Education
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Students visit Brussels
Jake Xuereb, Steve Galea, Miguel Gruppetta and Daniel Grech recently visited the European Parliament and Natural History Museum in Brussels. They won the NSTF Young Scientists Contest earlier this year.
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Youth Science Forum
Eric Pace, Julia Vella and Norbert Bonnici spent two weeks at the London International Youth Science Forum after placing first in the Malta Student Science Forum organised by the National Student Travel Foundation. The London forum included site...
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Youths to be interviewed on The Zone
Video interviews of youths talking about their careers, talents, social life and fashion are being featured on The Zone at www.timesofmalta.com/thezone. Tomorrow, new interviews will be uploaded. Children learn about all sorts of ‘life’ subjects...
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RCS essay competition
Opportunity through Enterprise is the theme of the 2013 edition of the Commonwealth Essay Competition, which was launched recently by the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) in partnership with Cambridge University Press. The competition aims to...
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Graduation quotes
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.Alfred Einstein The future is called ‘perhaps’, which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the only important thing is not to allow that to scare you.Tennessee...
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Criticism, praise at Mcast graduation
Matthew Vassallo, who spent six years at the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology and graduated Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computer Networks, combined criticism with praise in his speech at the Mcast graduation ceremony. He noted some...
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Courses for teachers
A professional development course for teachers entitled Supporting Students with Complex Needs in Mainstream Class, consisting of four lectures of two hours each, and another course on Disability Awareness in Schools, comprising three lectures of...
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Students learn through art
Keep Calm and Creative, an art exhibition by students aged 10 to 14 at St Theresa College’s Boys’ Secondary School, Santa Venera, was inaugurated last Wednesday with the help of their art teachers and the support of various sponsors. This is the...
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Youths to be interviewed on The Zone
Video interviews of youths talking about their careers, talents, social life and fashion are being featured in a new youth section The Zone on www.timesofmalta.com/thezone. Tomorrow, two new interviews will be uploaded on the following...
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Wanted: young environmental journalists
Children and young adults aged 11 to 21 are invited to register to take part in the international Wrigley Litter Less Campaign. Participants carry out an investigation on litter in their respective country and report about it by writing an article...
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Music and the brain
A talk about how music affects the brain is the topic of the next Malta Café Scientifique talk to be given by Adrian Attard Trevisian on Thursday at 7.30pm in the Music Room, St James Cavalier, Valletta. Dr Trevisian will explain how brain patterns...
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The Comenius Express project
St Thomas More College’s Żejtun Primary A is taking part in a project entitled Train 4 Europe – the Comenius Express together with schools from the UK, the Czech Republic, Spain, Denmark and Poland. The project’s aim is to enable pupils to learn...
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ICT study cash-back campaign
Institute of Computer Education (ICE) Malta is offering what it claims is Malta’s first ever study cash-back campaign, whereby up to 200 students will be able to book a course at the institute on graphics and design, social media, gaming, video,...
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Combining Italian with pizza-making
The Home Economics laboratory at St Ignatius College Girls’ Secondary School, Qormi, was recently transformed into a pizzeria when Claudio Caprio, owner of Pizz...è Pizzeria in Mosta, was invited to school to demonstrate and show students how...
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French quartet at St Martin’s College
Form 1 students at St Martin’s College, Swatar, were recently given a special treat when the Ardeo quartet, one of France’s leading female ensembles, visited the school. They played pieces by Reicha, Debussy and Ravel, among other composers, while...
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Mcast students set to graduate
Over 600 students at the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology, who completed degree and higher national diploma programmes during the 2011-2012 academic year, will be graduating next week. Mcast will be holding three graduation ceremonies...
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What peace in Europe means to you
What does peace in Europe mean to you? That is the question children and young people are invited to answer today by drawing a picture or writing a short text to take part in a contest being organised in connection with this year’s Nobel Peace...
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ESU call for volunteers
The English-Speaking Union of Malta, a non-governmental charity that aims to increase English language fluency and proficiency locally, is seeking volunteers to support the organisation’s Arm of Support programme. The programme is currently running...
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Children’s Day at Ta’ Qali
Children from St Joseph Mater Boni Consilii school, Paola, enjoyed a memorable World Children’s Day outing last Sunday with a series of educational and fun activities at Ta’ Qali. These included bark rubbing as part of their science fieldwork,...
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Beauty and the Beast
St Benedict’s College Boy’s Secondary School, Kirkop, is organising a Christmas pantomime for the third successive year. This year it is presenting the well-known fable of Beauty and the Beast, and the cast is made up of school staff and students.
