The winner of this year’s Pope John XXXIII - Award for Kindness is Dylan Caruana of Form 4A. He was nominated by the School Administration.
Dylan has been studying at our school for the past four years after he passed through the Common Entrance Examination. In that same scholastic year, our school admitted on Grave Humanitarian grounds Saviour Pace who suffers from Downs’ Syndrome.
An important lesson we need to learn from school is how to study properly. Very often students end up asking why all the time they spend studying, seems to help them achieve so little when it comes to examination results. If we are honest with ourselves we will probably discover that the reason is that we are not really taking our studies seriously enough. Here are some guidelines to help you study more effectively.
1. Find the right place
· Try to find a place specific to studying and build up a habit of studying when you are there.
· Ideally your study area should have good lighting, proper ventilation and be a place where you feel comfortable. You should have enough space to spread out whatever materials you may be using.
· Make sure that your study area is distraction free. Note that what constitutes a distraction to one person may actually help others to concentrate.
A very moving programme was held on Friday 4th June, at the school hall, that brought to an end the five year course of studies for our school leavers.
As the students and parents started to arrive, one could easily notice that in the eyes of many there was interplay of joy and sadness. Joy because this event was going to crown the work of five busy years, but sadness because it is very obvious that to certain extent this bond that was nurtured for so many years was now coming to an end.
On Friday 4th June, our school had the honour of receiving Dr Simon Busuttil MEP, who came to meet the students and listen to the findings of the analyses that was gathered by our Form IV Boilogy students, about the quality of air we breathe at our school.
Dr Busuttil had the opportunity to address all our Form III students, speak to them about the working of the European Parliament and answer their questions. It was a very formative meeting and while the MEP did his best to be informal and speak in simple terms, the students raised to the occasion and didn’t shy from putting across a number of very interesting questions.
On Monday 31st May, ten of our students had the opportunity to exhibit their drawing and paintings at the Spanish embassy as part of our Comenius project Together Against Violence. H.E. the Ambassador greeted the students and their teachers on their arrival and Kurt Abela read a message in which he spoke about the idea behind this exhibition. Kurt explained that the ten drawing by Maltese students and ten other drawings from Spanish students speak loud and clear about the negative effects of violence upon society.
The Ambassador followed this explanation and then asked each of the student to talk to her about each individual drawing and explain why they choose to use the media, colours and slogans that they choose.
Just before starting the month of June, the month that in our Catholic liturgical Cycle is dedicated to the Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, the school gathers to celebrate Mass and spend time in adoration in front of the Holy Presence.
Just when all the students were gathered in the school hall, the Pastoral Team Teachers who were responsible for the preparation and animation of this Eucharistic celebration featured the life of Bishop Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan who suffered thirteen years of imprisonment because of his faith. This was followed by a short dialogue between two students about the importance of Mass and Communion in our lives.
