11am, kids in Sydney Australia were probably watching telly while those in New York (5am) were still fast asleep! How if we were to go far out countries we have to move the watch backwards or forwards!

These videos which we watched in class surely helped the kids understand much more this difficult concept ...





Monday, October 18, 2010

Celebrating 2010's 100th blog post ...

Gћall-mitt bloggata tas-sena 2010 ћassejt li npoġġi xi ћaġa mhux tas-soltu. Kif tafu l-ġimgћa l-oћra tkellimna fid-dettall dwar is-sagrament tal-Magћmudija u dalgћodu waqt li barra kien gћaddej dak il-maltemp anke wrejtkom l-album tal-Magћmudija tiegћi!

Jien u nqalleb u nfittex fuq youtube gћal vidjows li jispjegaw il-funzjoni tal-Magћmudija ltqajt ma’ vidjow ta’ magћmudija ta’ tfajjel Karkariż fl-1978 … Minn jaf tafux min hu?



X’tgћallimna dwar awtur Malti …

Illum fil-klassi tkellimna dwar awtur żagћżugћ Malti bl-isem ta’ Pierre J. Mejlak u l-karriera tiegћu hekk kif qrajna silta ћelwa tiegћu bl-isem “Differenti” minn Kalejdoskopju, fejn fiha tghallimna kemm hi importanti d-diversità ta’ bejnietna. Bћalissa wieћed mix-xogћlijiet ta’ Mejlak, Riћ Isfel, qed jiġi trasmess fuq stazzjon lokali bћala drama kull nhar ta’ Tnejn filgћaxija.

Inћeġġiġkom taqraw iż-żewġ kotba tat-tfal tiegћu – Trab Abjad u Meta Nstabu l-Anġli.

Hawnhekk qed nipprovidi link gћall-websajt uffiċjali tiegћu fejn tistgћu taqraw aktar fid-dettall dwar il-kotba tiegћu u forsi titћajru tibdew tiktbu minn kmieni!

http://www.pierrejmejlak.com/

Friday, October 15, 2010

Il-Pajjiżi tal-Mediterran

Hawn huma xi ftit mill-pajjiżi li nistgћu nsibu fil-Baћar Mediterran.

Portugal








Fittxu kemm tistghu fuq l-Internet (hemm bizibilju stampi x'tistghu ssibu) fuq sitt pajjizi mill-21 pajjiz li nsibu fil-Bahar Mediterran ... uzaw il-workbook tas-Social Studies!

Il-Magћmudija



Tinsewx il-project fejn fih tiktbu dwar il-funzjoni tal-Magћmudija u twahhlu stampi marbuta ma' dan is-sagrament bhal fonti, libsa bajda, blandun, ecc.

Homework for the weekend ...

This is some of the homework for the weekend. The rest will be shown in the next blog posts.

Maths - Multiplication Problems - Handout pgs 1-2 nos 1 to 15.

Malti -Kitba Kreattiva - Ġrajja li gћamlitni ferћan/a ћafna.

F’mhux inqas minn 180 kelma. Wara li tlesti tinsiex timla c-checklist fuq ix-xellug/left tal-karta bil-blu. In-naћa l-oћra ћalliha vojta sabiex timtela’ minni. Huwa importanti li tkunu kemm tistgћu onesti sabiex titjiebu ferm fil-kitba kreattiva …




Thursday, October 14, 2010

Tornadoes

Today we talked about the natural phenomenon called Tornadoes and how much damaging and destructive they can be ... After reading once again the text about Galveston and the tornadoes and watching again these interesting videos work out the handout.





The last one is pretty IMPRESSIVE!

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Ibn Batuta

Ibn Batuta was born in 1304 in Morocco and from a very early age he left his country and started travelling all over Eastern countries and Asia. His story is full of exciting stories, adventures and interesting people.





As HW you have the comprehension text in the Pupil's Book of the Way Ahead pg 12 then work out from exercises 2 to 5 ...

Monday, October 11, 2010

Kif Beda l-Futbol

Comprehension minn Kalejdoskopju (pgs 11-13)




Ex 1 - Veru jew Falz (nos 1-5); Ex 2 Wiegeb (nos 1-10); ex 3 Sib kliem li jfisser l-istess (nos 1-4)

Friday, October 8, 2010

Il-Kumplament tal-HW


Qari - L-Istorja tal-Qtates (Senduq Kuluri pgs 6-10) + Handout pgs 1-2 nos 1-20.

Maths - Multiplying by nearly 50 and nearly 100 - NT1 pg 17 (nos 4,6,8,10,12); pg 18 (nos 2a+b, 4a+b, 6a+b)

Malti - Artiklu u Particelli - Stilel pg 15 ex 1, ex 2; Merlin Malti pg 4 ex 6; pg 6 ex 15

Birgufest 2010




Mil-lum, it-8 sal-Hadd 10 ta’ Ottubru 2010 għandkom l-opportunita biex iżżuru l-Birgu b'differenza. Dan il-lokal mill-isbaħ ħa jospita lill-Maltin u l-barranin għall-edizzjoni oħra ta’ ljieli maġiċi fid-dawl tax-xemgħa, għal ħsejjes ta’ strumenti mużikali diversi, għal ilħna tal-kant minn korijiet u għannejja, għal eżekuzzjoni ta’ daqq minn baned lokali u barranin u parti minn tattoo militari.

Dan, u aktar, matul tliet ijiem ta’ attivitajiet kulturali, se jagħmlu l-Festival annwali tal-Birgu attrazzjoni oħra unika u diversa minn snin oħra, u minn dak li qed ikun esegwit fi bliet u rħula oħra fil-Gżejjer Maltin. Għad-dell tas-swar storiċi filgħodu, għal illuminazzjonijiet bix-xemgħa li ssaħħar it-toroq imserrpa tal-Belt storika tal-Birgu filgħaxija, it-tradizzjonijiet li ħallew missierijietna se jkunu għal darb’oħra sponuti għal pubbliku flimkien mal-kulturi għanja estranji li se jinġiebu fostna fl-istess ġranet.

Hekk matul it-tliet ijiem se jkun hemm wirja ta' talenti, ta' promozzjoni kulturali u opportunita' biex il-poplu jkompli japprezza l-wirt storiku li din il-Belt, benniena tal-kultura Maltija, tħaddan.

Inħeġġiġkom tattendu!

Aktar informazzjoni fuq dan is-sit: http://birgu.gov.mt/

u minn dan il-vidjow ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C44UGK9E2G8&feature=player_embedded

Hurricanes

First read carefully the story (pages 10 to 17) from the book Wild Weather then watch out again this video we saw in class today (and another one about another hurricane's eye ...)





then finally fill out the Handout (nos 1-10) about this story as homework.

English Creative Writing

This week we talked a LOT about our travel experiences, going abroad, visiting huge cities, going on tours or on our own, buying souvenirs, languages and all the rest during both our Way Ahead lessons and the Social Studies topic.

So the English composition is about your first ever travel experience, while those who never set foot abroad can write about to where would be their first trip abroad when the right time comes! The points and adjectives to use are in the following powerpoint ...

It-tieni kapitlu tar-Religjon



Hawnhekk gћandkom il-kapitlu sћiћ spjegat minn Lejn il-Missier fejn tkellimna dwar kemm iћobbna Alla.

Agћtuh titwila sabiex tirreveduh, tieћdu l-ideat gћall-project (tinsewx tagћmluh pulit ĦAFNA) u dejjem titgћallmu iżjed. Miegћu tinsewx li gћandkom Il-Ktieb tal-Attivitajiet paġni 3 sa 5.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Parents' meeting ...


Bћal-lum ġimagћejn, il-Ħamis 21 t’Ottubru 2010 fis-1.00pm (waqt li wliedkom ikunu qegћdin gћal-lezzjonijiet tal-PE u l-Arti), intom il-ġenituri qed tiġu mistiedna sabiex tiġu fil-klassi tagћna gћal-laqgћa miegћi fejn nitkellmu dwar il-progress t’uliedkom, x’inhu gћaddej fil-klassi u x’hemm imћejji gћal din is-sena skolastika. Il-laqgћa ddum madwar siegћa. Napprezza ferm il-presenza tagћkom. Narakom.

Blow dried hair ...


Thumbs up to the kids for having a great time (I noticed a lot of happy faces and smiles during the hour long activity) and producing some funny work with just a pencil, a black marker, a straw and some green acyrlic! :-)

You can easily try it at home!

We are already looking forward to next Wednesday ...

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Things you need for tomorrow's crafts lesson





Two A4 blank papers and a pencil


a clean drinking straw

black marker

Dahliet fil-Mediterran … L-Istrett ta' Ġibilta’




Dan huwa vidjow mill-iżjed interessanti dwar Ġibilta’ (gżira mill-iżjed ċkejkna bejn Spanja u l-Marokk) li fuqha tkellimna llum






I want to be an astronaut ...

Today's English comprehension for homework (from the new Macmillan book which do not forget to cover) is a poem called I want to be an Astronaut

Unit 2 pgs 8-10 Text Level Questions 1-6; Sentence level nos 1-10 (column 1) and word level no 1 (a-j)




PE lessons


Every Thursday kids have to come to school in their PE kit (white t-shirt, white shorts, white running shoes, no other colours please) for their lesson, starting from next Thursday.

Saturday, October 2, 2010

The rest of the homework ...

Maths - Dividing by 10 and 100

NT1 pg 9 (nos 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20); PCM pg 4 (nos 1-12);

English Way Ahead - New Neighbours

Workbook pg 5 exs 1-2; pg 7 exs 1-3

Malti Kitba Kreattiva

Noholqu CV (Stilel pg 49)
Rapport lill-Pulizija (Handout fejn fiha tridu tiktbu rapport lill-pulizija dwar incident li rajtu fejn trakk skidja fuq roqgha zejt u baqa' diehel gol-hajt)

Wild Weather - Thunderstorms

This week we started our English Reading Programme with a non-Fiction book called "Wild Weather" where we came to know about storms, thunderstorms, hail, thunder, lightning and the heating up of air, etc.

This video may help you out in filling up the handout for homework on Thunderstorms (based on pages 3 to 9 of the first section) and understand how much frightening & dangerous these thunderstorms can be. Watch out especially for the part from 2:15 to 2:30!

Hand Prints



This is what we did in class last Wednesday during the Crafts activity! We had loads of fun creating these colourful and diverse prints of our hand!

L-ewwel kapitlu ta' Lejn il-Missier

Hawnhekk tistgћu taraw u tirrevedu, bil-kwiet u bil-kumdità kollha, l-ewwel kapitlu ta’ Lejn il-Missier li jitkellem dwar il-ћolqien t’Alla, d-dubju ta’ Ġob u kif il-bniedem illum gћandu ћafna mezzi kif jifli fid-dettall il-ћolqien.

Fl-istess waqt meta taslu biex tistudjaw jew ikollkom bżonn tagћmlu xi project tar-Reliġjon tistgћu terġgћu tirreferu gћalih biex tieћdu xi ideat.



Tinsewx li gћall-homework gћandkom Il-Ktieb tal-Attivitajiet paġna 1 (tpenġu x-xena u tiktbu talba ta’ tifћir lil Alla) u paġna 2 (timlew il-vojt fis-sentenzi billi tużaw il-kliem fiċ-ċirki ta’ taћt).