K1.6 World Children’s Day
Every child is a different kind of flower, and together they make this world a beautiful garden.
Ms M. Falzon
K1.9 ADHD AWARENESS DAY
K1.6 ADHD AWARENESS DAY
Ms M. Falzon
K1.6 Special Assembly!
World Diversity Day is celebrated on May 21st. It encourages respect and openness to various cultures. Celebrating our diversity while still recognizing our common interests serves to unite and educate us. Diversity implies that each person is unique and we recognize our own characteristics. These may include colour, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political convictions, or other philosophies. I believe that it is essential that children learn about diversity at an early age, because children who learn about different cultures during their education feel more comfortable and safe with these differences later in life. This enables individuals to interact in a broader range of social groupings while also feeling more confidence in themselves and their relationships with other people.
Ms M. Falzon
K1.6 Eurovision singer day!
Ms M. Falzon
K 1.6 Look out for traffic signs!
We went around the streets near school to find different signs that we have learnt and we discussed the purpose of each sign that was found by the students. Children had the opportunity to take photos of the signs found.
Ms M. Falzon
K1.6 LESA Activity
In class we are talking about cars and this week we mentioned the safety of the road so I took the opportunity to invite Lesa to help us understand more about road safety. Lesa described their jobs and they explained the children what can happen if they do not follow the rules. Children also had the opportunity to pretend that they are drivers and they had to be careful for the signs in the road!
Ms M. Falzon
K1.6 I’m Possible Activity
Ms M. Falzon
K1.8 and K1.9 I’m Possible Activity
I am possible activities done in our school yard by the MPC to promote inclusion and make Children aware about other children with different needs. The aim was to show the children how to include other children with disabilities joining in playing together. This is to teach our pupils that when children with disabilities are excluded they feel sad and abandoned. One particular activity was to blindfold a child (pretending to be blind) and the other child had to guide the blindfolded child to walk with the help of wristbands tied to their hands. Children enjoyed this activity a lot and through this they became more aware about the different disabilities around us.
Ms L. Ciantar
K1,1. K1.2, K1.3 Ekoskola Activity
This was a collaboration activity between 3 classes in the Secret Garden.(k1.1, k1.2, k1.3)
The topics were Cars, Autumn Leaves and Colours.
We shared ideas and activities.
We ended this activity with a picnic outside.
Ms L. Guenther, Ms J. Saliba, Ms R. Mizzi
K1.5 Pink October
Ms M. Calleja
K1.5 Crazy Hat Day
Ms R.Chant
K1.2 Crazy Cap/Hat Day
Ms J. Saliba
K1.1 Autism Day
Ms E. Formosa
K1.3 Autism Day
Ms J. Saliba
K1.12 Crazy Hair Day + Naqraw Man-Nanniet
Ms. N. Zammit
K1.1 Crazy Hair Day
Ms E. Formosa
K1.10 Crazy Hair Day
Ms L. Ciantar
K1.2 Crazy Hair Day
Ms J. Saliba
K1.6 All About Animals
After visiting the animals at the Kitchen Garden we moved to San Anton Gardens and listened to the story Hoppity Skip Little Chick.
Ms R. Spiteri Mercieca
K1.13 Eko Skola Activity
Eko skola do various interesting projects in our school to promote learning. An activity was held in the outdoor and relaxation area the so called ‘the secret garden’. The students in class K1.13 were able to observe and participate in planting sunflower seeds and be knowleagable about the process of taking care of plants. They enjoyed their time on a sunny afternoon in a safe area followed by a picnic.
Ms E. Scicluna
K1 Sports Day at Kirkop Sports Complex
All kinder1 classes participated in a variety of sports activities where they enjoyed themselves and had great fun.
The event was well organized, and activities were planned age appropriate. Children are looking forward for the next event 😊
K1 KGEs and LSEs
K1.1 ‘Miss, ara x’sajjartlek!’
This project stemmed out of constant observations of the children cooking when engaged in sensory or messy experiences. All throughout this project, the children were exposed to several opportunities, such as visiting the local bakery, shopping from the local fruit and veg vendor and also visiting Vecchia Napoli to make our own pizza. Through stories, pictures and resources, children go to know about what goes on in the kitchen, the process of cooking, what we need and use in the kitchen and what to wear to promote health and safety measures. This video binds all learning opportunities together as we embarked on this beautiful and tasteful journey.
I hope that you enjoy it and thank you for watching.
Ms E. Formosa
K1.13 Welcome to K1!
During the month of February our little ones in class kinder 1.13 learned about various curricular milestones that enriched their learning whilst achieving new goals and building a relationship with their peers.
Ms E. Scicluna
K1.2 World Children’s Day
Ms J. Saliba
K1.2 Pink October
Ms J. Saliba
K1.2
Ms J. Saliba
K1.3 Crazy Hat Day
Ms R. Mizzi
K1.2 World Children’s Day
Ms J. Saliba, Ms J. German and Ms M. Bonnici
K1.8 World Children’s Day
Ms. R. Portelli
K1.4 World Children’s Day
Ms L. Guenther
K1.4 European Day Of Sports
Ms L. Guenther
K1.2 European Day Of Sports
Ms J. Saliba
K1.1 European Day of Sports
Ms E. Formosa
K1.3 Crazy Hat!
The children of K1.3 participated in the Crazy hat Day. Each child created a different hat for the occasion. They were all very happy and excited.
Ms R. Mizzi
K1.1 Book Week
Welcome to our Book Week celebrations. We have been using the emergent curriculum and the Project Approach to satisfy the young ones’ curiosities. Currently, we have started to explore and investigate ‘Dinosaurs’.
Since we are still at the beginning of our exploration about the dinosaurs, we chose a book that allows us to learn some more about dinosaurs and their names, apart from their characteristics.
The book is called Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs. We started by observing what can be seen on the cover of the book. We asked questions such as “Where do you think Harry is going?” and “How heavy do you think the bucket is?” among other questions. The children answered heartily and looked forward to learn more.
In it, we learned about a boy who discovers his love for dinosaurs. We also found out how he took care of them and carried them along with him wherever he went. We learned that in order to learn about their names, Harry visited the library where he could learn more about these creatures.
We followed the shared reading session by investigating some dinosaurs using our pictorial stones. The children were able to handle these stones and examine the details well with the help of the magnifying glasses. They also had exposure to dinosaur flashcards so that they were able to match the dinosaur to the appropriate card, hear and learn their proper names.
After this, a tuff tray was laid out using natural resources such as logs and pinecones. Dinosaurs were added to the tray so that the children could have first-hand experience in the exploration of the dinosaur’s characteristics.
We finished the activity by exploring a book about the noises that the dinosaurs might have made. It was a very exciting conclusion to the fun day we had as the children could continue to experience what learning about dinosaurs could entail. They had the opportunity to press the buttons and listen to the sounds and discriminate between different dinosaurs.
Ms E. Formosa
K1.2 World Book Day
As a Kindergarten Educator, I have a wonderful opportunity to help instill a love of stories and books in the children I care for. I chose The Very Hungry Caterpillar story written by Eric Carle as it is both popular with kids and adults. Alongside the book I also used a PowerPoint presentation, props and story stones. Apart from being a language and literacy tool this story provided meaningful learning opportunities for the children through its bright artwork, gentle repetition and an assortment of foods. The Very Hungry Caterpillar was a perfect introduction to early learning numbers, colours and days of the week.
Ms J. Saliba
K1.4 Jack and the Beanstalk
Children in our classroom started to show interest in leaves and soil. Therefore we decided to start the topic – ‘Exploring Nature’. Jack and the beanstalk was our chosen story to use with the topic as it includes beans, a tree and soil. Our learners were really engaging in the story. They were simply amazed with the part where Jack’s mum threw the bean seeds away and an enormous tree grew.
We started by reading the story from a book. Then we added the use of puppets whilst letting the children participate by telling parts of the story themselves. The use of puppets encouraged the learners to engage while having the ability to visualize the story better.
We continued with this story for two weeks. By using this story, we also managed to tackle the topic of Numeracy. Students were asked to count the leaves, and match numbers on laminated beans with the numbers on the leaves.
Children brought some beans from home which were used during free play. We set up the tuff tray with stick laminated puppets together with the beans. Students loved playing with the beans whilst reciting the story to each other without our instruction. ‘FI, FAI, FUM’ was the phrase which we heard them say the most.
Another activity which was done related to the story of ‘Jack and the beanstalk’, was planting beans. Children enjoyed putting soil in their pots. We put the pots in the classroom’s window sill and watered the bean plants on a regular basis. They coloured the giant’s castle and they put it in their pots. When the beanstalk was ready for repotting, we have decided to send the plant with them at home where parents can take better care of them together with their children.
Sorting of colours was another activity which we have included with the story. Children had to sort gummy beans with different colours and finally count how many there were from different colours.
Ms L. Dalli and Ms G. Zerafa
K1.8 Book Week Activity
This year, during Book Week, I wanted to emphasis that books are not just for telling stories but also a source of information and facts. Since we just started our project called “Qalb is-Siġar u l-Fjuri” and we are currently investigating flowers, we read the book – How do flowers grow? By Usborne. Since we are exploring nature, we thought it would be fit to do our reading session and activities outdoors. While reading the book, the children listened carefully at the different facts and observed as they helped in opening the flaps that revealed more information. We also used different props such as picture stones and flashcards. After reading the book, the children represented what they had learnt from the book by drawing on wooden whiteboards while also observing real life leaves and flowers in frames. We then carried out a very simple but meaningful learning experience on the Tuff Tray. The children experienced first-hand the three main sources that flowers need to grow – water, sunlight, and air. The children then took on the roles of nature detectives and were engaged in a multi-sensory learning opportunity. The little learners were engaged in exploring and investigating real natural materials – they observed, mixed, and squished, while also using rich vocabulary learnt during these sessions. This activity also encouraged lots of collaborative work, sharing and turn taking.
Ms. R Spiteri
K1.4 Crazy Hair Day
Ms L. Dalli, Ms G. Zerafa
K1.9 Walk with Jerome
For the occasion of the cancer awareness day the children made a purple heart craft and went for a short walk around the school yard, they released a purple balloon in the name of Jerome. They brought a monetary donation, and it was explained to them that the money will go to help the doctors to find a cure for people who are sick.
Ms. L Ciantar
K1.11 Walking with Jerome
Ms C. Borg
K1.6 Walking with Jerome
Below you find photos regarding Jerome’s walk. We did a heart craft with a purple bow.
Ms M. Grech
K1.10 World Cancer Day
Below are the pictures of our activity to support Cancer Awareness Day. We stuck to our topic Dinosaurs and created a purple t-rex ☺️
Ms M. Calleja
K1.4 World Cancer Day
Ms L. Dalli, Ms K. Ahar, Ms G. Zerafa
K1.9
These are children from K1.9 during an activity in our school yard as part of their hands on experience during their project called “cars”.
K1.3
co-ordination
K1.3
Ms R. Mizzi
K1.8
Halloween Spaghetti Messy Play:
I prepared this activity as an introduction to Halloween. During this activity, the children worked on their fine motor skills (using different tweezers), colour recognition as well as discussion skills.
Room on the Broom; Potion Making:
First, we read the book Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson. After I decorated and set up a table with different items and materials. I also prepared a PowerPoint presentation with a recipe for the kids to follow. The children followed the recipe and counted each ‘ingredient’ to make their potion. Afterwards this turned into a messy activity as they mixed and stirred the potion they made.
Ms R. Spiteri
