Religious activities at the Mdina Cathedral Museum
Religious Activities at the Mdina Cathedral Museum
In collaboration with Professor Adrian Gellel
For Grades 1 to 6
This year, grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 will be visiting the Mdina Cathedral Museum with a specific objective in mind. These activities are being held with the kind collaboration of Professor Adrain Gellel, from the Department of Pastoral Theology at the University of Malta, who is preparing and collating the necessary material to conduct these visits.
The main aim of this project focuses on spiritual education with an emphasis on a cross-curricular approach. This spiritual education needs a language which can be expressed through music, art and history so as to build a catholic culture in a holistic sense.
The project will involve visits to the Mdina Cathedral Museum. Grades 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 will be assigned a painting, which they will end up analysing in view of what they would have learnt from the information and activities previously prepared by the teacher in class and on site as well. The students will use higher-order thinking skills which will enable them to find the meaning that the painting is trying to convey. On the other hand, Grade 6 students will be given the chance to conduct an activity with the purpose of teaching them the meaning and significance of electing a Bishop to take charge of a congregation. During this activity, Year 6 students will be asked to reflect on the qualities of a good leader and gain insight about the whole process of electing a bishop. In addition, they will also handle various objects used in the ceremony and understand their symbolism.
Such teaching will not focus on what the students know (knowledge), but will instead encourage a change in attitudes and values through the use of such higher-order thinking skills.
In collaboration with Professor Adrian Gellel
For Grades 1 to 6
This year, grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 will be visiting the Mdina Cathedral Museum with a specific objective in mind. These activities are being held with the kind collaboration of Professor Adrain Gellel, from the Department of Pastoral Theology at the University of Malta, who is preparing and collating the necessary material to conduct these visits.
The main aim of this project focuses on spiritual education with an emphasis on a cross-curricular approach. This spiritual education needs a language which can be expressed through music, art and history so as to build a catholic culture in a holistic sense.
The project will involve visits to the Mdina Cathedral Museum. Grades 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 will be assigned a painting, which they will end up analysing in view of what they would have learnt from the information and activities previously prepared by the teacher in class and on site as well. The students will use higher-order thinking skills which will enable them to find the meaning that the painting is trying to convey. On the other hand, Grade 6 students will be given the chance to conduct an activity with the purpose of teaching them the meaning and significance of electing a Bishop to take charge of a congregation. During this activity, Year 6 students will be asked to reflect on the qualities of a good leader and gain insight about the whole process of electing a bishop. In addition, they will also handle various objects used in the ceremony and understand their symbolism.
Such teaching will not focus on what the students know (knowledge), but will instead encourage a change in attitudes and values through the use of such higher-order thinking skills.
Grade 6 students were given the chance to conduct an activity with the purpose of teaching them the meaning and significance of electing a Bishop to take charge of a congregation. During this activity, Year 6 students were asked to discuss and reflect on the qualities of a good leader and gain insight about the whole process of electing a bishop. They were also asked to vote for a person who they thought had these qualities. In addition, they also handled various objects used in the ceremony and were encouraged to understand their symbolism.