On Wednesday 7th December our school celebrated the feast of St. Nicholas. For this occasion, a special mass was held in the chapel. This year, the children offered something of their own which MOAS will then pass on to migrant children. This year we also had a surprise visit from St. Lucy who also reminded us that we can all be a light for one another. At the end of the mass all children were given a gingerbread figure of St. Nicholas which was placed in their sock. On Tuesday 6th December a special mass at St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta was held. Two student representatives together with a member of school staff attended this mass which was part of the annual Istrina campaign.
All year 6 students have had the opportunity to participate in robotics workshops. During these workshops, the students were asked to think about what impact robots and artificial intelligence may have on our lives. In addition, they had to work in groups to manage to program a robot called Dash and ask it to complete a task. In order to do this, they had to figure out what sequence of commands are needed and write the program using a visual programming language. These workshops were part of an EU project and their aim was to introduce the students to basic scientific, mathematical and engineering concepts. 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. 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 |
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