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KG 2 Around the World Topic
Over the past couple of weeks, KG2 students have been exploring the topic Around the world. The classes started off with learning all about Malta, including the Maltese flag, language, traditional toys and games, food, and songs. They ventured outside to read stories in our gardens as they explored their own surroundings linked to the…
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KG1 Cross Curriculum Learning
During their walk around the College gardens this week, the KG1z students showed a particular interest in the different leaves they spotted. They explored their textures and shapes and then used their collection during their numeracy activity. The students used their fine motor skills to pick up the leaves and then glue them to form…
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Learning all about the Number 10
KG2z have been engaging in a number of hands-on activities to solidify their understanding of number 10. They individually wrote the number in coffee beans and discussed the sensory element involving the texture and smell. They then also held an experiment for the ‘0’ formation involving skittles. Here they class discussed the process that took…
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Year 2X Maltese Board Game
During a Maltese lesson, the Year 2X boys engaged in an online board game last week to further learn about colours using Maltese vocabulary. The boys worked as a group to answer a variety of questions in order to get to the finishing line. It was great fun and the boys enjoyed collaborating to achieve…
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Year 1 Online Parent Workshop
Last week the Year 1 teaching team held an online meeting with parents to explain the Maths Abacus online programme. The Year 1 boys have been using this tool in class and will now start being assigned online tasks and games for home. Each game and/or task assigned will correspond to the pupils’ numeracy concept…
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Literacy Learning in Nursery
Our nursery X students have currently been exploring the topic of colours. Through the topic they are broadening their understanding and developing their language skills. The nursery pupils have been listening to a number of stories revolving around their topic crafts. KG1W students have been practising their pre-writing skills through tracing activities using markers and…
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Year 1 Giant Number Line
Year 1Y took their numeracy learning outside this week as they learnt all about what comes before and after. The boys took to jumping their way to the answer on the College lawn. Number lines are a big part of numeracy learning as they help develop arithmetic strategies and problem-solving skills. As well they are…
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KG2 Pre-writing skills
KG2X have been using the new IWB to carry on developing their pre-writing skills. The students played a number of literacy games and then further practised their letter formation skills on the IWB. The learning is always scaffolded to target the student’s development using a variety of tools to keep them motivated and engaged. The…
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KG2W Enjoying the outdoors
KG2W enjoyed a walk around the College bastions as well as an outdoor story telling session this week. The students settled down and participated in a discussion of characters and story sequence following the story telling session. ‘Elmer’ the elephant was quite a big hit and the students enjoyed taking turns sharing ideas together. This…