Birthday cake!

Caitlyn is enjoying her birthday cake! Owen is showing the yellow and blue icing on top of his cake.

We all planted some flowers. We had to water them too!

Planting flowers in the garden

We were planting flowers in the borders in our playground to celebrate eTwinning's 5th birthday! They are blue and yellow pansies.

eTwinning birthday cards

Here are some photos of cards we made for eTwinning's 5th birthday!

Why Do You Like eTwinning?

I asked the above question to the children and this is what they answered:

Zane said,
“I like eTwinning because I like to communicate.”

Craig said,
“I like eTwinning because I like to communicate with other children who do not live in Malta.”

Chanelle said,
“I like eTwinning because I like to send emails to other children.”

Sion said,
“I like eTwinning because I meet new friends from around the world.”

Daniela said,
“I like eTwinning because we connect with other people from abroad and we have more friends by communicating with them on the computer and it’s fun!!”

Janice said,
“I like eTwinning because I learn beautiful things.”

Eric said,
“I like eTwinning because I can communicate with other children.”

Kimberly said,
“I like eTwinning because we do nice things using the computer.”

Miraine said,
“I like eTwinning because I make new friends”

Celebrating eTwinning's 5th Birthday with a Cake

Sharing a Delicious Cake
After that we had a wonderful cake to share together. We sang a “Happy Birthday Song” and children used a giant party whistles to add fun to the celebration.

Celebrating eTwinning's 5th Birthday

Balloon Release
To celebrating eTwinning’s 5th Birthday, we released 15 balloons with a message tied to each one: “This is a message…if you receive this balloon, email us on sgpc.hamrungp.pr@gov.mt

I wonder how many emails we will receive in return!

Balloon Realease from videos on Vimeo.

Thank you very much for our Easter Cards and the lovely chocolate eggs! They were delicious!

Sion’s Horrible Dream

It was Sun One night, I had a strange dream. I dreamt that it was Christmas time. I went to a party with my friends and there were lots and lots of presents. We had a lot of fun dancing, singing and playing. I ate food and sweets. I was wearing a nice party dress. The hall was decorated with Christmas streamers and coloured balls and baubles and multicoloured balloons. My friends and I danced to the music. The man in charge gave us a lottery ticket each and I had the number twenty. The first draw was my number and I won the nicest present there was on the table. It was a Nintendo DS. While I was jumping with joy, I woke up and found out that it was just a dream. day. After a day playing at the park we went home feeling happy but exhausted, so I had a quick bath, ate something and went to bed. While in bed, I slept very quickly but I dreamt a strange dream. The dream was about a horse named Lucky.

On my sixth birthday, my parents took me for a horse riding experience. Unfortunately, there were no horses for me to ride on, except for Lucky, a naughty horse. The woman told me to ride Lucky for only a little while. As soon as I rode on Lucky’s back, he neighed loudly, went up on his hind legs and threw me on the floor. I hurt my head and my leg. Soon the ambulance came and took me to hospital. Immediately a nurse took me to an X-ray room. I was afraid when the doctor came in. He told me that I needed to stay in hospital for three weeks because I had some broken bones. After he told me that my heart began to beat faster and the monitor started beeping too. But it was not the monitor – it was my alarm clock to wake me up for school.

When I realized that it was only a dream, I had a deep breath and thanked God that I was safe at home.

Sion Tabone.

Krista’s Strange Dream

One night, I had a strange dream. I dreamt that it was Christmas time. I went to a party with my friends and there were lots and lots of presents. We had a lot of fun dancing, singing and playing. I ate food and sweets. I was wearing a nice party dress. The hall was decorated with Christmas streamers and coloured balls and baubles and multicoloured balloons. My friends and I danced to the music. The man in charge gave us a lottery ticket each and I had the number twenty. The first draw was my number and I won the nicest present there was on the table. It was a Nintendo DS. While I was jumping with joy, I woke up and found out that it was just a dream.

Krista Grech

Eric’s Strange Dream

One night I had a strange dream. I dreamt that I was with my parents and a spaceship full of aliens came down and they started destroying the whole country. Suddenly, I saw a meteorite coming down and this carried a group of good robots. These robots pulled down the aliens and stopped them from destroying the country. Unfortunately, one of the good robots was destroyed by the aliens and this made a very loud noise which woke me up and I realized at once that it was only a dream.

Eric Spiteri

Nicole’s Imaginative Story

Once upon a time I was going to the Fun Park to play on the swings. I went behind the tree. There was a small cat. It was a magical cat. At the Fun Park I met a girl named Mary. The cat belonged to her. The cat could talk and fly. Mary had a name for the cat. It was Bobby because it was a male. Bobby went everywhere with Mary and he was always magical.

Nicole Formosa

A Day at Grandma’s House

It was summer and I went to grandma. In the morning I had breakfast and then I played in the garden. I helped my grandma hanging the clothes on the washline. After my grandma had to go to the greengrocer to buy some vegetables and I went with her. We went home with the vegetables. My grandma wanted to cook soup. I helped her to cook the soup. When the soup was ready we ate it and it was very tasty and delicious. When we ate it we cleaned the plates and I went to watch T.V. At about four o’clock, grandma called me for a cup of tea and some biscuits. My mum and dad came to pick me up and we went home. I had a lot of fun at grandma’s house and was very sorry to leave her and go back home.

Kimberly Bronsdijk

A Strange Dream I Had

One night I had a strange dream. I dreamt that it was my birthday and my mum and dad forgot all about it. I needed to wake up early because I had to go to grandma’s house. She lived in a villa. She lived in England and I needed to go to the airport and wait for the plane. Soon after that, the aeroplane landed and we were shown to a mobile staircase. When I was seated in the aeroplane the air-hostess asked us whether we wanted any tea or coffee or any other drink. I preferred to drink a glass of water and a nice piece of sandwich just like my parents. When we arrived in London, we took the train from the airport and used the underground from a large station. I never saw so many busy people running from one train to another. After several stops, the underground finally brought us to our destination. Here people were calmer and when we left the station I saw a lot of beautiful houses surrounded by trees and flowers. The train station’s name was Hampstead. After a short walk with father and mother pulling our lugguage, we arrived at a beautiful villa. Mother rang the doorbell and soon afterwards, grandma opened the door.. When I got in the house. I saw that the house was decorated with streamers and balloons, confetti and other party decorations. I saw all my relatives and friend and they had so many presents that I didn’t know from where to begin. I opened all the presents and there were so many things that I liked such as: a doll, a Nintendo DS, a Nintendo Wii, a camera and an mp3. Then my mother, father and grandma called to go into the kitchen. There I found a precious dog and a precious cat and they became my lovable pets. It was time to cut the cake.

Suddenly, I heard an alarm ringing and when I woke up I saw that it was my alarm clock. I dressed up quickly, had breakfast and went to school. While at school. I told my teacher and my friends all about my dream. They liked it and they gave me a very big clap.

Daniela Magro-Conti

Sion’s Imaginative Story

In this story I am going to tell of an experience I passed through when I was seven years old. It was a beautiful sunny day when my parents decided to take me and my brother Yanik to the playground. I took my favourite teddy bear which I named Fluffy with me. When we arrived at the playground, I went with my teddy bear on the slide. I put him on the slide and Fluffy began to move and laugh as if someone was tickling him, so I went to see what was going on. I picked him up and stared at him. Immediately the slide transformed into a girl. This magical girl was green, so I started to scream because I was frightened. She told me, “Don’t be afraid. I came from another planet to study the human being especially children.” Then I told her, “ so that is why you came to this playground, because lots of children come here.” I also asked,” Which planet are you from?” She did not answer, so I imagined that this was her secret because she was afraid someone will capture her. She told me that she had to ask me some questions which I had to answer. So she clicked her fingers and a mini laptop came on her lap. I answered all questions while she wrote them down in a word document in her laptop and she thanked me for being so helpful. As a reward, she told me, “Fluffy the teddy bear will stay magical forever to remind you of me.” Then a rocket ship came and she said, “ I was enjoying myself being friends with you, Sion, but now it is time to go back home.”

This was everything I had to tell you. I hope you have realised that this is not a real story but only a dream I dreamt last night.

Tom and His Magic

Once upon a time there was a man. The name of the man was Tom. He made some wonderful magic. A small colourful butterfly was changed into a beautiful book. The book was old but the pictures in it were wonderful. It was a very interesting book. All of a sudden, the pictures in the book became real and they started to tell their story to the people who were watching the magic show. The people all stared and listened to the story. When it was over, Tom used his magic wand and the book became a butterfly again.

Janice Pace

The Cat and the Pigeon

Once there was a magician. His name was Roby. A lot of people and children liked to see his magics. He was doing lots of magical tricks for all to enjoy. Roby the magician was wearing purple clothes and a big hat with stars on it on his head. One day he had a black cat and he changed his cat into a white pigeon. The cat was alive before Roby played the magic trick on it. Now the pigeon was flying all around the room. It was nice to see the white pigeon with a ribbon round its neck!

Kimberly Bronsdijk

The Witch on the Mountain

Once upon a time a witch lived in a big and beautiful castle on a mountain. She was a happy witch. She wore funny glasses and had an ugly big nose, a lot of black curly hair and wore a pointed hat on her head. One day the witch wanted to try a new spell. The witch took a while thinking about her new spell. She wanted to create a great spell for her and for all the other people living in the village beneath the mountain. At last she found the magic words. “FOKIS POKIS,” she said. The spell let the witch and all the people of the village to have all they needed like good houses in which they could live safely and warm, plenty of food to eat and staying healthy with plenty of fresh running water which never ended. But she said something wrong with the magic words and the spell didn’t work. Instead the big beautiful castle exploded, the village was destroyed and all the villagers died.

Craig Portelli

The Witch on the Mountsin

Miraine's Magical Story

Sam was a boy. He was eight years old. He liked to do magic tricks.

One day, he wanted to make himself transparent. He needed five hours for this magical trick to work. His parents did not see him. He started crying but his mum and dad only heard him and could not see what was wrong with him. After some time, he stopped crying and started laughing loudly. His parents were surprised but then they remembered that Sam loved to play magical tricks very much. They told him to stop playing magical tricks and Sam obeyed and was soon a normal boy again. His parents were glad to see him again but they were also glad because their son was a very intelligent magician!

The Magical Garden

Once upon a time there was a girl named Alice. She had a sister called Giulienne. They lived near the garden called the Magical Flower Garden.

One day they decided to go for a little walk in the garden near their home. They went near the pink, white and purple flowers. Giulienne went near the red roses. She picked up the flowers while Alice looked at the pretty pink flowers. Then, after some time, the flowers talked to Alice. They told her to make any wish she wanted. Alice told them that she wanted a dog and a cat to keep as pets. The flowers made her wish come true.

When she went near her sister, she told her everything but her sister to go home and return with her cute little animals so that they will play together in the garden. When she went back home, Alice asked her parents if she could keep the animals as pets and her parents agreed and said YES!

After a long time, the animals remained with Alice and Giulienne and they trusted them always and the children also promised that they will love them always!

Daniela Magro-Conti

I am a Chick - Story 3

I am a little cute chick. I have soft yellow feathers and I have an orange beak and orange feet too. During Springtime a lot of animals have their young. I was born in Springtime with my brothers and sisters. I have two sisters and three brothers. However, since we were chickens chicks, it need not be Spring for us to hatch.

My father is a strong big cock with multi-coloured feathers, mainly brown and red. My mother is a beautiful chicken with white feathers all over with a few brown feathers round her head.

I enjoy running around together with my brother and sister chicks but very close to our mother in the farmer’s big yard. The farmer takes good care of us. He feeds us three times a day and cleans our yard and our chicken house. The farmer likes me a lot since everyday he picks me up and carries me inside his farmhouse and his wife and children stay patting and kissing me. However, when the farmer takes me back to the yard, I still run close to my mother.

I am happy to be a baby chick but I know that I have to grow up and become a beautiful hen like my mother!

Daniela Magro-Conti

I am a Chick - Story 2

One beautiful sunny day, I hatched from an egg. I was a beautiful yellow chick. I was happily living with my parents, the cock and the hen and with my brother and sister chicks, until one day, a man came to talk to my master the farmer. He wanted a chick as an Easter present for his daughter. So, I found myself in a tiny box with holes on the top. I felt very sorry and sad in that tiny box. A little girl named Tina, opened the box and she saw me there feeling lonely and sad. She took me in her hands. I spent the day cuddled in Tina’s hands. Although she took care of me, Tina’s family realised that they had a problem. The problem was that they owned a cat and it was trying to catch me to eat me. Tina’s family members decided to take me back to my family on the farm. Although I was sorry for Tina, I was very happy and anxious that I was going back home with my family. I met my family and we made a promise that we will never be separated again and that is how we lived as a whole family!

Sion Tabone