Today's Eclipse

Miss! We look like Darth Vader!

This photo is not ours, but it was taken by a friend. This is what we saw through the welding mask.

Juventus

Founded in 1897 as Sport Club Juventus by a group of young Torinese students,^[3] among them, who was their first president, Eugenio Canfari, and his brother Enrico, author of the company's historical memory;^[7][8][9] they are managed by the industrial Agnelli family since 1923, which constitutes the oldest sporting partnership in Italy, thus making Juventus the first professional club in the country.^[10][11] Over time, the club has become a symbol of the nation's italianità ("Italianness"),^[12][13][14] due to their tradition of success, some of which have had a significant impact in Italian society, especially in the 1930s and the first post-war decade;^[15] and the ideological politics and socio-economic origin of the club's sympathisers.^[16] This is reflected, among others, in the club's contribution to the national team, uninterrupted since the second half of the 1920s and recognised as one of the most influential in international football, having performed a decisive role in the World Cup triumphs of 1934, 1982 and 2006.^[17][18] The club's fan base is larger than any other Italian football club and is one of the largest worldwide. Support for Juventus is widespread throughout the country and abroad, mainly in countries with a significant presence of Italian immigrants.^[19][20]

Juventus is historically the most successful club in Italian football and one of the most laureated and important globally.^[21][22][23] Overall, they have won fifty-six official titles on the national and international stage, more than any other Italian club: a record thirty league titles, a record nine Italian cups, a record six national super cups, and, with eleven titles in confederation and inter-confederation competitions (two Intercontinental Cups, two European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions Leagues, one European Cup Winners' Cup, a record three UEFA Cups, one UEFA Intertoto Cup and two UEFA Super Cups) the club currently ranks fourth in Europe and eighth in the world with the most trophies won.^[24]

In 1985, under the management of Giovanni Trapattoni, who led the Torinese team to thirteen official trophies in ten years until 1986, including six league titles and five international titles; Juventus became the first club in the history of European football to have won all three major competitions organised by the Union of European Football Associations: the European Champions' Cup, the (now-defunct) Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup (the first Italian and Southern European side to win thetournament).^[25][26][27] After their triumph in the Intercontinental Cup the same year, the club also became the first in football history—and remains the only one at present—to have won all possible official continental competitions and the world title.^[28][29][30] According to the all-time ranking published in 2009 by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, an organisation recognised by FIFA, based on clubs' performance in international competitions, Juventus were Italy's best club and second in Europe of the 20th century.^[23]

Pirate Adventures : Zoya

Zoya found loads of information about Persia, the land of many stories we all love. Today part of Persia is called Iran. And here is Zoya's work. In Pirate hand of course!

Well done, Captain Zoya...I mean, Elsa!

Pirate Adventures : Julian

Last week I asked the class to look up some information about any country. Julian is half-Russian so he took this project to heart, he got photos, printed information and told me a lot of things I didn't know about Russia. Since we're still in Pirate mode in class, we had to write a letter from one Pirate to another or write a story, telling about our adventures in the country we were in. We also have this in Unit 11 of our English language book, Way Ahead, different countries, habitats and places people come from. Children took different approaches to this. Some wrote, some typed. 

Here is Julian's work, all done in class. I edited his photos so he could use them in his little story. 

I will upload more as I get to correct the work. 

Enjoy!

Well done, Julian! Harr!

Something we did in class.

http://turtleacademy.com/playground/en

For example to make an octagon (8 sides ...do 360 divided by 8 on a calculator)

repeat 8 [fd 100 rt 45]

and see magic happen. 

Also, look up google maps and find your favourite country.

Learn this Dance

Some photos of our January birthdays.

Il-Preżent

Bħalissa qed nagħmlu l-verbi. Importanti li t-tfal ma jħalltux il-preżent mal-passat. Dan kollu jiġi bil-prattika meta jħaddmu Malti tajjeb. Skużawni ma tantx qed ikolli ċans intella' affarjiet fuq il-blogg, imma bħalissa ninsab mingħajr internet fil-klassi. 

VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE :Study Your Tables.

In year 3, children will learn the tables of 2, 3, 4, 5, 10.

This week we are doing the table X3 and X4

You have all the notes on the maths study copybook.

Here is the song we are using in class. 

You will also need to know counting in twos, threes, fours, fives, tens. 

For example : Counting in threes 3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30,33,36 and backwards. 

A Very Happy Christmas

Here are my boys and girls after the 

Christmas Party. 

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a New Year full of happiness. 

Science : Magnets.

Been meaning to post these photos a few good weeks now, sorry for the delay. 

Posting the Christmas Cards

It's a tradition in my class, for as long as I can remember, to have each child send a card to two relatives, usually grandparents. December is where we learn about letter writing, so it's a fitting lesson. 

Here are my happy pupils posting their cards today. 

Sliema Maths Trail

Here are a few shots from this outing. 

Milied Qaddis

Tgħallmu din id-diska

Please Study Table X2

Here is a song that will help you study this table.

Owls in the House!

This week we had a story about 'Owl in the House', so as a treat, I surprised the class with this lovely lesson. As soon as they came in from PSD, they saw on each desk, a plate with their ingredients ready. It was breaktime, so it was perfect time to make a healthy snack. Here's what we did. I'm sure many of you are making them again this weekend. Enjoy!

Halloween Activities 2014

What a full week we had! Making the hats in preparation for learning about solid shapes, reading from Winnie the Witch books series, writing about witches, reading Rapunzel, writing 'WANTED' posters for the Evil Witch, learning new words, and closing the week with a healthy version of a Halloween party, making toast and popping corn! All in the name of fun!

I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. 

Much love, Miss Claudine.

A note for parents

http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2013/04/50-ways-to-teach-your-child-to-read.html

Some video clips to make you think...tell me what you think.

Post by Arjan Prart.

Winnie the Witch

Winnie the Witch is an award winning book series written by Valerie Thomas and illustrated by Korky Paul, published by Oxford University Press. The books are funny and the illustrations have loads and loads of hidden treats for keen eyes. 

We are super lucky to have this set in our class. 

We've already read three of them. They gave us a couple of hours of fun, giggles, happiness and rainbows. We're also learning how to do spells, changing cats from black to green, making the moon super-big and changing the colours inside the house. 

Here is the official website of Winnie the Witch. Have fun!

Let me know in the comment box what you think of these stories. 

Miss Claudine