Iċ-Ċagħkija Fuljett maħruġ mil-librerija tal-iskola

Skola Medja Rabat Triq Ferris Rabat RBT 2190 Malta

Tel 21454103

snc.rabat.ms@ilearn.edu.mt

Is-seba’ ħarġa It-tielet sena Jannar—Marzu 2016

Iċ-Ċagħkija

tixtieq lill-qarrejja tagħha

L-Għid it-Tajjeb!

Għeżież

It-tieni term riesaq lejn it-tmiem. Il-vaganzi tal-Għid qegħdin fuq

l-għatba. Kull ġurnata tibgħatilna esperjenzi u sfidi ġodda li permezz

tagħhom aħna nikbru u nissaħħu. Jiena ċerta li kulħadd għandu

esperjenzi x’jgħożż. F’dan it-term kellna ħafna attivitajiet fosthom

il-festin tal-Karnival, l-eżerċizzji tar-Randan, esperjenzi tax-xogħol tax-

Xjenza, il-festival taż-żfin, fatra bnina għas-saħħa u attivitajiet oħra

ta’ ġbir ta’ fondi għall-iskola. F’ismi u f’isem l-amministrazzjoni

nirringrazzja lil dawk kollha li għenu sabiex dawn l-attivitajiet kienu

success. Huwa pjaċir li nara l-istudenti kollha flimkien maqgħuda mal-għalliema u

l-ġenituri jieħdu pjaċir.

L-Għid huwa ftit jiem ‘l bogħod. Nawgura lil kulħadd ħafna ferħ u paċi. Għeżież student

użaw dawn il-vaganzi bil-għaqal. Gawduhom imma żommu f’moħħkom li wara dawn

il-vaganzi fi ftit ġimgħat oħra jkollna l-eżamijiet annwali. Għalhekk ibdew il-preparazzjoni

ħalli ġġibu marki tajbin għax dawn jirriflettu l-klassi li ser tkunu fiha s-sena d-dieħla.

Sfortunatament din hija l-aħħar sena għall-għeżież student tat-Tmien sena. Zgur li ser

inħoss in-nuqqas tagħkom u jiddispjaċina li ser tħalluna. Dejjem ftakru li kull wieħed u

waħda minnkom dejjem għamiltuna KBURIN. Intom kontu l-pijunieri tal-iskola medja

tar-Rabat. Esperjenza li ser iġġorruha tul ħajjitkom kollha.

Ms Marita Abdilla

Kap tal-iskola

Il-librerija kompliet iżżid it-titli ġodda fuq l-ixkafef tagħha. Minkejja li l-istudenti qed

jagħmlu użu tajjeb minn dan is-servizz, aħna qatt ma nkunu kuntenti, u għalhekk dejjem

nappellaw lill-istudenti biex jipparteċipaw u jattendu aktar. Nittamaw li nibdew ninvestu

wkoll f’kotba fil-lingwi l-oħra minbarra dawk tal-Malti u tal-Ingliż.

Nixtiequ wkoll aktar parteċipazzjoni fil -fuljett tal-librerija ‘Iċ-Ċagħkija’.

Ir-rebbieħa tal-kompetizzjoni tal-ħarġa tal-Milied kienu Martina Gatt ta’ Paris u Haley

Dowling ta’ Berlin. Haley u Martina ngħataw kotba bħala rigali.

Il-librerija bdiet il-ħidma tagħha għal Jum iċ-Ċelebrazzjoni. Diġa xtrajna l-kotba sabiex

jingħataw lill-istudenti. Nirringrazzjaw lill-amministrazzjoni għas-somma sostanzjali li investiet

għal din iċ-ċelebrazzjoni. Irċevejna wkoll rigali mill-Kunsill Lokali u mill-SLS għal Best Library

User. Tgħid min ser jirċievi dan il-premju?

Nirringrazzjaw ukoll lil-Library supervisors u helpers tal-

għajnuna siewja li dejjem jagħtu waqt il-ħin tal-mistrieħ

tagħhom. Infakkru lill-istudenti li għandhom dejjem jieħdu

ħsieb il-kotba li jissellfu u jirritornawhom dejjem fid-data

mogħtija lilhom u ttimbrata fuq l-ewwel faċċata tal-ktieb.

Wara hawn nibdew naħsbu kif ser niċċelebraw Jum

il-Ktieb nhar it-23 ta’ April. Ġimgħa t’attivitajiet sabiex

ikomplu jagħtu spinta ‘l quddiem fit-tkabbir tal-imħabba

għall-ktieb! Qed nagħmlu kuntatti sabiex inġibu awtur

magħruf mal-qarrejja ż-żgħar sabiex jiġi u jkellem

lill-istudenti tagħna. Ser nagħmlu xi kompetizzjoni wkoll

għal din l-okkażżjoni.

L-iskola ser tingħata wkoll ammont sostanzjali ta’ flus mill-

aġenzija tal-promozzjoni għall-qari sabiex jiġu investiti

f’kotba ġodda għal-librerija. Peress li fil-librerija għandna

nuqqas ta’ kotba fil-lingwi tal-Ġermaniż, Taljan, Spanjol,

Franċiż u Għarbi, ġie deċiż li dawn għandhom imorru biex

jinxtraw kotba f’dawn il-lingwi wara li jsir eżerċizzju

mal-għalliema ta’ dawn is-suġġetti.

Aħbarijiet mil-Librerija

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Horrid Henry and the mummy’s curse—Francesca Simon

Horrid Henry’s cannibal curse—Francesca Simon

Half a man—Michael Morpurgo

Steve and the singing pirates—Dan Anthony

The headless huntsman—Benjamin Hulme-Cross

The imagination box—Martyn Ford

Cakes in space—Philip Reeve

Where poppies grow—Emily Sharratt

Star on stormy mountain—Gill Lewis

Dial a ghost—Eva Ibboston

The reindeer girl—Holy Webb

Gulak the gulper eel– Adam Blade

Spooktacular! -Sienna Mercer

Secrets and spies—Sienna Mercer

Spy cat: Safari -Andrew Cope

Spy cat: Blackout—Andrew Cope

Spy cat: Summer shocker—Andrew Cope

The drummer boy– Leon Garfield

Gustav Gloom and the people taker—Adam-Troy Castro

The flame dragon—J R Castle

The story of the blue planet—Andri Shaer Magnason

True stories of spies—Paul Dowswell

Hurricane watch—Melissa Stewart

A beginner’s guide to life on Earth—Gill Arbuthnott

You wouldn’t want to live without mobile phones–

Jim Pipe

You wouldn’t want to live without Money—A Woolf

The scroll of Alexandria—Dan Metcalf

The Egyptian enchantment—Dan Metcalf

The curse of the Cairo cat—Dan Metcalf

Clementine Rose and the famous friend—J Harvey

Clementine Rose and the ballet break-in—J Harvey

Clementine Rose and the seaside escape—J Harvey

Michael Morpurgo is a famous and award-

winning English author and poet who is known

best for children’s novels including Private

Peaceful, War Horse, and The Amazing Story of

Adolphus Tips.

Interesting Facts about Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo was born in St Albans,

Hertfordhire on October 5th, 1943.

He set up “Farms for City Children” charity with his wife Clare in 1976 after leaving

his job as a teacher that he held for ten years.

Michael Morpurgo has written over 120 books.

He became a primary school teacher in Kent after graduating from the university

of London.

About 85,000 children have taken part in the Farms for City Children scheme since it

was set up, and the charity now has three farms in Devon, Gloucestershire and

Wales.

Many of Michael Morpurgo’s books have been adapted. Film versions have been

made of Friend or Foe, Private Peaceful, and Why the Whales Came – which was

also adapted to a stage play. My Friend Walter, Purple Penguins and Out of the

Ashes were also adapted for TV. War Horse, one of Michael’s best selling novels, has

been adapted as a radio broadcast and stage play.

War Horse was also adapted into a 2011 British film directed by the world-famous

director, Steven Spielberg.

Michael Morpurgo has revealed that he writes all of his books in exercise books. He

also doesn’t work from a desk, instead choosing to write sitting on his bed, propped

up with pillows.

His favourite animal is the elephant and he enjoys reading works by his favourite

authors, including Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson and Ted Hughes.

Michael is a very traditional author and is known to not enjoy the process of editing

and rewriting his novels.

Michael has three children. Their names are Sebastian, Horatio and Rosalind. He

also has several grandchildren.

He likes to relax by listening to the works of the composer Mozart, but when he is

writing, Michael needs to be in a silent room to concentrate.

He enjoyed French at school, and studied French along with English at the University

of London before becoming a teacher.

Below is a list of some of Michael’s most popular books.

War Horse

Private Peaceful

The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips

Cool!

Out of the Ashes

Kensuke’s Kingdom

The Butterfly Lion

The Wreck of the Zanzibar

Tom’s Sausage Lion

Why the Whales Came

Not Bad for a Bad Lad

Michael Morpurgo

Mill-Ġnejna ta’ tfuliti—Danica Abela 8 Berlin

Dan il-ktieb huwa awto-bijografija tal-awtur fenomenali,

Carmel G Cutajar. Huwa jittratta fuq tfulitu ta’ dari u l-ħajja tal

-Maltin.

Jibda jirrakkonta bid-dar tiegħu li wara nsiru nafu li għadha

d-dar tiegħu sal-lum. L-iskola kienet tieħu kważi ħajtu tant illi

f’dan il-ktieb hija imsemmija ħafna drabi. Cauchi jsemmi

ħafna ukoll familtu li tant hi għażiża għalih, li hu kien l-ikbar fost

ħutu u l-kuġini tiegħu. Il-ktieb jittratta ukoll dwar il-bejjiegħa,

logħob u trasport fost il-ħajjiet ta’ nies ukoll. Il-bejjiegħa kienu

jmorru b’xi karrettun marbut ma’ xi bhima bħall-ħmara u jduru

triq triq u sqaq wara sqaq, jipprovaw jbiegħu kemm jifilħu.

Meta naraw dwar id-drawwiet u t-tradizzjonijiet bħal logħob u

trasport, hemm baħar x’jaqsam ma’ dak tal-illum.

Nispera illi dan il-ktieb taqrawh minħabba li huwa interessanti

ferm u bżonnjuż għar-riċerki.

Una Conversazione Chat di Jake Smith (Year 8 – Paris)

Carlo: Ciao Marco. Sabato prossimo è il mio compleanno.

Marco: Davvero? Quanti anni compi?

Carlo: Sì, davvero. Ne compio dodici.

Marco: Allora stai per organizzare una festa a casa tua?

Carlo: Sì, avremo cibo e giochi con la playstation. Tu puoi venire, vero?

Marco: Prima chiedo a mia madre ma credo che verrò. Chi altro viene?

Carlo: Finora non l’ho detto ancora a nessuno, ma sto per invitare Paolo, Claudio e

Simone.

Marco: Avremo musica?

Carlo: Ma tu mi conosci. È ovvio che ci sarà musica.

Marco: E vai!!! Sarà una grande festa.

Carlo: Va bene! Ti parlo domani a scuola. Ci vediamo!

Marco: Ciao!

Il Mio Fine Settimana di Ryan Portelli (Year 8 – Dublin)

Caro diario,

Il venerdì io arrive a casa alle tre del pomeriggio. Io faccio i compiti. Vado a dormire alle

dieci di sera. Il sabato mattina mi sveglio alle sette per andare a giocare a calcio con

mio cugino. La sera completo i compiti. Vado a dormire alle dieci. La Domenica mi

sveglio alle cinque meno un quarto. Io vado da mia nonna e la sera andiamo tutti al

ristorante.

Dear friends,

As you all know, adults always encourage us to read more and more,

but they are not always successful. Well, in my case, I tell any adult who

orders me to read, “How can I read when you don’t have any

interesting books?”My parents were fed up of hearing me saying this so

last week they took me to a bookstore just outside our house. I was

annoyed at first because, let’s just say that books are not first in my

favourites list. My eyes drifted from shelf to shelf with no interest. But as I

was wondering around the shop I came across a particular book which

caught my eyes. The book was called The Forgotten Filly and it was

written by Karle Dickerson. It was first published in January 1993 by the company Harper

Paperbacks. I had buried my nose in it and had read it in two weeks’ time. Here is how

the story goes:

Joelle Latham was a tall and thin twelve-year-old. She was also horse-crazy like the rest of

her family; her father, her mother and her six-year-old brother, Jeffrey (also known as Jeff).

She has a special relationship with her mare Dance Away and when Dancer dies, giving

birth to her first foal, Joelle swears that no horse, not even Dancer’s filly, would ever

replace Dancer in her heart. Joelle blames the filly for Dancer’s death. Day after day she

hates the filly more and more and does as little as she can to groom and train the filly

(which her parents insisted on her doing). But then something happens which made her

change her mind forever. It was a wet Monday, just after school. Jeff was missed at the

barns and so Joelle was sent by her parents to find him. It was raining cats and dogs

outside and panic rose as she could find neither Jeff nor the filly. She went out in the

paddock and went to the creek. She couldn’t believe her eyes as she saw that the filly,

Midnight, was pulling a small figure that had fallen into the water. Dancer’s daughter was

saving Joelle’s little brother’s life! From that day on Joelle worked harder with the filly

always giving her the love she needed!

Ein wunderschöner Urlaub

Letzter Oktober sind meine Familie und ich nach München geflogen. München ist ein

wunderbares Land. Wir haben einen Dom, viele Museen, viele Kaufhäuser, ein

Marktplatz, eine Bank, eine Post und ein Rathaus gesehen. Wir haben Bretzel, Fleisch,

Obst, Gemüse, Fisch, Bratwurst, Pommes-Frites, Schinken, Käse, Suppe, Brot und vieles

mehr gegessen. Wir waren satt. Wir haben Wasser, Eis-Tee, Cola, Tee, Kaffee, Limonade

und vieles mehr getrunken. In München gab es das Oktoberfest. Das Oktoberfest war

sehr schön. Das Oktoberfest ist für Bier, Brot, Bratwurst, Fleisch oder Schnicken und

Gemüse berühmt. Dieses Essen ist sehr lecker. Das Hotel war sehr groß und schön. Das

Hotel war im Westen von München. München ist ein wunderbares Land. Wir hatten in

München viel Spaß- Wir möchten, dass wir wieder nach München fahren.

Maxine Tanti

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Paws and whiskers Martina Muscat Berlin

Stories chosen by Jacqueline Wilson

This is a perfect book for animal-lovers. Half of the

book is devoted to cats. My favourite cat story

is ‘Orlando’s Invisible Pyjamas’ by Kathleen Hale. In

it, a cat named Orlando, who was married and

had three kittens, loses his fur after an incident

involving paraffin. Naturally this gives him a queer

look, and so, he didn’t won’t to show himself to

other cats. However, Grace, his loving wife, knits

him a pair of pyjamas that match his fur. When she

takes it to wash it, Orlando finds that his natural fur

has grown back on! The next part includes writings from Michael Morpurgo,

Enid Blyton and Jean Ure about the pets they’ve owned. The last part was

devoted to dog stories. My favourite story was an extract from’ Born to Run’, a

book by Michael Morpurgo. This was about a boy named Patrick, who saved

some puppies. He took fancy to a particular one, whom he named ‘Best

Mate’. Unfortunately he couldn’t keep him due to a restricted space of their

flat. After a twist in the story, it ends happily, as it always does.

NANCY DREW: THE CLUE IN THE OLD ALBUM

Ylenia Sciberras Berlin

This book by Carolynn Keene describes the mystery a young detective named

Nancy Drew has to solve. The mystery starts by an old lady getting her purse

snatched by a thief in the opera Nancy and her father were attending. Nancy

managed to get the purse back but the things inside it were stolen. The old

lady, a doll collector tells Nancy about her daughter that died a few years

before and also of her husband a Romanian violinist. Nancy was given a clue

by the lady that her daughter had told her on her death bed and with that

clue Nancy had to find out about the lady’s

granddaughter’s father and also the

importance of the doll left to the little girl by

her mother. It was a very dangerous mystery

and even though she is poisoned by a

French sword-swordman doll, run off the

road in her car by an enemy and sent

many warnings to give up her case. Nancy

didn’t give up and in the end managed to

solve the case of the location of the girl’s

father and the importance of the doll.

Kompetizzjoni bi premju

Wieġeb il-mistoqsijiet u ħudhom il-librerija sa mhux aktar tard mil-aħħar ta’ April 2016

1. Meta jiġi ċċelebrat ‘Jum il-Ktieb’? _______________________________________________

2. Meta twieled Michael Morpurgo? _______________________________________________

3. Min hu/hi l-kittieb/a tas-serje Judy Moody? _______________________________________

4. X’inhu d-DCC no fuq l-ispina tal-ktieb tal-Bibbja? _________________________________

5. Min huma l-awturi ta’ dawn il-kotba?

A. _____________________________ B. ____________________________

Isem u Kunjom ___________________________________ Klassi ____________________________

L-aqwa kotba tat-tfal ta’ kull żmien skont it-Telegraph

1. Watership Down—R Thames 1972

2. The Hobbit—J R R Tolkien 1937

3. The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe—C S Lewis 1950

4. Charlotte’s Web—E B White 1952

5. The Little Prince—A de Saint-Exupery 1943

6. Pippi Longstocking—A Lindgren 1945

7. Emil and the detectives—E Kastner 1929

8. James and the Giant peach—R Dahl 1961

9. Winnie the Pooh—A A Milne 1926

10. A little Princess—F H Burnett 1905