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).