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Professional Development – Design and Technology

A textile upskilling session was organized during the first term by the Secretariat for Catholic Education in collaboration with Creative & Core Tuition, John C. Vella Est. 1930, Creative World of Crafts at the Archbishop’s Seminary, Rabat. This training session was aimed at teachers and technicians of Design and Technology in Church schools. The use…
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Implementing Successful Educational Actions for enhanced inclusion in school communities

The Secretariat for Catholic Education has participated in an Erasmus + initiative targeting policy innovation in social inclusion through Education, training and Youth- STEP4 SEAs. Drawing knowledge and experience from the other project partners from the U.K, Spain, Cyprus, Italy and the University of Malta, SFCE undertakes to continue disseminating, supporting and training educators in…
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Teacher Training – St Francis Cospicua

Following the Erasmus Project ‘More or Less’ (REF: KA101-051070), whole school training was delivered at St Francis Cospicua to understand maths mastery and the main strategies that are part and parcel of such approach. The focus was on CPA Approach, Exploratory Tasks and Questioning Techniques. Teachers were able to understand the difference between concrete, pictorial…
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Tell Us a Story (Erasmus + project – Reference KA 229-051254)

Activity organised in collaboration between The Pastoral Care Section and The Literacy and Numeracy Section within the SfCE. Following Activity 1 of Tell Us a Story (Erasmus + project – Reference KA 229-051254), held in Gozo earlier this November, Sr Alexandra Chircop (Service Manager Pastoral Care – SfCE), today held a professional development session with more educators…
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More or Less (Ref: 2019-1-MT01-KA101-051070)

Activity  organised by St. Francis Cospicua in partnership with: St. Francis Gozo, St Francis Msida, Archibishop’s Seminary, Rabat, St. Dorothy’s Zebbug, St. Albert Valletta, St. Joseph BB, St. Paul’s Missionary College and St. Bridget’s C of E Primary school, Liverpool; Testimonial by Ms Ylenia Xuereb (Head of Department, Numeracy) The whole experience of the mobility…
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Read it (Reference: KA 229 – 038505)

Testimonial from Mr Elton Vella, Head of School at Bishop’s Conservatory Gozo following visit in Liverpool as part of an Erasmus + project.  Other schools participating in this project include St. Augustine, St. Joseph Paola, St Francis Cospicua, St. Paul’s Missionary College Rabat and St. George’s Primary School in Liverpool. As representatives of Bishop’s Conservatory…
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Addressing the new Curriculum needs and students’ demands in our COPE sessions – French

The Learning Outcomes Framework allows teachers to select the best possible resources for their students, ensuring that all can reach the learning outcomes in some way or another. The Secretariat for Catholic Education believes that when teachers come together and work on common goals they feel supported and grow professionally. Last June, during a CoPE…
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Tell us a Story (Reference: KA 229 – 051254)

Laura Vicuna School has recently hosted an international three-day Erasmus + Seminar with the participation of various partners. These included primary schools from Malta (Laura Vicuna – Gozo, Our Lady Immaculate – Ħamrun, St Francis – Birkirkara) and also foreign participants from the UK (St George’s Primary in Liverpool, UK) and Italy (I C Ghandi…
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EU Code Week 2019

The Digital Literacy Team, within the Secretariat for Catholic Education in collaboration with Headstart Technology organised a CoPE seminar for non-ICT secondary school teachers in Church schools as part of EU Code Week 2019. The first workshop included hands-on activities where teachers used robots and coding in subjects like Maths, Geography, Maltese and Science. The second workshop…
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