JANUARY 2011
VOLUME 1 ISSUE 13
THE EDWARDIAN GAZETTE ONLINE WEEKLY GAZETTE CREATING AN INTERACTIVE COLLEGE COMMUNITY OF INFORMATION & DEVELOPEMENT
THE EDWARDIAN GAZETTE In this Issue
The Edwardian Gazette Weekly Online College Journal
Chief Editor Mr Chittenden - Headmaster
Message from the HM Notice Board
hm@stedwards.edu.mt
House Shield Points Design, Production, Photography & Advertising M Fenech - Marketing Executive
Message from OEA Quiz Night
marketing@stedwards.edu.mt
Sports Department Weekly Calendar Celine Ellis - Secretary hmsec@stedwards.edu.mt
SEC Events Christmas Raffle Weekly Calendar
Front Cover Birgu ‘Courtesy of College Archives’
ST EDWARD’S COLLEGE BIRGU (CITTA VITTORIOSA) BRG 9039 MALTA, EUROPE www.stedwards.edu.mt
THE EDWARDIAN GAZETTE Message from the Headmaster Dear Parents and Community Members I trust you had a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year. It seems that the students have had an interesting break and are now ready for a term of hard, focused work. Important Notice You may have noticed some staff changes in the College. These were a necessary part of a small restructuring process to ensure we are firmly on track educationally and financially. However, I have been advised that some people would like to have some of the changes clarified. Furthermore, given the number of inaccurate and potentially damaging rumours being circulated, the Chairman of the Board of Governors and I will be addressing parents at 2 separate meetings in the College Hall. Middle, Senior and 6th Form:
Monday 17 January – 6.30
KG and Junior School:
Tuesday 18 January – 6.30
The meeting will be introduced by Mr Chris Naudi, Chairman of SEPTA. Please note that, given the meetings will cover the same information, parents may opt to attend either session. We look forward to seeing you on one of these occasions. Regards Michael Chittenden Headmaster
John M Portelli Chairman
THE EDWARDIAN GAZETTE Notice Board Prime Minister’s Visit: Official opening of New Boarding Facilities Today saw a very important visit by the Prime Minister and Minister of Education. We were, indeed, honoured by having Dr Gonzi officially open our new boarding facilities. This initiative promises to be most exciting as it creates international opportunities that were experienced 'back in the good old days'. Offering IB at 6th Form brings a fresh new perspective to both boarding and day school students. It should be noted, however, that boarding is offered to boys from 11 years of age through to 18 while girls can enrol at 6th Form level. This is another exciting chapter in our long history. A full report will appear in next week’s Gazette. Please click on this link to view the press coverage on-line. Headmaster
Important Notice Regarding Influenza
Significant IT Development Last term, I advised parents that the College was taking part in an extremely significant IT initiative: The Fronter Pilot Project. The ways in which we can utilize technology to learn and communicate are developing at a rapid rate. The aim of this project is to set the foundations and directions for years to come. Importantly, a number of teachers were involved in a full day’s training programme on Wednesday. Hence, the students’ usual timetable was temporarily affected for that day. I very much look forward to reporting further developments to you. Headmaster
THE EDWARDIAN GAZETTE House Shield Points
2nd
3rd
1st
House Points Updates CONGREVE
15pts
CAMPBELL
10 pts
DUCANE
25 pts
Results show points awarded to Yr7 for Inter-House Football
THE EDWARDIAN GAZETTE Message from OEA
Old Edwardian Association (OEA) St Edward’s College Birgu (Citta Vittoriosa) CSP 09 www.stedwards.edu.mt
The Annual General Meeting of the Old Edwardian Association is being held at St Edward’s College on Tuesday 1 February 2011. Agenda: 1. President’s Address 2. Treasurer’s report 3. Election of new committee and new President (Note) 4. Other matters
James Arrigo Secretary AGM 2010
Note: Nominations for Old Edwardians who wish to be nominated to the Committee or as President of the Association are to reach the President, Edward Attard Montalto (burlingtion@onvol.net) by not later than Tuesday 25th January 2011.
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On Monday 20 was part of the of exposing our national arena.
Mark Camiller all old Edward share their exp nity to join the
Note:
After School Rugby Sessions kick off on Thursday 20 Janua
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Sports Awareness Programme
December members of the Stompers Rugby Team visited the College. This sports awareness programme that was launched two years ago, with the intent r boys to a number of sporting activities by listening to top athletes from the
ri, Matthew Mirabelli, Matthew Camilleri, Max Galea and Malcolm Attard are dians who play in the National Rugby League. It was nice to have them back to perience with our year 9 and year 10 boys. Some of our boys had the opportue players from Stompers in a touch rugby Session.
ary. Interested parties should contact Sports Department
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Tommy Donbavand to visit SEC on 6 Venue:
College
Time:
2:00 -
TOMMY DONBAVAND
Tommy Donbavand was born in Liverpool, but doesn’t know any of The Beatles. When he was 11, his parents
an early career as a clown called Wobblebottom (no, really!), he joined the cast of the West End musical, Buddy
the UK tour and in Toronto, Canada. Tommy then moved into the world of theatre production, where he wrote, Three Bears.
As an author, Tommy's best-selling series of comedy horror novels, Scream Street, is published by Walker Boo
world. He also wrote five titles in the Too Ghoul For School series, published by Egmont Press under their 2He
published late 2009 and The Uniform, scheduled for release in 2010 – and his book of drama activities for teach
The activities in Tommy’s non-fiction books such as Boredom Busters and Quick Fixes For Bored Kids helped BBC Radio 2’s Steve Wright In The Afternoon as the kids entertainment guy. Tommy also writes for a number Steps and Scholastic’s Junior Education.
He was also one of the writers for the hit CBBC series, Planet Cook and pens tales from the island of Sodor for
In addition to his writing and acting, Tommy also runs creative writing workshops in primary schools across th
Tommy spent a year as the writer-in-residence at Seven Stories, the centre for children’s books in Newcastle-U Fundamental (part of the National Literacy Trust), attached to a primary school in Middlesbrough.
Tommy writes full-time and lives in Lancashire with his family. He has started to see sleep as a waste of good time.
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Events
6 April 2010 for boys in Yrs 5, 6, 7 & 8
e Hall 3.15 pm
moved to Lancashire and, because they didn't trust him to forward the post, he had to go with them. After
y: The Buddy Holly Story where he played the Clearlake MC for a total of eight years, including stints on
, directed and appeared in theatre tours such as Robinson Crusoe, HeyDiddle Diddle and Goldilocks & The
oks in the UK, Candlewick Press in the USA and major foreign publishers in many territories around the
eads imprint. He has recently written two books for specialist publisher, Barrington Stoke: Zombie!, to be
hers, Making a Drama Out of a Crisis (Network Continuum), was published in April 2009.
d him to become a regular guest on radio stations around the UK. He even made several appearances on of magazines, such as the Times Educational Supplement, Practical Professional Child Care, Creative
r Thomas & Friends magazine.
he north of England, teaches writing to adults and organises storytelling courses for SureStart.
Upon-Tyne and is very proud to have recently been made the UK’s first RIF Ambassador by Reading Is
d writing
THE EDWARDIAN GAZETTE This Week at St Edward’s College 18.30
Monday 17 January
Meeting for Middle, Senior and 6th Form parents in the College Hall Commemoration of Foundation Day at School – Normal School Day
Tuesday 18 January
9.00
Mass for Yr 7 & Yr 8 students in the Chapel
18.30
Meeting for KG and Junior School parents in the College Hall Start of Live-in for Yr 9 students
Wednesday 19 January
9.30
U/13 Football Tournament at De La Salle College
11.00
SMT Live-in for Yr 9 students
8.40
Mass for Junior School in the Chapel
Thursday 20 January 9.00 – 10.00
Presentation by De Gambin re Underwater Archeology Year 7 students at the College
End of Live-in for Year 9 students Friday 21 January
9.00 – 13.00
U/16 Basketball Team Tournament at Ta’ Qali Basketball Pavilion
Calendar Information Please follow this link for the Advent & Lent Calendar The latest version of the Calendar is on the website. Please do not refer to the College Student diary as it contains errors.