The PSCD Department within the Humanities Section (DLAP) and the National Blood Transfusion Service are collaborating together to offer students a virtual presentation on blood and the importance of donating blood. A TEAMS online meeting will be held on Friday 19th of June, from 9:00 – 10:00am. To join, simply use the code jflu7r3.
Teachers who have participated in eTwinning projects during the scholastic year 2019 -2020 are invited to apply for the eTwinning National Quality Label. Outstanding projects will then be eligible for the eTwinning National Awards during the next EMBED ceremony. This year eTwinning will also award best projects initiated or continued during the schools closure period.
For more details visit www.etwinningmalta.net
The deadline to apply for the National Quality Label and be eligible for the EMBED awards: Friday 3rd July 2020. For more information send an email to: etwinning@ilearn.edu.mt or contact us on 2598 1568
The Malta College for Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) has launched a series of online information sessions that will allow prospective students and their families to learn more about the College and the courses it offers. These information sessions starting in June will help students understand entry requirements, application process and course-specific information. More than 10 sessions are scheduled throughout June covering information about the courses offered at MCAST’s six institutes. Participants can access the live sessions by clicking on the links available on the MCAST website.
During these sessions, attendees can meet staff members and submit questions in real-time through a group chat. MCAST Principal and CEO Prof Joachim James Calleja said, “We know that students are making important decisions at this time. Through these online information talks, we can meet students informally and pass on practical information about entry requirements, courses and career paths.” The MCAST career guidance service is being offered by phone on 23787135/6 or by contacting career advisers by email on careerguidance@mcast.edu.mt
Useful Links
Prospectus 2020-2021 listing 191 courses starting in October 2020
Information on how to join the live information sessions
Last Friday 5th June saw the re-opening of the childcare centres in Malta and Gozo. This after long-hours of meetings with public health Superintendence and with the partners involved in the childcare centres including the SME Chamber, the Association of Childcare Centres, the Association of Independent Schools, the foundation for educational Services, Jobsplus, the Directorate for Quality and Standards in education, and the Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability. The centres were re-opened with very clear guidelines. You can access these guidelines hereunder:
The first edition of Tbissima, a magazine compiled by the staff of St. Nicholas College, Rabat Primary School, is out ! You can access it online by clicking on the following link:
https://online.fliphtml5.com/wqxsg/xdkp/
BeSmart Online! is a multi-agency project implemented through a consortium coordinated by Tech.mt and brings together FSWS Agenzija Appogg, the Office of the Commissioner for Children, the Directorate for Learning and Assessment Programmes (DLAP) and the Malta Police Force – Cyber Crime Unit. The consortium is supported by the expertise and experience of a number of strategic partners’ who contribute through a purposely set up Advisory Board. All partners work together to raise awareness and educate children and teens, parents/carers and educators on the safer use of the Internet. The partners also established and promotes www.childwebalert.gov.mt, an online reporting facility for illegal online content, particularly child abuse material and offers support services to respective victims.
During this time when teaching and learning has shifted online, BeSmart Online! has issued a series of guidelines for students and parents/guardians. Click on the links below to download the information brochures:
Information for Parents/Guardians
Every year, the Directorate for Digital Literacy and Transversal Skills organizes Embed Awards to recognise those whose exemplary work provides a model for teaching and learning in the digital age. With schools closure in the present extraordinary Covid-19 circumstances, digital education has been taken to a new unprecedented level as many educators have shifted to remote lessons. This posed new challenges to educators to use online platforms and other tools in their teaching and learning. For this reason, the Directorate for Digital Literacy and Transversal Skills decided to celebrate the good pedagogical practices both before and after the school closure. Educators are invited to submit initiatives based on a number of experiences and activities related to technology-mediated teaching and learning, carried out over a period of time. Continue reading
While there are many similarities between face-to-face lessons and online lessons, there are a lot of differences too. These things are the same: the basic structure of beginning, middle and end, the principles of good teaching, the importance of learning objectives and the need for explanations. However, the delivery is different, the interactions between learners are different and, more importantly, online learning is much more intense for everyone.
British Council have prepared an info sheet aimed at helping educators plan and deliver online lessons. Click on the link below to access this document:
Lesson Planning for Teaching Live Online – By British Council
The Career Guidance Teachers at the National School Support Services (NSSS), have prepared some informative material aimed at helping students of Year 11 make their choice after secondary education. These resources range from appreciating one’s qualities to the prospectuses of post-secondary institutions. Although intended for students, this material should also serve as an invaluable source for all those people, such as parents and also practitioners, wanting to be better equipped to help those who have to make their choices.
For more information visit https://euroguidance.gov.mt/resources/#1586466675429-681094a3-83ce Continue reading
St. Nicholas College Science and Geography Departments (Rabat Middle School and Dingli Secondary School respectively), have prepared a report on how climate, mainly rainfall and temperature, can impact water flow and farming in Qlejgħa Valley, Malta. The report, and accompanying video, was submitted on the ESA Website – European Space Agency– for the Climate Detectives@Home project. The project challenges students to monitor our planet from home by looking from above! Participants are encouraged to find an Earth observation image, describe it and link it to a climate problem.
You can read the report by clicking on this link: Climate Detectives – Investigating Waterflow at Wied il-Qlejgha, Rabat, Malta
Watch the video below to learn more:
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