Happy Mid-Term Holidays

Mid-Term Holidays are finally here. It's been a busy first few weeks but we are now gradually settling down.

Those of you who need my help during these holidays, please do contact me by leaving a message here.

Regards

J. Tabone

Dear Parents...

Welcome to Year 4. This will be a positive year for your child as we will be building on past successes and learn new things. Whenever home and school work together, your child’s chances of improvement in social skills and academically will be strengthened. Briefly, here is some useful information about our class.

School starts at 8:30am. Students must be punctual and proceed to line-up with the rest of the class for the morning assembly.

Very soon, I will forward to you a detailed time-table with specific slots dedicated to music, P.E and other lessons that require certain equipment or clothing. Please be sure your child has everything in order on such days.

Each day, your child will bring his/her home folder that contains homework and other notes. It is important that you check this everyday and make sure that tasks at home are done every day. Please support and talk with your child about the importance of completing this homework. Homework tasks, usually, do not take up more than 45-50 minutes.

After the first day at school your child will be bringing you a sheet that explains copybooks that we use in our class. Check that out too and make sure that everything is in order.

I look forward to work closely with you all and to have a successful school-year.

2010-11 - our official class photo

Back Row (left to right): Andre Abela, Neil Magri, Tristan Taliana, Gabriel Debono

2nd row (left to right): Matthias Falzon, Dea R. Fernandes, Cheyenne Mangion, Maya Buhagiar, Shanizel Gauci, Mrs. M. Borg (LSA)

3rd row (left to right): Mr. J. Tabone (class teacher), Owen Cassar, Ryan Farrugia, Ayhann Azzopardi, Liam Hudson, Mrs. D. Camilleri (LSA)

Front Row (left to right): Kylie Baldacchino, Jake Degabriele, Emanuela Sultana, Kaya Sammut, Michela Debattista. Not in the picture: Jacob S. Frendo

MERIT DAY - New books donated to our class

Merit Day took place in our school on Tuesday 17th May, 2011. All the parents present watched a short programme which consisted in 3 main items. First item included choir singing using recorder and percussions. Second item saw our students perform a short song. This was followed with the distribution of certificates; one for every student.

Our class also got a 75Euro donation worth of books to be included in our class library.

Special thanks goes to all the parents who tyook part and were present. Your attendance and over-all support is much, much appreciated!

One School One Dream, Environment Clean

One School, One Dream, Environment Clean - that's the mottow adopted by our class. This slogan was created by Jake Degabriele and the poster was created by all the students during crafts.

Happy Easter 2011

Our class would like to wish all our friends, relatives and loved ones a very happy Easter. God Bless. Our E-twinning partners from Greece have also sent to us their Easter wishes and you can view these by clicking here.

Healthy LifeStyle Week - Games

As part of our activities being held during Healthy Lifestyle Week, games will be organized during break-time. Our class will play as follows: Monday 11th: Handball match vs 4.2 Tuesday 12th Football match vs 4.1 Basketball match vs 4.1 Wednesday 13th Basketball match vs 4.2 Handball match vs 4.1 Thursday 14th Football match vs 4.2

Shine A Light across the miles

Our E-twinning project 'Shine a Light across the miles' being carried out with our friends from the Polichnitos Primary school in Greece and the pupils at the CP Lo Romero in Alicante in Spain, is right now in full swing. Green Calendars have just been exchanged and Easter Crafts will be completed soon. Clips of our project and of our partners can be seen on the right hand side of this blog. You cal also view our twinspace in the E-twinning page for more photos. Click here.

Pupils, please leave your comments here. What do you think of our project so far?

Carnival 2011

On March 4th it was Carnival Time in our school. Our class took part with some lovely costumes which you can see underneath. An official photo was also taken: those of you who would like to order this can do so in the next few days. Carnival masks were done in class during the day while games were also played. In the mean time, we would like to wish all the kids in the world a very happy carnival time. Be Good :)

Feeling good during Christmas..

Christmas time for us is not just about gifts, food and partying.

Christmas time for our students means feeling good by making others feel good too! That is what we did on Friday 17th December when we visited the old people's home at Apap Institute in our home town of St. Venera. During our visit, we sang christmas carols and also presented the residents with special christmas crafts done at school with the help of our PSD teachers. One of our students - Jacob - said: 'When I grow old, me too would like to come to stay at this home!' An unforgettable day for our students and for all the residents inside Apap Institute too.

Christmas Concert - December 2010

In front of the rest of the school, our class gave an excellent performance during our School Christmas concert. This annual concert gives an opportunity to all students to go on stage. Our class took part with a play called 'L-aħbarijiet tal-Milied' (Christmas news). A big well done goes to all the students who studied hard their part and went on stage well prepared. The applause received at the end of the play was well deserved!

Dea, our first Student of the Month

Dea Rodrigues Fernandes has been elected as our first Student of the Month for the October. Kylie, Michela, Liam, Cheyenne & Maya were all worthy runners-up.

Dea has worked hard throughout the whole past month. Her hand-writing is one of the neatest in class and her behaviour was one of the best too. As an award, she received a certificate and a small book. "Being student of the month of my class, I felt very happy," said Dea.

On behalf of all our class, congratulations Dea.

Our first outing of the year...

The first outing of our scholastic year saw us visit the Catacombs of St. Agatha in Rabat.

There we saw what an Agape Table really looks like, some frescos (wall paintings) and we even saw some of the oldest cemetries in our country. After that, we walked to the beautiful Howard Gardens in Rabat where we stopped for a short break.

Liam Hudson elected in Students' Council

Following the election for the school's council held in class last week, Liam Hudson has been elected to be our representative. Runner-up in this election was Neil Magri.

Congratulations to both Liam & Neil and we wish them best of luck in their new responsabilities.

Attention: absent students

For those students who have been absent from school today because of the weather, please note what we have mainly done today in class:

Religion: started lesson 4

Maths: continued on symmetry + page 29 from your books

English: worked on -ing verbs
Example: clap - clapping
swim - swimming
hop - hopping
run - running

Social Studies: Iddiskutejna 'L-ambjent ta' l-iskola tagħna'

Students Council Election - results on Monday!

On Friday 22nd, our class has voted to decide our representative in the students council for the coming year. Our class has got a long list of nominees and some can't wait to get the result. Candidates promised various interesting activities.

Results will be announced during next Monday's morning assembly.

2010 - 2011

Dear students,

welcome to a new scholastic year - a year that promises to be full of interesting activities which you will all enjoy. This blog is yours. Here you will be able to find extra work, slides, general information, games and news coming from our class. Parents can also keep track of our work by logging into our blog. Homework will also be made available online on a daily basis.

Underneath please find a list of things needed. It is important that you bring everything by the end of the first week.
- 16 single lined copybooks (rigi wesghin; 48 pages)
- 4 flat files (with labels) (red, green, yellow, blue)
- 1 pack of A4 full scaps
- 3 plastic folders (with labels)
- 1 file (2 rings, A4 size)
- 1 drawing book
- 1 box of coloured pencils/crayons
- 1 ruler, 2 pencils, rubber & sharpener
- 1 green biro
- 1 glue stick
- 1 small notebook (school diary)

Hope you enjoyed your first day at school. Year 4 starts here!

OUR CLASS WINS ANOTHER CERTIFICATE

Thanks to the hard work shown throughout the past months during our E-Twinning project entitled 'Sending Smiles', carried out with our friends from Greece and Spain, our class has been awarded a special certificate; the E-twinning Label. This is a special certificate awarded to those classes who participate in e-twinning projects and who show enthusiasm in the work they send to each other.

It is a certificate that is dedicated to all the students attending year4yellow during scholastic year 2009-10. Well done!

P.S. More photos and description of activities regarding this project can bee seen by clicking the above tab entitled 'Our Spanish and Greek friends'

SUMMER 2010

Here are 3 games for you to play during the summer days...

Free the Beach - clean the beach by dragging the litter into the proper bin

Tuna Trapper - Drop your nets (using the space bar) and try catch the tuna. Make sure you avoid the jellyfish :)

Dolphin - help the dolphin catch the rings and the fish

Good luck for your exams

The picture above says it all. You've all worked hard and you deserve to do well. Remember to do your best and... God will do the rest.

Our official Class Photo 2009-2010

Front Row (Left to right): Kurt Galea, Tiffany Baker, Julia McCormick, Therese Mizzi, Aidan Spiteri. 2nd Row: Sean Farrugia, Hayden Grima, Matthias Parnis, Glen Fero. 3rd row: Kylie Ciantar, Crayton Vassallo, Shania Duca, Gabriel Scalpello. Back Row: Janine Harmsworth, Jake Borg, Nicole Scifo

'Our Growing Together' Tree..

During the past week, in our class we have been working on a growing together tree. This activity was repeated during our Merit Day that took place last June 2nd, in our class.

Our college is the first college in Malta to introduce Merit Days because we believe that everybody has got something to offer. All children received a certificate marking a day that celebrates good practice amongst our students.

Kids Athletic Meeting

Strawberry picking

During Healthy week our class visited the Frott Artna fields in Mgarr. There we got lessons about growing crops. We learned about watermelons, beans, tomatoes, grapes and strawberries. We also had the chance to taste some of the fresh fruit. Before we left, we also visited a nearby farm. Some of us, were also lucky enough to hold some chickens or ducks in their hands. Unforgettable!

Healthy week begins

As from Monday 26th till Friday 30th April, all activities in school will be part of our 'Healthy Week' celebration.

During breaks, classes are competing against each other in 3 different sports as part of our promotion for physical exercise. On Day One we enjoyed one victory and one loss. Our football team lost 6-0 against class 4.1 but our basketbll team managed to win 8-6 against the same class. Jake Borg, Gabriel Scalpello and Aidan Spiteri (twice) scored our baskets. In Day Two, our football team won against class 4.3 3-2 thanks to goals from Aidan Spiteri (2) and Sean Farrugia.

Football results

vs 4.1 0 - 6

vs 4.3 3 - 2 (Aidan Spiteri 2; Sean Farrugia)

Basketball results

vs 4.1 8 - 6 (Aidan Spiteri 2, Jake Borg, Gabriel Scalpello)
vs 4.3 22 - 5

Handball results

vs 4.1 4 - 9