Snapshots from Year 4.1

The students of Ms Kylie Vella of Year 4.1 have been busy learning, yet having fun at school.

Below are some photos showing the students proudly presenting their art and crafts work, celebrating a class mates birthday and Alexandra wearing a Ninja Costume… One might wonder… Well this is a very good initiative better known as “Star of the Week”.The “Star of the Week” student is allowed to present anything in class to the classmates related to hobbies,  personal skills, etc.

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Can we join the fun?  🙂

Family Tree Collage

Tree01The students of Ms Joanne Galea in kinder 1.2 have been busy gearing up for an eventful year. Since it is always good practice to start teaching our students from the known and then move on to the unkown, one of the first lessons is about family.

Tree02The students made their own family tree. The first stage of learning took place by doing a collage of the stem of the tree. The leaves of the tree were made by the children’s own hand prints.

Tree03The students then were allowed time to stick the photos of different family members on this tree. The students also made use of sand to finalise the collage title: “Family Tree”.

Tree04Such activities are beneficial to students not only because they enhance learning, but because these activities enhance team work and social skills. Well done to the students, Ms Galea, KGA and Ms Debono, LSA 🙂

 

Back to school…

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Dear parents and students,

We would like to inform you that all primary students from year 1 to year 6 will commence school on Monday 22nd September 2014 at 08:30hrs sharp 🙂

Kinder 2 students will start on Wednesday 1st October 2014 at 08:30hrs sharp 🙂

Kinder 1 children will be receiving notification by post 🙂

All the staff at Mgarr Primary School wish you a warm welcome for another scholastic year!

Happy Holidays

Summer

All the members of staff at St Nicholas College, Mgarr Primary School would like to wish all the students and parents happy holidays. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your constant support 🙂

Remember to use your free time appropriately. Read for at least 15 minutes a day 🙂

Youth Manifesto and the Commissioner for Children

On 20th June 2014 a Youth Manisfesto was organised at our school for the year 6 students. The aim of this session was for the Commissioner of Children, Mrs Helen D’Amato, to make our students aware of the importance of internet safety and of having a more secure and interesting internet service.

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The students played an interesting game. Important messages lay within this game, such as the importance of not giving personal information on the internet, the helpline 179 and others.

The children contributed by giving their feedback and suggestions on the following website:

www.tfal.org.mt and www.youthmanifesto.eu

We encourage all our students to visit the above sites which are tailored made for their needs.

The school would like to thank Mrs D’Amato and her team for having given our students the opportunity to voice their opinion and to give their feedback on such an important issue.

 

Gardening…

Our students have been busy working towards making our school environment a better place to be in. The scorching sun does not only have a direct impact on us human beings, but it also affects the environment we live in.

Gardening

Our school is surrounded with beautiful gardens, but if not taken care of all trees and plants would dry up. Under the direction of Ms Rodgers, our students watered the plants and trees. Thank you and well done 🙂

A shore thing…

On 6th June 2014 the Kinder 1 students of Ms Joanne and Ms Josianne went to Gnejna for a hands on session. The aim was to make our students aware of natural sea habitat, it being home to many different creatures.

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The students learnt about different forms of fish and other sea creatures that live in our coasts. They also learnt the importance of keeping shores clean and encouraged tourists to take care of our environment.

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Finally the students made a sand collage in commemoration of their participation in the Dinja Waħda project.

All hands on deck for Dinja Waħda

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The school is working in full force towards an ambitious project to raise environmental awareness. Last year we reached the Gold Award target for Dinja Waħda. Ms Rodgers is co-ordinating this project and, together with all the members of staff and students, she is working hard to promote environmental awareness and a love for wild life.

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Above are some photos capturing different acitivities being tackled by various classes including bird migration, the Dinja Waħda logo and work on the notice board, nurturing respect towards nature including the tiniest of creatures such as ants, on-site fieldwork regarding the importance of rubble walls which feature in our countryside, etc.

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Well done to everyone for working so hard and good luck on your achievements 😉