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Year 6 - Social Studies fieldwork

2/2/2018

 
On the 26th January, Year 6 students went to Valletta to carry out a part of the practical fieldwork component of Social Studies. Together with their teachers, the children had to investigate and find out facts about important buildings and landmarks in our capital city. Their journey included visits to the ruins of the Royal Theatre, Jean de La Valette square, Auberge de Castille, Upper Barrakka Gardens, St. John's Co-Cathedral and Dun Mikiel Xerri's monument in Independence square.

L-Għid tal-Imwiet

1/12/2016

 
Ix-xahar ta' Novembru jiftaħ biċ-ċelebrazzjoni tal-Għid tal-Imwiet (All Hallows jew Halloween) fejn aħna mistennija niftakru u nitolbu għall-mejtin tagħna.  Bħal kull sena, l-istudenti tat-tielet, ir-raba’, il-ħames u s-sitt sena ħadu sehem f'attivtajiet diversi li għenuhom jirriflettu dwar il-mewt bħala parti mill-ħajja, filwaqt li ċċelebraw il-ħajja u l-memorja ta' qrabathom li għaddew għal ħajja aħjar.
 
Ta’ min jgħid li, fil-funerali tagħhom, l-ewwel insara f’Malta kienu jagħmlu l-hekk imsejħa agape table – kelma griega li tfisser il-mejda tal-Imħabba.  Wara d-difna fil-katakombi, l-insara kienu jinġabru ma’ mejda għall-qiegħa tal-art, jitolbu u jirrakkuntaw it-tifkiriet tal-għeżież mejtin tagħhom.  Din il-mejda għadna nistgħu narawha f'xi katakombi li għandna hawn Malta. 

Din is-sena fl-iskola tagħna saret replika tal-agape table mill-għalliema tad-drama biex waqt li l-istudenti jifhmu x'kienet tfisser, tgħinhom jiltaqgħu mar-realtà tal-mewt f’ambjent adattat għalihom. F'waħda mill-lezzjonijiet, it-tfal intalbu jippreparaw santa/tifkira ta' wieħed/waħda mill-għeżież tagħhom mejtin. Imbagħad inġabru flimkien mal-għalliema madwar il-mejda tal-agape biex jaqsmu l-esperjenzi/tifkiriet sbieħ li kellhom ta' dik il-persuna. 

Qrib id-data tal-Għid tal-Imwiet kellna quddiesa speċjali fejn flimkien tlabna għall-erwieħ tal-għeżież tagħna u t-tfal għamlu offerta simbolika tas-santi tal-mejtin għeżież tagħhom li kienu użaw waqt il-lezzjoni hawn fuq imsemmija. 

L-aħħar attività kienet żjara fid-diversi katakombi li hemm fir-Rabat ta’ Malta. Dawn kienu l-katakombi ta' San Katald, San Pawl, Sant' Agata u ta' Wignacourt. Hemmhekk it-tfal setgħu jaraw fejn l-ewwel insara kienu jitolbu u jidfnu l-mejtin tagħhom. Waqt din iż-żjara raw ukoll il-mejda tal-agape fejn l-ewwel insara kienu jinġabru biex ifakkru l-anniversarju tal-mejtin tagħhom u jitolbu għalihom.  Ta’ min jgħid li konna ristretti fin-numru ta’ ritratti li stajna nieħdu fil-katakombi minħabba ħsara li setgħet issir lil post.
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Jalla bħall-ewwel insara, din l-attività tgħinna lkoll inħarsu lejn il-mewt bħala passaġġ li jwassalna għat-tgħanniqa dejjiema fi ħdan il-Missier tagħna mimli mħabba u ħniena.  

Iċ-ċelebrazzjoni ta' 'All Hallows'


Żjara lill-katakombi fir-Rabat


Making our own pizza

26/11/2016

 
​Year 2 students have visited a pizzeria in order to experience the making of a pizza first hand.
When they arrived at the restaurant, the children first participated in a colouring competition. The employees gave them a picture and the children had to fill it up with colour and the best 2 drawings won a voucher each. Then they gave them a dough each and they had to open it and make it in a round shape. After that the sauce, mozzarella and ingredients were spread on top of it. The waiters took each and every pizza, gave the kids a different number according to their pizza and cooked it for them. And they all ate their pizza feeling pleased that it was done by themselves:) At the end before leaving a cook certificate was distributed to each and every student:)

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