Latest Updates August 2, 2016
Posted by St. Paul's Bay Primary School in Parents, Students, Teacher.Tags: benchmark exams, curriculum, ilearn Malta, lessons, primary school, St. Paul's Bay Primary School, update, year 6, year 6.4
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We are providing some latest updates owing to readers constant viewer ship to this blog.
Curriculum (what to study; which subjects you need to cover for the exams etc) Some helpful lessons (you need an ilearn account: all students and parents should have one)
Mathematics’ books for scholastic year 2012-2013 July 16, 2012
Posted by St. Paul's Bay Primary School in Parents, Students, Teacher.Tags: BDL, mathematics books, scholastic year 2012-2013, stpaulsbay primary school, Think and Learn, year 6.4
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We have already sent a paper with the required stationery for the coming year 6.
Leaver Arch File (A4)
10/12 dividers (A4)
2 packs of A4 ruled refill paper
2 transparent envelope files
Labels (one sheet)
Box file
A4 drawing book (blank pages)
(If you just hand over this list to the people working in a stationery, they would immediately give you all the required goods)
Some parents complained that they couldn’t find the required books of Mathematics. These books are not going to be given by the school but has to be bought by parents. We are providing a screenshot of these books. These could be bought from the BDL bookshop itself in San Ġwann:
13, Giorgio Preca Street
San Gwann
Malta SGN 3511
Phone: (356) 2138 0351
http://www.bdlbooks.com
Second method is: one can buy their books online (delivery is free through Maltapost), or else (third method) to ask the nearest stationery to make an order on your behalf.
A big thank you to all children and their parents June 29, 2012
Posted by St. Paul's Bay Primary School in Parents, Students, Teacher.Tags: end of scholastic year 2011-2012, primary school children, St. Paul's Bay Primary School, summer events, thank you, what to do in summer
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Thank You !
I had in mind of not updating the class website anymore especially as the school year has just finished. But I had second thoughts. I wish to say a big thank you to all but especially to all children in class and their parents. I never received so many presents at the end of the year. Many of the children wrote a thank you card. The words were truly touching.
All in all we had a good year together. I hope I did make a big difference in the lives of children and their parents.
Another thank you goes to the Head of school who was present for some creative lessons and she truly enjoyed the experience. The head’s presence was a big boost to children as they tried to perform in a special way in her presence.
A few children who wish to have a unique summer together with their families are kindly requested to visit the website of the Malta Tourist Information site where various activities are going to be held. Just click HERE.
Colourful Flags bring joy and fun during the morning assembly June 21, 2012
Posted by St. Paul's Bay Primary School in Parents, Students, Teacher.Tags: English Flags in a pirmary school, Italian flags in a primary school, Italy vs England in Malta, St. Paul's Bay Primary School
add a comment It was a memorable assembly on Thursday 21st of June as we had many colourful flags. Children waved flags of different countries. The most popular flags were those of Malta, Italy and England. Tension is getting really high as on Sunday 24th of June the national teams of Italy and England face each other in an exceptional football match. In Malta it’s the match of the century as the majority of the Maltese people are strong supporters of either the Italian or English national teams.
We wish to say a big thank you to the head of school who is truly a charming person because although being a head of school where she faces all sorts of problems and challenges, she likes to crack jokes with all. In fact in the assembly there are moments when she delivers a serious message, and other moments when she unites children, teachers and all staff by sharing a joke or two. This morning was no exception but we managed to capture the best photo of the year : the Head of school next to the Italian flag!!!
We end our updates to the class website for this scholastic year with this post. We wish Happy Holidays to all!
Practising Dialogue by using puppets May 29, 2012
Posted by St. Paul's Bay Primary School in Parents, Students, Teacher.Tags: benchmark exams, dialogue, malta, Maltese exams, stpaulsbay primary school, year 6, year 6.4
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We had a great time in class when children showed their creativity by using puppets in order to practice dialogue. Some of them came with up with excellent ideas. We hope that they’ll use what they’ve learnt in the exam.
Written forms of a dialogue:
Dialogue 2
Other ideas about how to create a dialogue:
Invitations May 23, 2012
Posted by St. Paul's Bay Primary School in Parents, Students, Teacher.Tags: benchmark exam, elementary school, end of year 6, invitation, malta, primary school, stpaulsbay primary school, year 6, year 6.4
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Invitation to a party
Children like parties so much! They like to go out on hikes, play a match of football, watch a movie together, go for a walk, a sleepover, to hang out in the main square etc……Surely somebody has to take an active role by organising simple everyday events.
One of the exercises in the coming benchmark exam is an invitation. Children could be asked to write an invitation to an event. Consequently they have to learn to put down the basic information for such an event.
We are providing some interesting events for children in order to write invitations. As usual we are providing some interesting links….
Mobile phone applications May 19, 2012
Posted by St. Paul's Bay Primary School in Parents, Students, Teacher.Tags: malta, revision for benchmarks exams, smartphone in education, smartphone in Malta, stpaulsbay primary school, year 6, year 6.4
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smartphone
Parents who try to do home lessons or revision especially at this time of the year, know from experience that children get bored very easily during lessons. After a whole day at school, lessons or exercises are the last thing that children look for. That is why we present lots of links to educational games in our class website. Children never say no to games. Without knowing it they would be practicing multiplication or division for an infinite number of times as long as they keep playing on the computer or mobile phone.
With ICT we understand all modern equipment with which one can communicate. Hence we don’t wish to forget one important aspect: the mobile phone. In year 6 most children are getting a smart mobile phone. Although we wish to make it clear that no parent should feel the pressure to do so, yet for those who bought one or are thinking of buying one, did you consider the mobile phone as a learning tool ? I think most of the people do not.
Our message today is to show people where to get FREE educational games in order to enhance their child’s learning and understanding. These are compatible with Android operating system. We prefer the android OS as it is similar to Linux, consequently it is FREE and customizable. Beneath are the links to educational games.
Instructions May 16, 2012
Posted by St. Paul's Bay Primary School in Parents, Students, Teacher.Tags: benchmark exams, instructions, malta, St. Paul's Bay Primary School, year 6, year 6.4
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Sandwich
It’s not that easy for some children to tell a story which is easily understandable. Sometimes they forget what happened and sometimes they can’t put one action after another or else their story doesn’t make sense.
This is easily noticeable when it comes to giving instructions. It’s not only for children though because reading instructions on how to use a washing machine, mobile phone, how to find a particular place in a city etc….sometimes it’s a daunting task!
One of the exercises in the benchmark exams is giving instructions. Hence our children are practicing giving instructions for various reasons. Here are some links which give examples of instructions:
Slogans May 10, 2012
Posted by St. Paul's Bay Primary School in Parents, Students, Teacher.Tags: benchmark exams, malta, slogans, stpaulsbay primary school, year 6. year 6.4
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slogan
The new benchmark exams for year 6, could ask children to prepare a slogan. Slogans are short, often memorable phrases used in advertising campaigns. They are claimed to be the most effective means of drawing attention to one or more aspects of a product. It could be used in other aspects of life: politics, education, sports etc….
Slogans could be used effectively in education so as to help children remember something which should be important in life.
We are providing a link in order to stimulate children to think about slogans. Just click HERE.
Children doing live adverts May 8, 2012
Posted by St. Paul's Bay Primary School in Parents, Students, Teacher.Tags: adverts, benchmark, malta exams, oral exam, primary school, stpaulsbay primary school, year 6.4
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Adverts
As part of our preparation for the benchmarks exams, our children practiced live adverts. We are truly proud of their achievement. The way they acted was truly incredible. It was the first time in front of the camera and the first time doing live adverts. Some of these children have a different language as their mother tongue, so expressing themselves in English was not so easy. The videos were taken by an amateur video camera. These children have a bright future. We wish them well!
St. Paul's Bay Primary School / Year 6.4 Class Website 