Middle School

Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty that can cause problems with reading, writing and spelling. It can also affect organisational skills. It’s a specific learning difficulty, which means it causes problems with certain abilities used for learning, such as reading and writing. Unlike a learning disability, intelligence isn’t affected. Dyslexia exists in all cultures and…

What distinguishes a culture from civilisation is its ability to communicate and transmit information accurately to posterity. The Vikings were not merely a culture but a sophisticated civilisation with working literature based on runes. During their History lesson, the Year 8 boys learnt about the awesome Viking warriors and their civilisation. One of the aspects…

Every year, St Edward’s College Malta provides the parents with a yearly pack of essential information, including book lists and uniform requirements. These have just been revamped and the booklets contain details and links to important information available on the website. All years will receive their orientation packs through the MySchool platform with any other…

Two Edwardians will be flying the colours of our national flag in the sailing event 2021 Optimist European Championship. This will be held on the 20-27th June 2021 in Cadiz, Spain. Ryder Croft (Yr 9X) and Thomas Zahra (Yr 9Y) will be joining other young sailors from the Birzebbugia Sailing Club. The Optimist, also known as…

The Sportsdesk has reported that Timmy Vassallo a Year 7 St Edward’s College student,  has secured overall victory at the Ragusa Kinder Cup Regatta. Jonas Micallef too is an Edwardian and successfully finished the regatta. Competing in the Optimist division, the Malta Young Sailors Club sailor was in control of the competition right from the…

Year 8 students have recently attended an online talk hosted by Esplora regarding Project Maleth. This is a scientific programme which shall be sent to the International Space Station in August 2021. Students have been given the opportunity to send a digital message to space. This was both a unique and an exciting opportunity to…

To spark a discussion in one of English lessons with 9X students who have been following the fate of Bruno and Shmuel, the main characters of a poignant and moving novel ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’, Ms Zaneta prepared a listening activity based on a beautiful song about resistance and resilience ‘Something inside so…

How many colours does black have? And blue? And green? These were the questions which the Year 8s attempted to answer in their science classes. There they learned about chromatography which is a technique used to separate the colours using the medium of ink. During this lesson, they have also learnt about what solvents are…

Not only are TEFL lessons at St Edward’s College essential to our students’ well-being as they enhance their crucial English skills, but they are also extremely interesting and give students the possibility to learn across cultures. In a small, five-student group of TEFL 7, we are fortunate to have a mixture of four different cultures…