THE EDWARDIAN GAZETTE DECEMBER 2011 VOLUME 2 ISSUE 10

ONLINE WEEKLY GAZETTE CREATING AN INTERACTIVE COLLEGE COMMUNITY OF INFORMATION & DEVELOPEMENT

THE EDWARDIAN GAZETTE

ST EDWARD’S COLLEGE

BIRGU (CITTA VITTORIOSA)

BRG 9039

MALTA, EUROPE

www.stedwards.edu.mt

The Edwardian Gazette

Weekly Online College Journal

Chief Editor

Mr G Psaila

Headmaster

hm@stedwards.edu.mt

Editing, Design, Production,

Photography & Advertising

Ms M L Fenech

Marketing Executive

marketing@stedwards.edu.mt

Front Cover

Sixth Form Student Football Team

All photographic material and other

content is College property

Headmaster’s Message

Christmas Raffle

Merlin Library

CAS

Christmas Contributions

Important Notices

PLIDA

IB News

Sport Department

Senior School

Junior School

Weekly Calendar

In this Issue

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Dear Parents and Community Members This week we invested a lot of energy on the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) on vari-ous levels. The Staff Development Meeting for teachers paved the way for a collaborative team effort that will guide us towards a more dynamic approach in the way we deal with the core business in our College. It was a unique opportunity to reflect on our good practices and to ex-plore new ideas for further improvement. The meeting with parents was extremely positive since it proved to be the ideal forum for a healthy exchange of ideas and proposals. I am a firm believer that parental involvement is im-portant in ensuring the smooth running of a school. In fact, various research studies indicate that parents are critical to children’s successes during the school years. The challenge for our College is that all the stakeholders will engage in a reflective process to ensure that we address the important issues which were raised during the meetings.

Best Regards,

Mr George Psaila Headmaster

Headmaster’s Message

Quote of the Week

“Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn’t spend half of our time wishing”

Alexander Woolcott

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Christmas Raffle

CHRISTMAS RAFFLE 2011

Gifts for our Christmas Raffle in aid of Libya’s injured children Raffle Prizes 2011 – Update

Mr & Mrs Stivala (Pascal’s parents)

2 nights on Bed & Breakfast at the

Bayview Hotel & Aptartments

Valid till 31-3-2012 excluding December 22 to January 1

Ms D Bianco Mallia

Palatino Bag by 3 bottles (X2)

Sponsored by Camilleri Wines

Mr & Mrs Wismayer (Michael and Mark’s parents)

1 complimentary day return ticket to Sicily (x2) for 1 person on Virtu Ferries

Mr & Mrs Wismayer (Michael and Mark’s parents)

Voucher from Westin Dragonara Salon Spa for a treatment of choice

Ms Jessica Inglott from C+M Marketing Ltd

3 items from Shiseido range to be given as 1 gift valued at €100

Adam Ashur

Playstation 3 game Need for Speed – SHIFT

Mr A Sultana

Mini MP3 Player and a 4 Port USB hub

Ms D. Bianco Mallia,

Ice-Watch®

Sponsored by Classic Jewellers, Bisazza Street Sliema

Mr & Mrs Seifert (Daniel & Tristan’s parents)

Playstation 3® game - FIFA 2012

Playstation 3® game - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

3 DVDs - First Knight - King Kong - The Day the Earth Stood Still

Mr & Mrs Bugeja (Quentin’s parents)

Playstation 3® game - Little Big Planet 2

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Christmas Raffle

Raffle Prizes 2011 - This week

Mr A Sultana

2 packs of 3 ‘Grow a Head’ ornamental plants

Systec Limited

Aigo S18 video camera  

Aigo V200 camera

Aigo MP5901 MP4

Trevor Tonna

DVD - Batman Begins

Ms P Desira

Linx multi media digital photo display

Merlin Library

Six Books

Thank you!

Tickets on sale

Now available @ 1 for 50 cents and 3 for 1 euro, from

The Librarian or from monitors during Senior School break time

Ms Blanche Caruana or from monitors during Junior School break time

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Christmas Raffle

CHRISTMAS RAFFLE 2011

Raffles Prizes 2011 for Staff Palatino Bag by 3 bottles (X2) sponsored by Camilleri Wines’ donated by D Bianco Voucher from Westin Dragonara for a treatment of choice donated by parents of Michael and Mark Wismayer 3 items to be given as 1 gift valued at a 100 euro from Shiseido donated by Ms Jessica Inglott from C+M Marketing Ltd Aigo S18 video camera : donated by Systec Limited 2 bottles Jameson Irish Whisky & 1 bottle Choya traditional Japanese Liquer , 1 bottle of Baileys and another bottle of coffee liquer all donated by Mr & Mrs Hennessy parents of Dil-lon and Ronan 6 bottles of wine donated by Mr Chris Naudi Pizza for 2 at Eddie’s Pizzeria in Valletta donated by Mr & Mrs Camilleri 3 Books donated by Merlin Library 3 Bottles of Chilean Wine Cake donated by Larkin Muscat Toiletries

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Christmas Raffle

Christmas Raffle

Mr R Micallef Trigona and Mr A Marshall from Systec Ltd

presenting 3 prizes for the Christmas Raffle to the Librarian, Ms Tania Sultana.

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Merlin Library

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CAS

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Christmas Contributions

Dear Colleagues, Parents and Students,

The College will be collecting the following items to be donated to the Maltese Crèche during the

Christmas period. You are encouraged to contribute at least one item per each.

Items needed are:

Nappies for babies between 0 - 3 years

Formula milk cans

Powder cereal

Fruit and food jars

New baby-grows

Socks and tights

Used clothes are also being accepted

Every help counts!!

The items will be collected on the 15 December 2011.

Pictures taken of the presentation of the items to the Crèche will put it on the gazette in December.

Thank you for your co-operation

Regards

Denise Papgiorcopolo

Head of Visual Arts

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Important Notices

Temporary Boarding at College

Parents travelling abroad for any length of time during school term may wish to sent their children to

the St Edward’s College Boarding House.

Facilities include:

House Master

Full Board (Home cooking)

24 hours supervision

Common Room with TV, Play Station, Wii etc

Supervised homework

The cost is €50 per day.

For further information please contact: Mr Sandro Bruno via email bursar@stedwards.edu.mt

Income Tax Deduction for School Fees

I would like to draw your attention to the recent ammendments in Income Tax concerning private

school fees. The allowable tax deductions for private school fees will be increased to:

· €1,300 (from €1,200) in respect of each child attending day care, reception and kindergarten.

· €1,600 (from €1,200) in respect of each child attending primary school.

· €2,300 (from €1,600) in respect of each child attending secondary school

Mr Sandro Bruno Bursar

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PLIDA

Wednesday 9 November Students and Parents studying Italian were given an interesting presentation by representa-tives of PLIDA. Dr Mario Pace, Director of Courses The talk was conducted by PLIDA Director of Courses, Dr Mario Pace who introduced the discussion while Chev Mi-callef spoke of the school and its international acclaim. Students and Parents present were given a detailed explanation of the lessons, exams and a preview of part of the oral exam. This was a very interesting and informative talk which gave an insight on the possibilities of an alternative choice from their ‘O’ Levels. PLIDA is a non profit organization, founded in 1889. With over 200 students, the organization is located in 60 coun-tries and manages almost 3,300 schools and institutes. A first Maltese Committee was established in 1920 with a more effective and active organization coming to life again in 1959. Today the Valletta Committee organizes a wide range of language and cultural courses and activities for the autumn and summer periods, for groups and individuals alike. Starting from first experience for under 10s up to ‘O’ and ‘A’ level. PLIDA offer internationally recognized Certifications leading up as high as Degree level.

Societa Dante Alighieri Comitato di Malta

134, Old Bakery Street

Valletta Tel: 00356 21238408

Mob: 00356 79238408

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IB Article

The article linked here appeared on The Sunday Times, London, on 13 November 2011.

IB News

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Sports D

Sixth Form F

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Department

Football Team

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Senio

Julian Harding is dominating the butterfly events in Group C, this time

He now holds all three butter

Well done,

Records currently held by Julian Harding

· 50 Breaststroke 32:22 · 100 Breaststroke 1:11:20 · 50 Butterfly 27:58 · 100 Butterfly 1:02:31 · 200 Butterfly 2:21:25 · 200 Individual Medley 2:23:00

SEC Students’ Extra C

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or School

lowering the record of the 50 metres event in a time of 27.58 seconds.

rfly records in his category.

Julian!

g (26 November 2011) National Age Group (C)

urriculum Achievements

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Junior School Sto Ms NYrs whicstan AnnHea

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ry Telling and Activity in Maltese

Nathalie Portelli from Wise Owl Publications has given a Reading and Activity session in Maltese to 1 & 2. Ms Portelli's books are colourful, child friendly and include magnetic characters and animals ch the children can stick in their correct places on the pages. This helps with reinforcing their under-

nding of the vocabulary used.

ne Tabone ad of Junior School

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Mon 05 December

Tue 06 December

Wed 07 December Talk on Internet Safety by Ms Vassallo In the Main Hall-Open for all Parents from KG1-Yr13 Connecting Classrooms Activity

Thu 08 December

Fri 09 December

Sat 10 December

Sun 11 December

This Week at St Edward’s College

Mon 05 December 8.30 Retreat at Savio College for Year 11 Boys

Tue 06 December 10.00 Mass for Year 9 & Year 10

Wed 07 December 17.30 Talk on Internet Safety by Ms Vassallo In the Main Hall-Open for all Parents from KG1-Yr13 Connecting Classrooms Activity

Thu 08 December Public Holiday - Feast of Immaculate Conception

Fri 09 December 8.40 SMT

Sat 10 December

Sun 11 December

Calendar Information

The latest version of the Calendar is on our website.

http://www.stedwards.edu.mt/page.asp?p=6102