The eTwinning National Support Service is organising a competition aimed at classes who are currently engaged in eTwinning or similar collaborative projects and initiatives. Students who are participating in such projects are invited to create a digital postcard to present their projects to others. Read the rules and take note of the deadline on the published letter circular CMeLD 27/2012.
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Last December 2011, the Commission launched a website for children about the EU called “Kids’ Corner”. Children all over Europe and beyond now have online access to games, quizzes and information about the EU and the different countries that belong to it. Children can play in their own language – and, in fact, in any of the 22 EU languages.
The eTwinning National Support Service is organising an eTwinning Seminar specifically for eTwinners who live in Gozo. This seminar, which will be held on Friday 20th of January 2012 from 15:00-17:00 is targeted at all Educators in Gozo: from Teachers, LSA’s and Kindergarten Assistants, to members of the SMT in schools and Education Officers based in Gozo. As the name suggests, there will be a general overview of the eTwinning Action and Desktop Tools available to educators, and also some examples of eTwinning Projects in practice. Read the full letter circular CMeLD 176 - eTwinning Awareness Seminar in Gozo.
By Bryndis Ellul and Romina Bianco, St. Thomas More College, Marsascala Primary C
Our eTwinning project this year, called kinder GARDEN, is a project about the garden during different seasons! Our young students are also learning to love their environment more and are also becoming ”eco explorers”, thanks to the different activities and experiments being carried out. During the month of December, the subject for our project is ”Christmas in our garden”.
On Tuesday 6th December, a princess from a magical place far above the clouds, visited the kindergarden section of St. Thomas More College, Zejtun Primary School A. She was impressed by the nicely decorated classrooms, by the very nice and dedicated kindergarden assistants, and by the charming and intelligent students. These greeted the princess with enthusiasm and together they sang several songs.
The eTwinning National Support Service organised the seminars “Animation for Education” in December 2011. Originally only one seminar was scheduled to take place, on Wednesday 7th of December. However since the date filled up pretty quickly, the Maltese NSS organised a repeat of this same seminar on Wednesday the 14th of December 2011. Both seminars took place at the eLearning Centre in Floriana between 15:30-17:30 and marked the end of the eTwinning Back to School Campaign in Malta.
The eTwinning National Support Service has just published the diaries for the year 2012. There is a limited number of diaries available for teachers. To qualify, answer this simple question…
The eTwinning eZine for Term 1, Scholastic Year 2011-2012 is out! You can read it here.
The eTwinning National Support Service is pleased to announce the winners of the eTwinning Back to School Lottery:
Primary School Prize Winner: Maria Regina College, Gharghur Primary
With the Project: This is the City Where I Live
By: Ms. Claudia Magrin, Year 3
Secondary School Prize Winner: Gozo College, Victoria Girls’ Secondary
With the Project: My Number 1
By: Mr. Mario Xerri, ICT and Computer Studies
These two projects have each won a digital video camera for the school.
The other teachers who have participated in the eTwinning Back to School Campaign Competition by registering a project between the 1st September and the 30th November 2011 will receive an eTwinning Desk Clock. The full list of eligible teachers can be found here. In order to pick up your Desk Clock, kindly contact Ms. Amanda Debattista at the eTwinning National Support Service on 25982150 or etwinning@schoolnet.gov.mt and make an appointment.
Ms. Francesca Luppino, from Messina, Sicily, is interested in starting a project on Mediterranean Cities and would also like to include Malta as an area of study. For this reason, she is looking for a Maltese teacher of Italian language to exchange ideas and information and to start an eTwinning Project together. The language of communication will be Italian, so this project would be a good way to practice Italian as a second language and also to learn about Italian culture, and in the process, also a bit more about our own. If you would like to contact Ms. Luppino you may get in touch with her on the eTwinning Desktop or send her an email on francesca.luppino@alice.it.
For more information, contact the eTwinning National Support Service on 25982150 or email on etwinning@schoolnet.gov.mt.
