
Nhar l-Erbgħa 21 ta’ Diċembru saret l-attività ta’ Jum iċ-Ċelebrazzjoni li laqqgħet għadd kbir ta’ nies li għandhom x’jaqsmu mal-edukazzjoni tat-tfal fl-iskola tagħna. Kollha nies li ġew biex jifirħu mal-istudenti għall-kisbiet u l-ħiliet tagħhom.
Iċċelebrajna l-motto tagħna “L-Iskola Tiswa”… tiswa mhux biss biex tgħinek issib xogħol tajjeb li jirrendi, imma wkoll biex tgħinek tiżvilippa t-talenti u l-ħiliet tiegħek, li jagħtuk kunfidenza fik innifsek u personalità li permezz tagħhom tkun ċittadin sħiħ:
- Mill-att tal-edukazzjoni formali, fejn ir-riżultati tajbin li kisbu l-istudenti tal-Qrendi fl-eżami tal-Benchmark tal-2011 juru li qegħdin fuq l-istess livelli tal-iskejjel l-oħra fi ħdan il-Kulleġġ San Benedittu.
- Noħolqu atmosfera fejn ninkoraġġixxu l-iżvilupp personali tal-isudenti billi nagħtuhom opportunitajiet ħalli jkunu kreattivi, ħalli jagħtu sehemhom fit-tmexxija u jieħdu ħsieb l-ambjent tal-iskola, bħall-EkoSkola u Dinja Waħda. Għandna wkoll il-Kunsill tal-Istudenti fejn il-membri jiddiskutu problemi u inizjattivi biex inġibu l-iskola ’l quddiem. Qed nieħdu sehem mal-Iscout Group u l-Kunsill Lokali fil-Crocus Proġett li jeduka lill-istudenti favur l-inklużjoni ta’ min hu differenti minnha u kontra d-diskriminazzjoni.
- Nibnu attivitajiet diversi fejn l-istudenti jsibu l-opportunità li jakkwistaw iktar fiduċja fihom nfushom u jemmnu li kull wieħed minnha jista’ jagħmel differenza biex ikollna dinja aħjar fil-preżent u fil-futur.
Matul l-Attività ta’ Jum iċ-Ċelebrazzjoni, l-istudenti kollha ħadu sehem fir-reċta “L-Annimali fil-Presepju… u fil-Ġenna le?” u fit-tieni parti ngħata Premju Ktieb lil kull student. Dan sar biex nirrikonoxxu l-ħidma u l-isforzi li jagħmlu biex jitgħallmu. Mhux kulħadd jirnexxilu jilħaq l-istess livell imma kulħadd għandu bżonn l-inkoraġġiment, u dan il-premju jaqdi dan l-iskop. Barra minn hekk, ingħata Premju Speċjali lil kull klassi sabiex jinżamm fil-librerija tal-klassi stess.
Premjijiet oħra ġew mogħtija lill-istudenti tar-Raba’ Ħames u Sitt Sena skont il-marki li ġabu fl-eżamijiet tas-sena l-oħra. Dan il-premju nagħtuh biex inkomplu ninkuraġġuhom ħalli jkomplu fit-triq tajba tal-istudju li diġa qabdu.
Published on
November 15, 2010 in
Year 6.
One fine summer morning, during the last summer holidays, my mother and I went to my grandfather’s house. My granddad showed me an album of my uncle’s wedding.
As I was looking thoroughly at the photos, I came across a very funny one. In this photo there was the whole family; my grandparents, my mother, my uncle, my aunt and my aunt; when they were all very young. There was the witness and his family posing with the groom and the bride. The people were all standing, posing for the picture, as straight as an arrow. All the men were wearing black suits and bow-ties. The women were all dressed to their teeth but in my opinion their clothes were very unfashionable. Their necks, ears and fingers were decorated with bulky jewellery, some of which inherited from their great grandmother.
In the centre of the photo was the witness’ wife. The brim of her hat was so big that poor Joe, the witness, could not stand comfortably beside her. He was leaning a little to the side. On the other side of the photo was my aunt, who wasn’t taking the photo as seriously as the others. Next to her, was my grandmother, who was looking at my aunt disapprovingly. My aunt was flattening her mother’s nose, with her index finger. I laughed so much seeing my aunt ruining the photo, while the others were posing as proud as peacocks. It is very typical of her because she is still funny and jovial, even nowadays. She likes to pull people’s legs whenever she feels fit.
I wanted to show this photo to as many people as possible, so I decided to pull it off the album carefully. I put it in my pocket and I couldn’t stop showing it to people and laughing to myself when I saw their amused faces.
Miriana Cassar – Year 6
Published on
November 15, 2010 in
Year 6.
L-iktar persuna li nammira hija ommi. Ommi jisimha Tania. Hija bint fost erba`aħwa; żewġt irġiel u zewġ nisa. Ommi trabbiet maz-zija u man-nanniet tagħha ġewwa l-Imsida. Mindu kienet żgħira, kienet tħobb tilgħab il-futbol u dan sal-lum għadu l-isports favorit tagħha.
Ommi, li jisimha Tania, għandha tmienja u tletin sena u hi mara tad-dar. Taħdem bla waqfien lejl u nhar. Għandha qalbha taz-zokkor għax lesta li tgħin lil kulhadd f`kull ħin u f`kull mument. Ommi la hija twila u
lanqas qasira ħafna; għandha tul medju. Hi tħobb tiekol l-għaġin bil- frott tal-baħar u pizza bil-bżar aħdar. Ommi Tania, tħobb tixrob l-ilma għax lili
u liż-żewġ ħuti tgħallimna biex nixorbu u nieklu ingredjenti tajbin għas-saħħa tagħna.
Nammiraha minħabba li ma taqta` qalbha minn xejn. Dejjem tgħallimna, biex nikkumbattu fil-ħajja għax diffiċli biex jiġi kollox ward u zgħar. La nikber u niżżewweġ nixtieq insir bħal ommi. Naraha mara eżemplari u kuraġġuża. Meta nsir tal-eta`u jkolli t-tfal tiegħi ngħallimhom u nrabbihom fuq l-eżempju li qed tagħtini ommi.
Jiena, lil ommi nħobbha ħafna u ma nafx x`nagħmel mingħajrha. Nixtieq li meta nikber naddotta l-kwalitajiet sbieħ tal-mama` u nsir persuna ġeneruża u kuraġġuża li ma taqta` qalbha minn xejn.
Alexia Vella – Year 6
Published on
October 26, 2010 in
Year 6.
Is-Sajf li għadda l-kuġin tiegħi Alessandro ġie mill-Kanada lejn Malta, art twelidu. Alessandro ġie mal-għarusa tiegħu għax kienu se jiżżewġu hawnhekk. Kienu ilhom disa` snin flimkien.
Hu għandu xagħru qasir u kannella u għajnejh koħol daqs il-baħar. Huwa mhux daqshekk twil u huwa ftit mbaċċaċ. Għandu wieħed u għoxrin sena. Alessandro superstizzjuż u jħobb jiġbed saqajn in-nies. Huwa ġuvni fuq ruħu ħafna. Sakemm kien hawn jien qgħadt indawru madwar Malta għax kien ilu għaxar snin ma jersaq ‘l hawn. Kellu l-ħsieb li jibqa` ħajtu kollha hawn. Ħasibha fit-tul u fraħna meta qalilna bid-deċiżjoni tiegħu; li kien se jibqa`hawn għal dejjem.
Aħna qgħadna nilagħbu l-‘Xbox’, il-‘Playstation’ u ġranet oħra morna sal-Belt u qgħadna nduru l-monti u l-binjiet storiċi. Morna wkoll sal-baħar ingawdu x-xemx ta’ Malta. Il-ġurnata tat-tieġ kienet waslet, kulħadd kien eċitat. X`ħin wasal il-ħin li jkunu ta`xulxin lili żgiċċatli demgħa minn għajnejja. Sakemm sabu post biex joqogħdu fih flimkien bħala familja ġdida, qagħdu magħna d-dar. Jien ħadt grazzja mal-għarusa tiegħu għax hu kien vera jaf jagħżilhom in-nisa simpatiċi.
Dam sena magħna d-dar u mbagħad vera bkejt meta kien se jitlaq ma` martu ġo dar oħra. Avolja ma kienx sejjer lura lejn il-Kanad,a imma kien se jibqa` hawn Malta, xorta kont drajtu u fid-dar kien se jkun hemm xi ħaġa nieqsa mingħajru.
Alexia Vella – Year 6
Published on
October 26, 2010 in
Year 6.
Yesterday I was playing hide and seek with my two sisters. When I was hiding under my father’s bed I came across an album full of photos. I was looking at the pictures when I came across a funny photo.
This was an old photo because the sides were creased and torn. On it, there was my father and my auntie. My father was pretending to be a lady. He put two oranges in his top and he placed a cushion inside his skirt to enlarge his bottom. He wore a blond wig while he held my aunt, who was wrapped in towels. I knew she was feeling as hot as hell because her face was red like a tomato. She was holding my father’s nose because she was afraid that he would drop her.
Her mouth was open like an oval. I thing she was screaming her head off.
My grandma took this photo at her house in the bedroom next to the window. They had a great view because at that time they were living in Saint Paul’s bay near the sea.
When I saw it I laughed so hard that I bumped my head and made a really big noise. My sister found me laughing so much, I couldn’t explain what I had just seen. It was so comical.
Gabriella Caruana – Year 6
Published on
October 25, 2010 in
Year 6.
Xi tlett isjuf ilu, ġie jżurna l-kuġin tiegħi Philip. Huwa ġie mill-Ingilterra biex igawdi s-sajf sħun tagħna u biex jara l-familjari tiegħu, wara seba’ snin ma jżurna hawn Malta.
Xagħru hija ta’ kulur kannella ċar. Għajnejh huma koħol daqs il-baħar. Huwa twil m’ ogħla hawn u rqiq għuda. Philip kellu sbatax-il sena meta ġie u kien inbidel kompletament minn meta kien għadu żgħir. Meta ħareġ mill-ajruport lanqas indunajna li kien hu. Għandu qalbu taz-zokkor u meta jiġri xi ħaġa fid-dar tiegħu, ikun l-ewwel wieħed li jkun irid jgħin.
Philip ġie hawn, fuq il-gżira żgħira waħdu bħala vaganza ta’ mistrieħ. Huwa dam erba’ ġimgħat magħna u f’ dawn l-erba’ ġimgħat kważi dorna kull rokna li hawn f’ Malta. Kull filgħodu konna mmorru nżuru xi post turistiku jew storiku. Żorna l-Belt Valletta u Ħaġar Qim. Żorna wkoll l-Imnajdra u ħadnieh jiekol ġol-aqwa restoranti f’ Marsaxlokk. Wara nofsinhar konna mmorru ġo xi bajja sabiħa u tgħidx kemm kien iffaħħar l-inadafa u s-sbuħija tal-ibħra Maltin.
Iż-żmien malajr gerbeb u f’ ħakka t’għajn Philip kellu jitlaq lura lejn pajjiżu. Huwa wegħedna, illi meta jispiċċa mill-istudju tiegħu u jibda jaħdem, ser iġemma’ l-flus biex jerġa’ jiġi jżurna hawn Malta.
Miriana Cassar – Year 6