Wednesday 23 January 2013

Our Artistic Heritage

Ms. Nadine Debattista Briffa explains:  The aim of the outing for both Grade 10 and 11 was to personally view paintings and sculptures of the most renowned Maltese artists and also international artists. Proceeding through the rooms of the National Museum of Fine Arts in Valletta, I explained how paintings changed through the ages; the way the artist represented the human figure, the drapery folds an the different techniques of the the various artistic movements. It was like traveling in a time machine. In this way the students got a general picture of the evolution of paintings and sculptures of what was happening in the International artistic sphere in relation to Malta. Then the students chose a work/s and tried to sketch them so that they feel closer to past masters. At home they research about the work they sketched particularly the artistic movement of the work and also the technique used by the artist.






If you visit....what will you do?

If you have the opportunity to visit one of the five countries of our Partnership (Malta, Bulgaria, France, Italy or Poland) what will you do? What will you visit? Will you taste any traditional food? Who will you meet? Add your comment and tell us!

Tuesday 22 January 2013

We sure had fun carol singing in different languages!

As you can see, the children really enjoyed this lesson. This is also the reason why I have waited so long to post it...I wished to edit the video clips, shorten them, but I did not manage and thus I present to you the original, very amateur version. 

During my class we have found carols in different languages. My students managed to sing along the Italian and French carols. But although we did not sing along the Bulgarian and Polish carols, we still appreciated them very much. We looked for carols in karaoke version and this allowed us to see the written language and compare it with the aural version. I believe that my students will leave San Andrea and among other things, they will surely not forget this lesson.










These are the lyrics of "Ninu Ninu tal-Milied", the Maltese carol that we chose for you. Try to sing along....


"Ninu Ninu tal-Milied,
Ommu għamlet il-qagħqiet.
Il-qagħqiet tal-qastanija,
Santu Rokku bit-tiġrija.
Għaddew il-Festi kollha,
Baqa’ biss Santa Marija."




Monday 21 January 2013

Popular Bulgarians in the world



Raina Kabaivanska



Raina Kabaivanska was born in Burgas on December 15, 1934 and she is a Bulgarian opera singer, one of the leading lyrico-spinto sopranos of her generation, particularly associated with Verdi and Puccini, although she sang a wide range of roles. She also appeared in a few opera films.


Valya Balkanska




Valya Balkanska was born on 8th January in a hamlet near the village of Arda, Smolyan Province. She is Bulgarian folk music singer from the Rhodope Mountains. Her song ‘Izlel e Delyu Haydutin’ is part of the Voyager Golden Record selection of music, which was send to the open space in 1977.



 Stefka Kostadinova




Stefka Kostadinova was born on March 25, 1965 in Plovdiv. She is a Bulgarian retired athlete and the current women's world record holder in the high jump. She reached 2.09 m during the 1987 World Championships in Rome. Her world record is one of the oldest in modern athletics. Altogether Kostadinova set seven world records - three outdoors and four indoors. She also holds the women's world record for having jumped over 2.00 m 197 times.

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Hristo Stoichkov 




Hristo Stoichkov was born on 8th February 1966 in Plovdiv. Nicknamed The Dagger , The Dog, The Modern Left and in Spain 'El Pistolero' he was a member of the Bulgarian national team that finished fourth at the 1994 World Cup, of which he was the top scorer with 6 goals and is awards include the European Golden Ball, the European Golden Shoe, the World Cup Golden Boot and the World Cup Bronze Ball.

Kristalina Georgieva


 
Kristalina Georgieva  is a Bulgarian economist and politician , currently serving as European Commissioner for International Cooperation , Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response in the second college of the Barosso Commission .

Irina Bokova

Irina Bokova is a Bulgarian politician and incumbent Director-General of UNESCO . She was Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to France and to Monaco , Permanent Delegate of Bulgaria to UNESCO and Personal Representative of the President of Bulgaria to the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (2005 -2009).On 15 October 2009 , The 35th Session of the General Conference elected Irina Bokova of Bulgaria as the tenth Director – General of UNESCO . Bokova is the first female and Eastern European to head UNESCO.



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Tuesday 15 January 2013

La Befana

Students of Italian celebrated the feast of the Epiphany in the Italian way. Follow the link to listen to the song La Befana, a song which the students totally enjoyed! 

Monday 14 January 2013

Wednesday 9 January 2013

Christmas carol singing

First year French students participated in the French Christmas carol singing, with the favourite song being "Vive le vent", the French version for the song "Jingle bells".