During an English grammar lesson children were divided into groups of 4. As a team first they had to find two words among the cards which make a new word. Then they had to write down the compounds words. Finally, all the groups had to come out and share with their classmates their compound words and how they were formed. 
Submitted by Ms Angelique, Yr 4.1 teacher
Recently, all state schools have been equipped with a number of resources to enhance innovation and creativity. Among these resources schools were given story starter packs. We all love playing with LEGO, so what better way than to start a creative writing session by creating your own scene using various characters in a set up created by using your imagination and LEGO blocks.
The year 4.2 students had their first attempt… Not only did they create wonderful scenes, but this activity triggered their imagination, which led to a different approach to creative writing… Students prepared their plans and finally set down to write their own stories.
A Maths-Science Day was organised at school with the aim of giving parents a first hand experience of teaching and learning at our school. This was an opportunity for parents and students to work together in a number of workshops. Above are the K1.1 students of Ms Joanne who had an interesting session about space.
The K1.2 students of Ms Josianne learnt about moon dust and had the opportunity to pretend to be astronauts while learning about space.
The K1.3 students of Ms Camille learnt about magnets while counting the number of fish and rolling a dice to learn numbers and number value.
The K1.4 students of Ms Nagaat, together with their LSA, Ms Sharon, had a counting activity followed by an experiment using yeast and balloons.
The K2.1 students of Ms Janice, together with their LSA, Ms Marika constructed their own robots using various containers while learning about shapes. They also planted their own sunflower seeds while learning about the essentials required for a plant to grow, namely, air, sun and water.
The K2.2 students of Ms Joan had a volcano erupting in their class, followed by a session about magnets.
The K2.3 students of Ms Marija explored scientific facts about density and gravity.
The Yr 1.1 students of Ms Marilyn, together with their LSA, Ms Josephine along with the Yr 1.2 students of Ms Louise learnt about magnetism and density, while creating rainbows in a jar.
The Yr 2.1 students of Mr Noa, together with their LSA, Ms Charmaine, learnt about dinosaurs before they became extinct.
The Yr 2.2 students of Ms Janice, together with their LSA, Ms Anna, had various activities exploring ways of saving mother earth and learning about different habitats. Children produced their own bar graphs and learnt about the life cycles of various insects. They further explored their mathematical skills in doubling and halving.
The Yr 3.1 students of Ms Rosette, together with their LSA Ms Miriam, created their own patterns and explored concepts about shapes
The Yr 3.2 students of Ms Stephanie, together with their LSA, Ms Josette, made a volcanic eruption followed by sink or float activities. Finally they learnt about volume and length through various work shops.
The Yr 4.1 students of Ms Angelique and their LSA Ms Graziella held an inquiry-based investigation on “How can we keep the paper dry when immersed into the water and why?”. Another activity was about Growing plants. Students had to examine the stages of the growth of a plant. Each week they kept a record the growth of the plant and compare to previous results. During the Maths-Science day the children had to draw a graph to show the data collected.
The Yr 4.2 students of Ms Claudine plotted bar graphs of their pea pods which had been sown the previous week. They also made a volcanic eruption and learnt about volcanoes.
The Yr 5.1 students of Dr Micallef had to work in groups to solve various mind boggling problems about fractions. Even the parents had a hard time at coming up with solutions.
The Yr 5.2 students of Ms Miranda, and their LSA, Ms Doreen, learnt about the solar system. They had to set up the solar system using a to scale model. This activity was followed by mathematical problem solving and a science quiz. 
The Yr 6 students of Ms Raisa and Mr Cassar, together with their LSAs Ms Kathleen, Ms Audrey and Ms Ruth had 3 workshops. In the first workshop students had to find out what happens when mixing milk, food colouring and soap. The second workshop was about creating music with different levels of water and tubes. During another workshop students had to measure the length of various objects using meter rulers.
Links about this event:
http://www.newsbook.com.mt/artikli/2016/4/11/ritratti:-il-genituri-ma’-wliedhom-fil-klassi-fl-imgarr.44343/
L-istudenti tar-raba sena ta’ Ms Claudine għamlu intervista lill-assistent kap tal-iskola, Ms Borg Vella li tieħu ħsieb il-Kunsill tal-Istudenti. F’din l-intervista staqsew dan li ġej:
Minn dan l-eżerċizzju t-tfal kellhom l-opportunita’ jitgħallmu kif issir intervista u fl-istess ħin l-assistent kap kellha ċans titkellem mal-istudenti dwar ix-xogħol tal-Kunsill tal-Istudenti.
The Year 4.2 students of Ms Claudine creating a volcano in a cup by making use of coloured water, salt and oil. Such experiments instill a curiosity in the students and make them think and ask why things react the way they do.
During a Show and Tell session held once a week during which a student is considered to be the Star of the Week, Alessia, brought her pet dog to school and demonstrated to her classmates how to groom and take care of a pet. The students enjoyed this session and had quite some entertainment provided by their four-legged friend 🙂
The year 4.2 students of Ms Claudine had a hands-on session during which they were given coins. The students were given situations and they had to reason out the amount of money to be paid and change to be rendered, if any.
The Year 4.2 students of Ms Claudine during a creative writing task. The students where asked to draw a picture to help them describe their friend. After a brainstorming session the students came up with phrases and adjectives to elaborate their writing. Finally they were free to write their own descriptions.
The Year 4 pupils went for their Social Studies fieldwork at Mġarr. During their visit the pupils had to find out information about their village. Such experiences help the students to become more aware of their home town, while learning in a more practical and hands on manner.
Every week the Year 4.1 pupils have the opportunity to be the Star of the Week. They are encouraged to bring an item in class and talk about it. Such sessions enhance the students self confidence and help them to enhance their public speaking skills 🙂