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)
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!
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:
science May 4, 2012
Posted by St. Paul's Bay Primary School in Parents, Students, Teacher.Tags: government school, science assessment for year 6, science is fun, St. Paul's Bay Primary School, year 6, year 6.4
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Science is fun
There is going to be a science assessment in all year 6 classes. Ours is going to be on the 17th of May. It’s not just another subject or else something else to study but rather to enhance the skills of our children to experiment, jot down notes, think and write their own conclusions.
We need to help children to discover experimental skills rather than wait for the answer given by the teacher or parents. Children who like to experiment, question, think……are prone to achieve higher marks and better success in life.
We are providing some sites, suitable for their level. Obviously with search engines one can find many more.
Link 1 (games)
Link 2 (your virtual garden!!)
Link 3 (make your own circuit)
Link 4 (National Geographic)
Link 5 (BBC)
Link 6 (resources)
Link 7 (links to more sites)
What is an advert? April 17, 2012
Posted by St. Paul's Bay Primary School in Parents, Students, Teacher.Tags: adverts for children, basic advert, commercial, good advert, St. Paul's Bay Primary School, year 6.4
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Advert
Children in year six are now doing a more practical approach for learning. They are drawing, writing, talking, discussing, acting about adverts. They are trying to learn the art of doing an advert. As this involves a new exercise the lessons are spread over a period of time. Here some links which help them understand the main ingredients of a good advert:
Good Practice from students April 9, 2012
Posted by St. Paul's Bay Primary School in Parents, Students, Teacher.Tags: good practice, learning process, St. Paul's Bay Primary School, year 6.4
add a comment Although teachers, were, are and are going to be important for teaching to take place, we always encourage the student to be highly active in the teaching process. The lessons are done in class for all students. Some of them do the minimum required. Others are not satisfied with the teaching received in class and they look for alternative types of teaching, books etc….Others tell their mum what they have learned in class and in the process they will be revising their own knowledge.
In this case it was Nico Kast who asked a member of his family to bring to class some equipment used in the Second World War. Students could touch with their own hands and see with their own eyes the old equipment. It is this type of learning that we wish to encourage. The student wants to know more by using all necessary experiences and tools in order to understand better what has taken place in class. One other photo shows a visit by other students (on their own), to a historical building where they took a photo and wrote a few lines about it.
Our children are learning German April 3, 2012
Posted by St. Paul's Bay Primary School in Parents, Students, Teacher.Tags: learning German, St. Paul's Bay Primary School, year 6.4
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Flag of Germany
All year 6 children are learning German in our school. As usual, the class website is providing another help in order to master the basic things of the language.
Games 1
Website used by German Teacher (click on Deutsch)
DoudouLinux…..the Child friendly operating system! March 30, 2012
Posted by St. Paul's Bay Primary School in Parents, Students, Teacher.Tags: child friendly operating system, doudouLinux, solution to Maltese schools, St. Paul's Bay Primary School
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One of the most child friendly operating systems is DoudouLinux.
DoudouLinux
Just download it (free and IT IS legal!), burn it as an IMAGE. Than one can either use it as LIVE CD (ie not install it, but just try it). Second option would be to install it as a dual boot (ie one could still have windows and linux installed on the same computer without harming each other! One could still fetch documents from the windows partition. To download it just go HERE.
In linux, one could still produce or read documents made by windows operating system or programs. In Linux the child would learn not to be afraid of choice and start experimenting with new things without harming the operating system. Please remember that in Linux there are NO such things as viruses and it should NOT crash the way the windows operating system does….so parents please remember you’re going to save a lot of money by NOT calling the PC technician for removing viruses when using Linux!
Children start doing their own websites. February 2, 2012
Posted by St. Paul's Bay Primary School in Students, Teacher.Tags: barcellona, go-cart, St. Paul's Bay Primary School, year 6, year 6.4
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go-cart
Secondly, they open up the child to new challenges. Whilst learning by heart some principles is very important in the primary school, one should not forget that children need to face continuous challenges.
Barcellona's team
Thirdly, ICT involves a lot of things which are extremely attractive for children. Other methods are still interesting but surely the new ones serve to glue children to electronic instruments and/or methods.
We proudly present two new websites.One is of Roberto’s and the other one is of Andriy’s. Roberto is a fan of go-carts whilst Andriy is a fan of Barcellona’s football team. Click Here.
St. Paul's Bay Primary School / Year 6.4 Class Website 