Middle School

As the scholastic year comes to a climax, preparations for the work to be carried out next year are already underway. Boys transitioning from Middle to Senior School will need to start making choices: subjects which they will opt to study and others that they will have to leave behind. At St Edward’s College, we…

Recently, the Maltese department organized a poignant outing to Fort St Elmo in Valletta, offering students a vivid insight into Malta’s experience during World War II. This educational excursion not only deepened their understanding of the island’s wartime struggles but also provided a tangible connection to the themes explored in George A. Said Zammit’s prose…

It was a morning like no other for the Year 8s. Ms Radka Zarkova had managed to obtain two pig’s eyes for Biology Class. So far, these students had been learning about the eye from books. All very anaemic and clinical. Then came Ms Zarkova, who, like a veritable Houdini, pulled the porcine body parts…

As young Adam Fisher, one of our youngest Students Council members said, we spend a lot of time on the internet and it is not always safe. Indeed, one of the main concerns of parents is always not simply ‘What are they up to?’ but ‘Are they safe?’ Children and young adults are very susceptible…

Christmas is a lovely time but it can also be Merry Christmas! very lonely. Thinking of Christmas in the bosom of the family and surrounded by friends is great but, what if you have no friends? What if you have no family? Hard to imagine? Perhaps, but it is a reality, particularly for those who…

On the 11th day of the 11th month 103 years ago, what was then called ‘The Great War’ ended. Millions died, many of them slow and cruel deaths. It was the war that put paid to what the poet Wilfred Owen, himself killed a few days before the armistice, was to call “that old lie:…

Middle School has been gripped by a haunting mania. With Halloween costumes and all things (pseudo)scary well underway, the students of the middle years dived into the preparations with gusto. Not only were there all forms of creepy crawlies which infested every window pane and skirting. Mice, rats, skeletons, Jack O’Lanterns and even Munch’s ‘The…

During Tuesday’s science class, the year 7X students, led by Ms Cheryl-Ann Cuschieri, were studying the fire triangle.  They carried out a simple investigation making use of a candle, coloured water and a beaker. They realised that oxygen is needed for burning to take place and once oxygen is depleted, the candle extinguishes. This then…

This year, in the ‘Activities Friday’ slot, the Middle School students are meeting with Ms. Annette Agius. Having extensive experience working with youths, Ms. Agius’ activities focus on Life Skills for teens. Last week, the youths attempted to write the word ‘Team’ using a pen held only by strings and without any verbal communication between…