The digital literacy primary team within DDLTS has developed an Online and Distance Learning Toolkit for Primary Schools whose scope is to give ideas and guidelines for primary schools and teachers. It includes an overview of great practices and creative ideas that, through the use of technology, are being held by the Maltese educator community during this period. This can be found by browsing to https://bit.ly/maltatoolkit. Continue reading
Category Archives: Resources for Schools Lockdown
L-Ingwanti Maġiċi – Kotba għat-Tfal bil-Malti
Kontu tafu li l-għalliema tal-Letteratura Anabelle Warrington, hija ukoll awtriċi ta’kotba għat-tfal ? L-ewwel ktieb tagħha, l-Ingwanti Maġiċi, ġie ippublikat fl-2018 u it-tieni wieħed fl-2019. Anabelle ikkrejat ukoll paġna fuq Facebook, fejn hi stess taqra siltiet mill-ktieb. Żuru il-paġna tas-sensiela L-Ingwanti Maġiċi billi tikklikjaw fuq dan il-link:
Learn to Read – Alphablocks
Alphablocks is a British 3D CGI-animated children’s educational television programme that is designed to teach children how to spell with the use of animated blocks representing each letter. Once the Alphablocks discover that whenever they make a word it comes to life, many new adventures in Alphaland can be created. This is meant to help preschool children with learning the alphabet, spelling, reading and writing. Follow Alphablocks and watch episodes on their YouTube Channel.
Art Contest for Students – Heritage Malta
Staying at home can actually be fun! Heritage Malta is calling out to all kids aged up to 16 to participate in the art contest – BE THE ARTIST. Each two weeks, Heritage Malta will be announcing a new theme for which kids will be invited to create their work of art and then to upload an image of it on Heritage Malta’s Facebook event page. The best 10 submissions of each theme will be displayed in Heritage Malta’s portal www.heritagemalta.org and later on this year, they will also be exhibited at MUŻA, Malta’s national-community art museum.
Health and Safety Activities on Padlet
Ms. Jackie Abela, Health and Safety Teacher at St. Nicholas College, has prepared the following Padlet wall to share activities with students during this time of school closures. Check it out daily to learn more !
Kids Arts and Crafts – FB Page for Young Learners
The Facebook Page ‘Kids Arts and Crafts’ has a good number of activities and videos aimed at helping children, parents and guardians to learn how to make easy arts and crafts projects at home. Continue reading
Internet Safety Resources on BrainPOP
During this time of school closures, both students and educators worldwide are spending more and more time online. The question to ask ourselves is: How safe are our online practices ? Continue reading
Guide to Reporting Content on Social Media
Children and young people may not know how to react to inappropriate online content on social media platforms, such as Instagram, YouTube or Snapchat. Now that we all are spending more time online, it is more important than ever to make sure that they enjoy a safe online environment. This guide helps parents and teachers to report abusive content to keep them safe: http://bit.ly/eSLReportingSocialMedia
Series of Educational Clips to assist students learning Mathematics at Home
The Primary Maths Support Team is preparing a series of online feature clips intended to share practical tips and ideas with parents on learning mathematics at home. The Team is looking to produce more in the near future. Here is the first clip on Time (The Calendar).
Pencil Grasp Development
During the early developmental years there is a wide range in what a typical pencil grasp should look like. The picture examples used here are of preschool children at work. Each student was between three and a half and four and a half years old when I those pictures were taken (all on the same day). Even within a group of same aged children, there is still a very wide range of abilities within pencil grasp development. Visit the website of the Stay Home Educator, by Ms. Sarah Punkoney, where she goes into more detail about Pencil Grasp Development: Stay At Home Educator
St.Nicholas College Malta 