Last Friday, NSS students attended and celebrated the Mass of Our Lady of Sorrows at Pembroke Parish Church, presided over by Fr Charles Tabone OP. Inspired by the Gospel of the day, Fr Charles invited the students to reflect on the values of support, solidarity, and compassion in their daily lives. The students were highly engaged and participated actively throughout the celebration. At the end of the mass, Fr Charles was presented with a small token of appreciation as a sign of gratitude for his presence and message.
Our Year 9 Biology and Chemistry students recently had the opportunity to participate in an engaging career orientation visit to Mater Dei Hospital, organised by the Guidance Team in collaboration with the Science Department.
During the visit, students attended an informative lecture highlighting the wide range of career opportunities available within the health sector. This session provided valuable insights into various professional pathways and the skills required to succeed in this dynamic field.
Students also enjoyed a hands-on experience through visits to the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy departments. Here, they observed professionals at work and gained a deeper understanding of how these roles contribute to patient care and rehabilitation.
This experience was both educational and inspiring, helping students connect their classroom learning with real-world applications while encouraging them to consider future careers in healthcare.
A big thank you to all the staff at Mater Dei Hospital for their warm welcome and for making this visit so informative!
Throughout this week, four of our teachers Ms. Emmilyn DeBrincat, Ms. Vanya Cauchi, Ms. Miriam Debono & Ms. Caroline Borg Grech are following a training course in Enhancing Collaborative Teaching held in Nice, France granted by Erasmus+! Our 4 teachers are working on hands kn actvities throughout the Erasmus+ course held in Nice as organzied by Europass Teacher Academy. #weinspiregreatness
Monday 25th October was a great event at National Sports School were Portuguese and Italian coaches/teachers together with students and athletes came physically to school where they had an overview of the school and how it operates. The meetings and tours were also transmitted live on teams (due to pandemic reasons) with other countries being Turkey, Poland and Lithuania. This was the first day of a well packed and interesting programme prepared for the welcoming hosts.
The Erasmus + Mobility in Malta following the project: Tolerance in Sports continued on Tuesday 26th October. Delegations from Italy and Portugal toured Mdina as part of the cultural side of this project.
On Day 3, Dr Adele Muscat along with Mr Thomas Borg and Mr. Julian Bajada with Tolerance in Paralympics Malta delivered a talk. Then, it was time for NSS student Michela Portelli to share her experience being an athlete after starting an experience in Hungary, then followed by the professional Maltese national footballer Mr. Joseph Mbong. Concluding with Mr. Cedric Sciberras, our in-school physiotherapist, who spoke about the importance of strength and conditioning in Sports. On the day, students had the opportunity to also share a part of the training sessions with our students. Also, the Turkish students from Gondogdu College as part of the Erasmus+ project, in relation with Tolerance in Sport have joined online for the sessions and discussions held during the mobility of this project held in Malta.
The following day, the Portugese and Italian delegation had a meeting with NSS Head of School and signed of our visitors’ signature book. Our students together with the foreign students participating in this project, engaged in a tour at the Malta National Aquarium in Qawra.
Day 5 of Tolerance in Sports Mobility held in our school. The day started off with a talk delivered by Mr. Darren Bezzina one of our PE Teachers about Women’s Revolution in Sport, in relation with motivation and tolerance in sport amongst different genders and multiculturalism in Malta and around the World. This was followed by a hands-on activity with all foreign and Maltese students participating in this project, Creativity in Tolerance in Sport with the use of Music held by Ms. Abigail Barbara. Students also presented their work in relation with this theme as a conclusion of this Erasmus+ mobility week.
The Erasmus+ Mobility project came to an end on Friday 30th with a farewell presentation to our project partners who could join physically for this mobility. We would like to thank all our project partners for this experience and also those project partners who joined virtually due to current travel restrictions. The final presentation started with a night tour in Vittoriosa City and was followed by the certificate presentation for the educators as well as the participating students.
We all look forward for the next mobility of this project.
