During the first weeks of school we invited parents for the usual meetings, giving us all an opportunity to set the tone and share any concerns for the new year. However, this year we went a step further and parents actually had the opportunity to visit their children’s classrooms. We received some very positive feedback about this new initiative. It has helped parents understand better the environment their children spend their time in while at school.<\/p>\n
Foreign Language Awareness Programme<\/strong><\/p>\n Year 5 students are receiving weekly lesson in Italian and Year 6 students lessons in German as part of the Foreign Language Awareness Programme. This programme aims to introduce our pupils to foreign languages and helps them make an informed choice when they move to secondary school.<\/p>\n Educational Outings<\/strong><\/p>\n We have already organised several educational outings for our pupils. Year 6 students have visited the \u0126a\u0121ar Qim \u00a0and Mnajdra temples. Year 5 students have been to the Birgufest and we have also started a series of field work trips to Buskett as part of the science curriculum.\u00a0Year 4 students will shortly be visiting the Catacombs in Rabat.<\/p>\n Animal Awareness Day<\/strong><\/p>\n On 4 October we celebrated Animal Awareness Day. Children collected a considerable amount of pet food which was donated to support stray cats and dogs. Well done!<\/p>\n Our Community for Year 4<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Year 4 students will shortly be starting Our Community. Our Community is a Young Enterprise programme in which pupils are \u00a0helped to understand how people and\u00a0businesses work together to create a community. They learn how to assess the needs and wants of the people who live there and set about taking responsibility for a community they have designed by voting and making decisions. Our Community\u00a0is delivered in the classroom by a Young Enterprise business volunteer and the students work together through a series of fun activities. The whole programme is backed up by a comprehensive range of support materials.\u00a0is a Young Enterprise programme during which\u00a0pupils are helped to understand how people and<\/p>\n Health and Safety Talks<\/strong><\/p>\n Health and Safety teachers are currently giving lessons to all year groups.<\/p>\n Year Blogs<\/strong><\/p>\n At the moment we are working on setting up blogs for each year group at school. These blogs will serve to show case the excellent work going on in the different groups.<\/p>\n Watch this space for more soon!<\/p>\n Charlot Cassar <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It has already been four weeks since the beginning of the new scholastic year. Settling back into the normal school routine has been rather straightforward for all concerned and most things have now fallen into place. Here is some of the stuff that we have been up to! Meetings with Parents During the first weeks … Continue reading The New Term<\/span> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traitdunion-online.eu\/christinehollrotter\/files\/2011\/01\/Flag-Pins-Germany-Italy.jpg?resize=134%2C107\")
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