Early Years

Colours paint a rainbow in the heart. Our youngest students learn to recognise colour. When they do that, they then learn to name it. In another step, they also give it another name in another language. For adults, this time is long past so, perhaps they forget what an achievement it is for children to…

You may call it play. We’d be very happy if you did, actually, because it is the best way for children to learn. At the tender are of Nursery and Kinder, children are still developing their fine motor skills such as holding a pencil or a crayon. They are also learning to control their bodies…

KG1Z worked on their gross motor development as they pretended to be animals during a topic linked outdoor session. This followed an indoor sensory activity where the children worked their senses, exploratory, language and fine motor skills.  

Children and greens are not synonymous, as most parents will attest after countless attempts to get their progeny to eat their greens. But, if eating is not on the menu (ahem!) children seem quite open to experimentation. Can you paint a tree using broccoli? Can you make a car using bread? C’mon! Take up the…

As a wise man once said: Show me your seed and I will show you your harvest. We plant a lot of seeds at College. Some are real and blossom into vegetables and flowers throughout the year. Some are virtual and blossom into the beautiful minds of young children and adults. Here we have year…

Just as bad habits tend to be ingrained early on in life, so, conversely are good habits. An excellent habit is that of having a good relationship with food: eat to live not live to eat, choose health, not greed and several other mantras. KG1Y approached this topic by printing fruit using paint as they…

What a glorious year full of new prospects! Anne Shirley Cuthbert was always full of enthusiasm in Anne of Green Gables. As we grow up this enthusiasm for life seems to dampen somewhat. looking at the faces of our young pupils, however, you can see the gleam of discovery the joy of living, the query…

All good stories start with the stock phrase ‘Once upon a time’. Well, this one does not. Early Years Head Ms Stephanie Grech was recently in touch with Dar Sagra Familja. This was part of an initiative undertaken together with the head of Junior School Ms Louise Mallia and Ms Abigail Brown, and was intended…

Gerald Durrell’s famous Corfu trilogy lent itself beautifully to this post. College is, indeed, like family and for the younger pupils, this family included also the Mounted Police and the K9 Section of the force. The children learnt about the horses and how the police take care of them. They heard how the dogs were…