Category Archives: Online Lessons

Linji gwida gฤงal uลผu kurrikulari tal-filmati animati Id-Denfil

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Bฤงala parti mill-inizjattivi biex jinฤงolqu riลผorsi edukattivi animati bil-Malti, id-Dipartiment tal-Malti jixtieq jgฤงarraf lill-gฤงalliema tal-primarja li fis-sit elettroniku https://malti.skola.edu.mt ittellgฤงu gฤงadd taโ€™ riลผorsi marbuta mal-filmati animati tas-sensiela popolari Id-Denfil.

Dawn il-filmati, barra li jistgฤงu jintuลผaw gฤงal skop taโ€™ rikreazzjoni u divertiment, gฤงandhom iservu wkoll bฤงala riลผorsa gฤงat-taฤงriฤก tal-istudenti fโ€™gฤงadd taโ€™ ฤงiliet fil-Malti. Gฤงalhekk inฤงolqu kampjuni taโ€™ riลผorsi u qed jingฤงataw ideatu suฤกฤกerimenti kif l-gฤงalliema jistgฤงu juลผaw dawn il-filmati animatifil-lezzjonijiet tagฤงhom biex jgฤงinu lill-istudenti jilฤงqu gฤงadd taโ€™ kisbiet differenti tal-Malti skont is-sillabi tar-4 u 5 sena tal-primarja.

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Webinars for Parents and Guardians hosted by the SpLD Service

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The SpLD service has announced it will be repeating a series of webinars for parents and guardians. The aim is to provide practical ways of how (parents and guardians) can better support their child with dyslexia at home. Sessions will be held at 9:30 am on Microsoft Teams, and they vary in duration between 1 – 1.30 hrs. The full timetable can be found below:

Interested applicants are kindly requested to register their interest by sending an email to
spldservice.meds@gov.mt by Tuesday 5th April 2022

Active Citizenship – Webinars for Year 8 to Year 11

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The Social Studies department within the Directorate for Learning and Assessment Programmes is once again collaborating with Aฤกenzija ลปgฤงaลผagฤง to offer a series if webinars to Middle and Secondary School students. This yearโ€™s running theme is โ€˜Active Citizenshipโ€™ and the subjects chosen are directly related to the Social Studies
syllabus:

Year 8: Demokrazija I.S.S.A.
Year 9: Nikkontribwixxi I.S.S.A.
Year 10: Nikkontribwixxi I.S.S.A
Year 11: Nikkontribwixxi I.S.S.A

These sessions will be streamed live to students via MS Teams. The Social Studies teacher is to facilitate the streaming session in his or her classroom respectively.

Schools are to appoint a contact person (details to be included in the application) so that Aฤกenzija ลปgฤงaลผagฤง communicates with the indicated person to make the necessary arrangements. Bookings will be accepted on a first come first served basis and are to be made on the following link: https://forms.office.com/r/KyTCyTgBxC.

Aฤกenzija ลปgฤงaลผagฤง will be in touch with the person concerned three days before the booked date to re-confirm all the arrangements. Further information about the sessions can be found on the Information Leaflet here:
https://fliphtml5.com/rqmms/nahk.

Safer Internet Day – Resources for PSCD Teachers

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The PSCD department within the Directorate for Learning and Assessment Programmes is once again collaborating with the Commissioner for Children, Aฤกenzija Appoฤกฤก, and the Cyber Crime Unit within the BeSmart Online Project to celebrate Safer Internet Day. This year, Safer Internet Day will be celebrated on Tuesday 8 th February 2022. Safer Internet Day aims to not only promote a safer internet but also a better internet, where everyone is empowered to use technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively.

The PSCD teachers are being encouraged to make students aware of this day and carry out lessons and clips prepared for middle and secondary students during the safer internet day or during that week. The lessons prepared are part of the PSCD learning outcomes syllabus and complement work already done in class and in the reflective workbooks. The toolkit created by the BeSmart Online Team includes lesson plans, video clips and other resources that can be accessed through the link https://www.besmartonline.org.mt/sid-toolkit.

Sessjonijiet Virtwali gฤงall-Istudenti tal-Lingwi

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Id-Dipartiment tal-Lingwi Barranin se jorganizza serje taโ€™ sessjonijiet virtwali lil studenti tal-lingwi tas-7 u t-8 Sena li huma nteressati li juลผaw il-lingwi bโ€™mod aktar attiv u li lesti li jiskopru dwar lingwi differenti minn dawk li huma familjari magฤงhom. L-istudenti li gฤงandhom gฤงal qalbhom xi lingwa jew oฤงra huma gฤงalhekk imฤงajra li jinagฤงqdu maโ€™ studenti li jitgฤงallmu lingwi differenti u jattendu gฤงal serje taโ€™ webinars marbutin mal-lingwi. Dawn il-webinars ser jittrattaw aspetti dwar il-lingwa, l-kultura, l-uลผu u t-tagฤงlim tal-lingwa u jipproponu attivitajiet li bihom l-istudenti jistgฤงu juลผaw jew ikabbru l-gฤงarfien tagฤงhom fil-lingwa barranija partikolari li tkun qed tiฤกi ppreลผentata lilhom. Ser ikun hemm sessjonijiet fuq iฤ‹-ฤŠiniลผ, il-Franฤ‹iลผ, il- ฤ ermaniz, l-Gฤงarbi, it-Taljan u l-Ispanjol, kif ukoll xi lingwi oฤงra li maโ€™ jiฤกux mgฤงallma fl-iskejjel.

Fis-sessjonijiet l-istudenti ser ikollhom ฤ‹ans jiลผviluppaw ฤงiliet plurilingwi u jieฤงdu sehem fโ€™attivitajiet diversi permezz tas-sessjonijiet offruti lilhom. Is-sessjonijiet se jsiru kull nhar taโ€™ Tnejn, jibdew fit-22 taโ€™ Novembru 2021, bejn l-4:00 u l-5:00, fuq MS Teams. Wieฤงed mitlub ฤกentilment japplika hawn: https://forms.office.com/r/APXYrTEjy6. Gฤงal aktar informazzjoni wieฤงed jistaโ€™ jikteb fuq foreignlanguages@ilearn.edu.mt jew iฤ‹empel fuq 25982902.

Course for students sitting for Maltese SEC exam on Maltese spelling rules

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The National Literacy Agency, within the Ministry for Education, invites students sitting for the Maltese SEC exam in 2022 to attend a short course in Maltese on Maltese spelling rules. This course is aimed at those students who would like to keep up to date with Maltese spelling and grammar rules. Due to the current situation and the containment measures in place, the course will be held online via Microsoft Teams.

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Read me a Book – Recorded Reading for Pleasure for Children Aged 0-9

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The virtual video library of the โ€˜Read me a Book/Aqrali Ktiebโ€™ programme of the National Literacy Agency offers recorded Reading for Pleasure sessions for children aged 0 to 11 years. These sessions are produced in English and Maltese by the reading animators of the Agency. The virtual library of the Agency is accessible to all educators and parents. Applicants may borrow up to two recorded sessions, one in Maltese and another one in English, every day. These clips, which will be provided free of charge, will be time-barred for a limited period (circa 3 hours).

Parents may choose the clips from the catalogues which can be found at: https://education.gov.mt/en/nationalliteracyagency/Pages/Resources/Lets-Read-Together.aspx. To borrow a video clip kindly send an email to kurt.lee.azzopardi.2@ilearn.edu.mt and please provide the following information:

โ€ขTitle of video clip;

โ€ขAge of child (0-3, 3-7 or 7-11);

โ€ขDate and Time for viewing.

The viewing times are as follows: Monday to Friday: 9:00 a.m., 12:30 a.m., 4:00 p.m. or 7:00 p.m. Saturday: 9:00 a.m. or 12:00 p.m. A link and password will be provided through email by Mr Kurt Azzopardi. For more information please call 2598 2994.

L-Investigaturiย tal-Muลผika

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L-Investigaturiย tal-Muลผikaย โ€“ part of the MPOโ€™s continuous efforts to bring music closer to younger audiences โ€“ is anย edutainmentย series ofย 15-minutes episodesย delving into aspects of orchestral music.ย 

Introducing Allegra and Strauss, the two inquisitive young investigators seek to discover this genre through a number of set missions forwarded to them by โ€˜the expertโ€™. Their adventures cover a wide range of subjects: composers, instruments, techniques, and genres amongst others.  

Allegra and Strauss meet The Scientist, who explains to them scientific principals involved in creating and listening to music.

This project is presented in collaboration withย The Ministry of Education

MAYA FARRUGIAย BEZZINAย Allegra
JAYDEN MICALLEFย Strauss
MARIA BUCKLEย Actressย 
MATTHEW MUSCAT DRAGOย Video Director
SIMONE SPITERIย Author
DANIEL CAUCHIย Artistic Director

Resources for PSCD Educators and students on Animal Awareness

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The Commissioner for Animal Welfare, Ms. Alison Bezzina, has recorded a 5-minute message (in both Maltese and English) for PSCD Educators to show their students attending Years 4 – 6 during their lessons. The messages can be downloaded here:

Verลผjoni bil-Malti

English Version

Furthermore, the Office of the Commissioner for Animal Welfare has published a bilingual publication aimed at Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 to be distributed free to every child in these groups when the video clip is shown in class. Schools are to send an email to george.c.farrugia@gov.mt indicating how many copies of books are required and these
will be delivered to schools for free. Orders need to be sent by Thursday 29th April 2021 with delivery to be expected in May and until stocks last, on a first come first served basis.

Alison Bezzina, Commissioner

Our Online Work – St. Nicholas College Rabat Middle School

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Due to the mitigation measures in place to counteract the dangers of the Covid-19 pandemic, this scholastic year saw large school gatherings, such as assemblies, being discontinued. In order to keep the channels of communication open, Educators and Senior Leadership Teams at St. Nicholas College, Rabat Middle Schools, used Microsoft Teams to reach all students, their parents/guardians, and all the staff.

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