On planning and creativity
The beauty of teaching is that there is no one week which is like another. Creativity It was such a delight this week to see just how creative our students could get. Going around seeing the classes, one cannot but admire the dedication of the teachers. Milky ways in splotches of colour, craters and moons…
Earth Day 2021
World Earth Day 2021Junior school students went all out to participate in activities related to Earth Day 2021. Braving the wind and the chill they hugged the trees which have given generations of boys shade and protection, as well as filtering the air in which they spend the better part of the day. Drawings, sculptures…
Of space and time
Rhythm, starting from a heartbeat to the complexities composed in symphonies, is something that can be recognised at a very early age. Our KG1, the children truly enjoyed their music sessions as they explored instruments and even created their own. Some then even ventured outside and created their own bands as they marched to a…
Hollywood beckons
As a follow-up activity in one of their English lessons with Ms Zaneta, Year 9X students faced a challenging task in which they had to turn into professional scriptwriters. After reading and analysing one of the chapters of ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’, the students’ goal was to create a script and act out…
Lead by Example
Our Year 4Z boys were out and about this week as they initiated a clean-up of the bastions surrounding the school. They had wanted to give back to nature, whilst tidying their second home from plastics blown onto the grounds after the very windy weather. The boys generously gave up their time during breaks to…
Year 6Y Factor Pairs
In year 6 we are revising factor pairs whilst exploring the artwork of Piet Mondrian, a Dutch artist born in 1872 and died in 1944. He coined the term neoplasticism for this style. Mondrian had a long artistic career which essentially began with his works in Luminism, after which he experimented in Cubism, before finally moving to neoplasticism and entering…
Back to School: Early Years
It was such a joy to see all the smiling faces walking back into college this week. Our youngest students were truly eager to see their friends and teachers once again. They quickly fell back into routine and participated in outdoor and in class activities. Their cheers and laughter could be heard from afar as…
REPPUBLIKA Competition
Some Middle School Students submitted work for the REPPUBLIKA Competition. The title of the competition was – What does Democracy mean to me? and they had to focus on 1 Human Right. Adam Caruana of Year 7X submitted an Essay with a focus on the Human Right of Education. RIGHT TO EDUCATION As Nelson…
Headmaster's Message 23
Good Afternoon All, Amusing I found it very amusing over the past days where our boys and girls, in the Early Years especially, abandoned parents and sprinted in to meet their teachers. Separation anxieties seem to have been more on the side of parents. All staff were overjoyed to see our students return, we truly…