Archive for May 2010
Open Day
Even though the weather was not in our favour, me made to utmost out of the day and it was simply great:o>
2 comments May 30, 2010
Today 27/05/10
Hi to all,
What a great experience today!!! It was great seeing all the children around his Excellency the Archbishop of Malta. They were so excited and couldn’t stand still for a second. His excellency knew exactly how to deal with the little ones, always with a smile on his face.
Both Hannah and Lewis, who were the lucky ones whose names were drawn up, were able to present him with a special poster which the children prepared in preparation for his visit. He simply loved it and wanted to take a group photo with all the children and teachers.
Well, a bit of humour is never left out when you are around the little ones. Yesterday in preparation for his arrival I was explaining to the kids that when the Archbishop comes in class, we should welcome him by saying : ” Good morning His Grace”, very eagerly all the children repeated the phrase but……………………… in the wrong way. In a chorus they chanted ” Good Morning Miss Grace” 
> Luckily enough after a lot of drilling today they managed to say it perfectly well. For our little Jade, that was not enough and it seemed that she wasn’t really sure who this man was, so to clear out a bit her doubt, she stepped up closer to him and by pulling a bit his sleeve she asked ” But, are you the real Grace?” Simply sweet……………. so innocent. His excellency was so touched that he was really laughing and telling everyone what the little one asked him. I’m sure this episode will be kept in a small corner of his excellency’s memory.
Take care
Good night
Ms Gaby
2 comments May 27, 2010
Readaton
Would like to thank you all, for sending the Readaton papers back together with your collected money. Anyone who still wishes to return his sponser sheet, please do so at your earliest convenience.
Roughly so far we managed to collect around Euro 150. This money will be used to buy new teaching resources to be used in our classroom.
Thank you once again for being an excellent group!!
With appreciation
Ms Gaby
2 comments May 20, 2010
Zak and the Vet
As you might have noticed, this book was not returned even though we started reading a new book. Reason for this, is that I intend to go back to it at the end of the year given that there are a couple of difficult words which I would like to revise.
Thank you
Ms Gabriella
Add a comment May 17, 2010
Readaton return & Open day workshop
Could you please return the Readaton form, at your earliest convenience. Since I was asked by the administration to collect all the forms and hand them in asap.
As you are aware, during our Open day, between 11:15 and 12:15 a Numeracy Workshop will be carried out in our class. I do encourage you to come over to school to take part in this workshop and at the same time enjoy all the activities which will be carried out on the school premises. If you are interested please fill in the form and return at your earliest convenience.
Thank you for your co-operation
Ms Gaby
2 comments May 17, 2010
Numeracy workshop
On the Open Day a numeracy workshop will be organized in our class. I will take this opportunity to show you how we play various numeracy games, which you can copy at home. For sure we will be covering adding, counting forwards/backwards, values….. etc.
If you would like to join us on the day, all you have to do is fill in the form sent over and re-sent to school.
Hope all of you will be able to make it on the day
Enjoy your weekend Ms Gaby
2 comments May 15, 2010
Some new fun literacy games
At the moment in class we are carrying on our literacy activities, with some new games.
Game 1 : Clapping out the beats in words. ( In simple words, splitting in syllabi)
For ex. Paul = 1 beat
Maxine = 2 beats.
Try it out with your kids using their own names, your names, their daddy’s name…… etc
It’s a fun game that the children really like
Game 2 : Rhyming words. You can ask your own kids for ex. what rhymes with hat…………………. answer bat, sat, mat, fat… etc
you can play this game using any 3 letter words. The aim behind all this, is for the children to become more aware of the oral sounds in words. This will surely help their reading skills.
Game 3 : Reading silently. Today I’ve explained to the children how to read words, without actually spelling out load.
My explanation : When they see a word, they can spell out the words with their inner voice, the sounds will travel up to their brains, were the brain starts working really fast and asks the mouth to speak out the word. It really worked. You should see all the kids, trying to spell out silently and then read out loud the word. Well done to all for the immense effort.
Try this one out at home and let me know >
Take care
Good night
Ms Gabriella
4 comments May 11, 2010
Missing you Nicole, Isaac and Kathrine
We really miss you all. Hope you are not so poorly and you’ll be able to come back to school as soon as possible
Get well soon
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Ms Gaby
Add a comment May 11, 2010
