Christmas Activities this week

This week was choc-a-bloc with activities. Staff and I took the year 9s to watch a film, for example. We went to watch 'The Nutcracker', which was very well received by all the students.

We also had a whole school mass, which was held in the parish church of the village where our school is situated. The school also has a choir, which animated the mass. Some photos can be seen below.

Yesterday was the last day of school and the students had a pizza party and a disco, which was enjoyed by most. For those who do not like to dance,board games were organised. Others started recounting stories, and cracking jokes.

School ended at 12 noon. I could hardly believe that a term had already passed!

Whole School Mass

Christmas Disco Party

The Maltese traditonal Christmas at our school

Next Monday 17^th December, our will be open to the public. During this day, the students will be organising a day full of activities related to the Maltese Christmas. These activities begin at 9am.

Among the activities that the students, together with their educators, will be organising, there is a bazaar where ponsiettas will be sold. One stall will be selling books and other paraphernalia which can be given as presents. One might wonder what have these got to do with the Maltese Christmas? There will be Maltese authors who have written about Maltese traditions, and who have enriched the Maltese Christmas. One of these authors is Trevor Zahra, who will visit the school on the day to talk about this subject.

Apart from this, one cannot talk about the Maltese Christmas without talking about food. During this activity, there will be Maltese sweets for sale. These have been  prepared by the students together with the help of their teachers. Among these Maltese sweets, there will be honey rings and the traditional chestnut and chocolate drink, imbuljuta.

There will also be information how the Maltese crib and pasturi are done. There will also be information about the history of the terramaxka. There will also be a terramaxka at school which will be played in front of the student and the public who will be present on the day.

These activities will end at around 1pm, when the public and the students will gather in the main school  yard for the closing ceremony where there will also be a surprise for the students. We are all looking forward to this whole day event.

Pink October

As in previous weeks, this week was also chock-a-block filled with activities. These included a start of the year mass at the Parish Church, talks about Health and Safety and also Pink October. This was celebrated last Friday.

As most of you would know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This is a worldwide annual campaign involving thousands of organisations, to highlight the importance of breast awareness, education and research. The aim behind this month is to get as many people as possible involved in raising awareness and funds for breast cancer research.

 Last Friday, we had a strawberry milkshake day, whilst there was also a special assembly and the Honourable wife of the Prime Minister also came to visit the school. 

She is the chairperson of the Marigold Foundation. This Foundation works in various ways with different organisations to create awareness, amongst others, of the different types of cancers.

The Prime Minister's wife talked to the students about cancer awareness, and they listened attentively. She also saw the art exhibition, where the students drew posters and slogans in relation to breast cancer awareness.One activity thought of by the students was that of creating bookmarks. The latter were created in the students’ free time, and were done in a range of colours, mainly pink, blue and black. These were sold by the students to the staff and their peers.

October is fast drawing to a close but, after last Friday's event, I am sure that the students learned a lot, and are more aware of breast cancer.