We’re a Happy ScHool
OUR SCHOOL
3-11 years
3 – 5
years
KINDER
1
KINDER
2
5 – 11
years
YEARS 1 - 6
Senior Management Team
Mr Lelio Spiteri
Mr Silvio Grima
Ms Helga Vella
SMT
School Day
 Entrance: Side Door
 No parents are to come in the school
premises without a valid reason. This
minimises confusion and pupils’
disappointment.
 School Hours: 8.30am to 2.25pm
 Punctuality is important
 Late comers!
OUR BACKPACK !
 Healthy Lunch and water
 Give them a cloth napkin to put under lunchbox
 Preferably a sandwich, fruit and water
 NO SWEETS, CHOCOLATES, BISCUITS, JUICES,
SOFT DRINKS
BIRTHDAYS
BIRTHDAY CAKE
and/or
DONATE A BOOK TO THE
SCHOOL LIBRARY
School Uniform
 Pupils have to come to school with
school uniform and black shoes.
 PE Kit and white runners.
 Bought from several shops around
Gozo: check quality and price!!
 Label everything with:
Name and Surname
ATTENDANCE
 Regular attendance is important to give stability to
your son/daughter and to avoid unnecessary
disturbances in the classroom.
 SICK – avoid sending your son/daughter if s/he is sick.
This will help avoid both the teacher and other pupils
getting sick too.
 Parents are to send an sms on school mobile
(79556401) if their son/daughter is sick: otherwise
s/he will be noted as absent without a valid reason.
 GOING ABROAD – copy of flight ticket MUST be
handed in to the school’s secretary office.
Hygiene/Cleanliness
 Clean bodies: clean hair, regular baths
 Clean belongings: uniform, satchel, bottle, lunch box,
cloth napkin
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 Permission to talk to Teachers
 Pupils leaving early
 Custody of children
PARENTS
All on board:
This is the secret to our school’s success!
Parents are encouraged to help out in tasks or with
innovative ideas they are comfortable with.
Parents are encouraged to come and talk to SMT if they
have a problem: grumbling outside school doors will solve
nothing.
Parents are encouraged to help out their children with
their studies to help them strive more.
SCHOOL BLOG
 Notes are not handed out to the pupils anymore.
 All upcoming events, photos, and news can be found on
the school blog
 www.ourhappyschool.wordpress.com
 Data Protection: Parents can opt out that their pupils
appear in class/school photos, magazines, blog if they
have a valid reason.
 I-Learn: HW, personal password
 Handwriting Policy as from Kinder 2
 Kinder 1 – Year 4: according to date of birth
 Years 5: Banding
 Band 1 - top 11 odd and top 3 even
 Band 3 – bottom 11 even and last 3 odd
 Band 2 – remaining 7 even and 7 odd
 Years 6: Banding
 Number of pupils is divided in two. (1-8, 16-22) in Band 1
and (9-15, 23-29) in Band 2.
 BEHAVIOUR
READING
 Make it fun
 Reading must be carried out daily: in both Maltese and
English.
 Books both in Maltese and English should be available.
 Show interest in their reading – ask them to tell you about
the story!
 Reading helps increase vocabulary and decrease spelling
mistakes in both languages.
 Speak in English during English reading
 Speak in Maltese during Maltese reading
Writing
Writing (in both Maltese and English)
will include various writing tasks such
as letters, articles, advertisements,
reports etc. So it’s important for
students to be exposed to such
material and read newspapers,
magazine articles etc.
Social Studies
Social Studies will include 2
fieldworks which will form part of
the assessment. Topics covered
for the Half Yearly Exam will not
be assessed again in the Annual
Exam.
MATHS
 Importance of investigations in Maths Exams
will focus more on investigations rather than
exercises.
These investigations will ask
students to apply various skills. Children must
try to first work it out on their own.
 Very Important to know multiplication tables
Correction/Tiswija needs to be carried out each and every time the pupil
makes an error. This should be done prior to the CW or HW.
At home check copybooks of children and see that they are doing their
work neatly and unfinished classwork must be completed out at home.
• Underlining of date, title, fill in … is very important
• Use ruler
Social Studies and Religion : Topics for HY not for Annual
Assessment:
Maltese
English
Maths
Religion
Social Studies