TheScottishPlay

By Anabel Laus

On Friday 17th February, the years 7, 8 and 9 students had a great experience watching a brilliant production of Macbethat the Manoel. The teachers of English Ms Laus, Ms Szatkowska and Mr Schermbrucker had organized activities in the days leading to the play, including getting students to create a main character profile, discussing prominent themes such as ambition, guilt, loyalty, and fate vs free will. Students were also assigned an Angelsvs Devilsactivity, during which 'the angels' needed to come up with convincing arguments about why Macbeth should not kill Duncan, and 'the devils' were to argue about why he should. Both students and teachers really enjoyed watching the play! Given the enthusiastic response, the Department of English looks forward to organising similar activities in the future.

This year’s Sponsored Walk is just round the corner! Finally free of all Covid 19 restrictions, this year we are going back to our routes. At the moment, teachers and sports masters alike are scouting out the routes and preparing the backup such as the first aid vehicles.

Last year we raised money for the table tennis tables which have proved to be a huge success. This year we would like to set up an Obstacle Course which will hone stamina and muscle power (Little Ninjas, anyone?)

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I love Carnival and since the age of 5 my mum got me involved in Carnival preparations. This is because my family is part of ‘Tal-Banda Carnival Troupe’ and every year we prepare a lot of beautiful costumes, with loads of colours and a huge float!

By Michael Lee Year 3Y

The Carnival Float of this year was called: IklapreparajtlekubilMużika jienbrillajtekand it had people dressed in the costumes inspired by Brazil and France. My mum was one of the main dancers for the French themed part of the float. I too had a special role this year. I was dressed up as one of the rich French nobles and took part in the coreography. I had a very eleborate costume in yellow, gold and green and it was all hand made by a group of seamstresses that are part of the Carnival troupe.

It takes a long time to prepare for the float and there are many rules and regulations. We start preparing after we take 1 month break. My dad is involved in building the float and the engineering part of it as it has moving parts and loads of lights. I sometimes go to Ghaxaq where they have a big storage and I help out with the building too. Its very exciting. We make our own homemade glue, shred loads of papers and add water to create the different parts of the float. They are huge! We use spray paint with highlighter colours to have a fantastic impact on the audience.

My love carnival because it brings a lot of joy and happiness. When I grow up I want to continue to help out my family and our friends however I want to be a showman and be more involved in the dancing show as it makes me super happy and proud of myself. I look forward to next year’s adventure however it is a secret and we can not reveal any information... shh......