SENIOR SCHOOL

highly profitable for their shareholders. Given the state of the financial markets over the past 6 months you would have been wise to invest in them. Overall Bodyou made it to Finals night and ended up placing 3rd overall nationally. The biggest succes though as always is the friendships and memories made along the way. One major project that was conducted this year was the water cistern project headed by Dean Galea Pellicano. The College has a number of larger cisterns designed to catch rain water, however the state of these cisterns was not know. A number of 6th formers volunteered to aid in the opening, viewing and photographing of the cisterns as well as testing the water for its pH, conductivity, boiling point, and water hardness.

Preparing for the public realm

We were glad to be able to welcome back Pia Zammit from the English Speaking Union to deliver her 3 day workshop on public speaking.

This workshop unfotunately could not take place last year due to Covid restrictions breaking a 10 year run. In just a mere 3 days Pia manages to work her magic and transform a bunch of apprehensive teenagers into confident and engaging speakers. This aligns with the IB’s philosphy of education with developing sudents inot being effective Communicators being one of the main characteristics of the IB learner profile. The students are looking to build on this and form a debate club next year.

Social responsibility

One of the highlights of the year for college was the welcome return of the College fair. This year’s edition came with a new and vibrant revamp. All who attended will have seen it for the massive success it was. Part of the reason for that success was down to the army of staff and student volunteers that made it possible. The majority of our Year 12 students joined in order to rack up some hours form the Service part of their CAS portfolio. They put in quite the shift particulary on the Ticket stalls and family games. They helped make the day a memorable one.

In June the year 12s welcomed a guest speaker from the Reppublika NGO. The workshop was part of their ‘Active and Responsible Citizenship’ campaign featuring a number of prominent Guest Speakers. The speaker who we were fortunate enough to welcome to college was Professor Edward Warrington. His workshop was engaging as he talked aabout his travel experiences to some of the most remote areas of the word. However his workshop was particularly insightful for our students, with many of our cohort comng from multi-national families but have called Malta their home for a number of years. For whom, the question of what does it mean to be a citizen of a country and what responsibilities come with that is an interesting one indeed.

We now look to next year with a brand new cohort of year 12s who will start their own IB and St Edward’s experience and hopefully anoher successful year.

Jolen Galea Head of the IB Diploma Program