The Headmaster was informed that Ali Hagagi, a young student who was preparing to continue his IB Diploma at St Edward’s College where he has been a student for many years, is recovering. Background If this summer can be remembered by anyone occurrence, it has to be the accident that left our dear student Ali […]
Julian Coppini (Y12) was announced as School Captain in a special assembly held at St Edward’s College. Mr Jolen Galea, Head of the IB Program said that the choice of captain, as well as school monitors and House Captains, are based on the ethos of the college as enshrined in the Mission Statement.
As Michaelmas term draws to a close, it brings with it the excitement of Christmas. The birth of Jesus sparks in the hearts of young and old a wonderful feeling of togetherness and anticipation of gladness. At St Edward’s College, the various age groups are well into preparations, particularly since the children leave school before […]
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 […]
Sensory perception is one of the most important aspects of development. The development of touch and feel works in sync with sight and sound to give the human body an experience that is stored in memory. Such experiences can be informal, learnt through random play, semi-formal or learnt through guided play or formal and learnt […]
As part of the emergent curriculum development, every class kicked off its topic with a ‘web’. This holds ideas the children share about the topic itself and any questions they wish to learn about. This is a living document that carries on evolving throughout the topic development. Our nursery Y class chose their topic following […]
This edition of Dwardu’s Scoops has again increased its page count. A great thank you to all contributors and, I must say, it is quite a feat to keep up with the amount of work and activities carried out at the College. Remembrance day struck a reflective chord among the students, enabling these young people to […]
KG2x students have chosen the topic on the farm to explore together. This got them discussing a variety of animals and their habitats. Needless to say, it was a great opportunity to get messy as they created their own mud in class to give their craft pig a better home. The boys loved digging into […]
Nursery Z students started their day calling out jungle animals and learning about their features. This then led to a spontaneous matching activity where the students matched pairs and extended this into an “acting out” session, prompted by their teachers. The children also used finger puppets and magnifying glasses to look closely at the animals […]
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: […]