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THE LITTLE TIMES
Little Angels School
Newsletter No. 17
Website:
www.littleangelsschool.com
Dear Parents, students and
friends,
Welcome to our first newsletter
for this scholastic year. At school we are already doing a lot of
interesting activities, some of which you will read about in this
Newsletter.
Comenius Project.
This exciting and very
interesting project is in its third and final year. During the first term
of this scholastic year we are tackling architecture in Malta. The children
took photos of Old and Modern buildings and also found some information
about these buildings. All this work was presented to our partner schools
in the form of a power point presentation which the Junior 5 and 6 students
prepared during the IT lesson as well as in a brochure format. The Junior
1s and2s made various colouring in pictures of old and modern buildings.
The Junior 3s and 4s did collages of old and modern buildings. All this
work was exchanged with our partner schools during a meeting which was held
in Budapest, Hungary. Later on throughout this term, we will be making 3
dimensional models of old and modern buildings which we will then post to
our partner schools.
DINJA WAHDA
This year we have once again
won the Gold Award. This is the fifth time that we won this award. This
award is given to all those schools that incorporate environmental awareness
in their curriculum as well as embark on projects which instil in the
children a sense of duty towards our environment.
Christmas Concert.
This year our Christmas Concert
is going to be held on the 12th December at St.Aloysius College.
The exact time will be announced later. All the school will be taking part.
Cultural Outings.
This term the Junior 1s and
Junior 2s will be going to St.James’ Cavalier (Tell me a story session), the
Junior 3s will be going to a town, Mosta and a village, Mgarr, the Junior 4s
will be going to a Fire Station, the Junior 5s will be going to Mdina (Domus
Romane, Knights of Malta, Medieval Times and Mdina Experience and the Junior
6s will be going to Valletta (St.John’s Co-Cathedral and The Malta
Experience).
Sedqa Course
During this term we organised a
Personal and Social Development course for all Junior 5 students. This
course consisted of 5 sessions and was conducted by a sedqa representative.
This course was followed by a onetime session for parents which was also
conducted by a representative of Sedqa.
Parental Skills Programme.
During this term, along with
Sedqa, we are also organising a parental skills programme. This programme
will consist of 6 two-hour sessions, which will be held at the school.
Talk for students in Junior 6
The Occupational Health and
Safety Authority will be conducting a one-hour session during which the
children will be guided through an educational video, which will try to
instil a healthy culture from a young age and raise a more occupational
health and safety conscious future work force.
FACES
On behalf of FACES, we would
like to thank you for the wonderful donation . Thank you once again.
CHILDREN’S WORK
A day in the
life of a bird
Hello, my name is Zig and I am
about to tell you about my life as a bird after somehow I had been freed.
It was a fine sunny day and my
owner, Francis, who was a gentle, old man, opened my cage and pit hid finger
in for me to hop on. I did so and he patted me gently and walked to the
back door which led to the garden. There was a table filled with bird seeds
and he left me there. He watched as I pecked some into my mouth. I flew
about chirping with astonishment at how large the outside world was! I
turned back to see that Francis was waving to me as he turned back in and
stared at me from behind the window.
I kept on flying about to meet
another bird. He wasn’t my type but I thought that making friends wasn’t a
bad idea. By this time I had forgotten about Francis and I chirped happily
to the other bird as a sign of friendship. He agreed and welcomed me to his
nest, minutes later, we were flying above the countryside. I wasn’t used to
flying, but I found out that it was fantastic to fly with such liberty. As
we flew high, chirping in the bright sunny day, I spotted the many fields
and other places. I saw children playing merrily together and other birds
whizzing freely in the breeze.
Afterwards, I saw my friend
landing on a branch. I too did so and he led me to another nest with three
more birds in it. He introduced me and I was greeted warmly to the nest
where I continued telling them about my indoor life and explained how I was
freed. They gazed at me astounded, to hear about my past, for they had
never known what living indoors meant.
Time passed and I remembered
about all the seeds on the bird table. I told them about Francis and how he
took care of me and they were surprised to hear that humans could be friends
with birds. I invited them to come with me to visit Francis and after some
time they agreed to come along with me.
There he was, gazing in the sky
hoping to see me again. Then he smiled speechless to see that I had
returned with four more birds.
What a life being a bird....and
what fun it was to see Francis again along with my new friends!!!
Ian Saliba Junior 6.
My two
Parrots.
I have two parrots and their
names are Gina and Jimmy. Their colours are white, light blue, green and
yellow. They like to eat bits of carrots and apples but their favourite
food is bird food. They sing every day when I put them out in my balcony.
They like to be kept clean in their cage. They like to play with their
toys. They like staying in their cage and they look at me whenever I move
about in the house. I love my two parrots very much.
Bianca
Micoara. Junior 3
Myself
I am a boy and my name is
Miguel Micallef. I am seven years old. I live in a big house in Naxxar. I
don’t have any brothers or sisters. I have brown eyes and brown hair. I am
a little bit short for my age. My favourite colour is blue. I am scared of
spiders and ghosts. I like to play football. My friend is Andrew and I
like to play with him. When I grow up I would like to work with my father.
Miguel
Micallef. Junior 3
Min Jien?
Jien jisimni Raquel Sammut.
Ghandi sitt snin. Immur l-iskola Little Angels f’B’Kara. Jiena qieghda
fit-tielet klassi. Inhobb nghum u nigri bir-rota. Jiena Ghandi zewg qtates,
fekruna u ftit hut. Jiena nibza mid-dlam. Kemm niddejjaq meta nkun wahdi!
Meta nikber nixtieq insir tabiba ta’ l-annimali.
Raquel Sammut
. Junior 3
My Cat.
My cat is called Fluffy. He is
two years old. My cat likes to play with a squeaky toy. He purrs to show
that he is happy. Fluffy is brown in colour. His tongue is pink. His claws
are very sharp but he doesn’t scratch me. He washes his face with his
paws. He likes to sit by the fire place or in a sunny spot. Fluffy keeps
mice away from the house. I love my cat Fluffy very much.
Neil Brincat.
Junior 3.
My favourite
toy.
I have lots of toys but my
favourite toy is a toy shuttle. My grandmother gave it to me when I was
sick. I think that this toy was not very expensive as otherwise my grandma
would not have bought it. I play with it by pretending that it is going to
another planet. I pretend that it will be going to Mars. I enjoy imagining
that it crash lands on Mars. I do this on my bed so that it will not break.
If one of my friends joins me we take it in turns to play but when they do
not come I play with it on my own. I prefer to play on my own because I will
be free to play for as long as I wish and however I wish. I am very happy
with my toy and I hope that it will never break.
Neil
Buttigieg. Junior 4.
A day in the
life of a bird.
I was a vicious falcon with
brown eyes and white feathers. I loved flying and hunting insects and
fish. I also preyed on dead animals. I also loved the sea and the
wilderness.
Anyway, I was going over a town
where I saw a man with a long tool that had a hole pointing at me. All of a
sudden I heard a bang and I noticed that something was heading towards me.
I also heard another bird saying, “duck now!” I ducked my head and
something passed right next to it. I was very frightened. When I arrived at
my nest I was safe and sound. My mum said that the tool was called a gun
and that the man was there to kill me and eat me up.
On the same day I wondered off
with my brother and sisters to hunt for food.
We approached a dead animal and
we started eating from it but, all of a sudden a pride of lions roared with
anger. My heart was beating fast. I flew as high as I could. I needed to
escape my second attacker of the day.
This was a terrible experience
for one day. The world was not as beautiful as it looked. I felt a lot
safer with my family. I was one of four falcons and my parents made me feel
safe.
Christian
Coyne. Junior 6.
THE LITTLE TIMES
Little Angels School
Newsletter No. 17
Website:
www.littleangelsschool.com
Dear
Parents, students and friends,
Welcome to the third and last
newsletter of this scholastic year. During this last term our school
took part in various activities.
E.S.B.Examinations.
I would like to congratulate all our students who took part in the English
|Speaking Board Examinations. This year we had 30 students taking part
and they all did really well. The examiners were very pleased with the
high standard of our students’ work and this was reflected in the grades
that the children obtained. English Speaking Board certificates will
be awarded later during our Certificate Presentation Day. Well done to
all the students!
Special Congratulations also go
to Neil Buttigieg Junior 3 and Aidan Vella Junior 1 for taking part in the
Young Speakers of the Year Awards. Both Neil and Aidan were chosen by
the examiners to represent our school.
SPORTS DAY.
On Wednesday, 21st
May, we had Sports Day. This was held at St.Aloysius College.
Certificates of participation were given to all the students taking part.
A well deserved ice-cream was also given to all the students at the end of
Sports Day.
MARATHON
WALK.
On Friday 23rd May,
all the school went on our annual marathon walk. This year we went to
Ta’ Qali.
CULTURAL
OUTINGS.
Junior 1 – Apiary – Ghammieri
Junior 4 – Ghar Dalam&M’Xlokk
Junior 2 – Toy Museum Valletta
Junior 5 – Tarxien Temples&
Junior 3 - Biscuit Factory
Archaeological Museum
Junior 6 – Ghammieri Gov. Farm
SWIMMING
SESSIONS
During the last term, Junior 1
2 and 3 went to Razzett Tal-Hbiberija for swimming sessions. The
sessions included basic lessons for the Junior 1s and various water games
for the Junior 2s and 3s. All these sessions were organised by a
qualified swimming instructor.
SEDQA COURSE
During the third term we had a
course of 6 sessions organised by Sedqa personnel for all Junior 3 students.
PARENTAL
SKILLS PROGRAMME
During this term, along with
Sedqa, we also organised a parental skills programme. This programme,
which consisted of 6 two-hour sessions, was held at the school.
TALK FOR
JUNIOR 6.
A representative of Unit Ghozza
from the Education department came to the school to talk to the parents of
children in Junior 6. This talk dealt with the emotional and physical
development of children.
HEALTHY
EATING CHOICES FOR LIFE.
Representatives from the Home
Economics Centre in B’Kara came over to the school to talk to our students
about making intelligent food choices. All the students took part in these
interactive sessions. An informative session was also held for the
parents.
CHILDREN’S WORK.
Imagine
you were invisible for a day. Relate what happens.
I remember last year very
well. It was the third of June, a very hot day. My dad, who is a
scientist, one day decided to take me to work with him. It was a bit
scary looking at all those test tubes and chemicals. Suddenly
something went horribly wrong.
Someone in the laboratory
put the wrong chemicals in the tube. I realised that there was a lot
of smoke. Everyone went rushing out, screaming, pulling dad out too.
I was scared, very scared. Once I opened my eyes, all the smoke had
disappeared, just like my body. Soon I knew why, I was standing on
something, a broken tube with something grey in it. I went out of the
door but nobody was there, I found dad outside, hoping for a miracle.
When I spoke to him everyone ran away, thinking they had created a monster.
My dad was shocked when there was a voice out of nowhere but soon he
understood everything. He said the effect of the chemical would be off
in twenty-four hours. So I went, having fun. First I went to
swim in a public pool without paying, and then I went to school and changed
my marks from seventy to ninety. Then I decided to help someone.
I stopped a bully from taking a boy’s lunch and I stopped a robbery by
taking the robbers’ bags when they were running out.
When I
had been invisible for nearly twenty four hours I went to my dad and I
turned back to a normal human being.
I tell
this story to everyone but nobody believes me. I even wrote a book, I
called it the “Invisible accident”.
Jodie
Piccinino. Junior 5.
Having to go.
It’s my final year in this
school.
I’ll miss it very much.
All the teachers that have
taught me,
had the magic touch.
I don’t know what I’d do
without all my friends
but I will remember them
till the end.
I’ll miss all the
subjects, like music and P.E.
Next to these, all
future lessons won’t be a cup of tea.
I’LL have nothing but
memories, next year and after that.
But maybe I’ll see my
friends again and maybe have a chat.
Daniel Briffa. Junior 6.
The Garden.
The garden next to my
house is very big and I like to go there for a walk. I often take my
kite with me. In the garden there is a pond with turtles. Once I
saw a nest with some baby birds on the branch of a big tree in this garden.
In the garden there are many bushes too. There are also rows of flower
beds. The beautiful butterflies keep flitting among the lovely
flowers. There are many tall trees. There are also some stoned
benches under the shade of the trees. I like to go to this garden to
play and to enjoy the fresh air.
Neville Azzopardi.
Junior 3.
My Home Town.
I live in Siggiewi.
Siggiewi is quite a big village. I live in an old house in the centre
of Siggiewi. Thhe centre is the oldest part of the village and there
are many old houses. Our village is a very busy place. There is
a big public school. There are no gardens in Siggiewi and I wish there
was one where I could go to play. There is a big playing field.
In our village, we need to have more car parks. We also need more
street lamps. Siggiewi is very tidy and the people are very proud of
their village.
Simona Gauci. Junior
3.
Bedtime.
My mother usually tells me
it is bedtime. She says, “Come on Neil, it’s time to go to bed or you
will be tired for school in the morning”. I take off my clothes and
put on my pyjamas as soon as I go to my bedroom. I put my clothes on a
chair or if they are dirty I put them in the laundry bin. I go to the
bathroom to brush my teeth. When I get in my bed, I feel warm and
comfortable. My parents read a story as I settle in my bed.
Before I sleep I think of how much fun I had at school and at home.
Sometimes I do something funny like going under my bed and scare mum and
dad. Finally I say the bedtime prayers and then I fall fast asleep.
Neil Buttigieg.
Junior 3.
Unknown.
I do not know why?
I do not know how?
But my life is changing
even now
Our bodies are growing and
so is our mind
Yet still I wonder but
how?
Life is flashing by me
Until one day we
disappear.
Alessio Cushieri.
Junior 5.
My favourite season.
In spring everything
becomes more beautiful then it already would be in winter. You can say
it is a new beginning.
Spring starts on the 21st
March and ends on the 20th June. In spring, many animals
have their young, flowers bloom, trees grow their leaves, all helping
beautiful nature to grow and help the world to be a better place for people
and animals everywhere around the globe.
Most of our bird
ventilators have birds’ nests in them. So much activity happens in
spring because in winter many creatures are asleep and then in spring they
wake up from their long sleep. We go to many picnics because if there
is such lovely weather, why simply waste the free time you have watching
television and doing nothing? So many wonderful things happen in
spring including the Holy Week and the wonderful feast of Easter in which we
remember and celebrate the rising our Saviour Jesus Christ. Spring is
also a great season for gardeners and farmers as in spring we have nice
sunshine and very good temperature for growing plants so you can see many
different fruit in stalls for example kiwi, water melon, melon, pineapple,
avocado, strawberry, grapes and cherries. In spring it is very common
to see some people going to public gardens such as San Anton to enjoy the
beautiful sights of nature at its best. Some people also start
swimming in spring. My birthday also comes in spring.
Well, that’s all I am
going to say so I guess you have to just wait till I experience more of the
wonders of spring to hear more about my favourite season, spring.
Matthew Attard.
Junior 4.
Fairyland.
In a far away land called
Fairyland, there lived every type of flying creature like pixies, fairies
and birds. In fairyland everyone lived happily. There was an
adventure everyday. There were even quests to do. In Fairyland,
there was even a school called Fairy School of Magic. Here, all
fairies, goblins, pixies, birds and even children learnt how to do magic.
Once, there were two girls who lived in Fairyland who wanted to learn how to
fly like their fairy friends. The fairies gave them flying lessons and
after some time the two girls even got a pair of wings and started flying
around. These two girls saved the queen of fairyland when she was
kidnapped by the evil Sneevil. When the two girls retuned the queen to
Fairyland everyone started cheering, as they were all happy to see their
queen again.
Lyndsey Muscat.
Junior 6.
Li kieku kelli nsiefer
safra madwar id-dinja.
Li kieku kelli nsiefer
safra madwar id-dinja, zgur li l-ewwel kont immur l-Amerika, l-pajjiz li ma
jorqod qatt. L-Aktar New York fejn issib divertiment u spettaklu
mill-aqwa.
Wara kont immur Disneyland
f’Parigi fejn il-holm isir realta bid-divertiment u gost ghall-familja
kollha. Xenarju mill-isbah.
Ruma hija vera belt sabiha
biex izzur. Kont immur il-vatikan u nara lill-Papa jippriedka quddiem
il-folol ta’ nies. Imbaghad nara l-Kolossew fejn kienu jiggieldu
l-gladjaturi mall-annimali feroci jew il-gallarija fejn kien jitkellem
Benito Mussolini ma’ l-poplu tieghu.
Ic-Cina hu post sabih hafna
biex tara postijiet storici u tiekol ikel tajjeb u bnin specjalment ross u
xi ikel jahraq. Nixtieq immur Boston biex nara xi loghba basketball
kif jafu jilghabu huma.
Wara kont immur il-Germanja
biex nara l-passatempi tieghi l-aktar biex niskejtja minn fuq xi muntanja
ghal isfel. Biex tixtri xi xirja sew tista tmur londra .
Hawnhekk tista’ tara wkoll London Eye jew il-Big Ben.
Tkun vera safra sabiha
hafna biex iddur madwar id-dinja imma jrid ikollok hafna flus sew biex
iddura kollha jew dawk il-postijiet biss li semmejt.
Liam Grech. Junior 6.
Kont hadt sehem
f’kompetizzjoni u rbaht.
Kienet gurnata normali
meta wasalt mill-iskola.
Dakinhar kont gibt il-marki
ta’ l-ezamijiet Annwali.
Kemm hadt gost. Ommi tghidx kemm ser tifrah. Qabel ma
dhalt id-dar mort niccekja l-posta. Kien hemm hafna ittri u meta bdejt
nara ta’ min huma sibt li wahda minnhom kienet indirizzata lili. Dhalt
id-dar nigri biex niftahha ghax is-soltu watt ma nircievi ittri.
Minghajr ma keppimt lil
hadd mort fil-kcina u qghedt l-ittri l’ohra fuq il-mejda. Bdejt niftah
tieghi. Ommi giet hdejja u ghidtilha li rcevejt ittra u meta ftahtha u
bdejt naqra sirt naf li kont irbaht minn fuq il-Magazine, it-Tina u kont
irbaht kompetizzjoni.
Irbaht Kamera tar-ritratti
digitali, playstation, sett ta’ bolli Maltin, arlogg u Ipod. Bqajt
imbellha. Ma hsibtx li ser inkun daqshekk fortunata li nirbah dawk
ir-rigali kollha. Meat waslu huti mill-iskola, tghidx kemm ferhu bija
u qaLuli li jien brava immens ghax il-mistoqsijiet kollha kont gibthom
tajbin. L-Ghada meta mort l-iskola u lil shabi urejthom l-ittra,
tghidx kemm ferhu bija ! Ohrajn bdew jghidu li anke huma kienu dahlu
fil-kompetizzjoni imma ma rnexxielhomx. Dakinhar stess meta lestejt
mix-xoghol li kelli naghmel, morna fl-indirizz li kien hemm fuq il-karta u
mort nigbor ir-rigali.
Tghidx kemm kelli baskett
tqil.
Imn’Alla dhalt fil-kompetizzjoni ghax irbaht dawk ir-rigali kollha.
Claudia Scerri.
Junior 6.
On the Mountain.
I was in my bed covered
with a thick quilt. I was reading about a person who had successfully
climbed a huge mountain. My eyes were heavy. Suddenly, out of
the blue emerged strange figures calling out my name to join them but their
voices were quite familiar. I had been shovelled into a car and was
speeding away from a peculiar looking cottage.
In the semi-darkness, I
realised that I was at the bottom of a massive mountain. At the summit
of the mountain were flashing lights, made by torches. Our task was to
climb the mountain to uncover the mysterious lights. In the dim light
of my half-lit lantern I could see where I was going. I began climbing
but as soon as I did so, my lantern slipped through my sweaty fingers and I
was left with absolutely no light at all except for the moon and stars. I
continued climbing as slow as a snail and at one point I lost my footing and
was just lolling on one hand.
The little courage there
was left in me had completely gone. I tried to heave myself back on
the falling rocks but my hand had slipped off the rocks and I was hurtling
down the mountain, a dazzling light was switched on and my feet were numb
with the fall. I thought it was the end of the world.
I looked up into my
parents’ white faces. I sighed in relief. Next time I will make
sure that I don’t read too much before I go to sleep.
Stefan Borg. Junior
6.
An amazing invention.
Have you ever wondered
what makes modern life what it is today? The answer is technology.
Without technology, our life wouldn’t be nearly as enjoyable and easy as it
is nowadays. Why is this? This is because nowadays computers and
telephones exist.
The most popular one is
probably the telephone. If Alexander Bell hadn’t invented telephones,
what would have happened? Life as we know it would have been very different.
The older telephone was
very different from how we know it now. First of all, it had a
receiver, which went on the side of the machine instead of on top of it.
Nowadays, we have cordless
phones. These are phones with the receiver separate from the actual
machine. Human beings have even invented a new kind of phone. This is
called a mobile phone. This is like a cordless phone which you can
carry around and even text message and read emails on them. These have
developed tremendously and nowadays there are even very small phones with
video-calling. These are called 3G phones.
I am very glad that
telephones were invented. If not, I think our life would be very
different.
Amy Slater. Junior
6.
I am a wrist watch.
I was manufactured three
months in a factory that made watches. The man who designed me called
me “Super Diving Watch”. I am silver. My face is blue and my numbers
are gold. I’ve been waiting for a day till someone will buy me and
finally the day came.
It was Saturday
morning and the owner of the shop opened the beautiful golden doors and a
whole lot of people came to see the watches like me and some other different
ones. This man was looking at me. I thought he wouldn’t like me.
But no, I was wrong. He asked a young lady to get me out of my box.
The lady put me in a navy
blue box with my name on it. She put me in a bag. The man paid
her and left with me. Oh! I thought this day would finally come , I
said to myself.
I found out that the man
was called Harry Windsor. I found this out as I saw his name on the
receipt. We went in this odd black thing. I didn’t know what it
was as I had never seen something like this before. I found out it was
a car. Well, it did have a name but I do not know what it was.
Anyway, we arrived at “my new home”. It was very nice. He took
me out of my box and put me on his wrist. The horrible thing was that
I couldn’t see anything but a silly sleeve of a shirt.
Finally, I could see
again as the sleeve was no longer on my beautiful face. He keeps
looking at me to check the time. I wouldn’t dare show the wrong time or stop
working.
I love my new owner,
Harry so much that I will try my best to keep working hard for he needs to
know the right time all the time!!
Francesca Stivala. Junior
5.
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