NovemberPosts: M'Lourdes Borg

SCHOOL LIFE AT THE MOMENT

In our school, many activities take place. A few weeks ago, our school organised an ‘Active Week’. This week consisted of activities held everyday by different Forms. Each Form and mainly each student had to participate in a way. The motto of this ‘Active Week’ was “Active bodies, healthy minds”. It was rather a suitable motto because the aim of this so called ‘Active Week’ was mainly to promote the benefits of exercising regularly in order for us to stay healthy in each and every way.

At the moment, every class is busy preparing for the “Christmas Concert”; a concert organised by our school where every single class has to make a performance (drama, dance, singing). Our class is preparing to the full for this concert so like last year, our performance will be a great success. The headmistress has given us the permission to stay in class rehearsing during the mid-day break.

AUTUMN WEATHER IN MALTA

Autumn weather in Malta isn’t that cold. Late in the evening there tends to be a fresh breeze blowing along our roads but during the day it is still hot. In fact during this time of the year, you rarely see people wearing thick woollen shirts and definitely you don’t have a chance to see a person wearing a coat because it isn’t that chilly and frosty out there.

EVENTS IN NOVEMBER

In Malta, the month of November is dedicated to the souls. Special prayers are made to souls during masses and prayer meetings. In fact, the first day of this month is dedicated to all the Saints while the second day is a day dedicated to all souls. To emphasize on the importance of these two days, the 1st and 2nd November are always holidays.

PREPARATION FOR CHRISTMAS

For many people, Christmas is a very special feast. The Maltese begin preparing for Christmas very early. In fact some shops are already offering a vast collection of Christmas decorations. Even in Valletta (the capital city of Malta), they have just begin decorating the main streets with lucrative and colourful lights.

NovemberPost: Valentina Maggi

School life at the moment.
At the moment our school life is different from our very first days at school.This is because at first, our head was not present. But now she’s present and there for us. Now we’re more conscious of what is happening at our school. At the moment, we’re doing our tests which are called the November tests.It’s a bit boring of having them after three days of holidays because of the all saints day.But the tests are there and we have to do them.The weather is changing too. Infact at school we’re preparing to change uniform from summer to winter.

Autumn weather in Malta.
In Malta by this time our weather should be more cold and some rain is expected. In the last few weeks it has started to be cold in the evenings but it’s still sunny throughout the day.The autumn weather makes us feel more the Christmas time.The autumn weather makes changes in what people wear to go out. Infact by this time we're supposed to wear winter clothes but we’re still wearing summer clothes or spring clothes.


Events in November.
In November we have the ALL SAINTS FEAST. It’s remembrance of all the dead people. It is celebrated in three days which are the first ,second and third of November. We go to the cemetery and put flowers and candles as sympathy.There we say a prayer for them too.

Preparation for Christmas.
As I said before we’re preparing for Christmas time. Most of the people are buying Christmas stuff.For example another new Christmas father or another Christmas tree accessories. Apart from this we’re buying the Christmas cards and last but not least we’re buying presents which in my opinion is the most important thing. Our mothers are preparing to start doing the house cleaning that touches every corner of the house. By the 2nd week of December we start preparing by decorating with the Christmas decorations.

Andrea Cacciatore

About Myself

Name: Andrea Cacciatore
Age: 14
Date of Birth: 6/12/1991
Height: 1.53m
Weight: 52 KG
Eye colour: Brown
Hair Colour: Brown
Favourite Actor: Male: Christian De Sica
Female: Keira Knightley
Favourite Movie: Hackers
Favourite Singer/Band: Band: Greenday
Singer: Gigi d’Alessio
Favourite Song: ‘Il Primo Amore Non Si Scorda Mai’ Gigi d’Alessio
Favourite Colour: Red
Favourite Food: Seafood
Favourite animal: Dogs – Alaskan malamute
Hobbies: Babysitting four year old brother, playing volleyball and table-tennis and drawing cartoon characters


About my Family

Members: 4
Father: Luigi, 43 years old
Mother: Miriam, 36 years old
Sisters: (One) Astrid, 12 years old
Brothers: (One) Nicolo’, 4 years old
Domestic Pets: (Seven) Nita, Meike, Raenda, Asco, Arwen, DJ Junior, Denethor


About my City

I come from Senglea, which is found in the South East of Malta. Senglea is one of the oldest cities in Malta. In fact it was built in 1553.

Senglea has a very rich history. It underwent all sorts of wars; From the Great Siege to the Second World War. Senglea was almost destroyed, but fortunately everything came back to normal.

Senglea isn’t one of those places with many interesting sites, but the few places we have are both of great importance and interesting. There is the Haven’s Garden, which has a fantastic view of the Grand harbour, Valletta, Birgu and Floriana

There is a Building with the name of ‘Sede Azzjoni Kattolika’, where we organise a lot of plays, dinner dances, and other nice events. Since Christmas is coming we are busy organising plays for children and adults. We have already finished three plays: ‘Marcellinu Hobs u Nbid’, ‘Il-Kunjata Invizibbli’ and the Christmas story.

NovemberPosts: Nolene Psaila

School life at the moment

In this moment,at school we had the ‘Activity week’ in October.In this activity,every form had its own activity,like dancing,aerobics,and some sports.In November we had a couple of holidays for it was mid-term.This month,we have the November tests, so that the teachers more or less know if we made any improvements and besides we have a parents’ day in December.

Autumn weather in Malta

Autumn weather in Malta is so unpredictable for either you have heavy rainfall or it is like Summer.This year,the autumn weather I guess,was kind for up to a fortnight ago it was like Summer and I went swimming with temperature of 25C and it was lovely.Now, it seems it’s getting colder and soon we have to go for warmer clothing.

Events in November

The main event in November is that most Maltese people remember the dear ones who passed away by going to the cemetery and visit their loved ones and put flowers and candles on the tombs and pray.We also have rememberance Day, the higher authorities put wreaths of flowers at the Memorial monument in Valletta. It commemorates the soldiers who died in the Second World War,that’s why we have poppy day. As autumn starts, we have events like stage drama, musicals and cinema starts getting more audience.

Preparation for Christmas

I think by now everybody starts preparing for Christmas like hanging heavier curtains and lay carpets on the floor, besides the Christmas cake you have to prepare in advance.
Christmas decorations have to be prepared like Christmas tree and Baby Jesus and decorative lights.
Everybody prepares a christmas dinner or get together party where relatives meet and most people buy new outfits to wear on Christmas Day or new Year’s Day.

NovemberPosts: Adriana Galea

During this November in our school, we have November tests all round the school, in all classes and of all the subjects. Some exceptions may occur when our teachers decide to give us a test early for example in October or later like in December instead of November.

A Maltese tradition is that of celebrating the feast of San Martin during November. It is loved by the most little ones and usually they receive an assorted bag of nuts, and orange, an apple and a mandarin.

We had the active week in which all forms exercised on a particular day during the week. The fourth formers had some games like tug of war, penalty shootout, handball, and basketball.

This month we had three school holidays, the1st, 2nd, and 3rd November. We have them every year except when they fall on a weekend.

NovemberPosts: Vanessa Gauci

School life at the moment

At this time, I’m very busy compared to other years, since next year, I am going to sit for the Matsec Examinations, which are very important!

Autumn Weather in Malta

Little by little, in Malta, the weather is getting a little colder. But we cannot grumble because most of the days we have clear blue sky. In the morning, when I go to school its a little bit cold, but till noon, it gets warmer.

Events in November at school

In this time, at our school, the students have the November Tests. For every subject we have a November Test. This helps the teachers to get a brief idea if we had understood the school subjects or not, up till now.

Preparation for Christmas

In Malta, every one start decorating his house with Christmas tree, cribs, etc. Even main roads in towns and villages are decorated. Republic Street in Valletta is very well decorated. Some mothers prepare ingredients for their Christmas cake.

NovemberPosts: Josianne Zahra

School life at the moment


At this moment we are doing the November tests. We do these tests to test ourselves in a particular subject. We study thirteen subjects at school. At this moment we are still wearing the summer uniform. A large amount of students want to wear the winter uniform, because, when we are on the way to school early in the morning, it’s always a little bit cold outside. I hope that the head mistress will soon give us the permission to wear the winter uniform!

Autumn weather in Malta


In autumn the weather starts to be a little bit cold. At this moment we usually wear thin long sleeved tops. Some students, who don’t feel too much cold, go to swim in the sea. I personally don’t go because I feel a lot of cold especially in autumn and winter. In this season it’s starts raining and thunder storms begin. When it is a fine day the weather will be magnificent. The sky will be blue with no clouds or only few. A fine day like this encourages you to get out with your friends and go for a walk by the sea side or in the country side.




Events in November

At the very beginning of November we always have three holidays one after the other. In the first we celebrate the All Saints ’ Day, in the second we celebrate the All Souls’ Day and in the third November we always have a mid-term holiday. At the beginning of November we had an activity week. It was full of activities. We had a lot of sports activities in that week. We are also having the November tests at this moment.

Preparation for Christmas


In this month we are preparing for Christmas. The school administration is organizing a lot of activities for Christmas. They are preparing for outings such as: to watch a pantomime, to watch a film, places of interest and more. At this very end of November we will start decorating our classes and prepare for the school Christmas party. I really like the month of December because it is full of activities. I really enjoy it to the full.

NovemberPosts: Bernice Yeomans

School Life At The Moment

Ttwo weeks ago we had a whole week about health activities. We, the fourth formers, had handball shootout. I liked most the form 5 activity which was dancing in front of the school. The head of school came back to school because before we think she was not well. This month we have to study a lot because we have November tests where each teacher gives us a test of the topic already done in class.

Autumn Weather in Malta

The weather in Malta becomes very cold and windy too. Usually rain occurs but we don’t have snow. Many people usually get sick because the weather changes from time to time. I like autumn weather in Malta because I like to be cozy at home in front of the fireplace watching TV. Autumn is the occasion where the family gets together more because of the weather e.g. raining occurs. I like it very much!

Events in November

Every year in November, the first two days of the month will not have school. 1st November is the feast of all Saints’ Holiday and 2nd November is the feast of All Souls’ Day. These holidays I spent them by doing my home works, studying, visiting our loved ones who went before us to see God because this month is dedicated for them. I went to Buskett where usually Maltese people go there to do a picnic where children enjoy themselves playing. There is a nice view because the place is surrounded with lots of trees. This month the Queen of England is going to visit Malta for the Commonwealth meeting.

Preparation for Christmas

Our school organizes a Social work by each class go to visit the old people in the nursing – home. On Christmas our school organizes a Christmas concert where each class has to decide what to like drama, singing, or dancing. The school organizes a Christmas party where each class decides together how the party is going to be organized like food, various games etc. Maltese people love to decorate their home with lots of Christmas decorations. Children like to go to Christmas parties for having presents and to enjoy themselves.

NovemberPosts: Abigail Sultana

School life at the moment

November for sure isn’t the month that students at our school prefer most because we do the first tests from the beginning of the school year. We haven’t much to study as school began about one and a half month ago but everyone does a bit of a fuss to study me included.

Finally the headmistress is back so everything is back to normal and no one knows how to get order at school better than her.

Usually in November we change in our winter uniform which isn’t exactly my favourite because I have to get up earlier to get ready and as we don’t have trousers I have to wear a skirt everyday.


Autumn weather in Malta

Although we’re in autumn the weather here in Malta is still beautiful with hot, sunny days almost everyday. If you wanted to, you could go swimming because the sea isn’t that cold either.


Events in November

Some days ago we had three days of mid-term holiday in which I had a lot of stuff to do. First I studied for tests, did the bulk of homework I had and a project which is due to next month. Although I worked a lot I found some free time to relax and do some shopping.


Preparation for Christmas

This year every class at school is organising something for Christmas and my class has decided to act and in the same time dance and sing. I’m actually one of the main actresses. I’m going to play the part of a wife who is married to a man which likes to spend his time and money in bars to drink and play cards and two lovely daughters.

Vanessa Vassallo

Myself
My name is Vanessa Vassallo. I’m 14 years old. I’m tall, I have brown eyes. Fair long curly hair. My hobbies are singing in choir, playing games on the computer, nail art on my own nails, go out with my friends, hear music and play volleyball. I like to make new friends from everywhere. My favourite subject at school is Computer Studies and the worse is religion. Social studies and Business Studies.

Family
In our family we are 4 members in all. Me, my father, my mother, and my younger sister. We don’t have a big house. In all we have 6 rooms and plus the 2 yards. I sleep with my sister in the same room. In the yard we have a room full of aquariums because my father likes to keep tropical fish as a hobby. All the days are the same. Every morning when we all wake up, there’s always a lot of confusion. Everybody needs to go to the bathromm but we have only two. While we are preparing for school, my mother goes to buy us the bread for lunch. After that she blesses us and off we go to wait for the private. Then after the school we arrive home, we eat something like a bowl of cereal and we begin the h.w.
Then at about 7.30 we have dinner. And I go to my bedroom to study a bit or play some games on the computer. And about 10 I and my sister go to sleep.

Locality
My locality were I live is called Fgura. This is a modern village. We don’t have historical areas like tarxien. But we have areas were you can go to have fun. For example we have a small mall. Here you can go shopping, go and have a snack at the pizza Hut, play games at the games room and the best one is that you can go to see a film. In Fgura you can find a lot of DVD rentals shops; you can find hairdressers and also cloths shoes shops. Some events are the Holy Communion in June, the Christmas mass at 12.00 but the special event is our feast. The best part is when we sing during the mass on Sunday the day when the statue of our (patruna).

My School
The name of the school were I attend is Margaret Mortimer Girls Junior Lyceum. Now I’m in form 4. The school is 8 years old now. It is very huge and it is built on a small hill. There are over 1,000 students from different villages. It has 6 staffrooms for all the teachers. We have 2 uniforms. One for summer and the other one for winter. We have a lot of rules:

¶If we have a P.E lesson, we need to bring the P.E kit a change at school in the changing room.
¶No jawing gums are allowed at school
¶No make-up and jewelry
¶Respect the teacher and do the hw given.

Ms Antonella Gauci

Hi,
My name is Antonella and I am the teacher of this class 4A. I am very happy to see this blog shaping up. Already I have had some positive comments on the contents which makes me real proud of this class's work and effort. I was asked to put in some information about me so here goes:
I live in a village called Zurrieq which means 'light blue'. I have always lived here and feel proud of this village and its people. These past years I have seen many improvements happening especially in restoring important historical sites and embellishing small gardens and children's playing fields. The best thing about my village is that it's so quiet and calm most of the year. It's not busy like a town yet it buzzing with activities all year round organised by the two band clubs. Another great thing about this village is that it's close to the sea. I have travelled to many countries but I haven't seen a sea more beautiful than the one in Wied iz-Zurrieq. Its crystal clear deep blue waters just make you want to jump in and swim even if it's winter.

I am passionate about my origins and local history. However I am also interested in learning about other cultures which may seem primitive to us westernised countries. I enjoy reading about American Indian tribes, Mexican Maya and Aztec tribes, the Aborigines of Australia, the Maori of New Zealand and also the primitive tribes of the Amazon forest. If I won a million pounds I would travel the whole world to visit these places and stay to learn more what ancient knowledge these people have.

Apart from this I enjoy cooking and in fact I collect recipes which I do not always try but do enjoy looking at the pictures!! Joking apart, all my guests usually enjoy my cooking and always ask for the recipe. My best cooking success has been Lemon Chicken and also Seafood Chowder. My brother just adores my Apple and Coconut Cake. People who adore cooking usually love eating and I do.

I am a cheerful person who loves to be in company of people and friends. I have more to tell about myself but I guess this blog won't be enough to fit in everything.

Ritianne Pace

Myself

My name is Ritianne Pace and I'm 15 years old. I am one of the students who attend the Mararet Mortimer Girls Junior Lyceum St. Lucia. I am medium height and have fair skin. My eyes are greena and my hair is dark brown. I'm neither thin and neither fat.. I'm medium size.

Family Life - House

My family is made up of three members: my father, my mother and I. I like my family so much. My family is extremely strict about some things. All of us would have to participate in the housework, not all of the work has to be done by my mother. Our house is neither big nor tiny. It welcomes you especially in winter because it is so cosy.

Locality.

I live in Zabbar, the loveliest locality which is in Malta, in my opinion. Zabbar is famous for it patron saint Our Layd of Grace. The feast of Our Lady of Grace is celebrated on the second Sunday of September. Two of the most interesting places in Zabbar are the Parish Church and the Sanctuary Museum. Zabbar also has an interesting tragic story. 30 years ago an Aircraft called Vulcan crashed in Zabbar. It crashed at 1:10pm; ten minutes after the school children went in their classes after midday break. It crashed in Sanctuary Street and one of the wings fell on the Zabbar primary school. It was a big tragedy. Zabbar was protected by Our Lady of Grace, because no one died in this accident. The people of Zabbar always thank Our Lady and adore her the whole year.

School.

My school is a large building, but although it is so large building it is clean. Every school has its own rules and so does ours. Every student has to go out in the yard in lunch break and midday break if it isn't raining. It it is raining every student can stay in the corridors but not in classes. On the whole our teachers are nice and we generally look forward to their lessons.

Abigail Sultana

My name is Abigail Sultana. I’m 15 years old. I’m Maltese and my Locality is Fgura. I like to watch TV, listen to music and chat instead of practising sport. I dislike to be alone.

I have no brothers or sisters. At home we’re only 3. My parents and me. Our house is neither big nor small, normal size. It consists of 8 rooms. Obviously one of them is my room which I use only for sleeping, dressing and doing hair and make up. It’s airy and colourful. We have stairs to go up. There one can find the washroom. The place where mum used to wash clothes. From it we can go on the roof. It’s used mostly in Summer because there is no rain. Mum uses it for drying clothes, Dad uses it for doing barbecues and I use it to relax.

As I said before, my locality is Fgura. Fgura compared to other localities is different. In Fgura we have many shops. Those of basic need and those in which you can have fun. We also have a complex which is called ‘Gallarija’. It consists of shops, Gamesroom, supermarket and cinemas. What we have in common is that we have the most popular and delicious bakery called the Maypole. There is a church too and in front of it there is a square where old people like to spend most of their time. We have only one feast and it’s held in July. In Christmas the local council like to adorn the trees with lights.

I really hate school. It’s because I have to wake up everyday from Monday to Friday at 6.00 am. We have to wear a uniform. It’s not a mixed school, we’re only girls and it’s a bit boring. I have to see the positive at school and one event I like is Christmas time and the holidays. At Christmas time we do loads of activities like going to cinemas, party, karaoke and so on. The summer holidays are my favourite as we have 3 whole months off. Other holidays are Christmas, Easter and some National holidays.