Malta promoted through school's holiday brochures

After hosting two Welsh teachers on a teachers' exchange last December, it was Malta's turn once again to organise a project meeting for the three participating countries, namely Wales, Spain and Malta.

The three project co-ordinators met at Theresa Nuzzo School, Marsa, between January 16 and 19 to discuss the work to be done in the third year of the Comenius project entitled "This is me... and what about you?" The three schools will focus on the teaching of Welsh, Spanish and Maltese.

The history of the language and the histories of the three countries will also be dealt with. Children will also go into the history of Bedwas School in Wales, Cedeira School in Galicia (Spain) and Theresa Nuzzo.

By doing so, it is hoped that all children will get to know each other better. For this reason, all three schools are encouraging the children to keep up constant communication through e-mails and traditional letter-writing. In fact, it is the practice for the three schools to collect the children's letters and send them all together in a pack to each school at the end of each month.

Theresa Nuzzo School is also trying to promote Malta as a tourist attraction by showing how rich the island's history is. As a matter of fact, an end product of this Comenius project is the production of simple holiday brochures which will eventually be exchanged among the three schools.

Having all project co-ordinators here in Malta, the school showed the foreigners some of the sights, such as Valletta with all its treasures of churches, palaces and architecture, Mdina, the Silent City, Marsaxlokk and its colourful bay and fishing boats, and the prehistoric temples of Hagar Qim and Mnajdra. What truly impressed the foreign group was the warm welcome and friendliness shown by all the Maltese children, school staff and parents.

Typical local food also played its part on the foreigners' appetite and outlook with regard to establishing Malta as a holiday destination. They left Malta with beautiful memories and plans for a future visit with their families and friends in a more relaxed atmosphere, away from schools and their continuous commitment.