Middle School

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…

On Friday 7th May, the Eko-Skola Committee some Yr 8 students, staff members and IB ESS students were treated to an online workshop via MS Teams thanks to PROJECT IMPACT. The online workshop was carried out by Mr Juan J Bonello, a senior lecturer within the Institute of Applied Sciences at MCAST. Together with Nature…

The phrase ‘a pop of colour’ has become a familiar one. So many TV shows with designers of houses, clothes, food and what not all encourage viewers to create that pop of colour. Well, our students at St Edward’s College acted on that. Following their success at re-designing sneakers, the Year 8 students continued on…

This week our Year 7 boys at St Edward’s College are learning the interesting topic of Statistics.  They have been involved in collecting data amongst themselves.  The topics discussed were their favourite colour, the colour of their eyes, pets, favourite film genre just to mention a few. Bar Charts were drawn to represent this data…

This may not be the one to burn calories, though you never know with students. Ms Anabel Laus decided to rev up her Year 8s with a rousing session of Brain Gym, designed to boost concentration.

TEFL lessons at St Edward’s College are never boring, especially with five energetic volcanoes from TEFL 7 who add so much variety to what is happening in the classroom it cannot be described in a few words. It is not only due to their never-ending energy resources, but also because of their cultural richness and…

Photography was on the minds of the Year 7s with Mr Jeremy de Maria. The boys were out and about doing practical exercises and applying theory to practice. In their course, the boys learn about exposure, apertures and shutter speed – when to use what to obtain the best photo. Then there are also the…

A small but very lively bunch of five enthusiastic TEFL students has taken over recent TEFL lessons. How did this happen? Well… Last week, our foreign students were exploring the nuances and intricacies of English grammar learning about the use of modal verbs. After analysing numerous examples and doing some practical activities, it was high…