THE EDWARDIAN GAZETTE NOVEMBER 2011 VOLUME 2 ISSUE 08

ONLINE WEEKLY GAZETTE CREATING AN INTERACTIVE COLLEGE COMMUNITY OF INFORMATION & DEVELOPEMENT

THE EDWARDIAN GAZETTE

ST EDWARD’S COLLEGE

BIRGU (CITTA VITTORIOSA)

BRG 9039

MALTA, EUROPE

www.stedwards.edu.mt

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Gazette News

Junior Prize Day Speech

Xmas Raffle

Junior School

Weekly Calendar

In this Issue

Gazette 10

Special Edition

Junior, Middle, Senior & Sixth Form

Prize Days

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Dear Parents and Community Members

Below please find some important notices.

Gazette News

CASUAL DAY

Casual Day will be held on Friday 25 November.

All money collected will go towards the L’Istrina Campaign.

Mr Jeremy De Maria

Master of Discipline

TEMPORARY BOARDING

Parents travelling abroad for any length of time during school term may wish to sent their children to

the St Edward’s College Boarding House.

Facilities include:

Full Board (Home cooking)

24 hours supervision

Common Room with TV, Play station etc

Supervised homework

For further information please contact: Mr Sandro Bruno via email bursar@stedwards.edu.mt

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Junior Prizby Ms Vanessa Frazier, Director of D

Head Master, Board of Governors, parents, and above all, prize-receiving students, I am honoured and grateful

that you have invited me to be a part of such an important day in your lives.

The fact that I have a son in this College makes this all the more meaningful for me.

I want to start by congratulating all of you today who have been given prizes and awards for your accomplish-

ments. Prize Day is a time when we gather to celebrate the achievements, academic and otherwise, of the past

school year. It feels good to have your hard work recognised, and publicly applauded.

Let me say that I enjoy being among young people because you represent the future of our nation. At your age,

you are full of aspirations and hopes for the future. The role of the College and of us parents is to ensure that all

facilities are available for you to realise your dreams.

Talking of dreams, a great man once said: “if you want to realise your dreams, wake up and start working early”.

However, always remember that besides your certificates, you also need to develop your character and personal-

ity and in doing so, always aim for excellence.

So what I will share with you today are some key life lessons I have learnt.

What I have discovered as a person in this world is this: you can't do it alone. As you navigate through the rest

of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas can be better than your own.

Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.

Whilst we are here today to award your individual achievements, none of you are here today because you did it

on your own. You're all here today because someone gave you strength. Helped you. Nurtured you. Held you

in the palm of their hand – a committed teacher, a patient parent, an understanding coach, a considerate friend.

They have helped you get here, and this knowledge should make you realize how wonderful it feels to be part of

a group.

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ze Day Speech

Defense Matters, Office of the Prime Minister

In life I learned some rules that I try to still apply today and which I try to pass onto my children, these are:

listen;

say yes;

make sure you play with people who have your back;

make big choices early and often;

I cannot stress enough that the answer to a lot of your life's questions is often in someone else's face. Try

putting your iPhones or Nintendos down every once in a while and look at people's faces. People's faces

will tell you amazing things. Like if they are angry or bored, or asleep;

you never know what is around the corner unless you peek. Hold someone's hand while you do it. You

will feel less scared. You can't do this alone. Besides it is much more fun to succeed and fail with other

people. You can blame them if things go wrong;

try to keep your mind open to possibilities and your mouth closed on matters that you know nothing about;

limit your "always" and your "nevers";

be forever curious. Volunteer for everything and show up;

treat failure as a learning experience;

even though you are smart, you are still allowed to say, "I don't know";

and my final piece of advise is please be nicer to your parents. They have sacrificed so much for you.

Let me also encourage you to further your efforts not only at school but beyond. Make the most and proper use

of the facilities here. Shy away from useless anti social behaviour, absenteeism and vandalism. Whilst I am on

the subject let me also call for close cooperation between the College and SEPTA. We all have to put our heads

together when it comes to the education and upbringing of our children.

Our aim should always be to put quality education first and we should aim to reach for the moon because if we

don’t reach the moon we shall land among the stars.

But as we look to the future, I also believe we have much to learn from closer to home. The values and ethos of

St Edward’s College are carried not only by its staff but most importantly by its pupils and parents. These values

can at times be forgotten, and thus they need to be actively promoted. And here us parents have an important

role to play. We cannot expect the school to instil principles in our children if we are not ready to reinforce them

at home. So, as parents let us set a special task for ourselves this year and that is to openly and publicly remind

ourselves of the school’s motto - Virtus et Honor - and see that it is put into practice in every gesture, word and

action – large or small. Virtus et Honor.

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Xmas Raffle

CHRISTMAS RAFFLE 2011

Giftsfor our Christmas Raffle in aid of Libya’s injured children Prizes donated

Mr & Mrs Stivala (Pascal’s parents)

2 nights on Bed 7 Breakfast at the

Bayview Hotel & Aptartments

Valid till 31-3-2012 excluding December 22 to January 1

Ms D Bianco Mallia

Palatino Bag by 3 bottles (X2)

Sponsored by Camilleri Wines

Mr & Mrs Wismayer (Michael and Mark’s parents)

1 complimentary day return ticket to Sicily (x2) for 1 person on Virtu Ferries

Mr & Mrs Wismayer (Michael and Mark’s parents)

Voucher from Westin Dragonara Salon Spa for a treatment of choice

Ms Jessica Inglott from C+M Marketing Ltd

3 items from Shiseido range to be given as 1 gift valued at €100

Thank you!!

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Raffle Prizes 2011 – Update

Prizes donated this week

Adam Ashur

Playstation 3 game Need for Speed – SHIFT

Mr A Sultana

Mini MP3 Player and a 4 Port USB hub

Ms D. Bianco Mallia,

Ice-Watch®

Sponsored by Classic Jewellers, Bisazza Street Sliema

Mr & Mrs Seifert (Daniel & Tristan’s parents)

Playstation 3® game - FIFA 2012

Playstation 3® game - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

3 DVDs - First Knight - King Kong - The Day the Earth Stood Still

Mr & Mrs Bugeja (Quentin’s parents)

Playstation 3® game - Little Big Planet 2

Thank you!!

Xmas Raffle

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Junio

The Tyrannosaurus R

he Theropod Foot Prints

I was delighted when the teacher asked our class to research the word “Theropods” because I already knew about it from my last summer holiday when we went for a six-hour walk in the Swiss Alps to see Theropod foot prints in the rocks that are 200 million years old. Theropods were a kind of a group of dinosaurs most of which were carnivores. The ancestors of the birds around us are said to have been one of the family of Theropods. The Tyrannosaurus was the largest and it is the most popular Thero-pod known to most people. The Theropods at Old Emosson Lake were herbivo-rous and measured between three and four meters. The prints in the rocks are about 15 and 20 cms. To see these foot prints we had to take the steepest funicular in the world. Then a train and a bus took us around a lake where we started a long walk up the mountain which took us 500m higher to the Old Emosson Lake at 1930m above sea level. The air was fresh but the sun was still very hot. Then we had to walk around the stony and rocky lake shore until we reached another steep mountain side. The narrow winding path and steep slopes were not easy in the heat and we stopped to drink fresh water from every little stream or waterfall that we came across. After three hours walking we reached the slanting side of a moun-tain where the prints are situated at 2400m. There we took some photos and enjoyed the magnificent view and serenity. I was all the time imagining what that place looked like 200 million years ago with Theropods running around. After resting for a few minutes and eating our lunch we walked back down the dangerous steep gravel paths. While walking on the lake shore I collected some nicely coloured rocks for my geology collection. This was the longest and most difficult walk in my life but it was a great experience which I will never forget.  

Ervin F 3Y

Ervin with theropodclose to Old Emosso

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or School

Rex, one of the many theropods

d foot prints in the background on Lake, Switzerland. 

Having a rest while going up the mountain to Old Emosson Lake. Ervin and his mother with Old Emosson Lake and mountain in the background.

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Mon 21 November

Tue 22 November

Wed 23 November

Thu 24 November

Fri 25 November

Sat 26 November

Sun 27 November

This Week at St Edward’s College

Mon 21 November 8.30 15.30

Parent Consultations for KG 1 - Yr 13

Tue 22 November 8.30 15.30

Parent Consultations for Yr 1 - Yr 13 No school for KG

Wed 23 November 10.00

Visit by Quality and Standard Department (BTEC)

Thu 24 November 8.40

Junior School Mass Yrs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Fri 25 November 8.40

Casual Day for Yr 1 - Yr 13 SMT Meeting

Sat 26 November

Sun 27 November

Calendar Information

The latest version of the Calendar is on our website.

http://www.stedwards.edu.mt/page.asp?p=6102